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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 3 12
Rank change year-on-year -16 +9 +2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 30 24 10
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 9.29% 20.51% 10.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.53% 21.43% 10.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 10 8
10th Percentile £281 £220 -
25th Percentile £306 £267 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £413 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% -13.16% +2.15%
75th Percentile £549 £505 £491
90th Percentile £675 £639 £571
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -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 £33.88 £17.00
% change year-on-year -19.42% +99.29% -18.93%

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 285 112 92
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 88.24% 95.73% 92.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 59 70
10th Percentile £281 £206 £324
25th Percentile £386 £272 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £506 £531 £609
90th Percentile £602 £638 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile £14.00 - -
25th Percentile £17.63 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £22.42 - £17.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -32.30%
75th Percentile £38.75 - £18.50
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £22.28 £18.50
% change year-on-year +52.59% +20.41% -32.11%

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 30 July 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 4 (13.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.67%) Confluence
3 1 (3.33%) Apache
3 1 (3.33%) Apache Spark
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.67%) Adobe XD
2 2 (6.67%) MS Visio
2 2 (6.67%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (26.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (3.33%) Maximo
3 1 (3.33%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 17 (56.67%) Azure
2 10 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (26.67%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (26.67%) Power Automate
4 5 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (16.67%) Azure Functions
4 5 (16.67%) Serverless
5 4 (13.33%) AWS
6 3 (10.00%) Entra ID
6 3 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (10.00%) Power Platform
7 2 (6.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (6.67%) Figma
8 1 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (3.33%) GCP
8 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (3.33%) OneDrive
8 1 (3.33%) Oracle Service Cloud
8 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) BIG-IP
2 1 (3.33%) Internet
2 1 (3.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.67%) Power BI
2 2 (6.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (3.33%) Delta Lake
3 1 (3.33%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (3.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 8 (26.67%) Cypress.io
1 8 (26.67%) Postman
1 8 (26.67%) Selenium
1 8 (26.67%) WebDriver
2 5 (16.67%) Cucumber
2 5 (16.67%) JIRA
3 3 (10.00%) Protractor
4 2 (6.67%) Git
5 1 (3.33%) MSI
General
1 23 (76.67%) Social Skills
2 18 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (36.67%) Public Sector
4 10 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.67%) Billing
6 2 (6.67%) Finance
6 2 (6.67%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.67%) Retail
7 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.33%) Local Government
7 1 (3.33%) Marketing
7 1 (3.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Analyst
2 8 (26.67%) Senior
2 8 (26.67%) Test Analyst
3 7 (23.33%) Lead
4 5 (16.67%) Lead Test Analyst
4 5 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (16.67%) Senior Test Analyst
4 5 (16.67%) Test Leader
5 4 (13.33%) Business Analyst
6 3 (10.00%) Network Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Project Manager
6 3 (10.00%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (10.00%) SAP Manager
6 3 (10.00%) SAP Project Manager
6 3 (10.00%) Senior Manager
6 3 (10.00%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (10.00%) Senior SAP Project Manager
7 2 (6.67%) Data Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) Designer
7 2 (6.67%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (26.67%) Gherkin
2 3 (10.00%) JSON
2 3 (10.00%) XML
2 3 (10.00%) XSLT
3 2 (6.67%) AngularJS
3 2 (6.67%) CSS
3 2 (6.67%) CSS3
3 2 (6.67%) HTML
3 2 (6.67%) HTML5
3 2 (6.67%) PySpark
3 2 (6.67%) React
3 2 (6.67%) REST
3 2 (6.67%) Vue
4 1 (3.33%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (13.33%) Virtual Team
3 3 (10.00%) Taxonomies
4 2 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (3.33%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.33%) Grid Computing
5 1 (3.33%) IoT
5 1 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.33%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.33%) Product Ownership
5 1 (3.33%) Public Cloud
5 1 (3.33%) Replication
5 1 (3.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (6.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (63.33%) Agile
2 16 (53.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (36.67%) CRM
3 11 (36.67%) Migration
3 11 (36.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 10 (33.33%) DevOps
5 8 (26.67%) API Testing
5 8 (26.67%) BDD
5 8 (26.67%) Information Security
5 8 (26.67%) Load Testing
5 8 (26.67%) SFIA
5 8 (26.67%) Test Automation
5 8 (26.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 7 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (23.33%) Defect Tracking
6 7 (23.33%) Mentoring
6 7 (23.33%) User Acceptance Testing
7 6 (20.00%) Data Modelling
7 6 (20.00%) Decision-Making
7 6 (20.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) JavaScript
2 5 (16.67%) C#
3 4 (13.33%) SQL
4 3 (10.00%) Python
5 2 (6.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (3.33%) Ada
6 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
6 1 (3.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (26.67%) ISTQB
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (10.00%) CCNP
3 3 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (10.00%) Degree
3 3 (10.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.33%) AWS Certification
4 1 (3.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.33%) CBAP
4 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 9 (30.00%) GDPR
2 9 (30.00%) WCAG
3 7 (23.33%) QA
4 2 (6.67%) Data Quality
4 2 (6.67%) NIST
5 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) SCCM
2 1 (3.33%) HP ALM
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) SAP
3 4 (13.33%) ServiceNow
4 3 (10.00%) Cisco
4 3 (10.00%) Databricks
4 3 (10.00%) F5
4 3 (10.00%) Palo Alto
5 2 (6.67%) Adobe
5 2 (6.67%) Alteryx
6 1 (3.33%) Citrix
6 1 (3.33%) ESRI
6 1 (3.33%) Google
6 1 (3.33%) HP
6 1 (3.33%) IBM
6 1 (3.33%) NetApp
6 1 (3.33%) VMware