Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Solihull

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Solihull

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Solihull requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 7 16
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 -13
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 6 10 4
As % of all contract jobs in Solihull 13.33% 19.23% 5.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.38% 26.32% 6.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 2
10th Percentile £503 £330 £359
25th Percentile £563 £345 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £365 £445
Median % change year-on-year +64.38% -17.98% +11.25%
75th Percentile £625 £373 £516
90th Percentile £1,055 £409 £552
West Midlands median daily rate £490 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +8.89% -14.29% +0.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Solihull

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 Solihull.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39 38 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Solihull 86.67% 73.08% 81.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 27 24
10th Percentile £303 £191 £295
25th Percentile £361 £351 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £405 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -22.89% +23.59%
75th Percentile £600 £487 £628
90th Percentile £635 £500 £804
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Solihull

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Solihull

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

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

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Solihull

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Solihull over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Solihull

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Solihull

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

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

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

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (16.67%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 3 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (50.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) MPLS
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
1 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
1 1 (16.67%) VoIP
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
1 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Marketing
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Developer
3 1 (16.67%) CRM Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365 CRM Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) IoT
2 1 (16.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) CRM
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Attestation
3 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
3 1 (16.67%) Budgeting
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
3 1 (16.67%) Contingency Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Control
3 1 (16.67%) Data Security
3 1 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Workflow
3 1 (16.67%) Workflow Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C#
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) CEH
3 1 (16.67%) CISA
3 1 (16.67%) CISM
3 1 (16.67%) CISSP
3 1 (16.67%) CRISC
3 1 (16.67%) GIAC
3 1 (16.67%) OSCP
3 1 (16.67%) PCI QSA
3 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
3 1 (16.67%) PMP
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) BT
2 1 (16.67%) CenturyLink
2 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto
2 1 (16.67%) SAP