Problem-Solving Contracts in Wales

Problem Solving
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 5 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +25
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 46 56 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 15.97% 15.38% 11.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.97% 19.86% 13.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 36 55
10th Percentile £200 - £182
25th Percentile £274 £143 £274
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £403 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.83% -19.50% -
75th Percentile £441 £591 £550
90th Percentile £588 £625 £588
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 1
10th Percentile £28.50 £11.00 -
25th Percentile £31.88 £11.56 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £13.50 £20.47
Median % change year-on-year +177.78% -34.05% +15.32%
75th Percentile £41.25 £15.25 -
90th Percentile - £36.18 -
UK median hourly rate £22.14 £16.23 £50.00
% change year-on-year +36.41% -67.54% +100.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 256 282 529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 88.89% 77.47% 87.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 187 409
10th Percentile £185 £160 £182
25th Percentile £285 £353 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £488 £563 £583
90th Percentile £625 £670 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 29 26
10th Percentile £15.20 £11.63 £14.63
25th Percentile £18.06 £14.36 £16.98
Median hourly rate £25.15 £19.17 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +31.19% +5.68% -12.58%
75th Percentile £41.25 £51.75 £22.93
90th Percentile £45.00 £86.36 £49.38
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.05 £37.00
% change year-on-year -23.71% -2.58% +44.08%

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 23 May 2025.

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
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 23 May 2025. 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 +3 42 £331 +1.90% 639
Dyfed - 2 £375 -
West Wales -3 1 £575 +15.00% 11
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 3 (6.52%) Confluence
2 1 (2.17%) Apache
2 1 (2.17%) JBoss
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.17%) nginx
2 1 (2.17%) Tomcat
2 1 (2.17%) WebLogic
2 1 (2.17%) WebLogic Portal
2 1 (2.17%) WebSphere
2 1 (2.17%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.35%) SAP WM
2 1 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (32.61%) Azure
2 8 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (13.04%) AWS
4 3 (6.52%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (6.52%) GitHub
5 2 (4.35%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.35%) GCP
5 2 (4.35%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.17%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.17%) Linode
6 1 (2.17%) OCI
6 1 (2.17%) OpenShift
6 1 (2.17%) PaaS
6 1 (2.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.04%) Firewall
2 5 (10.87%) IPsec
3 4 (8.70%) VPN
4 3 (6.52%) Network Security
4 3 (6.52%) SD-WAN
4 3 (6.52%) Wireless
5 2 (4.35%) 802.11
5 2 (4.35%) BGP
5 2 (4.35%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (4.35%) DHCP
5 2 (4.35%) DNS
5 2 (4.35%) HSRP
5 2 (4.35%) OSPF
5 2 (4.35%) SSL
5 2 (4.35%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (2.17%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) Oracle Database
1 2 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (4.35%) Power BI
2 1 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (8.70%) JIRA
2 1 (2.17%) Postman
2 1 (2.17%) Zephyr
General
1 28 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 14 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (15.22%) Finance
4 6 (13.04%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (6.52%) Welsh Language
6 2 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.35%) Multimedia
7 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.17%) Legal
7 1 (2.17%) Marketing
7 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (13.04%) Analyst
2 5 (10.87%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (10.87%) IT Support
2 5 (10.87%) Senior
3 4 (8.70%) Administrator
3 4 (8.70%) Support Specialist
4 3 (6.52%) Consultant
4 3 (6.52%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (6.52%) Deployment Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Designer
4 3 (6.52%) Lead
4 3 (6.52%) Network Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Senior IT Support
5 2 (4.35%) Backup Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Commvault Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Logistics Consultant
5 2 (4.35%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (4.35%) SAP Logistics Consultant
5 2 (4.35%) Service Designer
5 2 (4.35%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) Node.js
2 2 (4.35%) 802.1X
2 2 (4.35%) CSS
2 2 (4.35%) JSON
2 2 (4.35%) PyTorch
2 2 (4.35%) React
2 2 (4.35%) scikit-learn
2 2 (4.35%) TensorFlow
3 1 (2.17%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (2.17%) Jest
3 1 (2.17%) JWT
3 1 (2.17%) Middleware
3 1 (2.17%) NestJS
3 1 (2.17%) Pandas
3 1 (2.17%) Puppeteer
3 1 (2.17%) REST
3 1 (2.17%) SOAP
3 1 (2.17%) Web Services
3 1 (2.17%) XML
3 1 (2.17%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) Data Centre
2 5 (10.87%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (4.35%) Data Structures
3 2 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (2.17%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.17%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.17%) NHS
4 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.17%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 12 (26.09%) Windows
2 3 (6.52%) Linux
2 3 (6.52%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.17%) CentOS
3 1 (2.17%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.17%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (21.74%) Computer Science
2 9 (19.57%) Customer Service
3 8 (17.39%) ITIL
4 7 (15.22%) Agile
5 6 (13.04%) Mentoring
6 5 (10.87%) Coaching
6 5 (10.87%) Decision-Making
7 4 (8.70%) Application Packaging
7 4 (8.70%) Change Management
7 4 (8.70%) Incident Management
7 4 (8.70%) SDLC
7 4 (8.70%) Translating Business Requirements
8 3 (6.52%) DevOps
8 3 (6.52%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (6.52%) Migration
8 3 (6.52%) Network Design
8 3 (6.52%) Performance Tuning
8 3 (6.52%) Project Management
8 3 (6.52%) Scrum
8 3 (6.52%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.52%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.35%) SQL
3 1 (2.17%) Bash
3 1 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (2.17%) Java
3 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.17%) Python
3 1 (2.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (30.43%) Degree
2 5 (10.87%) A+ Certification
2 5 (10.87%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (10.87%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (6.52%) CCNP
3 3 (6.52%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (6.52%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.35%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.17%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.17%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.17%) CSSLP
5 1 (2.17%) ISEB
5 1 (2.17%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) Accessibility
1 2 (4.35%) QA
1 2 (4.35%) SLA
2 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.17%) GDPR
2 1 (2.17%) SEPA
System Software
1 6 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.52%) Hyper-V
3 2 (4.35%) Docker
3 2 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.17%) LXC
4 1 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (10.87%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (6.52%) SCCM
4 2 (4.35%) Cacti
4 2 (4.35%) Kubernetes
4 2 (4.35%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (2.17%) Ansible
5 1 (2.17%) Argo
5 1 (2.17%) Grafana
5 1 (2.17%) Nagios
5 1 (2.17%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (2.17%) Prometheus
5 1 (2.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.87%) ServiceNow
3 3 (6.52%) Cisco
3 3 (6.52%) Oracle
3 3 (6.52%) VMware
4 2 (4.35%) Commvault
4 2 (4.35%) Dell
4 2 (4.35%) Red Hat
4 2 (4.35%) SAP
4 2 (4.35%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.17%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.17%) Google
5 1 (2.17%) IBM