Problem-Solving Contracts in Solihull

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Solihull

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Solihull 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 29 4
Rank change year-on-year +17 -25 +5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 6 1 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Solihull 11.76% 0.83% 21.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.50% 0.97% 26.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £345 £525
Median % change year-on-year -36.23% -34.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile - - £563
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £453 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.56% -5.00% +1.01%

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 48 103 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Solihull 94.12% 85.12% 78.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 42 11
10th Percentile £220 £264 £280
25th Percentile £308 £313 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £375 £525
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% -28.57% +10.53%
75th Percentile £556 £388 £700
90th Percentile £596 £552 -
West Midlands median daily rate £483 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -3.40% -4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £16.00 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% -
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.00 £22.50 £21.69
% change year-on-year -15.56% +3.73% +28.92%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Solihull

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Solihull

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Solihull

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Solihull

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Solihull

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

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) BGP
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) EIGRP
1 1 (16.67%) IPv4
1 1 (16.67%) MPLS
1 1 (16.67%) OSPF
1 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Automotive
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Administrator
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) DBA
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365 Architect
1 2 (33.33%) SQL DBA
2 1 (16.67%) IP Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Transmission Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Coaching
1 2 (33.33%) Database Security
1 2 (33.33%) Database Tuning
1 2 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 1 (16.67%) Network Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
2 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) CCNP
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Google
2 2 (33.33%) Salesforce
3 1 (16.67%) BMC
3 1 (16.67%) Dell
3 1 (16.67%) HP
3 1 (16.67%) Huawei
3 1 (16.67%) Remedy