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 3 August 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
51,381
27,873
73,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England
88.98%
87.08%
87.94%
Number of daily rates quoted
35,669
18,937
49,828
10th Percentile
£313
£300
£300
25th Percentile
£410
£400
£388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£488
£475
Median % change year-on-year
+2.56%
+2.63%
+2.70%
75th Percentile
£600
£588
£575
90th Percentile
£700
£675
£650
UK median daily rate
£500
£475
£475
% change year-on-year
+5.26%
-
+5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1,472
767
1,936
10th Percentile
£12.00
£12.40
£11.72
25th Percentile
£14.50
£16.13
£14.38
Median hourly rate
£22.95
£25.00
£22.63
Median % change year-on-year
-8.22%
+10.50%
+13.13%
75th Percentile
£46.75
£46.22
£46.00
90th Percentile
£60.45
£55.00
£52.50
UK median hourly rate
£23.41
£24.95
£22.50
% change year-on-year
-6.17%
+10.89%
+12.50%
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 3 August 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 3 August 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 3 August 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 3 August 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:
