Problem-Solving Contracts in Gloucestershire

Problem Solving
South West > Gloucestershire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 23 34
Rank change year-on-year +16 +11 -7
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 73 42 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 17.02% 9.70% 5.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.00% 10.47% 6.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 33 9
10th Percentile £289 £200 £361
25th Percentile £481 £275 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% - +15.15%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £538
90th Percentile £706 £687 £570
South West median daily rate £500 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £15.66 £72.00 -
25th Percentile £15.89 £74.25 -
Median hourly rate £33.00 £78.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.69% +30.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £25.00 £56.29 £50.20
% change year-on-year -55.59% +12.13% +0.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 365 401 460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 85.08% 92.61% 87.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 257 357
10th Percentile £363 £312 £200
25th Percentile £453 £415 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £513
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +6.34% +7.89%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £600
90th Percentile £728 £725 £680
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 39 14
10th Percentile £14.00 £35.00 £11.83
25th Percentile £18.85 £50.25 £13.03
Median hourly rate £40.00 £73.00 £32.40
Median % change year-on-year -45.21% +125.31% -35.20%
75th Percentile £70.00 £83.31 £42.83
90th Percentile £71.73 £83.40 £53.50
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £59.90 £48.75
% change year-on-year -8.18% +22.88% +10.79%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Gloucestershire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Gloucestershire.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Gloucestershire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Gloucestershire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Gloucestershire.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Gloucestershire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Gloucestershire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cheltenham +13 31 £550 -4.35% 19
Gloucester +10 21 £638 +131.89% 18
Filton +4 5 - - 3
Problem-Solving
South West

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 25 (34.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 25 (34.25%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (32.88%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (32.88%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.37%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (8.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (6.85%) SAP HCM
2 5 (6.85%) SAP HR
3 3 (4.11%) SAP ERP
3 3 (4.11%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (1.37%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (1.37%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 13 (17.81%) Azure
2 9 (12.33%) AWS
2 9 (12.33%) SuccessFactors
3 4 (5.48%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.74%) OpenShift
4 2 (2.74%) PaaS
4 2 (2.74%) Slack
5 1 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.74%) Network Security
2 1 (1.37%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.37%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.37%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 28 (38.36%) JIRA
2 2 (2.74%) Git
2 2 (2.74%) Jenkins
General
1 54 (73.97%) Social Skills
2 42 (57.53%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (38.36%) Presentation Skills
4 24 (32.88%) Finance
5 6 (8.22%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.48%) Legal
7 3 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.74%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.37%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.37%) Aviation
9 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Local Government
9 1 (1.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (43.84%) Lead
2 24 (32.88%) Project Leader
3 8 (10.96%) Analyst
4 7 (9.59%) Developer
5 6 (8.22%) Full Stack Developer
6 5 (6.85%) Data Analyst
7 4 (5.48%) Architect
7 4 (5.48%) Compliance Analyst
7 4 (5.48%) Data Compliance Analyst
7 4 (5.48%) Desktop Engineer
7 4 (5.48%) Desktop Support
7 4 (5.48%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 4 (5.48%) Support Engineer
7 4 (5.48%) Technical Architect
8 3 (4.11%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) SAP Subject Matter Expert
8 3 (4.11%) Senior
8 3 (4.11%) Subject Matter Expert
9 2 (2.74%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 2 (2.74%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.22%) AngularJS
1 6 (8.22%) React
1 6 (8.22%) Spring
2 2 (2.74%) Fluent Bit
2 2 (2.74%) Loki
3 1 (1.37%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.85%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.48%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (5.48%) CMDB
2 4 (5.48%) Legacy Applications
2 4 (5.48%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.37%) IoT
3 1 (1.37%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.59%) Windows
2 5 (6.85%) Windows 10
3 4 (5.48%) Windows 7
4 2 (2.74%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (68.49%) Project Management
2 36 (49.32%) Agile
3 29 (39.73%) Project Delivery
4 26 (35.62%) Project Planning
4 26 (35.62%) Stakeholder Management
5 25 (34.25%) Commercial Awareness
5 25 (34.25%) PRINCE2
5 25 (34.25%) Workshop Facilitation
6 24 (32.88%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 24 (32.88%) Data Management
6 24 (32.88%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 9 (12.33%) DevOps
8 8 (10.96%) Change Management
8 8 (10.96%) SDLC
9 7 (9.59%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (9.59%) Performance Monitoring
10 6 (8.22%) Full Stack Development
10 6 (8.22%) Programme Management
10 6 (8.22%) Secure Coding
10 6 (8.22%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.07%) Python
2 8 (10.96%) C
3 7 (9.59%) Java
3 7 (9.59%) PowerShell
4 6 (8.22%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.74%) Bash
5 2 (2.74%) SQL
6 1 (1.37%) C++
6 1 (1.37%) Perl
6 1 (1.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 44 (60.27%) Security Cleared
2 30 (41.10%) DV Cleared
3 25 (34.25%) APMP
4 14 (19.18%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (4.11%) CIPD
5 3 (4.11%) HNC
6 2 (2.74%) CCNA
6 2 (2.74%) CCNP
6 2 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.74%) JNCIP
7 1 (1.37%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (34.25%) PMO
2 7 (9.59%) QA
3 1 (1.37%) DO-178B
3 1 (1.37%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 5 (6.85%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (6.85%) SCCM
2 3 (4.11%) Ansible
2 3 (4.11%) Terraform
3 2 (2.74%) Argo
3 2 (2.74%) Grafana
3 2 (2.74%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.74%) Kustomize
3 2 (2.74%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (49.32%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.70%) SAP
3 4 (5.48%) Splunk
4 2 (2.74%) Cisco
4 2 (2.74%) Juniper
4 2 (2.74%) OpenText
5 1 (1.37%) Infor
5 1 (1.37%) Oracle