Problem-Solving Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Problem Solving
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 15 22
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 +6
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,525 1,551 2,015
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.39% 10.09% 7.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.90% 11.48% 8.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,010 1,053 1,343
10th Percentile £325 £313 £325
25th Percentile £409 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +3.85%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £708 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -0.05% -4.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 64 66
10th Percentile - £11.00 £18.63
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.66 £25.05
Median hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -55.38% +170.83%
75th Percentile £60.63 £64.25 £74.69
90th Percentile £87.05 £90.00 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £22.14 £17.50 £43.86
% change year-on-year +26.51% -60.10% +119.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,023 13,505 23,232
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.03% 87.83% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,195 9,015 16,421
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 573 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £24.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -22.73% +57.14%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%

Problem-Solving
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Problem-Solving trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

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 remote working options 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 remote working options citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

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 56 (3.67%) Confluence
2 40 (2.62%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (1.18%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.72%) CMS
5 11 (0.72%) SAS
6 10 (0.66%) Apache
7 9 (0.59%) Oracle Coherence
8 8 (0.52%) GemFire
8 8 (0.52%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.33%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.26%) Drupal
11 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.20%) Appian
11 3 (0.20%) IBM Notes
11 3 (0.20%) IIS
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.20%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.20%) WebLogic
Applications
1 86 (5.64%) Microsoft Office
2 79 (5.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.92%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.59%) Trello
7 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) Revit
9 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.066%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.066%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.066%) Fusion 360
9 1 (0.066%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.066%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.066%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 42 (2.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 25 (1.64%) Oracle EBS
3 16 (1.05%) Oracle EBS R12
4 11 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.72%) Maximo
5 10 (0.66%) Oracle ASCP
6 7 (0.46%) SAP EWM
7 6 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.33%) Infor LN
8 5 (0.33%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.33%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 5 (0.33%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.26%) CA PPM
9 4 (0.26%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
10 3 (0.20%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 308 (20.20%) Azure
2 242 (15.87%) AWS
3 109 (7.15%) Power Platform
4 78 (5.11%) GCP
5 68 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
6 66 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
7 65 (4.26%) Entra ID
8 53 (3.48%) Serverless
9 43 (2.82%) GitHub
10 40 (2.62%) AWS Lambda
11 39 (2.56%) SaaS
12 36 (2.36%) Amazon S3
13 28 (1.84%) AWS CloudFormation
14 26 (1.70%) Amazon EKS
15 25 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
16 24 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
16 24 (1.57%) Power Automate
17 23 (1.51%) Snowflake
18 22 (1.44%) PowerApps
19 21 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 61 (4.00%) Firewall
2 42 (2.75%) Network Security
3 25 (1.64%) VPN
4 24 (1.57%) DNS
5 21 (1.38%) Wireless
6 17 (1.11%) DHCP
7 15 (0.98%) BGP
8 14 (0.92%) OSPF
8 14 (0.92%) TCP/IP
9 13 (0.85%) Internet
9 13 (0.85%) LAN
10 12 (0.79%) WAN
10 12 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.72%) HTTP
12 9 (0.59%) SSL
13 8 (0.52%) MPLS
14 7 (0.46%) NGFW
15 6 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
15 6 (0.39%) S/MIME
15 6 (0.39%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (5.70%) Power BI
2 68 (4.46%) Relational Database
3 61 (4.00%) SQL Server
4 56 (3.67%) MongoDB
5 52 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
6 45 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
7 39 (2.56%) DB2
8 38 (2.49%) Tableau
9 23 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
9 23 (1.51%) Oracle Database
10 22 (1.44%) Big Data
11 21 (1.38%) NoSQL
11 21 (1.38%) Redis
12 19 (1.25%) MySQL
13 16 (1.05%) BigQuery
14 15 (0.98%) Metadata
15 14 (0.92%) Data Lake
16 12 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
17 11 (0.72%) DynamoDB
17 11 (0.72%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 108 (7.08%) JIRA
2 83 (5.44%) Git
3 55 (3.61%) Jenkins
4 35 (2.30%) JUnit
5 28 (1.84%) GitLab
6 19 (1.25%) JMeter
7 15 (0.98%) Visual Studio
8 14 (0.92%) Postman
9 12 (0.79%) Cypress.io
9 12 (0.79%) Selenium
10 11 (0.72%) REST Assured
11 10 (0.66%) Bitbucket
11 10 (0.66%) Maven
12 9 (0.59%) CircleCI
13 8 (0.52%) MLflow
13 8 (0.52%) QARun
13 8 (0.52%) WinRunner
14 7 (0.46%) Gatling
15 6 (0.39%) Appium
16 5 (0.33%) SonarQube
General
1 895 (58.69%) Social Skills
2 601 (39.41%) Analytical Skills
3 390 (25.57%) Finance
4 144 (9.44%) Public Sector
5 133 (8.72%) Banking
6 64 (4.20%) Investment Banking
7 63 (4.13%) Marketing
8 59 (3.87%) Manufacturing
9 55 (3.61%) Telecoms
10 54 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
11 47 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 42 (2.75%) Retail
13 36 (2.36%) Front Office
14 31 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
15 30 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
16 26 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
17 25 (1.64%) Legal
18 20 (1.31%) Automotive
18 20 (1.31%) Law
18 20 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 271 (17.77%) Developer
2 192 (12.59%) Analyst
3 154 (10.10%) Senior
4 137 (8.98%) Architect
5 111 (7.28%) Consultant
6 107 (7.02%) Lead
7 91 (5.97%) Business Analyst
8 70 (4.59%) Java Developer
9 68 (4.46%) Project Manager
10 45 (2.95%) Senior Developer
11 41 (2.69%) Solutions Architect
12 32 (2.10%) Data Engineer
12 32 (2.10%) Support Engineer
13 31 (2.03%) Data Analyst
13 31 (2.03%) Network Engineer
14 29 (1.90%) DevOps Engineer
15 28 (1.84%) Full-Stack Developer
16 27 (1.77%) SAP Consultant
17 25 (1.64%) Administrator
18 23 (1.51%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (4.59%) Kafka
2 69 (4.52%) React
3 54 (3.54%) REST
4 53 (3.48%) Spring
5 52 (3.41%) CSS
6 49 (3.21%) .NET
7 48 (3.15%) RESTful
8 45 (2.95%) AngularJS
9 44 (2.89%) HTML
10 29 (1.90%) Middleware
10 29 (1.90%) Web Services
11 27 (1.77%) Node.js
12 26 (1.70%) JMS
13 23 (1.51%) SOAP
14 20 (1.31%) LDAP
14 20 (1.31%) OAuth
15 18 (1.18%) ASP.NET
15 18 (1.18%) Play Framework
16 17 (1.11%) OpenID
16 17 (1.11%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 72 (4.72%) Management Information System
2 64 (4.20%) Data Structures
3 54 (3.54%) Product Ownership
4 44 (2.89%) Onboarding
5 38 (2.49%) Equities
6 37 (2.43%) Algorithms
7 34 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
8 33 (2.16%) Cloud Native
9 32 (2.10%) Data Centre
10 30 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
11 25 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
12 22 (1.44%) Derivative
13 21 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 21 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
14 20 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
14 20 (1.31%) Virtual Team
15 17 (1.11%) Mobile App
15 17 (1.11%) Security Posture
16 16 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
17 15 (0.98%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 119 (7.80%) Linux
2 112 (7.34%) Windows
3 45 (2.95%) Unix
4 31 (2.03%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.51%) Android
6 19 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 14 (0.92%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.52%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.39%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.39%) zOS
10 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.26%) Solaris
12 3 (0.20%) AIX
12 3 (0.20%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.13%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.13%) SUSE
14 1 (0.066%) CentOS
14 1 (0.066%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.066%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 433 (28.39%) Agile
2 228 (14.95%) DevOps
3 212 (13.90%) Stakeholder Management
4 194 (12.72%) Project Management
5 179 (11.74%) CI/CD
6 178 (11.67%) Migration
7 151 (9.90%) Decision-Making
8 150 (9.84%) Computer Science
9 129 (8.46%) Analytics
10 128 (8.39%) Continuous Improvement
11 122 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
12 113 (7.41%) Collaborative Working
13 96 (6.30%) Test Automation
14 92 (6.03%) ITIL
15 90 (5.90%) Change Management
16 89 (5.84%) Artificial Intelligence
16 89 (5.84%) Data Modelling
17 86 (5.64%) Risk Management
17 86 (5.64%) Scrum
18 85 (5.57%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 317 (20.79%) SQL
2 309 (20.26%) Python
3 144 (9.44%) Java
4 103 (6.75%) JavaScript
5 89 (5.84%) PowerShell
6 80 (5.25%) C#
7 41 (2.69%) TypeScript
8 38 (2.49%) Bash
9 36 (2.36%) Shell Script
10 31 (2.03%) PL/SQL
11 24 (1.57%) Scala
12 23 (1.51%) PHP
13 19 (1.25%) C++
14 14 (0.92%) Delphi
15 11 (0.72%) ABAP
15 11 (0.72%) Apex Code
16 10 (0.66%) Kotlin
16 10 (0.66%) R
17 9 (0.59%) Ruby
18 8 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 254 (16.66%) Degree
2 231 (15.15%) Security Cleared
3 196 (12.85%) SC Cleared
4 100 (6.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (2.95%) CISSP
6 38 (2.49%) AWS Certification
7 37 (2.43%) Master's Degree
7 37 (2.43%) PMI Certification
8 36 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
9 31 (2.03%) PMP
10 28 (1.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 27 (1.77%) CISM
12 26 (1.70%) CCNP
13 25 (1.64%) Azure Certification
14 22 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
15 18 (1.18%) Numerate Degree
16 13 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
16 13 (0.85%) CCNA
16 13 (0.85%) DV Cleared
16 13 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (5.97%) QA
2 65 (4.26%) Data Quality
3 50 (3.28%) Accessibility
4 43 (2.82%) GDPR
5 31 (2.03%) NIST
6 30 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 27 (1.77%) SLA
8 24 (1.57%) PMO
9 18 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 13 (0.85%) Disclosure Scotland
10 13 (0.85%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.79%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.46%) MiFID
14 5 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.33%) NCSC
15 4 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.26%) EMIR
15 4 (0.26%) GRC
15 4 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 94 (6.16%) Active Directory
2 92 (6.03%) Docker
3 19 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.52%) GridGain
6 6 (0.39%) RACF
6 6 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.33%) Firmware
7 5 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.33%) vSphere
8 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.13%) NFS
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.066%) QEMU
10 1 (0.066%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 1 (0.066%) Xen
Systems Management
1 95 (6.23%) Kubernetes
2 76 (4.98%) Terraform
3 61 (4.00%) Ansible
4 36 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
5 22 (1.44%) Grafana
6 15 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (0.85%) Puppet
8 12 (0.79%) Progress Chef
9 11 (0.72%) Prometheus
10 7 (0.46%) Kibana
10 7 (0.46%) NetBackup
11 6 (0.39%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
12 5 (0.33%) Perfmon
12 5 (0.33%) SCCM
12 5 (0.33%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 4 (0.26%) Istio
13 4 (0.26%) QRadar
13 4 (0.26%) Tivoli
14 3 (0.20%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 237 (15.54%) Microsoft
2 127 (8.33%) Oracle
3 100 (6.56%) SAP
4 50 (3.28%) ServiceNow
5 44 (2.89%) Google
6 35 (2.30%) Sybase
7 33 (2.16%) Cisco
8 31 (2.03%) Salesforce
9 30 (1.97%) Databricks
9 30 (1.97%) VMware
10 28 (1.84%) IBM
11 27 (1.77%) CyberArk
12 24 (1.57%) Red Hat
13 20 (1.31%) Splunk
14 14 (0.92%) Palo Alto
15 13 (0.85%) Zscaler
16 12 (0.79%) Workday
17 10 (0.66%) Apple
17 10 (0.66%) Dynatrace
17 10 (0.66%) Fortinet