Problem Solving
West Midlands > Staffordshire
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | +11 | -1 |
| Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving | 13 | 24 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 11.30% | 15.69% | 5.21% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 13.40% | 17.91% | 6.80% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 15 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £177 | £450 | £155 |
| 25th Percentile | £280 | £451 | £166 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £500 | £275 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +81.82% | -35.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £450 | £619 | £284 |
| 90th Percentile | £473 | £650 | £406 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £498 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +0.45% | +17.12% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £11.77 | - | £19.24 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.03 | - | £20.20 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.90 | - | £21.80 |
| 75th Percentile | £16.67 | - | £23.40 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £24.36 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £32.25 | £18.50 | £16.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +74.37% | +10.42% | -6.94% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Staffordshire
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 Staffordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 97 | 134 | 147 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 84.35% | 87.58% | 76.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 65 | 98 | 113 |
| 10th Percentile | £160 | £173 | £164 |
| 25th Percentile | £298 | £350 | £275 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £369 | £500 | £375 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.23% | +33.33% | -6.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £450 | £602 | £488 |
| 90th Percentile | £520 | £731 | £570 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £500 | £520 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +5.05% | +16.47% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 7 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.71 | £22.46 | £13.20 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.83 | £24.38 | £14.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.72 | £27.50 | £19.05 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +29.87% | +44.36% | +27.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £49.38 | £28.75 | £19.77 |
| 90th Percentile | £52.88 | - | £20.37 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £22.50 | £20.97 | £16.83 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.30% | +24.64% | +5.16% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Staffordshire.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Staffordshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Staffordshire.
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Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire
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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stafford | +2 | 2 | - | - | 11 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | +2 | 2 | £375 | +8.70% | 26 |
| Burton-upon-Trent | -2 | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| Uttoxeter | +1 | 1 | £115 | -74.44% | 3 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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: