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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
2 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 4 10
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 -2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 212 201 214
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 11.64% 16.41% 12.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.08% 18.03% 14.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 126 101
10th Percentile £309 £219 £330
25th Percentile £400 £375 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £483 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.63% -12.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile £576 £550 £638
90th Percentile £644 £650 £653
South East median daily rate £475 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +5.56% -7.69% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 5 17
10th Percentile £16.38 £18.10 £14.50
25th Percentile £25.00 £19.00 £20.75
Median hourly rate £32.50 £32.31 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% -44.58% +11.80%
75th Percentile £69.50 £38.42 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.50 - £67.06
South East median hourly rate £20.63 £18.00 £37.08
% change year-on-year +14.58% -51.46% -34.25%

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 1,506 1,115 1,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.66% 91.02% 87.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 923 700 760
10th Percentile £350 £313 £325
25th Percentile £428 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £638
90th Percentile £725 £650 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 45 69
10th Percentile £16.38 £14.75 £19.36
25th Percentile £35.00 £17.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £37.28 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +114.59% -39.38% +2.49%
75th Percentile £91.31 £58.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £104.00 £87.40 £78.81
South East median hourly rate £47.54 £22.19 £58.38
% change year-on-year +114.24% -61.99% +9.11%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 2 October 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 -8 111 £500 - 168
Wokingham -2 52 £430 +2.38% 23
Bracknell 0 12 £675 +10.20% 30
Slough -5 10 £480 +6.67% 77
Windsor +6 7 £500 -4.76% 17
Maidenhead -4 6 - - 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 (9.91%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.36%) Confluence
3 2 (0.94%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.47%) Apache
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.47%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.47%) CICS
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 18 (8.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (3.30%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.83%) CPLEX
3 6 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (3.30%) Workday HCM
2 5 (2.36%) iTrent
2 5 (2.36%) Teamcenter
3 4 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.42%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.94%) Primavera
5 2 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.47%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.47%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.47%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.47%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.47%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 75 (35.38%) Azure
2 46 (21.70%) AWS
3 30 (14.15%) GCP
4 21 (9.91%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (8.02%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (5.66%) Power Platform
7 11 (5.19%) OneDrive
8 8 (3.77%) Entra ID
8 8 (3.77%) SuccessFactors
9 6 (2.83%) Azure API Management
9 6 (2.83%) OpenShift
9 6 (2.83%) Route 53
9 6 (2.83%) SaaS
10 5 (2.36%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (2.36%) Smartsheet
11 4 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.89%) GitHub
12 3 (1.42%) Azure App Service
12 3 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.42%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 24 (11.32%) DNS
2 21 (9.91%) DHCP
3 20 (9.43%) TCP/IP
4 10 (4.72%) Firewall
5 8 (3.77%) FTP
6 6 (2.83%) 2G
6 6 (2.83%) 3G
6 6 (2.83%) 4G
6 6 (2.83%) 5G
6 6 (2.83%) Diameter Protocol
6 6 (2.83%) DNSSEC
6 6 (2.83%) SIGTRAN
6 6 (2.83%) SS7
7 5 (2.36%) Network Security
8 4 (1.89%) VPN
9 3 (1.42%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.94%) NetScaler
10 2 (0.94%) Radio Access Network
10 2 (0.94%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.94%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.19%) Power BI
2 10 (4.72%) NoSQL
3 6 (2.83%) MongoDB
3 6 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (2.83%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.89%) Metadata
5 3 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.42%) Parquet
6 2 (0.94%) Big Data
6 2 (0.94%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.47%) GIS
7 1 (0.47%) QGIS
7 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.47%) Tableau
7 1 (0.47%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 21 (9.91%) Git
2 17 (8.02%) JIRA
3 8 (3.77%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.42%) HP UFT
5 2 (0.94%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.47%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.47%) Gradle
6 1 (0.47%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.47%) JMeter
6 1 (0.47%) Maven
6 1 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.47%) Selenium
General
1 118 (55.66%) Social Skills
2 99 (46.70%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (8.96%) Finance
3 19 (8.96%) Telecoms
4 18 (8.49%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (7.55%) Aerospace
6 11 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (4.72%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.77%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.30%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.89%) Publishing
11 3 (1.42%) Legal
11 3 (1.42%) Retail
12 2 (0.94%) Banking
12 2 (0.94%) Marketing
12 2 (0.94%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.47%) Advertising
13 1 (0.47%) Aviation
13 1 (0.47%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 30 (14.15%) Analyst
2 17 (8.02%) Lead
3 16 (7.55%) Architect
3 16 (7.55%) Consultant
3 16 (7.55%) Developer
4 14 (6.60%) IT Support
5 12 (5.66%) Data Engineer
6 11 (5.19%) Senior
7 10 (4.72%) Business Analyst
8 7 (3.30%) Data Analyst
8 7 (3.30%) Workday Consultant
9 6 (2.83%) Designer
9 6 (2.83%) Integration Consultant
9 6 (2.83%) Mobile Designer
9 6 (2.83%) Python Developer
9 6 (2.83%) Support Engineer
9 6 (2.83%) Technical Leader
9 6 (2.83%) Workday Integration Consultant
10 5 (2.36%) Service Analyst
10 5 (2.36%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (10.85%) Terraform
2 13 (6.13%) RESTful
3 9 (4.25%) OpenAPI
3 9 (4.25%) REST
3 9 (4.25%) Swagger
4 8 (3.77%) Web Services
5 7 (3.30%) ARM Templates
5 7 (3.30%) PySpark
6 6 (2.83%) Django
6 6 (2.83%) FastAPI
6 6 (2.83%) Flask
6 6 (2.83%) Kafka
6 6 (2.83%) NumPy
6 6 (2.83%) OAuth
6 6 (2.83%) Pandas
6 6 (2.83%) pytest
6 6 (2.83%) RabbitMQ
6 6 (2.83%) SAML
6 6 (2.83%) XML
6 6 (2.83%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.60%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.13%) Cloud Native
3 12 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (4.25%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.83%) Algorithms
5 6 (2.83%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.36%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 5 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.89%) Life Science
7 4 (1.89%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.89%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.42%) Wiki
9 2 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.94%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.94%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (0.94%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 31 (14.62%) Windows
2 15 (7.08%) Apple iOS
3 13 (6.13%) Linux
4 10 (4.72%) Mac OS
5 9 (4.25%) Windows Server
6 7 (3.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.47%) Rocky
7 1 (0.47%) Unix
7 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.47%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (25.94%) Stakeholder Management
2 47 (22.17%) Agile
2 47 (22.17%) DevOps
3 44 (20.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 41 (19.34%) ITIL
5 40 (18.87%) Analytics
6 38 (17.92%) CI/CD
7 33 (15.57%) ITSM
8 27 (12.74%) Customer Service
9 25 (11.79%) Service Delivery
9 25 (11.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 25 (11.79%) Technical Leadership
10 22 (10.38%) Infrastructure as Code
11 21 (9.91%) AI
11 21 (9.91%) Decision-Making
12 20 (9.43%) Roadmaps
12 20 (9.43%) Root Cause Analysis
13 18 (8.49%) Process Improvement
13 18 (8.49%) Software Engineering
13 18 (8.49%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 48 (22.64%) Python
2 30 (14.15%) SQL
3 22 (10.38%) PowerShell
4 13 (6.13%) JavaScript
5 10 (4.72%) Bash
6 6 (2.83%) Bicep
7 5 (2.36%) Java
8 4 (1.89%) C#
8 4 (1.89%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.42%) Go
9 3 (1.42%) VBScript
10 2 (0.94%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.47%) C++
11 1 (0.47%) COBOL
11 1 (0.47%) JCL
11 1 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.47%) R
Qualifications
1 75 (35.38%) Security Cleared
2 58 (27.36%) SC Cleared
3 34 (16.04%) Degree
4 10 (4.72%) Azure Certification
5 9 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (4.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.30%) AWS Certification
6 7 (3.30%) CISSP
6 7 (3.30%) DV Cleared
6 7 (3.30%) PMI Certification
6 7 (3.30%) PMP
7 6 (2.83%) CISM
8 5 (2.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.89%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.89%) MCITP
10 3 (1.42%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.94%) CCA
11 2 (0.94%) CCNA
11 2 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.94%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.60%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.72%) QA
3 9 (4.25%) NIST
4 8 (3.77%) GDPR
5 6 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.89%) PMO
7 3 (1.42%) SLA
8 2 (0.94%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.47%) BS7666
9 1 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.47%) GAAP
9 1 (0.47%) GMP
9 1 (0.47%) GRC
9 1 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.47%) ITGC
9 1 (0.47%) JTAG
9 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.47%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 16 (7.55%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.60%) Docker
3 9 (4.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.83%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.36%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.89%) vSphere
7 3 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.94%) IAG
9 1 (0.47%) RACF
9 1 (0.47%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 21 (9.91%) Kubernetes
2 18 (8.49%) Ansible
3 13 (6.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (4.72%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (2.83%) Red Hat Satellite
6 3 (1.42%) Istio
6 3 (1.42%) SCCM
6 3 (1.42%) SCOM
7 2 (0.94%) Avamar
7 2 (0.94%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.94%) Grafana
7 2 (0.94%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.47%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.47%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.47%) Podman
8 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.47%) QRadar
8 1 (0.47%) vMotion
Vendors
1 66 (31.13%) Microsoft
2 27 (12.74%) ServiceNow
3 18 (8.49%) VMware
4 14 (6.60%) SAP
5 12 (5.66%) Databricks
5 12 (5.66%) Google
5 12 (5.66%) Red Hat
5 12 (5.66%) Workday
6 9 (4.25%) Oracle
7 7 (3.30%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.83%) Cisco
8 6 (2.83%) CyberArk
8 6 (2.83%) Infoblox
9 5 (2.36%) BeyondTrust
10 3 (1.42%) Citrix
10 3 (1.42%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.42%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.94%) Ariba
11 2 (0.94%) Juniper
11 2 (0.94%) Nokia
356 Problem-Solving jobs in Berkshire