Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Havant

Problem Solving
Hampshire > Havant

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Havant requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 -6
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 13 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in Havant 17.33% 20.69% 13.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.81% 20.69% 14.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 7
10th Percentile £500 £456 £380
25th Percentile £535 £500 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £503 £544
Median % change year-on-year +9.45% -7.63% -0.46%
75th Percentile - £615 £577
90th Percentile £600 £743 £608
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £494 £538
% change year-on-year +1.27% -8.14% -4.02%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Havant

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 Havant.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73 29 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Havant 97.33% 100.00% 98.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 26 48
10th Percentile £476 £494 £423
25th Percentile £550 £512 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £585 £533
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +9.86% -1.93%
75th Percentile £648 £650 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £679
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +6.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.13
Median hourly rate - - £17.25
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.38%
75th Percentile - - £17.38
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -40.83% -36.36% +29.67%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Havant

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Havant

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Havant

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

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

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Havant

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Havant over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Havant

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Havant

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

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

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Havant 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
1 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (7.69%) Power BI
General
1 11 (84.62%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Finance
4 2 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Project Planner
2 3 (23.08%) Lead
2 3 (23.08%) PMO Lead
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Asset Management Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Coordinator
4 1 (7.69%) Integration Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Integration Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) PMO Coordinator
4 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Project Management
2 8 (61.54%) Dependency Management
2 8 (61.54%) PRINCE2
3 6 (46.15%) Project Delivery
4 4 (30.77%) Budgeting
4 4 (30.77%) Change Management
4 4 (30.77%) Cost Control
4 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
5 3 (23.08%) Portfolio Management
5 3 (23.08%) PRINCE
5 3 (23.08%) Time Management
6 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
6 2 (15.38%) Change Control
6 2 (15.38%) Contingency Planning
6 2 (15.38%) IT Asset Management
6 2 (15.38%) ITIL
6 2 (15.38%) Software Asset Management
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (7.69%) Document Management
7 1 (7.69%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) PMI Certification
1 3 (23.08%) PMP
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (61.54%) PMO
2 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 1 (7.69%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle
3 2 (15.38%) ServiceNow
3 2 (15.38%) Snow
4 1 (7.69%) IBM