Problem-Solving Contracts in Wales

Problem Solving
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 5 11 34
Rank change year-on-year +6 +23 +2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 58 69 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 15.85% 11.33% 4.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.57% 12.97% 5.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 52 31
10th Percentile £143 £167 £155
25th Percentile £153 £274 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £523 £500
Median % change year-on-year -18.76% +4.63% +19.40%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £566
90th Percentile £625 £588 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 2
10th Percentile £11.00 - £15.73
25th Percentile £11.56 - £16.44
Median hourly rate £13.50 £20.47 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year -34.05% +15.32% +1.43%
75th Percentile £15.25 - £18.94
90th Percentile £36.18 - £19.58
UK median hourly rate £16.50 £50.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -67.00% +104.08% +19.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 282 532 807
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 77.05% 87.36% 84.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 409 585
10th Percentile £160 £188 £211
25th Percentile £350 £350 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £563 £583 £575
90th Percentile £678 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 26 28
10th Percentile £11.57 £14.63 £14.40
25th Percentile £13.71 £16.98 £19.46
Median hourly rate £19.82 £18.14 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -23.62% +15.57%
75th Percentile £51.75 £22.93 £34.97
90th Percentile £86.54 £49.38 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Wales over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Wales over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales 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
South Wales +4 48 £380 -27.36% 87
West Wales - 4 £500 - 16
North Wales - 1 - - 15
Problem-Solving
UK

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 8 (13.79%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.72%) Confluence
3 1 (1.72%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (13.79%) Acrobat
2 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.72%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.45%) SAP HCM
2 2 (3.45%) SAP HR
2 2 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 22 (37.93%) Azure
2 14 (24.14%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.17%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (5.17%) GitHub
3 3 (5.17%) WhatsApp
4 2 (3.45%) AWS
4 2 (3.45%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.72%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.34%) Firewall
2 3 (5.17%) LAN
3 2 (3.45%) VPN
3 2 (3.45%) WLAN
4 1 (1.72%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) MySQL
1 3 (5.17%) Oracle ODI
2 2 (3.45%) Oracle Database
2 2 (3.45%) PowerCenter
3 1 (1.72%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.72%) Power BI
3 1 (1.72%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.72%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (6.90%) JIRA
General
1 38 (65.52%) Social Skills
2 24 (41.38%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (13.79%) Local Government
3 8 (13.79%) Marketing
4 5 (8.62%) Finance
5 3 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.45%) Digital Economy
6 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.45%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.72%) Legal
7 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (25.86%) IT Engineer
2 11 (18.97%) IT Support
3 9 (15.52%) IT Support Engineer
3 9 (15.52%) Support Engineer
4 8 (13.79%) Bid Manager
4 8 (13.79%) Senior
4 8 (13.79%) Senior Bid Manager
4 8 (13.79%) Senior Manager
5 7 (12.07%) Analyst
6 6 (10.34%) Field Engineer
7 5 (8.62%) DBA
7 5 (8.62%) Project Manager
8 4 (6.90%) Coordinator
8 4 (6.90%) Field Service Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) Oracle DBA
8 4 (6.90%) Support Analyst
9 3 (5.17%) Consultant
9 3 (5.17%) CRM Consultant
9 3 (5.17%) Data Consultant
9 3 (5.17%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) .NET
1 2 (3.45%) .NET Framework
1 2 (3.45%) Middleware
2 1 (1.72%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.72%) CSS
2 1 (1.72%) CSS3
2 1 (1.72%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.72%) HTML
2 1 (1.72%) HTML5
2 1 (1.72%) MobX
2 1 (1.72%) Next.js
2 1 (1.72%) Node.js
2 1 (1.72%) React
2 1 (1.72%) Redux
2 1 (1.72%) RESTful
2 1 (1.72%) Xamarin.iOS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.45%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.45%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.72%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.72%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.72%) NHS
3 1 (1.72%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.07%) Windows
2 5 (8.62%) Linux
3 4 (6.90%) AIX
3 4 (6.90%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.17%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (5.17%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (3.45%) Android
5 2 (3.45%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.45%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.72%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (27.59%) Project Management
2 15 (25.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (18.97%) Risk Management
4 10 (17.24%) Critical Thinking
4 10 (17.24%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (15.52%) Customer Service
5 9 (15.52%) Value Proposition
6 8 (13.79%) Agile
6 8 (13.79%) PRINCE2
6 8 (13.79%) Psychology
7 7 (12.07%) Migration
8 5 (8.62%) Decision-Making
9 4 (6.90%) Break/Fix
9 4 (6.90%) DevOps
9 4 (6.90%) E-business
9 4 (6.90%) Mobile Device Management
9 4 (6.90%) Resource Management
9 4 (6.90%) Scrum
10 3 (5.17%) CRM
10 3 (5.17%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.62%) SQL
2 2 (3.45%) C#
2 2 (3.45%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.72%) PHP
3 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.72%) Python
3 1 (1.72%) R
3 1 (1.72%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (24.14%) Degree
2 13 (22.41%) Security Cleared
3 12 (20.69%) SC Cleared
4 8 (13.79%) PMI Certification
4 8 (13.79%) PMP
5 3 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.45%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.90%) QA
2 2 (3.45%) PMO
2 2 (3.45%) SLA
3 1 (1.72%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.72%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.17%) Hyper-V
2 3 (5.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.45%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (1.72%) Docker
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 4 (6.90%) Data Guard
2 3 (5.17%) SCCM
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (1.72%) Ansible
4 1 (1.72%) Argo
4 1 (1.72%) Grafana
4 1 (1.72%) Nagios
4 1 (1.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (34.48%) Microsoft
2 8 (13.79%) Adobe
3 4 (6.90%) Oracle
3 4 (6.90%) VMware
4 2 (3.45%) Atlassian
4 2 (3.45%) Cisco
4 2 (3.45%) Dell
4 2 (3.45%) Informatica
4 2 (3.45%) SAP
4 2 (3.45%) SonicWALL
4 2 (3.45%) WatchGuard
4 2 (3.45%) Xamarin
5 1 (1.72%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (1.72%) LogRhythm
5 1 (1.72%) Splunk