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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 10 7
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 +7
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 212 209 263
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 16.07% 13.01% 14.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.98% 14.65% 16.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 97 175
10th Percentile £229 £259 £205
25th Percentile £405 £475 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -12.27% +29.41% -16.71%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £575
90th Percentile £650 £653 £638
South East median daily rate £462 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -7.65% +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 8
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.50 £43.00
25th Percentile £15.25 £17.63 £48.40
Median hourly rate £20.79 £28.50 £49.07
Median % change year-on-year -27.05% -41.91% -
75th Percentile £22.13 £60.78 £56.69
90th Percentile £36.59 £61.60 £73.50
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £28.50 £51.06
% change year-on-year -33.96% -44.18% +75.39%

All Process and 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 1,179 1,427 1,609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 89.39% 88.80% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 765 766 972
10th Percentile £325 £325 £240
25th Percentile £420 £423 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £501
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +7.34% +0.15%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £511 £520
% change year-on-year -2.19% -1.70% +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 55 69
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.93 £18.95
25th Percentile £16.72 £41.88 £45.21
Median hourly rate £27.50 £58.49 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -52.98% -5.34% +23.58%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.42 £72.33
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.19 £77.55
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.17 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.40% +10.80% +40.00%

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 2025. 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 -5 78 £500 -4.31% 89
Wokingham +17 65 £460 -20.00% 21
Bracknell -1 17 £650 +33.33% 15
Slough +3 13 £475 -24.00% 665
Windsor -10 7 £513 -6.82% 22
Maidenhead +4 4 £200 -14.89% 20
Thatcham - 2 £535 -
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 14 (6.60%) Confluence
2 7 (3.30%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.83%) CMS
4 4 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.42%) Anypoint
5 3 (1.42%) Apache
5 3 (1.42%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.94%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.47%) Camunda
7 1 (0.47%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 11 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.89%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.94%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (0.94%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.94%) SAP GRC
2 2 (0.94%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.47%) BPCS
3 1 (0.47%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.47%) Maximo
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle AGIS
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle BRM
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.47%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 66 (31.13%) Azure
2 56 (26.42%) AWS
3 37 (17.45%) GCP
4 15 (7.08%) Power Platform
5 14 (6.60%) Entra ID
6 9 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.30%) GitHub
8 6 (2.83%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (2.83%) SaaS
9 5 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.89%) dbt
10 4 (1.89%) OCI
10 4 (1.89%) Serverless
11 3 (1.42%) Azure API Management
11 3 (1.42%) Azure Functions
11 3 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.94%) AtomSphere
12 2 (0.94%) Boomi
12 2 (0.94%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.08%) DNS
2 13 (6.13%) Network Security
2 13 (6.13%) TCP/IP
3 12 (5.66%) DHCP
4 11 (5.19%) VLAN
5 8 (3.77%) Firewall
6 5 (2.36%) WAN
7 4 (1.89%) SAN
8 3 (1.42%) 5G
8 3 (1.42%) Broadband
8 3 (1.42%) Internet
8 3 (1.42%) MPLS
8 3 (1.42%) SSL
8 3 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.42%) Wireless
9 2 (0.94%) Intranet
9 2 (0.94%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.94%) NaaS
9 2 (0.94%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.94%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.13%) Relational Database
2 11 (5.19%) Power BI
3 10 (4.72%) NoSQL
4 9 (4.25%) Tableau
5 7 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.36%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.42%) Big Data
7 3 (1.42%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.42%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.42%) MySQL
7 3 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.42%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.94%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.94%) GIS
8 2 (0.94%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.47%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.47%) EDMS
9 1 (0.47%) Metadata
9 1 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (9.91%) JIRA
2 13 (6.13%) Git
3 3 (1.42%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.94%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.94%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.94%) GitLab
5 1 (0.47%) Appium
5 1 (0.47%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.47%) Gradle
5 1 (0.47%) Maven
5 1 (0.47%) Mocha
5 1 (0.47%) Selenium
General
1 121 (57.08%) Social Skills
2 83 (39.15%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (11.32%) Telecoms
4 21 (9.91%) Public Sector
5 20 (9.43%) Finance
6 14 (6.60%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (3.30%) Retail
10 6 (2.83%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.42%) Automotive
11 3 (1.42%) Billing
11 3 (1.42%) Legal
12 2 (0.94%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.94%) Electronics
12 2 (0.94%) Local Government
12 2 (0.94%) Marketing
12 2 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.47%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 23 (10.85%) Analyst
1 23 (10.85%) Support Engineer
2 21 (9.91%) Architect
3 17 (8.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 17 (8.02%) Infrastructure Support
3 17 (8.02%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 12 (5.66%) Consultant
4 12 (5.66%) Lead
4 12 (5.66%) Project Manager
5 11 (5.19%) Senior
6 10 (4.72%) DevOps Engineer
7 9 (4.25%) Developer
7 9 (4.25%) Security Architect
8 8 (3.77%) AWS Engineer
8 8 (3.77%) IT Support
9 7 (3.30%) Cloud Engineer
10 6 (2.83%) Business Analyst
10 6 (2.83%) IT Analyst
10 6 (2.83%) Support Analyst
11 5 (2.36%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.49%) REST
2 12 (5.66%) SOAP
3 8 (3.77%) LDAP
3 8 (3.77%) scikit-learn
4 6 (2.83%) OAuth
4 6 (2.83%) Pandas
5 5 (2.36%) NumPy
5 5 (2.36%) OAuth2
6 4 (1.89%) .NET
6 4 (1.89%) GraphQL
6 4 (1.89%) OpenID
6 4 (1.89%) PyTorch
6 4 (1.89%) TensorFlow
6 4 (1.89%) Web Services
7 3 (1.42%) .NET Core
7 3 (1.42%) ARM Templates
7 3 (1.42%) Google JAX
7 3 (1.42%) HTML
7 3 (1.42%) JAX
7 3 (1.42%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.66%) Analytical Mindset
2 11 (5.19%) Algorithms
3 10 (4.72%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.72%) Security Posture
4 8 (3.77%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.30%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (3.30%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.36%) CMDB
8 4 (1.89%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (1.42%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.42%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.42%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.42%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.42%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.94%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (14.62%) Linux
1 31 (14.62%) Windows
2 11 (5.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (1.42%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.42%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.94%) Unix
5 2 (0.94%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.47%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (21.70%) DevOps
2 45 (21.23%) Agile
2 45 (21.23%) CI/CD
3 42 (19.81%) ITIL
4 37 (17.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 29 (13.68%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (12.74%) Project Management
7 26 (12.26%) Disaster Recovery
7 26 (12.26%) Test Automation
7 26 (12.26%) Validation
8 23 (10.85%) Change Management
8 23 (10.85%) DevSecOps
9 22 (10.38%) Decision-Making
9 22 (10.38%) SIEM
10 21 (9.91%) Root Cause Analysis
10 21 (9.91%) Service Management
11 20 (9.43%) Computer Science
11 20 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (8.96%) Mentoring
13 18 (8.49%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 58 (27.36%) Python
2 28 (13.21%) SQL
3 21 (9.91%) PowerShell
4 20 (9.43%) JavaScript
5 17 (8.02%) Java
6 6 (2.83%) C#
6 6 (2.83%) Go
7 5 (2.36%) Bash
8 4 (1.89%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (1.89%) R
8 4 (1.89%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.42%) C
9 3 (1.42%) C++
9 3 (1.42%) DataWeave
9 3 (1.42%) PHP
10 2 (0.94%) Groovy
10 2 (0.94%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.47%) ABAP
11 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 60 (28.30%) Security Cleared
2 48 (22.64%) SC Cleared
3 36 (16.98%) Degree
4 23 (10.85%) CISSP
5 16 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (7.08%) Azure Certification
6 15 (7.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (6.60%) AWS Certification
8 12 (5.66%) Master's Degree
9 11 (5.19%) CISM
9 11 (5.19%) Network+ Certification
9 11 (5.19%) Server+ Certification
10 10 (4.72%) PMP
11 8 (3.77%) CEH
11 8 (3.77%) PMI Certification
12 7 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (2.83%) GIAC
14 5 (2.36%) A+ Certification
14 5 (2.36%) ISTQB
15 4 (1.89%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (11.32%) QA
2 20 (9.43%) GDPR
3 19 (8.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (8.02%) NIST
5 10 (4.72%) Data Quality
6 7 (3.30%) GRC
7 4 (1.89%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.89%) SLA
8 3 (1.42%) EU AI Act
8 3 (1.42%) HIPAA
8 3 (1.42%) PSD2
9 2 (0.94%) PMO
10 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
System Software
1 17 (8.02%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (6.13%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.36%) Docker
4 5 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.94%) vSphere
6 1 (0.47%) NFS
6 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (7.08%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.25%) Ansible
3 8 (3.77%) Red Hat Satellite
3 8 (3.77%) Terraform
4 4 (1.89%) Kibana
4 4 (1.89%) SCCM
5 3 (1.42%) CloudHub
5 3 (1.42%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.94%) BMC PATROL
6 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.94%) Nessus
6 2 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.47%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.47%) Grafana
7 1 (0.47%) Nmap
7 1 (0.47%) Puppet
7 1 (0.47%) QRadar
7 1 (0.47%) vRealize
7 1 (0.47%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 43 (20.28%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.85%) VMware
3 17 (8.02%) Oracle
4 15 (7.08%) ServiceNow
5 11 (5.19%) Google
5 11 (5.19%) Red Hat
6 10 (4.72%) CyberArk
7 9 (4.25%) Workday
8 8 (3.77%) BeyondTrust
8 8 (3.77%) Remedy
8 8 (3.77%) SAP
9 7 (3.30%) Splunk
10 5 (2.36%) FireEye
10 5 (2.36%) Tanium
11 4 (1.89%) Cisco
11 4 (1.89%) IBM
12 3 (1.42%) NetApp
12 3 (1.42%) Progress
12 3 (1.42%) Salesforce
12 3 (1.42%) Veritas