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 6 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 15 23
Rank change year-on-year +7 +8 +2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 17 12 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 14.66% 5.53% 5.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.67% 9.23% 7.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 8 8
10th Percentile £141 £144 £180
25th Percentile £203 £359 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £516 £321
Median % change year-on-year -57.38% +60.70% +41.99%
75th Percentile £228 £675 £553
90th Percentile £473 £686 £788
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £508
% change year-on-year +5.26% -6.40% +6.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £56.47
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £21.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -12.47% -62.61% +21.05%

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 102 130 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 87.93% 59.91% 71.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 84 106
10th Percentile £186 £205 £194
25th Percentile £220 £292 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £361 £444 £350
Median % change year-on-year -18.59% +26.79% -26.32%
75th Percentile £503 £553 £500
90th Percentile £623 £675 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £509 £506
% change year-on-year -1.67% +0.44% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 15 7
10th Percentile £17.37 £11.69 £42.78
25th Percentile £18.90 - £49.51
Median hourly rate £21.43 £15.00 £56.47
Median % change year-on-year +42.87% -73.44% +71.12%
75th Percentile - £41.31 £62.25
90th Percentile - £62.96 £71.72
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -47.05% -9.52% +138.96%

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 6 June 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 6 June 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 - -
Dartford 0 1 £125 -21.88% 343
Maidstone -4 1 - - 364
Canterbury - 1 £200 - 7
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%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) BGP
2 1 (5.88%) IPsec
2 1 (5.88%) LAN
2 1 (5.88%) Network Security
2 1 (5.88%) OSPF
2 1 (5.88%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (5.88%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (5.88%) WAN
General
1 14 (82.35%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Portuguese Language
3 2 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
3 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.88%) Avionics
4 1 (5.88%) Electronics
4 1 (5.88%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Legal
4 1 (5.88%) Marketing
4 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
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%) Head of Analytics
2 1 (5.88%) Information Officer
2 1 (5.88%) Information Security Officer
2 1 (5.88%) Network Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) Security Officer
2 1 (5.88%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Onboarding
2 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.88%) CMDB
3 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.88%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (5.88%) FPGA
3 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.88%) Verilog
3 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 6 (35.29%) Customer Service
2 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (11.76%) Analytics
3 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
3 2 (11.76%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
4 1 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (5.88%) Data Analysis
4 1 (5.88%) Data Governance
4 1 (5.88%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (5.88%) Information Architecture
4 1 (5.88%) Information Management
4 1 (5.88%) Information Security
4 1 (5.88%) Logistics
4 1 (5.88%) Machine Learning
4 1 (5.88%) Programme Management
4 1 (5.88%) SIEM
4 1 (5.88%) Visualisation
4 1 (5.88%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) C
1 1 (5.88%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) CCNP
2 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.88%) DBS Check
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
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