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 April 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
46,528
48,924
83,745
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
86.88%
85.19%
87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted
31,905
32,513
56,467
10th Percentile
£306
£281
£300
25th Percentile
£400
£375
£375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£488
£475
£475
Median % change year-on-year
+2.63%
-
+5.56%
75th Percentile
£576
£575
£575
90th Percentile
£675
£656
£650
UK excluding London median daily rate
£436
£445
£435
% change year-on-year
-2.02%
+2.30%
+3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1,436
1,553
2,004
10th Percentile
£12.25
£12.37
£11.57
25th Percentile
£15.81
£15.85
£14.50
Median hourly rate
£26.50
£21.50
£22.75
Median % change year-on-year
+23.24%
-5.49%
+8.33%
75th Percentile
£47.50
£46.00
£43.88
90th Percentile
£59.38
£55.00
£50.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£23.00
£20.11
£22.40
% change year-on-year
+14.37%
-10.22%
+12.00%
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 April 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 20 April 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 20 April 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 20 April 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:
