Problem Solving
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 Apr 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | +5 | +10 |
| Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving | 5,449 | 4,877 | 4,785 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 11.91% | 16.69% | 10.89% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 13.96% | 18.42% | 12.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,311 | 3,065 | 2,957 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £250 | £213 |
| 25th Percentile | £394 | £399 | £380 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £480 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | - | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £600 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £706 | £700 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £469 | £470 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.21% | -1.05% | -5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 330 | 232 | 406 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.00 | £14.44 | £11.04 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.18 | £16.95 | £14.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.25 | £24.42 | £17.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.98% | +39.54% | -56.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £47.50 | £41.50 | £38.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.26 | £68.63 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.34 | £22.00 | £15.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.66% | +46.67% | -49.15% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 39,019 | 26,482 | 37,961 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 85.25% | 90.62% | 86.38% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 24,692 | 17,180 | 24,590 |
| 10th Percentile | £315 | £308 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | - | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £638 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £744 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £487 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.10% | -2.50% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,316 | 1,006 | 2,380 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.00 | £14.99 | £12.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.38 | £19.05 | £16.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.71 | £31.04 | £33.07 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.27% | -6.12% | -8.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £63.75 | £57.58 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.75 | £75.38 | £70.66 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.00 | £29.12 | £33.03 |
| % change year-on-year | +27.08% | -11.86% | -6.76% |
Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Problem-Solving.
Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.
Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Problem-Solving.
Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.
Problem-Solving
Top 18 Contract Job 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 11 April 2026. 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 |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -4 | 4,677 | £490 | -2.00% | 3,248 |
| UK excluding London | -5 | 2,842 | £469 | -0.21% | 2,670 |
| London | -8 | 2,031 | £511 | -2.69% | 986 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 1,543 | £475 | -5.00% | 1,286 |
| North of England | -5 | 788 | £450 | -7.98% | 662 |
| South East | -5 | 674 | £492 | -1.60% | 802 |
| Midlands | -3 | 517 | £450 | - | 478 |
| North West | -5 | 390 | £425 | -13.18% | 365 |
| West Midlands | -5 | 369 | £475 | +2.43% | 278 |
| Yorkshire | -4 | 351 | £470 | -1.05% | 222 |
| South West | -2 | 316 | £506 | - | 308 |
| Scotland | +1 | 255 | £425 | -5.56% | 127 |
| East of England | -3 | 217 | £450 | - | 288 |
| East Midlands | -1 | 149 | £418 | +12.91% | 199 |
| Wales | -2 | 71 | £395 | +15.98% | 81 |
| North East | -2 | 56 | £438 | -13.79% | 92 |
| Northern Ireland | -1 | 28 | £430 | +26.47% | 19 |
| Channel Islands | -5 | 1 | - | - |
Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||