Problem-Solving Contracts with Work from Home Options

Problem Solving
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 15 19 29
Rank change year-on-year +4 +10 +3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,492 2,055 2,867
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.99% 8.16% 6.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.35% 9.09% 7.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,015 1,375 1,942
10th Percentile £312 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £430 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £502 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.38% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 67 53
10th Percentile £11.00 £18.63 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £26.95 £12.25
Median hourly rate £27.52 £65.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.67% +170.83% +33.33%
75th Percentile £60.75 £75.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £86.00 £64.00
UK median hourly rate £16.50 £48.40 £23.54
% change year-on-year -65.91% +105.59% +17.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,143 22,599 40,333
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.00% 89.72% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,800 15,969 29,287
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 568 519 542
10th Percentile £14.96 £18.63 £14.28
25th Percentile £25.50 £29.31 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £53.35 £37.39
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +42.69% +52.60%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £71.80
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

Problem-Solving
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Problem-Solving trend for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving.

Problem-Solving daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Problem-Solving daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving.

Problem-Solving hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Problem-Solving hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 36 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.21%) Confluence
3 16 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.94%) CMS
5 9 (0.60%) SAS
6 7 (0.47%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.34%) Apache Solr
7 5 (0.34%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.34%) IIS
8 4 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.27%) Appian
8 4 (0.27%) Headless CMS
8 4 (0.27%) Luigi
8 4 (0.27%) nginx
8 4 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.20%) CICS
9 3 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.20%) WebSphere Portal
9 3 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 56 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.14%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.47%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.20%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.20%) InDesign
8 3 (0.20%) Maya
8 3 (0.20%) Sketch
9 2 (0.13%) Revit
9 2 (0.13%) ZBrush
10 1 (0.067%) Autodesk Inventor
10 1 (0.067%) SPSS
10 1 (0.067%) Trello
Business Applications
1 38 (2.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (2.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 12 (0.80%) SAP HR
4 11 (0.74%) Oracle EBS R12
4 11 (0.74%) SAP HCM
5 8 (0.54%) Endur
6 7 (0.47%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.34%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.34%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.27%) Loan IQ
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle 11i
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.20%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 270 (18.10%) Azure
2 165 (11.06%) AWS
3 108 (7.24%) Power Platform
4 68 (4.56%) GCP
5 61 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
7 51 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
8 40 (2.68%) PowerApps
9 33 (2.21%) SaaS
10 30 (2.01%) GitHub
11 28 (1.88%) Entra ID
12 27 (1.81%) Power Automate
13 24 (1.61%) Serverless
14 23 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
15 16 (1.07%) PaaS
15 16 (1.07%) SuccessFactors
16 13 (0.87%) AWS CloudFormation
16 13 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
17 11 (0.74%) Amazon S3
17 11 (0.74%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 61 (4.09%) Firewall
2 33 (2.21%) DNS
3 32 (2.14%) Network Security
3 32 (2.14%) VPN
4 29 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (1.47%) WAN
6 21 (1.41%) TCP/IP
7 20 (1.34%) DHCP
7 20 (1.34%) HTTP
7 20 (1.34%) Internet
8 15 (1.01%) LAN
8 15 (1.01%) Wireless
9 11 (0.74%) Structured Cabling
10 9 (0.60%) 802.11
10 9 (0.60%) BGP
10 9 (0.60%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (0.60%) OSPF
10 9 (0.60%) SSL
11 8 (0.54%) Cisco Nexus
11 8 (0.54%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (5.97%) SQL Server
2 83 (5.56%) Power BI
3 47 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
4 41 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
5 37 (2.48%) Relational Database
6 29 (1.94%) MongoDB
6 29 (1.94%) MySQL
7 21 (1.41%) Oracle Database
8 20 (1.34%) Tableau
9 17 (1.14%) Data Lake
10 15 (1.01%) Metadata
11 14 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (0.87%) Big Data
12 13 (0.87%) NoSQL
13 12 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
14 11 (0.74%) Power Query
15 9 (0.60%) GIS
15 9 (0.60%) QlikView
16 7 (0.47%) PostHog
16 7 (0.47%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 87 (5.83%) JIRA
2 68 (4.56%) Git
3 36 (2.41%) Jenkins
4 30 (2.01%) GitLab
5 21 (1.41%) Selenium
6 15 (1.01%) Cucumber
6 15 (1.01%) Rational DOORS
6 15 (1.01%) Visual Studio
7 9 (0.60%) JMeter
7 9 (0.60%) Oracle APEX
7 9 (0.60%) SonarQube
8 8 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
8 8 (0.54%) PVCS
8 8 (0.54%) REST Assured
9 6 (0.40%) Appium
9 6 (0.40%) MLflow
10 5 (0.34%) Eclipse
10 5 (0.34%) LoadRunner
10 5 (0.34%) MSI
10 5 (0.34%) WiX
General
1 852 (57.10%) Social Skills
2 629 (42.16%) Analytical Skills
3 303 (20.31%) Finance
4 99 (6.64%) Public Sector
5 85 (5.70%) Banking
6 59 (3.95%) Marketing
7 56 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
8 49 (3.28%) Telecoms
9 41 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
10 37 (2.48%) Manufacturing
11 35 (2.35%) Retail
12 34 (2.28%) Legal
13 32 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
14 31 (2.08%) Front Office
15 28 (1.88%) Law
16 24 (1.61%) Investment Banking
17 22 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 17 (1.14%) Financial Institution
18 17 (1.14%) Police
19 16 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 224 (15.01%) Developer
2 198 (13.27%) Analyst
3 137 (9.18%) Senior
4 129 (8.65%) Consultant
5 126 (8.45%) Architect
6 92 (6.17%) Project Manager
7 78 (5.23%) Business Analyst
8 68 (4.56%) Lead
9 46 (3.08%) Software Engineer
10 44 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
11 41 (2.75%) Data Engineer
12 35 (2.35%) DevOps Engineer
13 31 (2.08%) Support Engineer
14 30 (2.01%) Data Analyst
15 27 (1.81%) .NET Developer
16 26 (1.74%) Administrator
16 26 (1.74%) DBA
16 26 (1.74%) Senior Developer
17 23 (1.54%) Java Engineer
17 23 (1.54%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (4.36%) .NET
2 63 (4.22%) CSS
3 62 (4.16%) HTML
4 61 (4.09%) React
5 41 (2.75%) REST
5 41 (2.75%) RESTful
6 33 (2.21%) Kafka
7 30 (2.01%) Web Services
8 29 (1.94%) JSON
9 26 (1.74%) XML
10 23 (1.54%) Node.js
11 21 (1.41%) AngularJS
12 20 (1.34%) .NET Framework
13 17 (1.14%) Middleware
14 16 (1.07%) ASP.NET
15 14 (0.94%) RabbitMQ
15 14 (0.94%) Spring
15 14 (0.94%) YAML
16 12 (0.80%) PySpark
17 11 (0.74%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 78 (5.23%) Management Information System
2 67 (4.49%) Self-Motivation
3 52 (3.49%) Product Ownership
4 36 (2.41%) Algorithms
5 32 (2.14%) Virtual Team
6 29 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
7 26 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
8 25 (1.68%) Data Structures
8 25 (1.68%) Onboarding
9 22 (1.47%) Data Centre
9 22 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (1.21%) Mobile App
11 16 (1.07%) Cloud Native
12 15 (1.01%) Derivative
12 15 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 14 (0.94%) CMDB
13 14 (0.94%) NHS
14 13 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
15 12 (0.80%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 118 (7.91%) Windows
2 95 (6.37%) Linux
3 27 (1.81%) Unix
4 25 (1.68%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.47%) Windows 10
6 18 (1.21%) Android
7 13 (0.87%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.54%) VMS
