Problem-Solving Contracts in the South West

Problem Solving
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 28 34
Rank change year-on-year +18 +6 -7
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 331 225 222
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 10.44% 6.35% 6.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.56% 7.08% 6.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 161 97
10th Percentile £170 £200 £302
25th Percentile £300 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +9.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £663 £650 £588
90th Percentile £700 £720 £688
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +12.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 20 37
10th Percentile £12.50 £30.10 £37.79
25th Percentile £14.54 £50.91 £43.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £56.29 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.59% +11.47% +5.21%
75th Percentile £47.47 £73.61 £56.70
90th Percentile £57.41 £78.00 £63.60
England median hourly rate £17.50 £50.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year -65.00% +146.91% +7.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,635 3,177 3,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.10% 89.59% 88.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,680 2,333 2,317
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £593
90th Percentile £700 £723 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 324 198
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £29.75 £15.36 £20.37
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +23.08% +14.03%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.07 £69.88
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.25% +49.36% +6.38%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the South West

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in the South West

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the South West over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the South West

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in the South West

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in the South West over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the South West

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Wiltshire +19 90 £475 -17.39% 53
Gloucestershire +13 69 £588 +46.88% 67
Bristol +19 64 £513 +1.49% 169
Somerset +11 31 £413 -35.29% 123
Devon +5 31 £168 -58.13% 64
Dorset +14 22 £175 -66.67% 46
Cornwall - 11 £150 - 17
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 20 (6.04%) Confluence
2 6 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.51%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.21%) Apache Solr
4 4 (1.21%) nginx
5 3 (0.91%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.60%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.30%) Apache
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 34 (10.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (9.97%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (9.37%) Spreadsheet
4 25 (7.55%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.30%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 8 (2.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.81%) SAP HCM
2 6 (1.81%) SAP HR
3 4 (1.21%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.91%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 3 (0.91%) Shopify
5 1 (0.30%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.30%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.30%) Primavera
5 1 (0.30%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.30%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 29 (8.76%) Azure
2 22 (6.65%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (5.74%) AWS
4 9 (2.72%) Power Platform
5 7 (2.11%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.11%) SuccessFactors
6 5 (1.51%) GCP
6 5 (1.51%) PaaS
7 3 (0.91%) BigCommerce
7 3 (0.91%) SaaS
8 2 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.60%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (0.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.60%) IaaS
8 2 (0.60%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.30%) Azure App Service
9 1 (0.30%) Azure Service Fabric
9 1 (0.30%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 28 (8.46%) Firewall
2 12 (3.63%) DNS
3 11 (3.32%) WAN
4 8 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (2.11%) LAN
5 7 (2.11%) Network Security
6 6 (1.81%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.81%) VoIP
7 5 (1.51%) SDH
8 4 (1.21%) DHCP
8 4 (1.21%) HTTPS
8 4 (1.21%) IPsec
8 4 (1.21%) Junos
8 4 (1.21%) SAN
8 4 (1.21%) Skype
8 4 (1.21%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (1.21%) Wireless
9 3 (0.91%) Internet
9 3 (0.91%) PBX
10 2 (0.60%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.72%) Power BI
2 8 (2.42%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.11%) MySQL
4 4 (1.21%) Couchbase
4 4 (1.21%) Metadata
4 4 (1.21%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.60%) Tableau
6 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.30%) Big Data
6 1 (0.30%) CockroachDB
6 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.30%) Flink
6 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.30%) Power Query
6 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 52 (15.71%) JIRA
2 21 (6.34%) Jenkins
3 20 (6.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 20 (6.04%) Bitbucket
4 12 (3.63%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.60%) Git
5 2 (0.60%) JMeter
5 2 (0.60%) JUnit
5 2 (0.60%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.60%) Selenium
6 1 (0.30%) git-flow
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
General
1 191 (57.70%) Social Skills
2 148 (44.71%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (14.20%) Finance
4 34 (10.27%) Presentation Skills
5 30 (9.06%) Public Sector
6 28 (8.46%) Telecoms
7 27 (8.16%) Aerospace
8 15 (4.53%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.93%) Legal
10 11 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (3.32%) Police
11 10 (3.02%) Military
12 9 (2.72%) Marketing
13 7 (2.11%) Electronics
13 7 (2.11%) Retail
