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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 3 7
Rank change year-on-year -12 +4 +8
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 33 27 13
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 10.65% 21.77% 14.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.31% 22.50% 15.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 13 10
10th Percentile £281 £222 -
25th Percentile £306 £374 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -23.68% +18.75% +10.34%
75th Percentile £540 £500 £484
90th Percentile £675 £612 £489
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £469 £475
% change year-on-year -4.05% -1.26% -12.04%
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 £25.15 £31.61 £17.99
% change year-on-year -20.42% +75.73% -22.18%

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 268 120 84
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 86.45% 96.77% 91.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 63 61
10th Percentile £263 £214 £313
25th Percentile £400 £300 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £501 £575 £613
90th Percentile £598 £648 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £477 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -4.60% -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 1
10th Percentile £14.00 - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - £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 £30.27 £24.34 £21.59
% change year-on-year +24.36% +12.74% -21.49%

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 29 August 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 (12.12%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.06%) Confluence
3 1 (3.03%) Apache
3 1 (3.03%) Apache Spark
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.06%) Adobe XD
2 2 (6.06%) MS Visio
2 2 (6.06%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (27.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (12.12%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (3.03%) Maximo
3 1 (3.03%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 20 (60.61%) Azure
2 11 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (27.27%) Dynamics 365
3 9 (27.27%) Power Automate
4 6 (18.18%) AWS
4 6 (18.18%) Azure Functions
4 6 (18.18%) Serverless
5 5 (15.15%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (9.09%) Entra ID
7 3 (9.09%) Power Platform
8 2 (6.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (6.06%) Figma
9 1 (3.03%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (3.03%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (3.03%) Google Gemini
9 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (3.03%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) VPN
2 1 (3.03%) BGP
2 1 (3.03%) BIG-IP
2 1 (3.03%) DHCP
2 1 (3.03%) DMZ
2 1 (3.03%) DNS
2 1 (3.03%) DNSSEC
2 1 (3.03%) EIGRP
2 1 (3.03%) Firewall
2 1 (3.03%) HSRP
2 1 (3.03%) Internet
2 1 (3.03%) LAN
2 1 (3.03%) MPLS
2 1 (3.03%) Network Security
2 1 (3.03%) OSPF
2 1 (3.03%) SD-WAN
2 1 (3.03%) VLAN
2 1 (3.03%) VRRP
2 1 (3.03%) VXLAN
2 1 (3.03%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (30.30%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.06%) Power BI
2 2 (6.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.03%) Data Lake
3 1 (3.03%) Delta Lake
3 1 (3.03%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (3.03%) GIS
Development Applications
1 9 (27.27%) Cypress.io
1 9 (27.27%) Postman
1 9 (27.27%) Selenium
1 9 (27.27%) WebDriver
2 6 (18.18%) Cucumber
3 3 (9.09%) JIRA
3 3 (9.09%) Protractor
4 2 (6.06%) Git
5 1 (3.03%) MSI
General
1 28 (84.85%) Social Skills
2 20 (60.61%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (36.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (36.36%) Public Sector
4 4 (12.12%) Retail
5 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Automotive
6 2 (6.06%) Billing
6 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.03%) Finance
7 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Marketing
7 1 (3.03%) Military
Job Titles
1 13 (39.39%) Analyst
2 9 (27.27%) Senior
2 9 (27.27%) Test Analyst
3 8 (24.24%) Lead
4 6 (18.18%) Lead Test Analyst
4 6 (18.18%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (18.18%) Senior Test Analyst
4 6 (18.18%) Test Leader
5 4 (12.12%) Business Analyst
6 3 (9.09%) Project Manager
6 3 (9.09%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (9.09%) SAP Manager
6 3 (9.09%) SAP Project Manager
6 3 (9.09%) Senior Manager
6 3 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (9.09%) Senior SAP Project Manager
7 2 (6.06%) Lead Data Engineer
7 2 (6.06%) UI Designer
7 2 (6.06%) UI/UX Designer
7 2 (6.06%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (27.27%) Gherkin
2 4 (12.12%) JSON
3 3 (9.09%) XML
3 3 (9.09%) XSLT
4 2 (6.06%) AngularJS
4 2 (6.06%) CSS
4 2 (6.06%) CSS3
4 2 (6.06%) HTML
4 2 (6.06%) HTML5
4 2 (6.06%) PySpark
4 2 (6.06%) React
4 2 (6.06%) REST
4 2 (6.06%) Vue
5 1 (3.03%) .NET
5 1 (3.03%) Apache Avro
5 1 (3.03%) ASP.NET
5 1 (3.03%) LangChain
5 1 (3.03%) LangGraph
5 1 (3.03%) Protocol Buffers
5 1 (3.03%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Management Information System
2 5 (15.15%) Virtual Team
3 3 (9.09%) Taxonomies
4 2 (6.06%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (6.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (6.06%) Operational Technology
4 2 (6.06%) Product Ownership
4 2 (6.06%) SCADA
5 1 (3.03%) AI Agents
5 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.03%) CMDB
5 1 (3.03%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.03%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (3.03%) IoT
5 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.03%) Public Cloud
5 1 (3.03%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.18%) Windows
2 3 (9.09%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (57.58%) Agile
1 19 (57.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (42.42%) CRM
3 13 (39.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 12 (36.36%) DevOps
5 9 (27.27%) API Testing
5 9 (27.27%) BDD
5 9 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (27.27%) Information Security
5 9 (27.27%) Load Testing
5 9 (27.27%) SFIA
5 9 (27.27%) Test Automation
5 9 (27.27%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 8 (24.24%) Defect Tracking
6 8 (24.24%) Mentoring
6 8 (24.24%) Migration
7 7 (21.21%) AI
7 7 (21.21%) Risk Management
7 7 (21.21%) Scrum
7 7 (21.21%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (24.24%) JavaScript
2 7 (21.21%) C#
3 4 (12.12%) Python
3 4 (12.12%) SQL
4 2 (6.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (3.03%) Ada
5 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
5 1 (3.03%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (27.27%) ISTQB
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (12.12%) Degree
4 3 (9.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 3 (9.09%) Security Cleared
5 2 (6.06%) CCNP
5 2 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (6.06%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.03%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
6 1 (3.03%) CBAP
6 1 (3.03%) CCIE
6 1 (3.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (3.03%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 10 (30.30%) GDPR
2 10 (30.30%) WCAG
3 8 (24.24%) QA
4 2 (6.06%) Data Quality
4 2 (6.06%) NIST
5 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) SCCM
2 1 (3.03%) Ansible
2 1 (3.03%) HP ALM
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.15%) SAP
3 3 (9.09%) Databricks
4 2 (6.06%) Adobe
4 2 (6.06%) Alteryx
4 2 (6.06%) Cisco
4 2 (6.06%) Palo Alto
4 2 (6.06%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.03%) Citrix
5 1 (3.03%) ESRI
5 1 (3.03%) F5
5 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.03%) Google
5 1 (3.03%) HP
5 1 (3.03%) IBM
5 1 (3.03%) NetApp
5 1 (3.03%) OpenAI
5 1 (3.03%) SolarWinds
5 1 (3.03%) VMware