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 5 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 9 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 -5 +6
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 34 22 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Telford 21.79% 21.78% 43.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.82% 28.57% 46.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 14 18
10th Percentile £214 £118 £463
25th Percentile £421 £138 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £375 £540
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% -30.56% +0.93%
75th Percentile £537 £477 -
90th Percentile £540 £510 £543
Shropshire median daily rate £463 £375 £540
% change year-on-year +23.33% -30.56% +0.93%

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 149 77 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford 95.51% 76.24% 94.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 58 43
10th Percentile £314 £257 £325
25th Percentile £402 £338 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £358 £540
Median % change year-on-year +29.19% -33.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £538 £501 £550
90th Percentile £549 £519 £585
Shropshire median daily rate £463 £358 £536
% change year-on-year +29.19% -33.15% +7.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 £14.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +79.64% - -
Shropshire median hourly rate £31.31 £14.00 -
% change year-on-year +123.61% - -

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 5 August 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 3 (8.82%) SAS
2 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.94%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.88%) SAP HR
1 2 (5.88%) SAP PSCD
2 1 (2.94%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (50.00%) Azure
2 12 (35.29%) Power Platform
2 12 (35.29%) PowerApps
3 4 (11.76%) AWS
4 2 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.82%) Pentaho
3 2 (5.88%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.94%) MySQL
4 1 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Git
1 4 (11.76%) GitLab
1 4 (11.76%) Jenkins
2 3 (8.82%) JIRA
3 1 (2.94%) ClearCase
General
1 25 (73.53%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.65%) Public Sector
3 5 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (14.71%) Finance
4 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) Developer
2 7 (20.59%) Lead
2 7 (20.59%) Technical Leader
3 5 (14.71%) Power Platform Developer
4 3 (8.82%) Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 3 (8.82%) Operations Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) .NET Developer
5 2 (5.88%) ABAP Developer
5 2 (5.88%) Data Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) SAP Developer
6 1 (2.94%) Administrator
6 1 (2.94%) Business Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) DBA
6 1 (2.94%) Quality Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Software Tester
6 1 (2.94%) Tester
6 1 (2.94%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.82%) CSS
1 3 (8.82%) HTML
2 2 (5.88%) .NET
2 2 (5.88%) Next.js
2 2 (5.88%) React
2 2 (5.88%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (5.88%) SAPUI5
2 2 (5.88%) Web Dynpro
3 1 (2.94%) .NET Core
3 1 (2.94%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.94%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.94%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (2.94%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (2.94%) Entity Framework
3 1 (2.94%) LINQ
3 1 (2.94%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (2.94%) Web Services
3 1 (2.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) Linux
2 2 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.94%) Unix
3 1 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (58.82%) Agile
2 18 (52.94%) DevOps
3 15 (44.12%) Data Modelling
3 15 (44.12%) Process Improvement
4 13 (38.24%) Test Strategy
5 11 (32.35%) Configuration Management
5 11 (32.35%) OO
5 11 (32.35%) Problem Management
6 6 (17.65%) CI/CD
6 6 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (17.65%) Test Automation
7 4 (11.76%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 4 (11.76%) Scrum
7 4 (11.76%) Software Engineering
8 3 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (8.82%) CRM
8 3 (8.82%) Data Analytics
8 3 (8.82%) ETL
8 3 (8.82%) Risk Assessment
8 3 (8.82%) Unified Process
Programming Languages
1 18 (52.94%) SQL
2 4 (11.76%) Java
3 3 (8.82%) JavaScript
4 2 (5.88%) ABAP
5 1 (2.94%) C#
5 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 7 (20.59%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.94%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.94%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.94%) OCP
4 1 (2.94%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.65%) QA
2 4 (11.76%) Data Quality
3 3 (8.82%) PMO
4 2 (5.88%) SLA
5 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (17.65%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.88%) Ansible
2 2 (5.88%) Opsview
2 2 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
1 4 (11.76%) Oracle
2 3 (8.82%) Denodo
2 3 (8.82%) Talend
3 2 (5.88%) Adobe
3 2 (5.88%) PagerDuty
3 2 (5.88%) SAP
4 1 (2.94%) Dynatrace
4 1 (2.94%) KANA
4 1 (2.94%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.94%) Splunk