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 6 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 8 16
Rank change year-on-year +3 +8 -5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 234 118 141
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 12.87% 13.38% 8.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.12% 15.63% 9.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 96 79
10th Percentile £175 £320 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £524 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -0.24% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £688
90th Percentile £725 £650 £738
South East median daily rate £482 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -1.58% +3.16% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 0 22
10th Percentile - - £7.43
25th Percentile £13.45 - £8.58
Median hourly rate £16.92 - £15.00
75th Percentile £25.05 - £31.13
90th Percentile £37.00 - £91.80
South East median hourly rate £31.88 £18.82 £22.50
% change year-on-year +69.37% -16.36% -61.24%

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 1,452 755 1,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 79.87% 85.60% 81.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 924 523 817
10th Percentile £363 £325 £372
25th Percentile £475 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year - -5.98% +11.43%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £675
90th Percentile £730 £661 £738
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 53 162
10th Percentile £13.19 £18.87 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £25.15 £26.06
Median hourly rate £38.25 £50.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -23.50% -12.82% +6.70%
75th Percentile £57.50 £60.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £66.20 £75.00 £78.75
South East median hourly rate £54.00 £24.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +125.00% -52.00% -

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 6 July 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 6 July 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 6 July 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 +4 58 £600 - 16
Portsmouth +2 27 £530 -1.85% 19
Farnborough -6 27 £560 +14.29% 15
Southampton +6 23 £180 -65.71% 12
Eastleigh 0 21 £550 +10.00%
Fareham +7 18 £369 - 21
Romsey - 11 £260 - 4
Havant -8 8 £565 -11.37% 5
New Milton - 4 - - 1
Andover - 4 £738 - 1
Hook - 2 £425 - 2
Winchester -4 1 - - 4
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 12 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.99%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.71%) Confluence
4 2 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.85%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.43%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 14 (5.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 14 (5.98%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 23 (9.83%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (7.69%) Power Platform
3 13 (5.56%) Azure
4 12 (5.13%) AWS
5 11 (4.70%) Entra ID
6 10 (4.27%) IaaS
6 10 (4.27%) PaaS
7 3 (1.28%) OCI
8 2 (0.85%) GCP
9 1 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.43%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.43%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.43%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.43%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.43%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (8.55%) DNS
2 15 (6.41%) SAN
3 11 (4.70%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.71%) NAS
4 4 (1.71%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.85%) DHCP
5 2 (0.85%) VLAN
6 1 (0.43%) HTTP
6 1 (0.43%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.69%) Power BI
2 3 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.85%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.85%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.43%) Metadata
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.43%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 15 (6.41%) JIRA
2 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.43%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.43%) GitLab
2 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.43%) JUnit
2 1 (0.43%) MLflow
2 1 (0.43%) Mockito
2 1 (0.43%) Robot Framework
2 1 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 112 (47.86%) Social Skills
2 104 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (14.96%) Retail
4 26 (11.11%) Finance
5 17 (7.26%) French Language
6 16 (6.84%) Public Sector
6 16 (6.84%) Spanish Language
7 14 (5.98%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (4.70%) Back Office
9 10 (4.27%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (3.85%) Manufacturing
11 8 (3.42%) Telecoms
12 7 (2.99%) Aerospace
12 7 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (2.14%) Aviation
13 5 (2.14%) Law
13 5 (2.14%) Legal
14 2 (0.85%) Electronics
15 1 (0.43%) Avionics
15 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (13.68%) Analyst
2 31 (13.25%) IT Support
3 24 (10.26%) Lead
4 23 (9.83%) Support Engineer
5 22 (9.40%) IT Analyst
5 22 (9.40%) Technical Support
6 20 (8.55%) Support Analyst
7 19 (8.12%) 2nd Line Support
7 19 (8.12%) Architect
7 19 (8.12%) IT Engineer
7 19 (8.12%) IT Support Analyst
8 16 (6.84%) 2nd Line Technical Support
9 13 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
10 12 (5.13%) Service Manager
11 11 (4.70%) Field Engineer
11 11 (4.70%) Field Service Engineer
11 11 (4.70%) IT Support Engineer
12 10 (4.27%) Senior
13 7 (2.99%) Delivery Manager
13 7 (2.99%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.99%) JSON
2 6 (2.56%) .NET
3 5 (2.14%) React
4 3 (1.28%) Node.js
4 3 (1.28%) REST
5 2 (0.85%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.85%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.85%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.85%) Blazor
5 2 (0.85%) JSON Schema
5 2 (0.85%) LDAP
5 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.85%) OAuth
5 2 (0.85%) OpenID
5 2 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.85%) Razor View Engine
5 2 (0.85%) RESTful
5 2 (0.85%) SAML
5 2 (0.85%) SOAP
5 2 (0.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.41%) Data Centre
2 13 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.99%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.56%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.56%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.56%) Robotics
6 5 (2.14%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.14%) PKI
6 5 (2.14%) Social Media
7 4 (1.71%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.28%) Replication
9 2 (0.85%) FMCG
10 1 (0.43%) CCTV
10 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.43%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 78 (33.33%) Windows
2 26 (11.11%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.99%) Windows 10
4 6 (2.56%) Linux
4 6 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (1.71%) Android
5 4 (1.71%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (35.47%) Customer Service
2 45 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
2 45 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 39 (16.67%) Agile
4 32 (13.68%) ITIL
5 30 (12.82%) Service Delivery
6 26 (11.11%) Customer Experience
6 26 (11.11%) Service Management
7 25 (10.68%) Change Management
7 25 (10.68%) ITSM
8 23 (9.83%) Migration
9 22 (9.40%) Data Protection
9 22 (9.40%) Technical Leadership
10 20 (8.55%) Process Improvement
11 18 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
12 17 (7.26%) AI
12 17 (7.26%) ERP
13 16 (6.84%) Decision-Making
14 15 (6.41%) Incident Management
14 15 (6.41%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 32 (13.68%) SQL
2 21 (8.97%) PowerShell
3 14 (5.98%) Python
4 5 (2.14%) C#
4 5 (2.14%) Java
5 4 (1.71%) C++
6 3 (1.28%) Bash
6 3 (1.28%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.28%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.85%) C
8 1 (0.43%) Ada
8 1 (0.43%) X++
Qualifications
1 102 (43.59%) Security Cleared
2 61 (26.07%) DV Cleared
3 34 (14.53%) SC Cleared
4 25 (10.68%) Degree
5 13 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (4.70%) A+ Certification
7 11 (4.70%) CCNA
7 11 (4.70%) MCSE
7 11 (4.70%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.28%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.85%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.85%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.85%) PMP
10 2 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.43%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.43%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.84%) GDPR
2 7 (2.99%) PMO
2 7 (2.99%) SLA
3 5 (2.14%) NCSC
4 2 (0.85%) QA
5 1 (0.43%) HAZOP
5 1 (0.43%) NIST
5 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
System Software
1 40 (17.09%) Active Directory
2 28 (11.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (8.97%) vCloud
4 19 (8.12%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (7.69%) VMware NSX
6 5 (2.14%) vSphere
7 3 (1.28%) Docker
7 3 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.43%) UAG
Systems Management
1 24 (10.26%) vCenter Server
2 15 (6.41%) SCOM
3 8 (3.42%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.42%) Terraform
4 6 (2.56%) Ansible
5 3 (1.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (1.28%) WMI
6 1 (0.43%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.43%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.43%) Puppet
Vendors
1 44 (18.80%) VMware
2 34 (14.53%) Microsoft
3 13 (5.56%) IFS
4 12 (5.13%) ServiceNow
5 11 (4.70%) Avaya
5 11 (4.70%) Dell
5 11 (4.70%) Meraki
5 11 (4.70%) Mitel
6 6 (2.56%) BiZZdesign
6 6 (2.56%) Juniper
6 6 (2.56%) SAP
6 6 (2.56%) Sparx
7 5 (2.14%) Workday
8 3 (1.28%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.28%) Oracle
8 3 (1.28%) Rackspace
8 3 (1.28%) Zerto
9 2 (0.85%) Google
10 1 (0.43%) Cisco
10 1 (0.43%) McAfee