Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Westminster

Problem Solving
City of Westminster > Westminster

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Westminster requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 3 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 -2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Westminster 20.00% 20.00% 9.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.08% 20.00% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £363 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £515
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -27.18% +255.17%
75th Percentile £531 £388 £523
90th Percentile £580 - -
City of Westminster median daily rate £463 £450 £515
% change year-on-year +2.78% -12.62% +157.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Westminster

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 Westminster.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13 5 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Westminster 86.67% 100.00% 76.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 13
10th Percentile £450 £403 £222
25th Percentile £456 £463 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £725 £540 £579
90th Percentile £825 £621 £634
City of Westminster median daily rate £563 £540 £600
% change year-on-year +4.17% -10.00% +26.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
City of Westminster median hourly rate £18.87 - £26.00

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Westminster

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Westminster

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Westminster

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

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

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Westminster

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 Westminster region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Covent Garden - 2 £450 - 1
Problem-Solving
City of Westminster

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Westminster 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Intranet
General
1 2 (66.67%) Games
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Secure Coding
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft