Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Problem Solving
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 10 15
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 +14
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 79 88 69
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 10.96% 13.62% 7.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.32% 15.77% 8.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 56 52
10th Percentile £219 £337 £165
25th Percentile £400 £406 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £547 £525 £616
90th Percentile £626 £550 £688
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £475 £494
% change year-on-year +10.53% -3.80% -1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £41.00 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £41.00 £17.06
% change year-on-year -46.00% +140.40% -5.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 641 558 844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 88.90% 86.38% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 349 579
10th Percentile £302 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -7.62% -
75th Percentile £575 £573 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £515
% change year-on-year +5.26% -7.77% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 20 6
10th Percentile - £15.70 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.25 £18.14 £18.74
Median hourly rate £19.63 £32.50 £21.01
Median % change year-on-year -39.62% +54.71% -2.29%
75th Percentile £26.13 £41.50 £21.80
90th Percentile £27.63 £97.18 £41.98
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £30.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -26.20% +57.89% -11.63%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Leeds

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Leeds over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Leeds

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Problem-Solving

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

Application Platforms
1 8 (10.13%) SharePoint
2 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.80%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.27%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.27%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 17 (21.52%) AWS
2 12 (15.19%) Azure
3 8 (10.13%) Power Platform
4 7 (8.86%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (7.59%) Serverless
6 5 (6.33%) Entra ID
6 5 (6.33%) GCP
6 5 (6.33%) Power Automate
6 5 (6.33%) PowerApps
7 4 (5.06%) Amazon S3
8 3 (3.80%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (3.80%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (3.80%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (2.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (2.53%) Azure AKS
9 2 (2.53%) Azure Functions
9 2 (2.53%) Boomi
9 2 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (2.53%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.53%) DHCP
1 2 (2.53%) DNS
2 1 (1.27%) Firewall
2 1 (1.27%) Internet
2 1 (1.27%) Network Security
2 1 (1.27%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.27%) VPN
2 1 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.66%) MongoDB
2 6 (7.59%) Power BI
3 3 (3.80%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.53%) DynamoDB
4 2 (2.53%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.53%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.53%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.27%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.27%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.27%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (1.27%) GIS
5 1 (1.27%) Power Query
5 1 (1.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (10.13%) Jenkins
2 7 (8.86%) GitLab
3 6 (7.59%) Cucumber
3 6 (7.59%) Git
4 5 (6.33%) Cypress.io
5 3 (3.80%) Mockito
5 3 (3.80%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (2.53%) JIRA
6 2 (2.53%) Selenium
7 1 (1.27%) JMeter
7 1 (1.27%) Maven
7 1 (1.27%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (1.27%) SonarQube
General
1 43 (54.43%) Social Skills
2 25 (31.65%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (29.11%) Public Sector
4 14 (17.72%) Finance
5 5 (6.33%) Health Technology
6 4 (5.06%) Banking
7 3 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.80%) Military
8 2 (2.53%) Electronics
8 2 (2.53%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.53%) Marketing
8 2 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.53%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.27%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.27%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.27%) Legal
9 1 (1.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (20.25%) Developer
2 14 (17.72%) Senior
3 13 (16.46%) Analyst
4 7 (8.86%) Lead
5 5 (6.33%) Business Analyst
5 5 (6.33%) Senior Test Engineer
5 5 (6.33%) Test Engineer
6 4 (5.06%) Architect
6 4 (5.06%) Java Developer
6 4 (5.06%) Payments Analyst
6 4 (5.06%) Payments Business Analyst
6 4 (5.06%) Senior Developer
6 4 (5.06%) Senior Java Developer
6 4 (5.06%) Software Engineer
7 3 (3.80%) .NET Software Engineer
7 3 (3.80%) Consultant
7 3 (3.80%) Data Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) Data Engineer
7 3 (3.80%) Power Platform Developer
7 3 (3.80%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.59%) Node.js
2 5 (6.33%) FHIR
3 4 (5.06%) Kafka
3 4 (5.06%) Playwright
3 4 (5.06%) React
3 4 (5.06%) RESTful
4 3 (3.80%) .NET
4 3 (3.80%) .NET Core
4 3 (3.80%) ActiveMQ
4 3 (3.80%) JAX-RS
4 3 (3.80%) JSON
4 3 (3.80%) REST
5 2 (2.53%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (2.53%) Middleware
5 2 (2.53%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (2.53%) SOAP
5 2 (2.53%) Visualforce
5 2 (2.53%) XML
6 1 (1.27%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.27%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.59%) NHS
2 5 (6.33%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (5.06%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (5.06%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.80%) CMDB
4 3 (3.80%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.80%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.53%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.27%) Blockchain
6 1 (1.27%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.27%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.27%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (1.27%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.27%) Replication
6 1 (1.27%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.27%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.27%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.86%) Windows
2 5 (6.33%) Linux
3 4 (5.06%) Mac OS X
3 4 (5.06%) Unix
4 3 (3.80%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (50.63%) Agile
2 19 (24.05%) CI/CD
2 19 (24.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (21.52%) Test Automation
4 15 (18.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (17.72%) Mentoring
6 12 (15.19%) Microservices
7 11 (13.92%) BDD
7 11 (13.92%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (12.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (11.39%) DevOps
9 9 (11.39%) Scrum
10 8 (10.13%) Continuous Deployment
11 7 (8.86%) AI
11 7 (8.86%) Containerisation
11 7 (8.86%) Infrastructure as Code
11 7 (8.86%) Test Strategy
12 6 (7.59%) Test Scripting
12 6 (7.59%) User Acceptance Testing
12 6 (7.59%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 14 (17.72%) Java
2 10 (12.66%) TypeScript
3 8 (10.13%) PowerShell
4 7 (8.86%) Python
5 6 (7.59%) C#
5 6 (7.59%) JavaScript
5 6 (7.59%) SQL
6 3 (3.80%) T-SQL
7 2 (2.53%) Apex Code
7 2 (2.53%) Bash
7 2 (2.53%) Groovy
7 2 (2.53%) SOQL
8 1 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.27%) FoxPro (VFP)
8 1 (1.27%) Rust
8 1 (1.27%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 8 (10.13%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.59%) Degree
3 5 (6.33%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.06%) CISSP
5 3 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (2.53%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.53%) CCSP
6 2 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.27%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.27%) CCSK
7 1 (1.27%) CEH
7 1 (1.27%) CISA
7 1 (1.27%) CISM
7 1 (1.27%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (1.27%) GCIH
7 1 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.27%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.39%) Accessibility
2 8 (10.13%) QA
3 6 (7.59%) Data Quality
4 3 (3.80%) GDPR
4 3 (3.80%) HL7
4 3 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (3.80%) NIST
4 3 (3.80%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.53%) PSD2
6 1 (1.27%) PMO
6 1 (1.27%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (13.92%) Docker
2 8 (10.13%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (10.13%) Terraform
2 7 (8.86%) Kubernetes
3 6 (7.59%) Grafana
4 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.53%) SCCM
5 1 (1.27%) Ansible
5 1 (1.27%) HP Fortify
5 1 (1.27%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.27%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (20.25%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.86%) Brio
2 7 (8.86%) ServiceNow
3 6 (7.59%) Splunk
4 4 (5.06%) Databricks
4 4 (5.06%) Oracle
4 4 (5.06%) SAP
5 3 (3.80%) Computacenter
5 3 (3.80%) Google
6 2 (2.53%) IFS
6 2 (2.53%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.27%) Apple
7 1 (1.27%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.27%) Darktrace
7 1 (1.27%) IBM
7 1 (1.27%) VMware
7 1 (1.27%) Wrike