Problem-Solving Contracts in the Thames Valley

Problem Solving
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 5 12 23
Rank change year-on-year +7 +11 -2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 362 308 274
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.55% 10.48% 7.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.54% 11.45% 8.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 220 162
10th Percentile £205 £316 £194
25th Percentile £213 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £522 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.75% +15.94% -
75th Percentile £608 £617 £534
90th Percentile £651 £678 £637
South East median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 9 4
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.70 -
25th Percentile £16.03 £26.08 £10.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.40 £11.03
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +339.00% +8.19%
75th Percentile £61.60 £66.00 £29.14
90th Percentile - £69.07 £59.90
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
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,329 2,690 3,103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.16% 91.56% 89.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 1,868 2,093
10th Percentile £213 £321 £225
25th Percentile £369 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.89% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 62 85
10th Percentile £15.48 £18.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.71 £24.86 £12.05
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.00
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £67.00
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 the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +7 296 £465 -11.43% 141
Buckinghamshire -2 41 £450 -10.00% 105
Oxfordshire +7 25 £401 -10.83% 100
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 7 (1.93%) Confluence
1 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.10%) SAS
3 3 (0.83%) Appian
3 3 (0.83%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.55%) CMS
4 2 (0.55%) nginx
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.28%) Moodle
5 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
Applications
1 64 (17.68%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.83%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.83%) SPSS
4 2 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.55%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 11 (3.04%) Oracle EBS R12
1 11 (3.04%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 8 (2.21%) Teamcenter
3 7 (1.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (1.66%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.38%) Maximo
6 2 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.55%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.28%) Epicor Tropos
7 1 (0.28%) Magento
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle AGIS
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.28%) PeopleSoft HRMS
7 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 58 (16.02%) Azure
2 22 (6.08%) Snowflake
3 16 (4.42%) AWS
4 13 (3.59%) OCI
5 12 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (3.04%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (1.66%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.38%) Smartsheet
9 4 (1.10%) PaaS
9 4 (1.10%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.83%) SaaS
10 3 (0.83%) Serverless
11 2 (0.55%) Azure API Management
11 2 (0.55%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.55%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (0.55%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.55%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 30 (8.29%) Firewall
2 24 (6.63%) LAN
3 19 (5.25%) DHCP
3 19 (5.25%) DNS
4 18 (4.97%) SAN
5 12 (3.31%) WAN
6 10 (2.76%) 5G
7 9 (2.49%) 3G
7 9 (2.49%) 4G
8 8 (2.21%) Radio Access Network
9 5 (1.38%) Network Security
10 4 (1.10%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (1.10%) Internet
11 3 (0.83%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (0.83%) GGSN
11 3 (0.83%) IPsec
11 3 (0.83%) Reverse Proxy
11 3 (0.83%) SGSN
11 3 (0.83%) VPN
11 3 (0.83%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.73%) Tableau
2 9 (2.49%) Oracle Database
2 9 (2.49%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.93%) SAP HANA
4 6 (1.66%) Power BI
5 5 (1.38%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.83%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.83%) Power Query
6 3 (0.83%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (0.55%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.55%) MySQL
8 1 (0.28%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.28%) OLAP
8 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.28%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 34 (9.39%) Jenkins
2 26 (7.18%) JIRA
2 26 (7.18%) Selenium
3 25 (6.91%) Cucumber
3 25 (6.91%) SonarQube
4 24 (6.63%) REST Assured
5 13 (3.59%) GitLab
6 12 (3.31%) Git
7 9 (2.49%) Oracle Forms
8 7 (1.93%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.55%) Postman
11 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.28%) CMake
11 1 (0.28%) LabVIEW
11 1 (0.28%) Maven
General
1 213 (58.84%) Social Skills
2 142 (39.23%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (12.15%) Telecoms
4 43 (11.88%) Organisational Skills
5 36 (9.94%) Finance
6 27 (7.46%) Legal
7 21 (5.80%) Law
8 18 (4.97%) Marketing
9 16 (4.42%) Public Sector
10 15 (4.14%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (3.87%) Police
12 13 (3.59%) Retail
13 5 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.38%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.38%) Military
14 2 (0.55%) Banking
15 1 (0.28%) Billing
15 1 (0.28%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 71 (19.61%) Analyst
2 37 (10.22%) Senior
3 33 (9.12%) Consultant
4 27 (7.46%) Lead
4 27 (7.46%) Support Engineer
5 22 (6.08%) 1st Line Support
5 22 (6.08%) Developer
6 20 (5.52%) Desktop Engineer
7 19 (5.25%) Desktop Support
7 19 (5.25%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 19 (5.25%) Hardware Engineer
8 18 (4.97%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
9 17 (4.70%) Administrator
9 17 (4.70%) Data Analyst
9 17 (4.70%) Java Engineer
10 16 (4.42%) Functional Consultant
10 16 (4.42%) Project Manager
11 14 (3.87%) Business Analyst
11 14 (3.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (3.59%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.18%) REST
2 25 (6.91%) Java EE
3 12 (3.31%) ARM Templates
4 10 (2.76%) .NET
4 10 (2.76%) ASP.NET
5 8 (2.21%) Itk
5 8 (2.21%) SAP Basis
6 7 (1.93%) HTML
7 5 (1.38%) CSS
7 5 (1.38%) EDI
7 5 (1.38%) SAP Fiori
8 3 (0.83%) D3.js
9 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (0.55%) Flash
9 2 (0.55%) OLE
9 2 (0.55%) OpenAPI
9 2 (0.55%) React
9 2 (0.55%) Swagger
9 2 (0.55%) Web Services
10 1 (0.28%) OpenVINO
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.50%) Driving Licence
2 16 (4.42%) Credit Risk
2 16 (4.42%) Data Centre
3 9 (2.49%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (2.49%) Product Ownership
4 7 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (1.66%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.38%) CCTV
7 4 (1.10%) Life Science
7 4 (1.10%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.10%) PKI
8 3 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.83%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.83%) SCADA
8 3 (0.83%) Smartphone
8 3 (0.83%) Social Media
9 2 (0.55%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.55%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.28%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 88 (24.31%) Windows
2 54 (14.92%) Windows 10
3 37 (10.22%) Windows 7
4 26 (7.18%) Windows Server 2019
5 25 (6.91%) Linux
5 25 (6.91%) Windows Server 2016
6 24 (6.63%) Windows Server
7 19 (5.25%) Windows Server 2012
8 13 (3.59%) Windows XP
9 5 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.83%) Android
10 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.55%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.55%) Solaris
11 2 (0.55%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.55%) VMS
12 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (20.72%) ITIL
2 66 (18.23%) Decision-Making
3 55 (15.19%) Project Management
4 52 (14.36%) Customer Service
5 50 (13.81%) Agile
5 50 (13.81%) Service Delivery
6 47 (12.98%) DevOps
7 33 (9.12%) Analytics
8 32 (8.84%) Technical Leadership
9 28 (7.73%) Continuous Integration
10 27 (7.46%) Test Automation
11 26 (7.18%) Software Engineering
12 25 (6.91%) Change Management
12 25 (6.91%) Software Architecture
13 24 (6.63%) Actionable Insight
13 24 (6.63%) Continuous Improvement
14 22 (6.08%) Disaster Recovery
15 21 (5.80%) Scrum
16 20 (5.52%) Performance Tuning
16 20 (5.52%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (7.46%) Java
2 25 (6.91%) PowerShell
3 16 (4.42%) SQL
4 12 (3.31%) C#
5 9 (2.49%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.49%) Python
6 6 (1.66%) C++
7 5 (1.38%) C
8 4 (1.10%) R
9 3 (0.83%) F#
9 3 (0.83%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.55%) PHP
11 1 (0.28%) Bash
11 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.28%) Perl
11 1 (0.28%) Scala
11 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 131 (36.19%) Security Cleared
2 93 (25.69%) Degree
3 72 (19.89%) DV Cleared
4 67 (18.51%) SC Cleared
5 19 (5.25%) CCNA
5 19 (5.25%) CCNP
5 19 (5.25%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.38%) A+ Certification
6 5 (1.38%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.83%) ISEB
8 3 (0.83%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (0.83%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.83%) PMP
8 3 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.55%) MBA
9 2 (0.55%) MCITP
9 2 (0.55%) VCAP
9 2 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.73%) SLA
2 14 (3.87%) QA
3 7 (1.93%) GDPR
4 2 (0.55%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.55%) PMO
5 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.28%) ITGC
5 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 28 (7.73%) Active Directory
2 24 (6.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.97%) Firmware
4 15 (4.14%) Docker
5 14 (3.87%) Hyper-V
6 13 (3.59%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (2.21%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.55%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.55%) KVM
8 2 (0.55%) vSphere
9 1 (0.28%) NFS
9 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 55 (15.19%) SCCM
2 35 (9.67%) Ansible
3 16 (4.42%) Kubernetes
3 16 (4.42%) NetBackup
4 15 (4.14%) SCOM
5 13 (3.59%) EMC NetWorker
5 13 (3.59%) Terraform
5 13 (3.59%) vCenter Server
5 13 (3.59%) WSUS
6 12 (3.31%) Docker Swarm
6 12 (3.31%) Podman
7 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.55%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.55%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.28%) CFEngine
9 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 114 (31.49%) Microsoft
2 56 (15.47%) HP
3 39 (10.77%) Oracle
4 26 (7.18%) VMware
5 25 (6.91%) Cisco
6 24 (6.63%) Alteryx
7 19 (5.25%) Juniper
8 17 (4.70%) Palo Alto
9 16 (4.42%) 3PAR
10 15 (4.14%) Veeam
11 13 (3.59%) Dell
11 13 (3.59%) EMC
11 13 (3.59%) Extreme Networks
11 13 (3.59%) Symantec
12 9 (2.49%) ServiceNow
13 8 (2.21%) SAP
14 6 (1.66%) OneTrust
14 6 (1.66%) Red Hat
15 5 (1.38%) Nimble Storage
16 4 (1.10%) Workday