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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 4 9
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 -1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 231 230 264
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 12.43% 20.28% 13.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.99% 21.76% 15.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 145 128
10th Percentile £325 £316 £210
25th Percentile £375 £405 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £500 £519
Median % change year-on-year -10.80% -3.61% -1.19%
75th Percentile £565 £600 £619
90th Percentile £644 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 5 24
10th Percentile £21.40 £24.87 £14.50
25th Percentile £29.19 £32.31 £28.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £48.00 £59.65
Median % change year-on-year -32.29% -19.53% +9.33%
75th Percentile £42.38 £58.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £70.20 £75.73 -
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £17.43 £21.50
% change year-on-year +86.43% -18.92% -63.30%

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 1,541 1,057 1,721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.89% 93.21% 86.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 977 647 853
10th Percentile £310 £325 £263
25th Percentile £403 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £513
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -2.34% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £700 £688 £687
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +4.00% -1.96% +0.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 33 112
10th Percentile £31.25 £15.78 £17.60
25th Percentile £71.80 £30.25 £41.44
Median hourly rate £83.58 £57.50 £60.80
Median % change year-on-year +45.35% -5.43% -3.49%
75th Percentile £88.00 £80.00 £71.89
90th Percentile £107.00 £88.87 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £53.95 £24.66 £50.00
% change year-on-year +118.78% -50.68% -4.76%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -12 97 £493 -10.45% 32
Wokingham -2 91 £420 -16.00% 13
Windsor +11 9 £550 -6.38% 6
Bracknell -8 8 £613 +36.11% 4
Hungerford - 3 - -
Slough -6 2 £700 +55.56% 20
Maidenhead -3 1 - - 6
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 24 (10.39%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.60%) Confluence
3 5 (2.16%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.43%) CMS
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 17 (7.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.90%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (3.46%) CPLEX
3 8 (3.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (3.46%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.60%) Workday HCM
2 5 (2.16%) iTrent
3 4 (1.73%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.30%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (1.30%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.87%) Primavera
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.43%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.43%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.43%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 76 (32.90%) Azure
2 53 (22.94%) AWS
3 31 (13.42%) GCP
4 19 (8.23%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (7.79%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (4.76%) OneDrive
7 10 (4.33%) Entra ID
7 10 (4.33%) Power Platform
8 7 (3.03%) SaaS
9 5 (2.16%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (1.30%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.30%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.30%) OCI
10 3 (1.30%) Serverless
11 2 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.87%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.87%) Azure Storage
11 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.87%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 34 (14.72%) DNS
2 32 (13.85%) DHCP
3 28 (12.12%) Firewall
3 28 (12.12%) WAN
4 22 (9.52%) LAN
5 20 (8.66%) BGP
6 18 (7.79%) OSPF
6 18 (7.79%) TCP/IP
7 14 (6.06%) BIG-IP
7 14 (6.06%) Ethernet VPN
7 14 (6.06%) Junos
7 14 (6.06%) VXLAN
8 12 (5.19%) SD-WAN
9 11 (4.76%) MPLS
10 10 (4.33%) Network Security
11 9 (3.90%) Cisco ISE
12 7 (3.03%) FTP
12 7 (3.03%) VPN
13 5 (2.16%) Internet
14 4 (1.73%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.19%) NoSQL
2 11 (4.76%) MongoDB
3 10 (4.33%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (4.33%) Power BI
4 8 (3.46%) Oracle Reports
5 7 (3.03%) SQL Server
6 6 (2.60%) Relational Database
7 5 (2.16%) GIS
8 4 (1.73%) QGIS
9 3 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (1.30%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.87%) Big Data
10 2 (0.87%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.87%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.87%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 1 (0.43%) Parquet
11 1 (0.43%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 16 (6.93%) JIRA
2 15 (6.49%) Git
3 8 (3.46%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.16%) HP UFT
5 2 (0.87%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.87%) GitLab
6 1 (0.43%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.43%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.43%) Gradle
6 1 (0.43%) Maven
General
1 125 (54.11%) Social Skills
2 94 (40.69%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (8.23%) Public Sector
4 15 (6.49%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (5.63%) Finance
6 10 (4.33%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (4.33%) Telecoms
7 7 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.16%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.73%) Billing
9 4 (1.73%) Marketing
10 3 (1.30%) Legal
10 3 (1.30%) Military
11 2 (0.87%) Law
11 2 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.43%) Aviation
12 1 (0.43%) Banking
12 1 (0.43%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (11.26%) Analyst
2 20 (8.66%) Senior
3 16 (6.93%) Architect
4 14 (6.06%) Developer
5 11 (4.76%) Data Engineer
5 11 (4.76%) Network Engineer
6 10 (4.33%) Consultant
6 10 (4.33%) IT Support
6 10 (4.33%) Lead
7 9 (3.90%) Data Analyst
7 9 (3.90%) Project Manager
7 9 (3.90%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (3.46%) Python Developer
8 8 (3.46%) Support Engineer
9 6 (2.60%) Project Planner
9 6 (2.60%) Software Engineer
9 6 (2.60%) Test Engineer
9 6 (2.60%) Workday Consultant
10 5 (2.16%) Network Specialist
10 5 (2.16%) Oracle DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.06%) 802.1X
2 13 (5.63%) LDAP
3 12 (5.19%) Kafka
4 10 (4.33%) RESTful
5 8 (3.46%) Django
5 8 (3.46%) FastAPI
5 8 (3.46%) Flask
5 8 (3.46%) NumPy
5 8 (3.46%) OpenAPI
5 8 (3.46%) Pandas
5 8 (3.46%) pytest
5 8 (3.46%) RabbitMQ
5 8 (3.46%) Swagger
6 6 (2.60%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 5 (2.16%) AngularJS
7 5 (2.16%) PySpark
7 5 (2.16%) REST
8 4 (1.73%) Jinja
8 4 (1.73%) SAML
9 3 (1.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (15.58%) Data Centre
2 15 (6.49%) Clustering
2 15 (6.49%) PKI
3 13 (5.63%) Cloud Native
4 12 (5.19%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (5.19%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (3.90%) Algorithms
6 8 (3.46%) Data Structures
7 7 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (3.03%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.16%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.16%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.73%) LLPG
9 4 (1.73%) NLPG
10 3 (1.30%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.30%) Replication
11 2 (0.87%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 41 (17.75%) Windows
2 17 (7.36%) Linux
3 12 (5.19%) Apple iOS
4 11 (4.76%) Mac OS
5 9 (3.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.60%) Unix
6 6 (2.60%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.87%) VMS
8 1 (0.43%) Android
8 1 (0.43%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.43%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (24.68%) ITIL
2 44 (19.05%) CI/CD
2 44 (19.05%) DevOps
3 33 (14.29%) ITSM
4 31 (13.42%) Agile
4 31 (13.42%) High Availability
5 29 (12.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (11.26%) Project Management
6 26 (11.26%) Stakeholder Management
7 24 (10.39%) Analytics
7 24 (10.39%) Customer Service
8 23 (9.96%) AI
8 23 (9.96%) DevSecOps
9 22 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
9 22 (9.52%) Migration
10 19 (8.23%) Data Protection
10 19 (8.23%) Identity Access Management
11 18 (7.79%) Load Balancing
11 18 (7.79%) Observability
12 17 (7.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 54 (23.38%) Python
2 27 (11.69%) PowerShell
3 24 (10.39%) SQL
4 16 (6.93%) Java
5 15 (6.49%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.46%) Go
7 7 (3.03%) Shell Script
7 7 (3.03%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.16%) Korn
8 5 (2.16%) VBScript
9 4 (1.73%) Bash
10 3 (1.30%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.87%) Bicep
11 2 (0.87%) C#
11 2 (0.87%) Scala
12 1 (0.43%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.43%) R
Qualifications
1 95 (41.13%) Security Cleared
2 58 (25.11%) SC Cleared
3 20 (8.66%) Degree
4 19 (8.23%) CISSP
5 13 (5.63%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (5.63%) CISM
5 13 (5.63%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.90%) JNCIA
6 9 (3.90%) JNCIP
6 9 (3.90%) JNCIS
6 9 (3.90%) PMP
7 5 (2.16%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.16%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.73%) GIAC
9 3 (1.30%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.30%) CEH
9 3 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.87%) CCA
10 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.87%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.79%) NIST
2 16 (6.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (6.93%) QA
3 15 (6.49%) GDPR
4 11 (4.76%) Data Quality
5 9 (3.90%) PMO
6 4 (1.73%) BS7666
7 2 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.87%) SLA
8 1 (0.43%) GRC
8 1 (0.43%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.43%) JTAG
System Software
1 27 (11.69%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.46%) Docker
4 5 (2.16%) Oracle RAC
4 5 (2.16%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.73%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.30%) vSphere
7 2 (0.87%) Firmware
8 1 (0.43%) NFS
Systems Management
1 18 (7.79%) FortiGate
1 18 (7.79%) Kubernetes
2 14 (6.06%) Ansible
2 14 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (4.33%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (3.46%) Red Hat Satellite
5 5 (2.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 5 (2.16%) Oracle RMAN
5 5 (2.16%) Terraform
6 3 (1.30%) Kibana
6 3 (1.30%) Nessus
6 3 (1.30%) SCCM
6 3 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.87%) Avamar
7 2 (0.87%) OpenVAS
7 2 (0.87%) SCOM
7 2 (0.87%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.43%) vMotion
Vendors
1 37 (16.02%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.96%) ServiceNow
3 22 (9.52%) VMware
4 21 (9.09%) Cisco
4 21 (9.09%) Oracle
5 20 (8.66%) F5
6 18 (7.79%) Juniper
7 16 (6.93%) SolarWinds
8 15 (6.49%) Splunk
9 13 (5.63%) Extreme Networks
10 12 (5.19%) BeyondTrust
10 12 (5.19%) CyberArk
10 12 (5.19%) SAP
11 11 (4.76%) Red Hat
11 11 (4.76%) Workday
12 10 (4.33%) Salesforce
13 9 (3.90%) Databricks
14 7 (3.03%) Google
15 5 (2.16%) ESRI
16 4 (1.73%) Citrix