Problem-Solving Contracts in Hertfordshire

Problem Solving
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 8 32
Rank change year-on-year -17 +24 -10
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 52 105 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 6.13% 13.74% 5.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.04% 15.84% 5.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 36 24
10th Percentile £258 £204 £237
25th Percentile £315 £273 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £435 £413
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -2.94%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £500
90th Percentile £725 £706 £630
East of England median daily rate £513 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +7.89% +11.76% +21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 50 3
10th Percentile £13.86 £17.36 -
25th Percentile £14.49 £53.75 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% +420.29%
75th Percentile £90.00 £76.19 -
90th Percentile - £90.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £15.00 £24.59 £13.58
% change year-on-year -38.99% +81.06% +8.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 739 663 708
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 87.15% 86.78% 88.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 359 429
10th Percentile £223 £260 £205
25th Percentile £313 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £581 £676 £625
90th Percentile £700 £750 £711
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 312 143 83
10th Percentile £38.12 £21.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £40.00 £53.34 £36.83
Median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £77.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +81.82% +41.94% -3.88%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Stevenage -30 23 £323 +17.27% 33
Hatfield -8 12 £330 -40.00% 7
Hemel Hempstead +8 6 £700 +24.44% 19
Watford -1 5 £413 +98.80% 21
Welwyn Garden City +2 1 £600 -27.27% 5
Problem-Solving
East of England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.92%) IIS
2 1 (1.92%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (13.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.85%) Simulink
4 1 (1.92%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.92%) PTC Creo
4 1 (1.92%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.92%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.69%) AWS
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.77%) SaaS
3 2 (3.85%) Azure
3 2 (3.85%) GCP
4 1 (1.92%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.85%) Wireless
2 1 (1.92%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (1.92%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.92%) DHCP
2 1 (1.92%) DNS
2 1 (1.92%) LAN
2 1 (1.92%) Network Security
2 1 (1.92%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.92%) VLAN
2 1 (1.92%) VPN
2 1 (1.92%) WAN
2 1 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.92%) Big Data
2 1 (1.92%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.92%) Data Vault
2 1 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.92%) MS Access
2 1 (1.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (15.38%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.92%) JIRA
2 1 (1.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 34 (65.38%) Social Skills
2 18 (34.62%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.54%) Finance
4 5 (9.62%) Marketing
5 4 (7.69%) Aerospace
5 4 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.85%) Aviation
7 2 (3.85%) French Language
7 2 (3.85%) Games
7 2 (3.85%) Law
8 1 (1.92%) Electronics
8 1 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.92%) Legal
8 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (15.38%) Analyst
1 8 (15.38%) C Software Engineer
1 8 (15.38%) Software Engineer
2 6 (11.54%) Embedded C Engineer
2 6 (11.54%) Embedded C Software Engineer
2 6 (11.54%) Embedded Engineer
2 6 (11.54%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 5 (9.62%) Developer
4 4 (7.69%) Administrator
4 4 (7.69%) Lead
4 4 (7.69%) Salesforce Developer
4 4 (7.69%) Support Analyst
4 4 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
4 4 (7.69%) Technical Support
4 4 (7.69%) Technical Support Analyst
5 3 (5.77%) Design Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) IT Administrator
5 3 (5.77%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.54%) HTML
2 4 (7.69%) CSS
2 4 (7.69%) Lightning Web Components
2 4 (7.69%) REST
2 4 (7.69%) Visualforce
3 1 (1.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.62%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 3 (5.77%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.85%) BYOD
4 2 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.92%) Acoustics
5 1 (1.92%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.92%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.92%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.92%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (13.46%) Linux
2 6 (11.54%) Windows
3 2 (3.85%) Android
3 2 (3.85%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.85%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.85%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (23.08%) Customer Service
2 11 (21.15%) Software Engineering
3 7 (13.46%) Migration
4 6 (11.54%) ITIL
4 6 (11.54%) Test Automation
4 6 (11.54%) Test Scripting
4 6 (11.54%) Validation
4 6 (11.54%) Verification and Validation
5 5 (9.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (9.62%) Project Management
5 5 (9.62%) Service Delivery
6 4 (7.69%) Agile
6 4 (7.69%) Change Management
6 4 (7.69%) Mathematics
6 4 (7.69%) Product Backlog
6 4 (7.69%) Statistics
6 4 (7.69%) Web Development
7 3 (5.77%) Requirements Analysis
7 3 (5.77%) Systems Engineering
7 3 (5.77%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (17.31%) SQL
2 8 (15.38%) C
3 6 (11.54%) C++
3 6 (11.54%) Embedded C
4 4 (7.69%) Apex Code
4 4 (7.69%) Embedded C++
4 4 (7.69%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.85%) MATLAB
5 2 (3.85%) Python
6 1 (1.92%) C#
6 1 (1.92%) Java
6 1 (1.92%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.92%) R
6 1 (1.92%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (32.69%) Security Cleared
2 10 (19.23%) SC Cleared
3 7 (13.46%) DV Cleared
4 4 (7.69%) Degree
5 3 (5.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (5.77%) PMP
6 2 (3.85%) CCNP
6 2 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.85%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.92%) CCIE
7 1 (1.92%) CCNA
7 1 (1.92%) CCSA
7 1 (1.92%) CISSP
7 1 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.92%) JNCIA
7 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.46%) SLA
2 5 (9.62%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.85%) QA
4 1 (1.92%) GRC
4 1 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.92%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (19.23%) Active Directory
2 6 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.92%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (5.77%) SCCM
2 2 (3.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.46%) VMware
3 6 (11.54%) SAP
4 4 (7.69%) Salesforce
5 3 (5.77%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 2 (3.85%) Cisco
6 2 (3.85%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.85%) Twitter
7 1 (1.92%) Blue Coat
7 1 (1.92%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.92%) Google
7 1 (1.92%) Juniper
7 1 (1.92%) Oracle
7 1 (1.92%) Palo Alto