Problem-Solving Contracts in the East of England

Problem Solving
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 8 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 +11 +1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 244 266 231
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 12.61% 13.64% 9.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.99% 15.58% 10.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 114 111
10th Percentile £203 £193 £140
25th Percentile £315 £273 £241
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +8.82% +21.43%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £558
90th Percentile £690 £638 £632
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 85 57
10th Percentile - £13.29 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
Median hourly rate £15.00 £25.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +85.19% +8.00%
75th Percentile £16.85 £61.25 £14.75
90th Percentile £39.90 £77.00 £15.75
England median hourly rate £16.23 £51.90 £23.20
% change year-on-year -68.73% +123.74% +28.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,628 1,707 2,263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.13% 87.54% 88.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 673 1,004 1,308
10th Percentile £201 £206 £194
25th Percentile £315 £343 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 618 322 382
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £14.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% +41.94% -3.13%
75th Percentile £62.50 £63.75 £44.88
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the East of England

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in the East of England

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the East of England

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in the East of England

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the East of England

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Cambridgeshire +1 109 £550 +18.92% 130
Hertfordshire -19 52 £450 +3.45% 136
Essex +5 40 £534 +1.71% 100
Bedfordshire -1 25 £388 -22.11% 38
Norfolk +1 10 £525 +52.17% 40
Suffolk +5 6 £428 -31.60% 24
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 5 (2.05%) Confluence
1 5 (2.05%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.82%) Appian
3 2 (0.82%) IIS
4 1 (0.41%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.41%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
Applications
1 78 (31.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (24.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.82%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.82%) Simulink
6 1 (0.41%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.41%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.41%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 3 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.82%) SAP CO
2 2 (0.82%) SAP FI
2 2 (0.82%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (0.82%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.41%) DELMIA
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.41%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 20 (8.20%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (5.74%) Azure
3 12 (4.92%) GCP
4 11 (4.51%) AWS
5 8 (3.28%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (2.05%) Google Sheets
7 3 (1.23%) OCI
7 3 (1.23%) SaaS
8 2 (0.82%) GitHub
8 2 (0.82%) Serverless
8 2 (0.82%) Snowflake
8 2 (0.82%) Unqork
9 1 (0.41%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.41%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.41%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.41%) CloudFront
9 1 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.41%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.61%) VPN
1 21 (8.61%) Wi-Fi
2 20 (8.20%) Firewall
3 4 (1.64%) Extranet
4 3 (1.23%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (1.23%) LAN
4 3 (1.23%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (1.23%) WAN
5 2 (0.82%) BGP
5 2 (0.82%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.82%) Internet
5 2 (0.82%) Intranet
5 2 (0.82%) OSPF
5 2 (0.82%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.82%) Wireless
6 1 (0.41%) DHCP
6 1 (0.41%) RTMP
6 1 (0.41%) RTP
6 1 (0.41%) RTSP
6 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.87%) Power BI
2 5 (2.05%) GIS
3 3 (1.23%) Tableau
4 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.82%) Looker
4 2 (0.82%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.41%) Big Data
5 1 (0.41%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.41%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.41%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.41%) MS Access
5 1 (0.41%) Power Query
5 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.51%) JIRA
2 10 (4.10%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (1.64%) Git
3 4 (1.64%) Subversion
4 2 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.82%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.41%) CMake
5 1 (0.41%) GitLab
General
1 135 (55.33%) Social Skills
2 63 (25.82%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (12.70%) Finance
4 12 (4.92%) German Language
5 8 (3.28%) Manufacturing
5 8 (3.28%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.46%) Aerospace
6 6 (2.46%) Banking
6 6 (2.46%) Hungarian Language
6 6 (2.46%) Local Government
6 6 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (2.46%) Retail
7 5 (2.05%) Back Office
7 5 (2.05%) Lithuanian Language
7 5 (2.05%) Marketing
8 4 (1.64%) Automotive
8 4 (1.64%) Dutch Language
8 4 (1.64%) Law
8 4 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 58 (23.77%) Analyst
2 42 (17.21%) Service Analyst
3 29 (11.89%) Service Desk Analyst
4 24 (9.84%) Architect
4 24 (9.84%) Customer Analyst
4 24 (9.84%) Customer Service Analyst
5 16 (6.56%) Developer
6 15 (6.15%) Software Engineer
7 14 (5.74%) Senior
8 13 (5.33%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
9 11 (4.51%) Call Centre Analyst
10 10 (4.10%) Administrator
10 10 (4.10%) Software Architect
10 10 (4.10%) Support Engineer
11 9 (3.69%) C Software Engineer
11 9 (3.69%) Embedded Engineer
11 9 (3.69%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 9 (3.69%) Full Stack Engineer
11 9 (3.69%) Project Manager
12 8 (3.28%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.20%) HTML
2 18 (7.38%) CSS
3 14 (5.74%) React
4 10 (4.10%) DirectX
4 10 (4.10%) OpenGL
4 10 (4.10%) OpenGL ES
4 10 (4.10%) Vulkan
5 4 (1.64%) JSON
5 4 (1.64%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (1.64%) REST
5 4 (1.64%) Visualforce
5 4 (1.64%) YAML
6 3 (1.23%) .NET
6 3 (1.23%) Web Services
7 2 (0.82%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.82%) RESTful
7 2 (0.82%) SOAP
8 1 (0.41%) FFmpeg
8 1 (0.41%) GStreamer
8 1 (0.41%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.33%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.10%) 3D Graphics
2 10 (4.10%) Ray Tracing
3 7 (2.87%) Data Centre
3 7 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.05%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.64%) ASIC
6 4 (1.64%) FPGA
6 4 (1.64%) Verilog
7 3 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.23%) iPad
7 3 (1.23%) iPhone
7 3 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.82%) BYOD
8 2 (0.82%) CMDB
8 2 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.82%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.82%) Life Science
8 2 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.43%) Windows
2 13 (5.33%) Linux
3 6 (2.46%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.05%) Unix
5 4 (1.64%) Windows 7
5 4 (1.64%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.23%) Android
6 3 (1.23%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.23%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (41.39%) Customer Service
2 77 (31.56%) Service Delivery
3 75 (30.74%) Mathematics
4 70 (28.69%) Incident Management
5 39 (15.98%) ITIL
6 27 (11.07%) Software Engineering
7 26 (10.66%) Agile
8 22 (9.02%) Computer Science
8 22 (9.02%) Project Management
9 21 (8.61%) DevOps
10 20 (8.20%) Migration
11 18 (7.38%) Identity Management
12 16 (6.56%) CI/CD
13 15 (6.15%) Problem Management
14 14 (5.74%) Business Intelligence
14 14 (5.74%) Validation
15 13 (5.33%) Data Analysis
15 13 (5.33%) Stakeholder Management
16 12 (4.92%) Load Balancing
17 11 (4.51%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.25%) C
2 20 (8.20%) C++
3 19 (7.79%) Java
3 19 (7.79%) SQL
4 15 (6.15%) Python
5 10 (4.10%) TypeScript
6 9 (3.69%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.87%) Embedded C
8 5 (2.05%) Embedded C++
8 5 (2.05%) R
9 4 (1.64%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.64%) Bash
9 4 (1.64%) SystemVerilog
9 4 (1.64%) Tcl
10 3 (1.23%) Assembly Language
10 3 (1.23%) C#
10 3 (1.23%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.23%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.82%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.82%) VB
Qualifications
1 42 (17.21%) Degree
2 21 (8.61%) Security Cleared
3 19 (7.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (7.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (6.56%) A+ Certification
5 16 (6.56%) MCSA
6 15 (6.15%) Master's Degree
7 14 (5.74%) MCP
8 13 (5.33%) SC Cleared
9 10 (4.10%) PhD
10 7 (2.87%) CCNP
10 7 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (2.87%) DV Cleared
11 6 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (2.46%) CCNA
12 3 (1.23%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.23%) PMP
13 2 (0.82%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.82%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.92%) SLA
2 8 (3.28%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.46%) QA
4 3 (1.23%) GDPR
5 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.41%) GRC
5 1 (0.41%) IFRS
5 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 29 (11.89%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.41%) Docker
3 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (2.05%) SCCM
2 3 (1.23%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.82%) Terraform
3 2 (0.82%) WSUS
4 1 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.41%) Nessus
4 1 (0.41%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 102 (41.80%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.97%) Google
2 17 (6.97%) ServiceNow
3 16 (6.56%) Citrix
4 14 (5.74%) SAP
5 13 (5.33%) Cisco
6 7 (2.87%) Palo Alto
6 7 (2.87%) VMware
7 5 (2.05%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.64%) Oracle
9 3 (1.23%) Cadence
9 3 (1.23%) IBM
9 3 (1.23%) McAfee
9 3 (1.23%) NetApp
9 3 (1.23%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 3 (1.23%) Synopsys
9 3 (1.23%) Xilinx
10 2 (0.82%) F5
10 2 (0.82%) Pega
10 2 (0.82%) Splunk