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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 4 21
Rank change year-on-year -18 +17 -10
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 18 17 6
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 6.43% 16.04% 5.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.53% 17.71% 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 4
10th Percentile £363 £220 £469
25th Percentile £464 £297 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +29.06% -23.81% +9.38%
75th Percentile £639 £468 £588
90th Percentile £675 £638 £678
West Midlands median daily rate £472 £453 £475
% change year-on-year +4.19% -4.63% -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 £28.79 £31.61 £22.50
% change year-on-year -8.92% +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 239 96 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 85.36% 90.57% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 60 76
10th Percentile £289 £209 £331
25th Percentile £397 £263 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £413 £525
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% -21.43% +5.00%
75th Percentile £504 £575 £628
90th Percentile £600 £638 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £480 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -1.54% -2.50% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.00 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £18.21 - £17.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.82%
75th Percentile £34.67 - £18.50
90th Percentile £38.75 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £22.05 £22.50
% change year-on-year +54.15% -2.00% -

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 11 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 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Adobe XD
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) AWS
2 3 (16.67%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (5.56%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (5.56%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (5.56%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (5.56%) Amazon S3
4 1 (5.56%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (5.56%) AWS CodePipeline
4 1 (5.56%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (5.56%) Figma
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
4 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.56%) Route 53
4 1 (5.56%) SaaS
4 1 (5.56%) Serverless
4 1 (5.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) BIG-IP
2 1 (5.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) JIRA
2 1 (5.56%) Git
2 1 (5.56%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.56%) MSI
General
1 12 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Local Government
3 3 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Network Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Accountant
2 3 (16.67%) Project Accountant
2 3 (16.67%) Systems Accountant
3 2 (11.11%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (11.11%) SAP Manager
3 2 (11.11%) SAP Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Senior
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Senior SAP Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Python Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow Manager
4 1 (5.56%) UI Designer
4 1 (5.56%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) AngularJS
1 1 (5.56%) CSS
1 1 (5.56%) CSS3
1 1 (5.56%) HTML
1 1 (5.56%) HTML5
1 1 (5.56%) React
1 1 (5.56%) REST
1 1 (5.56%) Software Packaging
1 1 (5.56%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
1 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (5.56%) Public Cloud
1 1 (5.56%) Replication
1 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Migration
2 7 (38.89%) Agile
2 7 (38.89%) ITIL
3 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (22.22%) Deadline-Driven
4 4 (22.22%) Load Balancing
4 4 (22.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 3 (16.67%) ERP
5 3 (16.67%) Order to Cash
5 3 (16.67%) Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (16.67%) Record to Report
5 3 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (16.67%) User Experience
6 2 (11.11%) Patch Management
6 2 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (11.11%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.56%) Python
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
1 1 (5.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) CCNP
1 4 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.56%) CBAP
2 1 (5.56%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.56%) GDPR
1 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.56%) NIST
1 1 (5.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.56%) Docker
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) SCCM
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.56%) Prometheus
2 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 4 (22.22%) Cisco
2 4 (22.22%) F5
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) Palo Alto
3 2 (11.11%) SAP
4 1 (5.56%) Adobe
4 1 (5.56%) AVEVA
4 1 (5.56%) Citrix
4 1 (5.56%) NetApp
4 1 (5.56%) VMware