Problem-Solving Contracts in Reading

Problem Solving
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 7 6 16
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 +8
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 104 199 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 17.42% 16.69% 10.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.74% 18.51% 11.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 116 77
10th Percentile £351 £205 £363
25th Percentile £477 £213 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% +14.13%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £600
90th Percentile £651 £688 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +3.28% -7.14% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 5
10th Percentile - - £30.46
25th Percentile - £56.50 £48.40
Median hourly rate - £59.80 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year - -9.39% -
75th Percentile - £61.60 -
90th Percentile - - £75.22
Berkshire median hourly rate £52.75 £61.60 £54.56
% change year-on-year -14.37% +12.90% -32.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 555 1,075 936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.96% 90.18% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 581 620
10th Percentile £313 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £660
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 46 23
10th Percentile £33.82 £27.58 £45.50
25th Percentile £41.05 £53.74 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £62.07 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -4.50% +132.14%
75th Percentile £65.14 £82.55 £74.40
90th Percentile £72.37 £87.50 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Reading

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Reading

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Reading

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Reading

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (0.96%) Apache Spark
1 1 (0.96%) CMS
1 1 (0.96%) Headless CMS
1 1 (0.96%) Oracle Service Bus
1 1 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (0.96%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 27 (25.96%) Oracle EBS
2 21 (20.19%) Oracle EBS R12
3 12 (11.54%) Maximo
3 12 (11.54%) Oracle ASCP
4 4 (3.85%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (3.85%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (1.92%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.96%) Primavera
6 1 (0.96%) Remedy AR System
6 1 (0.96%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.96%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.96%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.96%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 31 (29.81%) Azure
2 19 (18.27%) AWS
3 11 (10.58%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (5.77%) GCP
4 6 (5.77%) OCI
5 5 (4.81%) Entra ID
6 4 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (2.88%) Azure API Management
7 3 (2.88%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (2.88%) SonarCloud
8 2 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.92%) SaaS
8 2 (1.92%) Veeva
9 1 (0.96%) Amazon ELB
9 1 (0.96%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.96%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.96%) IaaS
9 1 (0.96%) PaaS
9 1 (0.96%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.81%) BGP
1 5 (4.81%) MPLS
1 5 (4.81%) TCP/IP
1 5 (4.81%) VLAN
2 2 (1.92%) 5G
2 2 (1.92%) Diameter Protocol
2 2 (1.92%) DMS-100
2 2 (1.92%) ISUP
2 2 (1.92%) SIGTRAN
2 2 (1.92%) SMS
2 2 (1.92%) SS7
2 2 (1.92%) VoIP
2 2 (1.92%) VoLTE
2 2 (1.92%) VoWiFi
2 2 (1.92%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.96%) Broadband
3 1 (0.96%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.96%) SSL
3 1 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.81%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (4.81%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.88%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.88%) SSDT
3 2 (1.92%) Big Data
4 1 (0.96%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.96%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.96%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.96%) HBase
4 1 (0.96%) HDInsight
4 1 (0.96%) Impala
4 1 (0.96%) Metadata
4 1 (0.96%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.96%) Power BI
4 1 (0.96%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.96%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (8.65%) JIRA
2 5 (4.81%) Git
2 5 (4.81%) Robot Framework
3 4 (3.85%) Cucumber
4 3 (2.88%) Selenium
4 3 (2.88%) Snyk
5 2 (1.92%) Burp Suite
5 2 (1.92%) GitLab
5 2 (1.92%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.92%) Metasploit
5 2 (1.92%) REST Assured
5 2 (1.92%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.92%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.96%) CMake
6 1 (0.96%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.96%) Subversion
6 1 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 70 (67.31%) Analytical Skills
2 69 (66.35%) Social Skills
3 17 (16.35%) Finance
4 16 (15.38%) Telecoms
5 7 (6.73%) Marketing
6 5 (4.81%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.85%) Legal
8 3 (2.88%) Electronics
