Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Hastings

Problem Solving
East Sussex > Hastings

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hastings requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hastings 11.11% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East Sussex median daily rate £360 £413 £400
% change year-on-year -12.73% +3.13% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 - -
Median hourly rate £19.00 - -
75th Percentile £19.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Sussex median hourly rate £12.60 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hastings

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 Hastings.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hastings 88.89% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East Sussex median daily rate £450 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +5.88% -22.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 - -
Median hourly rate £19.00 - -
75th Percentile £19.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Sussex median hourly rate £15.50 £52.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year -70.48% +191.67% +44.23%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Hastings

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hastings.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Hastings

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Hastings

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

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

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hastings by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) NVQ Level 3
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft