Problem-Solving Contracts in Newport

Problem Solving
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newport 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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 5 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +11
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 6 25 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newport 17.14% 26.32% 24.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.35% 29.41% 26.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 17 30
10th Percentile £275 £262 £273
25th Percentile £285 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £353 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year -28.79% -5.71% -
75th Percentile £438 £625 £569
90th Percentile £528 - £630
South Wales median daily rate £331 £400 £525
% change year-on-year -17.21% -23.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Median hourly rate - £12.68 £20.47
Median % change year-on-year - -38.06% +25.97%
South Wales median hourly rate £14.61 £13.50 £20.47
% change year-on-year +8.22% -34.05% +25.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newport

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 Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31 85 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 88.57% 89.47% 92.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 35 104
10th Percentile £267 £133 £300
25th Percentile £285 £185 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £400 £549
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -27.11% -0.23%
75th Percentile £509 £521 £638
90th Percentile £594 £625 £651
South Wales median daily rate £403 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -10.56% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 25 17
10th Percentile £24.00 £14.70 -
25th Percentile £37.50 £20.12 £16.98
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.36 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +77.44% +39.80% -19.81%
75th Percentile - £53.75 £19.98
90th Percentile - £87.08 £49.25
South Wales median hourly rate £16.00 £20.35 £19.49
% change year-on-year -21.39% +4.43% -2.55%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Newport

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newport

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Newport

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Daily Rate Histogram in Newport

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Newport over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Newport

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Newport

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
1 2 (33.33%) SD-WAN
1 2 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (16.67%) 802.11
2 1 (16.67%) BGP
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (16.67%) HSRP
2 1 (16.67%) IPsec
2 1 (16.67%) OSPF
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Change Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Clinical Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) NHS Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Change Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (16.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 2 (33.33%) Network Design
1 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Business Case
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) High Availability
2 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
2 1 (16.67%) Line Management
2 1 (16.67%) Network Optimisation
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Statistics
2 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CCNP
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Cacti
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds
1 1 (16.67%) VMware