Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Problem Solving
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Suffolk requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 16
Rank change year-on-year -1 +15 +1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 20 30 11
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 26.67% 27.27% 8.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 32.26% 39.47% 10.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 11
10th Percentile £197 £345 £150
25th Percentile £213 £363 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £388 £272
Median % change year-on-year -43.23% +42.73% -52.78%
75th Percentile £238 £503 £450
90th Percentile £489 £644 £550
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £446
% change year-on-year +11.11% +0.84% -8.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £16.18 - -
25th Percentile £17.21 - -
Median hourly rate £18.92 - -
75th Percentile £22.04 - -
90th Percentile £23.90 - -
East of England median hourly rate £17.05 £16.23 £18.50
% change year-on-year +5.05% -12.27% -55.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62 76 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 82.67% 69.09% 83.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 30 73
10th Percentile £213 £286 £230
25th Percentile £220 £358 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -7.89% -17.39%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £638
90th Percentile £550 £677 £745
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 1
10th Percentile £14.34 £14.05 -
25th Percentile £17.21 £37.42 £13.50
Median hourly rate £23.75 £50.53 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.00% +260.93% -12.50%
75th Percentile £24.76 £70.00 £14.50
90th Percentile £25.15 - -
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £27.67 £21.00
% change year-on-year -24.11% +31.76% -6.67%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Suffolk

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Suffolk over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Suffolk

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

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 Suffolk region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Leiston +3 8 £220 -46.01%
Ipswich +1 8 £308 -18.00% 31
Bury St Edmunds - 1 - - 2
Problem-Solving
East of England

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

Application Platforms
1 8 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 9 (45.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (5.00%) NAS
2 1 (5.00%) SAN
2 1 (5.00%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (10.00%) MySQL
2 2 (10.00%) RDBMS
2 2 (10.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (5.00%) Redis
3 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Git
2 1 (5.00%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Electronics
4 2 (10.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (10.00%) Marketing
4 2 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Desktop Support
2 8 (40.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) Support Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 4 (20.00%) Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Installation Technician
6 1 (5.00%) Backend Developer
6 1 (5.00%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support Technician
6 1 (5.00%) IT Assistant
6 1 (5.00%) IT Support
6 1 (5.00%) IT Support Assistant
6 1 (5.00%) Payroll Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Portal Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Procurement Assistant
6 1 (5.00%) Senior
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Technical Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) SQL Developer
6 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) RESTful
2 1 (5.00%) .NET
2 1 (5.00%) .NET Core
2 1 (5.00%) MediatR
2 1 (5.00%) Node.js
2 1 (5.00%) React
2 1 (5.00%) Spring
2 1 (5.00%) Spring Boot
2 1 (5.00%) Spring WebFlux
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) iPad
1 4 (20.00%) iPhone
2 3 (15.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.00%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (5.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 11 (55.00%) Windows
2 8 (40.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (20.00%) Apple iOS
3 4 (20.00%) Linux
3 4 (20.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (5.00%) CentOS
4 1 (5.00%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Customer Service
1 9 (45.00%) ITIL
2 7 (35.00%) Antivirus Management
3 4 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 4 (20.00%) DevOps
3 4 (20.00%) Microservices
3 4 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 4 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (15.00%) Containerisation
4 3 (15.00%) Inventory Management
4 3 (15.00%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (15.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (15.00%) Time Management
5 2 (10.00%) Agile
5 2 (10.00%) Data Management
5 2 (10.00%) Deployment Automation
5 2 (10.00%) Logistics
5 2 (10.00%) Migration
5 2 (10.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) Java
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) C#
2 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (45.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (5.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
System Software
1 9 (45.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (15.00%) Docker
3 1 (5.00%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.00%) VMware NSX
3 1 (5.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (15.00%) Consul
3 1 (5.00%) vCenter Server
3 1 (5.00%) vRealize
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) Starlink
3 3 (15.00%) McAfee
4 2 (10.00%) SAP
4 2 (10.00%) VMware
5 1 (5.00%) Oracle
5 1 (5.00%) Red Hat