Problem-Solving Contracts in Peterborough

Problem Solving
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Peterborough 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 3 8 9
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 47 65 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Peterborough 51.65% 29.82% 22.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 60.26% 35.52% 25.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £184 - £205
25th Percentile £190 - £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £210
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £319 - £379
90th Percentile £390 - £430
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £425 £550 £463
% change year-on-year -22.73% +18.92% +45.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 64 37
10th Percentile £14.84 - -
25th Percentile £14.99 - £13.29
Median hourly rate £15.14 £14.16 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year +6.92% +3.66% +1.19%
75th Percentile £16.85 £15.12 £13.91
90th Percentile £21.46 £16.38 £16.45
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.44 £14.48 £13.66
% change year-on-year +6.63% +6.00% +1.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Peterborough

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 Peterborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78 183 197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Peterborough 85.71% 83.94% 90.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 17 53
10th Percentile £192 £170 £202
25th Percentile £195 £178 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £300 £325
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -7.69% -23.53%
75th Percentile £449 £419 £438
90th Percentile £523 £567 £500
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £470 £450
% change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 159 131
10th Percentile £14.84 - £13.29
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.23 £15.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.20% +3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £16.85 £16.30 £20.56
90th Percentile £21.46 £28.23 £22.00
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.23 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +8.20% +3.45% +6.15%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Peterborough

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Peterborough

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Peterborough

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Peterborough

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Peterborough

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Peterborough

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Peterborough

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

Applications
1 44 (93.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (91.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (44.68%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 20 (42.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.13%) Power BI
General
1 18 (38.30%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.89%) German Language
3 5 (10.64%) Hungarian Language
4 2 (4.26%) Lithuanian Language
5 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Legal
5 1 (2.13%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 29 (61.70%) Analyst
2 28 (59.57%) Service Analyst
3 20 (42.55%) Service Desk Analyst
4 16 (34.04%) Technical Analyst
4 16 (34.04%) Technical Services Analyst
5 8 (17.02%) Customer Analyst
5 8 (17.02%) Customer Service Analyst
6 1 (2.13%) 1st Line Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (2.13%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) Business Analyst
6 1 (2.13%) Data Analytics Analyst
6 1 (2.13%) Data Business Analyst
6 1 (2.13%) Database Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) DBA
6 1 (2.13%) Deployment Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) MongoDB DBA
6 1 (2.13%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.13%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (91.49%) Customer Service
1 43 (91.49%) Incident Management
1 43 (91.49%) Mathematics
1 43 (91.49%) Service Delivery
2 20 (42.55%) ITIL
3 1 (2.13%) Analytics
3 1 (2.13%) Business Continuity
3 1 (2.13%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (2.13%) Data Analytics
3 1 (2.13%) Data Engineering
3 1 (2.13%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (2.13%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (2.13%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (2.13%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (2.13%) Process Improvement
3 1 (2.13%) Project Management
3 1 (2.13%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (44.68%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (42.55%) A+ Certification
2 20 (42.55%) MCSA
3 15 (31.91%) SC Cleared
3 15 (31.91%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 20 (42.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 44 (93.62%) Microsoft
2 20 (42.55%) Citrix
2 20 (42.55%) ServiceNow