Problem-Solving Contracts in Exeter

Problem Solving
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Exeter requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 +7
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 3 22 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Exeter 7.50% 14.86% 13.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.38% 17.60% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 16 6
10th Percentile £205 - £314
25th Percentile £245 £158 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £300 £465
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -35.48% -24.88%
75th Percentile £374 £465 £548
90th Percentile £396 £591 £681
Devon median daily rate £325 £168 £288
% change year-on-year +94.03% -41.74% -56.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.52 -
Devon median hourly rate £11.91 £41.26 -
% change year-on-year -71.13% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32 125 107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter 80.00% 84.46% 94.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 102 87
10th Percentile £307 £156 £335
25th Percentile £345 £328 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -22.73% +34.98%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £600
90th Percentile £579 £600 £675
Devon median daily rate £425 £425 £473
% change year-on-year - -10.05% +15.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 4
10th Percentile - £10.76 £26.10
25th Percentile - £13.86 £38.25
Median hourly rate - £26.40 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year - -43.84% +123.81%
75th Percentile - £30.25 £51.38
90th Percentile - - £52.05
Devon median hourly rate £65.00 £30.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +116.67% -45.45% +161.90%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Exeter.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Exeter

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Exeter.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Exeter

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Exeter

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Exeter over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Exeter

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Exeter

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Exeter.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Exeter

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Exeter by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Field Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Field Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Product Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
1 1 (33.33%) Coaching
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) Network Management
1 1 (33.33%) Product Management
1 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (33.33%) Product Vision
1 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Apple
1 1 (33.33%) Google
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft