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 3 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 14 8
Rank change year-on-year +10 -6 +16
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 18 15 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derbyshire 18.56% 8.82% 13.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.50% 14.02% 15.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 20
10th Percentile £168 - £107
25th Percentile - £254 £115
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £269 £283
Median % change year-on-year -25.65% -4.78% +20.21%
75th Percentile £469 £363 £610
90th Percentile £800 £450 £688
East Midlands median daily rate £373 £350 £350
% change year-on-year +6.43% - -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile £14.81 £9.76 £10.76
25th Percentile £15.09 £11.28 £11.15
Median hourly rate £15.50 £12.38 £11.80
Median % change year-on-year +25.25% +4.87% -39.99%
75th Percentile £17.56 £16.94 £33.40
90th Percentile £20.83 £18.18 £46.36
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.39 £13.50 £18.65
% change year-on-year +58.44% -27.61% +91.48%

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 80 107 161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 82.47% 62.94% 86.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 69 105
10th Percentile £200 £160 £167
25th Percentile £238 £200 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £255 £480
Median % change year-on-year +86.27% -46.88% +20.00%
75th Percentile £665 £438 £575
90th Percentile £785 £578 £645
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £425 £475
% change year-on-year - -10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 17 18
10th Percentile £14.94 £12.13 £12.75
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.25 £15.87
Median hourly rate £19.25 £17.50 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -48.91% +74.17%
75th Percentile £24.25 £26.15 £62.50
90th Percentile £24.91 £35.69 £65.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.87 £17.00 £23.25
% change year-on-year +5.12% -26.88% +16.25%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 +11 13 £200 -25.65% 28
Chesterfield +2 5 - - 5
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%) Apache Spark
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 3 (16.67%) AWS
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) GCP
2 2 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (5.56%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (5.56%) Hadoop
2 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.56%) Local Government
5 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (11.11%) Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Break Fix Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Data Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Hardware Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Architect
3 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) IT Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Knowledge Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Lead
3 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
3 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 6 (33.33%) Break/Fix
2 3 (16.67%) Analytics
2 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (16.67%) Line Management
3 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (11.11%) Data Engineering
3 2 (11.11%) Data Governance
3 2 (11.11%) Data Management
3 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (11.11%) ETL
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%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (11.11%) User Stories
3 2 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) Python
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) Java
3 1 (5.56%) Bash
3 1 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 2 (11.11%) QA
3 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
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%) Cognos
2 1 (5.56%) Google
2 1 (5.56%) IBM
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.56%) VMware