The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 17 January 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
61,484
28,921
57,412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England
89.16%
87.29%
86.56%
Number of daily rates quoted
43,638
19,919
38,861
10th Percentile
£325
£300
£288
25th Percentile
£425
£375
£375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£525
£475
£475
Median % change year-on-year
+10.53%
-
-
75th Percentile
£638
£575
£575
90th Percentile
£725
£663
£650
UK median daily rate
£525
£475
£475
% change year-on-year
+10.53%
-
+0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1,437
958
1,712
10th Percentile
£12.01
£11.97
£11.80
25th Percentile
£15.00
£15.75
£14.93
Median hourly rate
£25.00
£26.88
£21.00
Median % change year-on-year
-7.00%
+28.01%
-2.33%
75th Percentile
£49.25
£47.50
£45.03
90th Percentile
£63.75
£58.75
£52.50
UK median hourly rate
£25.15
£27.00
£21.00
% change year-on-year
-6.87%
+28.57%
-3.49%
Problem-Solving Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
Problem-Solving Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in England.
Problem-Solving Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in England over the 6 months to 17 January 2022.
Problem-Solving Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in England.
Problem-Solving Hourly Rate Histogram in England
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in England over the 6 months to 17 January 2022.
Problem-Solving Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 17 January 2022. 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
Problem-Solving Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England
For the 6 months to 17 January 2022, IT contractor jobs citing Problem-Solving also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region with a requirement for Problem-Solving.
Problem-Solving Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
