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 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 15 20 28
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 +3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,478 2,010 2,858
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.99% 8.16% 6.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.35% 9.09% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,006 1,354 1,934
10th Percentile £312 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.19% +2.62% +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 67 53
10th Percentile £11.00 £18.63 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.25 £32.88 £12.25
Median hourly rate £27.51 £65.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.68% +170.83% +33.33%
75th Percentile £59.38 £75.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £88.50 £64.00
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
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 13,021 22,109 40,018
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.98% 89.70% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,736 15,644 29,065
10th Percentile £325 £363 £361
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 565 507 537
10th Percentile £14.93 £18.63 £14.15
25th Percentile £25.00 £27.86 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £53.35 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +35.06% +61.22%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.00 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 36 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.30%) Confluence
3 16 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.95%) CMS
5 9 (0.61%) SAS
6 6 (0.41%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.34%) Apache Solr
7 5 (0.34%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.34%) IIS
8 4 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.27%) Appian
8 4 (0.27%) Headless CMS
8 4 (0.27%) Luigi
8 4 (0.27%) nginx
8 4 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.20%) IBM HTTP Server
9 3 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.20%) WebSphere Portal
9 3 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 56 (3.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.15%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.47%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.20%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.20%) InDesign
8 3 (0.20%) Maya
8 3 (0.20%) Sketch
9 2 (0.14%) Revit
9 2 (0.14%) ZBrush
10 1 (0.068%) Autodesk Inventor
10 1 (0.068%) SPSS
10 1 (0.068%) Trello
Business Applications
1 37 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 11 (0.74%) Oracle EBS R12
4 11 (0.74%) SAP HR
5 10 (0.68%) SAP HCM
6 8 (0.54%) Endur
7 7 (0.47%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.34%) SAP SD
10 4 (0.27%) Loan IQ
10 4 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
10 4 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
10 4 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
11 3 (0.20%) SAP CO
11 3 (0.20%) SAP FI
11 3 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
11 3 (0.20%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 269 (18.20%) Azure
2 167 (11.30%) AWS
3 108 (7.31%) Power Platform
4 71 (4.80%) GCP
5 63 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
7 49 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
8 40 (2.71%) PowerApps
9 30 (2.03%) GitHub
9 30 (2.03%) SaaS
10 29 (1.96%) Entra ID
11 25 (1.69%) Power Automate
11 25 (1.69%) Serverless
12 23 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
13 15 (1.01%) PaaS
13 15 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
14 12 (0.81%) Amazon S3
14 12 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
15 11 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 62 (4.19%) Firewall
2 34 (2.30%) DNS
3 32 (2.17%) VPN
4 31 (2.10%) Network Security
5 27 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (1.49%) WAN
7 21 (1.42%) Internet
8 20 (1.35%) TCP/IP
9 19 (1.29%) DHCP
9 19 (1.29%) HTTP
10 15 (1.01%) LAN
10 15 (1.01%) Wireless
11 11 (0.74%) Structured Cabling
12 9 (0.61%) BGP
12 9 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
12 9 (0.61%) Cisco Nexus
12 9 (0.61%) OSPF
12 9 (0.61%) SSL
13 8 (0.54%) 802.11
13 8 (0.54%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (6.09%) SQL Server
2 84 (5.68%) Power BI
3 46 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
4 41 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
5 36 (2.44%) Relational Database
6 29 (1.96%) MongoDB
7 28 (1.89%) MySQL
8 21 (1.42%) Oracle Database
9 20 (1.35%) Tableau
10 16 (1.08%) Data Lake
11 15 (1.01%) Metadata
12 14 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
12 14 (0.95%) Big Data
13 13 (0.88%) NoSQL
14 12 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
15 11 (0.74%) Power Query
16 9 (0.61%) GIS
16 9 (0.61%) QlikView
17 7 (0.47%) PostHog
17 7 (0.47%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 86 (5.82%) JIRA
2 76 (5.14%) Git
3 40 (2.71%) Jenkins
4 31 (2.10%) GitLab
5 22 (1.49%) Selenium
6 16 (1.08%) Visual Studio
7 15 (1.01%) Cucumber
8 14 (0.95%) Rational DOORS
9 9 (0.61%) JMeter
9 9 (0.61%) SonarQube
10 8 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
10 8 (0.54%) PVCS
10 8 (0.54%) REST Assured
11 6 (0.41%) Appium
11 6 (0.41%) LoadRunner
11 6 (0.41%) MLflow
11 6 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
12 5 (0.34%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (0.34%) WiX
General
1 844 (57.10%) Social Skills
2 621 (42.02%) Analytical Skills
3 298 (20.16%) Finance
4 99 (6.70%) Public Sector
5 84 (5.68%) Banking
6 57 (3.86%) Marketing
7 54 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
8 49 (3.32%) Telecoms
9 40 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
10 37 (2.50%) Manufacturing
11 35 (2.37%) Legal
11 35 (2.37%) Retail
12 33 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
13 30 (2.03%) Front Office
14 28 (1.89%) Law
15 23 (1.56%) Investment Banking
16 22 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 17 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
17 17 (1.15%) Police
18 16 (1.08%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 222 (15.02%) Developer
2 195 (13.19%) Analyst
3 141 (9.54%) Senior
4 128 (8.66%) Consultant
5 124 (8.39%) Architect
6 93 (6.29%) Project Manager
7 77 (5.21%) Business Analyst
8 67 (4.53%) Lead
9 44 (2.98%) Software Engineer
10 43 (2.91%) Solutions Architect
11 40 (2.71%) Data Engineer
12 37 (2.50%) DevOps Engineer
13 31 (2.10%) Support Engineer
14 29 (1.96%) Data Analyst
15 27 (1.83%) .NET Developer
15 27 (1.83%) Senior Developer
16 25 (1.69%) DBA
17 24 (1.62%) Administrator
17 24 (1.62%) Network Engineer
18 23 (1.56%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.33%) .NET
2 62 (4.19%) CSS
3 61 (4.13%) React
4 60 (4.06%) HTML
5 43 (2.91%) RESTful
6 39 (2.64%) REST
7 32 (2.17%) Kafka
8 30 (2.03%) JSON
8 30 (2.03%) Web Services
9 27 (1.83%) XML
10 22 (1.49%) AngularJS
11 21 (1.42%) Node.js
12 20 (1.35%) .NET Framework
13 17 (1.15%) Middleware
14 15 (1.01%) ASP.NET
14 15 (1.01%) YAML
15 14 (0.95%) RabbitMQ
15 14 (0.95%) Spring
16 11 (0.74%) Entity Framework
16 11 (0.74%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 78 (5.28%) Management Information System
2 69 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
3 50 (3.38%) Product Ownership
4 36 (2.44%) Algorithms
5 31 (2.10%) Virtual Team
6 29 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
7 26 (1.76%) Data Structures
8 24 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
8 24 (1.62%) Onboarding
9 22 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
10 21 (1.42%) Data Centre
11 18 (1.22%) Mobile App
12 16 (1.08%) Cloud Native
12 16 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 15 (1.01%) Derivative
14 14 (0.95%) NHS
15 12 (0.81%) CMDB
15 12 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
15 12 (0.81%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 115 (7.78%) Windows
2 97 (6.56%) Linux
3 26 (1.76%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.62%) Unix
5 22 (1.49%) Windows 10
6 19 (1.29%) Android
7 13 (0.88%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.47%) AIX
9 6 (0.41%) CentOS
9 6 (0.41%) zOS
10 5 (0.34%) VMS
10 5 (0.34%) Windows 7
10 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
11 4 (0.27%) Solaris
12 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.14%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (25.51%) Agile
2 217 (14.68%) Project Management
3 187 (12.65%) DevOps
4 161 (10.89%) Computer Science
5 152 (10.28%) Migration
6 138 (9.34%) Decision-Making
7 130 (8.80%) CI/CD
8 126 (8.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 114 (7.71%) Analytics
10 111 (7.51%) Business Intelligence
11 108 (7.31%) Stakeholder Management
12 92 (6.22%) Data Modelling
13 90 (6.09%) ITIL
13 90 (6.09%) Roadmaps
13 90 (6.09%) Scrum
14 86 (5.82%) Data Analysis
15 81 (5.48%) Mentoring
16 76 (5.14%) Microservices
16 76 (5.14%) Software Engineering
17 75 (5.07%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 192 (12.99%) SQL
2 170 (11.50%) Python
3 112 (7.58%) JavaScript
4 108 (7.31%) Java
5 80 (5.41%) C#
6 61 (4.13%) PowerShell
7 44 (2.98%) C++
8 41 (2.77%) TypeScript
9 38 (2.57%) Bash
10 36 (2.44%) PL/SQL
11 30 (2.03%) C
12 25 (1.69%) Scala
12 25 (1.69%) Shell Script
13 22 (1.49%) Go
14 19 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 14 (0.95%) Perl
15 14 (0.95%) T-SQL
16 13 (0.88%) PHP
17 12 (0.81%) Bicep
17 12 (0.81%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 295 (19.96%) Degree
2 191 (12.92%) Security Cleared
3 150 (10.15%) SC Cleared
4 114 (7.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 52 (3.52%) Master's Degree
6 40 (2.71%) DV Cleared
7 32 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 30 (2.03%) CISSP
9 28 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (1.56%) CISM
11 22 (1.49%) CCNP
12 19 (1.29%) ISTQB
12 19 (1.29%) PMP
13 17 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (1.08%) AWS Certification
15 15 (1.01%) CCNA
15 15 (1.01%) PMI Certification
16 13 (0.88%) Azure Certification
16 13 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 12 (0.81%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (6.83%) QA
2 62 (4.19%) Data Quality
3 38 (2.57%) SLA
4 36 (2.44%) GDPR
5 22 (1.49%) NIST
6 19 (1.29%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (1.08%) PMO
9 9 (0.61%) HIPAA
10 8 (0.54%) NCSC
11 7 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 7 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
12 4 (0.27%) CDISC
12 4 (0.27%) Dodd-Frank
12 4 (0.27%) MiFID
13 3 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.20%) GPG13
13 3 (0.20%) P3O
14 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 75 (5.07%) Docker
2 66 (4.47%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.61%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 9 (0.61%) Firmware
5 8 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.54%) vSphere
6 7 (0.47%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
7 5 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.34%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.27%) KVM
9 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.14%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.14%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.14%) XenApp
10 2 (0.14%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.068%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.068%) RACF
11 1 (0.068%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 91 (6.16%) Kubernetes
2 66 (4.47%) Terraform
3 44 (2.98%) Ansible
4 23 (1.56%) Grafana
4 23 (1.56%) SCCM
5 20 (1.35%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 14 (0.95%) Puppet
8 13 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.81%) Progress Chef
10 11 (0.74%) Docker Swarm
11 9 (0.61%) Consul
11 9 (0.61%) Data Guard
12 8 (0.54%) Podman
13 7 (0.47%) vCenter Server
14 6 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
15 5 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
16 4 (0.27%) QRadar
16 4 (0.27%) SCOM
16 4 (0.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 227 (15.36%) Microsoft
2 103 (6.97%) Oracle
3 75 (5.07%) SAP
4 42 (2.84%) Google
5 38 (2.57%) ServiceNow
6 34 (2.30%) Cisco
7 31 (2.10%) VMware
8 27 (1.83%) Databricks
8 27 (1.83%) Salesforce
9 23 (1.56%) Adobe
10 17 (1.15%) Palo Alto
11 15 (1.01%) IBM
11 15 (1.01%) Splunk
12 14 (0.95%) Dell
12 14 (0.95%) Juniper
13 12 (0.81%) Apple
13 12 (0.81%) Ariba
14 11 (0.74%) Informatica
15 10 (0.68%) CheckPoint
15 10 (0.68%) Citrix