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 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 6 13
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 +7
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 34 15 19
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 18.78% 15.15% 8.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.88% 17.05% 10.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 10
10th Percentile £292 - £250
25th Percentile £331 £375 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £416 £456
Median % change year-on-year +0.72% -8.88% -12.26%
75th Percentile £486 £488 £544
90th Percentile £502 - £594
West Midlands median daily rate £482 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +7.00% -14.29% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £17.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £29.33 £18.11 £29.77
% change year-on-year +62.00% -39.18% +48.85%

All Process and 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 171 88 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 94.48% 88.89% 86.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 56 137
10th Percentile £263 £375 £340
25th Percentile £321 £412 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.04%
75th Percentile £566 £578 £563
90th Percentile £692 £626 £650
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £19.19 - £31.06
25th Percentile £24.35 £15.50 £38.65
Median hourly rate £27.21 £17.00 £52.59
Median % change year-on-year +60.06% -67.68% +78.28%
75th Percentile - £18.50 £66.83
90th Percentile - - £74.60
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.00 £22.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +41.08%

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 22 November 2025.

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 (8.82%) Confluence
1 3 (8.82%) SugarCRM
2 1 (2.94%) CMS
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (8.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (11.76%) SAP HR
1 4 (11.76%) SAP PM
2 1 (2.94%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 12 (35.29%) AWS
2 11 (32.35%) Azure
3 3 (8.82%) Datadog
3 3 (8.82%) GitHub
3 3 (8.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 2 (5.88%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (5.88%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (2.94%) Amazon EMR
5 1 (2.94%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.94%) AWS Control Tower
5 1 (2.94%) GCP
5 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) VSAN
2 1 (2.94%) DNS
2 1 (2.94%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (8.82%) MySQL
3 2 (5.88%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (5.88%) DB2
3 2 (5.88%) Relational Database
3 2 (5.88%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.94%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (2.94%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (2.94%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Development Applications
1 6 (17.65%) JIRA
2 3 (8.82%) Git
3 2 (5.88%) Android Studio
3 2 (5.88%) Gradle
3 2 (5.88%) Xcode
4 1 (2.94%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 21 (61.76%) Social Skills
2 12 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (26.47%) Public Sector
4 4 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (8.82%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (8.82%) Finance
5 3 (8.82%) Retail
6 1 (2.94%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (20.59%) Analyst
1 7 (20.59%) Developer
2 6 (17.65%) Architect
2 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 5 (14.71%) Salesforce Architect
3 5 (14.71%) Salesforce Technical Architect
3 5 (14.71%) Technical Architect
4 4 (11.76%) Consultant
5 3 (8.82%) React Developer
5 3 (8.82%) SAP Support
5 3 (8.82%) Storage Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) Support Specialist
5 3 (8.82%) Systems Support
6 2 (5.88%) Automation Specialist
6 2 (5.88%) Cognos Support
6 2 (5.88%) Platform Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Platform Support Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Support Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Business Developer
7 1 (2.94%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.65%) REST
2 5 (14.71%) GraphQL
2 5 (14.71%) SAP PI
3 4 (11.76%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (11.76%) Visualforce
4 3 (8.82%) CSS
4 3 (8.82%) HTML
4 3 (8.82%) React Native
4 3 (8.82%) Redux
4 3 (8.82%) SOAP
5 2 (5.88%) Jest
6 1 (2.94%) .NET
6 1 (2.94%) .NET Core
6 1 (2.94%) AWS CDK
6 1 (2.94%) ODBC
6 1 (2.94%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Product Ownership
2 3 (8.82%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (8.82%) Mobile App
3 2 (5.88%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.94%) Reference Data
4 1 (2.94%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.65%) Linux
2 3 (8.82%) Windows
3 2 (5.88%) Android
3 2 (5.88%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.94%) Amazon Linux
4 1 (2.94%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (35.29%) Agile
2 7 (20.59%) Decision-Making
3 6 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (17.65%) ETL
3 6 (17.65%) Migration
3 6 (17.65%) Translating Business Requirements
4 5 (14.71%) CI/CD
4 5 (14.71%) Data Migration
4 5 (14.71%) Data Modelling
4 5 (14.71%) Mentoring
4 5 (14.71%) Performance Optimisation
4 5 (14.71%) Use Case
4 5 (14.71%) User Experience
4 5 (14.71%) UX Design
5 4 (11.76%) Integration Patterns
5 4 (11.76%) Scrum
5 4 (11.76%) Sequence Diagram
5 4 (11.76%) Service Management
5 4 (11.76%) Test Automation
5 4 (11.76%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.59%) JavaScript
2 5 (14.71%) Apex Code
3 3 (8.82%) PHP
3 3 (8.82%) Python
3 3 (8.82%) SQL
3 3 (8.82%) TypeScript
4 2 (5.88%) JSX
5 1 (2.94%) Bash
5 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (11.76%) Degree
3 2 (5.88%) AWS Certification
3 2 (5.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (5.88%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) QA
2 3 (8.82%) GDPR
3 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.94%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (20.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (11.76%) vSphere
3 2 (5.88%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.94%) Docker
4 1 (2.94%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) vRealize
1 4 (11.76%) VxRail
2 2 (5.88%) Terraform
3 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (32.35%) SAP
2 7 (20.59%) VMware
3 5 (14.71%) IBM
3 5 (14.71%) Salesforce
4 4 (11.76%) Cisco
4 4 (11.76%) Oracle
4 4 (11.76%) Workday
5 3 (8.82%) AppDynamics
5 3 (8.82%) Commvault
5 3 (8.82%) Dell
5 3 (8.82%) HP
5 3 (8.82%) SolarWinds
6 2 (5.88%) Automation Anywhere
6 2 (5.88%) Cognos
6 2 (5.88%) Microsoft
6 2 (5.88%) OpenAI
6 2 (5.88%) ServiceNow
6 2 (5.88%) UiPath