Problem-Solving Contracts in Hertfordshire

Problem Solving
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 9 33
Rank change year-on-year -16 +24 -11
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 54 101 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 6.54% 13.25% 5.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.38% 15.23% 6.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 33 27
10th Percentile £258 £185 £231
25th Percentile £315 £238 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £420 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -1.18% -
75th Percentile £597 £550 £538
90th Percentile £725 £626 £652
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% +9.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 46 1
10th Percentile £13.86 £19.39 -
25th Percentile £16.92 £53.75 £22.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 £57.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% +130.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile £90.00 £73.75 £27.50
90th Percentile - £90.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £14.84 £22.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year -32.55% +62.96% -10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 732 663 683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 88.62% 87.01% 86.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 338 410
10th Percentile £234 £240 £185
25th Percentile £315 £360 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +4.17% +1.05%
75th Percentile £600 £659 £625
90th Percentile £705 £750 £689
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 148 76
10th Percentile £38.12 £21.00 £21.75
25th Percentile £40.25 £53.69 £41.76
Median hourly rate £50.00 £64.00 £52.93
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +20.93% +17.61%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.80 £77.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +81.82% +41.94% -11.93%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. 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
Stevenage -24 23 £300 +9.09% 33
Hatfield -6 12 £330 -40.00% 9
Hemel Hempstead +8 6 £700 +24.44% 15
Watford 0 6 £425 +119.35% 26
Welwyn Garden City +2 1 £600 -27.27% 8
Problem-Solving
East of England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.70%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.85%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.26%) AWS
2 4 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.56%) Azure
3 3 (5.56%) SaaS
4 2 (3.70%) GCP
5 1 (1.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.70%) Wireless
2 1 (1.85%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (1.85%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.85%) LAN
2 1 (1.85%) Network Security
2 1 (1.85%) VPN
2 1 (1.85%) WAN
2 1 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.85%) Big Data
1 1 (1.85%) BigQuery
1 1 (1.85%) Data Vault
1 1 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.85%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (20.37%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 32 (59.26%) Social Skills
2 15 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.11%) Finance
4 5 (9.26%) Marketing
5 4 (7.41%) Aerospace
6 3 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.70%) Aviation
7 2 (3.70%) French Language
7 2 (3.70%) Games
7 2 (3.70%) Law
8 1 (1.85%) Electronics
8 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.85%) Legal
8 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (20.37%) C Software Engineer
1 11 (20.37%) Software Engineer
2 9 (16.67%) Embedded C Engineer
2 9 (16.67%) Embedded C Software Engineer
2 9 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 9 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 8 (14.81%) Analyst
4 5 (9.26%) Developer
5 4 (7.41%) Administrator
5 4 (7.41%) Lead
5 4 (7.41%) Salesforce Developer
5 4 (7.41%) Support Analyst
5 4 (7.41%) Technical Analyst
5 4 (7.41%) Technical Support
5 4 (7.41%) Technical Support Analyst
6 3 (5.56%) Design Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) IT Administrator
6 3 (5.56%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.11%) HTML
2 4 (7.41%) CSS
2 4 (7.41%) Lightning Web Components
2 4 (7.41%) REST
2 4 (7.41%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.26%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.41%) Product Ownership
3 3 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.70%) BYOD
5 1 (1.85%) Acoustics
5 1 (1.85%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.85%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.85%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.85%) Replication
5 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.96%) Linux
2 4 (7.41%) Windows
3 2 (3.70%) Android
3 2 (3.70%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.93%) Software Engineering
2 12 (22.22%) Customer Service
3 9 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 9 (16.67%) Test Scripting
3 9 (16.67%) Validation
3 9 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
4 8 (14.81%) Migration
5 6 (11.11%) ITIL
6 5 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (9.26%) Project Management
6 5 (9.26%) Service Delivery
7 4 (7.41%) Change Management
7 4 (7.41%) Mathematics
7 4 (7.41%) Product Backlog
7 4 (7.41%) Statistics
7 4 (7.41%) Web Development
8 3 (5.56%) Agile
8 3 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (5.56%) ERP
8 3 (5.56%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.37%) C
2 9 (16.67%) C++
2 9 (16.67%) Embedded C
3 7 (12.96%) Embedded C++
3 7 (12.96%) SQL
4 4 (7.41%) Apex Code
4 4 (7.41%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.70%) MATLAB
5 2 (3.70%) Python
6 1 (1.85%) Java
6 1 (1.85%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (29.63%) Security Cleared
2 11 (20.37%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.26%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (5.56%) CCNP
4 3 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (5.56%) Degree
4 3 (5.56%) PMP
5 2 (3.70%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.85%) CCIE
6 1 (1.85%) CCNA
6 1 (1.85%) CCSA
6 1 (1.85%) CISSP
6 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.85%) JNCIA
6 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.11%) SLA
2 5 (9.26%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.70%) QA
4 1 (1.85%) GDPR
4 1 (1.85%) GRC
4 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.85%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.56%) SCCM
2 2 (3.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (24.07%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.11%) SAP
3 5 (9.26%) VMware
4 4 (7.41%) Salesforce
5 3 (5.56%) Cisco
5 3 (5.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 2 (3.70%) Twitter
7 1 (1.85%) Blue Coat
7 1 (1.85%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.85%) Citrix
7 1 (1.85%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.85%) Google
7 1 (1.85%) IFS
7 1 (1.85%) Juniper
7 1 (1.85%) Oracle
7 1 (1.85%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow