Problem-Solving Contracts in Berkshire

Problem Solving
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 5 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 +11
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 245 296 189
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 20.89% 14.92% 10.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.35% 16.78% 11.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 156 122
10th Percentile £265 £205 £351
25th Percentile £411 £227 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.28% -7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £601 £619 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 15 7
10th Percentile £28.34 £34.50 £36.44
25th Percentile £40.98 £48.88 £48.40
Median hourly rate £52.75 £61.60 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year -14.37% +12.90% -32.14%
75th Percentile £65.83 - £66.00
90th Percentile £78.56 £69.79 £72.15
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £19.38 £56.99
% change year-on-year -2.86% -66.00% +26.63%

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 1,096 1,764 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.44% 88.91% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 918 1,053
10th Percentile £313 £213 £341
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £626
90th Percentile £675 £675 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.17 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 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 1 May 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 -1 104 £575 - 176
Wokingham +11 51 £500 +25.00% 12
Slough +10 37 £400 - 105
Bracknell +1 16 £475 +75.93% 16
Windsor 0 9 £575 -17.86% 7
Thatcham - 2 £600 -
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 6 (2.45%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.22%) Confluence
2 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.22%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.82%) Apache
3 2 (0.82%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.41%) CMS
4 1 (0.41%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Service Bus
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.41%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 27 (11.02%) Oracle EBS
2 21 (8.57%) Oracle EBS R12
3 12 (4.90%) Maximo
3 12 (4.90%) Oracle ASCP
4 6 (2.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (1.63%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (1.63%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.82%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.41%) Primavera
7 1 (0.41%) Remedy AR System
7 1 (0.41%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.41%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.41%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 57 (23.27%) Azure
2 31 (12.65%) AWS
3 21 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (4.90%) GCP
5 10 (4.08%) Entra ID
6 8 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
7 7 (2.86%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (2.45%) OCI
8 6 (2.45%) SaaS
9 5 (2.04%) Azure AKS
9 5 (2.04%) Azure API Management
9 5 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (2.04%) IaaS
9 5 (2.04%) PaaS
10 4 (1.63%) GitHub
10 4 (1.63%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.22%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (1.22%) Figma
11 3 (1.22%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.98%) MPLS
2 18 (7.35%) VPN
2 18 (7.35%) Wireshark
3 17 (6.94%) Ethernet
3 17 (6.94%) WAN
4 16 (6.53%) ATM
4 16 (6.53%) Frame Relay
4 16 (6.53%) GPRS
4 16 (6.53%) GSM
4 16 (6.53%) LAN
4 16 (6.53%) LTE
4 16 (6.53%) SAN
4 16 (6.53%) SDH
4 16 (6.53%) UMTS
5 10 (4.08%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.86%) DHCP
6 7 (2.86%) DNS
6 7 (2.86%) Firewall
7 6 (2.45%) BGP
7 6 (2.45%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.27%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (2.86%) Big Data
2 7 (2.86%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.45%) Data Lake
3 6 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.22%) Hadoop
4 3 (1.22%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.22%) SSDT
5 2 (0.82%) Power BI
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.41%) HBase
6 1 (0.41%) HDInsight
6 1 (0.41%) Impala
6 1 (0.41%) Metadata
6 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.41%) Power Query
6 1 (0.41%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 22 (8.98%) JIRA
2 11 (4.49%) Selenium
3 7 (2.86%) Cucumber
4 6 (2.45%) Git
4 6 (2.45%) GitLab
5 5 (2.04%) Jenkins
5 5 (2.04%) REST Assured
5 5 (2.04%) Robot Framework
5 5 (2.04%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.22%) Snyk
7 2 (0.82%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.82%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.82%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.41%) CMake
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.41%) Subversion
8 1 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 134 (54.69%) Social Skills
2 111 (45.31%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 30 (12.24%) Finance
5 13 (5.31%) Manufacturing
6 10 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (4.08%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.27%) Marketing
8 7 (2.86%) Legal
9 4 (1.63%) Agriculture
9 4 (1.63%) Law
9 4 (1.63%) Retail
10 3 (1.22%) Billing
10 3 (1.22%) Electronics
10 3 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Automotive
11 1 (0.41%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 29 (11.84%) Consultant
2 22 (8.98%) Analyst
3 20 (8.16%) Oracle Consultant
4 19 (7.76%) Architect
5 17 (6.94%) Functional Consultant
5 17 (6.94%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 16 (6.53%) Developer
7 15 (6.12%) IP Engineer
8 14 (5.71%) Lead
8 14 (5.71%) Test Engineer
9 13 (5.31%) Project Manager
10 12 (4.90%) Administrator
11 11 (4.49%) Senior
11 11 (4.49%) Tester
12 9 (3.67%) DevOps Engineer
12 9 (3.67%) Network Engineer
13 8 (3.27%) Resilience Manager
14 6 (2.45%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 6 (2.45%) Azure Engineer
14 6 (2.45%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.12%) REST
2 8 (3.27%) JSON
2 8 (3.27%) OAuth
3 7 (2.86%) ARM Templates
3 7 (2.86%) CSS
3 7 (2.86%) HTML
4 6 (2.45%) Web Services
5 5 (2.04%) Java EE
6 4 (1.63%) PySpark
7 3 (1.22%) .NET
7 3 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (1.22%) React
7 3 (1.22%) SOAP
7 3 (1.22%) YAML
8 2 (0.82%) NumPy
8 2 (0.82%) OpenID
8 2 (0.82%) Pandas
8 2 (0.82%) RESTful
8 2 (0.82%) SAML
8 2 (0.82%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.57%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (6.12%) Cloud Native
3 12 (4.90%) Onboarding
4 10 (4.08%) Algorithms
5 9 (3.67%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.27%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.27%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.45%) CSOC
7 6 (2.45%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (2.45%) Life Science
7 6 (2.45%) SCADA
8 5 (2.04%) CMDB
8 5 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.63%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.63%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.63%) Replication
9 4 (1.63%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.22%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 29 (11.84%) Linux
2 23 (9.39%) Windows
3 18 (7.35%) Unix
4 10 (4.08%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.82%) Android
6 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.41%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (17.96%) Project Management
2 34 (13.88%) DevOps
3 32 (13.06%) Agile
4 27 (11.02%) Migration
5 25 (10.20%) Test Strategy
6 23 (9.39%) Project Delivery
7 22 (8.98%) Stakeholder Management
8 21 (8.57%) Test Automation
9 18 (7.35%) Containerisation
10 17 (6.94%) CI/CD
11 16 (6.53%) Collaborative Working
11 16 (6.53%) Cybersecurity
11 16 (6.53%) Data Migration
11 16 (6.53%) Fault Management
11 16 (6.53%) Regression Testing
12 15 (6.12%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (6.12%) Infrastructure as Code
13 14 (5.71%) Decision-Making
13 14 (5.71%) SIEM
14 13 (5.31%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (15.92%) Python
2 33 (13.47%) Java
3 29 (11.84%) SQL
4 17 (6.94%) PowerShell
5 10 (4.08%) C#
6 9 (3.67%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.86%) PL/SQL
8 6 (2.45%) Bicep
9 5 (2.04%) Perl
10 4 (1.63%) Bash
10 4 (1.63%) C++
10 4 (1.63%) Ruby
10 4 (1.63%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.82%) C
12 1 (0.41%) ABAP
12 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.41%) R
12 1 (0.41%) Scala
12 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.41%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 33 (13.47%) Security Cleared
2 27 (11.02%) Degree
3 23 (9.39%) CCNP
3 23 (9.39%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (8.16%) SC Cleared
5 16 (6.53%) ISEB
5 16 (6.53%) ISTQB
5 16 (6.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 15 (6.12%) Master's Degree
7 11 (4.49%) CISSP
8 8 (3.27%) DV Cleared
8 8 (3.27%) PMI Certification
8 8 (3.27%) PMP
9 7 (2.86%) CISM
9 7 (2.86%) GIAC
10 6 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (2.04%) Azure Certification
12 3 (1.22%) CEH
12 3 (1.22%) CISMP
12 3 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.90%) QA
2 11 (4.49%) GDPR
3 10 (4.08%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.27%) NIST
5 7 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.63%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.22%) NCSC
7 3 (1.22%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.82%) SLA
9 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.41%) COBIT
9 1 (0.41%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.41%) GRC
System Software
1 17 (6.94%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.31%) Docker
3 4 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.82%) NFS
5 2 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.82%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (6.12%) Terraform
2 14 (5.71%) Kubernetes
3 13 (5.31%) Ansible
4 8 (3.27%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (2.04%) Docker Swarm
5 5 (2.04%) Podman
6 4 (1.63%) NetBackup
7 3 (1.22%) Puppet
8 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.82%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.41%) CASB
9 1 (0.41%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.41%) Grafana
Vendors
1 45 (18.37%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.65%) Oracle
3 20 (8.16%) Juniper
4 17 (6.94%) Cisco
5 15 (6.12%) SAP
6 9 (3.67%) VMware
7 7 (2.86%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.45%) Google
9 5 (2.04%) CyberArk
9 5 (2.04%) Databricks
9 5 (2.04%) Dell
9 5 (2.04%) HP
10 4 (1.63%) 3PAR
10 4 (1.63%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.63%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.63%) Veritas
11 3 (1.22%) IFS
11 3 (1.22%) UiPath
12 2 (0.82%) BMC
12 2 (0.82%) Concur