Problem-Solving Contracts in West Drayton

Problem Solving
Hillingdon > West Drayton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Drayton 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 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 5 3
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 -
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 6 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Drayton 66.67% 18.18% 50.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 85.71% 18.18% 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £385 - -
25th Percentile £400 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -27.18% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £425 £575 -
90th Percentile £433 - -
Hillingdon median daily rate £400 £500 £625
% change year-on-year -19.95% -20.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £13.50 -
Hillingdon median hourly rate £45.00 £13.50 -
% change year-on-year +233.33% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Drayton

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 West Drayton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7 11 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Drayton 77.78% 100.00% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 5
10th Percentile £385 £463 -
25th Percentile £400 £511 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £605 £625
Median % change year-on-year -33.80% -3.20% -
75th Percentile £425 £650 £700
90th Percentile £433 £653 -
Hillingdon median daily rate £407 £500 £600
% change year-on-year -18.70% -16.67% +40.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £13.50 -
Hillingdon median hourly rate £25.15 £30.16 £27.50
% change year-on-year -16.61% +9.67% -

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in West Drayton

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in West Drayton

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Drayton

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in West Drayton

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Drayton 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) BGP
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 6 (100.00%) DHCP
1 6 (100.00%) DMVPN
1 6 (100.00%) DNS
1 6 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 6 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
1 6 (100.00%) LAN
1 6 (100.00%) Network Security
1 6 (100.00%) OSPF
1 6 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 6 (100.00%) SSL
1 6 (100.00%) VLAN
1 6 (100.00%) VPN
1 6 (100.00%) WAN
1 6 (100.00%) Wireless
1 6 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 6 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Administrator
1 2 (33.33%) Network Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 6 (100.00%) Patch Management
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CCNP
1 6 (100.00%) CCSA
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
1 6 (100.00%) F5
1 6 (100.00%) Juniper
1 6 (100.00%) Meraki
1 6 (100.00%) SolarWinds