Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Hillingdon

Problem Solving
West London > Hillingdon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hillingdon requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -11 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 9 7 17
As % of all contract jobs in Hillingdon 11.69% 18.92% 17.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.52% 25.93% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 6
10th Percentile £402 £172 £171
25th Percentile £405 £229 £242
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £415 £378
Median % change year-on-year +0.90% +9.93% -44.07%
75th Percentile £486 £464 £514
90th Percentile £572 £488 £563
West London median daily rate £475 £443 £500
% change year-on-year +7.34% -11.50% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42.25 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £44.50 - £17.50
75th Percentile £46.75 - £19.50
90th Percentile - - £19.95
West London median hourly rate £38.00 £37.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year +1.32% +102.70% -69.17%

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 62 27 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon 80.52% 72.97% 86.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 21 62
10th Percentile £290 £172 £237
25th Percentile £341 £423 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year -11.06% -12.20% +7.89%
75th Percentile £442 £500 £600
90th Percentile £463 £575 £650
West London median daily rate £450 £440 £530
% change year-on-year +2.27% -16.98% +2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 1 3
10th Percentile £19.54 - -
25th Percentile £21.46 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £100.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -74.85% +471.43% -61.11%
75th Percentile - - £19.50
90th Percentile - - £19.95
West London median hourly rate £25.15 £26.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year -3.27% -51.63% -2.27%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Hillingdon

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

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

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Hillingdon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Hillingdon over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Hillingdon

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

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

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 13 December 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
West Drayton - 4 £413 -
Uxbridge -6 2 £620 - 13
Problem-Solving
West London

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon 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 (11.11%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SAP IBP
1 1 (11.11%) SAP PP
1 1 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (11.11%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) BGP
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco Wireless
1 3 (33.33%) DHCP
1 3 (33.33%) DMVPN
1 3 (33.33%) DNS
1 3 (33.33%) EIGRP
1 3 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
1 3 (33.33%) LAN
1 3 (33.33%) Network Security
1 3 (33.33%) OSPF
1 3 (33.33%) SD-WAN
1 3 (33.33%) SSL
1 3 (33.33%) VLAN
1 3 (33.33%) VPN
1 3 (33.33%) WAN
1 3 (33.33%) Wireless
1 3 (33.33%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Italian Language
4 1 (11.11%) Marketing
4 1 (11.11%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 1 (11.11%) Administrator
1 1 (11.11%) Consultant
1 1 (11.11%) Network Administrator
1 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security Administrator
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (11.11%) Production Manager
1 1 (11.11%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (11.11%) Security Administrator
1 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) AS400
1 1 (11.11%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 3 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
1 3 (33.33%) Digital Innovation
1 3 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
1 3 (33.33%) Patch Management
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Business Development
3 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (11.11%) Content Management
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) CRM
3 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) Logistics
3 1 (11.11%) Marketing Management
3 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Production Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CCNP
1 3 (33.33%) CCSA
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) CheckPoint
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
1 3 (33.33%) F5
1 3 (33.33%) Juniper
1 3 (33.33%) Meraki
1 3 (33.33%) SolarWinds
2 1 (11.11%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) SEEBURGER