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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 7 19
Rank change year-on-year -12 +12 -1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 22 14 9
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 7.80% 12.73% 7.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.44% 14.14% 7.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 8
10th Percentile £260 £212 £450
25th Percentile £266 £231 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £375 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.33% -28.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £639 £454 £586
90th Percentile £675 £528 £633
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% -

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 233 99 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 82.62% 90.00% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 64 92
10th Percentile £300 £207 £339
25th Percentile £400 £263 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £413 £525
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% -21.43% +5.00%
75th Percentile £525 £547 £628
90th Percentile £625 £636 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £34.38 £18.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +90.97% -20.00% +18.42%

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 14 May 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 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.55%) Confluence
2 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) AWS
1 5 (22.73%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (4.55%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (4.55%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (4.55%) AWS CodePipeline
4 1 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (4.55%) Datadog
4 1 (4.55%) GCP
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (4.55%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.55%) Route 53
4 1 (4.55%) SaaS
4 1 (4.55%) Serverless
4 1 (4.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) BIG-IP
2 1 (4.55%) DNS
2 1 (4.55%) VPN
2 1 (4.55%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) JIRA
2 1 (4.55%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.55%) MSI
General
1 13 (59.09%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Finance
3 3 (13.64%) Local Government
3 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Analyst
1 4 (18.18%) Network Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Accountant
2 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) Project Accountant
2 3 (13.64%) Systems Accountant
3 2 (9.09%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (9.09%) SAP Manager
3 2 (9.09%) SAP Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Senior
3 2 (9.09%) Senior Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Senior SAP Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Business Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Migration Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) SCCM Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
1 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (4.55%) Public Cloud
1 1 (4.55%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
2 2 (9.09%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.55%) Linux
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Migration
2 8 (36.36%) Agile
2 8 (36.36%) ITIL
3 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (18.18%) Deadline-Driven
4 4 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 4 (18.18%) Load Balancing
4 4 (18.18%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (13.64%) ERP
5 3 (13.64%) ITSM
5 3 (13.64%) Order to Cash
5 3 (13.64%) Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (13.64%) Record to Report
5 3 (13.64%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (9.09%) Application Packaging
6 2 (9.09%) Project Planning
6 2 (9.09%) Supplier Management
6 2 (9.09%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 2 (9.09%) Python
2 1 (4.55%) Bash
2 1 (4.55%) SQL
2 1 (4.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) CCNP
1 4 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (13.64%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (9.09%) Azure Certification
3 2 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
4 1 (4.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.55%) CBAP
4 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.55%) Degree
4 1 (4.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) GDPR
1 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.55%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (22.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
3 2 (9.09%) Docker
4 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (4.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) SCCM
2 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.55%) Prometheus
2 1 (4.55%) Terraform
2 1 (4.55%) vRealize
2 1 (4.55%) VxRail
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) ServiceNow
2 5 (22.73%) Cisco
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) VMware
3 4 (18.18%) F5
3 4 (18.18%) Palo Alto
4 2 (9.09%) SAP
5 1 (4.55%) AppDynamics
5 1 (4.55%) AVEVA
5 1 (4.55%) Citrix
5 1 (4.55%) Commvault
5 1 (4.55%) Dell
5 1 (4.55%) HP
5 1 (4.55%) IBM
5 1 (4.55%) NetApp
5 1 (4.55%) SolarWinds