Problem-Solving Contracts in Telford

Problem Solving
Shropshire > Telford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Telford 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 6 17 9
Rank change year-on-year +11 -8 +5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 29 11 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Telford 26.85% 9.40% 45.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 27.62% 15.07% 47.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 3 61
10th Percentile £438 - £450
25th Percentile £453 - £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £117 £540
Median % change year-on-year +295.30% -78.33% +0.37%
75th Percentile £524 £289 -
90th Percentile £538 £391 £595
Shropshire median daily rate £460 £117 £540
% change year-on-year +293.16% -78.33% +1.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Telford

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 Telford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 105 73 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford 97.22% 62.39% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 45 119
10th Percentile £315 £341 £412
25th Percentile £448 £358 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £400 £540
Median % change year-on-year +23.50% -25.93% +8.00%
75th Percentile £537 £500 £545
90th Percentile £541 £520 £595
Shropshire median daily rate £484 £378 £538
% change year-on-year +28.04% -29.74% +6.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - £10.42 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -81.05% -
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - £11.85 -
Shropshire median hourly rate £12.18 £10.42 £55.00
% change year-on-year +16.89% -81.05% +214.29%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Telford

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Telford

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Telford

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Telford

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Telford

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Telford

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Telford

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Telford 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 (6.90%) WebLogic
2 1 (3.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) SAP HR
1 1 (3.45%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 15 (51.72%) Azure
2 13 (44.83%) Power Platform
3 12 (41.38%) PowerApps
4 3 (10.34%) AWS
5 1 (3.45%) Amazon S3
5 1 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) VPN
1 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.90%) MySQL
2 2 (6.90%) NoSQL
2 2 (6.90%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.45%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Jenkins
2 4 (13.79%) GitLab
3 3 (10.34%) Git
4 2 (6.90%) Maven
5 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 24 (82.76%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.45%) Finance
3 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (37.93%) Developer
2 7 (24.14%) Lead
2 7 (24.14%) Technical Leader
3 5 (17.24%) Power Platform Developer
4 4 (13.79%) Data Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Administrator
5 2 (6.90%) DBA
5 2 (6.90%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 2 (6.90%) Java Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Operations Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) ABAP Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Denodo Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Java Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) SAP Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Scala Developer
6 1 (3.45%) WebLogic Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) CSS
1 3 (10.34%) HTML
2 2 (6.90%) Apache Camel
2 2 (6.90%) Next.js
2 2 (6.90%) React
3 1 (3.45%) AWS CDK
3 1 (3.45%) Play Framework
3 1 (3.45%) Quarkus
3 1 (3.45%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (3.45%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (3.45%) SAPUI5
3 1 (3.45%) Spring
3 1 (3.45%) Spring Boot
3 1 (3.45%) Web Dynpro
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Linux
1 2 (6.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
2 1 (3.45%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) Agile
2 16 (55.17%) DevOps
3 15 (51.72%) Process Improvement
4 12 (41.38%) Test Strategy
5 11 (37.93%) Configuration Management
5 11 (37.93%) Data Modelling
5 11 (37.93%) OO
5 11 (37.93%) Problem Management
6 4 (13.79%) BDD
6 4 (13.79%) Business Analysis
6 4 (13.79%) CI/CD
6 4 (13.79%) Microservices
6 4 (13.79%) Software Engineering
7 3 (10.34%) Front End Development
7 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
7 3 (10.34%) User Stories
8 2 (6.90%) Data Management
8 2 (6.90%) Pair Programming
8 2 (6.90%) TDD
8 2 (6.90%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (51.72%) SQL
2 4 (13.79%) Java
2 4 (13.79%) JavaScript
3 2 (6.90%) Python
4 1 (3.45%) ABAP
4 1 (3.45%) Scala
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) Security Cleared
2 6 (20.69%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (6.90%) OCP
4 2 (6.90%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.45%) Degree
5 1 (3.45%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) QA
2 2 (6.90%) SLA
3 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.45%) GDPR
3 1 (3.45%) PERC
3 1 (3.45%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) Docker
2 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.90%) Ansible
2 2 (6.90%) Opsview
2 2 (6.90%) Terraform
3 1 (3.45%) Rancher
3 1 (3.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) Denodo
2 2 (6.90%) Oracle
2 2 (6.90%) PagerDuty
3 1 (3.45%) Adobe
3 1 (3.45%) Apple
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco
3 1 (3.45%) Databricks
3 1 (3.45%) SAP
3 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow