Problem-Solving Contracts in North London

Problem Solving
London > North London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in North London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 5 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in North London 11.54% 6.90% 4.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.00% 7.69% 7.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £254 - -
25th Percentile £263 - £138
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £285 £425 £145
Median % change year-on-year -32.94% +193.10% -
75th Percentile £350 - £153
90th Percentile £384 - -
London median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £21.12 -
London median hourly rate £43.04 £33.36 £43.00
% change year-on-year +29.03% -22.43% +6.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North London

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 North London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25 26 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North London 96.15% 89.66% 61.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 21 18
10th Percentile £320 £213 £137
25th Percentile £403 £250 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £313 £488
Median % change year-on-year +54.00% -35.90% +2.63%
75th Percentile £575 £438 £584
90th Percentile £654 £590 £801
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £21.12 -
London median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in North London

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in North London

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in North London

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in North London

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in North London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in North London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in North London

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in North London

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in North London

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in North London

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 North London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Barnet - 1 £405 -
Problem-Solving
London

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in North London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) NAS
1 2 (66.67%) SAN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Law
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 2 (66.67%) Linux Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Linux Server Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Linux Specialist
1 2 (66.67%) Server Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Server Specialist
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Infrastructure Specialist
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Operations Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
2 2 (66.67%) Server Management
2 2 (66.67%) Storage Management
2 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Bash
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft