Problem-Solving Contracts in Luton

Problem Solving
Bedfordshire > Luton

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Luton with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 8 15
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 -4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 17 16 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Luton 11.49% 15.09% 9.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.14% 15.84% 9.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 9
10th Percentile £300 £250 £353
25th Percentile £338 £367 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £545
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -17.43% +211.43%
75th Percentile £550 £520 £575
90th Percentile £585 - £580
Bedfordshire median daily rate £400 £463 £420
% change year-on-year -13.51% +10.12% +140.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Luton

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Luton with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 140 101 171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 94.59% 95.28% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 74 86
10th Percentile £340 £281 £263
25th Percentile £469 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.76% -1.65% +5.82%
75th Percentile £585 £600 £550
90th Percentile £730 £625 £644
Bedfordshire median daily rate £525 £475 £482
% change year-on-year +10.53% -1.35% +13.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 5 7
10th Percentile - £29.50 £30.60
25th Percentile £15.39 £51.25 £48.13
Median hourly rate £21.50 £75.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -71.33% +36.36% +243.75%
75th Percentile £43.75 £90.00 £56.88
90th Percentile £65.75 - £59.75
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £21.50 £63.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -66.27% +15.91% +243.75%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Luton

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Luton

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Luton over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Luton

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Luton

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Luton 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 2 (11.76%) Confluence
2 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (5.88%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (11.76%) MS Visio
3 1 (5.88%) InfoPath
3 1 (5.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) AWS
2 2 (11.76%) GitHub
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Functions
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.88%) Power Automate
3 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.88%) PowerApps
3 1 (5.88%) Serverless
3 1 (5.88%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (17.65%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (11.76%) BGP
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (11.76%) Firewall
3 2 (11.76%) LAN
3 2 (11.76%) OSPF
3 2 (11.76%) SD-WAN
3 2 (11.76%) VPN
3 2 (11.76%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) JIRA
2 2 (11.76%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (5.88%) GitLab
3 1 (5.88%) Subversion
3 1 (5.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (88.24%) Social Skills
2 10 (58.82%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (41.18%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (29.41%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (23.53%) Finance
6 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Project Manager
2 5 (29.41%) Data Governance Analyst
2 5 (29.41%) Data Governance Manager
2 5 (29.41%) Data Manager
2 5 (29.41%) Governance Manager
3 3 (17.65%) Developer
3 3 (17.65%) SAP Manager
3 3 (17.65%) SAP Project Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Network Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Network Technical Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Data Quality Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Excel Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) Lead
5 1 (5.88%) Lead Project Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) CSS
1 2 (11.76%) HTML
2 1 (5.88%) .NET
2 1 (5.88%) jQuery
2 1 (5.88%) React
2 1 (5.88%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) CMDB
1 2 (11.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (29.41%) Data Governance
2 5 (29.41%) Data Management
2 5 (29.41%) Decision-Making
2 5 (29.41%) Master Data Management
3 4 (23.53%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (23.53%) Project Management
4 3 (17.65%) Change Management
4 3 (17.65%) Data Migration
4 3 (17.65%) Line Management
4 3 (17.65%) Migration
4 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
4 3 (17.65%) Project Planning
4 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
5 2 (11.76%) Agile
5 2 (11.76%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
5 2 (11.76%) Planning and Forecasting
5 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (11.76%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
2 2 (11.76%) Python
3 1 (5.88%) C#
3 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) AWS Certification
2 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) Data Quality
2 3 (17.65%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Kubernetes
1 2 (11.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) SAP
2 2 (11.76%) Ariba
2 2 (11.76%) Cisco
2 2 (11.76%) F5
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Palo Alto
2 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
2 2 (11.76%) Splunk
2 2 (11.76%) Zscaler