Problem-Solving Contracts in Warwickshire

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warwickshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 9 13
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 +2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 51 45 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 16.50% 13.31% 10.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.35% 14.56% 11.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 32 21
10th Percentile £399 £425 £463
25th Percentile £413 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.35% +9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £600
90th Percentile £738 £699 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £504 £525
% change year-on-year -10.63% -4.10% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £42.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £16.26 £42.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -61.29% +127.09% +19.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 278 309 363
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 89.97% 91.42% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 209 228
10th Percentile £235 £318 £325
25th Percentile £413 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £580 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.71% +5.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £599 £700 £638
90th Percentile £664 £850 £741
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £512
% change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 31 3
10th Percentile £14.70 £13.18 £14.39
25th Percentile £15.28 £14.00 £14.43
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +55.17% -27.50%
75th Percentile £28.18 £26.95 £19.13
90th Percentile £45.33 £35.00 £21.90
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Warwickshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Warwickshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Warwickshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Warwickshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Warwick -4 32 £475 -17.39% 37
Stratford-upon-Avon - 4 £575 - 16
Rugby - 1 £393 - 9
Problem-Solving
West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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 4 (7.84%) Oracle Self-Service HR
1 4 (7.84%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (5.88%) IBM Notes
3 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Oracle HRMS
2 2 (3.92%) Maximo
3 1 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (19.61%) Entra ID
1 10 (19.61%) Power Platform
2 9 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (13.73%) Azure
4 5 (9.80%) SuccessFactors
5 3 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (5.88%) Snowflake
6 2 (3.92%) Copilot Studio
6 2 (3.92%) Power Automate
6 2 (3.92%) PowerApps
6 2 (3.92%) SaaS
7 1 (1.96%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.92%) Firewall
1 2 (3.92%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (3.92%) SAN
2 1 (1.96%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.69%) Power BI
2 6 (11.76%) Oracle Database
3 4 (7.84%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (5.88%) SQL Server
5 2 (3.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.96%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 35 (68.63%) Social Skills
2 24 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (17.65%) Finance
4 7 (13.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.96%) Legal
7 1 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (23.53%) Architect
2 8 (15.69%) Analyst
3 5 (9.80%) Lead
4 4 (7.84%) CyberArk Engineer
4 4 (7.84%) Oracle Specialist
5 3 (5.88%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (5.88%) Data Architect
5 3 (5.88%) Developer
5 3 (5.88%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
5 3 (5.88%) Help Desk Analyst
5 3 (5.88%) Security Architect
5 3 (5.88%) Security Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) Service Analyst
5 3 (5.88%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) Applications Architect
6 2 (3.92%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) Security Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) Unix Engineer
6 2 (3.92%) Unix Support
6 2 (3.92%) Unix Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.76%) SailPoint
2 4 (7.84%) LDAP
3 3 (5.88%) Apache Axis
4 2 (3.92%) .NET
4 2 (3.92%) React
5 1 (1.96%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.96%) ADO
5 1 (1.96%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (1.96%) Django
5 1 (1.96%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.96%) Flask
5 1 (1.96%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.65%) Onboarding
2 6 (11.76%) Data Centre
2 6 (11.76%) Security Posture
3 5 (9.80%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (7.84%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.92%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.96%) AS400
6 1 (1.96%) CCTV
6 1 (1.96%) iSeries
6 1 (1.96%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.96%) PKI
6 1 (1.96%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.96%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (13.73%) Windows
2 5 (9.80%) Linux
3 3 (5.88%) Windows Server
3 3 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (3.92%) AIX
4 2 (3.92%) Unix
5 1 (1.96%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (25.49%) ITSM
2 12 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (23.53%) Privileged Access Management
3 10 (19.61%) ITIL
4 9 (17.65%) Identity Access Management
4 9 (17.65%) Migration
5 7 (13.73%) Customer Service
5 7 (13.73%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (11.76%) Workflow
7 5 (9.80%) Agile
7 5 (9.80%) Password Management
7 5 (9.80%) Project Management
7 5 (9.80%) RBAC
7 5 (9.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (7.84%) Cloud Security
8 4 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (7.84%) Knowledge Transfer
8 4 (7.84%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 4 (7.84%) Technical Leadership
8 4 (7.84%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 13 (25.49%) SQL
2 8 (15.69%) Python
3 7 (13.73%) PowerShell
4 5 (9.80%) C#
5 3 (5.88%) Java
5 3 (5.88%) Ruby
6 2 (3.92%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.96%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (27.45%) Security Cleared
2 12 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 8 (15.69%) Degree
4 5 (9.80%) CISSP
5 3 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.92%) APMP
6 2 (3.92%) Azure Certification
6 2 (3.92%) CEH
6 2 (3.92%) CISM
7 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.96%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.96%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.76%) SLA
2 4 (7.84%) QA
3 3 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.96%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.96%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (29.41%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (13.73%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (3.92%) Tivoli
2 2 (3.92%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (29.41%) ServiceNow
2 10 (19.61%) CyberArk
2 10 (19.61%) Oracle
3 8 (15.69%) SAP
4 7 (13.73%) Microsoft
5 3 (5.88%) Lotus
6 2 (3.92%) IBM
6 2 (3.92%) Proofpoint
6 2 (3.92%) VMware
7 1 (1.96%) Okta
7 1 (1.96%) Planview
7 1 (1.96%) Siemens