Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Problem Solving
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 8 17
Rank change year-on-year +4 +9 +11
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 50 54 48
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 18.73% 18.12% 8.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.58% 21.09% 8.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 39 33
10th Percentile £305 £237 £185
25th Percentile £325 £371 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £430 £360
Median % change year-on-year -9.88% +19.44% -20.88%
75th Percentile £444 £493 £488
90th Percentile £524 £565 £717
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £388 £430 £360
% change year-on-year -9.88% +19.44% -22.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 0
10th Percentile £14.77 £15.35 -
25th Percentile - £19.34 -
Median hourly rate £15.12 £26.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -42.40% - -
75th Percentile £18.00 £35.06 -
90th Percentile - £37.37 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.12 £26.25 -
% change year-on-year -42.40% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 243 256 549
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 91.01% 85.91% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 185 428
10th Percentile £243 £241 £279
25th Percentile £350 £363 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £463 £524
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% -11.78% +6.99%
75th Percentile £538 £540 £613
90th Percentile £635 £633 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £438 £463 £525
% change year-on-year -5.41% -11.90% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 10
10th Percentile £14.71 £14.25 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.81 £17.83 £13.27
Median hourly rate £23.81 £26.25 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.31% +38.16% +49.02%
75th Percentile £29.61 £36.19 £23.44
90th Percentile - £37.12 £24.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.00 £30.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +57.89% +38.18%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

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

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Milton Keynes

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

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

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 3 (6.00%) WebLogic
2 2 (4.00%) CMS
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.00%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (2.00%) Confluence
3 1 (2.00%) Headless CMS
3 1 (2.00%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Oracle Assets
1 3 (6.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 3 (6.00%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (6.00%) Oracle Receivables
1 3 (6.00%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (4.00%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (2.00%) Oracle ASCP
3 1 (2.00%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.00%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.00%) Azure
2 5 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (6.00%) OCI
3 3 (6.00%) SaaS
4 2 (4.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.00%) AWS
5 1 (2.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.00%) GCP
5 1 (2.00%) GitHub
5 1 (2.00%) Kontent
5 1 (2.00%) prismic.io
5 1 (2.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (8.00%) Oracle Database
4 3 (6.00%) Data Lake
4 3 (6.00%) Oracle Database 11g
4 3 (6.00%) Oracle Database 12c
4 3 (6.00%) Oracle ODI
4 3 (6.00%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.00%) MS Access
5 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.00%) Git
2 1 (2.00%) SoapUI
2 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 35 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 23 (46.00%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (28.00%) Finance
4 5 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (8.00%) Banking
6 3 (6.00%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.00%) General Ledger
7 2 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.00%) Billing
8 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (28.00%) Analyst
2 9 (18.00%) Developer
3 7 (14.00%) Senior
4 6 (12.00%) Test Analyst
5 5 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (10.00%) Service Analyst
6 4 (8.00%) Integration Analyst
6 4 (8.00%) Integration Test Analyst
6 4 (8.00%) Service Manager
6 4 (8.00%) Service Transition Manager
6 4 (8.00%) Transition Manager
7 3 (6.00%) IT Support
7 3 (6.00%) IT Support Specialist
7 3 (6.00%) Oracle Developer
7 3 (6.00%) Oracle Specialist
7 3 (6.00%) Senior Service Transition Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) Service Design Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) Service Transition Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) Technical Manager
7 3 (6.00%) Transition Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.00%) SOAP
1 4 (8.00%) WebdriverIO
2 3 (6.00%) .NET
2 3 (6.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (6.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 3 (6.00%) React
2 3 (6.00%) REST
3 2 (4.00%) AngularJS
3 2 (4.00%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (4.00%) RESTful
4 1 (2.00%) Blazor
4 1 (2.00%) CSS
4 1 (2.00%) HTML
4 1 (2.00%) JPA
4 1 (2.00%) Kafka
4 1 (2.00%) Middleware
4 1 (2.00%) Spring Boot
4 1 (2.00%) Spring MVC
4 1 (2.00%) Web Services
4 1 (2.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (26.00%) Windows
2 2 (4.00%) Unix
2 2 (4.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.00%) Linux
3 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (26.00%) Waterfall
2 10 (20.00%) Agile
3 9 (18.00%) Migration
4 8 (16.00%) ITIL
4 8 (16.00%) Service Management
5 7 (14.00%) Acceptance Criteria
6 6 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (12.00%) Decision-Making
6 6 (12.00%) DevOps
6 6 (12.00%) Software Testing
7 5 (10.00%) Data Integration
7 5 (10.00%) Data Migration
7 5 (10.00%) ETL
7 5 (10.00%) High Availability
7 5 (10.00%) Integration Testing
7 5 (10.00%) ITSM
7 5 (10.00%) Logistics
7 5 (10.00%) Project Management
7 5 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (10.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 13 (26.00%) SQL
2 6 (12.00%) C#
2 6 (12.00%) PL/SQL
3 4 (8.00%) PowerShell
3 4 (8.00%) VB
4 3 (6.00%) Java
4 3 (6.00%) Python
5 2 (4.00%) Apex Code
5 2 (4.00%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (28.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (16.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (12.00%) DV Cleared
4 5 (10.00%) Degree
5 3 (6.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (4.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (2.00%) ISEB
7 1 (2.00%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (2.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.00%) SLA
2 3 (6.00%) QA
3 2 (4.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.00%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (4.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) SCCM
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (2.00%) SCOM
2 1 (2.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (18.00%) Oracle
3 8 (16.00%) ServiceNow
4 4 (8.00%) Remedy
5 3 (6.00%) Salesforce
6 2 (4.00%) Informatica
6 2 (4.00%) MuleSoft
6 2 (4.00%) Tanium
6 2 (4.00%) webMethods
7 1 (2.00%) Citrix
7 1 (2.00%) Compaq
7 1 (2.00%) Dynatrace
7 1 (2.00%) HP
7 1 (2.00%) IBM
7 1 (2.00%) Splunk
7 1 (2.00%) Terracotta
7 1 (2.00%) TIBCO