Problem-Solving Contracts in the Midlands

Problem Solving
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 301 447 450
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.12% 13.24% 9.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.53% 14.95% 10.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 297 326
10th Percentile £254 £194 £179
25th Percentile £330 £345 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £489
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -2.81% +20.68%
75th Percentile £611 £550 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £638
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +11.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 24 16
10th Percentile £11.50 £10.90 £8.37
25th Percentile £12.13 £11.80 £9.49
Median hourly rate £16.95 £16.49 £12.25
Median % change year-on-year +2.77% +34.63% -31.94%
75th Percentile £40.19 £21.68 £19.20
90th Percentile £61.13 £25.96 £23.25
England median hourly rate £17.50 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -65.00% +150.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,225 2,990 4,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.22% 88.54% 88.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,479 2,094 3,250
10th Percentile £250 £250 £250
25th Percentile £356 £370 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £498 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% +4.74% +15.85%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £566
90th Percentile £700 £685 £653
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 115 143
10th Percentile £11.06 £11.88 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.71 £15.00 £13.73
Median hourly rate £19.00 £18.75 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +7.14% +10.34%
75th Percentile £35.00 £29.38 £22.50
90th Percentile £55.00 £54.50 £34.90
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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
West Midlands -2 197 £500 -0.05% 532
East Midlands +4 100 £350 - 332
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 8 (2.66%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.33%) CMS
2 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.00%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.66%) Confluence
4 2 (0.66%) Drupal
4 2 (0.66%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.33%) Apache
5 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (4.98%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.66%) Trello
5 1 (0.33%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.33%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (0.33%) Simulink
5 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.66%) Odoo
2 4 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.33%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.00%) SAP MII
3 3 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.66%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.66%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.66%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.66%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.66%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.33%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 50 (16.61%) Azure
2 26 (8.64%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (7.97%) Power Platform
4 17 (5.65%) AWS
5 10 (3.32%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (2.66%) SaaS
7 6 (1.99%) Azure App Service
7 6 (1.99%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.66%) Azure AKS
8 5 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.33%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (1.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (1.00%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.00%) dbt
10 3 (1.00%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.00%) Serverless
11 2 (0.66%) GCP
11 2 (0.66%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.66%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.32%) Network Security
2 12 (3.99%) Firewall
3 10 (3.32%) WAN
4 8 (2.66%) LAN
5 7 (2.33%) VPN
6 6 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.66%) DHCP
7 5 (1.66%) DNS
8 4 (1.33%) SAN
8 4 (1.33%) VoIP
8 4 (1.33%) Wireless
9 3 (1.00%) Fibre Channel
9 3 (1.00%) Radio Access Network
9 3 (1.00%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (1.00%) VLAN
10 2 (0.66%) Internet
10 2 (0.66%) NetScaler
10 2 (0.66%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.33%) MPLS
11 1 (0.33%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.32%) Power BI
2 11 (3.65%) Data Mining
2 11 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.99%) Data Lake
3 6 (1.99%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.33%) Big Data
5 4 (1.33%) GIS
5 4 (1.33%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.33%) Tableau
6 3 (1.00%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (1.00%) QGIS
6 3 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.66%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.66%) Metadata
7 2 (0.66%) MySQL
7 2 (0.66%) OLAP
7 2 (0.66%) OLTP
7 2 (0.66%) Power Query
7 2 (0.66%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 12 (3.99%) JIRA
2 5 (1.66%) Git
3 4 (1.33%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.00%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.66%) Appium
5 2 (0.66%) kappa
5 2 (0.66%) UI Automator
5 2 (0.66%) XCUITest
6 1 (0.33%) Ant
6 1 (0.33%) Gradle
6 1 (0.33%) JUnit
6 1 (0.33%) Maven
6 1 (0.33%) NUnit
6 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 187 (62.13%) Social Skills
2 119 (39.53%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (16.94%) Finance
4 27 (8.97%) Public Sector
5 22 (7.31%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (3.99%) Manufacturing
7 11 (3.65%) Banking
8 10 (3.32%) Legal
9 8 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.99%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.99%) Marketing
11 5 (1.66%) Automotive
11 5 (1.66%) Electronics
12 4 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.33%) Retail
13 3 (1.00%) Law
14 2 (0.66%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.33%) Billing
15 1 (0.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 36 (11.96%) Architect
2 35 (11.63%) Analyst
3 31 (10.30%) Developer
4 25 (8.31%) Project Manager
5 24 (7.97%) Consultant
6 21 (6.98%) Senior
7 13 (4.32%) Data Architect
8 11 (3.65%) Support Engineer
9 10 (3.32%) Lead
10 9 (2.99%) IT Manager
11 8 (2.66%) Business Analyst
11 8 (2.66%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (2.66%) IT Engineer
11 8 (2.66%) IT Services Delivery Manager
11 8 (2.66%) IT Services Manager
11 8 (2.66%) Senior Analyst
11 8 (2.66%) Service Delivery Manager
11 8 (2.66%) Service Manager
11 8 (2.66%) Test Manager
12 7 (2.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.65%) .NET
2 10 (3.32%) OAuth
2 10 (3.32%) OpenID
2 10 (3.32%) SAML
3 8 (2.66%) AngularJS
4 7 (2.33%) LDAP
4 7 (2.33%) Middleware
4 7 (2.33%) RESTful
5 6 (1.99%) JSON
6 5 (1.66%) ADO
6 5 (1.66%) React
6 5 (1.66%) REST
7 4 (1.33%) CSS
7 4 (1.33%) HTML
7 4 (1.33%) Spring
8 3 (1.00%) OAuth2
8 3 (1.00%) Pandas
8 3 (1.00%) SOAP
8 3 (1.00%) Web Services
8 3 (1.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.31%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (5.32%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (4.65%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.32%) Product Ownership
5 11 (3.65%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.99%) Virtual Team
7 8 (2.66%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.33%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.33%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.99%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.99%) SCADA
10 5 (1.66%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.33%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.33%) Clustering
11 4 (1.33%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (1.33%) Social Media
11 4 (1.33%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 29 (9.63%) Windows
2 13 (4.32%) Linux
3 12 (3.99%) Windows 10
4 11 (3.65%) Apple iOS
5 9 (2.99%) Windows Server
6 7 (2.33%) Unix
7 6 (1.99%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.33%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.33%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.00%) CentOS
11 2 (0.66%) Android
12 1 (0.33%) AIX
12 1 (0.33%) VMS
12 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (18.27%) Continuous Improvement
1 55 (18.27%) Decision-Making
2 45 (14.95%) Agile
3 44 (14.62%) Computer Science
4 40 (13.29%) Project Management
5 33 (10.96%) Migration
6 30 (9.97%) Time Management
7 29 (9.63%) Customer Service
8 28 (9.30%) Critical Thinking
9 25 (8.31%) People Management
10 24 (7.97%) Analytics
11 21 (6.98%) ITIL
12 20 (6.64%) Asset Management
12 20 (6.64%) Conflict Management
12 20 (6.64%) Cybersecurity
12 20 (6.64%) Project Delivery
12 20 (6.64%) Stakeholder Management
13 19 (6.31%) DevOps
14 18 (5.98%) Service Management
15 17 (5.65%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 29 (9.63%) SQL
2 18 (5.98%) Python
3 10 (3.32%) C#
3 10 (3.32%) Java
3 10 (3.32%) Swift
4 8 (2.66%) C
5 7 (2.33%) PHP
5 7 (2.33%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.99%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.99%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.66%) Bicep
8 4 (1.33%) Bash
8 4 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.33%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.00%) BeanShell
9 3 (1.00%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (1.00%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.66%) C++
10 2 (0.66%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.66%) Scala
Qualifications
1 62 (20.60%) Degree
2 44 (14.62%) Security Cleared
3 33 (10.96%) SC Cleared
4 25 (8.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (6.98%) HND
6 20 (6.64%) HNC
7 10 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (2.99%) CISSP
8 9 (2.99%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (1.99%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.99%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.66%) CCNP
10 5 (1.66%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.66%) PMP
11 4 (1.33%) CCIE
11 4 (1.33%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (1.33%) PMI Certification
12 3 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.64%) QA
2 9 (2.99%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.33%) SLA
4 3 (1.00%) GDPR
5 2 (0.66%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.66%) PMO
6 1 (0.33%) HAZOP
6 1 (0.33%) NIST
6 1 (0.33%) PSD2
System Software
1 20 (6.64%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.66%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.00%) OpenAM
4 3 (1.00%) OpenIDM
4 3 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.00%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.00%) VMware Server
4 3 (1.00%) vSphere
5 2 (0.66%) Docker
5 2 (0.66%) Firmware
5 2 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.66%) XenApp
5 2 (0.66%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.33%) Lustre
6 1 (0.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (2.66%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.99%) SCCM
4 4 (1.33%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.00%) Autotask
5 3 (1.00%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.00%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.66%) Kibana
6 2 (0.66%) logstash
7 1 (0.33%) Ansible
7 1 (0.33%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.33%) PowerBroker
7 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 64 (21.26%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.98%) SAP
3 10 (3.32%) ForgeRock
4 8 (2.66%) Okta
4 8 (2.66%) Salesforce
4 8 (2.66%) VMware
5 7 (2.33%) Cisco
5 7 (2.33%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.66%) Apple
6 5 (1.66%) BMC
6 5 (1.66%) Splunk
7 4 (1.33%) Citrix
8 3 (1.00%) Databricks
8 3 (1.00%) Datto
8 3 (1.00%) Ericsson
8 3 (1.00%) ESRI
8 3 (1.00%) Greenplum
8 3 (1.00%) Mapinfo
8 3 (1.00%) Pega
9 2 (0.66%) NVIDIA