Problem-Solving Contracts in Staines

Problem Solving
Surrey > Staines

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staines 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 4 6 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 5 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staines 38.46% 15.00% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 41.67% 16.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £675 -
Surrey median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
Surrey median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% -50.00% +26.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Staines

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 Staines.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12 18 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staines 92.31% 90.00% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 23
10th Percentile £247 £205 £174
25th Percentile £273 £500 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £625 £320
Median % change year-on-year -46.40% +95.31% -32.63%
75th Percentile £375 £712 £600
90th Percentile £407 £745 £833
Surrey median daily rate £470 £500 £514
% change year-on-year -6.00% -2.68% +2.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £50.25 -
Surrey median hourly rate £26.33 £20.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +28.41% -54.44% +87.50%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Staines

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Staines

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staines

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Staines.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Staines

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staines

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Staines.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Staines

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staines 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 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (20.00%) MySQL
2 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (20.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (20.00%) Git
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) JMeter
2 1 (20.00%) JUnit
2 1 (20.00%) Selenium
2 1 (20.00%) TestRail
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Automation Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) QA Leader
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Java Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) RESTful
2 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (20.00%) Hibernate
2 1 (20.00%) Java EE
2 1 (20.00%) Java SE
2 1 (20.00%) JSON
2 1 (20.00%) React
2 1 (20.00%) Spring
2 1 (20.00%) Spring Boot
2 1 (20.00%) Struts
2 1 (20.00%) Web Services
2 1 (20.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Microservices
2 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (40.00%) API Design
3 2 (40.00%) Code Quality
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) API Integration
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Clean Code
4 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
4 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (20.00%) SDLC
4 1 (20.00%) Test Management
4 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (20.00%) OCP
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
1 1 (20.00%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle