Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 18 September 2019

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 18 September 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Problem-Solving
South East > Berkshire
6 months to
18 Sep 2019		 Same period 2018 Same period 2017
Rank 21 20 18
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +22
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 268 282 292
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.41% 7.26% 7.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.31% 8.46% 8.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 123 132
Berkshire median daily rate £400 £400 £400
10th Percentile £138 £208 £200
90th Percentile £638 £538 £550
South East median daily rate £438 £415 £400
% change year-on-year +5.42% +3.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 17 13
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -4.41% +78.95% +46.15%
10th Percentile £21.90 £11.74 £12.40
90th Percentile £65.50 £50.10 £51.52
South East median hourly rate £22.20 £40.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year -44.84% +101.25% +29.03%

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.

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,666 3,332 3,371
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 87.68% 85.81% 84.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,805 1,687 1,700
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £425 £425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +5.88% - +6.25%
10th Percentile £277 £250 £261
90th Percentile £604 £575 £588
South East median daily rate £450 £435 £415
% change year-on-year +3.45% +4.95% +3.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 77 120
Berkshire median hourly rate £35.75 £21.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +66.28% +38.71% -11.43%
10th Percentile £12.00 £10.35 £11.25
90th Percentile £82.50 £49.75 £39.75
South East median hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year +22.00% +21.95% -10.87%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Problem-Solving in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Problem-Solving in Berkshire over the 6 months to 18 September 2019.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving in Berkshire.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Problem-Solving in Berkshire over the 6 months to 18 September 2019.

Contractor 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 18 September 2019. 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
Job
Vacancies
Reading 0 98 £388 -6.06% 50
Newbury +3 52 £438 +45.83% 7
Maidenhead +4 22 £363 -9.38% 10
Bracknell -6 22 £455 -9.90% 18
Slough -10 16 £143 -64.38% 18
Wokingham +2 4 £325 -43.48% 3
Ascot - 4 £128 - 2
Crowthorne - 1 £200 - 1
Problem-Solving
South East

For the 6 months to 18 September 2019, IT contractor jobs citing Problem-Solving also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region with a requirement for Problem-Solving.

1 99 (36.94%) Analytical Skills
2 62 (23.13%) Agile Software Development
3 59 (22.01%) Telecoms
4 54 (20.15%) Oracle
4 54 (20.15%) Microsoft
5 51 (19.03%) SQL
6 48 (17.91%) Java
6 48 (17.91%) Windows
7 39 (14.55%) Migration
8 36 (13.43%) Security Cleared
9 32 (11.94%) Decision-Making
10 31 (11.57%) PL/SQL
11 30 (11.19%) Web Services
12 29 (10.82%) Active Directory
13 26 (9.70%) SOA
14 25 (9.33%) QA
15 24 (8.96%) Cramer
15 24 (8.96%) Finance
15 24 (8.96%) Amdocs OSS
16 23 (8.58%) Office 365
16 23 (8.58%) ITIL
17 22 (8.21%) J2EE
17 22 (8.21%) WebLogic
17 22 (8.21%) JMS
17 22 (8.21%) TIBCO
17 22 (8.21%) Scrum
17 22 (8.21%) Critical Thinking
18 20 (7.46%) Performance Tuning
18 20 (7.46%) Microsoft Office
18 20 (7.46%) Azure

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring IT Skills in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 22 (8.21%) WebLogic
2 16 (5.97%) Confluence
3 7 (2.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (2.24%) Skype for Business
5 5 (1.87%) MS Exchange
6 4 (1.49%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (1.49%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.49%) WebSphere
7 3 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.75%) IBM Notes
8 2 (0.75%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.37%) Mendix
9 1 (0.37%) Mule
9 1 (0.37%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 20 (7.46%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (7.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.61%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.87%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.37%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 6 (2.24%) BusinessWorks
1 6 (2.24%) Sonata
2 5 (1.87%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (1.49%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.75%) HFM
4 2 (0.75%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.75%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.75%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.37%) Odoo
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle iSupplier
5 1 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.37%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.37%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 23 (8.58%) Office 365
2 20 (7.46%) Azure
3 11 (4.10%) SaaS
4 10 (3.73%) PaaS
5 8 (2.99%) AWS
5 8 (2.99%) GitHub
6 6 (2.24%) IBM Blueworks
7 5 (1.87%) Apigee
8 2 (0.75%) Azure Active Directory
8 2 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.75%) GCP
8 2 (0.75%) Heroku
8 2 (0.75%) IaaS
8 2 (0.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.37%) Asana
9 1 (0.37%) Force.com
9 1 (0.37%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.37%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 1 (0.37%) Serverless
9 1 (0.37%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.10%) Network Security
2 9 (3.36%) Skype
3 7 (2.61%) LAN
3 7 (2.61%) SNMP
3 7 (2.61%) WAN
3 7 (2.61%) Wireless
4 5 (1.87%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (1.49%) 5G
5 4 (1.49%) Remote Desktop
5 4 (1.49%) VoIP
6 3 (1.12%) DNS
6 3 (1.12%) Firewall
6 3 (1.12%) HTTP
6 3 (1.12%) Internet
7 2 (0.75%) 2G
7 2 (0.75%) 3G
7 2 (0.75%) ADSL
7 2 (0.75%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.75%) VPN
7 2 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.85%) Oracle Database
2 8 (2.99%) Relational Database
3 7 (2.61%) Essbase
3 7 (2.61%) Oracle Smart View
3 7 (2.61%) RDBMS
4 6 (2.24%) Oracle Database 10g
5 5 (1.87%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.49%) Big Data
7 3 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.12%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.12%) MS Access
8 2 (0.75%) DB2
8 2 (0.75%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.75%) MySQL
8 2 (0.75%) OLAP
8 2 (0.75%) Oracle OLAP
8 2 (0.75%) Redis
8 2 (0.75%) SAP Data Services
9 1 (0.37%) Amazon DynamoDB
9 1 (0.37%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (7.46%) JIRA
2 11 (4.10%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.99%) InstallShield
3 8 (2.99%) MSI
3 8 (2.99%) Visual Studio Team System
4 7 (2.61%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (2.24%) Eclipse
5 6 (2.24%) Git (software)
6 3 (1.12%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.12%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.37%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.37%) JMeter
7 1 (0.37%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.37%) LSMW
7 1 (0.37%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.37%) Xcode
General
1 59 (22.01%) Telecoms
2 24 (8.96%) Finance
3 18 (6.72%) Retail
4 13 (4.85%) Marketing
5 10 (3.73%) Billing
6 7 (2.61%) Legal
7 6 (2.24%) Publishing
8 4 (1.49%) Law
9 3 (1.12%) Banking
9 3 (1.12%) French Language
9 3 (1.12%) Mandarin Language
9 3 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.75%) Automotive
10 2 (0.75%) Games
10 2 (0.75%) General Ledger
10 2 (0.75%) Local Government
10 2 (0.75%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.37%) Back Office
11 1 (0.37%) German Language
11 1 (0.37%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 52 (19.40%) Architect
2 43 (16.04%) Analyst
3 23 (8.58%) Consultant
4 18 (6.72%) Business Analyst
5 16 (5.97%) Designer
6 15 (5.60%) TIBCO Specialist
7 12 (4.48%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (4.10%) Developer
9 8 (2.99%) Senior Architect
10 7 (2.61%) Applications Specialist
11 6 (2.24%) Digital Architect
11 6 (2.24%) Lead Architect
11 6 (2.24%) Oracle Consultant
11 6 (2.24%) Solutions Designer
11 6 (2.24%) Support Analyst
12 5 (1.87%) 1st Line Support
12 5 (1.87%) Enterprise Architect
12 5 (1.87%) Product Owner
12 5 (1.87%) Senior Manager
12 5 (1.87%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (11.19%) Web Services
2 22 (8.21%) J2EE
2 22 (8.21%) JMS
3 11 (4.10%) JSON
3 11 (4.10%) XML
4 10 (3.73%) HTML
4 10 (3.73%) REST
5 7 (2.61%) .NET
5 7 (2.61%) CSS
5 7 (2.61%) Swagger
5 7 (2.61%) XSD
6 6 (2.24%) React
6 6 (2.24%) TIBCO EMS
6 6 (2.24%) XSL
7 5 (1.87%) SOAP
7 5 (1.87%) Spring
8 4 (1.49%) Middleware
9 3 (1.12%) Node.js
9 3 (1.12%) RESTful
10 2 (0.75%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 99 (36.94%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (7.09%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (4.48%) User Experience
4 7 (2.61%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.61%) Mobile App
5 5 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (1.87%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.12%) Blog
6 3 (1.12%) Handset
6 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.12%) NHS
6 3 (1.12%) Smartphone
7 2 (0.75%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.75%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.75%) IVR
7 2 (0.75%) Life Science
7 2 (0.75%) Mobile Computing
7 2 (0.75%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.75%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 48 (17.91%) Windows
2 18 (6.72%) Windows 7
3 16 (5.97%) Windows 10
4 14 (5.22%) Unix
5 13 (4.85%) Windows 8
6 11 (4.10%) Windows Server
7 8 (2.99%) Android
7 8 (2.99%) Apple iOS
7 8 (2.99%) Windows XP
8 7 (2.61%) Linux
8 7 (2.61%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (2.24%) Windows Vista
10 4 (1.49%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.75%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.37%) Solaris
12 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (23.13%) Agile Software Development
2 39 (14.55%) Migration
3 32 (11.94%) Decision-Making
4 26 (9.70%) SOA
5 23 (8.58%) ITIL
6 22 (8.21%) Critical Thinking
6 22 (8.21%) Scrum
7 20 (7.46%) Performance Tuning
8 19 (7.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 19 (7.09%) Time Management
9 17 (6.34%) High Availability
10 16 (5.97%) DevOps
10 16 (5.97%) Functional Testing
11 15 (5.60%) Data Analysis
11 15 (5.60%) Disaster Recovery
11 15 (5.60%) SDLC
12 14 (5.22%) ITSM
13 13 (4.85%) Continuous Integration
13 13 (4.85%) Data Migration
13 13 (4.85%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (19.03%) SQL
2 48 (17.91%) Java
3 31 (11.57%) PL/SQL
4 14 (5.22%) JavaScript
4 14 (5.22%) Shell Script
5 11 (4.10%) Python
6 9 (3.36%) Groovy
6 9 (3.36%) PowerShell
7 8 (2.99%) C#
8 7 (2.61%) XPath
8 7 (2.61%) XQuery
9 5 (1.87%) PHP
10 3 (1.12%) VBA
11 2 (0.75%) Perl
11 2 (0.75%) Ruby
12 1 (0.37%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.37%) C++
12 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.37%) VB
12 1 (0.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 36 (13.43%) Security Cleared
2 19 (7.09%) Degree
3 16 (5.97%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (5.60%) DV Cleared
5 13 (4.85%) MCSE
6 11 (4.10%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.49%) CCNA
8 4 (1.49%) CCNP
8 4 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.49%) ISEB
8 4 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.12%) CISSP
10 2 (0.75%) ACCA
10 2 (0.75%) CIMA
10 2 (0.75%) CISA
10 2 (0.75%) CISM
10 2 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.75%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.75%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.33%) QA
2 13 (4.85%) SLA
3 5 (1.87%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.12%) GDPR
4 3 (1.12%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.37%) FedRAMP
6 1 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 29 (10.82%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.99%) Microsoft App-V
2 8 (2.99%) XenApp
3 6 (2.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.12%) Docker
5 2 (0.75%) NDS
5 2 (0.75%) NetIQ eDirectory
6 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (8.96%) Amdocs OSS
2 10 (3.73%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.99%) SCCM
4 5 (1.87%) EMC NetWorker
5 4 (1.49%) QRadar
6 3 (1.12%) AirWatch
6 3 (1.12%) WSUS
7 2 (0.75%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.75%) logstash
7 2 (0.75%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.75%) Netcool
7 2 (0.75%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 2 (0.75%) ServiceCenter
7 2 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.75%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.37%) Ansible
8 1 (0.37%) CA Service Virtualization
8 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.37%) Opscode Chef
8 1 (0.37%) Salt
Vendors
1 54 (20.15%) Microsoft
1 54 (20.15%) Oracle
2 24 (8.96%) Cramer
3 22 (8.21%) TIBCO
4 18 (6.72%) Cisco
5 12 (4.48%) Apple
5 12 (4.48%) Atlassian
6 11 (4.10%) HP
6 11 (4.10%) IBM
7 10 (3.73%) Novell
8 9 (3.36%) Hyperion
8 9 (3.36%) McAfee
9 8 (2.99%) Dell
10 7 (2.61%) Citrix
10 7 (2.61%) Salesforce.com
10 7 (2.61%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.61%) VMware
11 6 (2.24%) Nokia
11 6 (2.24%) Remedy
12 5 (1.87%) Juniper