Problem-Solving Contracts in Southwark

Problem Solving
Central London > Southwark

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southwark 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 3 2 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 -
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 4 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southwark 20.00% 22.22% 4.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 26.67% 33.33% 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £273 - -
25th Percentile £325 £650 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £700 £311
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% +125.08% -
75th Percentile £444 £750 -
90th Percentile £448 - -
Central London median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +4.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southwark

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 Southwark.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15 6 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southwark 75.00% 66.67% 68.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 13
10th Percentile - £448 £150
25th Percentile £155 £475 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £307 £501 £450
Median % change year-on-year -38.73% +11.22% -26.53%
75th Percentile £400 £550 £575
90th Percentile £441 £670 £630
Central London median daily rate £565 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.75 - -
Median hourly rate £24.98 - -
75th Percentile £44.84 - -
90th Percentile £77.94 - -
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Southwark

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Southwark

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southwark

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Southwark

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Southwark

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Southwark

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southwark

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Southwark

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Southwark

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 Southwark region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London Bridge 0 3 £332 -52.62%
Problem-Solving
Central London

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southwark 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (25.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Asana
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
1 1 (25.00%) PHPUnit
1 1 (25.00%) Selenium
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Local Government
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Database Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Database Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) IT Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support
1 1 (25.00%) Migration Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Migration Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Jest
1 1 (25.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Database Migration
2 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) PHP
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) PgMP
2 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (25.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft