Problem-Solving Contracts in Derbyshire

Problem Solving
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Derbyshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 9 12
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 +15
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 18 20 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derbyshire 18.56% 11.76% 10.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.38% 18.18% 11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 15
10th Percentile £168 - £107
25th Percentile - £254 £108
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £269 £119
Median % change year-on-year -25.65% +127.00% -59.83%
75th Percentile £294 £450 £394
90th Percentile £804 - £488
East Midlands median daily rate £373 £350 £350
% change year-on-year +6.43% - -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 5
10th Percentile £14.81 £9.76 £11.02
25th Percentile £15.09 £11.28 -
Median hourly rate £15.50 £12.38 £11.80
Median % change year-on-year +25.25% +4.87% -
75th Percentile £17.56 £16.94 £18.75
90th Percentile £20.83 £18.18 £40.50
East Midlands median hourly rate £19.00 £13.50 £15.85
% change year-on-year +40.74% -14.83% +67.02%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

Problem-Solving falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 77 110 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 79.38% 64.71% 87.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 73 102
10th Percentile £172 £167 £134
25th Percentile £200 £200 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £267 £469
Median % change year-on-year +59.18% -43.04% +17.19%
75th Percentile £550 £438 £552
90th Percentile £644 £588 £638
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £419 £450
% change year-on-year +6.81% -7.00% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 37
10th Percentile £15.06 £12.13 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.30 £17.50 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +27.40% +3.98% -15.85%
75th Percentile £24.30 £22.57 £23.00
90th Percentile £24.81 £26.15 £65.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.36 £17.00 £18.56
% change year-on-year +7.97% -8.39% +3.10%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Derbyshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Derbyshire.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Derbyshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Derbyshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Derbyshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Derbyshire.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Derbyshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derby +6 13 £200 -25.65% 108
Chesterfield +1 5 - - 82
Problem-Solving
East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Fusion 360
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.56%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) GCP
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Local Government
4 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Break Fix Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Data Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) IT Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Knowledge Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Lead
4 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Break/Fix
2 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (16.67%) Line Management
2 3 (16.67%) Validation
3 2 (11.11%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 2 (11.11%) Data Governance
3 2 (11.11%) Data Management
3 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (11.11%) ITIL
3 2 (11.11%) Performance Analysis
3 2 (11.11%) PLM
3 2 (11.11%) Process Improvement
3 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
3 2 (11.11%) Service Management
3 2 (11.11%) Software Engineering
3 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (11.11%) Time Management
3 2 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (11.11%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Bash
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.56%) Python
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 8 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
1 1 (5.56%) Hyper-V
1 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.56%) Podman
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Siemens
2 1 (5.56%) Autodesk
2 1 (5.56%) Google
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.56%) VMware