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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 15 15
Rank change year-on-year +12 0 +10
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 47 33 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 24.74% 9.38% 9.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 26.26% 11.11% 9.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 21 56
10th Percentile £185 £212 £254
25th Percentile £296 £370 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year -24.73% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £420 £550 £625
90th Percentile £486 £625 £675
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £350 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -22.22% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 0
10th Percentile £14.77 £15.35 -
25th Percentile - £19.14 -
Median hourly rate £15.12 £26.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -42.40% - -
75th Percentile £18.00 £31.69 -
90th Percentile £19.50 £34.72 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £14.20 £26.25 -
% change year-on-year -45.90% - -

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 179 297 702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 94.21% 84.38% 94.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 213 567
10th Percentile £210 £250 £313
25th Percentile £328 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -2.56% +1.56%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £580
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £474 £500
% change year-on-year -5.14% -5.13% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 19 4
10th Percentile £14.23 £15.72 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.12 £16.75 £13.17
Median hourly rate £15.50 £19.00 £13.37
Median % change year-on-year -18.42% +42.11% +16.97%
75th Percentile £18.00 £33.37 £14.87
90th Percentile £27.15 £48.75 £17.20
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.25 £25.00 £16.40
% change year-on-year -39.00% +52.44% +33.23%

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 July 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 3 (6.38%) BizTalk Server
1 3 (6.38%) IIS
2 1 (2.13%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) AutoCAD
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.13%) MS Visio
1 1 (2.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Oracle ASCP
1 1 (2.13%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.13%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (34.04%) Azure
2 8 (17.02%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (14.89%) AWS
3 7 (14.89%) GCP
4 4 (8.51%) Snowflake
5 3 (6.38%) GitHub
6 1 (2.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) FTP
1 1 (2.13%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (21.28%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.51%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (8.51%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 4 (8.51%) MS Access
3 3 (6.38%) MongoDB
3 3 (6.38%) MySQL
3 3 (6.38%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (4.26%) BigQuery
4 2 (4.26%) Data Lake
4 2 (4.26%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (8.51%) JIRA
2 3 (6.38%) Git
2 3 (6.38%) GitLab
3 2 (4.26%) QARun
3 2 (4.26%) WinRunner
4 1 (2.13%) SoapUI
General
1 34 (72.34%) Social Skills
2 13 (27.66%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.38%) Finance
3 3 (6.38%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.26%) Banking
4 2 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (25.53%) Analyst
2 10 (21.28%) Test Analyst
3 8 (17.02%) Developer
4 7 (14.89%) Lead
5 4 (8.51%) Integration Analyst
5 4 (8.51%) Integration Test Analyst
5 4 (8.51%) Senior
5 4 (8.51%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (8.51%) Senior Test Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Python Developer
6 3 (6.38%) Service Manager
6 3 (6.38%) Service Transition Manager
6 3 (6.38%) Snowflake Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Support Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Team Leader
6 3 (6.38%) Transition Manager
7 2 (4.26%) IT Support
7 2 (4.26%) Salesforce Developer
7 2 (4.26%) Test Leader
7 2 (4.26%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) React
1 4 (8.51%) WebdriverIO
2 3 (6.38%) .NET
2 3 (6.38%) Django
2 3 (6.38%) FastAPI
2 3 (6.38%) Flask
2 3 (6.38%) Middleware
2 3 (6.38%) RESTful
2 3 (6.38%) Web Services
3 2 (4.26%) .NET Framework
3 2 (4.26%) AngularJS
3 2 (4.26%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (4.26%) SOAP
3 2 (4.26%) XML
4 1 (2.13%) Hibernate
4 1 (2.13%) Kafka
4 1 (2.13%) REST
4 1 (2.13%) Spring
4 1 (2.13%) Spring Boot
4 1 (2.13%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) EPoS
1 4 (8.51%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 16 (34.04%) Windows
2 4 (8.51%) Unix
2 4 (8.51%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.13%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (31.91%) Migration
2 11 (23.40%) Data Migration
2 11 (23.40%) Integration Testing
2 11 (23.40%) Logistics
2 11 (23.40%) System Integration Testing
2 11 (23.40%) Waterfall
3 10 (21.28%) Software Testing
4 9 (19.15%) DevOps
4 9 (19.15%) Test Automation
4 9 (19.15%) Test Planning
5 8 (17.02%) Agile
6 7 (14.89%) Defect Management
6 7 (14.89%) Microservices
6 7 (14.89%) Performance Tuning
6 7 (14.89%) Scenario Testing
7 6 (12.77%) SDLC
8 5 (10.64%) CI/CD
8 5 (10.64%) Inventory Management
8 5 (10.64%) Mentoring
8 5 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.28%) SQL
2 7 (14.89%) C#
2 7 (14.89%) Python
3 6 (12.77%) VB
4 4 (8.51%) Bash
4 4 (8.51%) PowerShell
5 3 (6.38%) Java
6 2 (4.26%) Apex Code
7 1 (2.13%) ActionScript
7 1 (2.13%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (2.13%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (17.02%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.64%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.26%) Degree
5 1 (2.13%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.13%) ISEB
5 1 (2.13%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (2.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.89%) QA
2 4 (8.51%) GDPR
2 4 (8.51%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.13%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 3 (6.38%) SCOM
2 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (29.79%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.64%) ServiceNow
3 4 (8.51%) Citrix
4 3 (6.38%) Dynatrace
4 3 (6.38%) IBM
4 3 (6.38%) Oracle
4 3 (6.38%) Remedy
5 2 (4.26%) MuleSoft
5 2 (4.26%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.13%) Autodesk
6 1 (2.13%) Compaq
6 1 (2.13%) HP
6 1 (2.13%) SAP
6 1 (2.13%) Terracotta
6 1 (2.13%) webMethods