Problem-Solving Contracts in Merton

Problem Solving
South London > Merton

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merton 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 8 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +6
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 3 2 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merton 16.67% 5.71% 14.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.00% 7.14% 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £220 - £120
25th Percentile £231 - £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £160 £450
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -64.44% -
75th Percentile £413 - £475
90th Percentile £510 - -
South London median daily rate £406 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -14.47% +5.56% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £43.83
25th Percentile - - £44.32
Median hourly rate - £62.68 £46.29
Median % change year-on-year - +35.41% +4.02%
75th Percentile - - £48.01
90th Percentile - - £48.35
South London median hourly rate £23.50 £62.68 £46.29
% change year-on-year -62.51% +35.41% +4.02%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merton

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 Merton with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12 28 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 66.67% 80.00% 76.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 20 22
10th Percentile £250 £253 £266
25th Percentile £388 £319 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £606 £488 £488
90th Percentile £638 £589 £523
South London median daily rate £500 £533 £540
% change year-on-year -6.10% -1.39% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 11
10th Percentile - £39.64 £39.75
25th Percentile £40.82 - £42.41
Median hourly rate £43.84 £50.42 £48.58
Median % change year-on-year -13.05% +3.79% +4.66%
75th Percentile £46.86 £51.70 £49.21
90th Percentile - £56.85 £55.90
South London median hourly rate £23.50 £23.46 £47.34
% change year-on-year +0.17% -50.44% +1.99%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Merton

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merton

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Merton

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Merton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Merton over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Merton

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merton

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Merton

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Merton

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 Merton region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
Wimbledon +2 2 £400 +150.00% 1
Morden - 1 £225 -
Problem-Solving
South London

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merton 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Service Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Leader
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
1 2 (66.67%) VMS
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft