Problem-Solving Contracts in Herefordshire

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Herefordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Herefordshire 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 5 21 16
Rank change year-on-year +16 -5 +3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 6 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Herefordshire 27.27% 4.00% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 33.33% 4.08% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £278 £323 -
25th Percentile £375 £356 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £420
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +13.10% -10.64%
75th Percentile £700 £556 £430
90th Percentile - £568 -
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £504 £525
% change year-on-year -10.63% -4.10% +6.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Herefordshire

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 Herefordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18 49 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Herefordshire 81.82% 98.00% 97.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 28 32
10th Percentile £380 £518 £414
25th Percentile £450 £536 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £550 £629
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -12.52% +30.65%
75th Percentile £800 £769 £691
90th Percentile £900 £850 £723
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £512
% change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £18.51 £50.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -62.98% - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Herefordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Herefordshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Herefordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Herefordshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Herefordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Herefordshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Herefordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Herefordshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Herefordshire

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 Herefordshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Jobs
Hereford +20 4 £400 -27.27% 6
Ledbury - 2 £700 - 1
Problem-Solving
West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Herefordshire 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 3 (50.00%) AWS
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) NoSQL
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) General Ledger
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Full-Stack Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Cabling Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Data Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) NOC Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Node.js
1 2 (33.33%) React
1 2 (33.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) API Design
2 2 (33.33%) API Development
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 2 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (33.33%) SDLC
2 2 (33.33%) Security Management
2 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Microservices
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Quantitative Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Go
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (33.33%) Python
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
1 2 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) AWS Certification
3 1 (16.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) CCNA
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) RHCE
3 1 (16.67%) RHCSA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Docker
2 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 2 (33.33%) Terraform
2 1 (16.67%) SELinux
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Bloomberg
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
1 1 (16.67%) VMware