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 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 10 8
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 +7
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 197 209 267
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 15.89% 12.86% 15.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.56% 14.55% 16.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 101 172
10th Percentile £219 £300 £205
25th Percentile £393 £475 £247
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £540 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.65% +27.06% -15.00%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £568
90th Percentile £650 £653 £640
South East median daily rate £461 £495 £450
% change year-on-year -6.82% +10.00% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 8
10th Percentile £14.50 - -
25th Percentile £17.50 £14.50 £48.40
Median hourly rate £20.79 £28.50 £50.39
Median % change year-on-year -27.05% -43.44% -
75th Percentile £32.31 £61.60 £58.92
90th Percentile £38.42 - £73.50
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £30.41 £55.00
% change year-on-year -38.12% -44.70% +96.99%

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 1,122 1,436 1,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 90.48% 88.37% 89.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 715 766 991
10th Percentile £321 £330 £250
25th Percentile £413 £428 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £541 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +3.10% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £691 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 57 70
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.08 £21.23
25th Percentile £17.30 £41.25 £48.40
Median hourly rate £32.31 £58.49 £62.40
Median % change year-on-year -44.76% -6.26% +23.55%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.41 £73.28
90th Percentile £79.00 £75.08 £76.19
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £53.50
% change year-on-year -64.48% +8.97% +50.87%

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 19 October 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 19 October 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 19 October 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 0 79 £500 -6.10% 56
Wokingham +13 62 £453 -21.30% 10
Bracknell +1 15 £638 +88.89% 18
Slough +3 11 £450 -28.00% 224
Maidenhead +4 4 £200 -14.89% 11
Windsor -12 3 £525 -12.50% 12
Thatcham - 1 - -
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 13 (6.60%) Confluence
2 6 (3.05%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.54%) CMS
4 4 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.52%) Apache
5 3 (1.52%) Apache Spark
6 2 (1.02%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.51%) Camunda
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 12 (6.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.55%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (2.03%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (2.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.02%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.02%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.02%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (1.02%) SAP GRC
3 2 (1.02%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.51%) BPCS
4 1 (0.51%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.51%) Maximo
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle AGIS
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle BRM
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.51%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 61 (30.96%) Azure
2 54 (27.41%) AWS
3 30 (15.23%) GCP
4 14 (7.11%) Power Platform
5 10 (5.08%) Entra ID
6 8 (4.06%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (4.06%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.05%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (2.54%) OCI
9 4 (2.03%) dbt
9 4 (2.03%) GitHub
9 4 (2.03%) SaaS
10 2 (1.02%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.02%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (1.02%) Figma
10 2 (1.02%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.02%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.51%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.51%) Azure Pipelines
11 1 (0.51%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.12%) DNS
2 13 (6.60%) DHCP
2 13 (6.60%) TCP/IP
3 11 (5.58%) VLAN
4 9 (4.57%) Network Security
5 7 (3.55%) Firewall
6 6 (3.05%) SAN
6 6 (3.05%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (2.54%) WAN
8 3 (1.52%) 5G
8 3 (1.52%) Ethernet
8 3 (1.52%) LAN
8 3 (1.52%) LTE
8 3 (1.52%) MPLS
8 3 (1.52%) SDH
9 2 (1.02%) ATM
9 2 (1.02%) GPRS
9 2 (1.02%) GSM
9 2 (1.02%) UMTS
9 2 (1.02%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.09%) NoSQL
2 11 (5.58%) Relational Database
3 10 (5.08%) Power BI
4 9 (4.57%) Tableau
5 7 (3.55%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.03%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.52%) Big Data
7 3 (1.52%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.52%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.52%) MySQL
7 3 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.02%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.02%) GIS
8 2 (1.02%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.02%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.51%) EDMS
9 1 (0.51%) Metadata
9 1 (0.51%) Redis
Development Applications
1 22 (11.17%) JIRA
2 14 (7.11%) Git
3 3 (1.52%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.02%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.02%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.02%) GitLab
4 2 (1.02%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.51%) Gradle
5 1 (0.51%) Maven
5 1 (0.51%) Mocha
General
1 113 (57.36%) Social Skills
2 78 (39.59%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (11.17%) Telecoms
4 18 (9.14%) Finance
5 14 (7.11%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.57%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.05%) Retail
9 4 (2.03%) Legal
10 3 (1.52%) Automotive
10 3 (1.52%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.02%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.02%) Electronics
11 2 (1.02%) Local Government
11 2 (1.02%) Marketing
12 1 (0.51%) Billing
12 1 (0.51%) French Language
12 1 (0.51%) German Language
12 1 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 26 (13.20%) Analyst
2 23 (11.68%) Support Engineer
3 17 (8.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 17 (8.63%) Infrastructure Support
3 17 (8.63%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 13 (6.60%) Architect
5 11 (5.58%) Consultant
5 11 (5.58%) Project Manager
6 10 (5.08%) Developer
7 9 (4.57%) AWS Engineer
7 9 (4.57%) Cloud Engineer
7 9 (4.57%) DevOps Engineer
8 8 (4.06%) Lead
8 8 (4.06%) Security Architect
9 6 (3.05%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.05%) Data Analyst
9 6 (3.05%) IT Analyst
9 6 (3.05%) Senior
10 5 (2.54%) Network Engineer
10 5 (2.54%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.06%) scikit-learn
2 5 (2.54%) HTML
2 5 (2.54%) LDAP
2 5 (2.54%) Pandas
2 5 (2.54%) REST
3 4 (2.03%) CSS
3 4 (2.03%) NumPy
3 4 (2.03%) Playwright
3 4 (2.03%) PyTorch
3 4 (2.03%) React
3 4 (2.03%) TensorFlow
3 4 (2.03%) Web Services
4 3 (1.52%) Google JAX
4 3 (1.52%) GraphQL
4 3 (1.52%) JAX
4 3 (1.52%) OAuth
4 3 (1.52%) RESTful
4 3 (1.52%) SOAP
4 3 (1.52%) YAML
5 2 (1.02%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 11 (5.58%) Algorithms
3 9 (4.57%) Security Posture
4 8 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.55%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (3.05%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.54%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.54%) Mobile App
8 4 (2.03%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.52%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.52%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.52%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.52%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.02%) Clustering
10 2 (1.02%) CMDB
10 2 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 32 (16.24%) Linux
2 29 (14.72%) Windows
3 11 (5.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (2.03%) Unix
4 4 (2.03%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.52%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.52%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (21.32%) Agile
1 42 (21.32%) DevOps
2 37 (18.78%) CI/CD
3 35 (17.77%) ITIL
4 29 (14.72%) Stakeholder Management
5 28 (14.21%) Disaster Recovery
6 26 (13.20%) Project Management
7 23 (11.68%) Validation
8 22 (11.17%) Test Automation
9 21 (10.66%) Migration
10 20 (10.15%) Change Management
11 19 (9.64%) Decision-Making
12 18 (9.14%) Cybersecurity
12 18 (9.14%) DevSecOps
12 18 (9.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 17 (8.63%) Computer Science
13 17 (8.63%) High Availability
13 17 (8.63%) Service Management
14 16 (8.12%) SIEM
14 16 (8.12%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 50 (25.38%) Python
2 31 (15.74%) SQL
3 15 (7.61%) Java
4 12 (6.09%) JavaScript
4 12 (6.09%) PowerShell
5 6 (3.05%) Go
6 4 (2.03%) C#
6 4 (2.03%) R
6 4 (2.03%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.52%) C
7 3 (1.52%) C++
8 2 (1.02%) Bash
8 2 (1.02%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.51%) ABAP
9 1 (0.51%) Groovy
9 1 (0.51%) Jython
9 1 (0.51%) Magik
9 1 (0.51%) Perl
9 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.51%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 49 (24.87%) Security Cleared
2 42 (21.32%) SC Cleared
3 31 (15.74%) Degree
4 18 (9.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (8.12%) AWS Certification
5 16 (8.12%) CISSP
6 15 (7.61%) Azure Certification
7 13 (6.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (5.58%) Master's Degree
8 11 (5.58%) Network+ Certification
8 11 (5.58%) Server+ Certification
9 9 (4.57%) CISM
10 8 (4.06%) PMP
11 6 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (3.05%) PMI Certification
12 5 (2.54%) A+ Certification
12 5 (2.54%) CEH
12 5 (2.54%) ISTQB
13 4 (2.03%) GCIA
13 4 (2.03%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.66%) QA
2 16 (8.12%) GDPR
2 16 (8.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (7.11%) NIST
4 8 (4.06%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.03%) GRC
5 4 (2.03%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.52%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.52%) EU AI Act
6 3 (1.52%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.52%) PSD2
7 2 (1.02%) SLA
7 2 (1.02%) WCAG
8 1 (0.51%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (8.12%) Active Directory
1 16 (8.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (7.11%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.54%) Docker
3 5 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.02%) vSphere
6 1 (0.51%) NFS
6 1 (0.51%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (7.61%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.57%) Ansible
3 8 (4.06%) Red Hat Satellite
4 5 (2.54%) Terraform
5 4 (2.03%) SCCM
6 3 (1.52%) NetBackup
7 2 (1.02%) BMC PATROL
7 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.51%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.51%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.51%) Grafana
8 1 (0.51%) Kibana
8 1 (0.51%) Puppet
8 1 (0.51%) QRadar
8 1 (0.51%) vRealize
8 1 (0.51%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 39 (19.80%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.18%) VMware
3 19 (9.64%) Oracle
4 14 (7.11%) ServiceNow
5 12 (6.09%) Red Hat
6 10 (5.08%) Google
7 8 (4.06%) Remedy
7 8 (4.06%) SAP
7 8 (4.06%) Workday
8 7 (3.55%) CyberArk
8 7 (3.55%) Splunk
9 5 (2.54%) BeyondTrust
10 4 (2.03%) Cisco
10 4 (2.03%) IBM
11 3 (1.52%) Citrix
11 3 (1.52%) HP
11 3 (1.52%) Intel
11 3 (1.52%) NetApp
11 3 (1.52%) Progress
11 3 (1.52%) Veritas
366 Problem-Solving jobs in Berkshire