Problem-Solving Contracts in Southampton

Problem Solving
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 18 9
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 +12
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 10 7 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 9.26% 4.14% 11.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.24% 6.86% 14.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 12
10th Percentile £236 £365 £226
25th Percentile £290 £388 £236
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £315 £425 £324
Median % change year-on-year -25.88% +31.27% -31.84%
75th Percentile £404 £475 £588
90th Percentile £552 £505 £604
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £565 £547
% change year-on-year -11.50% +3.39% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.50 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £28.00 £13.05 £59.30
% change year-on-year +114.56% -77.99% +24.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89 102 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 82.41% 60.36% 78.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 68 83
10th Percentile £200 £300 £240
25th Percentile £329 £413 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £515
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +11.65% +14.76%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £595
90th Percentile £625 £713 £663
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £581 £525
% change year-on-year -5.25% +10.57% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 5
10th Percentile - £13.13 £21.99
25th Percentile - £66.88 £23.15
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year - +122.22% +104.08%
75th Percentile - - £43.50
90th Percentile - - £52.65
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.63 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +8.21% +113.80%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Southampton

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Southampton

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Southampton over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Southampton

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Southampton

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 2 (20.00%) Confluence
2 1 (10.00%) Anypoint
2 1 (10.00%) Mule
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) SAP CO
1 1 (10.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (10.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (10.00%) SAP PP
1 1 (10.00%) SAP PS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (10.00%) MySQL
1 1 (10.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (10.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
1 2 (20.00%) TestRail
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Legal
5 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Senior
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) QA Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Senior QA Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Availability Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Capacity and Availability Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Capacity Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Implementation Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) MuleSoft Developer
3 1 (10.00%) SAP CO Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) SAP FI Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) SOX Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) JSON
1 1 (10.00%) Kafka
1 1 (10.00%) Laravel
1 1 (10.00%) MUnit
1 1 (10.00%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (10.00%) React
1 1 (10.00%) REST
1 1 (10.00%) RESTful
1 1 (10.00%) Vue
1 1 (10.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Scrum
1 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Manual Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (20.00%) User Stories
2 2 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (10.00%) Agile
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) IT Governance
3 1 (10.00%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (10.00%) MVC
3 1 (10.00%) OWASP
3 1 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (10.00%) Service Management
3 1 (10.00%) Statistics
3 1 (10.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) CISA
2 1 (10.00%) CISSP
2 1 (10.00%) CRISC
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (10.00%) SAP Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) COBIT
2 1 (10.00%) COSO
2 1 (10.00%) ITGC
2 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (10.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) MuleSoft
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Zend