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

 6 months to
19 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 4 10
Rank change year-on-year -10 +6 -3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 204 210 215
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 10.71% 17.78% 12.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.08% 19.32% 14.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 125 115
10th Percentile £312 £350 £234
25th Percentile £390 £425 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £578 £600 £638
90th Percentile £642 £650 £666
South East median daily rate £480 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% +1.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 5 19
10th Percentile £25.16 £18.46 £14.50
25th Percentile £30.59 £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 £57.09 £38.42 £61.60
90th Percentile £81.30 - £64.33
South East median hourly rate £23.18 £18.82 £37.08
% change year-on-year +23.14% -49.25% -35.51%

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 1,560 1,087 1,464
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 81.93% 92.04% 86.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 973 667 773
10th Percentile £350 £350 £316
25th Percentile £425 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £620 £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 167 40 77
10th Percentile £26.97 £14.75 £16.00
25th Percentile £62.50 £16.66 £41.25
Median hourly rate £83.00 £32.05 £60.60
Median % change year-on-year +158.97% -47.11% +2.06%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.00 £70.39
90th Percentile £104.00 £87.64 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £23.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +139.13% -59.90% +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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -14 98 £500 -9.09% 66
Wokingham -2 67 £425 -15.00% 11
Windsor +5 9 £458 -5.91% 13
Bracknell -6 8 £675 +22.73% 16
Slough -7 6 £460 +2.22% 14
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 (10.29%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.45%) Confluence
3 4 (1.96%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.98%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 16 (7.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.43%) CPLEX
3 7 (3.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (3.43%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.45%) iTrent
1 5 (2.45%) Workday HCM
2 4 (1.96%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.98%) Primavera
4 2 (0.98%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.49%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.49%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.49%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.49%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 72 (35.29%) Azure
2 48 (23.53%) AWS
3 29 (14.22%) GCP
4 17 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (7.35%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (5.39%) OneDrive
7 10 (4.90%) Entra ID
8 9 (4.41%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.94%) Route 53
9 6 (2.94%) SaaS
9 6 (2.94%) SuccessFactors
10 5 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (2.45%) GitHub
11 4 (1.96%) Azure API Management
11 4 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.96%) OpenShift
12 3 (1.47%) Azure AKS
12 3 (1.47%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.47%) OCI
12 3 (1.47%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 32 (15.69%) DNS
2 29 (14.22%) DHCP
3 25 (12.25%) TCP/IP
4 22 (10.78%) Firewall
5 19 (9.31%) WAN
6 13 (6.37%) LAN
7 11 (5.39%) BGP
7 11 (5.39%) SD-WAN
8 10 (4.90%) MPLS
9 9 (4.41%) OSPF
10 8 (3.92%) Network Security
10 8 (3.92%) VPN
11 6 (2.94%) 2G
11 6 (2.94%) 3G
11 6 (2.94%) 4G
11 6 (2.94%) Diameter Protocol
11 6 (2.94%) FTP
11 6 (2.94%) Junos
11 6 (2.94%) SIGTRAN
11 6 (2.94%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.88%) NoSQL
2 9 (4.41%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (3.92%) Power BI
3 8 (3.92%) Relational Database
4 7 (3.43%) MongoDB
5 6 (2.94%) Oracle Reports
6 5 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.45%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.96%) Big Data
7 4 (1.96%) GIS
7 4 (1.96%) Metadata
7 4 (1.96%) QGIS
8 3 (1.47%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.98%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.98%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.98%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.98%) Parquet
9 2 (0.98%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (10.78%) Git
2 16 (7.84%) JIRA
3 8 (3.92%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.98%) GitLab
5 1 (0.49%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.49%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.49%) Gradle
5 1 (0.49%) HP UFT
5 1 (0.49%) Maven
General
1 110 (53.92%) Social Skills
2 93 (45.59%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (9.80%) Telecoms
4 18 (8.82%) Finance
5 14 (6.86%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (4.90%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.92%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.96%) Publishing
11 3 (1.47%) Billing
11 3 (1.47%) Legal
11 3 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.47%) Retail
12 2 (0.98%) Marketing
13 1 (0.49%) Advertising
13 1 (0.49%) Banking
13 1 (0.49%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 27 (13.24%) Analyst
2 16 (7.84%) Architect
2 16 (7.84%) Developer
3 15 (7.35%) Data Engineer
4 13 (6.37%) Senior
5 10 (4.90%) Data Analyst
5 10 (4.90%) IT Support
5 10 (4.90%) Lead
6 8 (3.92%) Consultant
7 7 (3.43%) Business Analyst
7 7 (3.43%) Python Developer
7 7 (3.43%) Support Engineer
8 6 (2.94%) Designer
8 6 (2.94%) Mobile Designer
8 6 (2.94%) Network Engineer
8 6 (2.94%) Service Analyst
9 5 (2.45%) HR Analyst
9 5 (2.45%) Project Manager
9 5 (2.45%) Service Delivery Analyst
9 5 (2.45%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.88%) RESTful
2 10 (4.90%) OpenAPI
2 10 (4.90%) Swagger
3 9 (4.41%) Kafka
3 9 (4.41%) PySpark
4 7 (3.43%) Django
4 7 (3.43%) FastAPI
4 7 (3.43%) Flask
4 7 (3.43%) LDAP
4 7 (3.43%) NumPy
4 7 (3.43%) Pandas
4 7 (3.43%) pytest
4 7 (3.43%) RabbitMQ
4 7 (3.43%) REST
5 6 (2.94%) 802.1X
5 6 (2.94%) SAML
6 5 (2.45%) ARM Templates
6 5 (2.45%) OAuth
6 5 (2.45%) SOAP
6 5 (2.45%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 27 (13.24%) Data Centre
2 15 (7.35%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (6.37%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.90%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (4.90%) Data Structures
5 7 (3.43%) Algorithms
5 7 (3.43%) Clustering
5 7 (3.43%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (3.43%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (3.43%) PKI
6 5 (2.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.96%) LLPG
7 4 (1.96%) NLPG
7 4 (1.96%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.47%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.47%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.98%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 34 (16.67%) Windows
2 15 (7.35%) Linux
3 11 (5.39%) Apple iOS
3 11 (5.39%) Mac OS
4 8 (3.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (3.43%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.96%) Unix
7 1 (0.49%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.49%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (25.98%) ITIL
2 45 (22.06%) Agile
2 45 (22.06%) DevOps
3 38 (18.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 34 (16.67%) Analytics
4 34 (16.67%) CI/CD
5 33 (16.18%) ITSM
6 31 (15.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (11.76%) Customer Service
8 22 (10.78%) AI
8 22 (10.78%) Migration
8 22 (10.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 21 (10.29%) High Availability
9 21 (10.29%) Service Delivery
10 19 (9.31%) Data Pipeline
10 19 (9.31%) Roadmaps
11 18 (8.82%) Technical Leadership
12 17 (8.33%) DevSecOps
12 17 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
12 17 (8.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (25.98%) Python
2 31 (15.20%) SQL
3 24 (11.76%) PowerShell
4 12 (5.88%) JavaScript
5 11 (5.39%) Bash
6 6 (2.94%) Java
7 5 (2.45%) Bicep
7 5 (2.45%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.96%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.47%) Go
9 3 (1.47%) Korn
10 2 (0.98%) C#
10 2 (0.98%) Scala
11 1 (0.49%) R
11 1 (0.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 82 (40.20%) Security Cleared
2 59 (28.92%) SC Cleared
3 32 (15.69%) Degree
4 10 (4.90%) PMP
5 9 (4.41%) Azure Certification
5 9 (4.41%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (4.41%) CISSP
6 8 (3.92%) CISM
6 8 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.92%) DV Cleared
7 7 (3.43%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.96%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.96%) JNCIA
8 4 (1.96%) JNCIP
8 4 (1.96%) JNCIS
8 4 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.98%) CCA
10 2 (0.98%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.31%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.88%) GDPR
2 12 (5.88%) NIST
3 11 (5.39%) QA
4 9 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.96%) BS7666
5 4 (1.96%) PMO
6 2 (0.98%) SLA
7 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.49%) GRC
7 1 (0.49%) ITGC
7 1 (0.49%) JTAG
7 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (10.78%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.86%) Docker
3 11 (5.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.43%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.45%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.47%) Oracle RAC
7 3 (1.47%) vSphere
8 1 (0.49%) Firmware
8 1 (0.49%) IAG
Systems Management
1 20 (9.80%) Kubernetes
2 17 (8.33%) Terraform
3 14 (6.86%) Ansible
4 13 (6.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (4.90%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (3.92%) FortiGate
7 6 (2.94%) Red Hat Satellite
8 3 (1.47%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (1.47%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (1.47%) SCCM
8 3 (1.47%) SCOM
9 2 (0.98%) Avamar
9 2 (0.98%) Istio
9 2 (0.98%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.49%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.49%) vMotion
Vendors
1 53 (25.98%) Microsoft
2 30 (14.71%) ServiceNow
3 21 (10.29%) VMware
4 16 (7.84%) Oracle
5 15 (7.35%) Databricks
6 13 (6.37%) Cisco
7 12 (5.88%) Google
7 12 (5.88%) Red Hat
8 11 (5.39%) Salesforce
9 10 (4.90%) F5
9 10 (4.90%) Juniper
9 10 (4.90%) SAP
9 10 (4.90%) Workday
10 9 (4.41%) SolarWinds
11 8 (3.92%) CyberArk
12 7 (3.43%) BeyondTrust
12 7 (3.43%) Splunk
13 6 (2.94%) Extreme Networks
13 6 (2.94%) Infoblox
14 5 (2.45%) MuleSoft
149 Problem-Solving jobs in Berkshire