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 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 4 10
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 -3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 209 216 220
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 10.83% 18.06% 12.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.18% 19.58% 14.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 128 119
10th Percentile £310 £350 £234
25th Percentile £387 £424 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -16.67% +23.08%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £631
90th Percentile £637 £650 £657
South East median daily rate £477 £478 £500
% change year-on-year -0.31% -4.40% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 5 20
10th Percentile £25.33 £18.46 £14.50
25th Percentile £30.81 £19.91 £26.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £32.31 £59.95
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% -46.11% +14.97%
75th Percentile £62.50 £38.42 £61.60
90th Percentile £80.40 - £62.96
South East median hourly rate £28.25 £18.82 £38.00
% change year-on-year +50.11% -50.47% -33.91%

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 1,586 1,103 1,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.18% 92.22% 85.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 971 679 792
10th Percentile £335 £350 £319
25th Percentile £414 £416 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -7.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £638
90th Percentile £733 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -0.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 40 80
10th Percentile £31.25 £14.75 £16.75
25th Percentile £70.75 £16.66 £41.25
Median hourly rate £83.00 £32.05 £61.33
Median % change year-on-year +158.97% -47.74% +6.08%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.00 £70.73
90th Percentile £104.00 £87.64 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £21.32 £57.35
% change year-on-year +157.97% -62.82% +14.70%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 12 August 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 96 £500 -9.09% 99
Wokingham -1 68 £425 -15.00% 13
Windsor +4 9 £458 -23.75% 16
Bracknell -10 8 £675 +12.50% 23
Slough -6 6 £460 +2.22% 15
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 (10.05%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.39%) Confluence
3 4 (1.91%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.96%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 16 (7.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.35%) CPLEX
4 6 (2.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.87%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.39%) iTrent
2 4 (1.91%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (1.91%) Workday HCM
3 3 (1.44%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.96%) Primavera
4 2 (0.96%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.48%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.48%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.48%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.48%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 68 (32.54%) Azure
2 47 (22.49%) AWS
3 28 (13.40%) GCP
4 17 (8.13%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (7.18%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (5.26%) OneDrive
7 10 (4.78%) Entra ID
8 9 (4.31%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.87%) Route 53
9 6 (2.87%) SaaS
10 5 (2.39%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (2.39%) GitHub
10 5 (2.39%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (1.91%) Azure API Management
11 4 (1.91%) OpenShift
12 3 (1.44%) Azure AKS
12 3 (1.44%) Azure Key Vault
12 3 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.44%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.44%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 40 (19.14%) DNS
2 37 (17.70%) DHCP
3 30 (14.35%) Firewall
4 27 (12.92%) WAN
5 25 (11.96%) TCP/IP
6 21 (10.05%) LAN
7 19 (9.09%) BGP
8 17 (8.13%) OSPF
9 14 (6.70%) BIG-IP
9 14 (6.70%) Ethernet VPN
9 14 (6.70%) Junos
9 14 (6.70%) VXLAN
10 11 (5.26%) SD-WAN
11 10 (4.78%) MPLS
12 9 (4.31%) Cisco ISE
13 8 (3.83%) Network Security
13 8 (3.83%) VPN
14 6 (2.87%) DNSSEC
15 5 (2.39%) 5G
15 5 (2.39%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.74%) NoSQL
2 9 (4.31%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (3.83%) Power BI
3 8 (3.83%) Relational Database
4 7 (3.35%) MongoDB
5 6 (2.87%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (2.87%) SQL Server
6 5 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.91%) Big Data
7 4 (1.91%) GIS
7 4 (1.91%) Metadata
7 4 (1.91%) QGIS
8 3 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.44%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.96%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.96%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.96%) Parquet
9 2 (0.96%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (10.53%) Git
2 15 (7.18%) JIRA
3 8 (3.83%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.96%) GitLab
5 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.48%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.48%) Gradle
5 1 (0.48%) HP UFT
5 1 (0.48%) Maven
General
1 107 (51.20%) Social Skills
2 91 (43.54%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (9.09%) Telecoms
4 17 (8.13%) Finance
5 14 (6.70%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (5.74%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.31%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.83%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.91%) Publishing
11 3 (1.44%) Billing
11 3 (1.44%) Legal
11 3 (1.44%) Marketing
11 3 (1.44%) Military
11 3 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.44%) Retail
12 1 (0.48%) Advertising
12 1 (0.48%) Aviation
12 1 (0.48%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.48%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 27 (12.92%) Analyst
2 18 (8.61%) Architect
3 17 (8.13%) Senior
4 16 (7.66%) Developer
5 12 (5.74%) Data Engineer
6 11 (5.26%) Lead
6 11 (5.26%) Network Engineer
7 10 (4.78%) Data Analyst
7 10 (4.78%) IT Support
8 9 (4.31%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (3.35%) Business Analyst
9 7 (3.35%) Python Developer
9 7 (3.35%) Support Engineer
10 6 (2.87%) Consultant
10 6 (2.87%) Service Analyst
11 5 (2.39%) Firewall Specialist
11 5 (2.39%) Network Specialist
11 5 (2.39%) Project Manager
11 5 (2.39%) Service Delivery Analyst
11 5 (2.39%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.70%) 802.1X
2 12 (5.74%) RESTful
3 10 (4.78%) OpenAPI
3 10 (4.78%) Swagger
4 9 (4.31%) Kafka
5 7 (3.35%) Django
5 7 (3.35%) FastAPI
5 7 (3.35%) Flask
5 7 (3.35%) LDAP
5 7 (3.35%) NumPy
5 7 (3.35%) Pandas
5 7 (3.35%) pytest
5 7 (3.35%) RabbitMQ
6 6 (2.87%) PySpark
6 6 (2.87%) REST
6 6 (2.87%) SAML
7 5 (2.39%) ARM Templates
7 5 (2.39%) OAuth
8 4 (1.91%) Jinja
8 4 (1.91%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 35 (16.75%) Data Centre
2 15 (7.18%) Clustering
2 15 (7.18%) PKI
3 14 (6.70%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (6.22%) Cloud Native
5 10 (4.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (4.78%) Data Structures
6 8 (3.83%) Algorithms
7 7 (3.35%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.91%) LLPG
9 4 (1.91%) NLPG
9 4 (1.91%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.91%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.44%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.96%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 42 (20.10%) Windows
2 15 (7.18%) Linux
3 11 (5.26%) Apple iOS
3 11 (5.26%) Mac OS
4 8 (3.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (3.35%) Windows Server
6 5 (2.39%) Unix
7 1 (0.48%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.48%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (27.75%) ITIL
2 42 (20.10%) DevOps
3 41 (19.62%) Agile
4 37 (17.70%) ITSM
5 34 (16.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 33 (15.79%) CI/CD
7 32 (15.31%) Analytics
8 31 (14.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (13.88%) High Availability
10 24 (11.48%) AI
10 24 (11.48%) Customer Service
11 23 (11.00%) Load Balancing
12 22 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 21 (10.05%) Migration
13 21 (10.05%) Observability
13 21 (10.05%) Service Management
14 20 (9.57%) Identity Access Management
14 20 (9.57%) Service Delivery
15 18 (8.61%) Roadmaps
16 17 (8.13%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 51 (24.40%) Python
2 29 (13.88%) SQL
3 24 (11.48%) PowerShell
4 13 (6.22%) JavaScript
5 11 (5.26%) Bash
6 6 (2.87%) Java
6 6 (2.87%) Shell Script
7 5 (2.39%) Bicep
8 4 (1.91%) Korn
8 4 (1.91%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.44%) Go
10 2 (0.96%) C#
10 2 (0.96%) Scala
11 1 (0.48%) R
11 1 (0.48%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 92 (44.02%) Security Cleared
2 60 (28.71%) SC Cleared
3 33 (15.79%) Degree
4 15 (7.18%) DV Cleared
5 14 (6.70%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (4.31%) Azure Certification
6 9 (4.31%) CISSP
6 9 (4.31%) JNCIA
6 9 (4.31%) JNCIP
6 9 (4.31%) JNCIS
6 9 (4.31%) PMP
7 8 (3.83%) CISM
7 8 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.87%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.44%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.44%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.96%) CCA
11 2 (0.96%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.13%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.74%) GDPR
2 12 (5.74%) NIST
3 11 (5.26%) QA
4 9 (4.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.91%) BS7666
5 4 (1.91%) PMO
6 2 (0.96%) SLA
7 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.48%) GRC
7 1 (0.48%) ITGC
7 1 (0.48%) JTAG
7 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.70%) Docker
3 11 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.35%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.39%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.91%) Oracle RAC
6 4 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.44%) vSphere
8 1 (0.48%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (9.57%) Kubernetes
2 16 (7.66%) FortiGate
2 16 (7.66%) Terraform
3 13 (6.22%) Ansible
3 13 (6.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (4.78%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (2.87%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (1.91%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 4 (1.91%) Oracle RMAN
7 3 (1.44%) SCCM
7 3 (1.44%) SCOM
8 2 (0.96%) Avamar
8 2 (0.96%) Istio
8 2 (0.96%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.48%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.48%) vMotion
Vendors
1 50 (23.92%) Microsoft
2 30 (14.35%) ServiceNow
3 21 (10.05%) Cisco
3 21 (10.05%) VMware
4 18 (8.61%) F5
4 18 (8.61%) Juniper
5 17 (8.13%) Oracle
5 17 (8.13%) SolarWinds
6 15 (7.18%) Splunk
7 13 (6.22%) Extreme Networks
8 12 (5.74%) Databricks
8 12 (5.74%) Google
8 12 (5.74%) Red Hat
8 12 (5.74%) Salesforce
9 9 (4.31%) SAP
9 9 (4.31%) Workday
10 8 (3.83%) CyberArk
11 7 (3.35%) BeyondTrust
12 6 (2.87%) Infoblox
13 5 (2.39%) MuleSoft