Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Problem Solving
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -18 -1 +2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 41 39 26
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 9.11% 26.90% 16.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.61% 30.47% 22.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 16 18
10th Percentile £271 £157 £160
25th Percentile £331 £160 £199
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £225 £431
Median % change year-on-year +90.00% -47.83% -1.43%
75th Percentile £513 £409 £488
90th Percentile £550 £506 £568
South East median daily rate £475 £450 £486
% change year-on-year +5.56% -7.46% +2.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 0
10th Percentile £15.36 £76.59 -
25th Percentile £16.46 £84.97 -
Median hourly rate £47.54 £89.63 -
Median % change year-on-year -46.96% - -
75th Percentile £54.07 - -
90th Percentile £158.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £20.63 £18.00 £37.08
% change year-on-year +14.58% -51.46% -34.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 353 128 114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 78.44% 88.28% 72.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 77 78
10th Percentile £226 £174 £178
25th Percentile £406 £250 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -2.78% -
75th Percentile £675 £550 £509
90th Percentile £793 £680 £641
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -2.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 14 6
10th Percentile £12.84 £19.15 £13.83
25th Percentile £14.25 - £17.63
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.15 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.59% -1.35% -21.12%
75th Percentile £53.75 £81.63 £57.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £89.63 £80.63
South East median hourly rate £47.77 £22.35 £58.38
% change year-on-year +113.78% -61.72% +7.37%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Oxfordshire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Oxfordshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 October 2026. 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
Oxford -11 10 £338 +8.00% 105
Bicester - 5 £540 - 11
Banbury 0 2 £375 +87.50% 10
Kidlington - 2 - - 6
Witney -4 1 - - 7
Abingdon -17 1 - - 21
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.44%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (9.76%) SAP GTS
1 4 (9.76%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (9.76%) SAP SD
1 4 (9.76%) SAP VC
2 1 (2.44%) ENOVIA
2 1 (2.44%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.76%) Azure
2 3 (7.32%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (7.32%) Entra ID
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.32%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.88%) AWS
4 1 (2.44%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.44%) GCP
4 1 (2.44%) IaaS
4 1 (2.44%) PaaS
4 1 (2.44%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.32%) DHCP
1 3 (7.32%) DNS
1 3 (7.32%) Firewall
1 3 (7.32%) LAN
1 3 (7.32%) Network Security
2 2 (4.88%) BGP
2 2 (4.88%) IPv4
2 2 (4.88%) IPv6
2 2 (4.88%) WAN
2 2 (4.88%) Wireless
3 1 (2.44%) HSRP
3 1 (2.44%) OSPF
3 1 (2.44%) VLAN
3 1 (2.44%) VPN
3 1 (2.44%) VRRP
3 1 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.44%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.20%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.32%) Power BI
3 2 (4.88%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Git
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 23 (56.10%) Social Skills
2 12 (29.27%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (21.95%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (14.63%) Automotive
4 6 (14.63%) Manufacturing
5 4 (9.76%) Finance
5 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
6 3 (7.32%) Retail
7 2 (4.88%) Marketing
7 2 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.88%) Police
8 1 (2.44%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) Analyst
2 6 (14.63%) Senior
3 5 (12.20%) Administrator
3 5 (12.20%) Business Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) Consultant
4 4 (9.76%) SAP Consultant
4 4 (9.76%) SAP SD Consultant
5 3 (7.32%) Network Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) IAM Specialist
6 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Insight Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Programme Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Technical Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Technical Programme Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Web Analyst
7 1 (2.44%) Development Analyst
7 1 (2.44%) Lean Practitioner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (4.88%) LDAP
2 2 (4.88%) OAuth
2 2 (4.88%) OAuth2
2 2 (4.88%) OpenID
2 2 (4.88%) SailPoint
2 2 (4.88%) SAML
2 2 (4.88%) Web Services
3 1 (2.44%) 802.1X
3 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Onboarding
2 3 (7.32%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.44%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.44%) SCADA
3 1 (2.44%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (19.51%) Linux
2 7 (17.07%) Windows
3 6 (14.63%) Unix
4 4 (9.76%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.83%) ITSM
2 8 (19.51%) Decision-Making
2 8 (19.51%) Runbook
2 8 (19.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (14.63%) Change Control
3 6 (14.63%) SIEM
3 6 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (12.20%) Change Management
4 5 (12.20%) ITIL
4 5 (12.20%) Privileged Access Management
4 5 (12.20%) Project Delivery
5 4 (9.76%) Analytics
5 4 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (9.76%) CRM
5 4 (9.76%) Customer Service
5 4 (9.76%) Cutover Planning
5 4 (9.76%) ERP
5 4 (9.76%) Order to Cash
5 4 (9.76%) Presales
5 4 (9.76%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.07%) PowerShell
1 7 (17.07%) Python
2 3 (7.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (21.95%) Degree
1 9 (21.95%) Security Cleared
2 8 (19.51%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.32%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.88%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.44%) CCNP
5 1 (2.44%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (2.44%) CISM
5 1 (2.44%) CISSP
5 1 (2.44%) City & Guilds
5 1 (2.44%) CRISC
5 1 (2.44%) GIAC
5 1 (2.44%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (19.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (19.51%) NIST
2 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.44%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 10 (24.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Ansible
1 1 (2.44%) Grafana
1 1 (2.44%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (21.95%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.20%) BeyondTrust
2 5 (12.20%) CyberArk
3 4 (9.76%) SAP
4 2 (4.88%) Fortinet
4 2 (4.88%) Infoblox
5 1 (2.44%) Arista
5 1 (2.44%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (2.44%) Google
5 1 (2.44%) LogicMonitor
5 1 (2.44%) New Relic
5 1 (2.44%) Oracle
5 1 (2.44%) Palo Alto