Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Problem Solving
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 6 29
Rank change year-on-year +2 +23 +5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 56 52 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 23.24% 17.81% 6.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.45% 20.55% 6.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 41 27
10th Percentile £185 £234 £218
25th Percentile £293 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% - -7.61%
75th Percentile £415 £498 £625
90th Percentile £488 £625 £740
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £350 £425 £486
% change year-on-year -17.65% -12.60% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 0
10th Percentile £14.77 £19.72 -
25th Percentile - £21.25 -
Median hourly rate £15.12 £30.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -49.60% - -
75th Percentile £18.00 £36.75 -
90th Percentile - £37.50 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £14.20 £30.00 -
% change year-on-year -52.67% - -

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 220 253 613
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 91.29% 86.64% 93.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 186 484
10th Percentile £216 £234 £320
25th Percentile £350 £376 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% -7.50% +1.01%
75th Percentile £538 £539 £600
90th Percentile £632 £632 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £435 £454 £513
% change year-on-year -4.13% -11.46% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 7
10th Percentile £14.08 £17.31 £13.16
25th Percentile £14.98 £19.98 £13.17
Median hourly rate £16.50 £30.00 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year -45.02% +121.08% +10.24%
75th Percentile £18.00 £36.37 £20.25
90th Percentile £28.73 £37.25 £21.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.91 £30.00 £16.40
% change year-on-year -46.97% +82.93% +21.48%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Milton Keynes

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Problem-Solving

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 (3.57%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (3.57%) CMS
1 2 (3.57%) IIS
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.79%) Confluence
2 1 (1.79%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Oracle ASCP
1 1 (1.79%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.79%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 14 (25.00%) Azure
2 8 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (5.36%) AWS
3 3 (5.36%) GCP
3 3 (5.36%) GitHub
4 2 (3.57%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.79%) Kontent
5 1 (1.79%) prismic.io
5 1 (1.79%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.86%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.14%) MS Access
3 3 (5.36%) MongoDB
3 3 (5.36%) MySQL
3 3 (5.36%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (3.57%) BigQuery
4 2 (3.57%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.79%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (8.93%) JIRA
2 3 (5.36%) Git
2 3 (5.36%) GitLab
3 2 (3.57%) QARun
3 2 (3.57%) WinRunner
4 1 (1.79%) SoapUI
4 1 (1.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 39 (69.64%) Social Skills
2 18 (32.14%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (17.86%) Finance
4 3 (5.36%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.57%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.79%) Banking
6 1 (1.79%) Billing
6 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (33.93%) Analyst
2 10 (17.86%) Test Analyst
3 8 (14.29%) Developer
3 8 (14.29%) Senior
4 7 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (10.71%) Lead
6 5 (8.93%) Service Analyst
7 4 (7.14%) Integration Analyst
7 4 (7.14%) Integration Test Analyst
7 4 (7.14%) Senior Test Analyst
7 4 (7.14%) Service Manager
7 4 (7.14%) Service Transition Manager
7 4 (7.14%) Transition Manager
8 3 (5.36%) IT Support
8 3 (5.36%) IT Support Specialist
8 3 (5.36%) Senior Service Transition Analyst
8 3 (5.36%) Service Design Analyst
8 3 (5.36%) Service Transition Analyst
8 3 (5.36%) Team Leader
8 3 (5.36%) Transition Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.93%) RESTful
2 4 (7.14%) .NET
2 4 (7.14%) React
2 4 (7.14%) WebdriverIO
3 3 (5.36%) Django
3 3 (5.36%) FastAPI
3 3 (5.36%) Flask
3 3 (5.36%) Middleware
3 3 (5.36%) Web Services
4 2 (3.57%) .NET Framework
4 2 (3.57%) AngularJS
4 2 (3.57%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (1.79%) CSS
5 1 (1.79%) Hibernate
5 1 (1.79%) JPA
5 1 (1.79%) JSON
5 1 (1.79%) Spring
5 1 (1.79%) Spring MVC
5 1 (1.79%) XML
5 1 (1.79%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.14%) EPoS
2 3 (5.36%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.57%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.79%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 18 (32.14%) Windows
2 4 (7.14%) Unix
3 2 (3.57%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.57%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.43%) Waterfall
2 11 (19.64%) Integration Testing
2 11 (19.64%) Logistics
2 11 (19.64%) Migration
2 11 (19.64%) System Integration Testing
3 10 (17.86%) Software Testing
4 9 (16.07%) Agile
4 9 (16.07%) DevOps
4 9 (16.07%) Test Automation
4 9 (16.07%) Test Planning
5 8 (14.29%) ITIL
5 8 (14.29%) Service Management
6 7 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
6 7 (12.50%) Data Migration
6 7 (12.50%) Defect Management
6 7 (12.50%) Microservices
6 7 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
7 6 (10.71%) SDLC
8 5 (8.93%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (8.93%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (16.07%) C#
2 7 (12.50%) SQL
3 6 (10.71%) VB
4 4 (7.14%) PowerShell
5 3 (5.36%) Java
5 3 (5.36%) Python
6 2 (3.57%) Apex Code
6 2 (3.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 8 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.93%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.36%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (5.36%) Degree
5 2 (3.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.79%) ISEB
6 1 (1.79%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (1.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.50%) QA
2 5 (8.93%) SLA
3 1 (1.79%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 2 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) SCCM
1 2 (3.57%) SCOM
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (33.93%) Microsoft
2 9 (16.07%) ServiceNow
3 5 (8.93%) Oracle
4 4 (7.14%) Remedy
5 3 (5.36%) Citrix
5 3 (5.36%) Salesforce
6 2 (3.57%) Dynatrace
6 2 (3.57%) IBM
6 2 (3.57%) MuleSoft
6 2 (3.57%) Tanium
6 2 (3.57%) webMethods
7 1 (1.79%) Compaq
7 1 (1.79%) HP
7 1 (1.79%) Terracotta
7 1 (1.79%) TIBCO