Problem-Solving Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Problem Solving
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 7 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 +1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 107 82 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 20.94% 14.88% 13.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.54% 16.67% 14.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 22 39
10th Percentile £235 £216 £131
25th Percentile £525 £365 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £463 £338
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% +37.04% +33.66%
75th Percentile £638 £517 £513
90th Percentile £800 £536 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% +17.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 37 55
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.29 £13.25
Median hourly rate £14.80 £13.66 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.35% +1.19% +8.00%
75th Percentile £15.16 £13.91 £14.75
90th Percentile £16.85 £16.45 £15.75
East of England median hourly rate £14.84 £22.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year -32.55% +62.96% -10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 419 492 746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 82.00% 89.29% 89.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 260 381
10th Percentile £200 £200 £200
25th Percentile £350 £313 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -2.70% +12.46%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £538
90th Percentile £700 £601 £638
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 148 235
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.37 -
25th Percentile £14.48 £13.85 £12.50
Median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - +7.41%
75th Percentile £21.37 £20.56 £15.75
90th Percentile £48.00 £22.00 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +81.82% +41.94% -8.55%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
Peterborough 0 78 £200 -38.46% 38
Cambridge +3 27 £550 +15.79% 109
Problem-Solving
East of England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 2 (1.87%) Confluence
1 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.93%) IIS
2 1 (0.93%) SharePoint
Applications
1 61 (57.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (50.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.80%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.93%) SAP CO
1 1 (0.93%) SAP FI
1 1 (0.93%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.93%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 14 (13.08%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.93%) Azure
2 1 (0.93%) OCI
2 1 (0.93%) OneDrive
2 1 (0.93%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (12.15%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.93%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.80%) Tableau
2 2 (1.87%) Looker
3 1 (0.93%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (4.67%) JIRA
2 3 (2.80%) Git
2 3 (2.80%) Subversion
General
1 53 (49.53%) Social Skills
2 11 (10.28%) German Language
3 10 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.67%) Hungarian Language
5 4 (3.74%) Dutch Language
5 4 (3.74%) Lithuanian Language
5 4 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.80%) Finance
6 3 (2.80%) Local Government
7 2 (1.87%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.87%) Automotive
7 2 (1.87%) Military
7 2 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.93%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 43 (40.19%) Analyst
2 42 (39.25%) Service Analyst
3 29 (27.10%) Service Desk Analyst
4 25 (23.36%) Customer Analyst
4 25 (23.36%) Customer Service Analyst
5 13 (12.15%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
5 13 (12.15%) Architect
6 12 (11.21%) Call Centre Analyst
7 10 (9.35%) Software Architect
8 7 (6.54%) Administrator
9 6 (5.61%) Customer Service Administrator
10 4 (3.74%) Verification Engineer
11 3 (2.80%) Data Manager
11 3 (2.80%) Senior
11 3 (2.80%) Solutions Architect
12 2 (1.87%) Consultant
12 2 (1.87%) SAP Consultant
12 2 (1.87%) Senior Software Engineer
12 2 (1.87%) Software Engineer
12 2 (1.87%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.35%) DirectX
1 10 (9.35%) OpenGL
1 10 (9.35%) OpenGL ES
1 10 (9.35%) Vulkan
2 4 (3.74%) JSON
2 4 (3.74%) YAML
3 1 (0.93%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.35%) 3D Graphics
1 10 (9.35%) Ray Tracing
2 4 (3.74%) ASIC
2 4 (3.74%) FPGA
2 4 (3.74%) Verilog
3 3 (2.80%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.87%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (1.87%) Life Science
5 1 (0.93%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.93%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.93%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.48%) Windows
2 4 (3.74%) Linux
2 4 (3.74%) Unix
3 1 (0.93%) Android
3 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.93%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.93%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (71.03%) Customer Service
2 69 (64.49%) Mathematics
3 67 (62.62%) Incident Management
3 67 (62.62%) Service Delivery
4 29 (27.10%) ITIL
5 15 (14.02%) Problem Management
6 10 (9.35%) Software Architecture
7 6 (5.61%) Validation
8 5 (4.67%) Project Management
8 5 (4.67%) Requirements Gathering
8 5 (4.67%) Software Testing
9 4 (3.74%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (3.74%) Computer Science
9 4 (3.74%) Migration
9 4 (3.74%) Time Management
10 3 (2.80%) Data Analysis
10 3 (2.80%) Data Migration
10 3 (2.80%) Data Visualisation
10 3 (2.80%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (2.80%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.15%) C
2 12 (11.21%) C++
3 7 (6.54%) Python
4 4 (3.74%) Bash
4 4 (3.74%) SQL
4 4 (3.74%) SystemVerilog
4 4 (3.74%) Tcl
5 3 (2.80%) Assembly Language
5 3 (2.80%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.87%) R
6 2 (1.87%) VB
7 1 (0.93%) C#
7 1 (0.93%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (15.89%) Degree
2 15 (14.02%) MCP
2 15 (14.02%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (12.15%) A+ Certification
3 13 (12.15%) MCSA
4 10 (9.35%) Master's Degree
4 10 (9.35%) PhD
5 3 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.61%) SLA
2 3 (2.80%) GDPR
3 1 (0.93%) IFRS
System Software
1 15 (14.02%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.93%) SCCM
Vendors
1 66 (61.68%) Microsoft
2 16 (14.95%) Citrix
3 13 (12.15%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.74%) SAP
5 3 (2.80%) Cadence
5 3 (2.80%) Cisco
5 3 (2.80%) NetApp
5 3 (2.80%) Synopsys
5 3 (2.80%) Xilinx
6 2 (1.87%) Siemens
7 1 (0.93%) Oracle
7 1 (0.93%) Salesforce