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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 8 16
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 -6
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 204 109 133
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 12.16% 14.53% 7.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.41% 16.24% 9.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 89 74
10th Percentile £175 £375 £370
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £547
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -8.59% +4.19%
75th Percentile £722 £600 £738
90th Percentile £726 £650 -
South East median daily rate £492 £500 £480
% change year-on-year -1.60% +4.28% -7.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 0 26
10th Percentile £13.28 - £7.43
25th Percentile - - £12.04
Median hourly rate £13.45 - £13.78
75th Percentile £21.35 - £27.59
90th Percentile £37.00 - £91.00
South East median hourly rate £31.88 £18.82 £19.81
% change year-on-year +69.37% -4.97% -65.56%

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 1,324 671 1,408
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 78.90% 89.47% 81.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 834 477 772
10th Percentile £363 £314 £388
25th Percentile £475 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £591
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -7.76% +12.55%
75th Percentile £648 £620 £675
90th Percentile £725 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £511
% change year-on-year +3.00% -2.15% +2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 38 169
10th Percentile £12.74 £20.96 £13.05
25th Percentile £15.72 £44.38 £26.00
Median hourly rate £39.13 £57.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -31.96% +0.26% +4.27%
75th Percentile £56.21 £73.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £78.00
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £27.88 £47.50
% change year-on-year +88.31% -41.31% -8.83%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +10 52 £650 +8.33% 15
Portsmouth +6 25 £525 -12.50% 15
Southampton +1 24 £190 -59.03% 17
Farnborough -13 21 £560 +20.43% 14
Fareham +7 17 £369 - 15
Eastleigh +1 16 £550 +10.00% 1
Romsey - 8 £260 - 4
Havant -8 6 £550 -13.73% 5
Andover - 4 £738 - 4
New Milton - 3 - - 1
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 9 (4.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.45%) Confluence
3 3 (1.47%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.49%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (6.37%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (4.41%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (4.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 21 (10.29%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (7.35%) Azure
2 15 (7.35%) Power Platform
3 13 (6.37%) IaaS
3 13 (6.37%) PaaS
4 11 (5.39%) AWS
5 8 (3.92%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.47%) OCI
7 2 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.98%) GCP
8 1 (0.49%) GitHub
8 1 (0.49%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.49%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.35%) DNS
2 14 (6.86%) SAN
3 8 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.96%) NAS
4 4 (1.96%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.98%) DHCP
5 2 (0.98%) LAN
5 2 (0.98%) VLAN
6 1 (0.49%) Firewall
6 1 (0.49%) HTTP
6 1 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.49%) IPv4
6 1 (0.49%) IPv6
6 1 (0.49%) Network Security
6 1 (0.49%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.49%) VPN
6 1 (0.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.35%) Power BI
2 2 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.98%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.49%) Redis
3 1 (0.49%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 8 (3.92%) JIRA
2 3 (1.47%) Robot Framework
2 3 (1.47%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.98%) GitLab
3 2 (0.98%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.49%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.49%) Git
4 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
General
1 95 (46.57%) Social Skills
2 90 (44.12%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (15.20%) Retail
4 20 (9.80%) Finance
5 14 (6.86%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (5.39%) French Language
6 11 (5.39%) Spanish Language
7 10 (4.90%) Back Office
7 10 (4.90%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.92%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.43%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.43%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.45%) Aviation
10 5 (2.45%) Law
10 5 (2.45%) Legal
11 3 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.98%) Electronics
13 1 (0.49%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 26 (12.75%) IT Support
2 24 (11.76%) Analyst
3 23 (11.27%) Architect
4 19 (9.31%) Lead
5 18 (8.82%) Support Analyst
6 17 (8.33%) IT Analyst
6 17 (8.33%) IT Support Analyst
7 16 (7.84%) Support Engineer
7 16 (7.84%) Technical Support
8 15 (7.35%) IT Engineer
9 14 (6.86%) 2nd Line Support
10 11 (5.39%) 2nd Line Technical Support
10 11 (5.39%) Field Engineer
10 11 (5.39%) Field Service Engineer
11 10 (4.90%) VMware Architect
12 9 (4.41%) Enterprise Architect
13 8 (3.92%) Cloud Engineer
13 8 (3.92%) Senior
14 7 (3.43%) IT Support Engineer
14 7 (3.43%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.94%) JSON
2 5 (2.45%) .NET
3 2 (0.98%) .NET Core
3 2 (0.98%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.98%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.98%) Blazor
3 2 (0.98%) JSON Schema
3 2 (0.98%) LDAP
3 2 (0.98%) OAuth
3 2 (0.98%) OpenID
3 2 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.98%) Razor View Engine
3 2 (0.98%) React
3 2 (0.98%) REST
3 2 (0.98%) RESTful
3 2 (0.98%) SAML
3 2 (0.98%) SOAP
3 2 (0.98%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 2 (0.98%) Unreal Engine
3 2 (0.98%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.84%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.37%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (4.41%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.94%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.94%) PKI
5 6 (2.94%) Robotics
6 5 (2.45%) Social Media
7 3 (1.47%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.47%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.47%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.47%) Replication
8 2 (0.98%) FMCG
8 2 (0.98%) Mixed Reality
8 2 (0.98%) Virtual Reality
9 1 (0.49%) CCTV
9 1 (0.49%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.49%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.49%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 60 (29.41%) Windows
2 21 (10.29%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.94%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.96%) Android
4 4 (1.96%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.47%) Linux
5 3 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.49%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (33.82%) Customer Service
2 46 (22.55%) Agile
3 36 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 27 (13.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 23 (11.27%) Change Management
6 21 (10.29%) Process Improvement
7 20 (9.80%) Decision-Making
7 20 (9.80%) ITIL
8 19 (9.31%) Customer Experience
8 19 (9.31%) Data Protection
8 19 (9.31%) ITSM
8 19 (9.31%) Migration
8 19 (9.31%) Technical Leadership
9 17 (8.33%) Project Management
10 16 (7.84%) Roadmaps
10 16 (7.84%) Service Delivery
11 15 (7.35%) Business Intelligence
11 15 (7.35%) ERP
11 15 (7.35%) Service Management
12 14 (6.86%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.29%) SQL
2 18 (8.82%) PowerShell
3 12 (5.88%) Python
4 4 (1.96%) C#
4 4 (1.96%) C++
4 4 (1.96%) Java
5 2 (0.98%) C
6 1 (0.49%) Ada
6 1 (0.49%) Bash
6 1 (0.49%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 84 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 48 (23.53%) DV Cleared
3 28 (13.73%) SC Cleared
4 25 (12.25%) Degree
5 13 (6.37%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (5.88%) CCNA
6 12 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (5.39%) A+ Certification
7 11 (5.39%) MCSE
7 11 (5.39%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.47%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.98%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.98%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.98%) CCNP
10 2 (0.98%) JNCIS
10 2 (0.98%) PMP
11 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.49%) JNCIA
11 1 (0.49%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.84%) GDPR
2 9 (4.41%) PMO
3 6 (2.94%) SLA
4 5 (2.45%) NCSC
5 2 (0.98%) QA
6 1 (0.49%) HAZOP
6 1 (0.49%) NIST
6 1 (0.49%) NIST 800
System Software
1 31 (15.20%) Active Directory
2 25 (12.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (9.31%) vCloud
4 13 (6.37%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (5.88%) VMware NSX
6 5 (2.45%) vSphere
7 3 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.98%) Firmware
9 1 (0.49%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.49%) KVM
9 1 (0.49%) RHEV
9 1 (0.49%) UAG
9 1 (0.49%) Xen
Systems Management
1 23 (11.27%) vCenter Server
2 12 (5.88%) SCOM
3 8 (3.92%) Terraform
4 6 (2.94%) Ansible
4 6 (2.94%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.98%) Grafana
6 2 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.98%) SCCM
6 2 (0.98%) WMI
7 1 (0.49%) Argo
7 1 (0.49%) Istio
7 1 (0.49%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.49%) linkerd
7 1 (0.49%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.49%) Nagios
7 1 (0.49%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 44 (21.57%) VMware
2 26 (12.75%) Microsoft
3 14 (6.86%) IFS
4 11 (5.39%) Dell
5 9 (4.41%) BiZZdesign
5 9 (4.41%) Sparx
6 8 (3.92%) Avaya
6 8 (3.92%) Meraki
6 8 (3.92%) Mitel
7 5 (2.45%) SAP
7 5 (2.45%) Workday
8 4 (1.96%) Juniper
9 3 (1.47%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.47%) Oracle
9 3 (1.47%) Rackspace
9 3 (1.47%) Zerto
10 2 (0.98%) Cisco
10 2 (0.98%) Google
11 1 (0.49%) McAfee
11 1 (0.49%) Red Hat