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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 8 15
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 +7
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 238 265 240
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 12.61% 13.50% 9.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.80% 15.39% 10.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 111 119
10th Percentile £202 £180 £135
25th Percentile £315 £273 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% +11.48%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £558
90th Percentile £698 £610 £640
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +12.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 85 61
10th Percentile - £13.29 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
Median hourly rate £14.84 £22.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.55% +62.96% -10.00%
75th Percentile £16.85 £61.25 £14.75
90th Percentile £53.75 £77.00 £15.75
England median hourly rate £17.00 £50.00 £23.39
% change year-on-year -66.00% +113.77% +17.24%

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 1,608 1,722 2,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 85.17% 87.72% 88.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 669 997 1,286
10th Percentile £205 £205 £187
25th Percentile £325 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £687 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 610 332 374
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.39 £14.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% +41.94% -8.61%
75th Percentile £61.88 £64.63 £44.88
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 16 May 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 +1 105 £550 +15.79% 167
Hertfordshire -19 53 £446 +6.25% 142
Essex +1 34 £534 +21.36% 83
Bedfordshire +2 27 £400 -13.51% 32
Norfolk +1 10 £525 +172.73% 39
Suffolk +5 7 £550 -15.38% 37
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 (2.10%) Confluence
1 5 (2.10%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.42%) Appian
3 1 (0.42%) IIS
3 1 (0.42%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 73 (30.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (22.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.68%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.84%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.84%) Simulink
6 1 (0.42%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 5 (2.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.84%) SAP CO
2 2 (0.84%) SAP FI
2 2 (0.84%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (0.84%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.42%) DELMIA
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.42%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 20 (8.40%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (6.72%) Azure
3 12 (5.04%) AWS
3 12 (5.04%) GCP
4 9 (3.78%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.10%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (2.10%) Google Sheets
6 3 (1.26%) OCI
6 3 (1.26%) SaaS
7 2 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.84%) GitHub
7 2 (0.84%) Serverless
7 2 (0.84%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.42%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.42%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.42%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.42%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.42%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.42%) CloudFront
8 1 (0.42%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
2 18 (7.56%) VPN
3 16 (6.72%) Firewall
4 3 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (1.26%) LAN
4 3 (1.26%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (1.26%) WAN
5 2 (0.84%) BGP
5 2 (0.84%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.84%) Internet
5 2 (0.84%) OSPF
5 2 (0.84%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.84%) Wireless
6 1 (0.42%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.42%) Network Security
6 1 (0.42%) RTMP
6 1 (0.42%) RTP
6 1 (0.42%) RTSP
6 1 (0.42%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.36%) Power BI
2 5 (2.10%) GIS
3 4 (1.68%) Tableau
4 2 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.84%) Looker
4 2 (0.84%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.42%) Big Data
5 1 (0.42%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.42%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.42%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.42%) Power Query
5 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (5.04%) JIRA
2 10 (4.20%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (1.68%) Git
3 4 (1.68%) Subversion
4 2 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.42%) CMake
5 1 (0.42%) GitLab
5 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 130 (54.62%) Social Skills
2 57 (23.95%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (13.87%) Finance
4 10 (4.20%) German Language
5 8 (3.36%) Pharmaceutical
6 7 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.52%) Aerospace
7 6 (2.52%) Banking
7 6 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.52%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.52%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.10%) Back Office
8 5 (2.10%) Local Government
8 5 (2.10%) Marketing
8 5 (2.10%) Retail
9 4 (1.68%) Automotive
9 4 (1.68%) Hungarian Language
9 4 (1.68%) Law
9 4 (1.68%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.26%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 60 (25.21%) Analyst
2 45 (18.91%) Service Analyst
3 32 (13.45%) Service Desk Analyst
4 26 (10.92%) Customer Analyst
4 26 (10.92%) Customer Service Analyst
5 23 (9.66%) Architect
6 16 (6.72%) Developer
6 16 (6.72%) Software Engineer
7 13 (5.46%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
7 13 (5.46%) Call Centre Analyst
8 11 (4.62%) Administrator
8 11 (4.62%) Project Manager
8 11 (4.62%) Senior
9 10 (4.20%) C Software Engineer
9 10 (4.20%) Embedded Engineer
9 10 (4.20%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 10 (4.20%) Software Architect
10 9 (3.78%) Data Manager
10 9 (3.78%) Full Stack Engineer
10 9 (3.78%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.40%) HTML
2 18 (7.56%) CSS
3 14 (5.88%) React
4 10 (4.20%) DirectX
4 10 (4.20%) OpenGL
4 10 (4.20%) OpenGL ES
4 10 (4.20%) Vulkan
5 4 (1.68%) JSON
5 4 (1.68%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (1.68%) REST
5 4 (1.68%) Visualforce
5 4 (1.68%) YAML
6 2 (0.84%) .NET
6 2 (0.84%) FFmpeg
7 1 (0.42%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.42%) GStreamer
7 1 (0.42%) jQuery
7 1 (0.42%) RESTful
7 1 (0.42%) SOAP
7 1 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.62%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.20%) 3D Graphics
2 10 (4.20%) Ray Tracing
3 7 (2.94%) Data Centre
3 7 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.52%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.68%) ASIC
5 4 (1.68%) FPGA
5 4 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.68%) Verilog
6 3 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.26%) iPad
6 3 (1.26%) iPhone
6 3 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.84%) BYOD
7 2 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.84%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (0.84%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (0.84%) Life Science
7 2 (0.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.24%) Windows
2 13 (5.46%) Linux
3 5 (2.10%) Unix
3 5 (2.10%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.68%) Windows 7
5 3 (1.26%) Android
5 3 (1.26%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.26%) Windows 8
6 2 (0.84%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (41.18%) Customer Service
2 72 (30.25%) Service Delivery
3 70 (29.41%) Mathematics
4 65 (27.31%) Incident Management
5 41 (17.23%) ITIL
6 30 (12.61%) Agile
7 29 (12.18%) Software Engineering
8 23 (9.66%) Project Management
9 22 (9.24%) DevOps
9 22 (9.24%) Migration
10 20 (8.40%) Computer Science
11 18 (7.56%) Identity Management
12 17 (7.14%) CI/CD
12 17 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
13 16 (6.72%) Problem Management
14 15 (6.30%) Business Intelligence
15 14 (5.88%) Validation
16 12 (5.04%) Data Analysis
16 12 (5.04%) Full Stack Development
16 12 (5.04%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 24 (10.08%) C
2 21 (8.82%) C++
3 19 (7.98%) Java
4 18 (7.56%) SQL
5 14 (5.88%) Python
6 10 (4.20%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.78%) JavaScript
8 8 (3.36%) Embedded C
9 6 (2.52%) Embedded C++
10 4 (1.68%) Apex Code
10 4 (1.68%) Bash
10 4 (1.68%) C#
10 4 (1.68%) R
10 4 (1.68%) SystemVerilog
10 4 (1.68%) Tcl
11 3 (1.26%) Assembly Language
11 3 (1.26%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.84%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.84%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.84%) VB
Qualifications
1 42 (17.65%) Degree
2 19 (7.98%) Security Cleared
3 18 (7.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (7.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (6.72%) A+ Certification
4 16 (6.72%) Master's Degree
4 16 (6.72%) MCP
4 16 (6.72%) MCSA
5 13 (5.46%) SC Cleared
6 10 (4.20%) PhD
7 8 (3.36%) CCNP
7 8 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.52%) CCNA
9 5 (2.10%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.26%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.26%) PMP
11 2 (0.84%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.84%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.04%) SLA
2 10 (4.20%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.52%) QA
4 4 (1.68%) GDPR
5 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.42%) GRC
5 1 (0.42%) IFRS
5 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.42%) PMO
System Software
1 27 (11.34%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.42%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.10%) SCCM
2 3 (1.26%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.84%) Terraform
3 2 (0.84%) WSUS
4 1 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 95 (39.92%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.14%) Citrix
2 17 (7.14%) Google
3 16 (6.72%) SAP
3 16 (6.72%) ServiceNow
4 10 (4.20%) Cisco
5 5 (2.10%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.10%) VMware
6 4 (1.68%) Oracle
7 3 (1.26%) Cadence
7 3 (1.26%) McAfee
7 3 (1.26%) NetApp
7 3 (1.26%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.26%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 3 (1.26%) Synopsys
7 3 (1.26%) Xilinx
8 2 (0.84%) F5
8 2 (0.84%) Siemens
8 2 (0.84%) Splunk
8 2 (0.84%) Twitter