Problem-Solving Contracts in Milton Keynes

Problem Solving
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 16 20
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 -3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 32 82 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 8.12% 10.92% 9.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.55% 11.44% 10.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 71 46
10th Percentile £179 £230 £151
25th Percentile £379 £324 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £460 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.01% +2.22% -2.70%
75th Percentile £500 £625 £488
90th Percentile £625 £675 £538
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £500 £448
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.73% -5.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £9.50 -
Median hourly rate £12.82 £10.00 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.20% - -
75th Percentile - £10.50 £11.03
90th Percentile - - £11.64
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £12.82 £10.00 £10.00
% change year-on-year +28.20% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 335 717 580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 85.03% 95.47% 87.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 583 446
10th Percentile £284 £313 £206
25th Percentile £403 £407 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% - +2.70%
75th Percentile £599 £573 £555
90th Percentile £725 £650 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £480 £475
% change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% +2.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 1 32
10th Percentile £15.85 - £10.39
25th Percentile £17.64 £9.50 -
Median hourly rate £23.22 £10.00 £10.77
Median % change year-on-year +132.15% -7.15% -17.03%
75th Percentile £30.00 £10.50 £12.81
90th Percentile £48.75 - £18.48
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.00 £10.00 £11.14
% change year-on-year +150.00% -10.19% -14.28%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Milton Keynes

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Milton Keynes.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Milton Keynes

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Milton Keynes

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Milton Keynes.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Milton Keynes

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.25%) Appian
2 2 (6.25%) Confluence
3 1 (3.13%) Apache Spark
3 1 (3.13%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) Azure
2 4 (12.50%) SuccessFactors
3 3 (9.38%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.25%) Azure API Management
4 2 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (6.25%) Azure Functions
4 2 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (6.25%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (6.25%) PaaS
4 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.25%) Serverless
5 1 (3.13%) AWS
5 1 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.13%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.50%) DHCP
1 4 (12.50%) DNS
2 2 (6.25%) VPN
2 2 (6.25%) VSAN
3 1 (3.13%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (3.13%) Firewall
3 1 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (6.25%) Power BI
2 2 (6.25%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.13%) Data Lake
3 1 (3.13%) Hadoop
3 1 (3.13%) Power Query
3 1 (3.13%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) JIRA
2 2 (6.25%) Postman
General
1 18 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (15.63%) Retail
4 4 (12.50%) Marketing
5 3 (9.38%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (6.25%) Finance
6 2 (6.25%) Military
6 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Banking
7 1 (3.13%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Analyst
2 6 (18.75%) Coordinator
3 4 (12.50%) Service Analyst
3 4 (12.50%) Technical Coordinator
3 4 (12.50%) Technical Support
4 3 (9.38%) Data Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) Developer
4 3 (9.38%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Azure Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) C# Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Digital Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Digital Business Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) SQL Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Support Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) VMware Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Active Directory Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Migration Specialist
6 1 (3.13%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) OpenAPI
1 2 (6.25%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) PKI
2 3 (9.38%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (6.25%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.13%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.75%) Windows
2 3 (9.38%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (37.50%) Agile
2 8 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 7 (21.88%) ITIL
4 6 (18.75%) Release Management
5 5 (15.63%) Data Analysis
5 5 (15.63%) Process Improvement
6 4 (12.50%) B2B
6 4 (12.50%) B2C
6 4 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (12.50%) Customer Service
6 4 (12.50%) Defect Management
6 4 (12.50%) Incident Management
6 4 (12.50%) Migration
6 4 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (12.50%) Service Delivery
7 3 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (9.38%) Project Management
7 3 (9.38%) Workflow
8 2 (6.25%) Quality Management
8 2 (6.25%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) SQL
2 2 (6.25%) C#
2 2 (6.25%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (3.13%) Python
3 1 (3.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 13 (40.63%) SC Cleared
1 13 (40.63%) Security Cleared
2 10 (31.25%) DV Cleared
3 7 (21.88%) Degree
4 2 (6.25%) ISEB
4 2 (6.25%) VCAP
4 2 (6.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (3.13%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) SLA
2 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (21.88%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.25%) BitLocker
2 2 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (6.25%) VMware NSX
2 2 (6.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) SCCM
2 1 (3.13%) Ansible
2 1 (3.13%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.25%) HP
3 2 (6.25%) McAfee
3 2 (6.25%) MobileIron
3 2 (6.25%) Salesforce
3 2 (6.25%) VMware
4 1 (3.13%) Apple
4 1 (3.13%) Cisco
4 1 (3.13%) Databricks
4 1 (3.13%) Informatica