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 26 July 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
62,665
32,398
80,658
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
88.23%
86.35%
87.24%
Number of daily rates quoted
43,046
21,624
53,915
10th Percentile
£313
£300
£300
25th Percentile
£406
£400
£381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£475
£475
Median % change year-on-year
+5.26%
-
+5.56%
75th Percentile
£600
£576
£575
90th Percentile
£688
£675
£650
UK excluding London median daily rate
£450
£450
£438
% change year-on-year
-
+2.86%
+2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1,697
930
2,192
10th Percentile
£12.00
£12.36
£11.61
25th Percentile
£14.61
£16.00
£14.50
Median hourly rate
£23.21
£23.05
£22.50
Median % change year-on-year
+0.68%
+2.46%
+12.50%
75th Percentile
£47.25
£46.00
£45.00
90th Percentile
£60.50
£55.00
£52.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£20.50
£21.50
£22.92
% change year-on-year
-4.65%
-6.21%
+20.64%
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 26 July 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 26 July 2021.
Problem-Solving Top 18 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 26 July 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 26 July 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:
