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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 10 14
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 -3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 15 15 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Luton 10.49% 14.85% 11.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.03% 15.63% 11.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 8
10th Percentile £293 £315 £324
25th Percentile £300 £422 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £532
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -8.83% +260.68%
75th Percentile £550 £520 £575
90th Percentile £588 £528 £583
Bedfordshire median daily rate £388 £498 £420
% change year-on-year -22.11% +18.45% +184.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £41.76 - -

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 136 96 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 95.10% 95.05% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 70 90
10th Percentile £320 £281 £283
25th Percentile £466 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -2.50% +5.82%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £550
90th Percentile £654 £625 £639
Bedfordshire median daily rate £525 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +10.53% - +10.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 3 7
10th Percentile - £26.00 £13.65
25th Percentile £15.39 £42.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £21.50 £75.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -71.33% +66.67% +190.32%
75th Percentile £65.75 £85.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £66.30 £88.00 £57.50
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £21.50 £48.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -55.67% -7.62% +238.71%

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 1 June 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 (13.33%) Confluence
2 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.67%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (6.67%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.67%) InfoPath
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (6.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (6.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) AWS
2 2 (13.33%) GitHub
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Functions
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
3 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.67%) PowerApps
3 1 (6.67%) Serverless
3 1 (6.67%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (20.00%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (13.33%) BGP
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (13.33%) Firewall
3 2 (13.33%) LAN
3 2 (13.33%) OSPF
3 2 (13.33%) SD-WAN
3 2 (13.33%) VPN
3 2 (13.33%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) JIRA
2 2 (13.33%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (6.67%) GitLab
3 1 (6.67%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (6.67%) Subversion
3 1 (6.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 8 (53.33%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Finance
6 1 (6.67%) Advertising
6 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Data Governance Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Data Governance Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Data Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Developer
2 3 (20.00%) Governance Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Network Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Network Technical Architect
3 2 (13.33%) SAP Manager
3 2 (13.33%) SAP Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Data Quality Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Excel Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Quality Manager
4 1 (6.67%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) CSS
1 2 (13.33%) HTML
2 1 (6.67%) .NET
2 1 (6.67%) jQuery
2 1 (6.67%) React
2 1 (6.67%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) CMDB
1 2 (13.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (26.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (26.67%) Project Management
3 3 (20.00%) Change Management
3 3 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 3 (20.00%) Data Management
3 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (20.00%) Line Management
3 3 (20.00%) Master Data Management
3 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (13.33%) Capacity Management
4 2 (13.33%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (13.33%) CI/CD
4 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (13.33%) Planning and Forecasting
4 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
4 2 (13.33%) Service Catalogue
4 2 (13.33%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (13.33%) Python
3 1 (6.67%) C#
3 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) AWS Certification
2 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (13.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes
1 2 (13.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Cisco
1 2 (13.33%) F5
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (13.33%) Palo Alto
1 2 (13.33%) SAP
1 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
1 2 (13.33%) Splunk
1 2 (13.33%) Zscaler
2 1 (6.67%) Ariba
2 1 (6.67%) IBM