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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 21 29
Rank change year-on-year +6 +8 +5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,523 2,049 2,894
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.05% 8.02% 6.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.43% 8.94% 7.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,030 1,373 1,953
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 £633
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.71% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 67 57
10th Percentile £11.00 £18.63 £11.36
25th Percentile £14.22 £26.95 £12.25
Median hourly rate £28.26 £65.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.53% +170.83% +33.33%
75th Percentile £61.13 £74.38 £46.25
90th Percentile £90.00 £85.00 £65.05
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £48.40 £20.50
% change year-on-year -64.88% +136.10% +7.89%

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 13,319 22,924 40,623
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,917 16,193 29,494
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
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 575 527 541
10th Percentile £15.17 £18.67 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.63 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

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 5 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 5 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 38 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.10%) Confluence
3 17 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.85%) CMS
5 9 (0.59%) SAS
6 8 (0.53%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.39%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.33%) Apache Solr
8 5 (0.33%) IIS
9 4 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.26%) Appian
9 4 (0.26%) Headless CMS
9 4 (0.26%) Luigi
9 4 (0.26%) nginx
9 4 (0.26%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.26%) WebSphere Application Server
10 3 (0.20%) Apache
10 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.20%) CICS
10 3 (0.20%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 60 (3.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.31%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.39%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.26%) InDesign
9 4 (0.26%) Sketch
10 3 (0.20%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.13%) Revit
12 1 (0.066%) Autodesk Inventor
12 1 (0.066%) SPSS
12 1 (0.066%) Trello
Business Applications
1 39 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 12 (0.79%) SAP HR
4 11 (0.72%) Oracle EBS R12
4 11 (0.72%) SAP HCM
5 8 (0.53%) Endur
6 7 (0.46%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (0.39%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.33%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.26%) Loan IQ
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
10 3 (0.20%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 267 (17.53%) Azure
2 164 (10.77%) AWS
3 111 (7.29%) Power Platform
4 64 (4.20%) Microsoft 365
5 63 (4.14%) GCP
6 52 (3.41%) Dynamics 365
7 51 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (2.76%) PowerApps
9 29 (1.90%) GitHub
9 29 (1.90%) SaaS
10 27 (1.77%) Entra ID
10 27 (1.77%) Power Automate
11 25 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
12 24 (1.58%) Serverless
13 17 (1.12%) PaaS
13 17 (1.12%) SuccessFactors
14 12 (0.79%) Amazon S3
14 12 (0.79%) AWS CloudFormation
14 12 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
15 11 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 60 (3.94%) Firewall
2 33 (2.17%) Network Security
3 32 (2.10%) DNS
4 31 (2.04%) VPN
5 30 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (1.44%) WAN
7 21 (1.38%) Internet
8 20 (1.31%) DHCP
8 20 (1.31%) TCP/IP
9 19 (1.25%) HTTP
10 15 (0.98%) LAN
10 15 (0.98%) Wireless
11 11 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
12 10 (0.66%) 802.11
13 9 (0.59%) BGP
13 9 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
13 9 (0.59%) OSPF
14 8 (0.53%) Cisco Nexus
14 8 (0.53%) SSL
15 7 (0.46%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (5.65%) SQL Server
2 84 (5.52%) Power BI
3 50 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
4 40 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (2.50%) Relational Database
6 28 (1.84%) MongoDB
6 28 (1.84%) MySQL
7 21 (1.38%) Oracle Database
8 20 (1.31%) Tableau
9 16 (1.05%) Data Lake
9 16 (1.05%) Metadata
10 14 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
11 13 (0.85%) Big Data
11 13 (0.85%) NoSQL
11 13 (0.85%) Power Query
12 11 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (0.59%) GIS
13 9 (0.59%) QlikView
14 7 (0.46%) RDBMS
14 7 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 91 (5.98%) JIRA
2 68 (4.46%) Git
3 38 (2.50%) Jenkins
4 29 (1.90%) GitLab
5 22 (1.44%) Selenium
6 17 (1.12%) Rational DOORS
7 16 (1.05%) Visual Studio
8 15 (0.98%) Cucumber
9 10 (0.66%) Oracle APEX
10 9 (0.59%) JMeter
10 9 (0.59%) REST Assured
10 9 (0.59%) SonarQube
11 8 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
11 8 (0.53%) PVCS
12 6 (0.39%) Appium
12 6 (0.39%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.39%) Eclipse
12 6 (0.39%) MLflow
13 5 (0.33%) SpecFlow
13 5 (0.33%) WiX
General
1 873 (57.32%) Social Skills
2 645 (42.35%) Analytical Skills
3 313 (20.55%) Finance
4 104 (6.83%) Public Sector
5 86 (5.65%) Banking
6 63 (4.14%) Marketing
7 59 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
8 53 (3.48%) Telecoms
9 42 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
10 37 (2.43%) Manufacturing
11 36 (2.36%) Retail
12 32 (2.10%) Legal
13 31 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
14 30 (1.97%) Front Office
15 28 (1.84%) Law
16 23 (1.51%) Investment Banking
17 22 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 19 (1.25%) Financial Institution
19 17 (1.12%) Police
20 12 (0.79%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 225 (14.77%) Developer
2 203 (13.33%) Analyst
3 141 (9.26%) Senior
4 131 (8.60%) Consultant
5 124 (8.14%) Architect
6 97 (6.37%) Project Manager
7 84 (5.52%) Business Analyst
8 70 (4.60%) Lead
9 48 (3.15%) Software Engineer
10 42 (2.76%) Data Engineer
11 38 (2.50%) Solutions Architect
12 35 (2.30%) DevOps Engineer
13 31 (2.04%) Support Engineer
14 30 (1.97%) Data Analyst
15 27 (1.77%) Administrator
15 27 (1.77%) Senior Developer
16 26 (1.71%) .NET Developer
16 26 (1.71%) DBA
17 23 (1.51%) Network Engineer
18 22 (1.44%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (4.14%) CSS
2 62 (4.07%) HTML
2 62 (4.07%) React
3 60 (3.94%) .NET
4 42 (2.76%) REST
5 39 (2.56%) RESTful
6 31 (2.04%) Kafka
7 29 (1.90%) JSON
7 29 (1.90%) Web Services
8 26 (1.71%) XML
9 22 (1.44%) AngularJS
9 22 (1.44%) Node.js
10 18 (1.18%) .NET Framework
11 16 (1.05%) ASP.NET
11 16 (1.05%) Middleware
12 15 (0.98%) Spring
13 13 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
13 13 (0.85%) YAML
14 12 (0.79%) PySpark
15 11 (0.72%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 80 (5.25%) Management Information System
2 68 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
3 51 (3.35%) Product Ownership
4 36 (2.36%) Algorithms
4 36 (2.36%) Virtual Team
5 31 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 27 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
7 26 (1.71%) Onboarding
8 22 (1.44%) Data Centre
8 22 (1.44%) Data Structures
9 21 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
10 16 (1.05%) Cloud Native
11 15 (0.98%) Derivative
11 15 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 14 (0.92%) CMDB
12 14 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (0.92%) Mobile App
12 14 (0.92%) NHS
13 13 (0.85%) Security Posture
14 12 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 119 (7.81%) Windows
2 95 (6.24%) Linux
3 27 (1.77%) Unix
4 25 (1.64%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.44%) Windows 10
6 19 (1.25%) Android
7 14 (0.92%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.46%) AIX
8 7 (0.46%) Solaris
