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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 10 17
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 +5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 50 53 42
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 15.92% 18.60% 8.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.45% 21.46% 8.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 37 32
10th Percentile £221 £234 £160
25th Percentile £325 £363 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £423 £325
Median % change year-on-year -4.73% +30.00% -29.73%
75th Percentile £486 £488 £452
90th Percentile £594 £543 £488
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £405 £430 £338
% change year-on-year -5.81% +27.41% -29.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 0
10th Percentile £15.23 £14.68 -
25th Percentile £16.27 £18.70 -
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -
75th Percentile - £36.75 -
90th Percentile - £37.50 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 -
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -

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 271 247 488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 86.31% 86.67% 93.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 174 377
10th Percentile £223 £240 £277
25th Percentile £350 £394 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £486 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.48% -7.38% +7.14%
75th Percentile £538 £565 £610
90th Percentile £635 £669 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £438 £498 £520
% change year-on-year -12.06% -4.33% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 7 13
10th Percentile £14.90 £13.93 £13.16
25th Percentile £18.00 £16.96 £16.00
Median hourly rate £29.61 £22.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.60% +9.76% +20.59%
75th Percentile £31.21 £36.37 £24.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £37.25 £28.80
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year -26.03% +60.00% +34.92%

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 3 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 (6.00%) WebLogic
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.00%) CMS
3 1 (2.00%) Confluence
3 1 (2.00%) Headless CMS
3 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Oracle Assets
1 3 (6.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 3 (6.00%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (6.00%) Oracle Receivables
1 3 (6.00%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (4.00%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.00%) Azure
2 4 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (8.00%) SaaS
3 3 (6.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.00%) OCI
4 2 (4.00%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.00%) AWS
5 1 (2.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.00%) GCP
5 1 (2.00%) GitHub
5 1 (2.00%) Kontent
5 1 (2.00%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.00%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.00%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.00%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.00%) prismic.io
5 1 (2.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.00%) Oracle Database
3 3 (6.00%) Data Lake
3 3 (6.00%) Oracle Database 11g
3 3 (6.00%) Oracle Database 12c
3 3 (6.00%) Oracle ODI
3 3 (6.00%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (8.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.00%) Git
2 1 (2.00%) SoapUI
2 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 34 (68.00%) Social Skills
2 23 (46.00%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (28.00%) Finance
4 6 (12.00%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (12.00%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (8.00%) Banking
5 4 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.00%) General Ledger
6 2 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Billing
7 1 (2.00%) Marketing
7 1 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (26.00%) Analyst
2 9 (18.00%) Developer
3 6 (12.00%) Senior
4 5 (10.00%) Service Analyst
4 5 (10.00%) Test Analyst
5 4 (8.00%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (8.00%) Service Manager
5 4 (8.00%) Service Transition Manager
5 4 (8.00%) Transition Manager
6 3 (6.00%) Business Manager
6 3 (6.00%) Integration Analyst
6 3 (6.00%) Integration Test Analyst
6 3 (6.00%) IT Support
6 3 (6.00%) IT Support Specialist
6 3 (6.00%) Oracle Specialist
6 3 (6.00%) Senior Service Transition Analyst
6 3 (6.00%) Service Design Analyst
6 3 (6.00%) Service Transition Analyst
6 3 (6.00%) Support Specialist
6 3 (6.00%) Transition Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.00%) REST
1 4 (8.00%) SOAP
2 3 (6.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (6.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 3 (6.00%) WebdriverIO
3 2 (4.00%) .NET
3 2 (4.00%) AngularJS
3 2 (4.00%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (4.00%) React
3 2 (4.00%) RESTful
4 1 (2.00%) Blazor
4 1 (2.00%) CSS
4 1 (2.00%) HTML
4 1 (2.00%) JSON
4 1 (2.00%) XML
4 1 (2.00%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.00%) Windows
2 2 (4.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.00%) Linux
3 1 (2.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.00%) Waterfall
2 11 (22.00%) Agile
3 8 (16.00%) ITIL
3 8 (16.00%) Migration
3 8 (16.00%) Service Management
4 7 (14.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 7 (14.00%) Decision-Making
5 6 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (12.00%) DevOps
6 5 (10.00%) Customer Service
6 5 (10.00%) Data Integration
6 5 (10.00%) Data Migration
6 5 (10.00%) ETL
6 5 (10.00%) High Availability
6 5 (10.00%) ITSM
6 5 (10.00%) Project Management
6 5 (10.00%) Roadmaps
6 5 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (8.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 12 (24.00%) SQL
2 6 (12.00%) PL/SQL
3 5 (10.00%) C#
4 3 (6.00%) PowerShell
4 3 (6.00%) Python
4 3 (6.00%) VB
5 2 (4.00%) Apex Code
5 2 (4.00%) Java
5 2 (4.00%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (28.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (16.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (14.00%) DV Cleared
4 5 (10.00%) Degree
5 3 (6.00%) APMG
5 3 (6.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (4.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (2.00%) ISEB
7 1 (2.00%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (2.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.00%) SLA
2 2 (4.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.00%) QA
3 1 (2.00%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (4.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.00%) SCCM
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (2.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (26.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (16.00%) Oracle
3 7 (14.00%) ServiceNow
4 4 (8.00%) Remedy
4 4 (8.00%) Salesforce
5 2 (4.00%) Informatica
5 2 (4.00%) MuleSoft
5 2 (4.00%) Tanium
5 2 (4.00%) webMethods
6 1 (2.00%) Compaq
6 1 (2.00%) HP
6 1 (2.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (2.00%) Splunk
6 1 (2.00%) Terracotta
6 1 (2.00%) TIBCO