Optimization Problems Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Optimisation Problems
South London > Croydon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Croydon requiring Optimization Problems skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Optimization Problems 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 0.58% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South London median daily rate - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Croydon

Optimization Problems 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 Croydon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 151 96 151
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Croydon 88.30% 92.31% 93.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 75 94
10th Percentile £456 £398 £231
25th Percentile £500 £463 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -6.91%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £654 £645 £669
South London median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £16.64
25th Percentile - - £17.06
Median hourly rate - - £23.00
75th Percentile - - £25.25
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate £61.22 £24.92 £23.50
% change year-on-year +145.66% +6.04% -46.72%

Optimization Problems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Geospatial Data
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning