Problem-Solving Contracts in Leicestershire

Problem Solving
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire 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 10 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 7 7
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 +20
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 11 14 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 8.46% 10.53% 14.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.89% 13.59% 16.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 20
10th Percentile £131 £183 -
25th Percentile £131 £229 £122
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £132 £319 £325
Median % change year-on-year -58.45% -2.00% -9.72%
75th Percentile £324 £559 £520
90th Percentile £355 £632 £613
East Midlands median daily rate £375 £500 £370
% change year-on-year -25.00% +35.14% -17.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £16.25
25th Percentile - £26.25 £18.13
Median hourly rate - £27.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - +22.22% -
75th Percentile - £28.75 £44.38
90th Percentile - - £56.75
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.32 £16.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +33.25% -41.82% +39.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 101 103 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 77.69% 77.44% 87.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 78 123
10th Percentile £132 £188 £160
25th Percentile £250 £309 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £437 £425
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +2.82% +4.62%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £550
90th Percentile £580 £625 £650
East Midlands median daily rate £410 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -8.89% -5.26% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 7
10th Percentile £19.03 £21.30 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.81 £22.13 £14.00
Median hourly rate £20.90 £24.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.92% +14.29% +13.51%
75th Percentile £22.60 £26.63 £22.63
90th Percentile £24.94 £27.90 £40.25
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £20.75 £35.03
% change year-on-year -9.06% -40.77% +62.93%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Leicestershire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Leicestershire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 10 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Leicestershire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Leicestershire

Problem-Solving
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 Problem-Solving within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 10 August 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
Leicester -6 2 £385 +20.88% 23
Problem-Solving
East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 (36.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
1 1 (9.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (18.18%) Games
1 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Banking
2 1 (9.09%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
2 1 (9.09%) Law
2 1 (9.09%) Retail
2 1 (9.09%) Retail Banking
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Service Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Animator
3 2 (18.18%) IT Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) IT Support
3 2 (18.18%) IT Support Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) C# Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analytics Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Junior
4 1 (9.09%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Windows Deployment Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (9.09%) .NET
2 1 (9.09%) Blazor
2 1 (9.09%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Animation
1 2 (18.18%) Driving Licence
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Customer Service
1 4 (36.36%) Digital Strategy
2 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (18.18%) Change Management
3 2 (18.18%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
3 2 (18.18%) Game Development
3 2 (18.18%) Information Security
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) ITSM
3 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
3 2 (18.18%) Problem Management
3 2 (18.18%) Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Service Management
4 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (9.09%) Data Modelling
4 1 (9.09%) Migration
4 1 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Python
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) C#
2 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) R
2 1 (9.09%) T-SQL
2 1 (9.09%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) A+ Certification
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft