Problem-Solving Contracts in Kingston Upon Thames

Problem Solving
South London > Kingston Upon Thames

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 10 11
Rank change year-on-year +8 +1 -7
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 5 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 27.78% 12.50% 4.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 33.33% 12.90% 6.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £355
25th Percentile £133 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £135 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.67%
75th Percentile £138 - £388
90th Percentile - - £395
South London median daily rate £600 £406 £497
% change year-on-year +47.69% -18.31% +10.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Median hourly rate - £82.50 £62.68
Median % change year-on-year - +31.62% +37.32%
South London median hourly rate - £23.50 £62.68
% change year-on-year - -62.51% +37.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kingston Upon Thames

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 Kingston Upon Thames.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15 31 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 83.33% 96.88% 69.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 22 31
10th Percentile £190 £200 £133
25th Percentile £277 £400 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% +5.56% -12.20%
75th Percentile £563 £500 £544
90th Percentile £630 - £600
South London median daily rate £525 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 10
10th Percentile £40.96 £56.99 £18.75
25th Percentile £51.40 £81.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £73.60 £82.50 £50.42
Median % change year-on-year -10.79% +63.63% +6.29%
75th Percentile £80.80 £83.75 -
90th Percentile £82.24 - £53.94
South London median hourly rate £15.84 £23.50 £23.46
% change year-on-year -32.60% +0.17% -50.54%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Kingston Upon Thames

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Kingston Upon Thames.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Kingston Upon Thames

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Kingston Upon Thames.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Kingston Upon Thames

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Kingston Upon Thames

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Kingston Upon Thames region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chessington - 2 - - 2
Surbiton - 1 £135 -
Problem-Solving
South London

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kingston Upon Thames 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
1 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Games
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365 Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Logistics
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Google