Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Southwark

Problem Solving
Central London > Southwark

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southwark requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 2 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 1 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Southwark 10.00% 25.00% 16.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.29% 36.36% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £273 -
25th Percentile £625 £325 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £425 £700
Median % change year-on-year +52.94% -39.29% -
75th Percentile £675 £444 £750
90th Percentile - £448 -
Central London median daily rate £525 £532 £550
% change year-on-year -1.22% -3.36% -

All Process & 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 7 11 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southwark 70.00% 68.75% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 8
10th Percentile £338 £325 £462
25th Percentile £573 £363 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +62.50% -20.04% -1.19%
75th Percentile £675 £450 £553
90th Percentile £713 £492 £619
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £58.92 - -
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £31.75 £27.81
% change year-on-year -17.76% +14.17% -20.54%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Southwark

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Southwark

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Southwark

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

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

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Southwark

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

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

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 19 March 2026. 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 -1 1 £650 +95.98% 1
Problem-Solving
Central London

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

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Functional Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Accounts Payable
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle