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 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 8 17
Rank change year-on-year -1 +9 +2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 54 53 41
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 15.84% 18.79% 8.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.69% 21.54% 9.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 37 31
10th Percentile £185 £234 £158
25th Percentile £350 £363 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £423 £325
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% +30.00% -30.85%
75th Percentile £523 £488 £455
90th Percentile £624 £543 £488
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £413 £430 £325
% change year-on-year -4.07% +32.31% -33.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile £15.23 £14.01 -
25th Percentile £16.27 £17.03 -
Median hourly rate £18.00 £27.43 -
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% - -
75th Percentile - £37.06 -
90th Percentile - £37.62 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.00 £27.43 -
% change year-on-year -34.38% - -

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 289 246 449
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 84.75% 87.23% 92.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 175 342
10th Percentile £227 £248 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £606
90th Percentile £629 £668 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 14
10th Percentile £14.90 £13.61 £14.02
25th Percentile £18.00 £16.09 £19.25
Median hourly rate £29.61 £26.35 £23.88
Median % change year-on-year +12.37% +10.37% +42.54%
75th Percentile £31.21 £36.56 £26.25
90th Percentile £36.00 £37.37 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £35.08 £22.50
% change year-on-year -28.31% +55.92% +45.16%

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 17 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 5 (9.26%) Azure
2 4 (7.41%) SaaS
3 3 (5.56%) AWS
3 3 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.56%) OCI
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%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.85%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.85%) prismic.io
5 1 (1.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.56%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.70%) SAN
3 1 (1.85%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.26%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (7.41%) Oracle Database
3 3 (5.56%) Data Lake
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
3 3 (5.56%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.85%) Metadata
4 1 (1.85%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) JIRA
2 1 (1.85%) Git
2 1 (1.85%) SoapUI
2 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 35 (64.81%) Social Skills
2 24 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (29.63%) Finance
4 6 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (9.26%) Banking
6 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.70%) General Ledger
7 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.85%) Billing
8 1 (1.85%) Marketing
8 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (25.93%) Analyst
2 8 (14.81%) Developer
3 7 (12.96%) Senior
4 5 (9.26%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (9.26%) Service Analyst
5 4 (7.41%) Project Manager
5 4 (7.41%) Service Manager
5 4 (7.41%) Service Transition Manager
5 4 (7.41%) Transition Manager
6 3 (5.56%) Business Analyst
6 3 (5.56%) Business Manager
6 3 (5.56%) Change Manager
6 3 (5.56%) IT Support
6 3 (5.56%) Oracle Specialist
6 3 (5.56%) Senior Service Transition Analyst
6 3 (5.56%) Service Design Analyst
6 3 (5.56%) Service Transition Analyst
6 3 (5.56%) Technical Project Manager
6 3 (5.56%) Test Analyst
6 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%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.85%) Blazor
4 1 (1.85%) CSS
4 1 (1.85%) HTML
4 1 (1.85%) JSON
4 1 (1.85%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (1.85%) React
4 1 (1.85%) WebdriverIO
4 1 (1.85%) XML
4 1 (1.85%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (5.56%) Onboarding
1 3 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (3.70%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.70%) Data Structures
2 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.85%) Cyberattack
3 1 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.96%) Windows
2 4 (7.41%) 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 14 (25.93%) Agile
2 10 (18.52%) ITIL
2 10 (18.52%) Waterfall
3 8 (14.81%) Customer Service
3 8 (14.81%) Service Management
4 7 (12.96%) Acceptance Criteria
4 7 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (12.96%) Decision-Making
4 7 (12.96%) Migration
5 6 (11.11%) Project Management
5 6 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (9.26%) Change Management
6 5 (9.26%) Data Integration
6 5 (9.26%) ETL
6 5 (9.26%) High Availability
6 5 (9.26%) ITSM
6 5 (9.26%) Risk Management
6 5 (9.26%) Roadmaps
6 5 (9.26%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (7.41%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 12 (22.22%) SQL
2 6 (11.11%) PL/SQL
3 4 (7.41%) Shell Script
4 3 (5.56%) C#
4 3 (5.56%) PowerShell
4 3 (5.56%) Python
5 1 (1.85%) Apex Code
5 1 (1.85%) Java
5 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.85%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (31.48%) Security Cleared
2 10 (18.52%) DV Cleared
2 10 (18.52%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.26%) Degree
4 3 (5.56%) APMG
5 2 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.85%) ISEB
6 1 (1.85%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (1.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.85%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.81%) SLA
2 3 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.56%) QA
3 2 (3.70%) GDPR
4 1 (1.85%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.85%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.56%) SCCM
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 10 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.81%) Oracle
3 7 (12.96%) ServiceNow
4 4 (7.41%) Remedy
5 3 (5.56%) Salesforce
6 2 (3.70%) Informatica
6 2 (3.70%) Red Hat
6 2 (3.70%) Splunk
6 2 (3.70%) Tanium
6 2 (3.70%) VMware
6 2 (3.70%) webMethods
7 1 (1.85%) Compaq
7 1 (1.85%) HP
7 1 (1.85%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (1.85%) Terracotta
7 1 (1.85%) TIBCO