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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 9 14
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 +3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 54 52 44
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 14.92% 18.44% 8.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.76% 21.14% 9.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 37 34
10th Percentile £185 £234 £166
25th Percentile £363 £363 £224
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £423 £338
Median % change year-on-year -1.78% +25.19% -29.69%
75th Percentile £525 £488 £457
90th Percentile £638 £543 £488
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £420 £430 £350
% change year-on-year -2.33% +22.86% -29.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
Median hourly rate £18.00 £18.70 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.00 £18.70 -
% change year-on-year -3.74% - -

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 304 246 459
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 83.98% 87.23% 91.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 177 350
10th Percentile £230 £250 £275
25th Percentile £363 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +3.09%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £600
90th Percentile £635 £656 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 15
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.01 £14.30
25th Percentile £23.81 £17.03 £19.25
Median hourly rate £29.61 £26.35 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.37% +9.79% +45.45%
75th Percentile £32.81 £36.50 £28.50
90th Percentile £36.00 £37.40 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -30.14% +50.00% +54.84%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend 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 25 December 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 & Capabilities in Milton Keynes by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.56%) WebLogic
2 2 (3.70%) Apache
2 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.85%) CMS
3 1 (1.85%) Confluence
3 1 (1.85%) Headless CMS
3 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Oracle Assets
1 3 (5.56%) Oracle General Ledger
1 3 (5.56%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (5.56%) Oracle Receivables
1 3 (5.56%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (3.70%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.11%) Azure
2 4 (7.41%) SaaS
3 3 (5.56%) AWS
3 3 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.56%) OCI
3 3 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.70%) Collibra
4 2 (3.70%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.85%) GCP
5 1 (1.85%) GitHub
5 1 (1.85%) Kontent
5 1 (1.85%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.85%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.85%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.85%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.85%) prismic.io
5 1 (1.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.41%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.70%) DNS
2 2 (3.70%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.26%) Data Lake
1 5 (9.26%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (7.41%) Oracle Database
3 3 (5.56%) Oracle Database 11g
3 3 (5.56%) Oracle Database 12c
3 3 (5.56%) Oracle ODI
3 3 (5.56%) Relational Database
4 2 (3.70%) Power BI
4 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.85%) Metadata
5 1 (1.85%) Metadata Repository
5 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.70%) JIRA
2 1 (1.85%) Git
2 1 (1.85%) SoapUI
2 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 32 (59.26%) Social Skills
2 23 (42.59%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (31.48%) Finance
4 6 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (7.41%) Banking
5 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.70%) General Ledger
6 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Billing
7 1 (1.85%) Marketing
7 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (25.93%) Analyst
2 9 (16.67%) Developer
3 8 (14.81%) Senior
4 6 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (9.26%) Service Analyst
6 4 (7.41%) Project Manager
6 4 (7.41%) Service Manager
6 4 (7.41%) Service Transition Manager
6 4 (7.41%) Transition Manager
7 3 (5.56%) Business Change Manager
7 3 (5.56%) Business Manager
7 3 (5.56%) Change Manager
7 3 (5.56%) Data Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Oracle Developer
7 3 (5.56%) Oracle Specialist
7 3 (5.56%) Senior Service Transition Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Service Design Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Service Transition Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Technical Manager
7 3 (5.56%) Transition Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.41%) REST
1 4 (7.41%) SOAP
2 3 (5.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (5.56%) Oracle GoldenGate
3 2 (3.70%) .NET
3 2 (3.70%) RESTful
4 1 (1.85%) Blazor
4 1 (1.85%) CSS
4 1 (1.85%) HTML
4 1 (1.85%) JSON
4 1 (1.85%) XML
4 1 (1.85%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.41%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (7.41%) Management Information System
1 4 (7.41%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.70%) Cyberattack
3 2 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.70%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.11%) Windows
2 5 (9.26%) Linux
3 2 (3.70%) Debian
3 2 (3.70%) Ubuntu
3 2 (3.70%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (27.78%) Agile
2 10 (18.52%) ITIL
3 9 (16.67%) Waterfall
4 8 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (14.81%) Service Management
5 7 (12.96%) Acceptance Criteria
5 7 (12.96%) Customer Service
5 7 (12.96%) Decision-Making
5 7 (12.96%) ETL
6 6 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (11.11%) Data Integration
6 6 (11.11%) Migration
6 6 (11.11%) Project Management
6 6 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (9.26%) Change Management
7 5 (9.26%) High Availability
7 5 (9.26%) ITSM
7 5 (9.26%) Risk Management
7 5 (9.26%) Security Operations
7 5 (9.26%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (25.93%) SQL
2 6 (11.11%) PL/SQL
3 4 (7.41%) Shell Script
4 3 (5.56%) PowerShell
4 3 (5.56%) Python
5 2 (3.70%) C#
6 1 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 11 (20.37%) SC Cleared
3 10 (18.52%) DV Cleared
4 5 (9.26%) Degree
5 3 (5.56%) APMG
6 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.85%) ISEB
7 1 (1.85%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (1.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (1.85%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.81%) SLA
2 3 (5.56%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.70%) GDPR
3 2 (3.70%) QA
4 1 (1.85%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.85%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.41%) SCCM
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 10 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.81%) Oracle
3 7 (12.96%) ServiceNow
4 3 (5.56%) Splunk
5 2 (3.70%) Databricks
5 2 (3.70%) Informatica
5 2 (3.70%) Red Hat
5 2 (3.70%) Remedy
5 2 (3.70%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.70%) Tanium
5 2 (3.70%) VMware
5 2 (3.70%) webMethods
6 1 (1.85%) Compaq
6 1 (1.85%) HP
6 1 (1.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (1.85%) Terracotta
6 1 (1.85%) TIBCO