8 7 (0.46%) VMS
9 6 (0.39%) CentOS
9 6 (0.39%) Windows 7
9 6 (0.39%) zOS
10 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
12 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (25.08%) Agile
2 228 (14.97%) Project Management
3 179 (11.75%) DevOps
4 160 (10.51%) Migration
5 157 (10.31%) Computer Science
6 144 (9.46%) Decision-Making
7 128 (8.40%) CI/CD
8 127 (8.34%) Continuous Improvement
9 112 (7.35%) Analytics
9 112 (7.35%) Business Intelligence
10 106 (6.96%) Stakeholder Management
11 97 (6.37%) Data Modelling
12 93 (6.11%) Data Analysis
13 92 (6.04%) ITIL
14 89 (5.84%) Scrum
15 84 (5.52%) Software Engineering
16 83 (5.45%) Roadmaps
17 81 (5.32%) Mentoring
18 80 (5.25%) Collaborative Working
19 79 (5.19%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 195 (12.80%) SQL
2 170 (11.16%) Python
3 113 (7.42%) JavaScript
4 106 (6.96%) Java
5 80 (5.25%) C#
6 54 (3.55%) PowerShell
7 49 (3.22%) C++
8 40 (2.63%) TypeScript
9 36 (2.36%) PL/SQL
10 34 (2.23%) C
11 33 (2.17%) Bash
12 26 (1.71%) Scala
13 24 (1.58%) Go
14 19 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 19 (1.25%) Shell Script
15 16 (1.05%) Perl
16 15 (0.98%) PHP
17 14 (0.92%) T-SQL
18 13 (0.85%) VB.NET
19 11 (0.72%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 298 (19.57%) Degree
2 204 (13.39%) Security Cleared
3 166 (10.90%) SC Cleared
4 110 (7.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 49 (3.22%) Master's Degree
6 38 (2.50%) DV Cleared
7 35 (2.30%) CISSP
8 34 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 28 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
10 25 (1.64%) CISM
11 24 (1.58%) PMP
12 21 (1.38%) CCNP
13 20 (1.31%) ISTQB
13 20 (1.31%) PMI Certification
14 18 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
15 15 (0.98%) CCNA
16 14 (0.92%) AWS Certification
16 14 (0.92%) Azure Certification
17 13 (0.85%) PhD
18 12 (0.79%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (7.09%) QA
2 66 (4.33%) Data Quality
3 37 (2.43%) SLA
4 34 (2.23%) GDPR
5 22 (1.44%) NIST
6 19 (1.25%) Accessibility
7 18 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (0.98%) PMO
9 8 (0.53%) HIPAA
9 8 (0.53%) NCSC
10 7 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 6 (0.39%) Disclosure Scotland
12 4 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.26%) CDISC
12 4 (0.26%) Dodd-Frank
12 4 (0.26%) MiFID
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 (4.53%) Docker
2 66 (4.33%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.59%) Firmware
5 8 (0.53%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 8 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.53%) vSphere
6 7 (0.46%) Oracle RAC
6 7 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.33%) KVM
7 5 (0.33%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.13%) Ceph
9 2 (0.13%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.13%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.13%) XenApp
9 2 (0.13%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.066%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 83 (5.45%) Kubernetes
2 63 (4.14%) Terraform
3 42 (2.76%) Ansible
4 22 (1.44%) SCCM
5 20 (1.31%) Grafana
6 19 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (1.05%) Prometheus
8 13 (0.85%) Progress Chef
8 13 (0.85%) Puppet
8 13 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (0.66%) Docker Swarm
10 9 (0.59%) Data Guard
11 8 (0.53%) Consul
11 8 (0.53%) Podman
11 8 (0.53%) vCenter Server
12 6 (0.39%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 5 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
14 4 (0.26%) QRadar
14 4 (0.26%) SCOM
14 4 (0.26%) VxRail
Vendors
1 231 (15.17%) Microsoft
2 104 (6.83%) Oracle
3 85 (5.58%) SAP
4 37 (2.43%) Google
5 36 (2.36%) ServiceNow
6 31 (2.04%) Cisco
6 31 (2.04%) VMware
7 30 (1.97%) Databricks
8 25 (1.64%) Adobe
8 25 (1.64%) Salesforce
9 17 (1.12%) Palo Alto
10 16 (1.05%) Dell
10 16 (1.05%) Juniper
11 15 (0.98%) IBM
12 14 (0.92%) Splunk
13 13 (0.85%) Ariba
14 11 (0.72%) Apple
15 10 (0.66%) Citrix
15 10 (0.66%) Informatica
16 8 (0.53%) Nokia