Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warwickshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 8 7
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 +10
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 90 51 45
As % of all contract jobs in Warwickshire 17.24% 13.46% 13.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.09% 15.41% 14.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 17 30
10th Percentile £325 £398 £318
25th Percentile £446 £413 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £560
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +2.68% +12.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £672
90th Percentile £725 - £854
West Midlands median daily rate £490 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +8.89% -14.29% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £35.00 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £17.00 £17.24 £29.77
% change year-on-year -1.39% -42.09% +48.85%

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 448 331 302
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 85.82% 87.34% 88.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 189 213
10th Percentile £325 £413 £220
25th Percentile £413 £500 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £622 £625 £675
90th Percentile £725 £673 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 12 7
10th Percentile £16.13 - £17.20
25th Percentile £26.11 £14.70 £20.63
Median hourly rate £35.60 £26.14 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +36.19% +16.18% +56.69%
75th Percentile £50.00 £35.00 £34.50
90th Percentile - - £35.70
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.00 £21.80 £24.60
% change year-on-year -8.24% -11.40% +38.98%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Warwickshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Warwickshire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Problem-Solving

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 13 December 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 +3 57 £478 -21.33% 14
Rugby 0 1 - - 5
Problem-Solving
West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (7.78%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.44%) HCL Notes
3 3 (3.33%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 3 (3.33%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (2.22%) Drupal
5 1 (1.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (7.78%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.33%) Revit
4 2 (2.22%) AutoCAD
4 2 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.22%) MicroStation
4 2 (2.22%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 4 (4.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.22%) Oracle HRMS
2 2 (2.22%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (2.22%) SAP GRC
2 2 (2.22%) Workday HCM
3 1 (1.11%) Maximo
3 1 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (1.11%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 23 (25.56%) Azure
2 15 (16.67%) GCP
3 10 (11.11%) AWS
3 10 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (7.78%) Apigee
4 7 (7.78%) Cloud Functions
4 7 (7.78%) Serverless
5 5 (5.56%) Entra ID
5 5 (5.56%) Power Platform
6 4 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (4.44%) SaaS
7 2 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.22%) GitHub
8 1 (1.11%) IaaS
8 1 (1.11%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.11%) PaaS
8 1 (1.11%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.11%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.11%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.44%) VPN
2 2 (2.22%) Network Security
3 1 (1.11%) DHCP
3 1 (1.11%) Firewall
3 1 (1.11%) Telepresence
3 1 (1.11%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.00%) MySQL
1 9 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (7.78%) Relational Database
3 4 (4.44%) Power BI
4 3 (3.33%) OLTP
4 3 (3.33%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (2.22%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.11%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.11%) SAP BW
6 1 (1.11%) SAP HANA
6 1 (1.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (12.22%) Git
2 9 (10.00%) JIRA
3 1 (1.11%) REST Assured
3 1 (1.11%) TestPartner
3 1 (1.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 56 (62.22%) Social Skills
2 44 (48.89%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (20.00%) Finance
4 10 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.22%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.22%) Publishing
7 1 (1.11%) Banking
7 1 (1.11%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.11%) Police
Job Titles
1 22 (24.44%) Analyst
2 10 (11.11%) Developer
3 7 (7.78%) Business Analyst
3 7 (7.78%) Cloud Developer
3 7 (7.78%) Consultant
3 7 (7.78%) GCP Developer
3 7 (7.78%) IT Analyst
4 6 (6.67%) 1st Line Support
4 6 (6.67%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 6 (6.67%) Lead
5 5 (5.56%) Architect
5 5 (5.56%) Service Analyst
5 5 (5.56%) Support Analyst
6 4 (4.44%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (4.44%) Junior
6 4 (4.44%) Junior Analyst
6 4 (4.44%) Junior Support Analyst
6 4 (4.44%) Service Desk Analyst
6 4 (4.44%) Technical Analyst
6 4 (4.44%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.00%) Node.js
2 6 (6.67%) SAML
3 5 (5.56%) SailPoint
4 4 (4.44%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (2.22%) ADO
5 2 (2.22%) Drush
5 2 (2.22%) Middleware
5 2 (2.22%) OAuth
5 2 (2.22%) RESTful
5 2 (2.22%) Web Services
5 2 (2.22%) YAML
6 1 (1.11%) CSS
6 1 (1.11%) HTML
6 1 (1.11%) HTML5
6 1 (1.11%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (1.11%) REST
6 1 (1.11%) SAP Basis
6 1 (1.11%) SAPUI5
6 1 (1.11%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.78%) Cloud Native
3 5 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.56%) SCADA
4 4 (4.44%) Operational Technology
5 3 (3.33%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.22%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.22%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.22%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.11%) IoT
7 1 (1.11%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.22%) Linux
1 11 (12.22%) Windows
2 8 (8.89%) Unix
3 2 (2.22%) VMS
3 2 (2.22%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.22%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (24.44%) Agile
2 16 (17.78%) Project Management
3 15 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (16.67%) Task Automation
4 13 (14.44%) DevOps
5 12 (13.33%) Identity Access Management
5 12 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 11 (12.22%) CI/CD
6 11 (12.22%) Collaborative Working
6 11 (12.22%) Migration
6 11 (12.22%) Process Improvement
7 10 (11.11%) AI
7 10 (11.11%) Customer Service
7 10 (11.11%) Scrum
8 9 (10.00%) Building Information Modelling
8 9 (10.00%) Change Management
8 9 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (10.00%) ITIL
8 9 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
8 9 (10.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (18.89%) Python
2 13 (14.44%) SQL
3 8 (8.89%) PowerShell
4 6 (6.67%) VBA
5 2 (2.22%) Java
5 2 (2.22%) PHP
5 2 (2.22%) Ruby
6 1 (1.11%) ABAP
6 1 (1.11%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (16.67%) Degree
2 6 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 6 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (2.22%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.22%) HNC
4 2 (2.22%) HND
5 1 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.11%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.11%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (1.11%) NVQ Level 4
5 1 (1.11%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.44%) QA
2 6 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 6 (6.67%) SLA
3 4 (4.44%) GDPR
3 4 (4.44%) ISO 19650
4 3 (3.33%) Accessibility
4 3 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.22%) ISO 9001
5 2 (2.22%) PMO
6 1 (1.11%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (4.44%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.22%) Docker
3 1 (1.11%) Firmware
3 1 (1.11%) IAG
3 1 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.22%) BMC PATROL
2 2 (2.22%) HP ALM
2 2 (2.22%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.22%) Terraform
3 1 (1.11%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 11 (12.22%) Google
2 9 (10.00%) Oracle
3 8 (8.89%) CyberArk
3 8 (8.89%) Microsoft
4 7 (7.78%) BeyondTrust
4 7 (7.78%) ServiceNow
5 6 (6.67%) SAP
5 6 (6.67%) Workday
6 5 (5.56%) Cisco
6 5 (5.56%) Okta
7 4 (4.44%) BMC
7 4 (4.44%) Lotus
7 4 (4.44%) Netskope
8 3 (3.33%) Autodesk
9 2 (2.22%) HP
9 2 (2.22%) MuleSoft
9 2 (2.22%) Remedy
10 1 (1.11%) CheckPoint
10 1 (1.11%) Dell
10 1 (1.11%) Salesforce