Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Kidlington

Problem Solving
Oxfordshire > Kidlington

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kidlington requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 1 4
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 1 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Kidlington 9.09% 100.00% 29.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.00% 100.00% 29.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 - £200
75th Percentile - - £300
90th Percentile - - £390
Oxfordshire median daily rate £475 £525 £300
% change year-on-year -9.52% +75.00% -28.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £16.12
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £16.71 - £16.81

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kidlington

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 Kidlington.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5 1 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kidlington 45.45% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 11
10th Percentile £165 - -
25th Percentile £187 - £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £212 - £250
Median % change year-on-year - - -35.48%
75th Percentile £230 - £425
90th Percentile £238 - £450
Oxfordshire median daily rate £450 £500 £438
% change year-on-year -10.00% +14.29% -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £16.43
25th Percentile £15.22 - £17.37
Median hourly rate £16.44 - £19.50
75th Percentile £17.65 - £19.75
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £20.18 £55.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -63.31% +182.05% -25.00%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Kidlington

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Kidlington

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Kidlington

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

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

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kidlington 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared