Problem-Solving Contracts in the Home Counties

Problem Solving
South East > Home Counties

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Home Counties 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 1 3 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 +14
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Home Counties 42.86% 25.00% 8.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 50.00% 25.00% 9.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £342
25th Percentile - £463 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £444
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% +7.04% -26.04%
75th Percentile - £488 £502
90th Percentile - - £531
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Home Counties

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 the Home Counties.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6 8 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties 85.71% 100.00% 88.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 16
10th Percentile - £473 £423
25th Percentile - £489 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.55% -3.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile - £573 £688
90th Percentile - £589 £1,100
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the Home Counties

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Home Counties

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the Home Counties.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in the Home Counties

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Home Counties

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the Home Counties.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in the Home Counties

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Home Counties 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Nutanix
1 1 (33.33%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Implementation Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
1 1 (33.33%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Control
2 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Demand Forecasting
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) WFM
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) Veeam
1 1 (33.33%) Workday