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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 3 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 +2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 217 234 268
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 12.02% 20.84% 13.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.52% 22.35% 15.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 149 137
10th Percentile £326 £323 £205
25th Percentile £375 £413 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £504 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.62% -4.10% -
75th Percentile £575 £638 £625
90th Percentile £667 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -6.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 5 23
10th Percentile £23.21 £24.87 £14.50
25th Percentile £30.44 £32.31 £25.58
Median hourly rate £32.50 £48.00 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.29% -21.31% +11.80%
75th Percentile £40.59 £58.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.73 -
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £18.82 £21.50
% change year-on-year +72.69% -12.47% -62.61%

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 1,495 1,047 1,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.78% 93.23% 87.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 959 649 841
10th Percentile £306 £325 £235
25th Percentile £400 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £513
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -2.34% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £608
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £509
% change year-on-year +3.90% -1.67% +0.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 26 105
10th Percentile £31.25 £25.71 £17.20
25th Percentile £76.39 £32.12 £41.25
Median hourly rate £83.54 £62.62 £60.60
Median % change year-on-year +33.40% +3.33% -0.45%
75th Percentile £88.00 £79.30 £71.75
90th Percentile £107.00 £88.87 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +108.75% -47.05% -9.52%

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 June 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 6 June 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 6 June 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 -3 87 £413 -18.32% 4
Reading -10 85 £488 -11.36% 43
Windsor +4 11 £463 -19.57% 5
Bracknell -8 8 £613 +36.11% 6
Slough -5 4 £750 +66.67% 17
Hungerford - 3 - -
Maidenhead - 1 - - 2
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 19 (8.76%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.76%) Confluence
3 5 (2.30%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.46%) CMS
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 16 (7.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.15%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (3.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (3.69%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (2.30%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 6 (2.76%) Workday HCM
2 5 (2.30%) iTrent
3 4 (1.84%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.38%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (1.38%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (1.38%) SAP MDG
4 3 (1.38%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.46%) Primavera
5 1 (0.46%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 67 (30.88%) Azure
2 49 (22.58%) AWS
3 28 (12.90%) GCP
4 18 (8.29%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (4.15%) Entra ID
6 9 (4.15%) Power Platform
7 8 (3.69%) OneDrive
8 6 (2.76%) SaaS
8 6 (2.76%) Serverless
9 5 (2.30%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (1.38%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.38%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (1.38%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.38%) OCI
11 2 (0.92%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.92%) Azure Storage
11 2 (0.92%) GitHub
11 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.92%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (13.36%) DNS
2 27 (12.44%) DHCP
2 27 (12.44%) Firewall
3 26 (11.98%) WAN
4 20 (9.22%) BGP
4 20 (9.22%) LAN
5 18 (8.29%) OSPF
6 14 (6.45%) BIG-IP
6 14 (6.45%) Ethernet VPN
6 14 (6.45%) Junos
6 14 (6.45%) Network Security
6 14 (6.45%) TCP/IP
6 14 (6.45%) VXLAN
7 11 (5.07%) MPLS
8 10 (4.61%) SD-WAN
9 9 (4.15%) Cisco ISE
10 7 (3.23%) VPN
11 6 (2.76%) FTP
12 5 (2.30%) Internet
13 4 (1.84%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.15%) NoSQL
1 9 (4.15%) Oracle Reports
1 9 (4.15%) Power BI
2 8 (3.69%) MongoDB
2 8 (3.69%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.30%) GIS
4 5 (2.30%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.84%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.84%) QGIS
6 3 (1.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.92%) Big Data
7 2 (0.92%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.92%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.92%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.46%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 16 (7.37%) JIRA
2 14 (6.45%) Git
3 8 (3.69%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.30%) HP UFT
5 2 (0.92%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.92%) GitLab
6 1 (0.46%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.46%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.46%) Gradle
6 1 (0.46%) Maven
General
1 119 (54.84%) Social Skills
2 96 (44.24%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (9.22%) Public Sector
4 15 (6.91%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (5.07%) Finance
6 8 (3.69%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.76%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.84%) Billing
9 4 (1.84%) Marketing
10 3 (1.38%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.38%) Legal
10 3 (1.38%) Military
11 2 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.92%) Law
12 1 (0.46%) Aviation
12 1 (0.46%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.46%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (9.68%) Analyst
2 20 (9.22%) Senior
3 14 (6.45%) Architect
4 11 (5.07%) Consultant
4 11 (5.07%) Network Engineer
5 10 (4.61%) Lead
6 9 (4.15%) Data Engineer
6 9 (4.15%) Developer
6 9 (4.15%) Project Manager
6 9 (4.15%) Senior Network Engineer
7 8 (3.69%) Data Analyst
8 7 (3.23%) IT Support
8 7 (3.23%) SIEM Engineer
9 6 (2.76%) Project Planner
9 6 (2.76%) Software Engineer
9 6 (2.76%) Support Engineer
9 6 (2.76%) Test Engineer
9 6 (2.76%) Workday Consultant
10 5 (2.30%) Business Analyst
10 5 (2.30%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.45%) 802.1X
1 14 (6.45%) LDAP
2 9 (4.15%) Kafka
3 7 (3.23%) RESTful
4 6 (2.76%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 5 (2.30%) Django
5 5 (2.30%) FastAPI
5 5 (2.30%) Flask
5 5 (2.30%) NumPy
5 5 (2.30%) OpenAPI
5 5 (2.30%) Pandas
5 5 (2.30%) pytest
5 5 (2.30%) RabbitMQ
5 5 (2.30%) REST
5 5 (2.30%) Swagger
6 4 (1.84%) Node.js
6 4 (1.84%) SAML
6 4 (1.84%) SOAP
7 3 (1.38%) Web Services
7 3 (1.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 15 (6.91%) Clustering
2 15 (6.91%) PKI
3 13 (5.99%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (4.61%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.61%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.76%) Algorithms
6 6 (2.76%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (2.30%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.30%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.30%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.30%) Replication
8 4 (1.84%) LLPG
8 4 (1.84%) NLPG
8 4 (1.84%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.92%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 35 (16.13%) Windows
2 17 (7.83%) Linux
3 9 (4.15%) Apple iOS
3 9 (4.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (3.69%) Mac OS
5 6 (2.76%) Unix
6 5 (2.30%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.92%) VMS
8 1 (0.46%) Android
8 1 (0.46%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.46%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (23.50%) ITIL
2 44 (20.28%) CI/CD
3 40 (18.43%) DevOps
4 29 (13.36%) Agile
4 29 (13.36%) High Availability
5 27 (12.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (12.44%) Cybersecurity
6 26 (11.98%) ITSM
6 26 (11.98%) Project Management
7 23 (10.60%) DevSecOps
8 21 (9.68%) SIEM
8 21 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
9 20 (9.22%) AI
9 20 (9.22%) Customer Service
9 20 (9.22%) Migration
10 19 (8.76%) Analytics
10 19 (8.76%) Identity Access Management
11 18 (8.29%) Decision-Making
12 17 (7.83%) Load Balancing
12 17 (7.83%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 51 (23.50%) Python
2 31 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 17 (7.83%) SQL
4 16 (7.37%) Java
5 13 (5.99%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.69%) Go
6 8 (3.69%) TypeScript
7 7 (3.23%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (3.23%) Shell Script
8 5 (2.30%) Korn
8 5 (2.30%) VBScript
9 3 (1.38%) Bash
10 2 (0.92%) Bicep
10 2 (0.92%) C#
10 2 (0.92%) Scala
11 1 (0.46%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 98 (45.16%) Security Cleared
2 62 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 23 (10.60%) CISSP
4 16 (7.37%) Degree
5 14 (6.45%) CISM
6 13 (5.99%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (5.99%) DV Cleared
7 9 (4.15%) JNCIA
7 9 (4.15%) JNCIP
7 9 (4.15%) JNCIS
7 9 (4.15%) PMP
8 8 (3.69%) GIAC
9 7 (3.23%) CEH
10 5 (2.30%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.92%) CCA
12 2 (0.92%) CCIE
12 2 (0.92%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (0.92%) MCSE
12 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.76%) NIST
2 17 (7.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (7.83%) QA
3 16 (7.37%) GDPR
4 10 (4.61%) Data Quality
5 9 (4.15%) PMO
6 4 (1.84%) BS7666
7 3 (1.38%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.92%) SLA
9 1 (0.46%) GRC
9 1 (0.46%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.46%) JTAG
System Software
1 27 (12.44%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.23%) Docker
4 5 (2.30%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (1.84%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.38%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.92%) Firmware
7 2 (0.92%) vSphere
8 1 (0.46%) NFS
Systems Management
1 18 (8.29%) FortiGate
2 17 (7.83%) Kubernetes
3 13 (5.99%) Ansible
4 11 (5.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (3.69%) Red Hat Satellite
6 7 (3.23%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (3.23%) Kibana
7 5 (2.30%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 5 (2.30%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (1.38%) Nessus
8 3 (1.38%) SCCM
8 3 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.38%) Terraform
9 2 (0.92%) Avamar
9 2 (0.92%) OpenVAS
9 2 (0.92%) SCOM
9 2 (0.92%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.46%) Nmap
10 1 (0.46%) vMotion
Vendors
1 29 (13.36%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.60%) Oracle
3 20 (9.22%) F5
4 19 (8.76%) Cisco
4 19 (8.76%) VMware
5 18 (8.29%) Juniper
6 16 (7.37%) ServiceNow
6 16 (7.37%) SolarWinds
7 15 (6.91%) Splunk
8 13 (5.99%) BeyondTrust
8 13 (5.99%) CyberArk
8 13 (5.99%) Extreme Networks
8 13 (5.99%) SAP
9 11 (5.07%) Workday
10 9 (4.15%) Red Hat
10 9 (4.15%) Salesforce
11 7 (3.23%) Databricks
12 6 (2.76%) FireEye
12 6 (2.76%) Google
12 6 (2.76%) Tanium