Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Problem Solving
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
13 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 10 11
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 163 93 124
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 12.44% 11.91% 9.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.87% 13.82% 10.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 64 68
10th Percentile £273 £324 £259
25th Percentile £389 £422 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £481 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -10.47% -2.27%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £725 £618 £711
South East median daily rate £476 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -4.75% +11.11% -10.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 1 15
10th Percentile - - £13.05
25th Percentile £16.17 £27.50 £16.40
Median hourly rate £17.00 £28.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% -6.67% -5.99%
75th Percentile £20.71 £28.50 £45.34
90th Percentile - - £55.00
South East median hourly rate £20.36 £26.00 £32.32
% change year-on-year -21.71% -19.55% -5.24%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,096 673 1,160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 83.66% 86.17% 85.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 726 476 614
10th Percentile £308 £356 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +3.29%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £662
90th Percentile £725 £688 £713
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £517
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.35% +2.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 37 95
10th Percentile £16.17 £20.65 £16.55
25th Percentile £18.40 £27.00 £27.50
Median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £59.44
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% -41.12% +40.14%
75th Percentile £27.50 £62.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £52.32 £69.75 £77.80
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -44.53% -22.73% +22.22%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Hampshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Hampshire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Hampshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Hampshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Basingstoke -2 38 £700 +19.66% 33
Farnborough -1 20 £400 -5.88% 7
Eastleigh +2 13 £500 -4.76% 3
Fareham - 13 £475 - 14
Havant 0 12 £543 +16.67% 2
Portsmouth -5 12 £454 +60.42% 26
Fleet - 12 £414 - 4
Southampton +2 11 £350 - 31
Romsey - 9 £323 - 3
Andover - 4 £500 - 6
Winchester -5 3 £400 -27.27% 1
Gosport +4 2 - -
Petersfield - 1 £450 - 2
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 4 (2.45%) Apache Spark
1 4 (2.45%) Confluence
2 3 (1.84%) Apache
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.23%) MS Project Server
3 2 (1.23%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 12 (7.36%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (6.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (6.13%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.68%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (2.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.61%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (9.82%) Azure
2 15 (9.20%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (6.75%) Power Platform
4 9 (5.52%) AWS
5 8 (4.91%) IaaS
5 8 (4.91%) PaaS
6 5 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.45%) Amazon S3
7 4 (2.45%) SaaS
8 3 (1.84%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (1.84%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (1.84%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.84%) GCP
8 3 (1.84%) GitHub
8 3 (1.84%) Serverless
9 2 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.23%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.23%) OpenShift
9 2 (1.23%) Slack
10 1 (0.61%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.52%) DNS
2 5 (3.07%) Firewall
3 3 (1.84%) VLAN
3 3 (1.84%) VPN
4 2 (1.23%) BGP
4 2 (1.23%) LAN
4 2 (1.23%) Network Security
4 2 (1.23%) OSPF
4 2 (1.23%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.61%) DHCP
5 1 (0.61%) HTTP
5 1 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.61%) IPv4
5 1 (0.61%) IPv6
5 1 (0.61%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.61%) SAN
5 1 (0.61%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.61%) SSH
5 1 (0.61%) SSL
5 1 (0.61%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.75%) Power BI
2 4 (2.45%) Oracle Database
2 4 (2.45%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.84%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.23%) Redis
4 2 (1.23%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.23%) Tableau
5 1 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.61%) Big Data
5 1 (0.61%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.61%) MySQL
5 1 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.61%) Parquet
5 1 (0.61%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (5.52%) JIRA
2 7 (4.29%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (3.68%) Git
4 4 (2.45%) Gradle
4 4 (2.45%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.45%) Maven
4 4 (2.45%) Robot Framework
4 4 (2.45%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (1.84%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.84%) GitLab
6 2 (1.23%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (1.23%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (1.23%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.61%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.61%) Gatling
7 1 (0.61%) JMeter
7 1 (0.61%) JUnit
7 1 (0.61%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.61%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.61%) TestNG
General
1 77 (47.24%) Social Skills
2 57 (34.97%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (13.50%) Finance
3 22 (13.50%) Public Sector
4 19 (11.66%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (6.13%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (4.91%) Billing
6 8 (4.91%) Retail
7 5 (3.07%) Banking
8 4 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.84%) Aviation
10 2 (1.23%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.23%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.61%) French Language
11 1 (0.61%) Greek Language
11 1 (0.61%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.61%) Portuguese Language
11 1 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.61%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 16 (9.82%) Developer
2 13 (7.98%) Architect
3 12 (7.36%) 1st Line Support
3 12 (7.36%) Analyst
4 11 (6.75%) Senior
5 8 (4.91%) Lead
5 8 (4.91%) Project Manager
6 7 (4.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 7 (4.29%) Coordinator
6 7 (4.29%) Help Desk Analyst
7 6 (3.68%) IT Support
7 6 (3.68%) Resource Manager
8 5 (3.07%) Project Planner
9 4 (2.45%) Enterprise Architect
9 4 (2.45%) IT Engineer
9 4 (2.45%) Network Engineer
9 4 (2.45%) Oracle Developer
9 4 (2.45%) Senior Manager
9 4 (2.45%) Support Engineer
9 4 (2.45%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.68%) AngularJS
1 6 (3.68%) RESTful
2 3 (1.84%) .NET
2 3 (1.84%) .NET Core
2 3 (1.84%) Spring
2 3 (1.84%) Spring Boot
3 2 (1.23%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.23%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (1.23%) Kafka
3 2 (1.23%) Keycloak
3 2 (1.23%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 2 (1.23%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.61%) Apache Avro
4 1 (0.61%) Flask
4 1 (0.61%) Gherkin
4 1 (0.61%) NumPy
4 1 (0.61%) OpenID
4 1 (0.61%) Pandas
4 1 (0.61%) Protocol Buffers
4 1 (0.61%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.52%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (4.91%) PKI
3 7 (4.29%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.68%) Product Ownership
4 6 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.84%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.84%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.23%) CMDB
6 2 (1.23%) Mixed Reality
6 2 (1.23%) PMI
6 2 (1.23%) Replication
6 2 (1.23%) Virtual Reality
7 1 (0.61%) Clustering
7 1 (0.61%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.61%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.61%) SCADA
7 1 (0.61%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.61%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.66%) Windows
2 11 (6.75%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.07%) Linux
4 2 (1.23%) Unix
5 1 (0.61%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (34.36%) Agile
2 24 (14.72%) Stakeholder Management
3 23 (14.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (12.88%) Customer Service
5 17 (10.43%) Project Management
6 15 (9.20%) Decision-Making
6 15 (9.20%) Service Delivery
7 14 (8.59%) DevOps
7 14 (8.59%) Project Delivery
7 14 (8.59%) Time Management
8 13 (7.98%) Information Security
8 13 (7.98%) Process Improvement
9 12 (7.36%) Change Management
10 11 (6.75%) Data Protection
10 11 (6.75%) ITIL
10 11 (6.75%) Roadmaps
11 10 (6.13%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (6.13%) Line Management
12 9 (5.52%) Creative Thinking
12 9 (5.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 18 (11.04%) PowerShell
2 14 (8.59%) SQL
3 12 (7.36%) Python
4 5 (3.07%) Bash
5 4 (2.45%) C#
5 4 (2.45%) Java
5 4 (2.45%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.23%) C++
6 2 (1.23%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.61%) C
7 1 (0.61%) Groovy
7 1 (0.61%) R
Qualifications
1 55 (33.74%) Security Cleared
2 28 (17.18%) DV Cleared
3 22 (13.50%) SC Cleared
4 19 (11.66%) Degree
5 7 (4.29%) PMI Certification
6 5 (3.07%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (3.07%) PMP
7 4 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.84%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.84%) CCNA
8 3 (1.84%) CCNP
8 3 (1.84%) IIBA
9 2 (1.23%) ACCA
9 2 (1.23%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.23%) CBAP
9 2 (1.23%) CIMA
9 2 (1.23%) MCSE
10 1 (0.61%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.61%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.36%) PMO
2 5 (3.07%) GDPR
2 5 (3.07%) QA
3 3 (1.84%) IFRS
3 3 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.84%) NIST
3 3 (1.84%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.84%) PSD2
3 3 (1.84%) Solvency II
4 2 (1.23%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.23%) ISO 8583
4 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 19770
4 2 (1.23%) WCAG
5 1 (0.61%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.61%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (7.98%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.07%) Docker
4 4 (2.45%) vCloud
5 2 (1.23%) Firmware
6 1 (0.61%) KVM
6 1 (0.61%) RHEV
6 1 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.61%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.61%) vSphere
6 1 (0.61%) Xen
Systems Management
1 10 (6.13%) Ansible
1 10 (6.13%) Terraform
2 9 (5.52%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.52%) vCenter Server
3 6 (3.68%) SCCM
4 5 (3.07%) SCOM
5 4 (2.45%) Grafana
5 4 (2.45%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.23%) Argo
6 2 (1.23%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.23%) Istio
6 2 (1.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.61%) linkerd
7 1 (0.61%) Nagios
7 1 (0.61%) Packer
7 1 (0.61%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.61%) vRealize
7 1 (0.61%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 26 (15.95%) Microsoft
2 19 (11.66%) VMware
3 10 (6.13%) Oracle
4 5 (3.07%) Cisco
4 5 (3.07%) IBM
5 4 (2.45%) BiZZdesign
5 4 (2.45%) Sparx
6 3 (1.84%) CyberArk
6 3 (1.84%) Dell
6 3 (1.84%) Google
6 3 (1.84%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.84%) Red Hat
6 3 (1.84%) SAP
6 3 (1.84%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.84%) Splunk
7 2 (1.23%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.23%) IFS
7 2 (1.23%) Okta
7 2 (1.23%) Snow
7 2 (1.23%) Teradata
152 Problem-Solving jobs in Hampshire