Problem-Solving Contracts in the East Midlands

Problem Solving
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 7 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +18
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 121 107 135
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 17.14% 12.37% 13.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.45% 15.76% 15.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 64 106
10th Percentile £171 £254 £122
25th Percentile £253 £263 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £367 £438 £350
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +25.00% -22.22%
75th Percentile £455 £580 £500
90th Percentile £525 £633 £613
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 12
10th Percentile £15.12 £11.45 -
25th Percentile £15.25 £11.84 £11.80
Median hourly rate £21.32 £13.50 £20.65
Median % change year-on-year +57.93% -34.63% +5.02%
75th Percentile £21.39 £16.00 £24.31
90th Percentile £24.51 £19.98 £65.60
England median hourly rate £21.27 £16.23 £50.75
% change year-on-year +31.02% -68.02% +103.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 622 679 870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 88.10% 78.50% 87.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 442 667
10th Percentile £224 £205 £213
25th Percentile £332 £320 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £445 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.87% -6.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £500 £565 £600
90th Percentile £592 £623 £700
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 61 49
10th Percentile £13.81 £11.75 £12.94
25th Percentile £15.12 £12.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £18.87 £17.00 £26.48
Median % change year-on-year +11.00% -35.80% +23.16%
75th Percentile £25.11 £26.15 £51.50
90th Percentile £25.15 £50.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +46.03%

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 1 July 2025.

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 1 July 2025.

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 1 July 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
Northamptonshire +1 64 £364 -30.76% 166
Derbyshire +8 22 £200 -25.37% 216
Nottinghamshire +1 22 £450 +9.09% 252
Leicestershire -6 8 £316 +19.25% 170
Lincolnshire -1 2 - - 120
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 3 (2.48%) Apache Spark
1 3 (2.48%) Oracle Application Server
2 2 (1.65%) Confluence
2 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.83%) Apache
3 1 (0.83%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.83%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.65%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.83%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.83%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.83%) Fusion 360
4 1 (0.83%) InDesign
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.83%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.83%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.83%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (2.48%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.65%) Sprinklr
2 2 (1.65%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.83%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 24 (19.83%) AWS
2 22 (18.18%) Azure
3 17 (14.05%) GCP
4 8 (6.61%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (5.79%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.79%) SaaS
5 7 (5.79%) Serverless
6 6 (4.96%) Amazon Kinesis
6 6 (4.96%) Amazon S3
6 6 (4.96%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (3.31%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.31%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (2.48%) Amazon EMR
8 3 (2.48%) Amazon Glacier
9 2 (1.65%) Azure API Management
9 2 (1.65%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.83%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.83%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.96%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (2.48%) HTTP
2 3 (2.48%) HTTPS
2 3 (2.48%) SSL
3 2 (1.65%) Firewall
4 1 (0.83%) BGP
4 1 (0.83%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.83%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.13%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (3.31%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.48%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (2.48%) DynamoDB
3 3 (2.48%) Hadoop
3 3 (2.48%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.48%) Oracle Database
3 3 (2.48%) Power BI
4 2 (1.65%) Big Data
4 2 (1.65%) MySQL
4 2 (1.65%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.83%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.83%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.83%) GIS
5 1 (0.83%) HBase
5 1 (0.83%) Impala
5 1 (0.83%) Power Query
5 1 (0.83%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (13.22%) Jenkins
2 8 (6.61%) Cucumber
2 8 (6.61%) Git
2 8 (6.61%) Selenium
3 2 (1.65%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.65%) Grunt
3 2 (1.65%) gulp
3 2 (1.65%) JIRA
3 2 (1.65%) NetBeans
3 2 (1.65%) webpack
4 1 (0.83%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (0.83%) Visual Studio
General
1 72 (59.50%) Social Skills
2 43 (35.54%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (11.57%) Banking
4 11 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (8.26%) Finance
6 4 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (3.31%) Retail
7 3 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.48%) Marketing
8 2 (1.65%) Games
8 2 (1.65%) Local Government
8 2 (1.65%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.83%) Law
9 1 (0.83%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (14.05%) Analyst
2 13 (10.74%) Developer
3 10 (8.26%) Architect
4 9 (7.44%) Business Analyst
5 7 (5.79%) Automation Tester
5 7 (5.79%) Tester
5 7 (5.79%) Windows Engineer
6 6 (4.96%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (4.96%) Consultant
6 6 (4.96%) Data Engineer
6 6 (4.96%) Desktop Engineer
6 6 (4.96%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (4.13%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
7 5 (4.13%) Identity Management Engineer
7 5 (4.13%) IT Support
7 5 (4.13%) Junior
7 5 (4.13%) Support Engineer
8 4 (3.31%) 1st Line Support
8 4 (3.31%) Desktop Support
8 4 (3.31%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.40%) HTML
2 14 (11.57%) LDAP
3 13 (10.74%) Spring
4 10 (8.26%) Hibernate
4 10 (8.26%) OAuth
4 10 (8.26%) OpenID
4 10 (8.26%) RESTful
4 10 (8.26%) SAML
5 8 (6.61%) CSS
5 8 (6.61%) jQuery
5 8 (6.61%) REST
6 7 (5.79%) DOM
6 7 (5.79%) Kafka
7 5 (4.13%) AngularJS
7 5 (4.13%) Web Services
8 4 (3.31%) .NET
8 4 (3.31%) Spring Boot
9 3 (2.48%) ActiveMQ
9 3 (2.48%) JPA
9 3 (2.48%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.44%) Product Ownership
2 7 (5.79%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (4.13%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.48%) Algorithms
4 3 (2.48%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.48%) EPoS
4 3 (2.48%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.48%) Security Posture
4 3 (2.48%) State Machine
5 2 (1.65%) Animation
5 2 (1.65%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (1.65%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.65%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.83%) Blog
6 1 (0.83%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.83%) Derivative
6 1 (0.83%) NHS
6 1 (0.83%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.92%) Windows
2 5 (4.13%) Linux
2 5 (4.13%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.83%) Android
3 1 (0.83%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (29.75%) Agile
2 23 (19.01%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (15.70%) Project Management
4 16 (13.22%) Decision-Making
5 15 (12.40%) CI/CD
5 15 (12.40%) Identity Access Management
6 14 (11.57%) Containerisation
7 13 (10.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (9.92%) Analytics
9 11 (9.09%) Data Analysis
9 11 (9.09%) Scrum
9 11 (9.09%) SDLC
10 10 (8.26%) RBAC
10 10 (8.26%) Test Automation
10 10 (8.26%) Workflow
11 9 (7.44%) Data Pipeline
11 9 (7.44%) Technical Leadership
12 8 (6.61%) Break/Fix
12 8 (6.61%) Project Delivery
12 8 (6.61%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 34 (28.10%) Java
2 21 (17.36%) SQL
3 12 (9.92%) Python
4 10 (8.26%) JavaScript
5 6 (4.96%) C#
6 4 (3.31%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.48%) PL/SQL
7 3 (2.48%) Scala
8 2 (1.65%) Bash
8 2 (1.65%) C
8 2 (1.65%) C++
8 2 (1.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.65%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.83%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.83%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.83%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.83%) VB
Qualifications
1 18 (14.88%) Degree
2 16 (13.22%) Security Cleared
3 15 (12.40%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.65%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.83%) CCIE
6 1 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.83%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.40%) QA
2 11 (9.09%) GDPR
3 8 (6.61%) Data Quality
4 7 (5.79%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (1.65%) MISRA
5 2 (1.65%) MISRA C
5 2 (1.65%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.83%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.83%) NIST
6 1 (0.83%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (11.57%) Docker
2 11 (9.09%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.83%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (9.92%) Kubernetes
2 9 (7.44%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 8 (6.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (3.31%) SCCM
5 3 (2.48%) AirWatch
5 3 (2.48%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.65%) Terraform
7 1 (0.83%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.83%) Podman
Vendors
1 29 (23.97%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.26%) IBM
3 9 (7.44%) Ping Identity
4 5 (4.13%) Oracle
5 3 (2.48%) Genesys
6 2 (1.65%) Avaya
6 2 (1.65%) Databricks
6 2 (1.65%) Google
6 2 (1.65%) QNX
6 2 (1.65%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.65%) SAP
6 2 (1.65%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.65%) Siemens
7 1 (0.83%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.83%) Facebook
7 1 (0.83%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.83%) Instagram
7 1 (0.83%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.83%) Twitter
7 1 (0.83%) YouTube