Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Coventry

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Coventry

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Coventry requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 7 16
Rank change year-on-year -12 +9 -4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 24 16 7
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 7.87% 16.33% 6.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.09% 17.20% 7.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 5
10th Percentile £281 £220 £485
25th Percentile £300 £264 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £388 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% -26.19% +10.53%
75th Percentile £542 £483 £538
90th Percentile £665 £639 £658
West Midlands median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.50
Median hourly rate - - £17.00
75th Percentile - - £18.50
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £27.30 £31.61 £22.50
% change year-on-year -13.62% +40.47% +21.65%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Coventry

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 Coventry.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 264 93 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 86.56% 94.90% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 56 73
10th Percentile £278 £211 £343
25th Percentile £373 £277 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £419 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.46% -20.24% +5.00%
75th Percentile £503 £578 £625
90th Percentile £600 £638 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £481 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.29% -5.00% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.00 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £22.42 - £17.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.82%
75th Percentile £30.59 - £18.50
90th Percentile £38.75 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £24.34 £22.50
% change year-on-year +39.65% +8.18% -10.00%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Coventry

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Coventry

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Coventry over the 6 months to 26 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Coventry

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Coventry

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.33%) Confluence
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (4.17%) Adobe XD
3 1 (4.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (41.67%) Azure
2 6 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (16.67%) AWS
3 4 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (16.67%) Power Automate
4 3 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (12.50%) Serverless
5 2 (8.33%) Azure Functions
5 2 (8.33%) Entra ID
5 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
6 1 (4.17%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (4.17%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (4.17%) AWS CodePipeline
6 1 (4.17%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (4.17%) Figma
6 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) BIG-IP
2 1 (4.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.17%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (4.17%) Power BI
2 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (25.00%) JIRA
2 4 (16.67%) Cypress.io
2 4 (16.67%) Postman
2 4 (16.67%) Selenium
2 4 (16.67%) WebDriver
3 2 (8.33%) Cucumber
3 2 (8.33%) Protractor
4 1 (4.17%) Git
4 1 (4.17%) Jenkins
4 1 (4.17%) MSI
General
1 18 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (20.83%) Public Sector
4 3 (12.50%) Finance
4 3 (12.50%) Local Government
5 2 (8.33%) Billing
5 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Senior
2 4 (16.67%) Test Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Accountant
3 3 (12.50%) Lead
3 3 (12.50%) Project Accountant
3 3 (12.50%) Systems Accountant
4 2 (8.33%) Lead Test Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (8.33%) SAP Manager
4 2 (8.33%) SAP Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Senior SAP Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) Gherkin
2 2 (8.33%) JSON
2 2 (8.33%) XML
2 2 (8.33%) XSLT
3 1 (4.17%) AngularJS
3 1 (4.17%) CSS
3 1 (4.17%) CSS3
3 1 (4.17%) HTML
3 1 (4.17%) HTML5
3 1 (4.17%) PySpark
3 1 (4.17%) React
3 1 (4.17%) REST
3 1 (4.17%) Software Packaging
3 1 (4.17%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Virtual Team
2 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.33%) Taxonomies
3 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.17%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.17%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
2 2 (8.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Agile
2 11 (45.83%) Migration
3 9 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (29.17%) User Acceptance Testing
5 6 (25.00%) CRM
5 6 (25.00%) DevOps
5 6 (25.00%) ITIL
5 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (20.83%) Scrum
6 5 (20.83%) Validation
7 4 (16.67%) API Testing
7 4 (16.67%) BDD
7 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (16.67%) Defect Tracking
7 4 (16.67%) Information Security
7 4 (16.67%) Load Balancing
7 4 (16.67%) Load Testing
7 4 (16.67%) Mentoring
7 4 (16.67%) SFIA
7 4 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.33%) C#
2 2 (8.33%) Python
2 2 (8.33%) SQL
3 1 (4.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) CCNP
1 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (16.67%) ISTQB
2 2 (8.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.17%) CBAP
3 1 (4.17%) Degree
3 1 (4.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) Accessibility
1 5 (20.83%) GDPR
1 5 (20.83%) WCAG
2 4 (16.67%) QA
3 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.17%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) Docker
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) SCCM
2 1 (4.17%) HP ALM
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.17%) Prometheus
2 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) ServiceNow
3 4 (16.67%) Cisco
3 4 (16.67%) F5
3 4 (16.67%) Palo Alto
4 2 (8.33%) SAP
5 1 (4.17%) Adobe
5 1 (4.17%) Alteryx
5 1 (4.17%) AVEVA
5 1 (4.17%) Citrix
5 1 (4.17%) Databricks
5 1 (4.17%) HP
5 1 (4.17%) NetApp
5 1 (4.17%) VMware