Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Poole

Problem Solving
Dorset > Poole

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Poole requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Poole 20.00% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
Dorset median daily rate £500 £375 £175
% change year-on-year +33.33% +114.29% -66.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Poole

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 Poole.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9 9 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Poole 90.00% 90.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 4
10th Percentile £271 £493 £563
25th Percentile £284 - £619
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £550 £715
Median % change year-on-year -43.18% -23.08% +39.51%
75th Percentile £334 - £735
90th Percentile £344 £620 £744
Dorset median daily rate £425 £475 £413
% change year-on-year -10.53% +15.15% -19.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.50 -
Dorset median hourly rate £61.73 £16.88 £15.22
% change year-on-year +265.82% +10.91% -72.97%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Poole

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Poole

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Poole

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

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

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Poole

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

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

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Poole 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Appium
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) NUnit
1 1 (50.00%) Robot Framework
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) TestRail
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (50.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Smoke Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) V-Model
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Workday