Problem-Solving Contracts in Oxford

Problem Solving
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxford 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 2 7 9
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 +11
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 19 9 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxford 39.58% 8.65% 12.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 42.22% 10.34% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 10
10th Percentile £203 £293 £328
25th Percentile £350 £358 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £438 £456
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.11% +102.78%
75th Percentile £500 £475 £634
90th Percentile £700 £494 £803
Oxfordshire median daily rate £500 £401 £450
% change year-on-year +24.61% -10.83% +41.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.08 - -
Median hourly rate £14.08 £13.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.27% - -
75th Percentile £19.01 - -
90th Percentile £21.37 - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £14.08 £14.79 £28.16
% change year-on-year -4.83% -47.48% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45 87 110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 93.75% 83.65% 85.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 58 85
10th Percentile £206 £250 £300
25th Percentile £360 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £525 £550
90th Percentile £700 £575 £678
Oxfordshire median daily rate £500 £425 £473
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.05% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 16 2
10th Percentile £13.08 £12.75 £22.05
25th Percentile £16.96 £13.00 £22.13
Median hourly rate £45.00 £21.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -14.29% +30.95%
75th Percentile £46.30 £39.13 £27.13
90th Percentile £46.78 £65.00 £27.35
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £27.76 £19.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +42.36% -25.00% +38.96%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Oxford

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Oxford

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxford

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Oxford

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Oxford

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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 1 (5.26%) Apache
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (26.32%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 4 (21.05%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Azure
2 5 (26.32%) AWS
3 4 (21.05%) GCP
3 4 (21.05%) Snowflake
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.26%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) DHCP
1 1 (5.26%) DNS
1 1 (5.26%) HTTP
1 1 (5.26%) VPN
1 1 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Data Lake
1 2 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (10.53%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
1 2 (10.53%) Power BI
2 1 (5.26%) MySQL
2 1 (5.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Eclipse
General
1 15 (78.95%) Social Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (26.32%) Manufacturing
5 4 (21.05%) Finance
6 1 (5.26%) Electronics
6 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.26%) Marketing
6 1 (5.26%) Military
6 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (15.79%) Analyst
1 3 (15.79%) Project Manager
1 3 (15.79%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (15.79%) SAP Manager
1 3 (15.79%) SAP Project Manager
1 3 (15.79%) Support Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 2 (10.53%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Data Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Data Manager
2 2 (10.53%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (10.53%) Developer
2 2 (10.53%) IT Support
2 2 (10.53%) Lead
2 2 (10.53%) Snowflake Data Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Snowflake Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Business IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) .NET
1 1 (5.26%) .NET Core
1 1 (5.26%) CSS
1 1 (5.26%) HTML
1 1 (5.26%) JSP
1 1 (5.26%) XML
1 1 (5.26%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Life Science
1 5 (26.32%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (21.05%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (15.79%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
4 2 (10.53%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
1 2 (10.53%) Windows 10
2 1 (5.26%) Android
2 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.26%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Agile
1 9 (47.37%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (42.11%) Migration
3 5 (26.32%) Analytics
3 5 (26.32%) Critical Thinking
3 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (26.32%) Strategic Thinking
3 5 (26.32%) Time Management
4 4 (21.05%) Asset Management
4 4 (21.05%) Data Management
4 4 (21.05%) Data Modelling
4 4 (21.05%) ERP
4 4 (21.05%) ETL
4 4 (21.05%) PRINCE2
5 3 (15.79%) Business Continuity
5 3 (15.79%) Change Management
5 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
5 3 (15.79%) Data Governance
5 3 (15.79%) Product Requirements
5 3 (15.79%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) SQL
2 2 (10.53%) Bash
2 2 (10.53%) Python
3 1 (5.26%) C#
3 1 (5.26%) Java
3 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
1 3 (15.79%) PMI Certification
1 3 (15.79%) PMP
2 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.26%) MBA
3 1 (5.26%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 1 (5.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 1 (5.26%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) PMBOK
2 2 (10.53%) GDPR
2 2 (10.53%) HIPAA
3 1 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) SAP
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Databricks
3 2 (10.53%) Google
4 1 (5.26%) Liquidlogic
4 1 (5.26%) Oracle
4 1 (5.26%) Salesforce