Problem-Solving Contracts in the East Midlands

Problem Solving
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 10 22
Rank change year-on-year +5 +12 +2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 103 126 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 13.45% 12.07% 7.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.22% 13.70% 8.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 94 69
10th Percentile £223 £122 £190
25th Percentile £258 £231 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £585 £472 £500
90th Percentile £653 £609 £518
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - +12.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 16 13
10th Percentile £11.15 £10.75 -
25th Percentile £11.75 £11.80 £8.37
Median hourly rate £13.50 £15.85 £9.49
Median % change year-on-year -14.83% +67.02% -5.43%
75th Percentile £19.00 £21.68 £10.00
90th Percentile £29.65 £24.88 £21.40
England median hourly rate £17.50 £43.86 £20.00
% change year-on-year -60.10% +119.30% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 598 920 1,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 78.07% 88.12% 83.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 404 692 886
10th Percentile £200 £213 £209
25th Percentile £269 £330 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £450 £440
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% +2.27% +13.55%
75th Percentile £561 £566 £520
90th Percentile £625 £700 £610
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 74 83
10th Percentile £11.41 £12.07 £9.51
25th Percentile £12.75 £16.25 £13.32
Median hourly rate £17.00 £18.56 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.39% +0.31% +24.96%
75th Percentile £26.15 £31.50 £26.81
90th Percentile £45.79 £58.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in the East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in the East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Nottinghamshire +7 28 £350 -26.32% 80
Leicestershire +15 26 £265 -49.52% 65
Northamptonshire -2 22 £475 +46.15% 58
Derbyshire +2 20 £269 +127.00% 70
Lincolnshire +15 6 £700 +122.22% 30
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.97%) Apache
2 1 (0.97%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.97%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.97%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.97%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.97%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 3 (2.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.94%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.97%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 18 (17.48%) Azure
2 15 (14.56%) AWS
3 10 (9.71%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (7.77%) Power Platform
4 8 (7.77%) SaaS
5 6 (5.83%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.94%) GCP
6 2 (1.94%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.97%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.97%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.97%) IaaS
7 1 (0.97%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.97%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.91%) Wireless
2 2 (1.94%) Firewall
2 2 (1.94%) LAN
2 2 (1.94%) WAN
3 1 (0.97%) DHCP
3 1 (0.97%) DNS
3 1 (0.97%) InfiniBand
3 1 (0.97%) NetScaler
3 1 (0.97%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.97%) VPN
3 1 (0.97%) WebEx
3 1 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.91%) Big Data
1 3 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (2.91%) Power BI
1 3 (2.91%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.94%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.94%) MySQL
2 2 (1.94%) RDBMS
2 2 (1.94%) SAP HANA
2 2 (1.94%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.97%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.97%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.97%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.94%) Rational DOORS
General
1 47 (45.63%) Social Skills
2 24 (23.30%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (21.36%) Finance
4 12 (11.65%) Public Sector
5 8 (7.77%) Legal
6 5 (4.85%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.88%) Electronics
7 4 (3.88%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.91%) Automotive
8 3 (2.91%) Banking
8 3 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.91%) Marketing
8 3 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.97%) Billing
9 1 (0.97%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.97%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.97%) Retail
9 1 (0.97%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (19.42%) Architect
2 13 (12.62%) Analyst
3 9 (8.74%) Project Manager
3 9 (8.74%) Service Manager
4 8 (7.77%) Delivery Manager
4 8 (7.77%) IT Manager
4 8 (7.77%) IT Services Delivery Manager
4 8 (7.77%) IT Services Manager
4 8 (7.77%) Service Delivery Manager
5 7 (6.80%) ForgeRock Architect
5 7 (6.80%) Test Manager
6 6 (5.83%) Developer
7 5 (4.85%) Dynamics 365 Architect
7 5 (4.85%) PHP Developer
7 5 (4.85%) Production Manager
8 4 (3.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 4 (3.88%) Business Analyst
8 4 (3.88%) IT Engineer
8 4 (3.88%) Validation Engineer
8 4 (3.88%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.71%) OAuth
1 10 (9.71%) OpenID
1 10 (9.71%) SAML
2 7 (6.80%) LDAP
3 4 (3.88%) JSON
3 4 (3.88%) REST
4 3 (2.91%) OAuth2
5 2 (1.94%) Middleware
5 2 (1.94%) SOAP
6 1 (0.97%) CSS
6 1 (0.97%) gRPC
6 1 (0.97%) HTML
6 1 (0.97%) JMS
6 1 (0.97%) Kafka
6 1 (0.97%) OpenMP
6 1 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.97%) RAML
6 1 (0.97%) React
6 1 (0.97%) RESTful
6 1 (0.97%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.59%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.88%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (3.88%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.88%) Virtual Team
3 2 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.94%) Driving Licence
3 2 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (0.97%) FMCG
4 1 (0.97%) NHS
4 1 (0.97%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.71%) Windows
2 8 (7.77%) Apple iOS
3 5 (4.85%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.94%) Linux
4 2 (1.94%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.97%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (26.21%) Continuous Improvement
2 26 (25.24%) Decision-Making
3 23 (22.33%) People Management
3 23 (22.33%) Time Management
4 20 (19.42%) Migration
5 19 (18.45%) Conflict Management
5 19 (18.45%) Critical Thinking
6 17 (16.50%) Asset Management
7 16 (15.53%) Customer Service
8 12 (11.65%) Change Management
8 12 (11.65%) Service Management
9 11 (10.68%) Business Analysis
9 11 (10.68%) ITSM
10 10 (9.71%) Agile
10 10 (9.71%) Technical Leadership
11 9 (8.74%) Project Management
12 8 (7.77%) Information Security
12 8 (7.77%) PRINCE2
12 8 (7.77%) Service Delivery
12 8 (7.77%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.77%) Swift
2 7 (6.80%) SQL
3 6 (5.83%) PHP
4 4 (3.88%) Java
5 3 (2.91%) BeanShell
6 2 (1.94%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.94%) Python
6 2 (1.94%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.94%) X++
7 1 (0.97%) Bash
7 1 (0.97%) C#
7 1 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.97%) Scala
7 1 (0.97%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.97%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (19.42%) HNC
1 20 (19.42%) HND
2 16 (15.53%) Degree
3 15 (14.56%) Security Cleared
4 8 (7.77%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.85%) DV Cleared
6 4 (3.88%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.97%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.97%) CBAP
9 1 (0.97%) CCNA
9 1 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.97%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (0.97%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.80%) QA
2 3 (2.91%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.97%) GDPR
3 1 (0.97%) PSD2
System Software
1 6 (5.83%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.91%) OpenAM
2 3 (2.91%) OpenIDM
3 2 (1.94%) Docker
4 1 (0.97%) Firmware
4 1 (0.97%) Lustre
4 1 (0.97%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.97%) XenApp
4 1 (0.97%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (6.80%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (3.88%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.97%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (21.36%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.71%) ForgeRock
3 8 (7.77%) Okta
4 5 (4.85%) SAP
5 3 (2.91%) Cisco
5 3 (2.91%) Databricks
5 3 (2.91%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.97%) Aruba
6 1 (0.97%) Brocade
6 1 (0.97%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.97%) Citrix
6 1 (0.97%) HP
6 1 (0.97%) Infor
6 1 (0.97%) Meraki
6 1 (0.97%) NetApp
6 1 (0.97%) Oracle
6 1 (0.97%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.97%) Zuora