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 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 12 15
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 +1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 31 43 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 15.35% 9.71% 11.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.40% 11.26% 11.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 33 78
10th Percentile £185 £177 £230
25th Percentile £200 £279 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £416 £460
Median % change year-on-year -15.87% -9.57% +2.22%
75th Percentile £488 £488 £602
90th Percentile £588 £620 £675
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £368 £411 £500
% change year-on-year -10.58% -17.80% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £12.55 - -
25th Percentile £13.38 - £9.50
Median hourly rate £15.50 £12.82 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.90% +28.20% -
75th Percentile £18.38 - £10.50
90th Percentile £19.65 - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £14.20 £12.82 £10.00
% change year-on-year +10.76% +28.20% -

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 189 382 703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 93.56% 86.23% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 277 570
10th Percentile £251 £267 £260
25th Percentile £390 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +5.26% +3.26%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £560
90th Percentile £650 £710 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £503 £490 £475
% change year-on-year +2.55% +3.16% +3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 27 1
10th Percentile £12.98 £15.85 -
25th Percentile £14.44 £17.82 £9.50
Median hourly rate £17.25 £23.75 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.37% +137.50% -7.15%
75th Percentile £28.81 £30.00 £10.50
90th Percentile £43.78 £48.75 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.25 £25.00 £10.00
% change year-on-year -31.00% +150.00% -7.15%

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 2 April 2025.

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
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 (6.45%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (6.45%) IIS
2 1 (3.23%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) AutoCAD
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.23%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 6 (19.35%) Azure
2 4 (12.90%) AWS
2 4 (12.90%) GCP
2 4 (12.90%) Snowflake
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (19.35%) Broadband
2 4 (12.90%) DWDM
2 4 (12.90%) Ethernet
2 4 (12.90%) GPON
2 4 (12.90%) IPv4
2 4 (12.90%) IPv6
2 4 (12.90%) MPLS
3 1 (3.23%) FTP
3 1 (3.23%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (12.90%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 3 (9.68%) SQL Server
3 2 (6.45%) Data Lake
4 1 (3.23%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 5 (16.13%) JIRA
General
1 19 (61.29%) Social Skills
2 12 (38.71%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (19.35%) Telecoms
4 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.23%) Automotive
5 1 (3.23%) Banking
5 1 (3.23%) Brand Awareness
5 1 (3.23%) Finance
5 1 (3.23%) Marketing
5 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (19.35%) Analyst
2 5 (16.13%) Consultant
2 5 (16.13%) Lead
3 4 (12.90%) Network Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Snowflake Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Team Leader
5 2 (6.45%) Data Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Deployment Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) IT Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Network Consultant
5 2 (6.45%) Service Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Snowflake Data Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) BizTalk Consultant
6 1 (3.23%) BizTalk Developer
6 1 (3.23%) Citrix Specialist
6 1 (3.23%) Configuration Management Consultant
6 1 (3.23%) IT Services Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Junior Data Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) .NET
2 1 (3.23%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.23%) EDI
2 1 (3.23%) JSON
2 1 (3.23%) MSMQ
2 1 (3.23%) REST
2 1 (3.23%) SOAP
2 1 (3.23%) WCF
2 1 (3.23%) XML
2 1 (3.23%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (9.68%) EPoS
3 2 (6.45%) CMDB
4 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Windows
1 4 (12.90%) Windows Server
2 2 (6.45%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.81%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (25.81%) ITIL
2 6 (19.35%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (19.35%) Migration
2 6 (19.35%) Performance Tuning
3 5 (16.13%) Agile
3 5 (16.13%) ITSM
3 5 (16.13%) Project Management
3 5 (16.13%) Waterfall
4 4 (12.90%) Continuous Deployment
4 4 (12.90%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (12.90%) Data Management
4 4 (12.90%) Data Migration
4 4 (12.90%) Data Modelling
4 4 (12.90%) Data Security
4 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (12.90%) Mathematics
4 4 (12.90%) Requirements Management
4 4 (12.90%) Service Delivery
4 4 (12.90%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.81%) Python
2 6 (19.35%) SQL
3 4 (12.90%) Bash
4 3 (9.68%) PowerShell
5 1 (3.23%) ActionScript
5 1 (3.23%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 7 (22.58%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.45%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.23%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (3.23%) Degree
4 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) GDPR
1 4 (12.90%) HIPAA
2 1 (3.23%) ISO 9001
2 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.23%) PMO
2 1 (3.23%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) Ansible
2 2 (6.45%) SCOM
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.90%) Nokia
2 4 (12.90%) Splunk
3 3 (9.68%) ServiceNow
4 2 (6.45%) Dynatrace
4 2 (6.45%) IBM
5 1 (3.23%) Apple
5 1 (3.23%) Autodesk
5 1 (3.23%) Citrix
5 1 (3.23%) SAP