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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 10 7
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 +7
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 189 223 262
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.04% 13.01% 14.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.58% 14.93% 16.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 110 168
10th Percentile £238 £324 £205
25th Percentile £398 £495 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.27% +22.22% -7.51%
75th Percentile £586 £623 £575
90th Percentile £650 £675 £643
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 17 12
10th Percentile £21.94 £14.50 -
25th Percentile £28.61 £20.75 £48.40
Median hourly rate £34.80 £58.30 £52.15
Median % change year-on-year -40.32% +11.80% -
75th Percentile £38.42 £61.60 £66.00
90th Percentile - £67.06 £71.40
South East median hourly rate £16.34 £37.08 £55.00
% change year-on-year -55.95% -32.58% +76.57%

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 1,075 1,494 1,597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 91.26% 87.16% 89.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 669 770 1,002
10th Percentile £325 £325 £300
25th Percentile £413 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £693 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 74 61
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.79 £18.50
25th Percentile £17.30 £46.84 £47.50
Median hourly rate £32.31 £61.60 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.55% +2.67% +45.65%
75th Percentile £58.00 £71.41 £72.33
90th Percentile £87.25 £87.04 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £21.00 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -63.38% +9.24% +64.53%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -1 80 £550 -6.82% 64
Wokingham +18 48 £456 -15.12% 15
Slough +7 16 £450 -28.00% 177
Bracknell -4 12 £550 +69.23% 11
Maidenhead +5 3 £200 -14.89% 10
Windsor -14 3 £525 -14.29% 7
Thatcham - 1 - - 1
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (4.76%) Confluence
2 4 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.59%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.06%) CMS
5 1 (0.53%) Apache
5 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.53%) Camunda
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.53%) Smallworld
Applications
1 8 (4.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (4.23%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (2.12%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (1.59%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.06%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.06%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.53%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle AGIS
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle BRM
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.53%) Remedy AR System
5 1 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.53%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.53%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.53%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 49 (25.93%) AWS
2 46 (24.34%) Azure
3 19 (10.05%) GCP
4 10 (5.29%) Power Platform
5 8 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (3.17%) OCI
8 5 (2.65%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.65%) SaaS
9 4 (2.12%) dbt
9 4 (2.12%) GitHub
10 2 (1.06%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (1.06%) Figma
10 2 (1.06%) IaaS
10 2 (1.06%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.06%) PaaS
10 2 (1.06%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.53%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.53%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.41%) SAN
2 12 (6.35%) DNS
2 12 (6.35%) WAN
2 12 (6.35%) Wireshark
3 11 (5.82%) DHCP
3 11 (5.82%) Ethernet
3 11 (5.82%) LAN
3 11 (5.82%) TCP/IP
4 10 (5.29%) ATM
4 10 (5.29%) Frame Relay
4 10 (5.29%) GPRS
4 10 (5.29%) GSM
4 10 (5.29%) LTE
4 10 (5.29%) MPLS
4 10 (5.29%) SDH
4 10 (5.29%) UMTS
4 10 (5.29%) VPN
5 9 (4.76%) VLAN
6 7 (3.70%) Firewall
6 7 (3.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.76%) NoSQL
1 9 (4.76%) Relational Database
2 8 (4.23%) Power BI
3 7 (3.70%) Tableau
4 6 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.12%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.06%) Big Data
6 2 (1.06%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.06%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.06%) MySQL
6 2 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.06%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.53%) EDMS
7 1 (0.53%) GIS
7 1 (0.53%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.53%) Metadata
7 1 (0.53%) Redis
Development Applications
1 25 (13.23%) JIRA
2 11 (5.82%) Git
3 7 (3.70%) Cucumber
3 7 (3.70%) GitLab
4 5 (2.65%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.65%) REST Assured
4 5 (2.65%) Selenium
4 5 (2.65%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.59%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.06%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.53%) CMake
7 1 (0.53%) Gradle
7 1 (0.53%) Maven
7 1 (0.53%) Mocha
7 1 (0.53%) Subversion
7 1 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 116 (61.38%) Social Skills
2 82 (43.39%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (16.93%) Telecoms
4 18 (9.52%) Finance
5 10 (5.29%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (5.29%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.65%) Legal
6 5 (2.65%) Retail
7 4 (2.12%) Law
8 3 (1.59%) Automotive
8 3 (1.59%) Marketing
9 2 (1.06%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.06%) Billing
9 2 (1.06%) Electronics
9 2 (1.06%) Local Government
9 2 (1.06%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 20 (10.58%) Analyst
1 20 (10.58%) Support Engineer
2 15 (7.94%) Architect
3 14 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 14 (7.41%) Infrastructure Support
3 14 (7.41%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 13 (6.88%) Developer
5 10 (5.29%) Administrator
5 10 (5.29%) Consultant
5 10 (5.29%) Security Architect
5 10 (5.29%) Test Engineer
6 9 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
6 9 (4.76%) IP Engineer
6 9 (4.76%) Project Manager
7 8 (4.23%) Resilience Manager
7 8 (4.23%) Senior
8 7 (3.70%) AWS Engineer
8 7 (3.70%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (3.70%) Network Engineer
9 6 (3.17%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.70%) REST
2 6 (3.17%) ARM Templates
2 6 (3.17%) scikit-learn
3 5 (2.65%) Java EE
3 5 (2.65%) PyTorch
3 5 (2.65%) React
3 5 (2.65%) TensorFlow
4 4 (2.12%) CSS
4 4 (2.12%) GraphQL
4 4 (2.12%) HTML
4 4 (2.12%) Playwright
4 4 (2.12%) RESTful
5 3 (1.59%) Apollo GraphQL
5 3 (1.59%) Google JAX
5 3 (1.59%) JAX
5 3 (1.59%) OAuth
5 3 (1.59%) Pandas
5 3 (1.59%) YAML
6 2 (1.06%) OAuth2
6 2 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.94%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (5.29%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (4.76%) Security Posture
4 8 (4.23%) Algorithms
5 6 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.65%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.12%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.12%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.12%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.59%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (1.59%) CMDB
8 3 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.59%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.59%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.06%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.06%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 35 (18.52%) Linux
2 25 (13.23%) Windows
3 13 (6.88%) Unix
4 8 (4.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (2.65%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.12%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.53%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (19.58%) DevOps
2 33 (17.46%) Agile
3 29 (15.34%) CI/CD
3 29 (15.34%) Project Management
4 27 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 25 (13.23%) ITIL
6 21 (11.11%) Test Automation
7 19 (10.05%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (9.52%) Decision-Making
9 17 (8.99%) Migration
9 17 (8.99%) Validation
10 16 (8.47%) Infrastructure as Code
11 15 (7.94%) High Availability
12 14 (7.41%) Change Management
12 14 (7.41%) Computer Science
12 14 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 14 (7.41%) Mentoring
13 13 (6.88%) Cybersecurity
14 12 (6.35%) Test Strategy
14 12 (6.35%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 40 (21.16%) Python
2 29 (15.34%) SQL
3 28 (14.81%) Java
4 10 (5.29%) JavaScript
5 8 (4.23%) PowerShell
6 6 (3.17%) Go
7 5 (2.65%) C#
7 5 (2.65%) Shell Script
8 4 (2.12%) C++
9 3 (1.59%) C
9 3 (1.59%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.59%) R
10 2 (1.06%) ABAP
10 2 (1.06%) Perl
10 2 (1.06%) Ruby
11 1 (0.53%) Bash
11 1 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.53%) Scala
11 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 45 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 38 (20.11%) SC Cleared
3 28 (14.81%) Degree
4 14 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (6.88%) CISSP
5 13 (6.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (6.35%) AWS Certification
6 12 (6.35%) Azure Certification
6 12 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (6.35%) Master's Degree
7 10 (5.29%) CCNP
7 10 (5.29%) ISEB
7 10 (5.29%) ISTQB
7 10 (5.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 9 (4.76%) Network+ Certification
8 9 (4.76%) Server+ Certification
9 6 (3.17%) PMP
10 5 (2.65%) CEH
11 4 (2.12%) GCIH
11 4 (2.12%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.52%) QA
2 15 (7.94%) GDPR
3 10 (5.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (4.23%) Data Quality
4 8 (4.23%) NIST
5 4 (2.12%) GRC
5 4 (2.12%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.59%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.59%) EU AI Act
6 3 (1.59%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.59%) PSD2
7 2 (1.06%) NCSC
7 2 (1.06%) WCAG
8 1 (0.53%) PMO
8 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (6.35%) Hyper-V
3 10 (5.29%) Active Directory
3 10 (5.29%) Docker
4 4 (2.12%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.06%) vSphere
7 1 (0.53%) NFS
7 1 (0.53%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (10.05%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.35%) Terraform
3 11 (5.82%) Ansible
4 5 (2.65%) Docker Swarm
4 5 (2.65%) Podman
4 5 (2.65%) Red Hat Satellite
5 3 (1.59%) NetBackup
6 2 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.53%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.53%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.53%) Grafana
7 1 (0.53%) Kibana
7 1 (0.53%) Puppet
7 1 (0.53%) QRadar
7 1 (0.53%) SCCM
7 1 (0.53%) vRealize
7 1 (0.53%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 39 (20.63%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.58%) Oracle
3 19 (10.05%) VMware
4 12 (6.35%) Cisco
5 10 (5.29%) Juniper
6 9 (4.76%) Red Hat
7 8 (4.23%) SAP
8 7 (3.70%) Remedy
8 7 (3.70%) Splunk
9 6 (3.17%) ServiceNow
10 5 (2.65%) Google
11 3 (1.59%) 3PAR
11 3 (1.59%) Citrix
11 3 (1.59%) HP
11 3 (1.59%) IBM
11 3 (1.59%) Intel
11 3 (1.59%) NetApp
11 3 (1.59%) Progress
11 3 (1.59%) Veritas
11 3 (1.59%) Workday