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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 4 10
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 -3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 220 227 220
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 11.34% 18.92% 12.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.66% 20.45% 14.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 131 124
10th Percentile £318 £350 £218
25th Percentile £385 £413 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £580
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -13.83% +16.05%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £625
90th Percentile £639 £650 £652
South East median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 6 21
10th Percentile £25.33 £26.11 £14.50
25th Percentile £30.81 £33.27 £20.75
Median hourly rate £32.50 £37.28 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -36.05% +6.85%
75th Percentile £62.50 £53.67 £61.60
90th Percentile £80.40 £72.90 -
South East median hourly rate £29.58 £18.82 £36.17
% change year-on-year +57.16% -47.96% -37.10%

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 1,610 1,110 1,502
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.99% 92.50% 85.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 983 677 794
10th Percentile £336 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -9.00% +4.76%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £638
90th Percentile £725 £688 £699
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +0.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 42 77
10th Percentile £31.25 £14.75 £15.40
25th Percentile £70.92 £17.69 £41.25
Median hourly rate £83.54 £34.80 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +140.08% -43.51% +8.29%
75th Percentile £88.00 £68.75 £70.39
90th Percentile £104.25 £87.48 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £57.79 £21.58 £57.35
% change year-on-year +167.83% -62.38% +14.70%

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 5 August 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 5 August 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 5 August 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 -12 101 £500 -4.76% 79
Wokingham -2 74 £425 -15.00% 9
Windsor +5 9 £458 -23.75% 15
Bracknell -10 8 £675 +12.50% 14
Slough -4 6 £460 +2.22% 18
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 (9.55%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.73%) Confluence
3 5 (2.27%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.91%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 16 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.64%) CPLEX
2 8 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (3.64%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.73%) Workday HCM
2 5 (2.27%) iTrent
3 4 (1.82%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (1.36%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.91%) Primavera
5 2 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.45%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.45%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.45%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 72 (32.73%) Azure
2 49 (22.27%) AWS
3 29 (13.18%) GCP
4 18 (8.18%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (7.73%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (5.00%) Entra ID
6 11 (5.00%) OneDrive
7 9 (4.09%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.73%) Route 53
8 6 (2.73%) SaaS
9 5 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (2.27%) GitHub
9 5 (2.27%) SuccessFactors
10 4 (1.82%) Azure AKS
10 4 (1.82%) Azure API Management
10 4 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.82%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (1.36%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.36%) OCI
11 3 (1.36%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 40 (18.18%) DNS
2 37 (16.82%) DHCP
3 30 (13.64%) Firewall
4 27 (12.27%) WAN
5 25 (11.36%) TCP/IP
6 21 (9.55%) LAN
7 19 (8.64%) BGP
8 17 (7.73%) OSPF
9 14 (6.36%) BIG-IP
9 14 (6.36%) Ethernet VPN
9 14 (6.36%) Junos
9 14 (6.36%) VXLAN
10 11 (5.00%) SD-WAN
11 10 (4.55%) MPLS
12 9 (4.09%) Cisco ISE
13 8 (3.64%) Network Security
13 8 (3.64%) VPN
14 6 (2.73%) DNSSEC
15 5 (2.27%) FTP
15 5 (2.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.91%) NoSQL
2 10 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (3.64%) MongoDB
3 8 (3.64%) Power BI
3 8 (3.64%) Relational Database
4 7 (3.18%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.73%) Oracle Reports
6 5 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.27%) GIS
7 4 (1.82%) Big Data
7 4 (1.82%) Metadata
7 4 (1.82%) QGIS
8 3 (1.36%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.36%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.91%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.91%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.91%) Parquet
9 2 (0.91%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (10.45%) Git
2 17 (7.73%) JIRA
3 7 (3.18%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.91%) GitLab
5 1 (0.45%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.45%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.45%) Gradle
5 1 (0.45%) HP UFT
5 1 (0.45%) Maven
General
1 110 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 94 (42.73%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (8.18%) Telecoms
4 17 (7.73%) Finance
5 14 (6.36%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (5.45%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.09%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.64%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.82%) Publishing
11 3 (1.36%) Billing
11 3 (1.36%) Legal
11 3 (1.36%) Marketing
11 3 (1.36%) Military
11 3 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.36%) Retail
12 1 (0.45%) Advertising
12 1 (0.45%) Aviation
12 1 (0.45%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 27 (12.27%) Analyst
2 20 (9.09%) Architect
3 18 (8.18%) Developer
4 17 (7.73%) Senior
5 13 (5.91%) Data Engineer
6 11 (5.00%) Lead
6 11 (5.00%) Network Engineer
7 10 (4.55%) Data Analyst
7 10 (4.55%) IT Support
8 9 (4.09%) Senior Network Engineer
9 8 (3.64%) Consultant
9 8 (3.64%) Python Developer
9 8 (3.64%) Support Engineer
10 7 (3.18%) Business Analyst
11 6 (2.73%) Service Analyst
11 6 (2.73%) Workday Consultant
12 5 (2.27%) DBA
12 5 (2.27%) Firewall Specialist
12 5 (2.27%) Project Manager
12 5 (2.27%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.36%) 802.1X
1 14 (6.36%) RESTful
2 11 (5.00%) OpenAPI
2 11 (5.00%) Swagger
3 10 (4.55%) Kafka
4 8 (3.64%) Django
4 8 (3.64%) FastAPI
4 8 (3.64%) Flask
4 8 (3.64%) NumPy
4 8 (3.64%) Pandas
4 8 (3.64%) pytest
4 8 (3.64%) RabbitMQ
4 8 (3.64%) REST
4 8 (3.64%) SAML
5 7 (3.18%) LDAP
5 7 (3.18%) OAuth
5 7 (3.18%) PySpark
6 5 (2.27%) ARM Templates
6 5 (2.27%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 4 (1.82%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 35 (15.91%) Data Centre
2 15 (6.82%) Cloud Native
2 15 (6.82%) Clustering
2 15 (6.82%) PKI
3 13 (5.91%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (5.00%) Data Structures
5 10 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (4.09%) Algorithms
7 7 (3.18%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.82%) LLPG
9 4 (1.82%) NLPG
9 4 (1.82%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.82%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.36%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.91%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 42 (19.09%) Windows
2 17 (7.73%) Linux
3 11 (5.00%) Apple iOS
3 11 (5.00%) Mac OS
4 10 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (3.18%) Windows Server
6 6 (2.73%) Unix
7 1 (0.45%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (28.64%) ITIL
2 45 (20.45%) DevOps
3 41 (18.64%) Agile
4 37 (16.82%) ITSM
5 35 (15.91%) Analytics
6 34 (15.45%) CI/CD
7 33 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 31 (14.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (13.18%) High Availability
10 24 (10.91%) AI
10 24 (10.91%) Customer Service
11 23 (10.45%) Load Balancing
11 23 (10.45%) Migration
11 23 (10.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 21 (9.55%) Service Management
13 20 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
13 20 (9.09%) Observability
14 19 (8.64%) DevSecOps
14 19 (8.64%) Roadmaps
14 19 (8.64%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 54 (24.55%) Python
2 32 (14.55%) SQL
3 25 (11.36%) PowerShell
4 14 (6.36%) JavaScript
5 10 (4.55%) Bash
6 7 (3.18%) Shell Script
7 6 (2.73%) Java
8 5 (2.27%) Bicep
8 5 (2.27%) Korn
9 4 (1.82%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.36%) C#
10 3 (1.36%) Go
11 2 (0.91%) Scala
12 1 (0.45%) R
12 1 (0.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 97 (44.09%) Security Cleared
2 65 (29.55%) SC Cleared
3 33 (15.00%) Degree
4 15 (6.82%) DV Cleared
5 14 (6.36%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (4.55%) CISSP
7 9 (4.09%) Azure Certification
7 9 (4.09%) JNCIA
7 9 (4.09%) JNCIP
7 9 (4.09%) JNCIS
7 9 (4.09%) PMP
8 8 (3.64%) CISM
8 8 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.73%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.36%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.91%) CCA
12 2 (0.91%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.73%) Data Quality
2 14 (6.36%) NIST
3 12 (5.45%) GDPR
4 11 (5.00%) QA
5 10 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.82%) BS7666
6 4 (1.82%) PMO
7 2 (0.91%) SLA
8 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.45%) GRC
8 1 (0.45%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.45%) ITGC
8 1 (0.45%) JTAG
8 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (10.45%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.82%) Docker
3 12 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.18%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.27%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.36%) vSphere
8 1 (0.45%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 16 (7.27%) Ansible
2 16 (7.27%) FortiGate
2 16 (7.27%) Terraform
3 13 (5.91%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (4.55%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (4.09%) Red Hat Satellite
6 5 (2.27%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 5 (2.27%) Oracle RMAN
7 3 (1.36%) SCCM
7 3 (1.36%) SCOM
8 2 (0.91%) Avamar
8 2 (0.91%) Istio
8 2 (0.91%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.45%) Nessus
9 1 (0.45%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.45%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.45%) vMotion
Vendors
1 52 (23.64%) Microsoft
2 30 (13.64%) ServiceNow
3 24 (10.91%) VMware
4 21 (9.55%) Cisco
5 18 (8.18%) F5
5 18 (8.18%) Juniper
5 18 (8.18%) Oracle
6 17 (7.73%) SolarWinds
7 15 (6.82%) Splunk
8 14 (6.36%) Red Hat
9 13 (5.91%) Databricks
9 13 (5.91%) Extreme Networks
9 13 (5.91%) Google
10 12 (5.45%) Salesforce
11 11 (5.00%) Workday
12 9 (4.09%) SAP
13 8 (3.64%) CyberArk
14 7 (3.18%) BeyondTrust
15 6 (2.73%) Infoblox
16 5 (2.27%) MuleSoft