8 3 (2.88%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.88%) Retail
9 2 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.96%) Back Office
10 1 (0.96%) Billing
10 1 (0.96%) Law
10 1 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (23.08%) Consultant
2 20 (19.23%) Oracle Consultant
3 17 (16.35%) Functional Consultant
3 17 (16.35%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 14 (13.46%) Analyst
5 8 (7.69%) Resilience Manager
5 8 (7.69%) Senior
6 7 (6.73%) Architect
6 7 (6.73%) Developer
6 7 (6.73%) Tester
7 6 (5.77%) DevOps Engineer
7 6 (5.77%) Lead
8 5 (4.81%) Automation Tester
8 5 (4.81%) Telecoms Tester
9 4 (3.85%) Data Analyst
9 4 (3.85%) Data Migration Analyst
9 4 (3.85%) Migration Analyst
9 4 (3.85%) Project Manager
10 3 (2.88%) Azure Engineer
10 3 (2.88%) Logistics Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.77%) CSS
1 6 (5.77%) HTML
2 5 (4.81%) OAuth
3 4 (3.85%) ARM Templates
3 4 (3.85%) Web Services
4 3 (2.88%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (2.88%) REST
4 3 (2.88%) YAML
5 2 (1.92%) .NET
5 2 (1.92%) Java EE
5 2 (1.92%) JSON
5 2 (1.92%) Playwright
6 1 (0.96%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.96%) CNTK
6 1 (0.96%) OpenVINO
6 1 (0.96%) PySpark
6 1 (0.96%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.96%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.96%) Vue
6 1 (0.96%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.77%) Cloud Native
2 5 (4.81%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.88%) Cyberattack
4 3 (2.88%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.92%) CMDB
5 2 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.92%) IoT
5 2 (1.92%) Podcast
5 2 (1.92%) Social Media
6 1 (0.96%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.96%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.96%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.96%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.96%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.96%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.96%) SCADA
6 1 (0.96%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.73%) Windows
2 4 (3.85%) Linux
3 2 (1.92%) Android
3 2 (1.92%) Unix
4 1 (0.96%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.96%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.96%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (19.23%) Project Delivery
2 18 (17.31%) DevOps
3 15 (14.42%) Agile
4 12 (11.54%) CI/CD
5 11 (10.58%) Containerisation
5 11 (10.58%) E-business
5 11 (10.58%) Test Automation
6 9 (8.65%) Logistics
6 9 (8.65%) Migration
6 9 (8.65%) Project Management
7 8 (7.69%) Data Migration
7 8 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
7 8 (7.69%) Roadmaps
7 8 (7.69%) Validation
8 7 (6.73%) Collaborative Working
8 7 (6.73%) Infrastructure as Code
9 6 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (5.77%) Data Protection
9 6 (5.77%) Release Management
9 6 (5.77%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.46%) Python
2 11 (10.58%) SQL
3 7 (6.73%) PowerShell
4 6 (5.77%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.81%) C#
6 4 (3.85%) C++
6 4 (3.85%) Java
7 3 (2.88%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.92%) C
8 2 (1.92%) Ruby
9 1 (0.96%) ABAP
9 1 (0.96%) Bash
9 1 (0.96%) Bicep
9 1 (0.96%) Perl
9 1 (0.96%) Scala
9 1 (0.96%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (7.69%) Degree
2 7 (6.73%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.85%) Azure Certification
3 4 (3.85%) CISSP
3 4 (3.85%) Master's Degree
3 4 (3.85%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.88%) ACCA
4 3 (2.88%) CIMA
4 3 (2.88%) CISM
4 3 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.88%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.92%) GPEN
5 2 (1.92%) GWAPT
5 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.92%) OSCE
5 2 (1.92%) OSCP
6 1 (0.96%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.96%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.96%) MCSE
6 1 (0.96%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.88%) NIST
2 2 (1.92%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.92%) GDPR
2 2 (1.92%) HIPAA
2 2 (1.92%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.92%) QA
3 1 (0.96%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.96%) EU AI Act
3 1 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.96%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (7.69%) Docker
2 5 (4.81%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.96%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (7.69%) Ansible
1 8 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 7 (6.73%) Terraform
3 5 (4.81%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.92%) Docker Swarm
4 2 (1.92%) Podman
Vendors
1 30 (28.85%) Oracle
2 11 (10.58%) Microsoft
3 6 (5.77%) SAP
4 3 (2.88%) IFS
4 3 (2.88%) UiPath
5 2 (1.92%) CyberArk
5 2 (1.92%) Databricks
5 2 (1.92%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.96%) BMC
6 1 (0.96%) Citrix
6 1 (0.96%) Concur
6 1 (0.96%) Dell
6 1 (0.96%) DocuSign
6 1 (0.96%) Google
6 1 (0.96%) HP
6 1 (0.96%) IBM
6 1 (0.96%) Remedy
6 1 (0.96%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.96%) Splunk
6 1 (0.96%) VMware