Problem-Solving Contracts in Kent

Problem Solving
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 22 22
Rank change year-on-year +9 0 0
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 12 12 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 5.53% 5.80% 6.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.30% 8.05% 7.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 13
10th Percentile £144 £191 £120
25th Percentile £359 £219 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £383 £293
Median % change year-on-year +34.97% +30.77% -26.88%
75th Percentile £675 £500 £525
90th Percentile £686 £788 £685
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £19.42
25th Percentile - - £24.40
Median hourly rate - £56.47 £33.31
Median % change year-on-year - +69.55% -27.60%
75th Percentile - - £42.84
90th Percentile - - £48.19
South East median hourly rate £21.50 £57.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -62.61% +21.05% +153.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 129 149 251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 59.45% 71.98% 86.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 111 225
10th Percentile £205 £200 £189
25th Percentile £285 £205 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £355 £475
Median % change year-on-year +23.24% -25.26% +26.67%
75th Percentile £550 £509 £588
90th Percentile £675 £638 £649
South East median daily rate £501 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.79% +1.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 7 5
10th Percentile £11.80 £42.78 £19.07
25th Percentile - £49.51 £23.50
Median hourly rate £15.00 £56.47 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.44% +71.12% -16.49%
75th Percentile £35.75 £62.25 £33.86
90th Percentile £62.96 £71.72 £44.59
South East median hourly rate £49.50 £52.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.71% +133.33% -10.00%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Kent

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Kent

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Kent over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Kent

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Kent

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 12 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
Sittingbourne - 1 - - 3
Maidstone - 1 £450 - 9
Faversham - 1 £500 - 1
Folkestone - 1 £105 -
Dartford - 1 £160 - 8
Stansted - 1 £675 - 4
West Malling - 1 £533 - 1
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Azure
3 1 (8.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Cucumber
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
1 1 (8.33%) Selenium
General
1 9 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (16.67%) Legal
5 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (8.33%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (8.33%) Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Automation Test Lead
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Consultant
2 1 (8.33%) Consultant
2 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (8.33%) Designer
2 1 (8.33%) Full Stack Developer
2 1 (8.33%) Head of Analysis
2 1 (8.33%) Lead
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Specialist
2 1 (8.33%) Service Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Test Leader
2 1 (8.33%) UI Designer
2 1 (8.33%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) REST
2 1 (8.33%) AngularJS
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (8.33%) SOAP
2 1 (8.33%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (8.33%) Biopharmaceutical
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Customer Service
2 4 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
3 3 (25.00%) Agile
3 3 (25.00%) Analytics
3 3 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 3 (25.00%) Visualisation
4 2 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development
4 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 2 (16.67%) User Experience
4 2 (16.67%) UX Design
4 2 (16.67%) Wireframes
5 1 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (8.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 1 (8.33%) Full Stack Development
5 1 (8.33%) Neuroscience
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (8.33%) Java
2 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Postgraduate
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) A+ Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Google
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle