Problem-Solving Contracts in the East of England

Problem Solving
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 4 8
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 +9
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 242 240 272
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 25.21% 12.53% 13.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 27.88% 14.87% 15.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 108 116
10th Percentile £200 £204 £185
25th Percentile £313 £315 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.25% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £663 £686 £638
England median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 105 86
10th Percentile £14.84 - £13.29
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.23 £15.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.20% -36.17% +73.05%
75th Percentile £21.49 £16.85 £61.25
90th Percentile £65.90 £36.50 £77.00
England median hourly rate £21.39 £16.23 £50.75
% change year-on-year +31.79% -68.02% +111.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 868 1,614 1,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 90.42% 84.28% 87.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 667 997
10th Percentile £230 £200 £207
25th Percentile £400 £325 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 613 325
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £40.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +81.82% +41.94%
75th Percentile £72.50 £62.50 £64.50
90th Percentile £83.70 £75.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £37.18 £37.32
% change year-on-year -24.69% -0.38% +49.28%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the East of England

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in the East of England

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the East of England over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the East of England

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in the East of England

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in the East of England over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the East of England

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 29 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
Cambridgeshire +3 87 £467 -15.18% 741
Bedfordshire +8 53 £500 +29.03% 542
Hertfordshire +18 45 £550 +22.22% 901
Essex +2 30 £400 -25.09% 817
Suffolk -1 16 £235 -45.03% 270
Norfolk -2 11 £450 -14.29% 278
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 21 (8.68%) SharePoint
2 14 (5.79%) Confluence
3 6 (2.48%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.65%) Apache
5 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.24%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.83%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.83%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 64 (26.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (23.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.24%) Simulink
5 2 (0.83%) CANalyzer
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.41%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 11 (4.55%) Teamcenter
2 8 (3.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.65%) SAP ERP
4 3 (1.24%) SAP EWM
4 3 (1.24%) SAP GTS
4 3 (1.24%) SAP SCM
5 2 (0.83%) SAP GRC
5 2 (0.83%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.41%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.41%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 34 (14.05%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (8.26%) AWS
3 19 (7.85%) Azure
4 14 (5.79%) Entra ID
5 11 (4.55%) Power Platform
5 11 (4.55%) Serverless
6 10 (4.13%) Google Workspace
7 9 (3.72%) Amazon S3
7 9 (3.72%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (2.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 7 (2.89%) dbt
8 7 (2.89%) GitHub
8 7 (2.89%) SaaS
9 6 (2.48%) GCP
9 6 (2.48%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.24%) Nutanix
10 3 (1.24%) Vertex AI
11 2 (0.83%) Cohesity
11 2 (0.83%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.83%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 20 (8.26%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (3.72%) VPN
3 7 (2.89%) Network Security
4 5 (2.07%) Firewall
5 4 (1.65%) Fibre Channel
5 4 (1.65%) VSAN
6 3 (1.24%) DNS
6 3 (1.24%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.83%) IMAP
7 2 (0.83%) SAN
7 2 (0.83%) Skype
7 2 (0.83%) SMTP
7 2 (0.83%) Wireless
8 1 (0.41%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.41%) Cisco Wireless
8 1 (0.41%) Multicast
8 1 (0.41%) VLAN
8 1 (0.41%) Wireless Security
8 1 (0.41%) WPA2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.55%) Power BI
2 10 (4.13%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (3.31%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.89%) DynamoDB
5 6 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.07%) Metadata
7 4 (1.65%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.65%) Data Mining
7 4 (1.65%) Tableau
8 3 (1.24%) DB2
8 3 (1.24%) Looker
8 3 (1.24%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.24%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.83%) MySQL
9 2 (0.83%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.83%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.41%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (3.31%) Git
2 7 (2.89%) JIRA
3 3 (1.24%) TestRail
4 2 (0.83%) CANoe
4 2 (0.83%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 132 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 58 (23.97%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (10.74%) Finance
4 13 (5.37%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
5 11 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (4.13%) German Language
