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 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 6 13
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 -2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 28 14 18
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 20.00% 14.89% 9.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.59% 16.87% 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 9
10th Percentile £224 - £250
25th Percentile £387 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -9.09%
75th Percentile £499 £488 £488
90th Percentile £505 - £595
West Midlands median daily rate £483 £443 £525
% change year-on-year +9.15% -15.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £17.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £29.33 £19.99 £14.54
% change year-on-year +46.76% +37.45% -27.30%

All Process and 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 136 83 168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 97.14% 88.30% 84.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 54 118
10th Percentile £220 £313 £321
25th Percentile £339 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% +5.56% -3.23%
75th Percentile £578 £570 £538
90th Percentile £630 £626 £650
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £511 £500
% change year-on-year -2.20% +2.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £19.19 - £31.06
25th Percentile £24.35 £15.50 £38.65
Median hourly rate £27.21 £17.00 £52.59
Median % change year-on-year +60.06% -67.68% +78.28%
75th Percentile - £18.50 £66.83
90th Percentile - - £74.60
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.70 £23.60 £27.50
% change year-on-year +0.40% -14.18% +55.19%

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 21 October 2025.

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 (10.71%) SugarCRM
2 1 (3.57%) Apache
2 1 (3.57%) Apache Spark
2 1 (3.57%) CMS
Business Applications
1 4 (14.29%) SAP HR
1 4 (14.29%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) AWS
2 7 (25.00%) Azure
3 3 (10.71%) GitHub
3 3 (10.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 2 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (7.14%) Serverless
4 2 (7.14%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (3.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (3.57%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (3.57%) Amazon S3
5 1 (3.57%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Event Grid
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Functions
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (3.57%) Datadog
5 1 (3.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) VPN
2 1 (3.57%) DHCP
2 1 (3.57%) DNS
2 1 (3.57%) Firewall
2 1 (3.57%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (10.71%) MySQL
2 3 (10.71%) Relational Database
2 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
3 2 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (7.14%) DB2
4 1 (3.57%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (3.57%) Big Data
4 1 (3.57%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (3.57%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Development Applications
1 7 (25.00%) JIRA
2 4 (14.29%) Git
3 2 (7.14%) Android Studio
3 2 (7.14%) Gradle
3 2 (7.14%) Xcode
4 1 (3.57%) Jenkins
4 1 (3.57%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 21 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Finance
3 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.71%) Retail
5 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Automotive
6 1 (3.57%) Marketing
6 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Developer
2 5 (17.86%) Architect
2 5 (17.86%) Salesforce Architect
2 5 (17.86%) Salesforce Technical Architect
2 5 (17.86%) Technical Architect
3 4 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Platform Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) React Developer
4 3 (10.71%) SAP Support
4 3 (10.71%) Support Specialist
4 3 (10.71%) Systems Support
5 2 (7.14%) Automation Specialist
5 2 (7.14%) Cognos Support
5 2 (7.14%) Platform Support Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) .NET Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Administrator
6 1 (3.57%) Business Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Management Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) SAP BusinessObjects Developer (SAP BO Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (21.43%) REST
2 5 (17.86%) GraphQL
3 4 (14.29%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (14.29%) SAP PI
3 4 (14.29%) Visualforce
4 3 (10.71%) CSS
4 3 (10.71%) HTML
4 3 (10.71%) React Native
4 3 (10.71%) Redux
4 3 (10.71%) SOAP
5 2 (7.14%) .NET
5 2 (7.14%) Jest
6 1 (3.57%) .NET Core
6 1 (3.57%) ODBC
6 1 (3.57%) React
6 1 (3.57%) RESTful
6 1 (3.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 3 (10.71%) Mobile App
3 2 (7.14%) Low-Code
4 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.57%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.86%) Windows
2 3 (10.71%) Linux
3 2 (7.14%) Android
3 2 (7.14%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.57%) Amazon Linux
4 1 (3.57%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Agile
2 8 (28.57%) ETL
3 6 (21.43%) CI/CD
3 6 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (21.43%) Translating Business Requirements
4 5 (17.86%) Data Migration
4 5 (17.86%) Migration
4 5 (17.86%) Scrum
4 5 (17.86%) User Experience
4 5 (17.86%) UX Design
5 4 (14.29%) CRM
5 4 (14.29%) Data Modelling
5 4 (14.29%) Integration Patterns
5 4 (14.29%) ITIL
5 4 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
5 4 (14.29%) Sequence Diagram
5 4 (14.29%) Service Management
5 4 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 4 (14.29%) Use Case
5 4 (14.29%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (17.86%) Apex Code
3 4 (14.29%) SQL
4 3 (10.71%) PHP
4 3 (10.71%) Python
4 3 (10.71%) TypeScript
5 2 (7.14%) JSX
6 1 (3.57%) C#
6 1 (3.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) QA
2 2 (7.14%) GDPR
3 1 (3.57%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Terraform
2 1 (3.57%) Ansible
Vendors
1 11 (39.29%) SAP
2 5 (17.86%) Salesforce
3 4 (14.29%) Oracle
3 4 (14.29%) Workday
4 2 (7.14%) Automation Anywhere
4 2 (7.14%) Cognos
4 2 (7.14%) Dell
4 2 (7.14%) HP
4 2 (7.14%) IBM
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.14%) OpenAI
4 2 (7.14%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.14%) UiPath
5 1 (3.57%) Databricks