9 7 (0.47%) AIX
9 7 (0.47%) Solaris
10 6 (0.40%) CentOS
10 6 (0.40%) Windows 7
10 6 (0.40%) zOS
11 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
13 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.13%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (25.34%) Agile
2 218 (14.61%) Project Management
3 184 (12.33%) DevOps
4 159 (10.66%) Computer Science
5 157 (10.52%) Migration
6 140 (9.38%) Decision-Making
7 127 (8.51%) CI/CD
8 124 (8.31%) Continuous Improvement
9 114 (7.64%) Analytics
10 110 (7.37%) Business Intelligence
10 110 (7.37%) Stakeholder Management
11 92 (6.17%) ITIL
11 92 (6.17%) Roadmaps
12 91 (6.10%) Data Modelling
13 90 (6.03%) Scrum
14 87 (5.83%) Data Analysis
15 82 (5.50%) Mentoring
16 78 (5.23%) Software Engineering
17 77 (5.16%) Collaborative Working
17 77 (5.16%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 192 (12.87%) SQL
2 166 (11.13%) Python
3 114 (7.64%) JavaScript
4 107 (7.17%) Java
5 82 (5.50%) C#
6 56 (3.75%) PowerShell
7 45 (3.02%) C++
8 40 (2.68%) TypeScript
9 36 (2.41%) PL/SQL
10 34 (2.28%) Bash
11 32 (2.14%) C
12 25 (1.68%) Scala
13 22 (1.47%) Go
14 21 (1.41%) Shell Script
15 19 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 15 (1.01%) Perl
16 15 (1.01%) PHP
17 14 (0.94%) T-SQL
18 13 (0.87%) VB.NET
19 11 (0.74%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 293 (19.64%) Degree
2 198 (13.27%) Security Cleared
3 158 (10.59%) SC Cleared
4 112 (7.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 50 (3.35%) Master's Degree
6 38 (2.55%) DV Cleared
7 33 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 32 (2.14%) CISSP
9 28 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (1.54%) CISM
11 21 (1.41%) CCNP
12 19 (1.27%) ISTQB
12 19 (1.27%) PMP
13 18 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (1.07%) AWS Certification
15 15 (1.01%) CCNA
15 15 (1.01%) PMI Certification
16 14 (0.94%) Azure Certification
17 13 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 12 (0.80%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (6.84%) QA
2 63 (4.22%) Data Quality
3 38 (2.55%) SLA
4 34 (2.28%) GDPR
5 22 (1.47%) NIST
6 18 (1.21%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (1.07%) PMO
9 8 (0.54%) NCSC
10 7 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 7 (0.47%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
12 4 (0.27%) CDISC
12 4 (0.27%) Dodd-Frank
12 4 (0.27%) MiFID
13 3 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.20%) GPG13
13 3 (0.20%) P3O
14 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 69 (4.62%) Docker
2 67 (4.49%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.60%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 9 (0.60%) Firmware
5 8 (0.54%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.54%) vSphere
6 7 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
7 6 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.34%) KVM
8 5 (0.34%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.13%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.13%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.13%) XenApp
10 2 (0.13%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.067%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.067%) RACF
Systems Management
1 84 (5.63%) Kubernetes
2 63 (4.22%) Terraform
3 42 (2.82%) Ansible
4 22 (1.47%) Grafana
4 22 (1.47%) SCCM
5 19 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (1.21%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.87%) Progress Chef
8 13 (0.87%) Puppet
9 11 (0.74%) Docker Swarm
10 9 (0.60%) Consul
10 9 (0.60%) Data Guard
11 8 (0.54%) Podman
11 8 (0.54%) vCenter Server
12 6 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 5 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
14 4 (0.27%) QRadar
14 4 (0.27%) SCOM
14 4 (0.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 231 (15.48%) Microsoft
2 105 (7.04%) Oracle
3 80 (5.36%) SAP
4 39 (2.61%) Google
5 38 (2.55%) ServiceNow
6 32 (2.14%) Cisco
7 31 (2.08%) VMware
8 28 (1.88%) Databricks
9 27 (1.81%) Salesforce
10 24 (1.61%) Adobe
11 17 (1.14%) Palo Alto
12 15 (1.01%) Dell
12 15 (1.01%) IBM
12 15 (1.01%) Juniper
12 15 (1.01%) Splunk
13 13 (0.87%) Ariba
14 11 (0.74%) Apple
14 11 (0.74%) Informatica
15 10 (0.67%) CheckPoint
15 10 (0.67%) Citrix