Problem-Solving Contracts in the Midlands

Problem Solving
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 9 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +6
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 304 438 480
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.89% 13.48% 9.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.37% 15.38% 10.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 292 342
10th Percentile £254 £185 £178
25th Percentile £306 £343 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -4.04% +22.22%
75th Percentile £588 £578 £550
90th Percentile £645 £688 £638
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 22 15
10th Percentile £11.59 £10.87 £8.86
25th Percentile £12.13 £11.80 £9.62
Median hourly rate £15.90 £18.65 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.75% +20.32% +19.23%
75th Percentile £35.63 £23.24 £20.87
90th Percentile £59.50 £52.10 £23.60
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
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,273 2,848 4,423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.44% 87.66% 87.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,529 1,999 3,249
10th Percentile £231 £262 £250
25th Percentile £358 £370 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 97 136
10th Percentile £11.07 £12.30 £10.68
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.50 £13.84
Median hourly rate £19.00 £22.50 £17.85
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +26.05% +19.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £23.63
90th Percentile £55.00 £60.50 £35.00
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
West Midlands -4 195 £475 -5.00% 496
East Midlands +2 105 £350 - 319
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 9 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.64%) Oracle Self-Service HR
2 5 (1.64%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (1.32%) CMS
4 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.66%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.66%) Confluence
5 2 (0.66%) Drupal
5 2 (0.66%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (4.61%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.99%) Maya
5 2 (0.66%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.66%) Trello
5 2 (0.66%) ZBrush
6 1 (0.33%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.33%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.33%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.33%) InVision
6 1 (0.33%) Simulink
6 1 (0.33%) Sketch
6 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.97%) NetSuite
1 6 (1.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.64%) Oracle HRMS
2 5 (1.64%) SAP CO
2 5 (1.64%) SAP FI
2 5 (1.64%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.32%) Odoo
4 3 (0.99%) SAP MII
5 2 (0.66%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.66%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.33%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 48 (15.79%) Azure
2 26 (8.55%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (7.89%) Power Platform
4 14 (4.61%) AWS
4 14 (4.61%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (3.29%) SaaS
6 9 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.97%) Azure AKS
7 6 (1.97%) Azure App Service
7 6 (1.97%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (1.32%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (0.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (0.99%) dbt
9 3 (0.99%) Entra ID
9 3 (0.99%) Serverless
10 2 (0.66%) IaaS
10 2 (0.66%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.62%) Firewall
1 11 (3.62%) WAN
2 8 (2.63%) LAN
2 8 (2.63%) Network Security
3 7 (2.30%) VPN
4 6 (1.97%) DHCP
4 6 (1.97%) DNS
4 6 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.32%) SAN
5 4 (1.32%) VoIP
5 4 (1.32%) Wireless
6 3 (0.99%) Fibre Channel
6 3 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (0.99%) VLAN
7 2 (0.66%) Internet
7 2 (0.66%) NetScaler
7 2 (0.66%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.33%) MPLS
8 1 (0.33%) SDH
8 1 (0.33%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.93%) Power BI
2 10 (3.29%) Data Mining
3 9 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.64%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.64%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.32%) SAP HANA
6 3 (0.99%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (0.99%) Power Query
6 3 (0.99%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.99%) Tableau
7 2 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.66%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (0.66%) GIS
7 2 (0.66%) Metadata
7 2 (0.66%) MySQL
7 2 (0.66%) OLAP
7 2 (0.66%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 18 (5.92%) JIRA
2 4 (1.32%) Git
2 4 (1.32%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.66%) kappa
4 1 (0.33%) Ant
4 1 (0.33%) Appium
4 1 (0.33%) Gradle
4 1 (0.33%) JUnit
4 1 (0.33%) Maven
4 1 (0.33%) NUnit
4 1 (0.33%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.33%) UI Automator
4 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.33%) XCUITest
General
1 192 (63.16%) Social Skills
2 123 (40.46%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (19.41%) Finance
4 24 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 21 (6.91%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (3.95%) Banking
7 11 (3.62%) Legal
7 11 (3.62%) Manufacturing
8 10 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.64%) Automotive
9 5 (1.64%) Marketing
9 5 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.32%) Retail
11 3 (0.99%) Games
11 3 (0.99%) Law
12 2 (0.66%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.66%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.33%) Billing
13 1 (0.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 34 (11.18%) Developer
2 33 (10.86%) Analyst
3 31 (10.20%) Architect
4 27 (8.88%) Project Manager
5 25 (8.22%) Consultant
6 22 (7.24%) Senior
7 13 (4.28%) IT Manager
8 12 (3.95%) Support Engineer
9 11 (3.62%) Data Architect
10 10 (3.29%) Administrator
11 9 (2.96%) Lead
11 9 (2.96%) Service Manager
12 8 (2.63%) Delivery Manager
12 8 (2.63%) IT Services Delivery Manager
12 8 (2.63%) IT Services Manager
12 8 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (2.63%) Service Delivery Manager
12 8 (2.63%) Test Manager
13 7 (2.30%) 2nd Line Support
13 7 (2.30%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.29%) .NET
1 10 (3.29%) OAuth
1 10 (3.29%) OpenID
1 10 (3.29%) SAML
2 8 (2.63%) AngularJS
2 8 (2.63%) Middleware
3 7 (2.30%) LDAP
3 7 (2.30%) RESTful
4 6 (1.97%) CSS
4 6 (1.97%) HTML
4 6 (1.97%) JSON
4 6 (1.97%) Web Services
5 5 (1.64%) ADO
5 5 (1.64%) REST
6 4 (1.32%) React
6 4 (1.32%) Spring
7 3 (0.99%) Flask
7 3 (0.99%) Pandas
7 3 (0.99%) SAP Fiori
7 3 (0.99%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.55%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (4.93%) Analytical Mindset
3 13 (4.28%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.95%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.95%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.96%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.30%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.64%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.64%) SCADA
10 4 (1.32%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.32%) Clustering
10 4 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (1.32%) PMI
10 4 (1.32%) Social Media
10 4 (1.32%) Taxonomies
11 3 (0.99%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.99%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 31 (10.20%) Windows
2 14 (4.61%) Windows 10
3 11 (3.62%) Linux
4 10 (3.29%) Apple iOS
4 10 (3.29%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.63%) Mac OS
6 7 (2.30%) Unix
7 4 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.32%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.99%) CentOS
8 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.66%) Android
10 1 (0.33%) AIX
10 1 (0.33%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.33%) VMS
10 1 (0.33%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.33%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
2 53 (17.43%) Decision-Making
3 42 (13.82%) Project Management
4 41 (13.49%) Agile
5 33 (10.86%) Computer Science
5 33 (10.86%) Migration
6 31 (10.20%) Time Management
7 30 (9.87%) Critical Thinking
8 29 (9.54%) Customer Service
9 24 (7.89%) ITIL
10 23 (7.57%) People Management
10 23 (7.57%) Project Delivery
11 21 (6.91%) Business Intelligence
11 21 (6.91%) DevOps
12 20 (6.58%) Conflict Management
12 20 (6.58%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (5.92%) Asset Management
14 17 (5.59%) Change Management
14 17 (5.59%) Service Management
15 16 (5.26%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 31 (10.20%) SQL
2 16 (5.26%) Python
3 12 (3.95%) Java
4 9 (2.96%) C#
4 9 (2.96%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.96%) Swift
5 8 (2.63%) C
6 7 (2.30%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.30%) PHP
7 6 (1.97%) ABAP
7 6 (1.97%) Bicep
8 5 (1.64%) Bash
8 5 (1.64%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.99%) BeanShell
10 3 (0.99%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.66%) C++
11 2 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.66%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.66%) X++
Qualifications
1 52 (17.11%) Degree
2 35 (11.51%) Security Cleared
3 29 (9.54%) SC Cleared
4 20 (6.58%) HNC
4 20 (6.58%) HND
5 19 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.64%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.64%) CCNP
8 5 (1.64%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.64%) PMP
9 4 (1.32%) CCIE
9 4 (1.32%) CISSP
9 4 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (1.32%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.99%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.66%) CCNA
11 2 (0.66%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.25%) QA
2 10 (3.29%) SLA
3 8 (2.63%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.32%) GDPR
4 4 (1.32%) PMO
5 2 (0.66%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.66%) HAZOP
6 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.33%) PSD2
System Software
1 24 (7.89%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.64%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.99%) OpenAM
4 3 (0.99%) OpenIDM
4 3 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.99%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.99%) VMware Server
4 3 (0.99%) vSphere
5 2 (0.66%) Docker
5 2 (0.66%) Firmware
5 2 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.66%) XenApp
5 2 (0.66%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.33%) Lustre
6 1 (0.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (1.97%) SCCM
3 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.99%) Autotask
4 3 (0.99%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.99%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.66%) Kibana
5 2 (0.66%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.66%) logstash
6 1 (0.33%) Ansible
6 1 (0.33%) Nessus
6 1 (0.33%) PowerBroker
6 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.33%) SCOM
6 1 (0.33%) Terraform
6 1 (0.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 69 (22.70%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.58%) SAP
3 10 (3.29%) ForgeRock
3 10 (3.29%) VMware
4 8 (2.63%) Okta
4 8 (2.63%) Oracle
5 7 (2.30%) Cisco
6 6 (1.97%) Apple
6 6 (1.97%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.97%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.64%) BMC
7 5 (1.64%) Citrix
8 3 (0.99%) Datto
9 2 (0.66%) Adobe
9 2 (0.66%) Informatica
9 2 (0.66%) LogRhythm
9 2 (0.66%) NVIDIA
9 2 (0.66%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.66%) TippingPoint
9 2 (0.66%) Trend Micro