Optimization Problems Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Optimisation Problems
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Optimization Problems skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Optimization Problems 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 0.66% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East Midlands median daily rate - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

Optimization Problems 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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 129 82 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 84.87% 87.23% 81.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 54 100
10th Percentile £131 £211 £199
25th Percentile £360 £275 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £469 £378
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +24.17% -4.43%
75th Percentile £581 £558 £575
90th Percentile £638 £703 £641
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +5.18% - -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 6
10th Percentile £13.84 £22.13 £11.88
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.44 £12.50
Median hourly rate £22.00 £26.25 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% +43.84% -11.41%
75th Percentile £28.75 £28.44 £27.50
90th Percentile £30.25 £29.38 £42.38
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £22.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -16.13% +28.57% +3.98%

Optimization Problems
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Optimization Problems within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 28 February 2026. 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
Leicester - 1 - - 2
Optimization Problems
East Midlands

Optimization Problems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 1 (100.00%) CMS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Content Coordinator
1 1 (100.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (100.00%) Web Content Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA