Problem-Solving Contracts in Milton Keynes

Problem Solving
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 14 16
Rank change year-on-year +9 +2 +3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 33 32 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 19.08% 8.21% 10.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.37% 9.67% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 22 71
10th Percentile £185 £179 £230
25th Percentile £286 £379 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £460 £460
Median % change year-on-year -20.10% -0.01% +2.22%
75th Percentile £467 £500 £625
90th Percentile £554 £625 £675
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £375 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -16.67% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.50 - £9.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £12.82 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.21% +28.20% -
75th Percentile £20.50 - £10.50
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £14.20 £12.82 £10.00
% change year-on-year +10.76% +28.20% -

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 162 331 717
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 93.64% 84.87% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 240 583
10th Percentile £292 £280 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £599 £590 £573
90th Percentile £650 £703 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £501 £475 £480
% change year-on-year +5.37% -1.04% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 21 1
10th Percentile £13.68 £15.85 -
25th Percentile £14.69 £17.64 £9.50
Median hourly rate £17.25 £23.22 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.69% +132.15% -7.15%
75th Percentile £28.81 £30.00 £10.50
90th Percentile £43.78 £48.75 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £14.20 £25.00 £10.00
% change year-on-year -43.20% +150.00% -7.15%

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 1 May 2025.

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 2 (6.06%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (6.06%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) AutoCAD
1 1 (3.03%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle ASCP
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 11 (33.33%) Azure
2 7 (21.21%) AWS
2 7 (21.21%) GCP
3 4 (12.12%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (12.12%) Snowflake
4 3 (9.09%) GitHub
5 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) FTP
1 1 (3.03%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (12.12%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
1 4 (12.12%) SQL Server
2 3 (9.09%) MongoDB
2 3 (9.09%) MS Access
2 3 (9.09%) MySQL
2 3 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (6.06%) BigQuery
3 2 (6.06%) Data Lake
3 2 (6.06%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Git
1 3 (9.09%) GitLab
2 2 (6.06%) QARun
2 2 (6.06%) WinRunner
3 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 22 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.06%) Finance
4 2 (6.06%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.03%) Automotive
5 1 (3.03%) Banking
5 1 (3.03%) Brand Awareness
5 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Marketing
5 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Analyst
1 8 (24.24%) Lead
2 5 (15.15%) Developer
3 4 (12.12%) Test Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Consultant
4 3 (9.09%) Python Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Snowflake Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Team Leader
5 2 (6.06%) Data Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Deployment Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) IT Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Senior
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Test Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Snowflake Data Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Test Leader
6 1 (3.03%) Data Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) IT Consultant
6 1 (3.03%) Technical Team Leader
6 1 (3.03%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) Django
1 3 (9.09%) FastAPI
1 3 (9.09%) Flask
1 3 (9.09%) RESTful
2 2 (6.06%) .NET
2 2 (6.06%) Middleware
2 2 (6.06%) Web Services
3 1 (3.03%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.03%) EDI
3 1 (3.03%) JSON
3 1 (3.03%) MSMQ
3 1 (3.03%) React
3 1 (3.03%) REST
3 1 (3.03%) SOAP
3 1 (3.03%) WCF
3 1 (3.03%) XML
3 1 (3.03%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) EPoS
1 4 (12.12%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.06%) CMDB
3 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.21%) Windows
2 3 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.06%) Unix
4 1 (3.03%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) Migration
2 7 (21.21%) Agile
2 7 (21.21%) Waterfall
3 6 (18.18%) Data Migration
3 6 (18.18%) Integration Testing
3 6 (18.18%) Logistics
3 6 (18.18%) Performance Tuning
3 6 (18.18%) System Integration Testing
4 5 (15.15%) Inventory Management
4 5 (15.15%) Mentoring
4 5 (15.15%) Microservices
4 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (12.12%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (12.12%) Data Modelling
5 4 (12.12%) Data Security
5 4 (12.12%) ITSM
5 4 (12.12%) Service Delivery
5 4 (12.12%) Test Automation
5 4 (12.12%) Validation
5 4 (12.12%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.21%) Python
1 7 (21.21%) SQL
2 4 (12.12%) Bash
3 3 (9.09%) C#
3 3 (9.09%) PowerShell
4 2 (6.06%) VB
5 1 (3.03%) ActionScript
5 1 (3.03%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.06%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.03%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (3.03%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) QA
2 4 (12.12%) GDPR
2 4 (12.12%) HIPAA
3 1 (3.03%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) Citrix
2 3 (9.09%) Oracle
3 2 (6.06%) Dynatrace
3 2 (6.06%) IBM
3 2 (6.06%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.03%) Autodesk
4 1 (3.03%) SAP