Problem-Solving Contracts in Kent

Problem Solving
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 6 19 17
Rank change year-on-year +13 -2 +5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 17 10 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 16.19% 4.95% 7.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.89% 7.52% 9.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 7
10th Percentile £143 £130 £213
25th Percentile £205 £354 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £516 £450
Median % change year-on-year -57.38% +14.72% +191.49%
75th Percentile £334 £675 £788
90th Percentile £450 £686 -
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £35.98
25th Percentile £21.00 - £39.40
Median hourly rate £22.00 - £46.39
75th Percentile £23.00 - £52.08
90th Percentile - - £54.71
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £19.38 £56.99
% change year-on-year -2.86% -66.00% +26.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 95 133 166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 90.48% 65.84% 75.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 93 126
10th Percentile £199 £205 £122
25th Percentile £213 £263 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £425 £350
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% +21.43% -19.08%
75th Percentile £545 £540 £514
90th Percentile £688 £656 £674
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 6
10th Percentile £14.68 £11.47 £36.85
25th Percentile £17.52 £15.00 £41.16
Median hourly rate £21.43 £35.50 £52.28
Median % change year-on-year -39.63% -32.09% +47.07%
75th Percentile £22.61 £46.87 £57.44
90th Percentile £51.55 £62.96 £62.25
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Kent

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Kent

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Kent

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Kent

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent 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
Folkestone +5 1 - -
Maidstone -4 1 - - 119
Gravesend - 1 - - 1
Canterbury - 1 £200 - 4
Dartford - 1 £125 - 123
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 4 (23.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) Confluence
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) BGP
1 1 (5.88%) Firewall
1 1 (5.88%) IPsec
1 1 (5.88%) LAN
1 1 (5.88%) OSPF
1 1 (5.88%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (5.88%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (5.88%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 14 (82.35%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Portuguese Language
3 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Finance
4 2 (11.76%) Legal
4 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.88%) Avionics
5 1 (5.88%) Electronics
5 1 (5.88%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) Administrator
2 1 (5.88%) Architect
2 1 (5.88%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) Desktop Support
2 1 (5.88%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (5.88%) IT Manager
2 1 (5.88%) IT Support
2 1 (5.88%) Network Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) Product Manager
2 1 (5.88%) Service Desk Support
2 1 (5.88%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) CMDB
2 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.88%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (5.88%) FPGA
2 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Verilog
2 1 (5.88%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
2 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Customer Service
2 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
3 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
4 1 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.88%) Data Protection
4 1 (5.88%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (5.88%) Information Architecture
4 1 (5.88%) Information Management
4 1 (5.88%) ITIL
4 1 (5.88%) Logistics
4 1 (5.88%) Machine Learning
4 1 (5.88%) Programme Management
4 1 (5.88%) Project Governance
4 1 (5.88%) Project Management
4 1 (5.88%) Risk Management
4 1 (5.88%) Service Delivery
4 1 (5.88%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) C
1 1 (5.88%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) CCNP
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) GDPR
1 1 (5.88%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.88%) Aruba
3 1 (5.88%) CheckPoint
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco
3 1 (5.88%) Palo Alto
3 1 (5.88%) SAP