Problem-Solving Contracts in Wiltshire

Problem Solving
South West > Wiltshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 48 34
Rank change year-on-year +32 -14 -13
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 93 46 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 10.11% 4.27% 5.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.22% 4.64% 5.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 40 27
10th Percentile £263 £448 £335
25th Percentile £315 £513 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £563 £520
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +8.17% +7.22%
75th Percentile £700 £703 £638
90th Percentile - £726 £758
South West median daily rate £500 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 5
10th Percentile £14.03 - £29.23
25th Percentile - - £49.25
Median hourly rate £14.54 - £54.00
75th Percentile £17.25 - £56.00
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £25.00 £56.29 £50.20
% change year-on-year -55.59% +12.13% +0.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 761 991 803
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 82.72% 92.01% 92.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 566 824 584
10th Percentile £315 £400 £358
25th Percentile £463 £467 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% +8.49% +6.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £688
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 11 27
10th Percentile £12.00 £60.00 £15.53
25th Percentile £14.54 £61.50 £28.25
Median hourly rate £15.52 £65.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -76.31% +19.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £30.25 £77.50 £69.05
90th Percentile £52.13 £87.50 £69.70
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £59.90 £48.75
% change year-on-year -8.18% +22.88% +10.79%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Wiltshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Wiltshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Wiltshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Wiltshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 23 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
Corsham +24 58 £525 -6.67% 7
Swindon +24 18 £465 -15.45% 25
Devizes - 5 - - 1
Chippenham - 1 - - 7
Problem-Solving
South West

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 (21.51%) Confluence
2 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.38%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.30%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.15%) AWS
2 2 (2.15%) Azure
2 2 (2.15%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.08%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.08%) GCP
3 1 (1.08%) PaaS
3 1 (1.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (20.43%) Firewall
2 2 (2.15%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (2.15%) DHCP
2 2 (2.15%) DNS
2 2 (2.15%) LAN
2 2 (2.15%) SAN
2 2 (2.15%) SD-WAN
2 2 (2.15%) Skype
2 2 (2.15%) SMTP
2 2 (2.15%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.15%) WAN
3 1 (1.08%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.08%) Network Security
3 1 (1.08%) PBX
3 1 (1.08%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (1.08%) VoIP
3 1 (1.08%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.15%) MySQL
1 2 (2.15%) Power BI
1 2 (2.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (21.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 20 (21.51%) Bitbucket
1 20 (21.51%) JIRA
2 19 (20.43%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.15%) JMeter
3 2 (2.15%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.08%) Git
General
1 59 (63.44%) Analytical Skills
2 42 (45.16%) Social Skills
3 19 (20.43%) Aerospace
4 12 (12.90%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.38%) Police
6 4 (4.30%) Finance
7 3 (3.23%) Banking
8 2 (2.15%) Military
8 2 (2.15%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.08%) Electronics
9 1 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.08%) Legal
9 1 (1.08%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.08%) Marketing
9 1 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (31.18%) Analyst
2 24 (25.81%) Service Analyst
2 24 (25.81%) Service Desk Analyst
3 19 (20.43%) Developer
4 13 (13.98%) Network Engineer
5 9 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (9.68%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (5.38%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 4 (4.30%) Field Engineer
7 4 (4.30%) Field Service Engineer
7 4 (4.30%) IT Engineer
8 3 (3.23%) VMware Engineer
9 2 (2.15%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 2 (2.15%) Performance Engineer
9 2 (2.15%) Senior
9 2 (2.15%) Senior Performance Engineer
9 2 (2.15%) Service Desk Engineer
9 2 (2.15%) SOC Analyst
9 2 (2.15%) Support Engineer
9 2 (2.15%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (21.51%) .NET
1 20 (21.51%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.08%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.08%) React
2 1 (1.08%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.05%) Data Centre
2 12 (12.90%) Private Cloud
3 7 (7.53%) Management Information System
4 6 (6.45%) Security Posture
4 6 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (4.30%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (2.15%) Clustering
7 2 (2.15%) PKI
7 2 (2.15%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.08%) Acoustics
8 1 (1.08%) Blackberry
8 1 (1.08%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.08%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (23.66%) Linux
2 7 (7.53%) Windows
3 4 (4.30%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (22.58%) Configuration Management
2 20 (21.51%) Agile
2 20 (21.51%) Deployment Automation
2 20 (21.51%) OO
2 20 (21.51%) OOP
2 20 (21.51%) Task Automation
3 19 (20.43%) CI/CD
3 19 (20.43%) Continuous Integration
3 19 (20.43%) Infrastructure Automation
4 16 (17.20%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (16.13%) Penetration Testing
6 12 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (12.90%) Resource Management
6 12 (12.90%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 12 (12.90%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 10 (10.75%) ITIL
8 8 (8.60%) Project Management
9 7 (7.53%) Decision-Making
10 6 (6.45%) Risk Assessment
11 5 (5.38%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 22 (23.66%) PowerShell
2 21 (22.58%) Python
3 3 (3.23%) SQL
4 2 (2.15%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (2.15%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (1.08%) Bash
5 1 (1.08%) C
5 1 (1.08%) C++
5 1 (1.08%) Java
5 1 (1.08%) MATLAB
5 1 (1.08%) Perl
5 1 (1.08%) Ruby
5 1 (1.08%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 67 (72.04%) Security Cleared
2 49 (52.69%) SC Cleared
3 29 (31.18%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.23%) Degree
4 3 (3.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (2.15%) CCNP
5 2 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.15%) CISSP
5 2 (2.15%) MCSE
5 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.08%) CCSP
6 1 (1.08%) CEH
6 1 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.08%) CREST Certified
6 1 (1.08%) GIAC
6 1 (1.08%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.08%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (31.18%) SLA
2 3 (3.23%) GDPR
2 3 (3.23%) NIST
3 2 (2.15%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.15%) PMO
4 1 (1.08%) GRC
4 1 (1.08%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.08%) SOC 2
System Software
1 19 (20.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (13.98%) vSphere
3 2 (2.15%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.15%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (2.15%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.15%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (2.15%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.08%) Firmware
4 1 (1.08%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (21.51%) PowerCLI
2 19 (20.43%) Ansible
3 13 (13.98%) vCenter Server
4 2 (2.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.15%) MOM
4 2 (2.15%) OPNET
4 2 (2.15%) SCCM
4 2 (2.15%) SCOM
5 1 (1.08%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (1.08%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.08%) Puppet
5 1 (1.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (22.58%) HP
2 20 (21.51%) Atlassian
2 20 (21.51%) VMware
3 19 (20.43%) Dell
4 15 (16.13%) Microsoft
5 4 (4.30%) Remedy
6 3 (3.23%) Cisco
6 3 (3.23%) F5
7 2 (2.15%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.15%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.15%) Splunk
8 1 (1.08%) Avaya
8 1 (1.08%) Ericsson
8 1 (1.08%) Google
8 1 (1.08%) Juniper
8 1 (1.08%) Nokia
8 1 (1.08%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.08%) QinetiQ
8 1 (1.08%) Ribbon
8 1 (1.08%) SAP