Problem-Solving Contracts in Bracknell

Problem Solving
Berkshire > Bracknell

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bracknell 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 4 7 11
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 +5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 16 31 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bracknell 20.51% 12.11% 13.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.05% 13.36% 15.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 7
10th Percentile £340 £216 -
25th Percentile £400 £270 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £298 £600
Median % change year-on-year +51.26% -50.42% -
75th Percentile £500 £413 £610
90th Percentile £560 £438 -
Berkshire median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile £24.87 - -
25th Percentile £32.31 £41.25 -
Median hourly rate £48.00 £42.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% - -
75th Percentile £58.75 £52.63 -
90th Percentile £75.73 £57.95 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £48.00 £61.30 £54.56
% change year-on-year -21.70% +12.35% -32.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bracknell

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 Bracknell.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76 232 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bracknell 97.44% 90.63% 92.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 65 44
10th Percentile £294 £114 £338
25th Percentile £400 £300 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £515
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -17.48% +3.00%
75th Percentile £600 £519 £600
90th Percentile £640 £590 £629
Berkshire median daily rate £502 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.05% -2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 17 4
10th Percentile £28.41 £32.94 £15.40
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.25 £19.00
Median hourly rate £40.16 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +80.00% -63.32%
75th Percentile £54.81 £61.50 £38.41
90th Percentile £67.24 £64.20 £51.74
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £60.80 £63.00
% change year-on-year +1.14% -3.49% +199.64%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Bracknell

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Bracknell

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bracknell

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Bracknell

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Bracknell

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Bracknell over the 6 months to 1 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Bracknell

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bracknell

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Bracknell

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bracknell

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Bracknell over the 6 months to 1 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Bracknell

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bracknell 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (12.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (6.25%) BPCS
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) GCP
1 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
1 1 (6.25%) PowerApps
1 1 (6.25%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
1 1 (6.25%) Network Security
1 1 (6.25%) NGFW
1 1 (6.25%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) GitLab
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 13 (81.25%) Social Skills
2 10 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (43.75%) Finance
4 5 (31.25%) Manufacturing
5 4 (25.00%) Agriculture
6 3 (18.75%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (18.75%) Legal
7 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (6.25%) Billing
8 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Project Manager
2 4 (25.00%) Payroll Manager
3 3 (18.75%) HR Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Auditor
4 2 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Information Security Auditor
4 2 (12.50%) Security Auditor
5 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Finance Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Implementation Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Information Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Information Security Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Project Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Project Implementation Manager
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Manager
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Security Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Workday Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) EDI
1 1 (6.25%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Life Science
2 3 (18.75%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
4 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
4 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (6.25%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Project Management
2 7 (43.75%) Migration
3 6 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (31.25%) Data Migration
4 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (25.00%) Change Management
6 3 (18.75%) Agile
6 3 (18.75%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (18.75%) Incident Management
6 3 (18.75%) Information Security
6 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
6 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
6 3 (18.75%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 3 (18.75%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (12.50%) Bioinformatics
7 2 (12.50%) Logistics
7 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
8 1 (6.25%) Economics
8 1 (6.25%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Degree
2 5 (31.25%) Master's Degree
3 3 (18.75%) CISMP
3 3 (18.75%) PMI Certification
3 3 (18.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (6.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Ansible
1 1 (6.25%) Grafana
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
1 1 (6.25%) Prometheus
1 1 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) SAP
2 1 (6.25%) Ariba
2 1 (6.25%) Google
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle
2 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto
2 1 (6.25%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
2 1 (6.25%) Splunk
2 1 (6.25%) VMware
2 1 (6.25%) Workday
2 1 (6.25%) Zscaler