Problem-Solving Contracts in Berkshire

Problem Solving
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 11 20
Rank change year-on-year +6 +9 +1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 294 197 184
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 15.07% 10.98% 7.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.96% 12.09% 8.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 123 102
10th Percentile £205 £350 £204
25th Percentile £232 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £461
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +13.82% +2.50%
75th Percentile £615 £603 £588
90th Percentile £675 £675 £640
South East median daily rate £475 £524 £475
% change year-on-year -9.39% +10.37% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 1
10th Percentile £23.00 £39.43 -
25th Percentile £41.25 £48.40 -
Median hourly rate £61.30 £54.56 £80.40
Median % change year-on-year +12.35% -32.14% +689.01%
75th Percentile £61.60 £66.00 -
90th Percentile £68.42 £70.61 -
South East median hourly rate £19.38 £56.99 £47.50
% change year-on-year -66.00% +19.97% +167.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,733 1,629 2,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.83% 90.80% 90.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 912 1,055 1,371
10th Percentile £213 £350 £275
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £608 £626 £588
90th Percentile £687 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 48 43
10th Percentile £18.95 £19.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.44 £25.72 £17.25
Median hourly rate £60.57 £57.82 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +174.67% -
75th Percentile £71.89 £73.69 £33.75
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.51 £68.10
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Berkshire over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Berkshire over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

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 May 2024. 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 +9 196 £575 +9.52% 76
Bracknell +6 40 £270 -55.37% 11
Newbury +4 9 £380 +26.67% 8
Maidenhead +5 7 £232 -42.00% 8
Wokingham -7 6 £400 -20.00% 7
Slough 0 2 £400 -14.44% 13
Windsor -10 1 £700 - 7
Crowthorne - 1 - - 1
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.36%) Confluence
2 3 (1.02%) SAS
3 2 (0.68%) CMS
3 2 (0.68%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.34%) Moodle
4 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
Applications
1 52 (17.69%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.02%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.02%) SPSS
4 2 (0.68%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.68%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (3.74%) Oracle EBS R12
1 11 (3.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 8 (2.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.72%) Teamcenter
3 6 (2.04%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (1.70%) Maximo
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.34%) Magento
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle AGIS
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.34%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 48 (16.33%) Azure
2 22 (7.48%) Snowflake
3 15 (5.10%) AWS
4 14 (4.76%) OCI
5 7 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.70%) Smartsheet
7 3 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.02%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.02%) SaaS
8 2 (0.68%) PaaS
8 2 (0.68%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.68%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.34%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.34%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.34%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.34%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (0.34%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.34%) IaaS
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.34%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 27 (9.18%) Firewall
2 23 (7.82%) LAN
3 17 (5.78%) SAN
4 14 (4.76%) DHCP
4 14 (4.76%) DNS
5 10 (3.40%) 5G
5 10 (3.40%) WAN
6 9 (3.06%) 3G
6 9 (3.06%) 4G
7 8 (2.72%) Radio Access Network
8 5 (1.70%) Network Security
9 3 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (1.02%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (1.02%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.68%) 2G
10 2 (0.68%) Diameter Protocol
10 2 (0.68%) Intranet
10 2 (0.68%) IPsec
10 2 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.68%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.18%) Tableau
2 10 (3.40%) Oracle Database
3 8 (2.72%) SAP HANA
4 5 (1.70%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.02%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.02%) Power BI
5 3 (1.02%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (0.68%) Power Query
6 2 (0.68%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 34 (11.56%) Jenkins
2 26 (8.84%) Selenium
3 25 (8.50%) Cucumber
3 25 (8.50%) SonarQube
4 24 (8.16%) REST Assured
5 21 (7.14%) JIRA
6 13 (4.42%) GitLab
7 11 (3.74%) Git
8 9 (3.06%) Oracle Forms
9 7 (2.38%) Visual Studio
10 3 (1.02%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.34%) CMake
11 1 (0.34%) Maven
General
1 173 (58.84%) Social Skills
2 122 (41.50%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 37 (12.59%) Organisational Skills
5 32 (10.88%) Finance
6 27 (9.18%) Legal
7 21 (7.14%) Law
8 14 (4.76%) Marketing
9 13 (4.42%) Police
9 13 (4.42%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.38%) Retail
12 5 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.02%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.02%) Military
15 2 (0.68%) Billing
16 1 (0.34%) Banking
16 1 (0.34%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 48 (16.33%) Analyst
2 35 (11.90%) Senior
3 32 (10.88%) Consultant
4 24 (8.16%) Lead
5 22 (7.48%) Support Engineer
6 20 (6.80%) 1st Line Support
7 18 (6.12%) Desktop Engineer
7 18 (6.12%) Desktop Support
7 18 (6.12%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 18 (6.12%) Hardware Engineer
8 17 (5.78%) Developer
8 17 (5.78%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
8 17 (5.78%) Java Engineer
9 15 (5.10%) Functional Consultant
9 15 (5.10%) Project Manager
10 14 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (4.42%) Architect
11 13 (4.42%) Data Analyst
11 13 (4.42%) Oracle Consultant
11 13 (4.42%) Oracle Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.84%) REST
2 25 (8.50%) Java EE
3 12 (4.08%) ARM Templates
4 10 (3.40%) .NET
4 10 (3.40%) ASP.NET
5 9 (3.06%) SAP Basis
6 8 (2.72%) Itk
7 7 (2.38%) HTML
8 5 (1.70%) CSS
8 5 (1.70%) SAP Fiori
9 4 (1.36%) Web Services
10 3 (1.02%) D3.js
10 3 (1.02%) EDI
11 2 (0.68%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (0.68%) Flash
11 2 (0.68%) OLE
11 2 (0.68%) React
12 1 (0.34%) Spring
12 1 (0.34%) Spring Boot
12 1 (0.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.56%) Driving Licence
2 17 (5.78%) Data Centre
3 16 (5.44%) Credit Risk
4 9 (3.06%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (1.70%) Life Science
5 5 (1.70%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.36%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.36%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.02%) CCTV
7 3 (1.02%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.02%) SCADA
7 3 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.02%) Social Media
8 2 (0.68%) NHS
8 2 (0.68%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.34%) Blog
9 1 (0.34%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.34%) Handset
9 1 (0.34%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 70 (23.81%) Windows
2 48 (16.33%) Windows 10
3 34 (11.56%) Windows 7
4 25 (8.50%) Windows Server
4 25 (8.50%) Windows Server 2016
4 25 (8.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 20 (6.80%) Linux
6 17 (5.78%) Windows Server 2012
7 14 (4.76%) Windows XP
8 3 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.68%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.68%) Solaris
9 2 (0.68%) VMS
10 1 (0.34%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (22.11%) Decision-Making
2 61 (20.75%) ITIL
3 47 (15.99%) Project Management
4 43 (14.63%) Service Delivery
5 42 (14.29%) DevOps
6 40 (13.61%) Customer Service
7 33 (11.22%) Agile
8 32 (10.88%) Analytics
8 32 (10.88%) Technical Leadership
9 28 (9.52%) Continuous Integration
10 27 (9.18%) Test Automation
11 25 (8.50%) Software Architecture
11 25 (8.50%) Software Engineering
12 23 (7.82%) Actionable Insight
12 23 (7.82%) Change Management
13 22 (7.48%) Disaster Recovery
13 22 (7.48%) Performance Tuning
14 21 (7.14%) Software Testing
15 19 (6.46%) Customer Requirements
16 17 (5.78%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 27 (9.18%) Java
2 24 (8.16%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.40%) C#
4 9 (3.06%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.38%) Python
5 7 (2.38%) SQL
6 6 (2.04%) C++
7 5 (1.70%) C
8 4 (1.36%) R
9 3 (1.02%) F#
9 3 (1.02%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.68%) PHP
11 1 (0.34%) Bash
11 1 (0.34%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 116 (39.46%) Security Cleared
2 81 (27.55%) Degree
3 61 (20.75%) DV Cleared
4 55 (18.71%) SC Cleared
5 19 (6.46%) CCNA
5 19 (6.46%) CCNP
5 19 (6.46%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.02%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (1.02%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.02%) PMP
7 2 (0.68%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.68%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.68%) MBA
7 2 (0.68%) MCITP
7 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.34%) HP ASE
8 1 (0.34%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.48%) SLA
2 12 (4.08%) QA
3 7 (2.38%) GDPR
4 2 (0.68%) HL7
4 2 (0.68%) PMO
5 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.34%) ITGC
5 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (7.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (6.12%) Active Directory
3 17 (5.78%) Firmware
4 15 (5.10%) Hyper-V
5 14 (4.76%) Docker
5 14 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.04%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.68%) KVM
Systems Management
1 49 (16.67%) SCCM
2 33 (11.22%) Ansible
3 17 (5.78%) NetBackup
4 16 (5.44%) SCOM
5 15 (5.10%) Kubernetes
6 14 (4.76%) EMC NetWorker
6 14 (4.76%) vCenter Server
6 14 (4.76%) WSUS
7 13 (4.42%) Terraform
8 12 (4.08%) Docker Swarm
8 12 (4.08%) Podman
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 94 (31.97%) Microsoft
2 51 (17.35%) HP
3 41 (13.95%) Oracle
4 24 (8.16%) Alteryx
5 23 (7.82%) Cisco
5 23 (7.82%) VMware
6 20 (6.80%) Juniper
7 18 (6.12%) Palo Alto
8 17 (5.78%) 3PAR
9 14 (4.76%) Dell
9 14 (4.76%) EMC
9 14 (4.76%) Extreme Networks
9 14 (4.76%) Symantec
9 14 (4.76%) Veeam
10 9 (3.06%) SAP
11 6 (2.04%) OneTrust
12 4 (1.36%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.36%) Red Hat
12 4 (1.36%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.36%) Workday