Problem-Solving Contracts in Oxfordshire

Problem Solving
South East > Oxfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 11 18
Rank change year-on-year +8 +7 +3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 23 23 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 10.55% 10.18% 7.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.22% 11.44% 8.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 15 17
10th Percentile £131 £292 £182
25th Percentile £150 £405 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £450 £317
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +41.82% -27.89%
75th Percentile £481 £619 £540
90th Percentile £506 £748 £630
South East median daily rate £475 £520 £475
% change year-on-year -8.65% +9.47% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.00 £26.08 -
Median hourly rate £14.79 £28.16 -
Median % change year-on-year -47.48% - -
75th Percentile £18.75 £30.24 -
90th Percentile £49.38 - -
South East median hourly rate £19.38 £57.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -66.30% +27.78% +132.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 174 201 230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 79.82% 88.94% 84.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 132 191
10th Percentile £150 £250 £170
25th Percentile £260 £350 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £500 £552 £575
90th Percentile £611 £667 £675
South East median daily rate £501 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.38% +1.50% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 14 8
10th Percentile £12.20 £22.15 £15.42
25th Percentile £13.12 £25.95 £17.42
Median hourly rate £19.50 £27.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.99% +35.40% -42.86%
75th Percentile £29.38 £32.30 -
90th Percentile £65.00 £52.48 £28.63
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -21.82%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Oxfordshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Oxfordshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Oxfordshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Oxfordshire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Oxfordshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 17 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
Oxford +1 8 £444 -2.74% 35
Kidlington -1 5 £172 -61.87% 4
Abingdon -2 1 - - 7
Bicester - 1 £525 - 3
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Epicor Tropos
1 1 (4.35%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Internet
2 2 (8.70%) DHCP
2 2 (8.70%) DNS
2 2 (8.70%) Firewall
3 1 (4.35%) InfiniBand
3 1 (4.35%) IP Telephony
3 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (4.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) OLAP
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Git
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
1 1 (4.35%) LabVIEW
General
1 14 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
3 3 (13.04%) Finance
4 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
4 2 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Marketing
5 1 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (4.35%) Retail
5 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Administrator
3 4 (17.39%) Service Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) 1st Line Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (8.70%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Developer
4 2 (8.70%) First Line Help Desk Support
4 2 (8.70%) Help Desk Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Help Desk Support
4 2 (8.70%) Help Desk Support Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) IT Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) IT Support
4 2 (8.70%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Information Officer
5 1 (4.35%) SSRS Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.35%) Grid Computing
2 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.35%) Life Science
2 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
2 1 (4.35%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
2 2 (8.70%) Linux
3 1 (4.35%) Unix
3 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (21.74%) Customer Service
3 4 (17.39%) ERP
3 4 (17.39%) Migration
3 4 (17.39%) Time Management
3 4 (17.39%) Validation
4 3 (13.04%) ITIL
4 3 (13.04%) Process Improvement
5 2 (8.70%) Agile
5 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (8.70%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (8.70%) Data Protection
5 2 (8.70%) ETL
5 2 (8.70%) Incident Management
5 2 (8.70%) Information Management
5 2 (8.70%) Logistics
5 2 (8.70%) Project Delivery
5 2 (8.70%) Project Management
6 1 (4.35%) Antivirus Management
6 1 (4.35%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) SQL
2 1 (4.35%) Perl
2 1 (4.35%) Python
2 1 (4.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (8.70%) A+ Certification
2 2 (8.70%) Degree
2 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) SLA
2 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Docker
2 1 (4.35%) Firmware
2 1 (4.35%) NFS
2 1 (4.35%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Ansible
1 1 (4.35%) CFEngine
1 1 (4.35%) FortiGate
1 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.35%) Puppet
1 1 (4.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Facebook
2 1 (4.35%) PeopleSoft