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 20 January 2022 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
78,110
36,006
62,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
89.21%
87.14%
86.36%
Number of daily rates quoted
54,867
24,563
41,804
10th Percentile
£325
£300
£281
25th Percentile
£425
£375
£375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£525
£475
£475
Median % change year-on-year
+10.53%
-
-
75th Percentile
£625
£575
£575
90th Percentile
£713
£650
£650
UK excluding London median daily rate
£475
£425
£433
% change year-on-year
+11.76%
-1.73%
+1.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1,608
1,166
1,917
10th Percentile
£12.25
£11.83
£11.98
25th Percentile
£15.25
£15.76
£15.00
Median hourly rate
£25.52
£27.50
£21.00
Median % change year-on-year
-7.22%
+30.95%
-3.49%
75th Percentile
£49.50
£47.50
£45.00
90th Percentile
£64.00
£60.00
£53.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£21.00
£24.33
£19.71
% change year-on-year
-13.67%
+23.41%
-6.14%
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 20 January 2022.
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 20 January 2022.
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 20 January 2022. 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 20 January 2022, 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:
