Problem-Solving Contracts in Stafford

Problem Solving
Staffordshire > Stafford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stafford 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 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 4 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stafford 36.36% 15.38% 17.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 44.44% 18.18% 22.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41 £750 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £41 £800 £650
Median % change year-on-year -94.88% +23.08% -
75th Percentile £42 £850 £688
90th Percentile - - £755
Staffordshire median daily rate £150 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -66.67% -10.00% +117.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £16.31 - -
25th Percentile £16.38 - -
Median hourly rate £16.75 - -
75th Percentile £17.36 - -
90th Percentile £17.58 - -
Staffordshire median hourly rate £15.02 £15.90 -
% change year-on-year -5.53% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stafford

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 Stafford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9 11 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stafford 81.82% 84.62% 75.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 16
10th Percentile £51 - £400
25th Percentile £68 £200 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £96 £300 £650
Median % change year-on-year -68.17% -53.85% -
75th Percentile £123 £350 £745
90th Percentile £139 £650 -
Staffordshire median daily rate £388 £375 £450
% change year-on-year +3.33% -16.67% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 0
10th Percentile £16.46 £37.75 -
25th Percentile £16.75 £40.00 -
Median hourly rate £20.24 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -55.02% - -
75th Percentile - £51.25 -
90th Percentile £30.45 - -
Staffordshire median hourly rate £17.62 £40.00 £22.41
% change year-on-year -55.95% +78.49% +17.64%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Stafford

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Stafford

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stafford

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Stafford

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stafford

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Stafford

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stafford 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 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Final Cut Pro
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) QuarkXPress
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (25.00%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Support Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) ICT Officer
2 1 (25.00%) ICT Support
2 1 (25.00%) ICT Support Officer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) Mac Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior ICT Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe
1 1 (25.00%) Apple
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) Quark
1 1 (25.00%) SAP