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 October 2021 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
59,473
23,229
68,092
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England
89.34%
87.46%
87.57%
Number of daily rates quoted
41,762
15,984
46,124
10th Percentile
£317
£300
£300
25th Percentile
£413
£381
£381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£520
£475
£475
Median % change year-on-year
+9.47%
-
+2.15%
75th Percentile
£623
£588
£575
90th Percentile
£700
£675
£650
UK median daily rate
£510
£475
£475
% change year-on-year
+7.37%
-
+5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1,477
653
1,900
10th Percentile
£12.00
£12.00
£11.36
25th Percentile
£14.42
£15.50
£14.38
Median hourly rate
£24.08
£25.00
£22.50
Median % change year-on-year
-3.68%
+11.11%
+12.50%
75th Percentile
£49.50
£45.00
£46.00
90th Percentile
£63.00
£55.00
£53.75
UK median hourly rate
£24.90
£25.00
£22.50
% change year-on-year
-0.40%
+11.11%
+15.38%
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 October 2021.
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 October 2021.
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 October 2021. 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 October 2021, 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:
