Problem-Solving Contracts in Berkshire

Problem Solving
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 13 21
Rank change year-on-year +8 +8 +1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 296 188 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 14.99% 10.36% 7.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.86% 11.38% 8.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 121 94
10th Percentile £205 £350 £211
25th Percentile £213 £400 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £619 £600 £584
90th Percentile £675 £675 £639
South East median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 7 1
10th Percentile £34.50 £36.44 -
25th Percentile £48.88 £48.40 -
Median hourly rate £61.60 £54.56 £80.40
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -32.14% +689.01%
75th Percentile - £66.00 -
90th Percentile £69.79 £72.15 -
South East median hourly rate £19.38 £56.99 £44.11
% change year-on-year -66.00% +29.18% +145.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,756 1,652 2,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.91% 91.07% 90.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 910 1,062 1,384
10th Percentile £213 £350 £268
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £676 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.38% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 48 43
10th Percentile £20.17 £19.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.75 £25.72 £17.25
Median hourly rate £61.60 £57.82 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% +174.67% -2.09%
75th Percentile £72.18 £73.69 £33.75
90th Percentile £87.41 £79.51 £68.10
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -13.46%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Berkshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Reading +9 199 £575 +9.52% 76
Bracknell +6 40 £270 -55.37% 16
Newbury +6 9 £380 +49.02% 8
Maidenhead +2 7 £232 -42.00% 10
Wokingham -9 6 £400 -20.00% 8
Slough 0 3 £400 -6.43% 14
Windsor -9 1 £700 - 6
Crowthorne - 1 - - 1
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 4 (1.35%) Confluence
2 3 (1.01%) SAS
3 2 (0.68%) CMS
3 2 (0.68%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.34%) Moodle
4 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
Applications
1 54 (18.24%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.01%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.01%) SPSS
4 2 (0.68%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.68%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (3.72%) Oracle EBS R12
1 11 (3.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 8 (2.70%) Teamcenter
3 7 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (2.03%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.69%) Maximo
6 2 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.34%) Magento
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle AGIS
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.34%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 50 (16.89%) Azure
2 22 (7.43%) Snowflake
3 15 (5.07%) AWS
4 13 (4.39%) OCI
5 10 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.69%) Smartsheet
7 3 (1.01%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.01%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.01%) SaaS
8 2 (0.68%) PaaS
8 2 (0.68%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.68%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.34%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.34%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.34%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.34%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (0.34%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.34%) IaaS
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.34%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.78%) Firewall
2 24 (8.11%) LAN
3 16 (5.41%) SAN
4 13 (4.39%) DHCP
4 13 (4.39%) DNS
5 10 (3.38%) 5G
5 10 (3.38%) WAN
6 9 (3.04%) 3G
6 9 (3.04%) 4G
7 8 (2.70%) Radio Access Network
8 5 (1.69%) Network Security
9 3 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (1.01%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (1.01%) Diameter Protocol
9 3 (1.01%) GGSN
9 3 (1.01%) IPsec
9 3 (1.01%) Reverse Proxy
9 3 (1.01%) SGSN
10 2 (0.68%) 2G
10 2 (0.68%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.12%) Tableau
2 9 (3.04%) Oracle Database
3 7 (2.36%) SAP HANA
4 5 (1.69%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.01%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.01%) Power BI
5 3 (1.01%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (0.68%) Power Query
6 2 (0.68%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 34 (11.49%) Jenkins
2 26 (8.78%) Selenium
3 25 (8.45%) Cucumber
3 25 (8.45%) SonarQube
4 24 (8.11%) REST Assured
5 21 (7.09%) JIRA
6 13 (4.39%) GitLab
7 11 (3.72%) Git
8 9 (3.04%) Oracle Forms
9 7 (2.36%) Visual Studio
10 3 (1.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.34%) CMake
11 1 (0.34%) Maven
General
1 172 (58.11%) Social Skills
2 122 (41.22%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (14.53%) Telecoms
4 39 (13.18%) Organisational Skills
5 31 (10.47%) Finance
6 27 (9.12%) Legal
7 21 (7.09%) Law
8 13 (4.39%) Marketing
8 13 (4.39%) Police
9 12 (4.05%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.36%) Retail
12 5 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.01%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.01%) Military
15 1 (0.34%) Billing
15 1 (0.34%) French Language
15 1 (0.34%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 48 (16.22%) Analyst
2 35 (11.82%) Senior
3 31 (10.47%) Consultant
4 27 (9.12%) Lead
5 23 (7.77%) Support Engineer
6 20 (6.76%) 1st Line Support
7 19 (6.42%) Desktop Engineer
7 19 (6.42%) Desktop Support
7 19 (6.42%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 19 (6.42%) Hardware Engineer
8 18 (6.08%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
9 17 (5.74%) Developer
9 17 (5.74%) Java Engineer
10 15 (5.07%) Functional Consultant
10 15 (5.07%) Project Manager
11 13 (4.39%) Architect
11 13 (4.39%) Data Analyst
11 13 (4.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (4.39%) Oracle Consultant
11 13 (4.39%) Oracle Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.78%) REST
2 25 (8.45%) Java EE
3 12 (4.05%) ARM Templates
4 10 (3.38%) .NET
4 10 (3.38%) ASP.NET
5 8 (2.70%) Itk
5 8 (2.70%) SAP Basis
6 7 (2.36%) HTML
7 5 (1.69%) CSS
7 5 (1.69%) SAP Fiori
8 3 (1.01%) D3.js
8 3 (1.01%) EDI
9 2 (0.68%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (0.68%) Flash
9 2 (0.68%) OLE
9 2 (0.68%) React
9 2 (0.68%) Web Services
10 1 (0.34%) Spring Boot
10 1 (0.34%) TensorFlow
10 1 (0.34%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.16%) Driving Licence
2 16 (5.41%) Credit Risk
2 16 (5.41%) Data Centre
3 9 (3.04%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.03%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.35%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.35%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.01%) CCTV
6 3 (1.01%) Enterprise Storage
6 3 (1.01%) Life Science
6 3 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.01%) SCADA
6 3 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.01%) Social Media
7 2 (0.68%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.34%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.34%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.34%) IoT
8 1 (0.34%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.34%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 71 (23.99%) Windows
2 49 (16.55%) Windows 10
3 36 (12.16%) Windows 7
4 24 (8.11%) Windows Server
4 24 (8.11%) Windows Server 2016
4 24 (8.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 19 (6.42%) Linux
6 16 (5.41%) Windows Server 2012
7 13 (4.39%) Windows XP
8 3 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.68%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.68%) Solaris
9 2 (0.68%) VMS
10 1 (0.34%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (21.96%) Decision-Making
2 62 (20.95%) ITIL
3 46 (15.54%) Project Management
4 45 (15.20%) DevOps
5 44 (14.86%) Service Delivery
6 42 (14.19%) Customer Service
7 35 (11.82%) Agile
8 32 (10.81%) Analytics
8 32 (10.81%) Technical Leadership
9 28 (9.46%) Continuous Integration
10 25 (8.45%) Software Architecture
10 25 (8.45%) Software Engineering
10 25 (8.45%) Test Automation
11 23 (7.77%) Actionable Insight
11 23 (7.77%) Change Management
12 21 (7.09%) Disaster Recovery
13 20 (6.76%) Customer Requirements
13 20 (6.76%) Performance Tuning
13 20 (6.76%) Software Testing
14 19 (6.42%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 27 (9.12%) Java
2 23 (7.77%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.38%) C#
4 9 (3.04%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.36%) Python
5 7 (2.36%) SQL
6 6 (2.03%) C++
7 5 (1.69%) C
8 4 (1.35%) R
9 3 (1.01%) F#
9 3 (1.01%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.68%) PHP
11 1 (0.34%) Bash
11 1 (0.34%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 116 (39.19%) Security Cleared
2 81 (27.36%) Degree
3 62 (20.95%) DV Cleared
4 53 (17.91%) SC Cleared
5 19 (6.42%) CCNA
5 19 (6.42%) CCNP
5 19 (6.42%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.01%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (1.01%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.01%) PMP
7 2 (0.68%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.68%) MBA
7 2 (0.68%) MCITP
7 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.34%) HP ASE
8 1 (0.34%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.43%) SLA
2 12 (4.05%) QA
3 7 (2.36%) GDPR
4 2 (0.68%) PMO
5 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.34%) ITGC
5 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (7.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (6.08%) Firmware
3 17 (5.74%) Active Directory
4 14 (4.73%) Docker
4 14 (4.73%) Hyper-V
5 13 (4.39%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.03%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.68%) KVM
Systems Management
1 50 (16.89%) SCCM
2 33 (11.15%) Ansible
3 16 (5.41%) NetBackup
4 15 (5.07%) Kubernetes
4 15 (5.07%) SCOM
5 13 (4.39%) EMC NetWorker
5 13 (4.39%) Terraform
5 13 (4.39%) vCenter Server
5 13 (4.39%) WSUS
6 12 (4.05%) Docker Swarm
6 12 (4.05%) Podman
7 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 95 (32.09%) Microsoft
2 52 (17.57%) HP
3 39 (13.18%) Oracle
4 24 (8.11%) Alteryx
5 22 (7.43%) Cisco
5 22 (7.43%) VMware
6 19 (6.42%) Juniper
7 17 (5.74%) Palo Alto
8 16 (5.41%) 3PAR
9 13 (4.39%) Dell
9 13 (4.39%) EMC
9 13 (4.39%) Extreme Networks
9 13 (4.39%) Symantec
9 13 (4.39%) Veeam
10 8 (2.70%) SAP
11 6 (2.03%) OneTrust
12 4 (1.35%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.35%) Red Hat
12 4 (1.35%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.35%) Workday