Problem-Solving Contracts in Shropshire

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Shropshire 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 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 11 5
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 +5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 37 22 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Shropshire 21.76% 19.47% 38.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.57% 26.19% 41.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 14 20
10th Percentile £203 £118 £396
25th Percentile £325 £138 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £457 £375 £538
Median % change year-on-year +21.82% -30.30% +1.03%
75th Percentile £522 £477 £540
90th Percentile £537 £510 £541
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34.91 - -
Median hourly rate £37.46 - -
75th Percentile £40.02 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £31.61 £17.99 £20.97
% change year-on-year +75.73% -14.23% +16.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 157 84 74
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 92.35% 74.34% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 60 51
10th Percentile £305 £196 £320
25th Percentile £400 £333 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £358 £535
Median % change year-on-year +28.49% -33.08% +7.00%
75th Percentile £537 £499 £540
90th Percentile £549 £519 £573
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £26.13 - -
25th Percentile £27.59 - -
Median hourly rate £31.31 £14.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +123.61% - -
75th Percentile £36.30 - -
90th Percentile £38.53 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +21.62% -32.73% +59.42%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Shropshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Shropshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Shropshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Shropshire over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Shropshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Shropshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

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 Shropshire region over the 6 months to 2 August 2025. 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
Telford +2 31 £461 +23.00% 21
Shrewsbury - 4 £210 - 5
Problem-Solving
West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire 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 (2.70%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.70%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (8.11%) SAP HR
1 3 (8.11%) SAP PSCD
2 1 (2.70%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (48.65%) Azure
2 12 (32.43%) Power Platform
2 12 (32.43%) PowerApps
3 5 (13.51%) AWS
4 2 (5.41%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.41%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.70%) MySQL
3 1 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (13.51%) GitLab
2 1 (2.70%) ClearCase
2 1 (2.70%) Git
2 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
General
1 31 (83.78%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.92%) Public Sector
3 6 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (13.51%) Finance
5 3 (8.11%) Legal
6 1 (2.70%) Automotive
6 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Military
6 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Developer
2 7 (18.92%) Lead
2 7 (18.92%) Technical Leader
3 5 (13.51%) Power Platform Developer
4 4 (10.81%) Analyst
5 3 (8.11%) ABAP Developer
5 3 (8.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 3 (8.11%) Operations Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) SAP Developer
6 2 (5.41%) .NET Developer
6 2 (5.41%) Business Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Deployment Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Operations Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Administrator
7 1 (2.70%) DBA
7 1 (2.70%) DevOps Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Project Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Quality Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Software Tester
7 1 (2.70%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) CSS
1 3 (8.11%) HTML
1 3 (8.11%) SAP Fiori
1 3 (8.11%) SAPUI5
1 3 (8.11%) Web Dynpro
2 2 (5.41%) .NET
2 2 (5.41%) Next.js
2 2 (5.41%) React
3 1 (2.70%) .NET Core
3 1 (2.70%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (2.70%) Entity Framework
3 1 (2.70%) LINQ
3 1 (2.70%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (2.70%) Web Services
3 1 (2.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.81%) Linux
2 3 (8.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (8.11%) Windows
3 1 (2.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) Agile
2 16 (43.24%) DevOps
2 16 (43.24%) Process Improvement
3 13 (35.14%) Test Strategy
4 12 (32.43%) Data Modelling
5 11 (29.73%) Configuration Management
5 11 (29.73%) OO
5 11 (29.73%) Problem Management
6 5 (13.51%) Software Engineering
7 4 (10.81%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 4 (10.81%) CRM
8 3 (8.11%) CI/CD
8 3 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (8.11%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (8.11%) Cost Optimisation
8 3 (8.11%) Cost Reduction
8 3 (8.11%) Front End Development
8 3 (8.11%) Revenue Management
8 3 (8.11%) Test Automation
8 3 (8.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 15 (40.54%) SQL
2 4 (10.81%) Java
3 3 (8.11%) ABAP
3 3 (8.11%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.70%) C#
4 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.70%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.70%) Degree
4 1 (2.70%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.70%) OCP
4 1 (2.70%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) QA
2 3 (8.11%) PMO
3 2 (5.41%) SLA
4 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (8.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Ansible
1 3 (8.11%) Kubernetes
1 3 (8.11%) Opsview
1 3 (8.11%) Terraform
2 2 (5.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.11%) Adobe
2 3 (8.11%) PagerDuty
2 3 (8.11%) SAP
3 1 (2.70%) Dynatrace
3 1 (2.70%) KANA
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle
3 1 (2.70%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.70%) Splunk