Problem-Solving Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Problem Solving
South East > Buckinghamshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 14 19
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 0
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 41 96 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 8.58% 10.97% 9.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.33% 11.68% 10.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 84 52
10th Percentile £174 £245 £161
25th Percentile £355 £358 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £448
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.73% -5.29%
75th Percentile £500 £625 £488
90th Percentile £625 £721 £524
South East median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £9.50 -
Median hourly rate £12.82 £10.00 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.20% - -
75th Percentile - £10.50 £11.03
90th Percentile - - £11.64
South East median hourly rate £19.38 £56.99 £44.73
% change year-on-year -66.00% +27.41% +148.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 397 822 715
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 83.05% 93.94% 87.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 664 527
10th Percentile £261 £307 £217
25th Percentile £400 £411 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% +2.98%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £550
90th Percentile £700 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.89% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 1 36
10th Percentile £15.85 - £10.56
25th Percentile £18.50 £9.50 £10.77
Median hourly rate £25.00 £10.00 £11.14
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -10.19% -14.28%
75th Percentile £30.00 £10.50 £14.88
90th Percentile £48.75 - £25.36
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -15.89%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Buckinghamshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Buckinghamshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Buckinghamshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Buckinghamshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Milton Keynes +1 32 £460 -0.01% 66
Buckingham - 1 £418 - 2
High Wycombe - 1 - - 14
Marlow - 1 £500 -
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 (9.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (7.32%) Appian
2 3 (7.32%) Confluence
3 1 (2.44%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.44%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (21.95%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.63%) Azure
2 4 (9.76%) SuccessFactors
3 3 (7.32%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.88%) Azure API Management
4 2 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.88%) Azure Functions
4 2 (4.88%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (4.88%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (4.88%) PaaS
4 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.88%) Serverless
5 1 (2.44%) AWS
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.44%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.76%) DHCP
1 4 (9.76%) DNS
2 3 (7.32%) VPN
3 2 (4.88%) VSAN
4 1 (2.44%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (2.44%) Firewall
4 1 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (7.32%) Relational Database
2 2 (4.88%) Power BI
3 1 (2.44%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.44%) Hadoop
3 1 (2.44%) Power Query
3 1 (2.44%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) JIRA
2 2 (4.88%) Postman
General
1 24 (58.54%) Social Skills
2 14 (34.15%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Retail
4 4 (9.76%) Marketing
5 3 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.88%) Banking
6 2 (4.88%) Finance
6 2 (4.88%) Military
6 2 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.44%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (41.46%) Analyst
2 6 (14.63%) Coordinator
3 4 (9.76%) Business Analyst
3 4 (9.76%) Service Analyst
3 4 (9.76%) Technical Coordinator
3 4 (9.76%) Technical Support
4 3 (7.32%) Data Analyst
4 3 (7.32%) Developer
4 3 (7.32%) Operations Analyst
4 3 (7.32%) Security Analyst
4 3 (7.32%) Security Operations Analyst
4 3 (7.32%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) Azure Developer
5 2 (4.88%) C# Developer
5 2 (4.88%) Digital Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) Digital Business Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) SQL Developer
5 2 (4.88%) Support Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) Support Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) OpenAPI
1 2 (4.88%) Swagger
2 1 (2.44%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) PKI
2 3 (7.32%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (7.32%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.88%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.44%) NHS
4 1 (2.44%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 11 (26.83%) Windows
2 3 (7.32%) Linux
2 3 (7.32%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.44%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.44%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (31.71%) Agile
2 9 (21.95%) Problem Management
3 7 (17.07%) ITIL
3 7 (17.07%) Migration
4 6 (14.63%) Data Analysis
4 6 (14.63%) Release Management
5 5 (12.20%) Customer Service
5 5 (12.20%) Defect Management
5 5 (12.20%) Process Improvement
5 5 (12.20%) Project Management
5 5 (12.20%) Service Delivery
6 4 (9.76%) B2B
6 4 (9.76%) B2C
6 4 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (9.76%) Incident Management
6 4 (9.76%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (9.76%) Workflow
7 3 (7.32%) Computer Science
7 3 (7.32%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.20%) SQL
2 2 (4.88%) C#
2 2 (4.88%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (2.44%) Python
3 1 (2.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 14 (34.15%) SC Cleared
1 14 (34.15%) Security Cleared
2 10 (24.39%) DV Cleared
3 8 (19.51%) Degree
4 3 (7.32%) ISEB
5 2 (4.88%) VCAP
5 2 (4.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (2.44%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) SLA
2 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 7 (17.07%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.88%) BitLocker
2 2 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.88%) VMware NSX
2 2 (4.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) SCCM
2 1 (2.44%) Ansible
2 1 (2.44%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (39.02%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.76%) ServiceNow
3 3 (7.32%) Salesforce
3 3 (7.32%) Splunk
4 2 (4.88%) Apple
4 2 (4.88%) HP
4 2 (4.88%) McAfee
4 2 (4.88%) MobileIron
4 2 (4.88%) VMware
5 1 (2.44%) Adobe
5 1 (2.44%) Cisco
5 1 (2.44%) Databricks
5 1 (2.44%) Informatica