Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 21 September 2019

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 21 September 2019 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
South East > Hampshire
6 months to
21 Sep 2019		 Same period 2018 Same period 2017
Rank 44 37 26
Rank change year-on-year -7 -11 +2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 179 202 221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 5.04% 5.47% 6.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.83% 6.52% 7.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 118 124
Hampshire median daily rate £433 £400 £350
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +8.31% +14.29% -6.67%
10th Percentile £276 £270 £148
90th Percentile £573 £488 £500
South East median daily rate £438 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +6.06% +3.13% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 21 10
Hampshire median hourly rate £22.83 £40.00 £30.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -42.94% +31.15% -26.51%
10th Percentile £14.00 £10.00 £12.68
90th Percentile £49.63 £45.00 £46.28
South East median hourly rate £22.20 £40.50 £19.81
% change year-on-year -45.19% +104.42% +29.92%

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 Hampshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,069 3,097 2,968
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 86.38% 83.79% 83.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,920 1,856 1,799
Hampshire median daily rate £436 £425 £400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +2.50% +6.25% -
10th Percentile £300 £294 £250
90th Percentile £588 £575 £538
South East median daily rate £450 £433 £413
% change year-on-year +3.87% +5.03% +3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 152 138
Hampshire median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
10th Percentile £14.09 £12.50 £10.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £54.13 £47.68
South East median hourly rate £31.35 £25.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +25.38% +25.00% -11.11%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Hampshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Problem-Solving in Hampshire.

Contractor daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Hampshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Problem-Solving in Hampshire over the 6 months to 21 September 2019.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Hampshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving in Hampshire.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Hampshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in Hampshire

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Problem-Solving in Hampshire over the 6 months to 21 September 2019.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Hampshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 21 September 2019. 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		 Live
Job
Vacancies
Hook +3 23 £432 +7.88% 2
Portsmouth -6 22 £495 +41.43% 14
Southampton +7 20 £438 +9.38% 33
Aldershot -3 16 £363 -9.38% 7
Havant +16 12 £445 -
Farnborough -6 12 £450 +2.86% 19
Fareham -10 9 £210 -50.59% 17
Winchester -1 8 £438 +6.06% 4
Basingstoke -15 7 £438 +34.62% 10
Fleet +4 5 £408 +5.84% 2
Andover +7 1 £438 +12.90% 1
Romsey -1 1 - - 2
Eastleigh - 1 - - 5
Problem-Solving
South East

For the 6 months to 21 September 2019, 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 Hampshire region with a requirement for Problem-Solving.

1 70 (39.11%) Analytical Skills
2 52 (29.05%) Security Cleared
3 39 (21.79%) Windows
4 28 (15.64%) SC Cleared
5 26 (14.53%) Degree
6 25 (13.97%) Microsoft
6 25 (13.97%) Linux
6 25 (13.97%) Agile Software Development
7 24 (13.41%) Firewall
7 24 (13.41%) Python
7 24 (13.41%) ITIL
7 24 (13.41%) SQL
8 23 (12.85%) Configuration Management
9 22 (12.29%) Windows Server
10 21 (11.73%) Software Engineering
11 19 (10.61%) OO
11 19 (10.61%) VMware
12 18 (10.06%) SQL Server
12 18 (10.06%) Decision-Making
13 17 (9.50%) Oracle
13 17 (9.50%) Cisco
13 17 (9.50%) Active Directory
13 17 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
13 17 (9.50%) Management Information System
13 17 (9.50%) Time Management
14 15 (8.38%) Windows Server 2008
14 15 (8.38%) Cybersecurity
14 15 (8.38%) Risk Management
14 15 (8.38%) Project Management
15 14 (7.82%) DNS

