Problem-Solving Contracts in Reading

Problem Solving
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 11 24
Rank change year-on-year +3 +13 -3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 184 124 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 15.57% 11.83% 6.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.73% 13.38% 7.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 79 53
10th Percentile £205 £351 £175
25th Percentile £213 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year +15.24% +16.67% -2.44%
75th Percentile £638 £628 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £640
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £525 £475
% change year-on-year - +10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 0
10th Percentile - £33.45 -
25th Percentile £14.50 £52.80 -
Median hourly rate £58.00 £66.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% - -
75th Percentile £61.60 £74.24 -
90th Percentile - £79.18 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.30 £54.56 £80.40
% change year-on-year +12.35% -32.14% +689.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,038 927 1,254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 87.82% 88.45% 90.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 603 817
10th Percentile £213 £363 £237
25th Percentile £413 £461 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +10.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £625 £664 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 23 9
10th Percentile £14.50 £45.50 £13.15
25th Percentile £52.21 £58.32 £21.25
Median hourly rate £61.60 £66.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +120.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80.69 £75.38 £34.89
90th Percentile £87.53 £79.19 £38.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £60.80 £63.00 £21.03
% change year-on-year -3.49% +199.64% -0.12%

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 3 June 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Reading over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 2 (1.09%) CMS
1 2 (1.09%) Confluence
1 2 (1.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.54%) OpenStack
Applications
1 29 (15.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.09%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.09%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.09%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 11 (5.98%) Oracle EBS R12
1 11 (5.98%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (3.26%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (3.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (2.72%) Maximo
4 4 (2.17%) Teamcenter
5 2 (1.09%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (1.09%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.54%) Magento
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle AGIS
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.54%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 43 (23.37%) Azure
2 22 (11.96%) Snowflake
3 14 (7.61%) AWS
3 14 (7.61%) OCI
4 7 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.63%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.09%) Azure API Management
6 2 (1.09%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (1.09%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.09%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.54%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.54%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.54%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.54%) Amazon SQS
7 1 (0.54%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.54%) PaaS
7 1 (0.54%) SaaS
7 1 (0.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (11.41%) Firewall
2 17 (9.24%) LAN
3 14 (7.61%) DHCP
3 14 (7.61%) DNS
3 14 (7.61%) SAN
4 7 (3.80%) 5G
5 6 (3.26%) 3G
5 6 (3.26%) 4G
5 6 (3.26%) Radio Access Network
6 5 (2.72%) WAN
7 2 (1.09%) Intranet
7 2 (1.09%) Network Security
8 1 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.54%) Junos
8 1 (0.54%) MPLS
8 1 (0.54%) SDH
8 1 (0.54%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.54%) SSL
8 1 (0.54%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.54%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (13.59%) Tableau
2 6 (3.26%) Oracle Database
2 6 (3.26%) SAP HANA
3 3 (1.63%) Power BI
3 3 (1.63%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.09%) Power Query
4 2 (1.09%) SSDT
5 1 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (17.93%) Jenkins
2 26 (14.13%) Selenium
3 25 (13.59%) Cucumber
4 24 (13.04%) REST Assured
4 24 (13.04%) SonarQube
5 16 (8.70%) JIRA
6 13 (7.07%) GitLab
7 12 (6.52%) Git
8 9 (4.89%) Oracle Forms
9 7 (3.80%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.54%) CMake
10 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 121 (65.76%) Social Skills
2 90 (48.91%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (16.85%) Finance
4 27 (14.67%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (11.96%) Telecoms
6 21 (11.41%) Law
7 19 (10.33%) Legal
8 13 (7.07%) Police
9 7 (3.80%) Retail
10 6 (3.26%) Marketing
11 5 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (2.17%) Banking
12 4 (2.17%) Billing
12 4 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (2.17%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (22.28%) Analyst
2 28 (15.22%) Consultant
3 26 (14.13%) Senior
4 23 (12.50%) Lead
5 17 (9.24%) Java Engineer
5 17 (9.24%) Support Engineer
6 16 (8.70%) Developer
7 15 (8.15%) Functional Consultant
8 14 (7.61%) Desktop Engineer
8 14 (7.61%) Desktop Support
8 14 (7.61%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 14 (7.61%) Hardware Engineer
8 14 (7.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (7.07%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
9 13 (7.07%) Oracle Consultant
9 13 (7.07%) Oracle Functional Consultant
10 11 (5.98%) Data Analyst
11 10 (5.43%) Storage Engineer
12 9 (4.89%) Architect
13 8 (4.35%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (14.13%) REST
2 25 (13.59%) Java EE
3 12 (6.52%) ARM Templates
4 9 (4.89%) .NET
4 9 (4.89%) ASP.NET
5 7 (3.80%) SAP Basis
6 6 (3.26%) SAP Fiori
7 5 (2.72%) HTML
8 4 (2.17%) Itk
9 3 (1.63%) CSS
10 2 (1.09%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (1.09%) Flash
10 2 (1.09%) PyTorch
10 2 (1.09%) TensorFlow
10 2 (1.09%) Web Services
10 2 (1.09%) YAML
11 1 (0.54%) Google JAX
11 1 (0.54%) OpenVINO
11 1 (0.54%) React
11 1 (0.54%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 26 (14.13%) Driving Licence
2 16 (8.70%) Credit Risk
3 14 (7.61%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.09%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.09%) Social Media
4 2 (1.09%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.54%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.54%) Life Science
5 1 (0.54%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.54%) NHS
5 1 (0.54%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.54%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 48 (26.09%) Windows
2 40 (21.74%) Windows 10
3 26 (14.13%) Windows 7
4 18 (9.78%) Windows Server
5 17 (9.24%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (9.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (8.15%) Linux
7 14 (7.61%) Windows Server 2012
7 14 (7.61%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.54%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (30.43%) Decision-Making
2 43 (23.37%) ITIL
3 40 (21.74%) DevOps
4 31 (16.85%) Technical Leadership
5 29 (15.76%) Customer Service
5 29 (15.76%) Project Management
6 27 (14.67%) Continuous Integration
7 26 (14.13%) Test Automation
8 25 (13.59%) Analytics
8 25 (13.59%) Software Architecture
8 25 (13.59%) Software Engineering
9 24 (13.04%) Actionable Insight
10 20 (10.87%) Disaster Recovery
10 20 (10.87%) Performance Tuning
11 17 (9.24%) Agile
12 16 (8.70%) Dashboard Development
12 16 (8.70%) Infrastructure as Code
13 15 (8.15%) Change Management
13 15 (8.15%) Software Testing
14 14 (7.61%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 27 (14.67%) Java
2 23 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 8 (4.35%) C#
4 6 (3.26%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.72%) Python
6 3 (1.63%) C++
7 2 (1.09%) C
7 2 (1.09%) SQL
8 1 (0.54%) Bash
8 1 (0.54%) F#
8 1 (0.54%) PHP
8 1 (0.54%) R
Qualifications
1 86 (46.74%) Security Cleared
2 55 (29.89%) Degree
3 47 (25.54%) DV Cleared
3 47 (25.54%) SC Cleared
4 14 (7.61%) CCNA
4 14 (7.61%) CCNP
4 14 (7.61%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.54%) HP ASE
6 1 (0.54%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.54%) JNCIE
6 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.72%) QA
2 2 (1.09%) GDPR
2 2 (1.09%) PMO
3 1 (0.54%) HL7
3 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.54%) ITGC
3 1 (0.54%) NIST
3 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.54%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (8.15%) Active Directory
1 15 (8.15%) Hyper-V
1 15 (8.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (7.61%) VMware ESXi
3 13 (7.07%) Docker
3 13 (7.07%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 41 (22.28%) SCCM
2 32 (17.39%) Ansible
3 15 (8.15%) SCOM
3 15 (8.15%) Terraform
4 14 (7.61%) EMC NetWorker
4 14 (7.61%) Kubernetes
4 14 (7.61%) NetBackup
4 14 (7.61%) vCenter Server
4 14 (7.61%) WSUS
5 12 (6.52%) Docker Swarm
5 12 (6.52%) Podman
6 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 47 (25.54%) Microsoft
2 40 (21.74%) HP
3 37 (20.11%) Oracle
4 24 (13.04%) Alteryx
5 18 (9.78%) Juniper
6 17 (9.24%) Cisco
7 15 (8.15%) Palo Alto
7 15 (8.15%) VMware
8 14 (7.61%) 3PAR
8 14 (7.61%) Dell
8 14 (7.61%) EMC
8 14 (7.61%) Extreme Networks
8 14 (7.61%) Symantec
8 14 (7.61%) Veeam
9 7 (3.80%) SAP
10 4 (2.17%) OpenText
11 2 (1.09%) IBM
11 2 (1.09%) Workday
12 1 (0.54%) Kenna
12 1 (0.54%) ServiceNow