14 5 (1.51%) Aeronautics
15 3 (0.91%) Banking
15 3 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.91%) Local Government
15 3 (0.91%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (15.41%) Analyst
2 41 (12.39%) Developer
3 35 (10.57%) Lead
4 29 (8.76%) Support Engineer
5 28 (8.46%) Service Analyst
5 28 (8.46%) Service Desk Analyst
6 24 (7.25%) Project Leader
6 24 (7.25%) Technical Support
7 23 (6.95%) Architect
8 22 (6.65%) Network Engineer
9 16 (4.83%) Support Specialist
10 15 (4.53%) Project Manager
11 14 (4.23%) IT Support
12 13 (3.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (3.93%) Technical Engineer
12 13 (3.93%) Technical Support Engineer
13 12 (3.63%) Data Analyst
13 12 (3.63%) Desktop Engineer
13 12 (3.63%) Field Engineer
13 12 (3.63%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.95%) .NET
2 21 (6.34%) .NET Core
3 15 (4.53%) React
4 12 (3.63%) AngularJS
5 11 (3.32%) Spring
6 4 (1.21%) JSON
6 4 (1.21%) LEMP Stack
6 4 (1.21%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (1.21%) YAML
7 3 (0.91%) CSS
7 3 (0.91%) HTML
7 3 (0.91%) VML
8 2 (0.60%) Kafka
8 2 (0.60%) REST
8 2 (0.60%) SailPoint
9 1 (0.30%) Blazor
9 1 (0.30%) CSS3
9 1 (0.30%) Laravel
9 1 (0.30%) ModSecurity
9 1 (0.30%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.34%) Data Centre
1 21 (6.34%) Management Information System
2 19 (5.74%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (3.63%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (3.63%) Private Cloud
4 6 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (1.81%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.51%) CMDB
6 4 (1.21%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.21%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.21%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (1.21%) Security Posture
7 3 (0.91%) Blackberry
7 3 (0.91%) Blog
7 3 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (0.91%) Onboarding
7 3 (0.91%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (0.91%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.60%) Clustering
8 2 (0.60%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 43 (12.99%) Windows
2 29 (8.76%) Linux
3 11 (3.32%) Windows 10
3 11 (3.32%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.21%) Android
4 4 (1.21%) CentOS
4 4 (1.21%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.21%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (26.28%) Agile
2 82 (24.77%) Project Management
3 57 (17.22%) ITIL
4 48 (14.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 46 (13.90%) Stakeholder Management
6 36 (10.88%) Data Management
7 34 (10.27%) PRINCE2
7 34 (10.27%) Project Delivery
8 32 (9.67%) Commercial Awareness
9 31 (9.37%) OO
9 31 (9.37%) OOP
10 29 (8.76%) Project Planning
11 27 (8.16%) Creative Problem-Solving
11 27 (8.16%) Decision-Making
12 26 (7.85%) Configuration Management
12 26 (7.85%) Workshop Facilitation
13 24 (7.25%) CI/CD
13 24 (7.25%) Migration
13 24 (7.25%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 22 (6.65%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 46 (13.90%) Python
2 28 (8.46%) PowerShell
3 20 (6.04%) SQL
4 15 (4.53%) C
5 14 (4.23%) Java
5 14 (4.23%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.81%) PHP
7 2 (0.60%) C#
7 2 (0.60%) C++
7 2 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.60%) Perl
7 2 (0.60%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.60%) Search Processing Language
7 2 (0.60%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.30%) Bash
8 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.30%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.30%) ProC
8 1 (0.30%) Ruby
8 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 180 (54.38%) Security Cleared
2 120 (36.25%) SC Cleared
3 79 (23.87%) DV Cleared
4 46 (13.90%) Degree
5 25 (7.55%) APMP
6 20 (6.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (4.53%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (4.23%) CCNP
8 14 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (3.32%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (2.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 7 (2.11%) CCNA
11 7 (2.11%) HND
11 7 (2.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 6 (1.81%) JNCIA
13 5 (1.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (1.21%) CISSP
14 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (0.91%) HNC
15 3 (0.91%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (15.11%) SLA
2 31 (9.37%) PMO
3 18 (5.44%) QA
4 8 (2.42%) NIST
5 7 (2.11%) GDPR
6 6 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.51%) HIPAA
8 4 (1.21%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.30%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.30%) GRC
10 1 (0.30%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.30%) RMADS
10 1 (0.30%) SEPA
10 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.30%) TARGET2
System Software
1 34 (10.27%) Active Directory
2 26 (7.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.93%) vSphere
4 3 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.60%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.30%) Docker
6 1 (0.30%) Firmware
6 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.30%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 24 (7.25%) Ansible
2 20 (6.04%) PowerCLI
2 20 (6.04%) SCCM
3 13 (3.93%) vCenter Server
4 8 (2.42%) Terraform
5 6 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.51%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.60%) MOM
7 2 (0.60%) OPNET
7 2 (0.60%) SCOM
8 1 (0.30%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.30%) Puppet
8 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.30%) vRealize
8 1 (0.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 80 (24.17%) Microsoft
2 28 (8.46%) VMware
3 25 (7.55%) Dell
4 21 (6.34%) HP
4 21 (6.34%) SAP
5 20 (6.04%) Atlassian
5 20 (6.04%) Cisco
6 12 (3.63%) Juniper
7 10 (3.02%) Nokia
8 9 (2.72%) Google
8 9 (2.72%) IBM
9 7 (2.11%) Splunk
10 6 (1.81%) BT
11 4 (1.21%) Avaya
11 4 (1.21%) Ciena
11 4 (1.21%) Citrix
11 4 (1.21%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.21%) Oracle
11 4 (1.21%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.21%) Remedy