Problem-Solving Contracts in Worcestershire

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire 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 17 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 10 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 10 11 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire 18.87% 12.36% 17.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.00% 15.07% 19.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 17
10th Percentile £110 £240 £172
25th Percentile £168 £310 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% +5.56% +63.64%
75th Percentile £600 £550 -
90th Percentile £700 £563 £459
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £46.25 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £29.33 £22.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year +30.36% +21.65% +10.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50 73 93
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 94.34% 82.02% 91.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 56 69
10th Percentile £145 £213 £241
25th Percentile £500 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% - +31.25%
75th Percentile £756 £578 £600
90th Percentile £900 £613 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £482 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -3.60% -2.44% +3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 2
10th Percentile £13.71 £10.50 £16.66
25th Percentile £15.94 £10.72 £16.84
Median hourly rate £17.16 £20.74 £17.33
Median % change year-on-year -17.27% +19.67% +11.79%
75th Percentile £18.13 £63.13 £17.62
90th Percentile £43.68 £72.75 £17.68
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.05 £22.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +32.35%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Worcestershire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Worcestershire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Worcestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Worcestershire over the 6 months to 17 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Worcestershire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Worcestershire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
Worcester -3 6 £168 -50.59% 421
Malvern 0 2 £700 +27.27% 19
Problem-Solving
West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 2 (20.00%) AWS
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) GCP
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) JIRA
2 2 (20.00%) Git
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Humanities
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Windows Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Applications Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Node.js
1 2 (20.00%) React
1 2 (20.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (20.00%) NHS
2 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
1 4 (40.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 4 (40.00%) Time Management
2 3 (30.00%) Agile
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) API Design
3 2 (20.00%) API Development
3 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (20.00%) Code Quality
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (20.00%) DevOps
3 2 (20.00%) DevSecOps
3 2 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
3 2 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (20.00%) SDLC
3 2 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Backlog Management
4 1 (10.00%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Go
1 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (20.00%) Python
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
1 2 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (20.00%) BitLocker
1 2 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
1 2 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco
1 2 (20.00%) Citrix
1 2 (20.00%) Nexthink