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

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 10 7
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 +8
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 228 204 268
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 17.30% 12.77% 14.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.27% 14.42% 16.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 94 178
10th Percentile £219 £283 £205
25th Percentile £400 £476 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £545 £416
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% +30.93% -18.42%
75th Percentile £542 £625 £548
90th Percentile £650 £653 £629
South East median daily rate £461 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -7.90% +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 8
10th Percentile £14.50 £17.63 £43.00
25th Percentile £15.25 £22.06 £48.40
Median hourly rate £20.79 £27.75 £49.07
Median % change year-on-year -25.08% -43.44% -
75th Percentile £22.13 £52.28 £56.69
90th Percentile £36.59 £60.78 £73.50
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £28.25 £50.39
% change year-on-year -33.38% -43.94% +47.75%

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 1,183 1,415 1,643
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 89.76% 88.60% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 775 765 986
10th Percentile £317 £327 £216
25th Percentile £420 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £650 £691 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 51 74
10th Percentile £14.75 £26.00 £19.64
25th Percentile £16.72 £44.50 £46.01
Median hourly rate £27.50 £60.46 £61.72
Median % change year-on-year -54.51% -2.05% +23.44%
75th Percentile £58.00 £64.08 £71.62
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.40 £76.72
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £57.54 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.01% +9.60% +20.03%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -4 81 £500 -4.31% 90
Wokingham +18 75 £445 -22.61% 22
Bracknell -2 18 £650 +33.33% 15
Slough +5 13 £475 -24.00% 25
Windsor -8 11 £513 +2.50% 11
Maidenhead +2 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 15 (6.58%) Confluence
2 8 (3.51%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.07%) CMS
4 4 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.32%) Anypoint
5 3 (1.32%) Apache
5 3 (1.32%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.88%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.44%) Camunda
7 1 (0.44%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 13 (5.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.88%) SAP GRC
2 2 (0.88%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.44%) BPCS
3 1 (0.44%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.44%) Maximo
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle BRM
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.44%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 75 (32.89%) Azure
2 66 (28.95%) AWS
3 45 (19.74%) GCP
4 16 (7.02%) Power Platform
5 15 (6.58%) Entra ID
6 10 (4.39%) GitHub
7 9 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (2.63%) SaaS
9 5 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.19%) Serverless
10 4 (1.75%) dbt
10 4 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.32%) Amazon Cognito
11 3 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.32%) Azure API Management
11 3 (1.32%) Azure Functions
11 3 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.32%) OCI
12 2 (0.88%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.46%) Network Security
2 15 (6.58%) DNS
3 14 (6.14%) TCP/IP
4 12 (5.26%) DHCP
5 11 (4.82%) VLAN
6 8 (3.51%) Firewall
7 6 (2.63%) WAN
8 4 (1.75%) 5G
8 4 (1.75%) Internet
8 4 (1.75%) MPLS
8 4 (1.75%) SAN
9 3 (1.32%) Broadband
9 3 (1.32%) SSL
9 3 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (1.32%) Wireless
10 2 (0.88%) 2G
10 2 (0.88%) Intranet
10 2 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.88%) VoIP
10 2 (0.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.46%) Relational Database
2 12 (5.26%) Power BI
3 10 (4.39%) NoSQL
3 10 (4.39%) Tableau
4 7 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.63%) MongoDB
5 6 (2.63%) MySQL
5 6 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.63%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.75%) RDBMS
7 3 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.32%) Big Data
7 3 (1.32%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.88%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.88%) GIS
8 2 (0.88%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.88%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.44%) EDMS
9 1 (0.44%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 22 (9.65%) JIRA
2 13 (5.70%) Git
3 3 (1.32%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.88%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.88%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.88%) GitLab
5 1 (0.44%) Appium
5 1 (0.44%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.44%) Gradle
5 1 (0.44%) Maven
5 1 (0.44%) Mocha
5 1 (0.44%) Selenium
General
1 131 (57.46%) Social Skills
2 95 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (10.96%) Telecoms
4 22 (9.65%) Public Sector
5 19 (8.33%) Finance
6 18 (7.89%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (3.95%) Retail
9 6 (2.63%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.75%) Automotive
11 3 (1.32%) Billing
11 3 (1.32%) Legal
12 2 (0.88%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.88%) Electronics
12 2 (0.88%) Local Government
12 2 (0.88%) Marketing
12 2 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.44%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 23 (10.09%) Support Engineer
2 22 (9.65%) Analyst
2 22 (9.65%) Architect
3 17 (7.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 17 (7.46%) Infrastructure Support
3 17 (7.46%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 13 (5.70%) Lead
4 13 (5.70%) Project Manager
5 12 (5.26%) Consultant
5 12 (5.26%) Developer
6 11 (4.82%) Senior
7 10 (4.39%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (3.95%) Security Architect
9 8 (3.51%) AWS Engineer
9 8 (3.51%) IT Support
10 7 (3.07%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (3.07%) Support Analyst
11 6 (2.63%) Business Analyst
11 6 (2.63%) IT Analyst
12 5 (2.19%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.21%) REST
2 15 (6.58%) SOAP
3 11 (4.82%) LDAP
4 9 (3.95%) OAuth
5 8 (3.51%) scikit-learn
6 7 (3.07%) GraphQL
7 6 (2.63%) Pandas
8 5 (2.19%) NumPy
8 5 (2.19%) OAuth2
8 5 (2.19%) React
9 4 (1.75%) .NET
9 4 (1.75%) Node.js
9 4 (1.75%) OpenID
9 4 (1.75%) PyTorch
9 4 (1.75%) TensorFlow
9 4 (1.75%) Web Services
10 3 (1.32%) HTML
10 3 (1.32%) JSON
10 3 (1.32%) SAML
10 3 (1.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.58%) Analytical Mindset
2 12 (5.26%) Algorithms
3 10 (4.39%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.39%) Security Posture
4 8 (3.51%) Cloud Native
4 8 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (3.51%) Mobile App
5 7 (3.07%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.19%) CMDB
7 5 (2.19%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.32%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.32%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.32%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.32%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.32%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.32%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 32 (14.04%) Windows
2 31 (13.60%) Linux
3 11 (4.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.32%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.88%) Unix
6 2 (0.88%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.44%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (22.37%) CI/CD
2 50 (21.93%) DevOps
3 49 (21.49%) Agile
4 46 (20.18%) ITIL
5 39 (17.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 34 (14.91%) Cybersecurity
7 28 (12.28%) Change Management
7 28 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 28 (12.28%) Project Management
7 28 (12.28%) Test Automation
8 27 (11.84%) Disaster Recovery
8 27 (11.84%) Validation
9 26 (11.40%) DevSecOps
9 26 (11.40%) SIEM
10 25 (10.96%) Service Management
11 24 (10.53%) Decision-Making
12 22 (9.65%) Root Cause Analysis
13 21 (9.21%) Computer Science
14 19 (8.33%) ITSM
14 19 (8.33%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 67 (29.39%) Python
2 29 (12.72%) SQL
3 25 (10.96%) PowerShell
4 20 (8.77%) Java
4 20 (8.77%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.63%) C#
5 6 (2.63%) Go
6 5 (2.19%) Bash
6 5 (2.19%) Kusto Query Language
6 5 (2.19%) R
7 4 (1.75%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.32%) C
8 3 (1.32%) C++
8 3 (1.32%) DataWeave
8 3 (1.32%) PHP
9 2 (0.88%) Groovy
9 2 (0.88%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.44%) ABAP
10 1 (0.44%) Perl
10 1 (0.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 69 (30.26%) Security Cleared
2 57 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 37 (16.23%) Degree
4 27 (11.84%) CISSP
5 17 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (6.58%) Azure Certification
6 15 (6.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (6.14%) AWS Certification
7 14 (6.14%) CISM
8 12 (5.26%) Master's Degree
9 11 (4.82%) Network+ Certification
9 11 (4.82%) PMP
9 11 (4.82%) Server+ Certification
10 9 (3.95%) CEH
10 9 (3.95%) PMI Certification
11 8 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (3.07%) GIAC
13 6 (2.63%) ISTQB
14 5 (2.19%) A+ Certification
14 5 (2.19%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.96%) QA
2 24 (10.53%) GDPR
3 22 (9.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (8.77%) NIST
5 10 (4.39%) Data Quality
6 7 (3.07%) GRC
7 4 (1.75%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.75%) SLA
8 3 (1.32%) EU AI Act
8 3 (1.32%) HIPAA
8 3 (1.32%) PSD2
9 2 (0.88%) PMO
10 1 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 20 (8.77%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (5.70%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.19%) Docker
4 5 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.88%) vSphere
6 1 (0.44%) NFS
6 1 (0.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (6.58%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.39%) Ansible
3 8 (3.51%) Red Hat Satellite
3 8 (3.51%) Terraform
4 5 (2.19%) Kibana
5 4 (1.75%) SCCM
6 3 (1.32%) CloudHub
6 3 (1.32%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.88%) BMC PATROL
7 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.88%) Nessus
7 2 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.44%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.44%) Grafana
8 1 (0.44%) Nmap
8 1 (0.44%) Puppet
8 1 (0.44%) QRadar
8 1 (0.44%) vRealize
8 1 (0.44%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 46 (20.18%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.09%) VMware
3 16 (7.02%) ServiceNow
4 15 (6.58%) Google
4 15 (6.58%) Oracle
5 13 (5.70%) CyberArk
6 11 (4.82%) BeyondTrust
6 11 (4.82%) Red Hat
7 10 (4.39%) Workday
8 8 (3.51%) Remedy
8 8 (3.51%) SAP
9 7 (3.07%) Splunk
10 6 (2.63%) FireEye
10 6 (2.63%) Tanium
11 5 (2.19%) Cisco
12 4 (1.75%) BMC
12 4 (1.75%) IBM
13 3 (1.32%) Juniper
13 3 (1.32%) NetApp
13 3 (1.32%) Salesforce