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 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Apr 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | +5 | +8 |
| Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving | 5,348 | 4,976 | 4,791 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 11.52% | 16.85% | 10.96% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 13.58% | 18.57% | 12.69% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,237 | 3,111 | 2,950 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £250 | £225 |
| 25th Percentile | £388 | £399 | £388 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £480 | £500 | £505 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | -0.99% | -3.81% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £600 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £716 | £700 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £463 | £469 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.23% | -1.26% | -5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 333 | 240 | 410 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.45 | £14.42 | £11.07 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.96 | £16.72 | £13.83 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.00 | £23.90 | £17.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.95% | +36.57% | -63.16% |
| 75th Percentile | £52.00 | £41.31 | £36.30 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.26 | £67.63 | £61.60 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.87 | £21.46 | £15.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.07% | +43.07% | -59.82% |
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 | 39,369 | 26,799 | 37,747 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 84.81% | 90.74% | 86.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 24,829 | 17,326 | 24,410 |
| 10th Percentile | £318 | £307 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £521 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.03% | -0.76% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £630 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £738 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £485 | £485 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -3.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,359 | 1,054 | 2,423 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.96 | £14.84 | £12.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.88 | £18.51 | £16.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £39.50 | £29.90 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +32.11% | -14.57% | -6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.60 | £62.25 | £58.70 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.25 | £75.00 | £71.90 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £41.56 | £28.18 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +47.46% | -19.49% | -6.17% |
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 23 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 23 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 23 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 | 4,589 | £492 | -1.60% | 2,756 |
| UK excluding London | -5 | 2,797 | £463 | -1.23% | 2,473 |
| London | -9 | 1,985 | £513 | -2.38% | 754 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 1,517 | £475 | -5.00% | 1,098 |
| North of England | -5 | 784 | £450 | -5.26% | 546 |
| South East | -5 | 661 | £490 | -2.05% | 728 |
| Midlands | -5 | 496 | £450 | +1.35% | 441 |
| North West | -5 | 376 | £424 | -13.08% | 298 |
| Yorkshire | -5 | 361 | £450 | -5.26% | 169 |
| West Midlands | -6 | 340 | £475 | +5.56% | 249 |
| South West | 0 | 317 | £500 | - | 287 |
| Scotland | 0 | 255 | £438 | -2.78% | 143 |
| East of England | -3 | 208 | £450 | - | 266 |
| East Midlands | -1 | 156 | £423 | +14.27% | 192 |
| Wales | -1 | 70 | £395 | +19.27% | 62 |
| North East | -1 | 57 | £425 | -16.26% | 87 |
| Northern Ireland | -1 | 27 | £430 | +22.86% | 73 |
| 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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||