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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 3 17
Rank change year-on-year -15 +14 -7
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 29 20 5
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 9.09% 18.87% 5.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.32% 19.80% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 10 3
10th Percentile £281 £220 £480
25th Percentile £306 £264 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £388 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% -22.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £571 £483 £619
90th Percentile £675 £639 £690
West Midlands median daily rate £468 £447 £475
% change year-on-year +4.80% -6.00% -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 £20.74
% change year-on-year -19.42% +63.40% -0.49%

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 281 101 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 88.09% 95.28% 91.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 56 68
10th Percentile £270 £208 £322
25th Percentile £363 £260 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £406 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% -22.62% +6.33%
75th Percentile £513 £578 £625
90th Percentile £608 £638 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £482 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.50% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.00 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £22.42 - £17.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.82%
75th Percentile £38.75 - £18.50
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £22.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year +51.07% +18.42% -24.00%

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 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 3 (10.34%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.90%) Confluence
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.90%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.45%) Adobe XD
3 1 (3.45%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (13.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (3.45%) Maximo
3 1 (3.45%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 13 (44.83%) Azure
2 7 (24.14%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (17.24%) AWS
3 5 (17.24%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (17.24%) Power Automate
4 4 (13.79%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (13.79%) Serverless
5 3 (10.34%) Azure Functions
5 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
6 2 (6.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (6.90%) Entra ID
7 1 (3.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (3.45%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (3.45%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (3.45%) AWS CodePipeline
7 1 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (3.45%) Figma
7 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
7 1 (3.45%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) BIG-IP
2 1 (3.45%) Internet
2 1 (3.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.90%) Power BI
2 2 (6.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (3.45%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (3.45%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (20.69%) JIRA
2 5 (17.24%) Cypress.io
2 5 (17.24%) Postman
2 5 (17.24%) Selenium
2 5 (17.24%) WebDriver
3 3 (10.34%) Cucumber
4 2 (6.90%) Protractor
5 1 (3.45%) Git
5 1 (3.45%) Jenkins
5 1 (3.45%) MSI
General
1 23 (79.31%) Social Skills
2 13 (44.83%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (24.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (24.14%) Public Sector
4 4 (13.79%) Finance
5 3 (10.34%) Local Government
5 3 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Billing
6 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.90%) Retail
7 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Analyst
2 6 (20.69%) Senior
3 5 (17.24%) Lead
3 5 (17.24%) Test Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Business Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Network Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Accountant
5 3 (10.34%) Lead Test Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Project Accountant
5 3 (10.34%) Project Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (10.34%) SAP Manager
5 3 (10.34%) SAP Project Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Senior Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Senior Project Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Senior SAP Project Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Senior Test Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Systems Accountant
5 3 (10.34%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.24%) Gherkin
2 2 (6.90%) JSON
2 2 (6.90%) PySpark
2 2 (6.90%) XML
2 2 (6.90%) XSLT
3 1 (3.45%) AngularJS
3 1 (3.45%) CSS
3 1 (3.45%) CSS3
3 1 (3.45%) HTML
3 1 (3.45%) HTML5
3 1 (3.45%) React
3 1 (3.45%) REST
3 1 (3.45%) Software Packaging
3 1 (3.45%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.34%) Virtual Team
3 2 (6.90%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (6.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (6.90%) Taxonomies
4 1 (3.45%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.45%) Grid Computing
4 1 (3.45%) IoT
4 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.45%) Public Cloud
4 1 (3.45%) Replication
4 1 (3.45%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Windows
2 2 (6.90%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) Agile
2 13 (44.83%) Migration
2 13 (44.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (27.59%) CRM
3 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 8 (27.59%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (24.14%) DevOps
5 6 (20.69%) Decision-Making
5 6 (20.69%) ITIL
5 6 (20.69%) Mentoring
5 6 (20.69%) Validation
6 5 (17.24%) Data Modelling
6 5 (17.24%) Defect Tracking
6 5 (17.24%) Information Security
6 5 (17.24%) Load Testing
6 5 (17.24%) Scrum
6 5 (17.24%) SFIA
6 5 (17.24%) Test Automation
6 5 (17.24%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 5 (17.24%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) JavaScript
2 3 (10.34%) C#
2 3 (10.34%) Python
2 3 (10.34%) SQL
3 2 (6.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) ISTQB
2 4 (13.79%) CCNP
2 4 (13.79%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (6.90%) Degree
4 2 (6.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.45%) CBAP
5 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) Accessibility
1 6 (20.69%) GDPR
1 6 (20.69%) WCAG
2 5 (17.24%) QA
3 2 (6.90%) Data Quality
3 2 (6.90%) NIST
4 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Docker
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) SCCM
2 1 (3.45%) HP ALM
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.45%) Prometheus
2 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) SAP
2 5 (17.24%) ServiceNow
3 4 (13.79%) Cisco
3 4 (13.79%) F5
3 4 (13.79%) Palo Alto
4 2 (6.90%) Alteryx
4 2 (6.90%) Databricks
5 1 (3.45%) Adobe
5 1 (3.45%) AVEVA
5 1 (3.45%) Citrix
5 1 (3.45%) ESRI
5 1 (3.45%) Google
5 1 (3.45%) HP
5 1 (3.45%) IBM
5 1 (3.45%) NetApp
5 1 (3.45%) VMware