Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Kingston Upon Thames

Problem Solving
South London > Kingston Upon Thames

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 9 6
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 +6
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 6 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Kingston Upon Thames 19.35% 4.35% 15.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 27.27% 8.33% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £348 - -
25th Percentile £475 £283 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £285 -
Median % change year-on-year +75.44% - -
75th Percentile £525 £288 -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £500 £579 £463
% change year-on-year -13.64% +25.12% -8.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £62.58
90th Percentile - - £68.80
South London median hourly rate - £19.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - -64.55% -

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 22 12 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 70.97% 52.17% 82.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 15
10th Percentile £163 £160 £130
25th Percentile £266 £181 £246
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £200 £450
Median % change year-on-year +83.75% -55.56% -6.49%
75th Percentile £519 £353 £494
90th Percentile £525 £581 £605
South London median daily rate £510 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -5.20% +7.60% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 15
10th Percentile £17.98 - £17.68
25th Percentile £27.08 £68.80 £35.41
Median hourly rate £62.37 £73.60 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.26% +33.82% +24.69%
75th Percentile £66.50 £78.40 £60.05
90th Percentile - - £70.50
South London median hourly rate £62.37 £19.50 £46.86
% change year-on-year +219.83% -58.39% +6.23%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Kingston Upon Thames

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Kingston Upon Thames over the 6 months to 1 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Kingston Upon Thames

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing Problem-Solving

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 December 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
New Malden - 3 £500 - 1
Surbiton - 1 £275 -
Problem-Solving
South London

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kingston Upon Thames 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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
1 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Games
3 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
1 1 (16.67%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (16.67%) Support Specialist
1 1 (16.67%) Technical Specialist
1 1 (16.67%) Technical Support
1 1 (16.67%) Technical Support Specialist
1 1 (16.67%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
1 1 (16.67%) AngularJS
1 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
1 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (16.67%) Entity Framework
1 1 (16.67%) React
1 1 (16.67%) REST
1 1 (16.67%) RESTful
1 1 (16.67%) Vue
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (50.00%) Test Management
2 3 (50.00%) Validation
2 3 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
2 3 (50.00%) Workload Management
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Clean Code
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) SOLID
3 1 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C#
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) EMC Certification
2 3 (50.00%) HNC
2 3 (50.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Def Stans
1 3 (50.00%) IEC 61508
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) EMC
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Google