Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Herefordshire

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Herefordshire

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 17 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 5 6 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Herefordshire 10.42% 10.00% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.90% 12.24% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 0
10th Percentile £484 £538 -
25th Percentile £534 £571 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £635 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.48% - -
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £469 £464 £500
% change year-on-year +1.08% -7.25% -

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 42 49 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Herefordshire 87.50% 81.67% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 37 22
10th Percentile £452 £563 £389
25th Percentile £511 £600 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £635 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +18.14% +10.26%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £688
90th Percentile - £850 £736
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £20.99 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - £50.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.34 £26.13 £27.50
% change year-on-year -6.83% -5.00% +52.78%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Herefordshire

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

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

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Herefordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Herefordshire over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Herefordshire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Herefordshire

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

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

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 20 September 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
Ledbury - 3 £600 - 2
Hereford +9 2 £450 -18.18% 7
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Software Developer
2 2 (40.00%) NOC Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Node.js Developer
2 2 (40.00%) React Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior React Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Developer
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Node.js
1 2 (40.00%) React
2 1 (20.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (60.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Clean Code
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Microservices
3 1 (20.00%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (60.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (20.00%) Go
2 1 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) CCNA
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes