Problem-Solving Contracts in Merton

Problem Solving
South London > Merton

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merton 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 10 9
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 -
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 4 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merton 20.00% 5.88% 12.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 28.57% 7.14% 14.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £224 - -
25th Percentile £241 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £160 £450
Median % change year-on-year +110.94% -64.44% -
75th Percentile £472 - £506
90th Percentile £534 - £525
South London median daily rate £425 £497 £488
% change year-on-year -14.54% +2.01% -14.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £44.00
25th Percentile - - £44.75
Median hourly rate - £62.68 £47.49
Median % change year-on-year - +31.98% -
75th Percentile - - £50.23
90th Percentile - - £50.98
South London median hourly rate £23.50 £62.68 £46.17
% change year-on-year -62.51% +35.76% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merton

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 Merton with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14 28 47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 70.00% 82.35% 83.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 18 27
10th Percentile £273 £300 £344
25th Percentile £413 £352 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -7.89% +10.14%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £538
90th Percentile £638 £616 £585
South London median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 9
10th Percentile - £41.05 £33.98
25th Percentile £40.82 £49.96 £39.75
Median hourly rate £43.84 £50.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.05% +12.04% -6.89%
75th Percentile £46.86 £53.67 £49.84
90th Percentile - £57.85 £52.58
South London median hourly rate £23.50 £50.42 £44.31
% change year-on-year -53.39% +13.79% -8.31%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Merton

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merton

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Merton

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Merton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Merton over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Merton

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merton

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Merton

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Merton

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 Merton region over the 6 months to 1 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
Wimbledon +1 3 £425 +165.63%
Morden - 1 £225 -
Problem-Solving
South London

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merton 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leader
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Android
1 2 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (50.00%) VMS
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) ITSM
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Change
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft