Problem-Solving Contracts in Berkshire

Problem Solving
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 7 10
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 +10
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 240 267 207
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 21.03% 13.86% 11.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.62% 15.76% 13.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 137 124
10th Percentile £325 £205 £308
25th Percentile £420 £270 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £610
90th Percentile £671 £688 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £510
% change year-on-year +5.26% -6.86% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 22 9
10th Percentile £24.87 £14.50 £42.42
25th Percentile £32.31 £33.12 £48.40
Median hourly rate £48.00 £61.30 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year -21.70% +12.35% -32.14%
75th Percentile £58.75 £61.60 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.73 - £77.87
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £20.24 £57.50
% change year-on-year -6.99% -64.81% +21.05%

All Process and 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 1,061 1,694 1,586
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 92.99% 87.91% 89.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 660 856 990
10th Percentile £325 £235 £345
25th Percentile £418 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £610 £608 £638
90th Percentile £675 £675 £702
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £504
% change year-on-year -1.96% +1.29% +0.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 104 53
10th Percentile £26.90 £17.15 £18.50
25th Percentile £32.31 £41.25 £26.13
Median hourly rate £61.50 £60.80 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.14% -3.49% +199.64%
75th Percentile £80.00 £71.89 £74.79
90th Percentile £88.87 £87.46 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £26.53 £47.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -44.15% -9.52% +141.77%

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 1 June 2025.

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 1 June 2025.

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 1 June 2025. 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 +3 98 £575 -4.96% 619
Wokingham +17 56 £510 -12.45% 3
Slough - 32 £450 - 1,284
Bracknell +3 16 £450 +51.26% 18
Windsor -3 8 £575 -8.00% 8
Thatcham - 2 £600 - 3
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 (1.67%) Confluence
2 3 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.25%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.83%) Apache
3 2 (0.83%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.83%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle Service Bus
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.42%) CMS
4 1 (0.42%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.42%) Smallworld
4 1 (0.42%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (2.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.42%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 25 (10.42%) Oracle EBS
2 17 (7.08%) Oracle EBS R12
3 9 (3.75%) Maximo
3 9 (3.75%) Oracle ASCP
4 6 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (1.67%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (1.67%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (1.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.83%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.83%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle AGIS
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle iProcurement
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.42%) Remedy AR System
8 1 (0.42%) SAP GTS
8 1 (0.42%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 52 (21.67%) Azure
2 31 (12.92%) AWS
3 17 (7.08%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (4.17%) Entra ID
5 9 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.33%) GCP
6 8 (3.33%) OCI
7 7 (2.92%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (2.50%) SaaS
9 5 (2.08%) Azure AKS
9 5 (2.08%) Azure API Management
9 5 (2.08%) IaaS
9 5 (2.08%) PaaS
10 4 (1.67%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (1.67%) Figma
10 4 (1.67%) GitHub
10 4 (1.67%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.25%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.50%) MPLS
1 18 (7.50%) VPN
1 18 (7.50%) Wireshark
2 17 (7.08%) Ethernet
2 17 (7.08%) WAN
3 16 (6.67%) ATM
3 16 (6.67%) Frame Relay
3 16 (6.67%) GPRS
3 16 (6.67%) GSM
3 16 (6.67%) LAN
3 16 (6.67%) LTE
3 16 (6.67%) SAN
3 16 (6.67%) SDH
3 16 (6.67%) UMTS
4 8 (3.33%) DHCP
4 8 (3.33%) DNS
5 7 (2.92%) Firewall
6 6 (2.50%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.67%) VoIP
8 3 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.92%) Azure SQL Database
1 7 (2.92%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.50%) Data Lake
3 5 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.67%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.25%) Big Data
5 3 (1.25%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.25%) SSDT
6 2 (0.83%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.42%) GIS
7 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.42%) MySQL
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.42%) Power BI
7 1 (0.42%) Power Query
7 1 (0.42%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.42%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 26 (10.83%) JIRA
2 11 (4.58%) Selenium
3 7 (2.92%) Cucumber
4 6 (2.50%) Git
4 6 (2.50%) GitLab
5 5 (2.08%) Jenkins
5 5 (2.08%) REST Assured
5 5 (2.08%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.25%) Snyk
7 2 (0.83%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.83%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.42%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.42%) CMake
8 1 (0.42%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.42%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.42%) Subversion
8 1 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 129 (53.75%) Social Skills
2 103 (42.92%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (12.92%) Telecoms
4 28 (11.67%) Finance
5 10 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (3.75%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.33%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.92%) Legal
9 5 (2.08%) Marketing
10 4 (1.67%) Agriculture
10 4 (1.67%) Law
10 4 (1.67%) Retail
11 3 (1.25%) Billing
11 3 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.83%) Electronics
12 2 (0.83%) Local Government
12 2 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.42%) Automotive
13 1 (0.42%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 25 (10.42%) Analyst
1 25 (10.42%) Consultant
2 20 (8.33%) Architect
3 18 (7.50%) Developer
4 16 (6.67%) Oracle Consultant
5 15 (6.25%) IP Engineer
6 14 (5.83%) Lead
6 14 (5.83%) Test Engineer
7 13 (5.42%) Functional Consultant
7 13 (5.42%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 12 (5.00%) Administrator
8 12 (5.00%) DevOps Engineer
8 12 (5.00%) Project Manager
9 11 (4.58%) Senior
10 9 (3.75%) Network Engineer
11 8 (3.33%) Resilience Manager
12 7 (2.92%) Data Analyst
13 6 (2.50%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 6 (2.50%) Security Architect
13 6 (2.50%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.67%) REST
2 9 (3.75%) OAuth
3 8 (3.33%) JSON
4 7 (2.92%) Web Services
5 6 (2.50%) ARM Templates
6 5 (2.08%) CSS
6 5 (2.08%) HTML
6 5 (2.08%) Java EE
6 5 (2.08%) React
7 4 (1.67%) GraphQL
7 4 (1.67%) Playwright
7 4 (1.67%) RESTful
7 4 (1.67%) SOAP
8 3 (1.25%) .NET
8 3 (1.25%) Apollo GraphQL
8 3 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (1.25%) YAML
9 2 (0.83%) Apache Axis
9 2 (0.83%) Pandas
9 2 (0.83%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.08%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.58%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.75%) Algorithms
5 8 (3.33%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.33%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.33%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.50%) CMDB
6 6 (2.50%) CSOC
6 6 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (2.50%) Life Science
6 6 (2.50%) SCADA
7 4 (1.67%) Cyberattack
7 4 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.67%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.67%) Replication
7 4 (1.67%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.25%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 28 (11.67%) Linux
2 23 (9.58%) Windows
3 17 (7.08%) Unix
4 11 (4.58%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.83%) Android
6 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.42%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.42%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (18.33%) Project Management
2 37 (15.42%) DevOps
3 35 (14.58%) Agile
4 29 (12.08%) Migration
5 26 (10.83%) Stakeholder Management
6 21 (8.75%) CI/CD
6 21 (8.75%) Test Strategy
7 20 (8.33%) Test Automation
8 18 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (7.08%) Data Migration
9 17 (7.08%) Project Delivery
10 16 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (6.67%) Fault Management
10 16 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
10 16 (6.67%) Regression Testing
10 16 (6.67%) Validation
11 15 (6.25%) SIEM
12 14 (5.83%) Collaborative Working
12 14 (5.83%) Decision-Making
12 14 (5.83%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 34 (14.17%) Python
2 32 (13.33%) Java
3 29 (12.08%) SQL
4 17 (7.08%) PowerShell
5 9 (3.75%) C#
5 9 (3.75%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.33%) PL/SQL
7 6 (2.50%) Bicep
8 4 (1.67%) Bash
8 4 (1.67%) Perl
9 3 (1.25%) C++
9 3 (1.25%) Ruby
10 1 (0.42%) ABAP
10 1 (0.42%) C
10 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.42%) R
10 1 (0.42%) Scala
10 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 24 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 23 (9.58%) Degree
4 20 (8.33%) CCNP
4 20 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (6.67%) ISEB
5 16 (6.67%) ISTQB
5 16 (6.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 13 (5.42%) Master's Degree
7 11 (4.58%) CISSP
8 8 (3.33%) DV Cleared
8 8 (3.33%) PMI Certification
8 8 (3.33%) PMP
9 7 (2.92%) CISM
9 7 (2.92%) GIAC
10 5 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.67%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.67%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.67%) CEH
11 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.83%) QA
2 11 (4.58%) GDPR
3 9 (3.75%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.33%) NIST
5 7 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.67%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.25%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.25%) NCSC
8 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.83%) SLA
8 2 (0.83%) WCAG
9 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.42%) COBIT
9 1 (0.42%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.42%) GRC
System Software
1 19 (7.92%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.75%) Docker
3 5 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.83%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.83%) NFS
5 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.83%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (6.25%) Terraform
2 10 (4.17%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.75%) Ansible
4 8 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (2.08%) Docker Swarm
5 5 (2.08%) Podman
6 4 (1.67%) NetBackup
7 3 (1.25%) Puppet
8 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.83%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.42%) CASB
9 1 (0.42%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.42%) Grafana
Vendors
1 43 (17.92%) Microsoft
2 30 (12.50%) Oracle
3 20 (8.33%) Juniper
4 17 (7.08%) Cisco
5 14 (5.83%) SAP
6 10 (4.17%) VMware
7 9 (3.75%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.08%) CyberArk
8 5 (2.08%) Google
8 5 (2.08%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.67%) 3PAR
9 4 (1.67%) Dell
9 4 (1.67%) HP
9 4 (1.67%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.67%) Veritas
10 3 (1.25%) Citrix
10 3 (1.25%) IFS
10 3 (1.25%) Splunk
10 3 (1.25%) UiPath
11 2 (0.83%) Concur