Problem-Solving Contracts in Staffordshire

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 7 16
Rank change year-on-year +3 +9 0
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 15 20 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire 12.50% 12.05% 6.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.15% 13.61% 7.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 8
10th Percentile £177 £450 £158
25th Percentile £280 £453 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £243
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +106.19% -42.94%
75th Percentile £450 £588 £280
90th Percentile £473 £650 £296
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £11.77 - £19.24
25th Percentile £13.03 - £20.20
Median hourly rate £15.90 - £21.80
75th Percentile £16.67 - £23.40
90th Percentile - - £24.36
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £18.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +21.65% +19.32% -13.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

Problem-Solving falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 99 147 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 82.50% 88.55% 79.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 106 118
10th Percentile £142 £206 £166
25th Percentile £280 £358 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £369 £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year -26.23% +33.33% -9.09%
75th Percentile £488 £623 £488
90th Percentile £575 £745 £572
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £505 £495
% change year-on-year -0.99% +2.02% +15.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 10
10th Percentile £14.29 £22.48 £13.20
25th Percentile £15.13 £26.25 £14.13
Median hourly rate £33.93 £27.50 £19.05
Median % change year-on-year +23.38% +44.36% +27.00%
75th Percentile £43.75 £28.75 £19.77
90th Percentile £54.50 - £20.37
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% +47.06% +11.48%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Staffordshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Staffordshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Staffordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 27 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Staffordshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Staffordshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Stafford +6 4 - - 10
Stoke-on-Trent +3 2 £375 -25.00% 11
Burton-upon-Trent -2 2 - - 5
Uttoxeter +1 1 £115 -74.44% 2
Problem-Solving
West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
1 1 (6.67%) Wireless
General
1 15 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Retail
5 1 (6.67%) Finance
5 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Senior
2 5 (33.33%) Project Manager
3 4 (26.67%) Senior Manager
3 4 (26.67%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Lead
5 1 (6.67%) Administrator
5 1 (6.67%) Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Coordinator
5 1 (6.67%) Digital Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) IT Administrator
5 1 (6.67%) IT Technician
5 1 (6.67%) Junior
5 1 (6.67%) Junior IT Administrator
5 1 (6.67%) Project Leader
5 1 (6.67%) RAMS Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Service Desk Administrator
5 1 (6.67%) Technical Leader
5 1 (6.67%) Technical Project Leader
5 1 (6.67%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) PMI
2 3 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
4 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Project Management
2 5 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 4 (26.67%) Critical Thinking
3 4 (26.67%) Project Delivery
4 3 (20.00%) 3D Modelling
4 3 (20.00%) Coaching
4 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (20.00%) FMEA
4 3 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
4 3 (20.00%) Logistics
4 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (20.00%) Monte Carlo Method
4 3 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
4 3 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (13.33%) Agile
5 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (13.33%) Incident Management
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
1 4 (26.67%) PMI Certification
1 4 (26.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) HAZOP
2 2 (13.33%) QA
3 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
3 1 (6.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) HP
2 1 (6.67%) Palantir
2 1 (6.67%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) Veeam