Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Problem Solving
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Exeter requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 13 17
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 +4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 3 14 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Exeter 3.70% 12.96% 9.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.69% 14.29% 9.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 9
10th Percentile - £156 £126
25th Percentile - £163 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £400 £465
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% -13.98% -11.43%
75th Percentile - £581 £575
90th Percentile - £590 £805
Devon median daily rate £275 £184 £465
% change year-on-year +49.46% -60.43% -11.43%

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 64 98 113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter 79.01% 90.74% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 75 101
10th Percentile £305 £143 £350
25th Percentile £311 £341 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £501 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.21% -12.84% +3.37%
75th Percentile £563 £650 £670
90th Percentile £588 £685 £725
Devon median daily rate £400 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -20.00% 0.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £25.28 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year - +40.42% -57.14%
Devon median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -61.31% +73.33% -10.71%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Problem-Solving

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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (33.33%) AWS Fargate
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (66.67%) Military
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Field Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Python Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) API Development
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Coaching
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 1 (33.33%) DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) ETL
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
1 1 (33.33%) Information Management
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) ITSM
1 1 (33.33%) Microservices
1 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow