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 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
4 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 -4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 193 192 207
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 10.79% 16.52% 12.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.22% 18.06% 14.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 119 103
10th Percentile £316 £269 £326
25th Percentile £400 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -16.67% +33.33%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £638
90th Percentile £644 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 4 16
10th Percentile £18.03 £21.94 £14.50
25th Percentile £27.20 £28.61 £19.19
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.80 £59.95
Median % change year-on-year -6.60% -41.96% +14.97%
75th Percentile £63.00 £38.42 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.80 - £68.42
South East median hourly rate £21.35 £18.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +18.61% -52.63% -32.44%

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 1,460 1,063 1,460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 81.61% 91.48% 86.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 924 660 768
10th Percentile £350 £340 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.12% -6.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £733 £670 £698
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 40 73
10th Percentile £17.43 £14.75 £19.32
25th Percentile £43.66 £16.66 £42.88
Median hourly rate £82.21 £32.18 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +155.45% -47.76% +2.67%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.62 £72.33
90th Percentile £104.50 £87.28 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £52.46 £21.90 £57.35
% change year-on-year +139.55% -61.81% +9.24%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 4 September 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 99 £495 -10.00% 99
Wokingham -2 58 £428 -7.57% 19
Windsor +8 8 £458 -5.91% 8
Bracknell -6 8 £675 +22.73% 22
Slough -4 7 £480 +6.67% 17
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 (10.88%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.07%) ArcGIS
2 4 (2.07%) Confluence
3 2 (1.04%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.52%) Apache
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (6.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.63%) CPLEX
3 6 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (3.11%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.11%) Workday HCM
2 5 (2.59%) iTrent
3 4 (2.07%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (1.04%) Primavera
4 2 (1.04%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.52%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 73 (37.82%) Azure
2 48 (24.87%) AWS
3 29 (15.03%) GCP
4 19 (9.84%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (7.25%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (6.22%) Power Platform
7 11 (5.70%) OneDrive
8 8 (4.15%) Entra ID
9 7 (3.63%) SuccessFactors
10 6 (3.11%) Route 53
10 6 (3.11%) SaaS
11 5 (2.59%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (2.59%) OpenShift
12 4 (2.07%) Azure API Management
12 4 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (2.07%) GitHub
13 3 (1.55%) Apigee
13 3 (1.55%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.55%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 2 (1.04%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 28 (14.51%) DNS
2 25 (12.95%) DHCP
3 23 (11.92%) TCP/IP
4 16 (8.29%) Firewall
5 10 (5.18%) WAN
6 8 (4.15%) LAN
6 8 (4.15%) SD-WAN
7 7 (3.63%) Network Security
7 7 (3.63%) VPN
8 6 (3.11%) 2G
8 6 (3.11%) 3G
8 6 (3.11%) 4G
8 6 (3.11%) 5G
8 6 (3.11%) Diameter Protocol
8 6 (3.11%) DNSSEC
8 6 (3.11%) FTP
8 6 (3.11%) SIGTRAN
8 6 (3.11%) SS7
9 5 (2.59%) MPLS
10 4 (2.07%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.70%) Power BI
2 10 (5.18%) NoSQL
3 8 (4.15%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (3.63%) MongoDB
4 7 (3.63%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.07%) GIS
5 4 (2.07%) Metadata
5 4 (2.07%) QGIS
6 3 (1.55%) Big Data
6 3 (1.55%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.04%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.52%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.52%) Parquet
8 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.52%) Tableau
8 1 (0.52%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 19 (9.84%) Git
2 17 (8.81%) JIRA
3 6 (3.11%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.52%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.52%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.52%) GitLab
4 1 (0.52%) Gradle
4 1 (0.52%) HP UFT
4 1 (0.52%) JMeter
4 1 (0.52%) Maven
4 1 (0.52%) Selenium
General
1 107 (55.44%) Social Skills
2 86 (44.56%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (10.36%) Finance
4 19 (9.84%) Telecoms
5 13 (6.74%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (5.18%) Aerospace
6 10 (5.18%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.63%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.07%) Publishing
9 3 (1.55%) Legal
9 3 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.55%) Retail
10 2 (1.04%) Billing
10 2 (1.04%) Marketing
11 1 (0.52%) Advertising
11 1 (0.52%) Aviation
11 1 (0.52%) Banking
11 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 25 (12.95%) Analyst
2 15 (7.77%) Architect
2 15 (7.77%) Developer
2 15 (7.77%) Lead
3 14 (7.25%) Data Engineer
4 12 (6.22%) IT Support
5 11 (5.70%) Consultant
5 11 (5.70%) Senior
6 7 (3.63%) Business Analyst
6 7 (3.63%) Data Analyst
6 7 (3.63%) Python Developer
7 6 (3.11%) Designer
7 6 (3.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (3.11%) Mobile Designer
7 6 (3.11%) Service Analyst
7 6 (3.11%) Support Engineer
7 6 (3.11%) Workday Consultant
8 5 (2.59%) Project Manager
8 5 (2.59%) Service Delivery Analyst
9 4 (2.07%) Rollout Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.33%) Terraform
2 12 (6.22%) RESTful
3 10 (5.18%) OpenAPI
3 10 (5.18%) Swagger
4 8 (4.15%) Kafka
4 8 (4.15%) PySpark
5 7 (3.63%) Django
5 7 (3.63%) FastAPI
5 7 (3.63%) Flask
5 7 (3.63%) NumPy
5 7 (3.63%) Pandas
5 7 (3.63%) pytest
5 7 (3.63%) RabbitMQ
5 7 (3.63%) REST
6 6 (3.11%) LDAP
6 6 (3.11%) Web Services
7 5 (2.59%) ARM Templates
7 5 (2.59%) SAML
7 5 (2.59%) SOAP
7 5 (2.59%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.84%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.74%) Cloud Native
2 13 (6.74%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (5.18%) Data Structures
4 7 (3.63%) Algorithms
5 6 (3.11%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 5 (2.59%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.07%) LLPG
7 4 (2.07%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.07%) NLPG
8 3 (1.55%) Clustering
8 3 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.55%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.55%) PKI
9 2 (1.04%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 32 (16.58%) Windows
2 14 (7.25%) Linux
3 13 (6.74%) Apple iOS
4 11 (5.70%) Mac OS
5 8 (4.15%) Windows Server
6 7 (3.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.52%) Rocky
7 1 (0.52%) Unix
7 1 (0.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (24.35%) Agile
2 46 (23.83%) ITIL
3 45 (23.32%) DevOps
3 45 (23.32%) Stakeholder Management
4 36 (18.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (17.62%) Analytics
6 33 (17.10%) CI/CD
7 32 (16.58%) ITSM
8 23 (11.92%) AI
8 23 (11.92%) Customer Service
9 21 (10.88%) Migration
9 21 (10.88%) Service Delivery
9 21 (10.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 21 (10.88%) Technical Leadership
10 19 (9.84%) Decision-Making
10 19 (9.84%) Roadmaps
11 18 (9.33%) Data Pipeline
11 18 (9.33%) Infrastructure as Code
12 17 (8.81%) DevSecOps
12 17 (8.81%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 49 (25.39%) Python
2 29 (15.03%) SQL
3 22 (11.40%) PowerShell
4 13 (6.74%) JavaScript
5 11 (5.70%) Bash
6 6 (3.11%) Java
7 4 (2.07%) Bicep
7 4 (2.07%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.55%) Go
9 2 (1.04%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.52%) C#
10 1 (0.52%) R
10 1 (0.52%) Scala
10 1 (0.52%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 75 (38.86%) Security Cleared
2 56 (29.02%) SC Cleared
3 33 (17.10%) Degree
4 10 (5.18%) PMP
5 9 (4.66%) Azure Certification
5 9 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (4.15%) CISSP
6 8 (4.15%) PMI Certification
7 7 (3.63%) CISM
7 7 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (2.59%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (2.07%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.04%) CCA
11 2 (1.04%) CISA
11 2 (1.04%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (1.04%) MCSA
11 2 (1.04%) MCSE
11 2 (1.04%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.81%) Data Quality
2 11 (5.70%) GDPR
2 11 (5.70%) NIST
2 11 (5.70%) QA
3 8 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.07%) BS7666
4 4 (2.07%) PMO
5 2 (1.04%) SLA
6 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.52%) GAAP
6 1 (0.52%) GRC
6 1 (0.52%) ITGC
6 1 (0.52%) JTAG
6 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (9.33%) Active Directory
2 14 (7.25%) Docker
3 10 (5.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.63%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.59%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (2.07%) vSphere
7 3 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.04%) IAG
Systems Management
1 20 (10.36%) Kubernetes
2 15 (7.77%) Ansible
3 13 (6.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (5.18%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (3.11%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (2.07%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.55%) Istio
7 3 (1.55%) SCCM
7 3 (1.55%) SCOM
8 2 (1.04%) Avamar
8 2 (1.04%) Grafana
8 2 (1.04%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.52%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.52%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.52%) Podman
9 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.52%) vMotion
Vendors
1 54 (27.98%) Microsoft
2 29 (15.03%) ServiceNow
3 20 (10.36%) VMware
4 14 (7.25%) Databricks
5 12 (6.22%) Google
5 12 (6.22%) Red Hat
6 11 (5.70%) Salesforce
6 11 (5.70%) Workday
7 10 (5.18%) Oracle
8 9 (4.66%) SAP
9 7 (3.63%) Cisco
9 7 (3.63%) CyberArk
10 6 (3.11%) BeyondTrust
10 6 (3.11%) Infoblox
11 5 (2.59%) MuleSoft
11 5 (2.59%) SolarWinds
12 4 (2.07%) Citrix
12 4 (2.07%) ESRI
12 4 (2.07%) F5
12 4 (2.07%) Juniper
213 Problem-Solving jobs in Berkshire