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 12 August 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
79,509
66,061
30,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
89.67%
89.37%
87.16%
Number of daily rates quoted
55,850
45,517
20,122
10th Percentile
£350
£313
£300
25th Percentile
£450
£410
£398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£550
£500
£475
Median % change year-on-year
+10.00%
+5.26%
-
75th Percentile
£650
£600
£576
90th Percentile
£750
£689
£675
UK excluding London median daily rate
£500
£450
£450
% change year-on-year
+11.11%
-
+2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1,680
1,694
868
10th Percentile
£13.25
£12.00
£12.35
25th Percentile
£17.00
£14.55
£16.25
Median hourly rate
£30.75
£23.13
£25.00
Median % change year-on-year
+32.97%
-7.50%
+11.11%
75th Percentile
£57.50
£46.53
£46.00
90th Percentile
£69.53
£62.00
£55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£25.00
£20.50
£22.50
% change year-on-year
+21.95%
-8.89%
-
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 12 August 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 12 August 2022.
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 12 August 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 12 August 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:
