Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in East Yorkshire

Problem Solving
Yorkshire > East Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East Yorkshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 1 16
Rank change year-on-year -6 +15 -
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 5 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in East Yorkshire 16.13% 18.18% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.74% 25.00% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £203 - £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 - £190
75th Percentile £208 - £195
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £495 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -1.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £20.47 £40.57 £17.35
% change year-on-year -49.55% +133.85% -0.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Yorkshire

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 East Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 23 8 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Yorkshire 74.19% 72.73% 74.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 3 37
10th Percentile - £287 £140
25th Percentile £138 £371 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -72.38% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £240 £538 £623
90th Percentile £439 - £765
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.04 £19.00 £21.31
% change year-on-year +31.78% -10.84% +12.16%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in East Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East Yorkshire.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in East Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in East Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Yorkshire citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Yorkshire citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in East Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Yorkshire citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Yorkshire citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in East Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
Hull - 5 £205 - 15
Problem-Solving
Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Engineering Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Software Manager
2 2 (40.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 2 (40.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) IT Support
2 2 (40.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) .NET
1 3 (60.00%) .NET Framework
1 3 (60.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (60.00%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Budgeting
1 3 (60.00%) Business Strategy
1 3 (60.00%) Change Management
1 3 (60.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) Critical Thinking
1 3 (60.00%) Focus Group
1 3 (60.00%) Matrix Organization
1 3 (60.00%) People Management
1 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
1 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (60.00%) Scrum
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (60.00%) Strategic Planning
1 3 (60.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Google
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft