Problem-Solving Contracts with Work from Home Options

Problem Solving
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 19 28
Rank change year-on-year +4 +9 +5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,509 2,045 2,852
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.03% 8.17% 6.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.39% 9.11% 7.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,031 1,368 1,930
10th Percentile £313 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £430 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £502 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.38% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 67 54
10th Percentile £11.00 £18.63 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £26.95 £12.08
Median hourly rate £27.52 £65.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.67% +195.45% +22.22%
75th Percentile £60.75 £75.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £86.00 £65.28
UK median hourly rate £16.50 £48.40 £21.75
% change year-on-year -65.91% +122.53% +8.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,243 22,460 40,020
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.02% 89.72% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,878 15,870 29,041
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 519 537
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.63 £13.90
25th Percentile £25.50 £29.31 £20.40
Median hourly rate £43.00 £53.35 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +52.43% +42.86%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £70.80
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%

Problem-Solving
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Problem-Solving trend for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving.

Problem-Solving daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Problem-Solving daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving.

Problem-Solving hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Problem-Solving hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 37 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.19%) Confluence
3 16 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.93%) CMS
5 9 (0.60%) SAS
6 7 (0.46%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.33%) Apache Solr
7 5 (0.33%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.33%) IIS
8 4 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.27%) Appian
8 4 (0.27%) Headless CMS
8 4 (0.27%) Luigi
8 4 (0.27%) nginx
8 4 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.20%) IBM HTTP Server
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 3 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 56 (3.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.13%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.53%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.27%) InDesign
9 3 (0.20%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.20%) Maya
9 3 (0.20%) Sketch
10 2 (0.13%) Revit
10 2 (0.13%) ZBrush
11 1 (0.066%) Autodesk Inventor
11 1 (0.066%) SPSS
11 1 (0.066%) Trello
Business Applications
1 39 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (2.12%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 12 (0.80%) SAP HR
4 11 (0.73%) Oracle EBS R12
4 11 (0.73%) SAP HCM
5 8 (0.53%) Endur
6 7 (0.46%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (0.40%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.33%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.27%) Loan IQ
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle 11i
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.20%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 272 (18.03%) Azure
2 165 (10.93%) AWS
3 108 (7.16%) Power Platform
4 69 (4.57%) GCP
5 62 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
6 53 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
7 51 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
8 40 (2.65%) PowerApps
9 33 (2.19%) SaaS
10 30 (1.99%) GitHub
11 28 (1.86%) Entra ID
12 27 (1.79%) Power Automate
13 23 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
13 23 (1.52%) Serverless
14 16 (1.06%) PaaS
14 16 (1.06%) SuccessFactors
15 13 (0.86%) AWS CloudFormation
15 13 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
16 11 (0.73%) Amazon S3
16 11 (0.73%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 61 (4.04%) Firewall
2 33 (2.19%) DNS
3 32 (2.12%) Network Security
3 32 (2.12%) VPN
4 29 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (1.46%) WAN
6 21 (1.39%) Internet
6 21 (1.39%) TCP/IP
7 20 (1.33%) DHCP
7 20 (1.33%) HTTP
8 15 (0.99%) LAN
8 15 (0.99%) Wireless
9 11 (0.73%) Structured Cabling
10 9 (0.60%) 802.11
10 9 (0.60%) BGP
10 9 (0.60%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (0.60%) OSPF
10 9 (0.60%) SSL
11 8 (0.53%) Cisco Nexus
11 8 (0.53%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (5.90%) SQL Server
2 83 (5.50%) Power BI
3 47 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
4 41 (2.72%) PostgreSQL
5 37 (2.45%) Relational Database
6 29 (1.92%) MongoDB
6 29 (1.92%) MySQL
7 21 (1.39%) Oracle Database
8 20 (1.33%) Tableau
9 17 (1.13%) Data Lake
10 15 (0.99%) Metadata
11 14 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (0.86%) Big Data
12 13 (0.86%) NoSQL
13 12 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
14 11 (0.73%) Power Query
15 9 (0.60%) GIS
15 9 (0.60%) QlikView
16 7 (0.46%) PostHog
16 7 (0.46%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 88 (5.83%) JIRA
2 69 (4.57%) Git
3 37 (2.45%) Jenkins
4 30 (1.99%) GitLab
5 21 (1.39%) Selenium
6 16 (1.06%) Rational DOORS
6 16 (1.06%) Visual Studio
7 15 (0.99%) Cucumber
8 10 (0.66%) Oracle APEX
9 9 (0.60%) JMeter
9 9 (0.60%) SonarQube
10 8 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
10 8 (0.53%) PVCS
10 8 (0.53%) REST Assured
11 6 (0.40%) Appium
11 6 (0.40%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.40%) Eclipse
11 6 (0.40%) MLflow
12 5 (0.33%) LoadRunner
12 5 (0.33%) MSI
General
1 866 (57.39%) Social Skills
2 633 (41.95%) Analytical Skills
3 306 (20.28%) Finance
4 100 (6.63%) Public Sector
5 85 (5.63%) Banking
6 62 (4.11%) Marketing
7 57 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
8 49 (3.25%) Telecoms
9 42 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
10 37 (2.45%) Manufacturing
10 37 (2.45%) Retail
11 34 (2.25%) Legal
12 32 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
13 31 (2.05%) Front Office
14 28 (1.86%) Law
15 24 (1.59%) Investment Banking
16 22 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 17 (1.13%) Financial Institution
17 17 (1.13%) Police
18 16 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 225 (14.91%) Developer
2 199 (13.19%) Analyst
3 139 (9.21%) Senior
4 130 (8.61%) Consultant
5 127 (8.42%) Architect
6 93 (6.16%) Project Manager
7 79 (5.24%) Business Analyst
8 68 (4.51%) Lead
9 47 (3.11%) Software Engineer
10 43 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
11 42 (2.78%) Data Engineer
12 35 (2.32%) DevOps Engineer
13 31 (2.05%) Support Engineer
14 30 (1.99%) Data Analyst
15 27 (1.79%) .NET Developer
16 26 (1.72%) Administrator
16 26 (1.72%) DBA
16 26 (1.72%) Senior Developer
17 23 (1.52%) Java Engineer
17 23 (1.52%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (4.31%) .NET
2 63 (4.17%) CSS
3 62 (4.11%) HTML
4 61 (4.04%) React
5 42 (2.78%) REST
6 41 (2.72%) RESTful
7 33 (2.19%) Kafka
8 31 (2.05%) Web Services
9 30 (1.99%) JSON
10 27 (1.79%) XML
11 23 (1.52%) Node.js
12 21 (1.39%) AngularJS
13 20 (1.33%) .NET Framework
14 17 (1.13%) Middleware
15 16 (1.06%) ASP.NET
16 14 (0.93%) RabbitMQ
16 14 (0.93%) Spring
16 14 (0.93%) YAML
17 12 (0.80%) PySpark
18 11 (0.73%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 78 (5.17%) Management Information System
2 68 (4.51%) Self-Motivation
3 52 (3.45%) Product Ownership
4 37 (2.45%) Algorithms
5 32 (2.12%) Virtual Team
6 29 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
7 27 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
8 26 (1.72%) Onboarding
9 25 (1.66%) Data Structures
10 22 (1.46%) Data Centre
10 22 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
11 18 (1.19%) Mobile App
12 16 (1.06%) Cloud Native
13 15 (0.99%) Derivative
13 15 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 14 (0.93%) CMDB
14 14 (0.93%) NHS
15 13 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
16 12 (0.80%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 119 (7.89%) Windows
2 96 (6.36%) Linux
3 27 (1.79%) Unix
4 25 (1.66%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.46%) Windows 10
6 19 (1.26%) Android
7 14 (0.93%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.53%) VMS
9 7 (0.46%) AIX
9 7 (0.46%) Solaris
10 6 (0.40%) CentOS
10 6 (0.40%) Windows 7
10 6 (0.40%) zOS
11 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
13 3 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
13 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (25.18%) Agile
2 221 (14.65%) Project Management
3 184 (12.19%) DevOps
4 161 (10.67%) Computer Science
5 159 (10.54%) Migration
6 143 (9.48%) Decision-Making
7 127 (8.42%) CI/CD
8 126 (8.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 114 (7.55%) Analytics
10 112 (7.42%) Stakeholder Management
11 110 (7.29%) Business Intelligence
12 93 (6.16%) Data Modelling
12 93 (6.16%) ITIL
12 93 (6.16%) Roadmaps
13 91 (6.03%) Scrum
14 90 (5.96%) Data Analysis
15 82 (5.43%) Mentoring
16 79 (5.24%) Software Engineering
17 78 (5.17%) Change Management
17 78 (5.17%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 194 (12.86%) SQL
2 169 (11.20%) Python
3 115 (7.62%) JavaScript
4 108 (7.16%) Java
5 83 (5.50%) C#
6 56 (3.71%) PowerShell
7 46 (3.05%) C++
8 40 (2.65%) TypeScript
9 37 (2.45%) PL/SQL
10 34 (2.25%) Bash
11 32 (2.12%) C
12 25 (1.66%) Scala
13 22 (1.46%) Go
14 21 (1.39%) Shell Script
15 19 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 15 (0.99%) Perl
16 15 (0.99%) PHP
17 14 (0.93%) T-SQL
18 13 (0.86%) VB.NET
19 11 (0.73%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 296 (19.62%) Degree
2 200 (13.25%) Security Cleared
3 160 (10.60%) SC Cleared
4 113 (7.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (3.51%) Master's Degree
6 38 (2.52%) DV Cleared
7 33 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (2.19%) CISSP
8 28 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
9 24 (1.59%) CISM
10 21 (1.39%) CCNP
11 20 (1.33%) PMP
12 19 (1.26%) ISTQB
13 18 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (1.06%) AWS Certification
14 16 (1.06%) PMI Certification
15 15 (0.99%) CCNA
16 14 (0.93%) Azure Certification
17 13 (0.86%) PhD
17 13 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (6.89%) QA
2 63 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 38 (2.52%) SLA
4 34 (2.25%) GDPR
5 22 (1.46%) NIST
6 18 (1.19%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (1.06%) PMO
9 8 (0.53%) NCSC
10 7 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 7 (0.46%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
12 4 (0.27%) CDISC
12 4 (0.27%) Dodd-Frank
12 4 (0.27%) MiFID
13 3 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.20%) GPG13
13 3 (0.20%) P3O
14 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 69 (4.57%) Docker
2 67 (4.44%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.60%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 9 (0.60%) Firmware
5 8 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.53%) vSphere
6 7 (0.46%) Oracle RAC
7 6 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.33%) KVM
8 5 (0.33%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.13%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.13%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.13%) XenApp
10 2 (0.13%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.066%) RACF
11 1 (0.066%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 84 (5.57%) Kubernetes
2 63 (4.17%) Terraform
3 42 (2.78%) Ansible
4 22 (1.46%) Grafana
4 22 (1.46%) SCCM
5 20 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (1.19%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.86%) Progress Chef
8 13 (0.86%) Puppet
9 11 (0.73%) Docker Swarm
10 9 (0.60%) Consul
10 9 (0.60%) Data Guard
11 8 (0.53%) Podman
11 8 (0.53%) vCenter Server
12 6 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 5 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
14 4 (0.27%) QRadar
14 4 (0.27%) SCOM
14 4 (0.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 233 (15.44%) Microsoft
2 106 (7.02%) Oracle
3 81 (5.37%) SAP
4 40 (2.65%) Google
5 38 (2.52%) ServiceNow
6 32 (2.12%) Cisco
7 31 (2.05%) VMware
8 29 (1.92%) Databricks
9 26 (1.72%) Salesforce
10 25 (1.66%) Adobe
11 17 (1.13%) Palo Alto
12 15 (0.99%) Dell
12 15 (0.99%) IBM
12 15 (0.99%) Juniper
12 15 (0.99%) Splunk
13 13 (0.86%) Ariba
14 11 (0.73%) Apple
14 11 (0.73%) Informatica
15 10 (0.66%) CheckPoint
15 10 (0.66%) Citrix