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 2 July 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
64,701
47,044
32,169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England
89.80%
89.24%
87.25%
Number of daily rates quoted
46,175
32,512
21,911
10th Percentile
£350
£313
£302
25th Percentile
£447
£406
£400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£550
£500
£480
Median % change year-on-year
+10.00%
+4.17%
+1.05%
75th Percentile
£650
£600
£588
90th Percentile
£750
£688
£675
UK median daily rate
£550
£500
£475
% change year-on-year
+10.00%
+5.26%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
1,574
1,396
856
10th Percentile
£13.25
£11.80
£12.50
25th Percentile
£16.69
£15.00
£15.90
Median hourly rate
£28.46
£24.00
£22.82
Median % change year-on-year
+18.56%
+5.17%
-0.17%
75th Percentile
£53.75
£46.50
£45.23
90th Percentile
£67.50
£59.45
£55.00
UK median hourly rate
£29.32
£24.80
£23.00
% change year-on-year
+18.23%
+7.80%
+1.10%
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 2 July 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 2 July 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 2 July 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 2 July 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:
