Problem-Solving Contracts in Wales

Problem Solving
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 11 36
Rank change year-on-year +5 +25 -2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 62 67 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 15.82% 10.53% 4.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.13% 12.18% 5.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 50 30
10th Percentile £143 £205 £154
25th Percentile £193 £300 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.36% +29.20%
75th Percentile £594 £550 £543
90th Percentile £625 £625 £688
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 2
10th Percentile £11.00 £21.52 £15.73
25th Percentile £11.56 £23.10 £16.44
Median hourly rate £13.50 £25.74 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year -47.54% +44.99% +6.61%
75th Percentile £15.25 £28.37 £18.94
90th Percentile £36.18 £29.95 £19.58
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £47.50 £20.50
% change year-on-year -64.21% +131.71% +8.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 advertised in Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 308 550 837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 78.57% 86.48% 83.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 422 611
10th Percentile £165 £183 £200
25th Percentile £360 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.06% +7.78%
75th Percentile £575 £574 £575
90th Percentile £675 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 28 31
10th Percentile £11.75 £14.78 £14.31
25th Percentile £14.78 £16.98 £19.02
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.82 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.59% -16.38% +15.38%
75th Percentile £51.75 £26.50 £29.25
90th Percentile £86.00 £49.13 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Wales.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Wales over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Wales over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
South Wales +4 52 £504 -4.05% 93
West Wales - 4 £500 - 17
North Wales - 1 - - 15
Problem-Solving
UK

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (12.90%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.61%) Confluence
3 1 (1.61%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (16.13%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (12.90%) Acrobat
3 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.61%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (4.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.23%) SAP HCM
2 2 (3.23%) SAP HR
2 2 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.61%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 23 (37.10%) Azure
2 14 (22.58%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (6.45%) GitHub
4 3 (4.84%) AWS
4 3 (4.84%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (4.84%) WhatsApp
5 2 (3.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 2 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (3.23%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.61%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.29%) Firewall
2 3 (4.84%) LAN
2 3 (4.84%) VPN
3 2 (3.23%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.06%) MySQL
2 3 (4.84%) Oracle ODI
3 2 (3.23%) Oracle Database
3 2 (3.23%) PowerCenter
3 2 (3.23%) RDBMS
3 2 (3.23%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.61%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.61%) Power BI
4 1 (1.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (11.29%) JIRA
General
1 41 (66.13%) Social Skills
2 23 (37.10%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (12.90%) Local Government
3 8 (12.90%) Marketing
4 6 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (8.06%) Finance
6 3 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.23%) Digital Economy
7 2 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.23%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.61%) Legal
8 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (24.19%) IT Engineer
2 11 (17.74%) IT Support
3 9 (14.52%) IT Support Engineer
3 9 (14.52%) Project Manager
3 9 (14.52%) Support Engineer
4 8 (12.90%) Bid Manager
4 8 (12.90%) Senior
4 8 (12.90%) Senior Bid Manager
4 8 (12.90%) Senior Manager
5 7 (11.29%) Analyst
6 6 (9.68%) DBA
6 6 (9.68%) Field Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Coordinator
7 4 (6.45%) Field Service Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Oracle DBA
7 4 (6.45%) Support Analyst
8 3 (4.84%) Administrator
8 3 (4.84%) Consultant
8 3 (4.84%) Migration Consultant
8 3 (4.84%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) Middleware
2 1 (1.61%) .NET
2 1 (1.61%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.61%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.61%) CSS
2 1 (1.61%) CSS3
2 1 (1.61%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.61%) HTML
2 1 (1.61%) HTML5
2 1 (1.61%) MobX
2 1 (1.61%) Next.js
2 1 (1.61%) Node.js
2 1 (1.61%) React
2 1 (1.61%) Redux
2 1 (1.61%) RESTful
2 1 (1.61%) Xamarin.iOS
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.06%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.23%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.61%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.61%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.61%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.61%) NHS
4 1 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.90%) Windows
2 6 (9.68%) Linux
3 4 (6.45%) AIX
3 4 (6.45%) Windows Server
4 3 (4.84%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (4.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (3.23%) Android
5 2 (3.23%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.23%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.61%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.26%) Project Management
2 15 (24.19%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (20.97%) Agile
4 11 (17.74%) Risk Management
5 10 (16.13%) Critical Thinking
5 10 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (14.52%) Customer Service
6 9 (14.52%) Value Proposition
7 8 (12.90%) Migration
7 8 (12.90%) PRINCE2
7 8 (12.90%) Psychology
7 8 (12.90%) Scrum
8 6 (9.68%) Project Governance
8 6 (9.68%) SDLC
9 5 (8.06%) DevOps
10 4 (6.45%) Break/Fix
10 4 (6.45%) Decision-Making
10 4 (6.45%) Kalman Filter
10 4 (6.45%) Kanban
10 4 (6.45%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.06%) SQL
2 2 (3.23%) PHP
2 2 (3.23%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.61%) C#
3 1 (1.61%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.61%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.61%) Python
3 1 (1.61%) R
3 1 (1.61%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 18 (29.03%) Degree
2 13 (20.97%) Security Cleared
3 12 (19.35%) SC Cleared
4 8 (12.90%) PMI Certification
4 8 (12.90%) PMP
5 3 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) QA
2 2 (3.23%) PMO
2 2 (3.23%) SLA
3 1 (1.61%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.61%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (9.68%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.84%) Hyper-V
2 3 (4.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.23%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (1.61%) Docker
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 4 (6.45%) Data Guard
2 3 (4.84%) SCCM
3 2 (3.23%) Ansible
3 2 (3.23%) Argo
3 2 (3.23%) Grafana
3 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.23%) Nagios
3 2 (3.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.90%) Adobe
3 6 (9.68%) Atlassian
4 4 (6.45%) Oracle
4 4 (6.45%) VMware
5 2 (3.23%) Cisco
5 2 (3.23%) Dell
5 2 (3.23%) Informatica
5 2 (3.23%) SAP
5 2 (3.23%) SonicWALL
5 2 (3.23%) WatchGuard
6 1 (1.61%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (1.61%) LogRhythm
6 1 (1.61%) Splunk
6 1 (1.61%) Xamarin