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring IT Skills in Hampshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (4.47%) MS Exchange
2 7 (3.91%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.23%) IIS
3 4 (2.23%) SAS
4 3 (1.68%) Apache
4 3 (1.68%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (1.68%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.68%) Skype for Business
5 2 (1.12%) Confluence
5 2 (1.12%) JBoss
6 1 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 11 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.47%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.68%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.56%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (3.91%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (2.23%) Eloqua
3 2 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.12%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.12%) Salesforce.com CRM
4 1 (0.56%) FastStats
4 1 (0.56%) FastStats PeopleStage
4 1 (0.56%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.56%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.56%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.56%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.56%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.56%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.56%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 10 (5.59%) Azure
2 7 (3.91%) AWS
3 5 (2.79%) Office 365
3 5 (2.79%) SaaS
4 3 (1.68%) PaaS
5 2 (1.12%) Coveralls
5 2 (1.12%) IaaS
5 2 (1.12%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.56%) Boomi
6 1 (0.56%) Serverless
6 1 (0.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 24 (13.41%) Firewall
2 14 (7.82%) DNS
3 12 (6.70%) LAN
4 11 (6.15%) WAN
5 9 (5.03%) MPLS
6 8 (4.47%) BGP
7 6 (3.35%) SAN
7 6 (3.35%) VPN
8 5 (2.79%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (2.79%) VLAN
9 4 (2.23%) Internet
9 4 (2.23%) SNMP
9 4 (2.23%) VoIP
9 4 (2.23%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (2.23%) Wireless
10 3 (1.68%) Fibre Channel
10 3 (1.68%) HTTP
10 3 (1.68%) OSPF
10 3 (1.68%) SMTP
10 3 (1.68%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (10.06%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.15%) Relational Database
3 6 (3.35%) Impala
3 6 (3.35%) NoSQL
3 6 (3.35%) Parquet
3 6 (3.35%) SAP BW
4 5 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.23%) Big Data
6 3 (1.68%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.68%) SQL Server 2016
7 2 (1.12%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 2 (1.12%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.12%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.12%) Oracle Database 12c
7 2 (1.12%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (1.12%) SAP HANA
7 2 (1.12%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (1.12%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.47%) Git (software)
1 8 (4.47%) NUnit
2 7 (3.91%) Ant
2 7 (3.91%) ClearCase
2 7 (3.91%) CppUnit
2 7 (3.91%) GoogleTest
2 7 (3.91%) Subversion
3 6 (3.35%) MSI
3 6 (3.35%) TeamCity
4 5 (2.79%) JIRA
5 3 (1.68%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.68%) Maven
6 2 (1.12%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.12%) Bitbucket Server
6 2 (1.12%) Gradle
6 2 (1.12%) JUnit
6 2 (1.12%) Phabricator
6 2 (1.12%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (1.12%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.12%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 14 (7.82%) Finance
2 12 (6.70%) Legal
3 11 (6.15%) Telecoms
4 9 (5.03%) Marketing
5 8 (4.47%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.79%) French Language
7 4 (2.23%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.23%) Military
7 4 (2.23%) Police
8 3 (1.68%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.12%) Publishing
9 2 (1.12%) Retail
10 1 (0.56%) Arabic Language
10 1 (0.56%) Back Office
10 1 (0.56%) Banking
10 1 (0.56%) Electronics
10 1 (0.56%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 42 (23.46%) Analyst
2 30 (16.76%) Developer
3 14 (7.82%) Business Analyst
4 10 (5.59%) Architect
4 10 (5.59%) Network Engineer
4 10 (5.59%) Service Analyst
5 8 (4.47%) Consultant
5 8 (4.47%) IT Analyst
5 8 (4.47%) Support Engineer
6 7 (3.91%) Administrator
7 6 (3.35%) Data Scientist
7 6 (3.35%) SAP Developer
7 6 (3.35%) Service Desk Analyst
7 6 (3.35%) Software Developer
7 6 (3.35%) Software Engineer
8 5 (2.79%) C# Developer
8 5 (2.79%) Customer Analyst
8 5 (2.79%) Integration Engineer
9 4 (2.23%) .NET Developer
9 4 (2.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.59%) .NET
2 6 (3.35%) AngularJS
2 6 (3.35%) Apache Avro
3 5 (2.79%) Web Services
4 4 (2.23%) .NET Framework
4 4 (2.23%) HTML
4 4 (2.23%) HTML5
4 4 (2.23%) Qt
4 4 (2.23%) RESTful
5 3 (1.68%) .NET Core
5 3 (1.68%) LDAP
5 3 (1.68%) Middleware
5 3 (1.68%) XML
6 2 (1.12%) Angular 2
6 2 (1.12%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.12%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (1.12%) Kafka
6 2 (1.12%) REST
6 2 (1.12%) SAP Fiori
6 2 (1.12%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 70 (39.11%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (9.50%) Management Information System
3 11 (6.15%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.91%) Derivative
5 5 (2.79%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.79%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.79%) PKI
6 4 (2.23%) CESG
6 4 (2.23%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (1.68%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.68%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.68%) Smartphone
7 3 (1.68%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.56%) Freedom of Information Act
9 1 (0.56%) Life Science
9 1 (0.56%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.56%) Smart Meter
9 1 (0.56%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 39 (21.79%) Windows
2 25 (13.97%) Linux
3 22 (12.29%) Windows Server
4 15 (8.38%) Windows Server 2008
5 13 (7.26%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (6.15%) Unix
7 6 (3.35%) Windows 7
8 5 (2.79%) Solaris
8 5 (2.79%) Windows Vista
9 4 (2.23%) Mac OS X
10 3 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (1.68%) Windows 10
11 2 (1.12%) Check Point GAiA
12 1 (0.56%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (13.97%) Agile Software Development
2 24 (13.41%) ITIL
3 23 (12.85%) Configuration Management
4 21 (11.73%) Software Engineering
5 19 (10.61%) OO
6 18 (10.06%) Decision-Making
7 17 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (9.50%) Time Management
8 15 (8.38%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (8.38%) Project Management
8 15 (8.38%) Risk Management
9 13 (7.26%) Unit Testing
10 11 (6.15%) OOD
10 11 (6.15%) Scrum
10 11 (6.15%) Service Delivery
10 11 (6.15%) Use Case
11 10 (5.59%) Business Analysis
11 10 (5.59%) DevOps
11 10 (5.59%) Service Management
12 9 (5.03%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (13.41%) Python
1 24 (13.41%) SQL
2 14 (7.82%) C++
3 13 (7.26%) C
4 11 (6.15%) C#
5 9 (5.03%) Java
5 9 (5.03%) PowerShell
5 9 (5.03%) R
6 7 (3.91%) Bash Shell
7 6 (3.35%) JavaScript
7 6 (3.35%) Perl
8 5 (2.79%) ABAP
9 3 (1.68%) VB.NET
10 2 (1.12%) Java 8
10 2 (1.12%) PHP
10 2 (1.12%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.12%) SAPscript
10 2 (1.12%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.56%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 52 (29.05%) Security Cleared
2 28 (15.64%) SC Cleared
3 26 (14.53%) Degree
4 14 (7.82%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.79%) Numerate Degree
6 4 (2.23%) CCNP
6 4 (2.23%) CESG Certified Professional
6 4 (2.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 4 (2.23%) MCP
7 3 (1.68%) HND
7 3 (1.68%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.68%) MCSE
7 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.12%) ISEB
8 2 (1.12%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.12%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (4.47%) SLA
3 7 (3.91%) GDPR
4 6 (3.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (3.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 6 (3.35%) QA
4 6 (3.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (2.23%) JSP 440
5 4 (2.23%) MISRA
5 4 (2.23%) MISRA C
5 4 (2.23%) RMADS
6 2 (1.12%) ARP4754
6 2 (1.12%) ARP4761
6 2 (1.12%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.12%) DO-178B
6 2 (1.12%) DO-254
6 2 (1.12%) HAZOP
6 2 (1.12%) IEC 61508
6 2 (1.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (9.50%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.03%) Docker
2 9 (5.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.47%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.68%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (1.68%) VMware Server
5 2 (1.12%) NFS
6 1 (0.56%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.56%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.56%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.56%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.56%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (5.03%) Forefront Identity Manager
2 6 (3.35%) Puppet
3 5 (2.79%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.79%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 5 (2.79%) Opscode Chef
4 3 (1.68%) Ansible
4 3 (1.68%) Data Guard
4 3 (1.68%) SCCM
4 3 (1.68%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 2 (1.12%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (1.12%) Cisco UCCX
5 2 (1.12%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (1.12%) HP ALM
5 2 (1.12%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (1.12%) SCOM
6 1 (0.56%) Consul
6 1 (0.56%) Mesos
6 1 (0.56%) Nessus
6 1 (0.56%) vRealize
6 1 (0.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (13.97%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.61%) VMware
3 17 (9.50%) Cisco
3 17 (9.50%) Oracle
4 11 (6.15%) HP
5 8 (4.47%) McAfee
5 8 (4.47%) SAP
6 7 (3.91%) Sparx
7 6 (3.35%) Cloudera
7 6 (3.35%) Lumension
8 5 (2.79%) CA
8 5 (2.79%) CheckPoint
8 5 (2.79%) Citrix
8 5 (2.79%) F5
9 4 (2.23%) Apple
9 4 (2.23%) Google
9 4 (2.23%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.68%) Brocade
10 3 (1.68%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.68%) Red Hat