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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -9 +4 -2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 202 206 219
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 10.72% 17.44% 12.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.11% 19.00% 15.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 121 115
10th Percentile £310 £350 £234
25th Percentile £392 £420 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -16.67% +23.08%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £638
90th Percentile £643 £650 £666
South East median daily rate £480 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 5 19
10th Percentile £21.40 £18.46 £14.50
25th Percentile £28.79 £19.91 £24.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £32.31 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% -44.58% +6.85%
75th Percentile £52.19 £38.42 £61.60
90th Percentile £80.10 - £64.33
South East median hourly rate £21.35 £18.82 £38.00
% change year-on-year +13.44% -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 1,541 1,084 1,458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 81.75% 91.79% 86.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 962 663 768
10th Percentile £350 £350 £314
25th Percentile £425 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £622 £600 £638
90th Percentile £733 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 43 77
10th Percentile £24.33 £14.75 £16.00
25th Percentile £58.59 £17.40 £41.25
Median hourly rate £83.58 £32.05 £60.60
Median % change year-on-year +160.76% -47.11% +3.15%
75th Percentile £88.00 £63.00 £70.39
90th Percentile £104.00 £87.45 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £53.20 £24.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +121.67% -58.15% +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 21 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 21 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 21 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 98 £500 -6.98% 53
Wokingham -1 64 £425 -15.00% 7
Windsor +4 9 £458 -5.91% 14
Bracknell -5 9 £675 +22.73% 10
Slough -7 6 £460 +2.22% 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 (10.40%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.98%) ArcGIS
2 4 (1.98%) Confluence
3 2 (0.99%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 17 (8.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.47%) CPLEX
3 7 (3.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (3.47%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.48%) iTrent
1 5 (2.48%) Workday HCM
2 4 (1.98%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.49%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.99%) Primavera
4 2 (0.99%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.50%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.50%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.50%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 71 (35.15%) Azure
2 48 (23.76%) AWS
3 29 (14.36%) GCP
4 18 (8.91%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (7.43%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (5.45%) OneDrive
7 10 (4.95%) Power Platform
8 8 (3.96%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.97%) Route 53
9 6 (2.97%) SaaS
9 6 (2.97%) SuccessFactors
10 5 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (2.48%) GitHub
11 4 (1.98%) Azure API Management
11 4 (1.98%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (1.49%) Apigee
12 3 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.49%) OCI
12 3 (1.49%) OpenShift
12 3 (1.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 30 (14.85%) DNS
2 27 (13.37%) DHCP
3 25 (12.38%) TCP/IP
4 21 (10.40%) Firewall
5 18 (8.91%) WAN
6 12 (5.94%) LAN
7 11 (5.45%) SD-WAN
8 10 (4.95%) BGP
8 10 (4.95%) MPLS
9 8 (3.96%) Network Security
9 8 (3.96%) OSPF
9 8 (3.96%) VPN
10 6 (2.97%) 2G
10 6 (2.97%) 3G
10 6 (2.97%) 4G
10 6 (2.97%) 5G
10 6 (2.97%) Diameter Protocol
10 6 (2.97%) DNSSEC
10 6 (2.97%) SIGTRAN
10 6 (2.97%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.45%) NoSQL
2 9 (4.46%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (4.46%) Power BI
3 8 (3.96%) Relational Database
4 7 (3.47%) MongoDB
5 6 (2.97%) Oracle Reports
6 5 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.98%) Big Data
7 4 (1.98%) GIS
7 4 (1.98%) Metadata
7 4 (1.98%) QGIS
7 4 (1.98%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.99%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.99%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.99%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.50%) Parquet
10 1 (0.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (10.40%) Git
2 16 (7.92%) JIRA
3 7 (3.47%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.99%) GitLab
5 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.50%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.50%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.50%) Gradle
5 1 (0.50%) HP UFT
5 1 (0.50%) JMeter
5 1 (0.50%) Maven
5 1 (0.50%) Selenium
General
1 110 (54.46%) Social Skills
2 92 (45.54%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (9.90%) Telecoms
4 18 (8.91%) Finance
5 14 (6.93%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (4.46%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (3.96%) Aerospace
7 8 (3.96%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.98%) Publishing
10 3 (1.49%) Billing
10 3 (1.49%) Legal
10 3 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.49%) Retail
11 2 (0.99%) Marketing
11 2 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.50%) Advertising
12 1 (0.50%) Banking
12 1 (0.50%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (13.86%) Analyst
2 16 (7.92%) Architect
3 15 (7.43%) Data Engineer
3 15 (7.43%) Developer
4 12 (5.94%) Senior
5 11 (5.45%) IT Support
5 11 (5.45%) Lead
6 10 (4.95%) Data Analyst
7 8 (3.96%) Consultant
8 7 (3.47%) Business Analyst
8 7 (3.47%) Python Developer
8 7 (3.47%) Support Engineer
9 6 (2.97%) Designer
9 6 (2.97%) Mobile Designer
9 6 (2.97%) Service Analyst
10 5 (2.48%) HR Analyst
10 5 (2.48%) Network Engineer
10 5 (2.48%) Project Manager
10 5 (2.48%) Service Delivery Analyst
10 5 (2.48%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.92%) Terraform
2 12 (5.94%) RESTful
3 10 (4.95%) OpenAPI
3 10 (4.95%) Swagger
4 9 (4.46%) Kafka
4 9 (4.46%) PySpark
5 7 (3.47%) Django
5 7 (3.47%) FastAPI
5 7 (3.47%) Flask
5 7 (3.47%) LDAP
5 7 (3.47%) NumPy
5 7 (3.47%) Pandas
5 7 (3.47%) pytest
5 7 (3.47%) RabbitMQ
6 6 (2.97%) REST
7 5 (2.48%) 802.1X
7 5 (2.48%) SAML
7 5 (2.48%) SOAP
7 5 (2.48%) Streamlit
8 4 (1.98%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.87%) Data Centre
2 15 (7.43%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (5.94%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.95%) Data Structures
5 8 (3.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.47%) Algorithms
6 7 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.97%) Clustering
7 6 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.97%) PKI
8 5 (2.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (2.48%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.98%) LLPG
9 4 (1.98%) NLPG
10 3 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.49%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.49%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.99%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.99%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 33 (16.34%) Windows
2 14 (6.93%) Linux
3 12 (5.94%) Apple iOS
4 11 (5.45%) Mac OS
5 7 (3.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.97%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.49%) Unix
8 1 (0.50%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (25.74%) ITIL
2 46 (22.77%) Agile
3 44 (21.78%) DevOps
4 39 (19.31%) Stakeholder Management
5 34 (16.83%) Analytics
6 33 (16.34%) CI/CD
6 33 (16.34%) ITSM
7 31 (15.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (11.88%) Customer Service
9 23 (11.39%) AI
10 22 (10.89%) Migration
10 22 (10.89%) Service Delivery
10 22 (10.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 19 (9.41%) Data Pipeline
11 19 (9.41%) Roadmaps
12 18 (8.91%) High Availability
12 18 (8.91%) Technical Leadership
13 17 (8.42%) DevSecOps
13 17 (8.42%) Software Engineering
14 16 (7.92%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 52 (25.74%) Python
2 30 (14.85%) SQL
3 23 (11.39%) PowerShell
4 13 (6.44%) JavaScript
5 10 (4.95%) Bash
6 7 (3.47%) Java
7 4 (1.98%) Bicep
7 4 (1.98%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.98%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.49%) Go
9 2 (0.99%) Korn
9 2 (0.99%) Scala
10 1 (0.50%) C#
10 1 (0.50%) R
10 1 (0.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 81 (40.10%) Security Cleared
2 58 (28.71%) SC Cleared
3 32 (15.84%) Degree
4 10 (4.95%) PMP
5 9 (4.46%) CISSP
6 8 (3.96%) Azure Certification
6 8 (3.96%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.96%) CISM
6 8 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.96%) DV Cleared
7 7 (3.47%) PMI Certification
8 5 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.98%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.49%) JNCIA
10 3 (1.49%) JNCIP
10 3 (1.49%) JNCIS
11 2 (0.99%) CCA
11 2 (0.99%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.41%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.94%) GDPR
2 12 (5.94%) NIST
3 11 (5.45%) QA
4 9 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.98%) BS7666
5 4 (1.98%) PMO
6 2 (0.99%) SLA
7 1 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.50%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.50%) GRC
7 1 (0.50%) ITGC
7 1 (0.50%) JTAG
7 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (9.90%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.93%) Docker
3 10 (4.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.97%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.98%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.49%) vSphere
7 2 (0.99%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.50%) Firmware
8 1 (0.50%) IAG
Systems Management
1 19 (9.41%) Kubernetes
2 14 (6.93%) Ansible
3 13 (6.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (4.95%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (3.47%) FortiGate
6 6 (2.97%) Red Hat Satellite
7 3 (1.49%) SCCM
7 3 (1.49%) SCOM
8 2 (0.99%) Avamar
8 2 (0.99%) Istio
8 2 (0.99%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.99%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.99%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.50%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.50%) vMotion
Vendors
1 52 (25.74%) Microsoft
2 30 (14.85%) ServiceNow
3 20 (9.90%) VMware
4 15 (7.43%) Databricks
4 15 (7.43%) Oracle
5 12 (5.94%) Cisco
5 12 (5.94%) Google
6 11 (5.45%) Red Hat
6 11 (5.45%) Salesforce
7 10 (4.95%) SAP
7 10 (4.95%) Workday
8 9 (4.46%) F5
8 9 (4.46%) Juniper
9 8 (3.96%) CyberArk
9 8 (3.96%) SolarWinds
10 7 (3.47%) BeyondTrust
11 6 (2.97%) Infoblox
11 6 (2.97%) Splunk
12 5 (2.48%) Extreme Networks
12 5 (2.48%) MuleSoft