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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -8 +6 -5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 200 193 213
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 11.03% 16.25% 12.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.47% 17.76% 14.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 121 106
10th Percentile £316 £267 £319
25th Percentile £400 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £590
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -15.29% +31.17%
75th Percentile £577 £588 £638
90th Percentile £651 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 4 16
10th Percentile £16.38 £21.94 £14.50
25th Percentile £26.77 £28.61 £19.19
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.80 £59.95
Median % change year-on-year -6.60% -41.96% +14.97%
75th Percentile £62.75 £38.42 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.75 - £68.42
South East median hourly rate £21.00 £16.97 £42.89
% change year-on-year +23.77% -60.44% -23.75%

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 1,485 1,087 1,507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 81.86% 91.50% 87.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 940 670 780
10th Percentile £350 £339 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 £512 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.23% -6.95% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £733 £663 £693
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 41 75
10th Percentile £16.62 £14.75 £19.93
25th Percentile £35.22 £17.30 £47.56
Median hourly rate £81.50 £32.31 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +152.24% -47.55% +2.67%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.24 £72.04
90th Percentile £104.50 £87.25 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £21.82 £57.35
% change year-on-year +140.23% -61.95% +9.24%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 11 September 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
Reading -13 103 £494 -10.23% 89
Wokingham -4 58 £430 -7.03% 10
Bracknell -4 9 £675 +22.73% 16
Windsor +10 8 £458 -5.91% 13
Slough -4 7 £480 +6.67% 17
Maidenhead -5 2 - - 15
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 21 (10.50%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.00%) ArcGIS
2 4 (2.00%) Confluence
3 2 (1.00%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.50%) Apache
4 1 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.50%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 14 (7.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.50%) CPLEX
3 6 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (3.00%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.00%) Workday HCM
2 5 (2.50%) iTrent
3 4 (2.00%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.00%) Primavera
4 2 (1.00%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 75 (37.50%) Azure
2 49 (24.50%) AWS
3 31 (15.50%) GCP
4 20 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (7.00%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (6.00%) Power Platform
7 11 (5.50%) OneDrive
8 7 (3.50%) Entra ID
8 7 (3.50%) SuccessFactors
9 6 (3.00%) OpenShift
9 6 (3.00%) Route 53
9 6 (3.00%) SaaS
10 5 (2.50%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (2.00%) Azure API Management
11 4 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (2.00%) GitHub
12 3 (1.50%) Apigee
12 3 (1.50%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (13.00%) DNS
2 23 (11.50%) DHCP
3 22 (11.00%) TCP/IP
4 14 (7.00%) Firewall
5 8 (4.00%) WAN
6 7 (3.50%) SD-WAN
7 6 (3.00%) 2G
7 6 (3.00%) 3G
7 6 (3.00%) 4G
7 6 (3.00%) 5G
7 6 (3.00%) Diameter Protocol
7 6 (3.00%) DNSSEC
7 6 (3.00%) FTP
7 6 (3.00%) LAN
7 6 (3.00%) Network Security
7 6 (3.00%) SIGTRAN
7 6 (3.00%) SS7
7 6 (3.00%) VPN
8 5 (2.50%) MPLS
9 3 (1.50%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.50%) Power BI
2 10 (5.00%) NoSQL
3 8 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (3.50%) MongoDB
4 7 (3.50%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.00%) GIS
5 4 (2.00%) Metadata
5 4 (2.00%) QGIS
6 3 (1.50%) Big Data
6 3 (1.50%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.00%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.50%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.50%) Parquet
8 1 (0.50%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.50%) Tableau
8 1 (0.50%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 19 (9.50%) Git
2 16 (8.00%) JIRA
3 6 (3.00%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.50%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.50%) GitLab
4 1 (0.50%) Gradle
4 1 (0.50%) HP UFT
4 1 (0.50%) JMeter
4 1 (0.50%) Maven
4 1 (0.50%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.50%) Selenium
General
1 113 (56.50%) Social Skills
2 89 (44.50%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (9.50%) Telecoms
4 18 (9.00%) Finance
5 13 (6.50%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (5.00%) Aerospace
6 10 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.00%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.00%) Publishing
10 3 (1.50%) Legal
10 3 (1.50%) Retail
11 2 (1.00%) Billing
11 2 (1.00%) Marketing
12 1 (0.50%) Advertising
12 1 (0.50%) Aviation
12 1 (0.50%) Banking
12 1 (0.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 26 (13.00%) Analyst
2 17 (8.50%) Lead
3 15 (7.50%) Architect
3 15 (7.50%) Developer
4 14 (7.00%) Data Engineer
5 13 (6.50%) IT Support
6 11 (5.50%) Consultant
6 11 (5.50%) Senior
7 9 (4.50%) Business Analyst
8 7 (3.50%) Data Analyst
8 7 (3.50%) Python Developer
9 6 (3.00%) Designer
9 6 (3.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (3.00%) Mobile Designer
9 6 (3.00%) Support Engineer
9 6 (3.00%) Technical Leader
9 6 (3.00%) Workday Consultant
10 5 (2.50%) Project Manager
10 5 (2.50%) Service Analyst
10 5 (2.50%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (10.00%) Terraform
2 12 (6.00%) RESTful
3 10 (5.00%) OpenAPI
3 10 (5.00%) Swagger
4 8 (4.00%) Kafka
4 8 (4.00%) PySpark
5 7 (3.50%) Django
5 7 (3.50%) FastAPI
5 7 (3.50%) Flask
5 7 (3.50%) NumPy
5 7 (3.50%) Pandas
5 7 (3.50%) pytest
5 7 (3.50%) RabbitMQ
5 7 (3.50%) REST
6 6 (3.00%) LDAP
6 6 (3.00%) Web Services
7 5 (2.50%) ARM Templates
7 5 (2.50%) SOAP
7 5 (2.50%) Streamlit
8 4 (2.00%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.00%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.50%) Cloud Native
3 12 (6.00%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (5.00%) Data Structures
5 7 (3.50%) Algorithms
6 6 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (3.00%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.00%) LLPG
8 4 (2.00%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.00%) NLPG
8 4 (2.00%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.00%) Clustering
10 2 (1.00%) CMDB
10 2 (1.00%) PKI
10 2 (1.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 32 (16.00%) Windows
2 15 (7.50%) Linux
3 14 (7.00%) Apple iOS
4 10 (5.00%) Mac OS
5 9 (4.50%) Windows Server
6 7 (3.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.50%) Rocky
7 1 (0.50%) Unix
7 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (25.00%) Agile
1 50 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 48 (24.00%) ITIL
3 45 (22.50%) DevOps
4 39 (19.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 37 (18.50%) Analytics
6 36 (18.00%) CI/CD
7 34 (17.00%) ITSM
8 25 (12.50%) Customer Service
9 23 (11.50%) AI
9 23 (11.50%) Service Delivery
9 23 (11.50%) Technical Leadership
10 21 (10.50%) Infrastructure as Code
10 21 (10.50%) Migration
11 20 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 19 (9.50%) Decision-Making
12 19 (9.50%) DevSecOps
12 19 (9.50%) Roadmaps
12 19 (9.50%) Software Engineering
13 18 (9.00%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 50 (25.00%) Python
2 29 (14.50%) SQL
3 23 (11.50%) PowerShell
4 13 (6.50%) JavaScript
5 11 (5.50%) Bash
6 6 (3.00%) Java
7 4 (2.00%) Bicep
7 4 (2.00%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.50%) Go
9 2 (1.00%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.50%) C#
10 1 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.50%) R
10 1 (0.50%) Scala
10 1 (0.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 76 (38.00%) Security Cleared
2 58 (29.00%) SC Cleared
3 34 (17.00%) Degree
4 12 (6.00%) PMP
5 10 (5.00%) PMI Certification
6 9 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (4.00%) Azure Certification
7 8 (4.00%) CISSP
7 8 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (3.50%) AWS Certification
8 7 (3.50%) CISM
9 5 (2.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.50%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.50%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.50%) MCITP
11 2 (1.00%) CCA
11 2 (1.00%) CISA
11 2 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.00%) NVQ Level 3
11 2 (1.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.50%) Data Quality
2 11 (5.50%) GDPR
2 11 (5.50%) NIST
2 11 (5.50%) QA
3 8 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.00%) BS7666
4 4 (2.00%) PMO
5 2 (1.00%) SLA
6 1 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.50%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.50%) GAAP
6 1 (0.50%) GRC
6 1 (0.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.50%) ITGC
6 1 (0.50%) JTAG
6 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (8.50%) Active Directory
2 14 (7.00%) Docker
3 10 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.50%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (2.00%) vSphere
7 3 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.00%) IAG
Systems Management
1 21 (10.50%) Kubernetes
2 17 (8.50%) Ansible
3 13 (6.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (5.00%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (3.00%) Red Hat Satellite
6 3 (1.50%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.50%) Istio
6 3 (1.50%) SCCM
6 3 (1.50%) SCOM
7 2 (1.00%) Avamar
7 2 (1.00%) Grafana
7 2 (1.00%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.50%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.50%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.50%) Podman
8 1 (0.50%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.50%) QRadar
8 1 (0.50%) vMotion
Vendors
1 60 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.50%) ServiceNow
3 20 (10.00%) VMware
4 14 (7.00%) Databricks
5 12 (6.00%) Google
5 12 (6.00%) Red Hat
6 11 (5.50%) Salesforce
6 11 (5.50%) Workday
7 10 (5.00%) Oracle
8 9 (4.50%) SAP
9 7 (3.50%) CyberArk
10 6 (3.00%) BeyondTrust
10 6 (3.00%) Cisco
10 6 (3.00%) Infoblox
11 5 (2.50%) MuleSoft
12 4 (2.00%) ESRI
12 4 (2.00%) SolarWinds
13 3 (1.50%) Citrix
13 3 (1.50%) F5
13 3 (1.50%) Juniper