Problem Solving
Suffolk > Ipswich
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Ipswich 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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 6 | - | 11 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +8 |
| Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Ipswich | 16.22% | - | 12.30% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 27.27% | - | 13.76% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £156 | - | £410 |
| 25th Percentile | £200 | - | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £350 | - | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -13.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | - | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £676 | - | - |
| Suffolk median daily rate | £200 | £220 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | -54.87% | +25.40% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Ipswich
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 Ipswich.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 22 | 30 | 109 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich | 59.46% | 83.33% | 89.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17 | 18 | 97 |
| 10th Percentile | £163 | £105 | £354 |
| 25th Percentile | £200 | £125 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £310 | £331 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.42% | -49.04% | +18.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £538 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £570 | £558 | £745 |
| Suffolk median daily rate | £350 | £313 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.00% | -47.92% | +14.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £14.60 | £20.56 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -28.99% | -17.76% |
| Suffolk median hourly rate | £46.18 | £14.60 | £15.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +216.30% | -2.67% | -26.83% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich
Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Ipswich.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Ipswich.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Ipswich
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Ipswich over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Ipswich
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Ipswich.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Ipswich 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: