Problem-Solving Contracts in Sunderland

Problem Solving
Tyne and Wear > Sunderland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sunderland 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 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 -
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 1 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sunderland 12.50% 53.85% 28.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.50% 70.00% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £223
25th Percentile £313 £713 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £725 £325
Median % change year-on-year -55.17% +123.08% -
75th Percentile £338 £738 £366
90th Percentile - - £416
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £425 £480 £325
% change year-on-year -11.46% +47.69% -30.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Sunderland

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 Sunderland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8 10 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sunderland 100.00% 76.92% 78.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 9
10th Percentile - £182 £202
25th Percentile £188 £186 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £385 £400
Median % change year-on-year -32.47% -3.75% +76.80%
75th Percentile £454 £625 £450
90th Percentile £498 £693 £530
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £460 £475 £560
% change year-on-year -3.16% -15.18% +6.67%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Sunderland

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Sunderland

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sunderland

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Sunderland

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sunderland

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Sunderland

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sunderland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware