Problem-Solving Contracts in Hillingdon

Problem Solving
West London > Hillingdon

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hillingdon 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 2 5 30
Rank change year-on-year +3 +25 -18
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 12 14 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hillingdon 25.53% 14.00% 6.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 29.27% 16.47% 6.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 11
10th Percentile £171 £370 -
25th Percentile £172 £475 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% -12.00% -
75th Percentile £425 £596 £638
90th Percentile £475 £613 -
West London median daily rate £400 £463 £547
% change year-on-year -13.51% -15.45% +5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £17.50 -
West London median hourly rate £30.00 £17.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +71.43% -73.08% +140.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 41 85 197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon 87.23% 85.00% 96.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 56 177
10th Percentile £172 £282 £472
25th Percentile £274 £350 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £588
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -19.15% +56.67%
75th Percentile £475 £580 £638
90th Percentile £500 £632 £700
West London median daily rate £400 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -15.79% -13.64% +7.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 1
10th Percentile - £15.80 -
25th Percentile - £16.25 £26.25
Median hourly rate £19.20 £23.83 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.43% -13.35% +83.33%
75th Percentile - £30.16 £28.75
90th Percentile - £47.60 -
West London median hourly rate £22.27 £30.16 £64.00
% change year-on-year -26.16% -52.88% +176.58%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Hillingdon

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Hillingdon

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Hillingdon

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Hillingdon

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Hillingdon

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon 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
Heathrow +6 6 £226 -41.63% 1
West Drayton -1 3 £400 -27.27% 1
Northwood - 2 £400 - 2
Uxbridge +6 1 - - 13
Problem-Solving
West London

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hillingdon 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) WAN
2 4 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
3 3 (25.00%) BGP
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
3 3 (25.00%) DHCP
3 3 (25.00%) DMVPN
3 3 (25.00%) DNS
3 3 (25.00%) EIGRP
3 3 (25.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (25.00%) Firewall
3 3 (25.00%) LAN
3 3 (25.00%) Network Security
3 3 (25.00%) OSPF
3 3 (25.00%) SD-WAN
3 3 (25.00%) SSL
3 3 (25.00%) VLAN
3 3 (25.00%) VPN
3 3 (25.00%) Wireless
3 3 (25.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Cabling Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Project Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Administrator
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) CCTV Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) DBA
3 1 (8.33%) Network Administrator
3 1 (8.33%) SQL DBA
3 1 (8.33%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (16.67%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Project Management
2 3 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
2 3 (25.00%) Patch Management
2 3 (25.00%) Time Management
3 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 2 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (16.67%) Supplier Management
4 1 (8.33%) Change Management
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (8.33%) ITIL
4 1 (8.33%) ITSM
4 1 (8.33%) Line Management
4 1 (8.33%) Problem Management
4 1 (8.33%) Project Planning
4 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
4 1 (8.33%) Service Management
4 1 (8.33%) SQL Optimisation
4 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) C#
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) CCNP
1 3 (25.00%) CCSA
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 2 (16.67%) PMP
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Firmware
2 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco
1 3 (25.00%) F5
1 3 (25.00%) Juniper
1 3 (25.00%) Meraki
1 3 (25.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) VMware