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

 6 months to
28 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -10 +6 -4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 199 197 214
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 10.78% 16.74% 12.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.15% 18.24% 14.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 118 106
10th Percentile £308 £347 £313
25th Percentile £385 £421 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -16.67% +26.72%
75th Percentile £575 £597 £638
90th Percentile £644 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 4 17
10th Percentile £22.30 £21.94 £14.50
25th Percentile £30.38 £28.61 £20.75
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.80 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -6.60% -43.51% +12.90%
75th Percentile £63.00 £38.42 -
90th Percentile £82.80 - £67.06
South East median hourly rate £21.35 £18.00 £36.17
% change year-on-year +18.61% -50.23% -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 1,513 1,080 1,484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 81.96% 91.76% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 947 666 782
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £516 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% -6.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £733 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £517
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.34% -0.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 41 75
10th Percentile £22.06 £14.75 £16.10
25th Percentile £57.50 £17.30 £41.50
Median hourly rate £83.00 £32.05 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +158.97% -47.97% +2.67%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.24 £72.04
90th Percentile £104.00 £87.25 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £23.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +128.26% -59.90% +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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -10 97 £498 -9.55% 96
Wokingham -1 64 £425 -13.04% 12
Windsor +6 9 £458 -5.91% 11
Bracknell -4 9 £675 +22.73% 16
Slough -5 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 (10.55%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.01%) ArcGIS
2 4 (2.01%) Confluence
3 2 (1.01%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.50%) Apache
4 1 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.50%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 13 (6.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.52%) CPLEX
2 7 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (3.02%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.01%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.51%) iTrent
1 5 (2.51%) Workday HCM
2 4 (2.01%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.01%) Primavera
3 2 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.50%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.50%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.50%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 74 (37.19%) Azure
2 49 (24.62%) AWS
3 29 (14.57%) GCP
4 18 (9.05%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (7.54%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (5.53%) OneDrive
6 11 (5.53%) Power Platform
7 8 (4.02%) Entra ID
8 6 (3.02%) Route 53
8 6 (3.02%) SaaS
8 6 (3.02%) SuccessFactors
9 5 (2.51%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (2.51%) GitHub
9 5 (2.51%) OpenShift
10 4 (2.01%) Azure API Management
10 4 (2.01%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.51%) Apigee
11 3 (1.51%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 2 (1.01%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (14.57%) DNS
2 26 (13.07%) DHCP
3 25 (12.56%) TCP/IP
4 20 (10.05%) Firewall
5 15 (7.54%) WAN
6 11 (5.53%) SD-WAN
7 10 (5.03%) LAN
8 9 (4.52%) MPLS
8 9 (4.52%) VPN
9 8 (4.02%) Network Security
10 7 (3.52%) BGP
11 6 (3.02%) 2G
11 6 (3.02%) 3G
11 6 (3.02%) 4G
11 6 (3.02%) 5G
11 6 (3.02%) Diameter Protocol
11 6 (3.02%) DNSSEC
11 6 (3.02%) OSPF
11 6 (3.02%) SIGTRAN
11 6 (3.02%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.53%) NoSQL
2 10 (5.03%) Power BI
3 9 (4.52%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (4.02%) Relational Database
5 7 (3.52%) MongoDB
6 5 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.01%) Big Data
7 4 (2.01%) GIS
7 4 (2.01%) Metadata
7 4 (2.01%) QGIS
8 3 (1.51%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.51%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (1.51%) SQL Server
9 2 (1.01%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.01%) DynamoDB
9 2 (1.01%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.50%) Parquet
10 1 (0.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (10.55%) Git
2 16 (8.04%) JIRA
3 7 (3.52%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.01%) GitLab
5 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.50%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.50%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.50%) Gradle
5 1 (0.50%) HP UFT
5 1 (0.50%) JMeter
5 1 (0.50%) Maven
5 1 (0.50%) Selenium
General
1 110 (55.28%) Social Skills
2 90 (45.23%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (10.55%) Telecoms
4 19 (9.55%) Finance
5 14 (7.04%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (5.03%) Aerospace
7 9 (4.52%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (4.02%) Public Sector
9 7 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.01%) Publishing
11 3 (1.51%) Billing
11 3 (1.51%) Legal
11 3 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.51%) Retail
12 2 (1.01%) Marketing
12 2 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.50%) Advertising
13 1 (0.50%) Banking
13 1 (0.50%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 26 (13.07%) Analyst
2 16 (8.04%) Architect
3 15 (7.54%) Data Engineer
3 15 (7.54%) Developer
4 12 (6.03%) Lead
5 11 (5.53%) IT Support
5 11 (5.53%) Senior
6 9 (4.52%) Consultant
7 8 (4.02%) Business Analyst
8 7 (3.52%) Data Analyst
8 7 (3.52%) Python Developer
9 6 (3.02%) Designer
9 6 (3.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (3.02%) Mobile Designer
9 6 (3.02%) Project Manager
9 6 (3.02%) Service Analyst
9 6 (3.02%) Support Engineer
10 5 (2.51%) Service Delivery Analyst
10 5 (2.51%) Workday Consultant
11 4 (2.01%) Rollout Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.05%) Terraform
2 12 (6.03%) RESTful
3 10 (5.03%) OpenAPI
3 10 (5.03%) Swagger
4 9 (4.52%) Kafka
4 9 (4.52%) PySpark
5 7 (3.52%) Django
5 7 (3.52%) FastAPI
5 7 (3.52%) Flask
5 7 (3.52%) LDAP
5 7 (3.52%) NumPy
5 7 (3.52%) Pandas
5 7 (3.52%) pytest
5 7 (3.52%) RabbitMQ
6 6 (3.02%) REST
7 5 (2.51%) ARM Templates
7 5 (2.51%) SAML
7 5 (2.51%) SOAP
7 5 (2.51%) Streamlit
8 4 (2.01%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.06%) Data Centre
2 14 (7.04%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (6.53%) Cloud Native
4 10 (5.03%) Data Structures
5 7 (3.52%) Algorithms
5 7 (3.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (2.51%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.51%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.01%) Clustering
8 4 (2.01%) LLPG
8 4 (2.01%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.01%) NLPG
8 4 (2.01%) PKI
9 3 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.51%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.01%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 32 (16.08%) Windows
2 15 (7.54%) Linux
3 12 (6.03%) Apple iOS
4 11 (5.53%) Mac OS
5 7 (3.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (3.52%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.01%) Unix
7 1 (0.50%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (25.13%) ITIL
2 48 (24.12%) Agile
3 46 (23.12%) DevOps
4 43 (21.61%) Stakeholder Management
5 34 (17.09%) CI/CD
5 34 (17.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 32 (16.08%) Analytics
7 31 (15.58%) ITSM
8 25 (12.56%) AI
9 24 (12.06%) Customer Service
10 23 (11.56%) Service Delivery
11 22 (11.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 21 (10.55%) Migration
12 21 (10.55%) Roadmaps
13 20 (10.05%) Technical Leadership
14 19 (9.55%) Data Pipeline
15 18 (9.05%) Decision-Making
15 18 (9.05%) DevSecOps
15 18 (9.05%) Infrastructure as Code
16 17 (8.54%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 53 (26.63%) Python
2 30 (15.08%) SQL
3 25 (12.56%) PowerShell
4 13 (6.53%) JavaScript
5 11 (5.53%) Bash
6 7 (3.52%) Java
7 5 (2.51%) Bicep
8 4 (2.01%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.51%) Go
9 3 (1.51%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.01%) Scala
11 1 (0.50%) C#
11 1 (0.50%) Korn
11 1 (0.50%) R
11 1 (0.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 80 (40.20%) Security Cleared
2 60 (30.15%) SC Cleared
3 33 (16.58%) Degree
4 10 (5.03%) PMP
5 9 (4.52%) Azure Certification
5 9 (4.52%) CISSP
5 9 (4.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (4.02%) CISM
7 7 (3.52%) PMI Certification
8 6 (3.02%) DV Cleared
8 6 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (2.51%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (2.01%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.51%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (1.01%) CCA
12 2 (1.01%) CISA
12 2 (1.01%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (1.01%) MCSA
12 2 (1.01%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.05%) Data Quality
2 12 (6.03%) GDPR
2 12 (6.03%) NIST
3 11 (5.53%) QA
4 9 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.01%) BS7666
5 4 (2.01%) PMO
6 2 (1.01%) SLA
7 1 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.50%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.50%) GAAP
7 1 (0.50%) GRC
7 1 (0.50%) ITGC
7 1 (0.50%) JTAG
7 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (10.05%) Active Directory
2 14 (7.04%) Docker
3 11 (5.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.52%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.01%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.51%) vSphere
7 1 (0.50%) Firmware
7 1 (0.50%) IAG
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 21 (10.55%) Kubernetes
2 15 (7.54%) Ansible
3 13 (6.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (5.03%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (3.02%) Red Hat Satellite
6 5 (2.51%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.51%) Istio
7 3 (1.51%) SCCM
7 3 (1.51%) SCOM
8 2 (1.01%) Avamar
8 2 (1.01%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.50%) Grafana
9 1 (0.50%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.50%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.50%) vMotion
Vendors
1 54 (27.14%) Microsoft
2 30 (15.08%) ServiceNow
3 21 (10.55%) VMware
4 15 (7.54%) Databricks
5 12 (6.03%) Google
5 12 (6.03%) Red Hat
6 11 (5.53%) Oracle
6 11 (5.53%) Salesforce
7 10 (5.03%) SAP
7 10 (5.03%) Workday
8 9 (4.52%) Cisco
9 8 (4.02%) CyberArk
10 7 (3.52%) BeyondTrust
11 6 (3.02%) F5
11 6 (3.02%) Infoblox
11 6 (3.02%) Juniper
11 6 (3.02%) SolarWinds
12 5 (2.51%) MuleSoft
13 4 (2.01%) Citrix
13 4 (2.01%) Splunk
182 Problem-Solving jobs in Berkshire