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

 6 months to
13 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 8 16
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 -7
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 258 124 116
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 13.16% 12.84% 8.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.58% 14.87% 10.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 95 68
10th Percentile £175 £233 £350
25th Percentile £400 £402 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £622 £600 £588
90th Percentile £725 £650 £691
South East median daily rate £479 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +6.44% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 6 6
10th Percentile - - £18.06
25th Percentile £13.45 £16.17 £37.59
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.34 £91.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% -82.05% +58.26%
75th Percentile £21.35 £16.50 £92.28
90th Percentile £39.45 - £92.37
South East median hourly rate £21.18 £16.34 £38.00
% change year-on-year +29.63% -57.01% -32.44%

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 1,556 834 1,093
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 79.39% 86.34% 79.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 930 575 678
10th Percentile £368 £314 £363
25th Percentile £481 £460 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £537 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.42% -6.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £650
90th Percentile £730 £650 £725
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 79 110
10th Percentile £13.45 - £22.04
25th Percentile £16.00 £18.87 £52.73
Median hourly rate £49.00 £25.15 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +94.83% -56.15% +4.27%
75th Percentile £60.00 £50.00 £74.69
90th Percentile £73.25 £64.00 £78.75
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £20.75 £57.35
% change year-on-year +152.65% -63.82% +9.24%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 +9 88 £575 -4.17% 23
Portsmouth +2 30 £535 +22.99% 29
Farnborough -2 29 £575 +17.35% 30
Southampton +4 23 £180 -45.95% 53
Fareham 0 18 £275 -42.11% 21
Eastleigh -2 17 £550 +10.00% 2
Romsey 0 8 £260 +105.21% 3
Havant -1 8 £565 -11.37% 2
New Milton - 4 - - 1
Waterlooville - 4 - - 4
Andover - 4 £638 - 7
Petersfield -1 2 - - 1
Winchester -6 2 £425 +23.19% 8
Hook - 2 £425 - 6
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 34 (13.18%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.16%) Confluence
4 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.39%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 32 (12.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (8.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (5.04%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 23 (8.91%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (6.20%) Azure
3 15 (5.81%) AWS
4 13 (5.04%) Power Platform
5 7 (2.71%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.33%) IaaS
7 5 (1.94%) PaaS
8 4 (1.55%) GCP
9 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.78%) GitHub
10 2 (0.78%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.78%) SaaS
11 1 (0.39%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.39%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.39%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.39%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.39%) Serverless
11 1 (0.39%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 28 (10.85%) DNS
2 9 (3.49%) SAN
3 7 (2.71%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.55%) DHCP
4 4 (1.55%) Structured Cabling
4 4 (1.55%) VLAN
4 4 (1.55%) VPN
5 3 (1.16%) Firewall
6 2 (0.78%) LAN
6 2 (0.78%) NAS
6 2 (0.78%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.39%) BGP
7 1 (0.39%) MPLS
7 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.39%) WAN
7 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.04%) Power BI
2 3 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.78%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.39%) Metadata
4 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.39%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 16 (6.20%) JIRA
2 2 (0.78%) GitLab
2 2 (0.78%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.39%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.39%) Git
3 1 (0.39%) JUnit
3 1 (0.39%) MLflow
3 1 (0.39%) Mockito
General
1 136 (52.71%) Social Skills
2 130 (50.39%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (15.89%) Finance
4 29 (11.24%) Retail
5 28 (10.85%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (7.75%) French Language
7 16 (6.20%) Manufacturing
7 16 (6.20%) Spanish Language
8 12 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (4.65%) Public Sector
9 11 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (3.88%) Aerospace
11 9 (3.49%) Back Office
12 8 (3.10%) Telecoms
13 6 (2.33%) Electronics
14 5 (1.94%) Aviation
14 5 (1.94%) Law
15 4 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.78%) Billing
16 2 (0.78%) Legal
Job Titles
1 30 (11.63%) Lead
2 28 (10.85%) Support Engineer
3 23 (8.91%) Analyst
4 22 (8.53%) IT Engineer
4 22 (8.53%) IT Support
5 21 (8.14%) Technical Support
6 19 (7.36%) 2nd Line Support
7 18 (6.98%) Cloud Engineer
8 16 (6.20%) 2nd Line Technical Support
8 16 (6.20%) Architect
9 15 (5.81%) IT Analyst
10 12 (4.65%) IT Support Engineer
11 11 (4.26%) Support Analyst
12 10 (3.88%) IT Support Analyst
12 10 (3.88%) Senior
13 9 (3.49%) PMO Planner
13 9 (3.49%) Service Manager
13 9 (3.49%) Technical Leader
14 8 (3.10%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 8 (3.10%) Service Delivery Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.26%) Terraform
2 6 (2.33%) .NET
3 5 (1.94%) React
4 4 (1.55%) JSON
4 4 (1.55%) REST
5 3 (1.16%) Node.js
5 3 (1.16%) SOAP
6 2 (0.78%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.78%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.78%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.78%) Kafka
6 2 (0.78%) LDAP
6 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.78%) Middleware
6 2 (0.78%) OAuth
6 2 (0.78%) OpenID
6 2 (0.78%) Razor View Engine
6 2 (0.78%) RESTful
6 2 (0.78%) SAML
6 2 (0.78%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.81%) Onboarding
2 13 (5.04%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (3.88%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.49%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.10%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.10%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.33%) Robotics
8 5 (1.94%) Social Media
9 4 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.55%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.55%) FMCG
9 4 (1.55%) PKI
10 3 (1.16%) Blackberry
10 3 (1.16%) Digital Signage
10 3 (1.16%) iPhone
11 2 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (0.39%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (0.39%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 94 (36.43%) Windows
2 46 (17.83%) Windows Server
3 12 (4.65%) Windows 10
4 11 (4.26%) Linux
5 9 (3.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.55%) Android
6 4 (1.55%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.39%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 65 (25.19%) Customer Service
3 54 (20.93%) Stakeholder Management
4 43 (16.67%) Agile
5 36 (13.95%) Service Management
5 36 (13.95%) Technical Leadership
6 35 (13.57%) Service Delivery
7 34 (13.18%) Change Management
8 33 (12.79%) ITSM
9 32 (12.40%) ITIL
10 26 (10.08%) Migration
11 24 (9.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 22 (8.53%) Customer Experience
13 20 (7.75%) Data Protection
14 18 (6.98%) Software Distribution
15 17 (6.59%) Process Improvement
16 15 (5.81%) CI/CD
16 15 (5.81%) Collaborative Working
16 15 (5.81%) ERP
17 13 (5.04%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 35 (13.57%) SQL
2 33 (12.79%) PowerShell
3 17 (6.59%) Python
4 8 (3.10%) Bash
5 4 (1.55%) C#
5 4 (1.55%) Java
6 3 (1.16%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.16%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.78%) C++
8 1 (0.39%) Ada
8 1 (0.39%) C
8 1 (0.39%) X++
Qualifications
1 135 (52.33%) Security Cleared
2 93 (36.05%) DV Cleared
3 35 (13.57%) SC Cleared
4 18 (6.98%) Degree
5 9 (3.49%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.71%) A+ Certification
6 7 (2.71%) CCNA
6 7 (2.71%) MCSE
6 7 (2.71%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.55%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.16%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.78%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.78%) CISM
10 2 (0.78%) CISSP
10 2 (0.78%) PMP
10 2 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.39%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.69%) PMO
2 12 (4.65%) GDPR
3 6 (2.33%) SLA
4 4 (1.55%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.55%) NCSC
5 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.78%) NIST
5 2 (0.78%) QA
6 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.39%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.39%) GRC
6 1 (0.39%) HAZOP
6 1 (0.39%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 52 (20.16%) Active Directory
2 30 (11.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (11.24%) VMware ESXi
4 28 (10.85%) VMware NSX
5 27 (10.47%) vCloud
6 6 (2.33%) Docker
7 5 (1.94%) vSphere
8 3 (1.16%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.39%) UAG
Systems Management
1 32 (12.40%) vCenter Server
2 25 (9.69%) SCOM
3 12 (4.65%) Kubernetes
4 8 (3.10%) Ansible
5 3 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (1.16%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.16%) Puppet
5 3 (1.16%) SCCM
5 3 (1.16%) WMI
6 1 (0.39%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.39%) vRealize
6 1 (0.39%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 71 (27.52%) Microsoft
2 51 (19.77%) VMware
3 18 (6.98%) ServiceNow
4 12 (4.65%) SAP
5 10 (3.88%) Juniper
6 9 (3.49%) IFS
7 7 (2.71%) Avaya
7 7 (2.71%) Dell
7 7 (2.71%) Meraki
7 7 (2.71%) Mitel
8 5 (1.94%) Workday
9 4 (1.55%) Google
10 3 (1.16%) BiZZdesign
10 3 (1.16%) Lotus
10 3 (1.16%) Sparx
11 2 (0.78%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.78%) Cisco
12 1 (0.39%) McAfee
12 1 (0.39%) Qualys
12 1 (0.39%) Red Hat
243 Problem-Solving jobs in Hampshire