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 15 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 21 27
Rank change year-on-year +14 +6 -4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 60 41 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 19.48% 7.16% 7.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.73% 7.74% 8.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 30 71
10th Percentile £235 £182 £256
25th Percentile £363 £224 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £325 £475
Median % change year-on-year +32.31% -31.58% +2.15%
75th Percentile £493 £469 £558
90th Percentile £610 £544 £714
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £430 £338 £488
% change year-on-year +27.41% -30.77% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £15.35 - -
25th Percentile £19.34 - -
Median hourly rate £26.25 - -
75th Percentile £35.06 - -
90th Percentile £37.37 - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £26.25 - -

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 264 530 939
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 85.71% 92.50% 93.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 409 783
10th Percentile £250 £278 £325
25th Percentile £400 £403 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £490
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +7.14% +8.89%
75th Percentile £560 £613 £585
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £485 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.62% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 10
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.16 £10.64
25th Percentile £17.83 £13.57 £10.77
Median hourly rate £26.25 £20.50 £12.75
Median % change year-on-year +28.05% +60.78% -0.80%
75th Percentile £36.19 £24.00 £17.81
90th Percentile £37.12 £28.80 £19.55
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £30.00 £20.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +46.34% +32.26% +17.07%

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 15 November 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 15 November 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 16 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.00%) Confluence
2 3 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (1.67%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 23 (38.33%) Azure
2 19 (31.67%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (11.67%) AWS
4 5 (8.33%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.33%) dbt
5 2 (3.33%) OpenShift
5 2 (3.33%) PaaS
5 2 (3.33%) Slack
5 2 (3.33%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.67%) Figma
6 1 (1.67%) GCP
6 1 (1.67%) GitHub
6 1 (1.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.00%) Broadband
2 4 (6.67%) DHCP
2 4 (6.67%) DNS
2 4 (6.67%) DWDM
2 4 (6.67%) Ethernet
2 4 (6.67%) GPON
2 4 (6.67%) IPv4
2 4 (6.67%) IPv6
2 4 (6.67%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.67%) Big Data
2 1 (1.67%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.67%) Power BI
2 1 (1.67%) Power Query
2 1 (1.67%) Snowflake Schema
2 1 (1.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (13.33%) JIRA
2 2 (3.33%) Git
2 2 (3.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.67%) Axure RP
General
1 26 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 20 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (11.67%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.67%) Finance
4 4 (6.67%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.67%) Automotive
5 1 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (25.00%) Senior
2 14 (23.33%) Analyst
3 7 (11.67%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (10.00%) Architect
4 6 (10.00%) Lead
5 5 (8.33%) Operations Analyst
5 5 (8.33%) Senior Operations Analyst
6 4 (6.67%) Hardware Engineer
6 4 (6.67%) Network Engineer
6 4 (6.67%) Service Analyst
6 4 (6.67%) Service Desk Analyst
7 3 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 3 (5.00%) Administrator
7 3 (5.00%) Consultant
7 3 (5.00%) Senior Support Analyst
7 3 (5.00%) Service Manager
7 3 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (5.00%) Support Analyst
7 3 (5.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.33%) Fluent Bit
1 2 (3.33%) Loki
2 1 (1.67%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.67%) CSS
2 1 (1.67%) HTML
2 1 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.67%) RESTful
2 1 (1.67%) Snowpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.33%) Smartphone
2 4 (6.67%) PKI
2 4 (6.67%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (5.00%) Public Cloud
3 3 (5.00%) YubiKey
4 2 (3.33%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.67%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.67%) CMDB
5 1 (1.67%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 25 (41.67%) Windows
2 18 (30.00%) Windows 10
3 13 (21.67%) Windows Server
4 5 (8.33%) Apple iOS
5 4 (6.67%) Mac OS
6 3 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (30.00%) Agile
2 14 (23.33%) ITIL
3 12 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
4 10 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (15.00%) Project Management
5 9 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (11.67%) Infrastructure as Code
7 6 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (8.33%) ITSM
8 5 (8.33%) Problem Management
8 5 (8.33%) Roadmaps
8 5 (8.33%) Service Delivery
8 5 (8.33%) Software Engineering
8 5 (8.33%) Waterfall
9 4 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (6.67%) Incident Management
9 4 (6.67%) Mathematics
9 4 (6.67%) Release Management
9 4 (6.67%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (23.33%) SQL
2 8 (13.33%) Python
3 5 (8.33%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.33%) Bash
5 1 (1.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.67%) R
Qualifications
1 25 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 17 (28.33%) SC Cleared
3 13 (21.67%) DV Cleared
4 5 (8.33%) Degree
5 2 (3.33%) ACSP
5 2 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.67%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.67%) QA
2 2 (3.33%) PMO
3 1 (1.67%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.67%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.67%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.67%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.33%) Docker
3 1 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (18.33%) Ansible
2 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (6.67%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (5.00%) Terraform
5 2 (3.33%) Argo
5 2 (3.33%) Grafana
5 2 (3.33%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.33%) Kustomize
5 2 (3.33%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.67%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 24 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (13.33%) Apple
3 4 (6.67%) Nokia
3 4 (6.67%) Splunk
4 3 (5.00%) Remedy
5 2 (3.33%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.67%) Google
6 1 (1.67%) Informatica
6 1 (1.67%) Oracle
6 1 (1.67%) VMware