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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 7 8
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 +7
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 45 77 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Peterborough 53.57% 32.91% 23.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 60.81% 40.53% 25.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £184 - £205
25th Percentile £190 - £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £325
Median % change year-on-year - -38.46% +66.67%
75th Percentile £319 - £432
90th Percentile £390 - £444
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £467 £550 £463
% change year-on-year -15.18% +18.92% +32.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 76 35
10th Percentile £14.84 - -
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.29
Median hourly rate £15.14 £14.80 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% +8.35% +1.19%
75th Percentile £16.85 £15.12 £13.91
90th Percentile £18.85 £16.85 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.14 £14.80 £13.66
% change year-on-year +2.30% +8.35% +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 74 190 183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Peterborough 88.10% 81.20% 91.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 20 45
10th Percentile £188 £170 £219
25th Percentile £195 £178 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £260 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% -35.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £450 £386 £500
90th Percentile £505 £545 £595
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £465 £450
% change year-on-year +2.15% +3.33% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 156 129
10th Percentile £14.84 - £13.29
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.44 £15.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.93% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £17.53 £16.85 £15.75
90th Percentile £21.17 £24.48 £22.00
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.23 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +8.20% +3.45% -

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 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Peterborough

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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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Peterborough

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Peterborough over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 40 (88.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (86.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.22%) CANalyzer
4 1 (2.22%) Simulink
4 1 (2.22%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 17 (37.78%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (35.56%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.22%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.22%) CANoe
1 1 (2.22%) Git
General
1 18 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.56%) German Language
3 3 (6.67%) Spanish Language
4 2 (4.44%) Hungarian Language
4 2 (4.44%) Lithuanian Language
5 1 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.22%) Automotive
5 1 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.22%) Electronics
5 1 (2.22%) Legal
Job Titles
1 26 (57.78%) Analyst
2 25 (55.56%) Service Analyst
3 16 (35.56%) Service Desk Analyst
3 16 (35.56%) Technical Analyst
3 16 (35.56%) Technical Services Analyst
4 9 (20.00%) Customer Analyst
4 9 (20.00%) Customer Service Analyst
5 1 (2.22%) 1st Line Engineer
5 1 (2.22%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (2.22%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 1 (2.22%) Data Analytics Analyst
5 1 (2.22%) Data Business Analyst
5 1 (2.22%) DBA
5 1 (2.22%) Deployment Engineer
5 1 (2.22%) Design Engineer
5 1 (2.22%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (2.22%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (2.22%) MongoDB DBA
5 1 (2.22%) Senior Design Engineer
5 1 (2.22%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.22%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (88.89%) Customer Service
2 39 (86.67%) Incident Management
2 39 (86.67%) Mathematics
2 39 (86.67%) Service Delivery
3 16 (35.56%) ITIL
4 2 (4.44%) Computer Science
4 2 (4.44%) Software Engineering
5 1 (2.22%) Analytics
5 1 (2.22%) Data Analytics
5 1 (2.22%) Data Engineering
5 1 (2.22%) Deployment Automation
5 1 (2.22%) Embedded Software Development
5 1 (2.22%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 1 (2.22%) Mentoring
5 1 (2.22%) Performance Monitoring
5 1 (2.22%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (2.22%) Process Improvement
5 1 (2.22%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (2.22%) SDLC
5 1 (2.22%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.22%) MATLAB
1 1 (2.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (37.78%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (35.56%) A+ Certification
2 16 (35.56%) MCSA
3 11 (24.44%) SC Cleared
3 11 (24.44%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.44%) Degree
5 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 16 (35.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 40 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 16 (35.56%) Citrix
2 16 (35.56%) ServiceNow