Optimization Problems Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

Optimisation Problems
Hampshire > Farnborough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Farnborough requiring Optimization Problems skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Optimization Problems 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 3.17% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.72% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £500 - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £650 - -
90th Percentile £800 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £600 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Farnborough

Optimization Problems 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 Farnborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 242 78 161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough 85.21% 98.73% 79.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 50 95
10th Percentile £463 £364 £416
25th Percentile £489 £402 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £483 £600
Median % change year-on-year +13.99% -19.58% +26.32%
75th Percentile £638 £534 £688
90th Percentile £725 £558 £750
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £593
% change year-on-year - -7.17% +12.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 1
10th Percentile £38.25 £70.50 -
25th Percentile £42.29 - -
Median hourly rate £48.75 £75.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% - +25.26%
75th Percentile £51.00 - -
90th Percentile - £76.13 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £36.50 £50.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -27.00% -12.82% +4.27%

Optimization Problems
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Optimization Problems relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough.

Optimization Problems job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Optimization Problems
Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Optimization Problems.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Optimization Problems

Optimization Problems
Daily Rate Histogram in Farnborough

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Optimization Problems in Farnborough over the 6 months to 20 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Optimization Problems in Farnborough

Optimization Problems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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 1 (11.11%) ArcGIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (22.22%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (11.11%) GIS
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Developer
1 3 (33.33%) Python Developer
1 3 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (22.22%) Backend Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Python Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Data Scientist
3 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Python Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Data Scientist
3 1 (11.11%) PostgreSQL Developer
3 1 (11.11%) React Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (77.78%) JSON
2 3 (33.33%) React
3 2 (22.22%) JSON Schema
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (11.11%) Model Context Protocol
4 1 (11.11%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Data Structures
2 2 (22.22%) Cloud Native
3 1 (11.11%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) AI
2 6 (66.67%) LLM
3 4 (44.44%) Generative AI
3 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
5 2 (22.22%) Containerisation
5 2 (22.22%) Data Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
5 2 (22.22%) Data Pipeline
5 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
5 2 (22.22%) Deployment Automation
5 2 (22.22%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
5 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
5 2 (22.22%) User Experience
6 1 (11.11%) Data Science
6 1 (11.11%) Machine Learning
6 1 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft