The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 15 January 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
35,268
62,775
86,963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
86.27%
85.62%
87.44%
Number of daily rates quoted
23,765
41,982
58,383
Median daily rate
£475
£475
£473
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
-
+0.53%
+5.00%
10th Percentile
£300
£281
£300
90th Percentile
£650
£650
£648
UK excluding London median daily rate
£427
£433
£425
% change year-on-year
-1.21%
+1.76%
+4.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1,155
1,920
2,111
Median hourly rate
£27.50
£21.00
£21.76
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+30.95%
-3.49%
+0.28%
10th Percentile
£11.90
£11.90
£11.25
90th Percentile
£60.00
£53.00
£50.00
Median hourly rate
£24.25
£20.00
£21.00
% change year-on-year
+21.25%
-4.76%
-3.58%
Problem-Solving Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Problem-Solving Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving.
Problem-Solving Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 15 January 2021.
Problem-Solving Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving.
Problem-Solving Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 15 January 2021.
Problem-Solving Top 17 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 15 January 2021. 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
For the 6 months to 15 January 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Problem-Solving also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for Problem-Solving.
Problem-Solving Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
