Problem-Solving Contracts in Nottingham

Problem Solving
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Nottingham 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 6 14 15
Rank change year-on-year +8 +1 -4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 15 13 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Nottingham 13.27% 9.70% 9.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.15% 12.04% 11.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 13
10th Percentile £101 £231 £175
25th Percentile £373 £309 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £545 £714 £650
90th Percentile £571 £768 £770
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £475 £350 £500
% change year-on-year +35.71% -30.00% +3.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £11.82 £10.10
25th Percentile - £11.92 £11.00
Median hourly rate - £13.27 £11.80
Median % change year-on-year - +12.44% +29.42%
75th Percentile - £14.85 -
90th Percentile - £15.09 £17.72
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate - £13.27 £11.80
% change year-on-year - +12.44% +29.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 99 108 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham 87.61% 80.60% 87.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 56 178
10th Percentile £289 £234 £321
25th Percentile £410 £372 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £498 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -5.24% +10.53%
75th Percentile £530 £578 £700
90th Percentile £571 £663 £743
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 10
10th Percentile £14.04 £11.95 £10.85
25th Percentile £14.39 £12.75 £11.80
Median hourly rate £14.96 £13.89 £20.84
Median % change year-on-year +7.74% -33.36% +111.09%
75th Percentile £15.54 £17.31 £25.43
90th Percentile £15.88 £23.95 £28.88
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £13.81 £14.27 £20.00
% change year-on-year -3.22% -28.65% +47.28%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Nottingham

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Nottingham

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Nottingham

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Nottingham

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Nottingham

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Nottingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Nottingham

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottingham 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%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Exstream
1 1 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (13.33%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (6.67%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) Azure AKS
3 1 (6.67%) Azure API Management
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Event Grid
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.67%) IaaS
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) PaaS
3 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.67%) SaaS
3 1 (6.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) BGP
1 1 (6.67%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (6.67%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
1 1 (6.67%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Eclipse
1 2 (13.33%) JIRA
1 2 (13.33%) NetBeans
2 1 (6.67%) Git
General
1 12 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Retail
4 1 (6.67%) Banking
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Programme Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Retail Business Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Programme Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Android Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Finance Manager
4 1 (6.67%) IT Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) IT Support
4 1 (6.67%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Mac Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Programme Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.67%) SDLC Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Android Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) POSIX
2 1 (6.67%) Android Jetpack
2 1 (6.67%) Jetpack Compose
2 1 (6.67%) OAuth
2 1 (6.67%) OpenID
2 1 (6.67%) SAML
2 1 (6.67%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Algorithms
1 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (6.67%) Data Structures
2 1 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (6.67%) IoT
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
2 1 (6.67%) Android
2 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Agile
1 5 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 5 (33.33%) Project Management
2 3 (20.00%) Code Quality
2 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (20.00%) DevOps
2 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (20.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (13.33%) Agile Project Management
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (13.33%) Budget Management
3 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (13.33%) SDLC
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
3 2 (13.33%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (13.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) Bash
1 2 (13.33%) C
1 2 (13.33%) C++
1 2 (13.33%) Java
1 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (13.33%) Python
2 1 (6.67%) C#
2 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.67%) Kotlin
2 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) ACSP
2 1 (6.67%) AWS Certification
2 1 (6.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 1 (6.67%) CCIE
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.67%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (33.33%) QA
2 2 (13.33%) GDPR
2 2 (13.33%) MISRA
2 2 (13.33%) MISRA C
2 2 (13.33%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (6.67%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) FortiGate
1 1 (6.67%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) QNX
3 1 (6.67%) Apple
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco
3 1 (6.67%) Fortinet
3 1 (6.67%) OpenText
3 1 (6.67%) SAP