Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Problem Solving
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
24 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +7
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 262 214 284
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 16.97% 16.20% 15.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.67% 17.66% 16.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 106 179
10th Percentile £219 £214 £205
25th Percentile £400 £391 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £516 £400
Median % change year-on-year -7.99% +29.06% -23.81%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £638
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 1 11
10th Percentile £14.50 - £30.41
25th Percentile £15.25 £26.00 £48.40
Median hourly rate £20.79 £27.00 £49.73
Median % change year-on-year -23.00% -45.71% -38.88%
75th Percentile £28.00 £28.00 £60.50
90th Percentile £97.00 - £61.60
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £23.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -14.89% -21.67% -23.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Problem-Solving falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,332 1,212 1,675
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 86.27% 91.75% 92.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 912 656 967
10th Percentile £293 £255 £210
25th Percentile £403 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -0.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £652 £666 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 36 88
10th Percentile £15.94 £26.13 £23.13
25th Percentile £20.24 £42.79 £43.12
Median hourly rate £58.00 £61.50 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% +3.35% -8.46%
75th Percentile £83.00 £65.62 £66.31
90th Percentile £98.75 £76.35 £80.78
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £42.69 £49.07
% change year-on-year -44.78% -12.99% +12.79%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Berkshire over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Berkshire over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

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 24 January 2026. 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
Wokingham +9 106 £430 -28.33% 13
Reading -8 88 £525 -4.55% 57
Bracknell +1 16 £625 +4.17% 10
Windsor 0 16 £494 +9.72% 1
Slough 0 14 £475 +98.80% 179
Thatcham - 3 £535 -
Hungerford - 2 - - 6
Maidenhead - 1 - - 3
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 15 (5.73%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.96%) Confluence
3 6 (2.29%) CMS
4 3 (1.15%) Anypoint
4 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.76%) Apache
5 2 (0.76%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.38%) Camunda
6 1 (0.38%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.38%) Smallworld
Applications
1 11 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.82%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.53%) SAP MDG
2 2 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.76%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.38%) Maximo
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle BRM
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.38%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 100 (38.17%) Azure
2 91 (34.73%) AWS
3 58 (22.14%) GCP
4 16 (6.11%) Power Platform
5 15 (5.73%) Entra ID
6 13 (4.96%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (4.20%) SaaS
8 10 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (3.82%) Serverless
9 7 (2.67%) GitHub
10 5 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.15%) Amazon Cognito
11 3 (1.15%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.15%) Azure API Management
11 3 (1.15%) Azure Functions
11 3 (1.15%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.15%) Boomi
11 3 (1.15%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.16%) Network Security
2 17 (6.49%) DNS
3 15 (5.73%) DHCP
3 15 (5.73%) TCP/IP
4 11 (4.20%) VLAN
5 10 (3.82%) Firewall
6 5 (1.91%) MPLS
6 5 (1.91%) WAN
7 4 (1.53%) Internet
7 4 (1.53%) Intranet
8 3 (1.15%) 5G
8 3 (1.15%) VPN
8 3 (1.15%) Wireless
9 2 (0.76%) 2G
9 2 (0.76%) FTP
9 2 (0.76%) Mobile Backhaul
9 2 (0.76%) NaaS
9 2 (0.76%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.76%) VoIP
9 2 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.20%) Power BI
1 11 (4.20%) Relational Database
2 7 (2.67%) MongoDB
3 6 (2.29%) NoSQL
4 5 (1.91%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.53%) MySQL
5 4 (1.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 4 (1.53%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.53%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.53%) Tableau
6 3 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.15%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.76%) Big Data
7 2 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.76%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.76%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.38%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 21 (8.02%) JIRA
2 9 (3.44%) Git
3 8 (3.05%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.53%) HP UFT
5 2 (0.76%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.76%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.38%) Appium
6 1 (0.38%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.38%) GitLab
6 1 (0.38%) Gradle
6 1 (0.38%) Maven
6 1 (0.38%) Selenium
General
1 146 (55.73%) Social Skills
2 120 (45.80%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (10.31%) Public Sector
4 26 (9.92%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (6.11%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (5.34%) Telecoms
7 13 (4.96%) Finance
8 12 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.29%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.91%) Retail
11 4 (1.53%) Billing
12 3 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.15%) Marketing
13 2 (0.76%) Automotive
13 2 (0.76%) Electronics
13 2 (0.76%) Law
13 2 (0.76%) Legal
13 2 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.38%) Advertising
14 1 (0.38%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 20 (7.63%) Analyst
2 19 (7.25%) Architect
2 19 (7.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 19 (7.25%) Senior
2 19 (7.25%) Support Engineer
3 17 (6.49%) Infrastructure Support
3 17 (6.49%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 16 (6.11%) Consultant
4 16 (6.11%) Lead
5 15 (5.73%) Project Manager
6 12 (4.58%) SIEM Engineer
7 10 (3.82%) Developer
8 9 (3.44%) Delivery Manager
9 7 (2.67%) Support Analyst
9 7 (2.67%) Technical Leader
10 6 (2.29%) IT Support
10 6 (2.29%) Project Planner
10 6 (2.29%) Service Manager
10 6 (2.29%) Site Engineer
10 6 (2.29%) Technology Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (8.78%) REST
2 21 (8.02%) LDAP
3 19 (7.25%) SOAP
4 6 (2.29%) GraphQL
4 6 (2.29%) Node.js
4 6 (2.29%) OAuth
5 4 (1.53%) JSON
5 4 (1.53%) Pandas
5 4 (1.53%) React
5 4 (1.53%) Web Services
6 3 (1.15%) .NET
6 3 (1.15%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.15%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.15%) NumPy
6 3 (1.15%) OAuth2
6 3 (1.15%) OpenID
6 3 (1.15%) SAML
6 3 (1.15%) scikit-learn
7 2 (0.76%) IDoc
7 2 (0.76%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.25%) Analytical Mindset
2 11 (4.20%) Cyber Security Posture
2 11 (4.20%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (3.82%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.44%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.44%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.05%) CMDB
5 8 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.05%) Security Posture
5 8 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.67%) Algorithms
6 7 (2.67%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.91%) PKI
9 4 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.53%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.53%) Replication
10 3 (1.15%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.15%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (11.83%) Linux
2 30 (11.45%) Windows
3 12 (4.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.15%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.76%) Kali Linux
5 2 (0.76%) VMS
5 2 (0.76%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (24.81%) CI/CD
2 59 (22.52%) ITIL
3 54 (20.61%) DevOps
4 50 (19.08%) Agile
5 48 (18.32%) Cybersecurity
6 39 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (14.89%) DevSecOps
6 39 (14.89%) SIEM
6 39 (14.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 32 (12.21%) Project Management
7 32 (12.21%) Service Management
8 31 (11.83%) Change Management
8 31 (11.83%) Test Automation
9 30 (11.45%) ITSM
10 29 (11.07%) Disaster Recovery
11 24 (9.16%) Decision-Making
12 23 (8.78%) Analytical Thinking
12 23 (8.78%) PRINCE2
13 22 (8.40%) Root Cause Analysis
13 22 (8.40%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 73 (27.86%) Python
2 42 (16.03%) PowerShell
3 25 (9.54%) Java
4 23 (8.78%) JavaScript
5 17 (6.49%) SQL
6 12 (4.58%) Kusto Query Language
7 11 (4.20%) Go
8 6 (2.29%) Bash
8 6 (2.29%) C#
8 6 (2.29%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.53%) VBScript
10 3 (1.15%) DataWeave
10 3 (1.15%) PHP
11 2 (0.76%) Groovy
11 2 (0.76%) R
11 2 (0.76%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.38%) Jython
12 1 (0.38%) Magik
12 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 99 (37.79%) Security Cleared
2 82 (31.30%) SC Cleared
3 39 (14.89%) CISSP
4 21 (8.02%) Degree
5 19 (7.25%) CISM
6 15 (5.73%) Azure Certification
7 14 (5.34%) GIAC
7 14 (5.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (4.96%) AWS Certification
8 13 (4.96%) CEH
9 11 (4.20%) Network+ Certification
9 11 (4.20%) Server+ Certification
10 10 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (3.82%) PMI Certification
10 10 (3.82%) PMP
11 7 (2.67%) ISTQB
12 5 (1.91%) A+ Certification
12 5 (1.91%) CCIE
12 5 (1.91%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (11.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (11.45%) NIST
3 27 (10.31%) GDPR
3 27 (10.31%) QA
4 9 (3.44%) PMO
5 7 (2.67%) GRC
6 3 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.15%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.15%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.15%) PSD2
6 3 (1.15%) SLA
7 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.38%) NIST 800
System Software
1 32 (12.21%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (5.34%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.29%) Docker
5 5 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.76%) NFS
6 2 (0.76%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (7.63%) Kubernetes
2 19 (7.25%) Ansible
3 12 (4.58%) Kibana
3 12 (4.58%) Red Hat Satellite
4 8 (3.05%) Terraform
5 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.53%) Nessus
6 3 (1.15%) CloudHub
6 3 (1.15%) SCCM
6 3 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.76%) BMC PATROL
7 2 (0.76%) Nmap
8 1 (0.38%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.38%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.38%) QRadar
8 1 (0.38%) vRealize
8 1 (0.38%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 47 (17.94%) Microsoft
2 30 (11.45%) VMware
3 22 (8.40%) CyberArk
3 22 (8.40%) ServiceNow
4 20 (7.63%) BeyondTrust
5 19 (7.25%) Google
6 18 (6.87%) Oracle
7 12 (4.58%) FireEye
7 12 (4.58%) Red Hat
7 12 (4.58%) Tanium
8 8 (3.05%) SAP
8 8 (3.05%) Workday
9 6 (2.29%) Cisco
9 6 (2.29%) Remedy
10 5 (1.91%) BMC
11 4 (1.53%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.53%) Juniper
11 4 (1.53%) Salesforce
12 3 (1.15%) MuleSoft
12 3 (1.15%) Splunk
276 Problem-Solving jobs in Berkshire