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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 4 8
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 +12
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 40 29 13
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 13.38% 21.48% 13.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.33% 22.31% 14.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 15 10
10th Percentile £281 £224 -
25th Percentile £306 £387 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% +6.25% -15.79%
75th Percentile £450 £500 £484
90th Percentile £575 £586 £489
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £469 £464
% change year-on-year -4.05% +1.13% -7.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.50
Median hourly rate £19.48 - £17.00
75th Percentile - - £18.50
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.50 £33.88 £17.00
% change year-on-year -39.49% +99.29% +16.92%

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 261 130 88
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 87.29% 96.30% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 69 61
10th Percentile £260 £220 £313
25th Percentile £363 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% - -
75th Percentile £488 £575 £625
90th Percentile £579 £661 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £520
% change year-on-year -5.00% -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 1
10th Percentile £16.19 - -
25th Percentile £19.48 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £22.42 - £17.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -32.30%
75th Percentile £33.38 - £18.50
90th Percentile £38.75 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £29.60 £24.34 £26.13
% change year-on-year +21.61% -6.83% -5.00%

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 19 September 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 (7.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.00%) Confluence
3 1 (2.50%) Apache
3 1 (2.50%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Adobe XD
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.00%) MS Visio
1 2 (5.00%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 11 (27.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (15.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.50%) Maximo
3 1 (2.50%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 21 (52.50%) Azure
2 13 (32.50%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (27.50%) Dynamics 365
3 11 (27.50%) Power Automate
4 9 (22.50%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (20.00%) Azure Functions
5 8 (20.00%) Serverless
6 5 (12.50%) AWS
6 5 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (5.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (5.00%) Entra ID
7 2 (5.00%) Figma
7 2 (5.00%) Power Platform
8 1 (2.50%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (2.50%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (2.50%) Azure Databricks
8 1 (2.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (2.50%) GCP
8 1 (2.50%) Google Gemini
8 1 (2.50%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.00%) Network Security
2 2 (5.00%) DHCP
2 2 (5.00%) DNS
2 2 (5.00%) Firewall
2 2 (5.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.00%) VPN
3 1 (2.50%) BGP
3 1 (2.50%) DMZ
3 1 (2.50%) EIGRP
3 1 (2.50%) HSRP
3 1 (2.50%) Internet
3 1 (2.50%) IPsec
3 1 (2.50%) LAN
3 1 (2.50%) MPLS
3 1 (2.50%) OSPF
3 1 (2.50%) SNMP
3 1 (2.50%) SSL
3 1 (2.50%) VLAN
3 1 (2.50%) VRRP
3 1 (2.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.00%) Power BI
2 2 (5.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.50%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.50%) Delta Lake
3 1 (2.50%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (2.50%) GIS
Development Applications
1 11 (27.50%) Cypress.io
1 11 (27.50%) Postman
1 11 (27.50%) Selenium
1 11 (27.50%) WebDriver
2 8 (20.00%) Cucumber
3 3 (7.50%) Protractor
4 2 (5.00%) Git
4 2 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 35 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 24 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (35.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (35.00%) Public Sector
4 5 (12.50%) Billing
5 4 (10.00%) Retail
6 3 (7.50%) Automotive
6 3 (7.50%) Back Office
6 3 (7.50%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (7.50%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (5.00%) Manufacturing
7 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.50%) Aeronautics
8 1 (2.50%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.50%) Finance
8 1 (2.50%) Marketing
8 1 (2.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 15 (37.50%) Analyst
2 11 (27.50%) Test Analyst
3 10 (25.00%) Lead
3 10 (25.00%) Senior
4 8 (20.00%) Lead Test Analyst
4 8 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
4 8 (20.00%) Senior Test Analyst
4 8 (20.00%) Test Leader
5 3 (7.50%) Business Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Design Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Information Security Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Security Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Data Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Designer
6 2 (5.00%) Lead Data Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) SAP Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Senior SAP Project Manager
6 2 (5.00%) UI Designer
6 2 (5.00%) UI/UX Designer
6 2 (5.00%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (27.50%) Gherkin
2 4 (10.00%) JSON
3 3 (7.50%) XML
3 3 (7.50%) XSLT
4 2 (5.00%) AngularJS
4 2 (5.00%) CSS
4 2 (5.00%) CSS3
4 2 (5.00%) HTML
4 2 (5.00%) HTML5
4 2 (5.00%) PySpark
4 2 (5.00%) React
4 2 (5.00%) REST
4 2 (5.00%) Vue
5 1 (2.50%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.50%) GraphQL
5 1 (2.50%) gRPC
5 1 (2.50%) LangChain
5 1 (2.50%) LangGraph
5 1 (2.50%) Semantic Kernel
5 1 (2.50%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 9 (22.50%) Management Information System
2 5 (12.50%) Operational Technology
2 5 (12.50%) Virtual Team
3 4 (10.00%) Onboarding
4 3 (7.50%) Taxonomies
5 2 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
5 2 (5.00%) SCADA
6 1 (2.50%) AI Agents
6 1 (2.50%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.50%) CMDB
6 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.50%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.50%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.50%) Grid Computing
6 1 (2.50%) IoT
6 1 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.50%) Windows
2 3 (7.50%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (55.00%) Agile
2 19 (47.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (40.00%) CRM
4 14 (35.00%) DevOps
4 14 (35.00%) Information Security
4 14 (35.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 13 (32.50%) Mentoring
6 12 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (27.50%) API Testing
7 11 (27.50%) BDD
7 11 (27.50%) Load Testing
7 11 (27.50%) SFIA
7 11 (27.50%) Test Automation
7 11 (27.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 10 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
9 9 (22.50%) AI
9 9 (22.50%) Risk Management
9 9 (22.50%) Scrum
9 9 (22.50%) Technical Leadership
10 8 (20.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 9 (22.50%) C#
3 4 (10.00%) Python
4 3 (7.50%) SQL
5 2 (5.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (2.50%) Ada
Qualifications
1 11 (27.50%) ISTQB
2 8 (20.00%) Degree
2 8 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (15.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (7.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (7.50%) CCSP
5 3 (7.50%) CISSP
5 3 (7.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared
6 2 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (5.00%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.50%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.50%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.50%) CCIE
7 1 (2.50%) CCNP
7 1 (2.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (32.50%) Accessibility
2 12 (30.00%) GDPR
2 12 (30.00%) WCAG
3 10 (25.00%) QA
4 3 (7.50%) SLA
5 2 (5.00%) Data Quality
5 2 (5.00%) NIST
6 1 (2.50%) ISO 9001
6 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) SCCM
2 1 (2.50%) Ansible
2 1 (2.50%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 19 (47.50%) Microsoft
2 8 (20.00%) SAP
3 3 (7.50%) Databricks
3 3 (7.50%) JD Edwards
4 2 (5.00%) Adobe
4 2 (5.00%) Alteryx
4 2 (5.00%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.50%) Cisco
5 1 (2.50%) ESRI
5 1 (2.50%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.50%) Google
5 1 (2.50%) HP
5 1 (2.50%) IBM
5 1 (2.50%) OpenAI
5 1 (2.50%) SolarWinds