Problem-Solving Contracts in Berkshire

Problem Solving
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 10 18
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 0
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 278 199 187
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 14.57% 11.44% 7.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.38% 12.72% 8.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 123 108
10th Percentile £205 £330 £198
25th Percentile £235 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £469
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £619 £608 £600
90th Percentile £685 £675 £640
South East median daily rate £475 £520 £475
% change year-on-year -8.65% +9.47% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 8 1
10th Percentile £14.50 £39.43 -
25th Percentile £30.41 £48.40 -
Median hourly rate £61.00 £54.56 £80.40
Median % change year-on-year +11.80% -32.14% +689.01%
75th Percentile £61.60 £66.00 -
90th Percentile - £70.61 -
South East median hourly rate £19.38 £57.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -66.30% +21.05% +138.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,697 1,565 2,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.94% 89.99% 89.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 877 999 1,363
10th Percentile £232 £350 £272
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £675 £701 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +1.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 48 37
10th Percentile £17.45 £19.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £25.72 £17.00
Median hourly rate £60.50 £57.82 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.64% +175.32% -0.24%
75th Percentile £71.89 £73.69 £35.00
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.51 £73.11
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -21.82%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Berkshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Berkshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 21 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +4 190 £584 +11.24% 84
Bracknell +5 35 £298 -50.42% 5
Maidenhead +3 8 £234 -41.63% 9
Newbury +2 6 £355 +18.33% 5
Windsor -7 3 £625 - 4
Wokingham -13 3 £590 +18.00% 5
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (1.44%) Confluence
2 3 (1.08%) SAS
2 3 (1.08%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.72%) CMS
4 1 (0.36%) Moodle
4 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
Applications
1 48 (17.27%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.44%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.08%) SPSS
5 2 (0.72%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.72%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (3.96%) Oracle EBS R12
1 11 (3.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 10 (3.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (2.88%) Teamcenter
4 6 (2.16%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.80%) Maximo
6 2 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.36%) Magento
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle AGIS
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.36%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 47 (16.91%) Azure
2 22 (7.91%) Snowflake
3 15 (5.40%) AWS
4 14 (5.04%) OCI
5 7 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.80%) Smartsheet
7 4 (1.44%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.08%) SaaS
9 2 (0.72%) PaaS
9 2 (0.72%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.36%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.36%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.36%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.36%) Amazon SQS
10 1 (0.36%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.36%) IaaS
10 1 (0.36%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.36%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.36%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (9.35%) Firewall
2 21 (7.55%) LAN
3 15 (5.40%) SAN
4 14 (5.04%) DHCP
4 14 (5.04%) DNS
5 10 (3.60%) WAN
6 8 (2.88%) 5G
7 7 (2.52%) 3G
7 7 (2.52%) 4G
8 6 (2.16%) Radio Access Network
9 5 (1.80%) Network Security
10 3 (1.08%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (1.08%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (1.08%) Reverse Proxy
11 2 (0.72%) Intranet
12 1 (0.36%) Broadband
12 1 (0.36%) DSL
12 1 (0.36%) SDH
12 1 (0.36%) SMS
12 1 (0.36%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.07%) Tableau
2 12 (4.32%) Oracle Database
3 10 (3.60%) SAP HANA
4 5 (1.80%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.44%) Power BI
6 3 (1.08%) Qlik Sense
6 3 (1.08%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.72%) Power Query
8 1 (0.36%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.36%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 34 (12.23%) Jenkins
2 26 (9.35%) Selenium
3 25 (8.99%) Cucumber
3 25 (8.99%) SonarQube
4 24 (8.63%) REST Assured
5 21 (7.55%) JIRA
6 13 (4.68%) GitLab
7 12 (4.32%) Git
8 9 (3.24%) Oracle Forms
9 7 (2.52%) Visual Studio
10 3 (1.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.36%) CMake
11 1 (0.36%) Maven
General
1 168 (60.43%) Social Skills
2 117 (42.09%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (12.23%) Finance
3 34 (12.23%) Telecoms
4 32 (11.51%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (8.99%) Legal
6 21 (7.55%) Law
7 16 (5.76%) Marketing
8 14 (5.04%) Public Sector
9 13 (4.68%) Police
10 12 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.52%) Retail
12 5 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.80%) Military
13 4 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.08%) Banking
14 3 (1.08%) Billing
14 3 (1.08%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.36%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 51 (18.35%) Analyst
2 35 (12.59%) Consultant
2 35 (12.59%) Senior
3 24 (8.63%) Lead
4 19 (6.83%) Support Engineer
5 17 (6.12%) Developer
5 17 (6.12%) Java Engineer
6 16 (5.76%) 1st Line Support
6 16 (5.76%) Desktop Engineer
6 16 (5.76%) Desktop Support
6 16 (5.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 16 (5.76%) Hardware Engineer
7 15 (5.40%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
7 15 (5.40%) Functional Consultant
8 14 (5.04%) Data Analyst
8 14 (5.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (5.04%) Project Manager
9 13 (4.68%) Architect
9 13 (4.68%) Oracle Consultant
9 13 (4.68%) Oracle Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (9.35%) REST
2 25 (8.99%) Java EE
3 12 (4.32%) ARM Templates
4 11 (3.96%) SAP Basis
5 10 (3.60%) .NET
5 10 (3.60%) ASP.NET
6 8 (2.88%) Itk
7 7 (2.52%) HTML
7 7 (2.52%) SAP Fiori
8 5 (1.80%) CSS
9 4 (1.44%) Web Services
10 3 (1.08%) D3.js
10 3 (1.08%) EDI
11 2 (0.72%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (0.72%) Flash
11 2 (0.72%) PyTorch
11 2 (0.72%) React
11 2 (0.72%) TensorFlow
12 1 (0.36%) Google JAX
12 1 (0.36%) OpenVINO
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.79%) Driving Licence
2 17 (6.12%) Data Centre
3 16 (5.76%) Credit Risk
4 9 (3.24%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (1.80%) Life Science
6 4 (1.44%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.08%) CCTV
7 3 (1.08%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.08%) SCADA
7 3 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.08%) Social Media
8 2 (0.72%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.72%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.72%) NHS
8 2 (0.72%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.36%) Blog
9 1 (0.36%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.36%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.36%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 62 (22.30%) Windows
2 44 (15.83%) Windows 10
3 30 (10.79%) Windows 7
4 25 (8.99%) Windows Server
5 23 (8.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 23 (8.27%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (6.47%) Linux
7 15 (5.40%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (5.04%) Windows XP
9 2 (0.72%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.72%) Solaris
9 2 (0.72%) VMS
10 1 (0.36%) Android
10 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (23.74%) Decision-Making
2 55 (19.78%) ITIL
3 43 (15.47%) DevOps
4 42 (15.11%) Project Management
5 37 (13.31%) Service Delivery
6 36 (12.95%) Customer Service
7 32 (11.51%) Analytics
7 32 (11.51%) Technical Leadership
8 31 (11.15%) Agile
9 28 (10.07%) Change Management
9 28 (10.07%) Continuous Integration
10 27 (9.71%) Test Automation
11 26 (9.35%) Software Engineering
12 25 (8.99%) Software Architecture
13 24 (8.63%) Actionable Insight
13 24 (8.63%) Performance Tuning
14 22 (7.91%) Disaster Recovery
15 19 (6.83%) Software Testing
16 17 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
17 16 (5.76%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 28 (10.07%) Java
2 24 (8.63%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.60%) C#
4 9 (3.24%) JavaScript
4 9 (3.24%) Python
5 8 (2.88%) SQL
6 7 (2.52%) C++
7 6 (2.16%) C
8 4 (1.44%) R
9 3 (1.08%) F#
10 2 (0.72%) PHP
11 1 (0.36%) Bash
11 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 113 (40.65%) Security Cleared
2 77 (27.70%) Degree
3 58 (20.86%) DV Cleared
4 56 (20.14%) SC Cleared
5 17 (6.12%) CCNA
5 17 (6.12%) CCNP
5 17 (6.12%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.08%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (0.72%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.72%) MBA
7 2 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.36%) CSPO
8 1 (0.36%) HP ASE
8 1 (0.36%) JNCIE
8 1 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.55%) SLA
2 11 (3.96%) QA
3 8 (2.88%) GDPR
4 2 (0.72%) HL7
4 2 (0.72%) PMO
5 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.36%) ITGC
5 1 (0.36%) NIST
5 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (8.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (5.76%) Active Directory
3 15 (5.40%) Firmware
3 15 (5.40%) Hyper-V
4 14 (5.04%) Docker
4 14 (5.04%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (2.16%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.72%) KVM
Systems Management
1 45 (16.19%) SCCM
2 33 (11.87%) Ansible
3 16 (5.76%) Kubernetes
3 16 (5.76%) SCOM
4 15 (5.40%) NetBackup
5 14 (5.04%) EMC NetWorker
5 14 (5.04%) vCenter Server
5 14 (5.04%) WSUS
6 13 (4.68%) Terraform
7 12 (4.32%) Docker Swarm
7 12 (4.32%) Podman
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 83 (29.86%) Microsoft
2 45 (16.19%) HP
3 43 (15.47%) Oracle
4 24 (8.63%) Alteryx
5 23 (8.27%) VMware
6 22 (7.91%) Cisco
7 20 (7.19%) Juniper
8 18 (6.47%) Palo Alto
9 15 (5.40%) 3PAR
10 14 (5.04%) Dell
10 14 (5.04%) EMC
10 14 (5.04%) Extreme Networks
10 14 (5.04%) Symantec
10 14 (5.04%) Veeam
11 11 (3.96%) SAP
12 6 (2.16%) OneTrust
13 4 (1.44%) CheckPoint
13 4 (1.44%) ServiceNow
13 4 (1.44%) Workday
14 3 (1.08%) OpenText