7 8 (3.31%) Electronics
7 8 (3.31%) Legal
8 6 (2.48%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.07%) Automotive
10 4 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.65%) Marketing
10 4 (1.65%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.24%) Aviation
11 3 (1.24%) Front Office
11 3 (1.24%) Hungarian Language
11 3 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.24%) Retail
11 3 (1.24%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 38 (15.70%) Analyst
2 29 (11.98%) Service Analyst
3 26 (10.74%) Architect
4 18 (7.44%) Service Desk Analyst
4 18 (7.44%) Technical Analyst
4 18 (7.44%) Technical Services Analyst
5 15 (6.20%) Support Engineer
6 14 (5.79%) Developer
6 14 (5.79%) Systems Engineer
7 11 (4.55%) Customer Analyst
7 11 (4.55%) Customer Service Analyst
8 10 (4.13%) 1st Line Support
8 10 (4.13%) IT Support
8 10 (4.13%) Senior
9 9 (3.72%) Consultant
9 9 (3.72%) Desktop Engineer
9 9 (3.72%) Desktop Support
9 9 (3.72%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 9 (3.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (3.31%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.89%) CSS
2 6 (2.48%) AngularJS
3 5 (2.07%) Alpine.js
3 5 (2.07%) Laravel
3 5 (2.07%) React
3 5 (2.07%) Tailwind CSS
4 4 (1.65%) PySpark
5 3 (1.24%) .NET
5 3 (1.24%) HTML
5 3 (1.24%) Kafka
5 3 (1.24%) NumPy
5 3 (1.24%) Pandas
5 3 (1.24%) POSIX
5 3 (1.24%) RESTful
6 2 (0.83%) Express.js
6 2 (0.83%) J2EE
6 2 (0.83%) NgRx
6 2 (0.83%) Node.js
6 2 (0.83%) REST
6 2 (0.83%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.50%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (7.02%) iPad
2 17 (7.02%) iPhone
3 14 (5.79%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.89%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.48%) EPoS
5 6 (2.48%) Replication
6 5 (2.07%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.07%) Learning Management System
7 4 (1.65%) Clustering
7 4 (1.65%) e-Learning
7 4 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.65%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.24%) Device Driver
8 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.83%) Blackberry
9 2 (0.83%) FPGA
9 2 (0.83%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 47 (19.42%) Windows
2 10 (4.13%) Apple iOS
2 10 (4.13%) Linux
3 8 (3.31%) Windows 10
3 8 (3.31%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.83%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (30.99%) Customer Service
2 57 (23.55%) Service Delivery
3 46 (19.01%) Incident Management
3 46 (19.01%) Mathematics
4 32 (13.22%) Agile
5 30 (12.40%) ITIL
6 25 (10.33%) Data Management
7 21 (8.68%) CI/CD
8 18 (7.44%) Software Engineering
9 17 (7.02%) Validation
10 16 (6.61%) Business Intelligence
10 16 (6.61%) Project Management
10 16 (6.61%) Technical Leadership
11 15 (6.20%) Computer Science
11 15 (6.20%) Inventory Management
12 14 (5.79%) Data Analysis
13 12 (4.96%) Customer Requirements
14 11 (4.55%) PDM
14 11 (4.55%) Roadmaps
14 11 (4.55%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 37 (15.29%) SQL
2 28 (11.57%) Python
3 16 (6.61%) PowerShell
4 13 (5.37%) Java
5 9 (3.72%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.48%) MATLAB
7 5 (2.07%) PHP
8 4 (1.65%) C
8 4 (1.65%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.24%) ABAP
9 3 (1.24%) C++
10 2 (0.83%) C#
10 2 (0.83%) Go
10 2 (0.83%) Groovy
11 1 (0.41%) Bash
11 1 (0.41%) Bicep
11 1 (0.41%) Perl
11 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (22.31%) Security Cleared
2 49 (20.25%) SC Cleared
3 21 (8.68%) Degree
4 20 (8.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (7.44%) A+ Certification
5 18 (7.44%) MCSA
6 10 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.89%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (2.48%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.65%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.24%) VCAP
10 3 (1.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.41%) CCNP
11 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.41%) HNC
11 1 (0.41%) HND
11 1 (0.41%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.31%) QA
2 7 (2.89%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.48%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.48%) GDPR
4 3 (1.24%) MiFID
5 2 (0.83%) GRC
5 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.41%) GxP
6 1 (0.41%) IFRS
6 1 (0.41%) PMO
6 1 (0.41%) SLA
6 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 46 (19.01%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.31%) VMware NSX
4 6 (2.48%) Docker
5 5 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.65%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.65%) vSphere
7 3 (1.24%) Firmware
8 1 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.41%) KVM
8 1 (0.41%) QEMU
8 1 (0.41%) Xen
Systems Management
1 9 (3.72%) Terraform
2 8 (3.31%) Jamf Pro
3 7 (2.89%) Ansible
3 7 (2.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.07%) VxRail
5 4 (1.65%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (1.65%) Podman
5 4 (1.65%) PowerCLI
5 4 (1.65%) SCCM
5 4 (1.65%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.83%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.41%) Avamar
7 1 (0.41%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.41%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.41%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 89 (36.78%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.81%) ServiceNow
3 21 (8.68%) SAP
4 18 (7.44%) Citrix
5 14 (5.79%) Google
6 12 (4.96%) VMware
7 10 (4.13%) MobileIron
7 10 (4.13%) Nexthink
7 10 (4.13%) Oracle
8 8 (3.31%) Apple
9 7 (2.89%) McAfee
9 7 (2.89%) Samsung
9 7 (2.89%) SOTI
10 5 (2.07%) Dell
11 4 (1.65%) LogicMonitor
12 3 (1.24%) HP
12 3 (1.24%) NetApp
13 2 (0.83%) Computacenter
13 2 (0.83%) LabWare
13 2 (0.83%) Red Hat