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 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 15 18 27
Rank change year-on-year +3 +9 +4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,452 1,995 2,922
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.92% 8.28% 6.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.33% 9.23% 7.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 989 1,347 2,015
10th Percentile £307 £319 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% +13.82%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +12.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 74 48
10th Percentile £11.00 £18.63 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.25 £35.70 £13.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £63.25 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.68% +158.16% +36.11%
75th Percentile £50.19 £74.69 £46.31
90th Percentile £90.00 £90.00 £64.99
UK median hourly rate £16.23 £51.50 £23.70
% change year-on-year -68.49% +117.35% +28.86%

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 12,820 21,608 40,174
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.57% 89.66% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,645 15,332 29,227
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 503 516
10th Percentile £14.89 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £25.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.72
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 39 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 38 (2.62%) Confluence
3 15 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.96%) CMS
5 11 (0.76%) SAS
6 7 (0.48%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.41%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.34%) Apache Solr
8 5 (0.34%) WordPress
9 4 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.28%) Appian
9 4 (0.28%) Headless CMS
9 4 (0.28%) Luigi
9 4 (0.28%) nginx
9 4 (0.28%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.28%) WebSphere Application Server
10 3 (0.21%) Apache
10 3 (0.21%) CICS
10 3 (0.21%) IBM HTTP Server
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 45 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.90%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.41%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.41%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.21%) Maya
9 3 (0.21%) Sketch
10 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.14%) InDesign
10 2 (0.14%) Trello
10 2 (0.14%) ZBrush
11 1 (0.069%) Autodesk Inventor
11 1 (0.069%) Elementor
11 1 (0.069%) Revit
11 1 (0.069%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 29 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (1.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.90%) Oracle EBS R12
4 12 (0.83%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (0.69%) SAP HR
6 9 (0.62%) SAP HCM
7 8 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
8 7 (0.48%) NetSuite
9 6 (0.41%) Endur
9 6 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
10 5 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
10 5 (0.34%) SAP SD
11 4 (0.28%) Oracle 11i
11 4 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
11 4 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
12 3 (0.21%) OpenText VIM for SAP
12 3 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
12 3 (0.21%) Orchestrade
12 3 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 274 (18.87%) Azure
2 171 (11.78%) AWS
3 101 (6.96%) Power Platform
4 72 (4.96%) GCP
5 68 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
8 40 (2.75%) PowerApps
9 30 (2.07%) GitHub
10 29 (2.00%) SaaS
11 28 (1.93%) Entra ID
12 26 (1.79%) Power Automate
13 22 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
14 21 (1.45%) Serverless
15 16 (1.10%) PaaS
16 14 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
17 13 (0.90%) Amazon S3
17 13 (0.90%) AWS CloudFormation
17 13 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
18 12 (0.83%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 64 (4.41%) Firewall
2 33 (2.27%) DNS
3 32 (2.20%) VPN
4 29 (2.00%) Network Security
5 26 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
6 21 (1.45%) TCP/IP
6 21 (1.45%) WAN
7 20 (1.38%) Internet
8 19 (1.31%) DHCP
8 19 (1.31%) HTTP
9 14 (0.96%) Wireless
10 13 (0.90%) LAN
11 11 (0.76%) Structured Cabling
12 9 (0.62%) BGP
12 9 (0.62%) Cisco Nexus
12 9 (0.62%) SD-WAN
13 8 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (0.55%) OSPF
13 8 (0.55%) SSL
13 8 (0.55%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (5.79%) SQL Server
2 78 (5.37%) Power BI
3 45 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
4 40 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
5 36 (2.48%) Relational Database
6 31 (2.13%) MongoDB
7 28 (1.93%) MySQL
8 22 (1.52%) Oracle Database
9 17 (1.17%) Metadata
9 17 (1.17%) Tableau
10 16 (1.10%) Data Lake
11 15 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (1.03%) Big Data
12 13 (0.90%) NoSQL
13 12 (0.83%) Power Query
14 11 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
15 9 (0.62%) GIS
15 9 (0.62%) QlikView
16 7 (0.48%) Couchbase
16 7 (0.48%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 90 (6.20%) JIRA
2 78 (5.37%) Git
3 40 (2.75%) Jenkins
4 32 (2.20%) GitLab
5 21 (1.45%) Selenium
6 15 (1.03%) Cucumber
7 14 (0.96%) Visual Studio
8 13 (0.90%) Rational DOORS
9 9 (0.62%) JMeter
9 9 (0.62%) SonarQube
10 8 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
10 8 (0.55%) PVCS
10 8 (0.55%) REST Assured
11 7 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (0.41%) LoadRunner
12 6 (0.41%) MLflow
13 5 (0.34%) Appium
13 5 (0.34%) Eclipse
13 5 (0.34%) MSI
13 5 (0.34%) Oracle APEX
General
1 831 (57.23%) Social Skills
2 605 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
3 292 (20.11%) Finance
4 90 (6.20%) Public Sector
5 81 (5.58%) Banking
6 54 (3.72%) Marketing
6 54 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
7 47 (3.24%) Telecoms
8 41 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
9 37 (2.55%) Manufacturing
10 33 (2.27%) Retail
11 31 (2.13%) Legal
12 29 (2.00%) Front Office
12 29 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (1.79%) Law
14 21 (1.45%) Investment Banking
15 20 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 17 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
16 17 (1.17%) Police
17 14 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 232 (15.98%) Developer
2 179 (12.33%) Analyst
3 141 (9.71%) Senior
4 128 (8.82%) Architect
5 126 (8.68%) Consultant
6 89 (6.13%) Project Manager
7 67 (4.61%) Business Analyst
8 64 (4.41%) Lead
9 45 (3.10%) Solutions Architect
10 41 (2.82%) Data Engineer
11 40 (2.75%) Software Engineer
12 37 (2.55%) DevOps Engineer
13 31 (2.13%) Support Engineer
14 27 (1.86%) Data Analyst
14 27 (1.86%) Senior Developer
15 25 (1.72%) .NET Developer
16 24 (1.65%) Administrator
16 24 (1.65%) Network Engineer
17 22 (1.52%) DBA
17 22 (1.52%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (4.61%) CSS
2 66 (4.55%) HTML
3 64 (4.41%) .NET
4 61 (4.20%) React
5 50 (3.44%) RESTful
6 42 (2.89%) REST
7 33 (2.27%) Kafka
8 31 (2.13%) Web Services
9 30 (2.07%) JSON
10 29 (2.00%) XML
11 23 (1.58%) AngularJS
12 20 (1.38%) .NET Framework
12 20 (1.38%) Node.js
13 16 (1.10%) Middleware
13 16 (1.10%) YAML
14 15 (1.03%) ASP.NET
14 15 (1.03%) RabbitMQ
14 15 (1.03%) Spring
15 12 (0.83%) SOAP
15 12 (0.83%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 74 (5.10%) Management Information System
2 66 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
3 45 (3.10%) Product Ownership
4 37 (2.55%) Algorithms
5 33 (2.27%) Virtual Team
6 30 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
7 29 (2.00%) Data Structures
8 24 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
9 23 (1.58%) Onboarding
10 21 (1.45%) Data Centre
11 18 (1.24%) Mobile App
12 17 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
13 16 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 15 (1.03%) Cloud Native
15 13 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
16 12 (0.83%) CMDB
16 12 (0.83%) Derivative
17 11 (0.76%) NHS
17 11 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 109 (7.51%) Windows
2 99 (6.82%) Linux
3 25 (1.72%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.58%) Unix
5 19 (1.31%) Windows 10
6 17 (1.17%) Android
7 14 (0.96%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.48%) AIX
9 6 (0.41%) CentOS
9 6 (0.41%) VMS
9 6 (0.41%) zOS
10 5 (0.34%) Oracle Linux
10 5 (0.34%) Solaris
10 5 (0.34%) Windows 7
10 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.14%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (24.66%) Agile
2 199 (13.71%) Project Management
3 188 (12.95%) DevOps
4 161 (11.09%) Computer Science
5 141 (9.71%) Migration
6 133 (9.16%) Decision-Making
7 132 (9.09%) CI/CD
8 125 (8.61%) Continuous Improvement
9 113 (7.78%) Analytics
10 108 (7.44%) Stakeholder Management
11 107 (7.37%) Business Intelligence
12 89 (6.13%) Roadmaps
13 87 (5.99%) Data Modelling
13 87 (5.99%) ITIL
14 83 (5.72%) Scrum
15 82 (5.65%) Mentoring
16 79 (5.44%) Microservices
17 78 (5.37%) Data Analysis
18 76 (5.23%) Collaborative Working
19 75 (5.17%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 197 (13.57%) SQL
2 172 (11.85%) Python
3 116 (7.99%) JavaScript
4 110 (7.58%) Java
5 77 (5.30%) C#
6 61 (4.20%) PowerShell
7 44 (3.03%) C++
8 40 (2.75%) TypeScript
9 38 (2.62%) Bash
10 37 (2.55%) PL/SQL
11 28 (1.93%) C
12 27 (1.86%) Shell Script
13 24 (1.65%) Go
13 24 (1.65%) Scala
14 19 (1.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 14 (0.96%) PHP
16 13 (0.90%) Bicep
16 13 (0.90%) Perl
17 10 (0.69%) T-SQL
17 10 (0.69%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 284 (19.56%) Degree
2 185 (12.74%) Security Cleared
3 142 (9.78%) SC Cleared
4 117 (8.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 48 (3.31%) Master's Degree
6 39 (2.69%) DV Cleared
7 31 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
8 27 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
9 25 (1.72%) CISSP
10 22 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
11 21 (1.45%) CCNP
12 20 (1.38%) PMP
13 19 (1.31%) CISM
14 18 (1.24%) ISTQB
15 15 (1.03%) AWS Certification
15 15 (1.03%) Azure Certification
15 15 (1.03%) CCNA
15 15 (1.03%) PMI Certification
16 13 (0.90%) JNCIA
16 13 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (6.54%) QA
2 61 (4.20%) Data Quality
3 37 (2.55%) GDPR
4 33 (2.27%) SLA
5 23 (1.58%) NIST
6 19 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.17%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.76%) PMO
9 9 (0.62%) HIPAA
10 7 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
10 7 (0.48%) NCSC
11 6 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.28%) CDISC
12 4 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
12 4 (0.28%) MiFID
13 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.21%) GPG13
13 3 (0.21%) P3O
14 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 77 (5.30%) Docker
2 66 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 31 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.76%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 10 (0.69%) vSphere
6 9 (0.62%) Firmware
7 8 (0.55%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
8 6 (0.41%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.34%) KVM
9 5 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.21%) XenApp
10 3 (0.21%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.14%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.14%) Time Sharing Option
12 1 (0.069%) ACF2
12 1 (0.069%) OpenAM
12 1 (0.069%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 98 (6.75%) Kubernetes
2 70 (4.82%) Terraform
3 42 (2.89%) Ansible
4 25 (1.72%) Grafana
5 23 (1.58%) SCCM
6 22 (1.52%) Prometheus
7 18 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (0.90%) Puppet
8 13 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
9 11 (0.76%) Consul
9 11 (0.76%) Docker Swarm
10 10 (0.69%) Progress Chef
11 8 (0.55%) Data Guard
11 8 (0.55%) Podman
11 8 (0.55%) vCenter Server
12 6 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.34%) Nessus
13 5 (0.34%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 4 (0.28%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 227 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 104 (7.16%) Oracle
3 65 (4.48%) SAP
4 45 (3.10%) Google
5 39 (2.69%) ServiceNow
6 36 (2.48%) VMware
7 31 (2.13%) Cisco
8 27 (1.86%) Databricks
8 27 (1.86%) Salesforce
9 20 (1.38%) Adobe
10 19 (1.31%) Palo Alto
11 15 (1.03%) Splunk
12 14 (0.96%) Dell
12 14 (0.96%) IBM
13 13 (0.90%) Juniper
14 12 (0.83%) Apple
14 12 (0.83%) Ariba
15 11 (0.76%) Informatica
15 11 (0.76%) SaltStack
16 10 (0.69%) Citrix