Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Problem Solving
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 8 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +11
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 96 52 79
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 14.50% 14.77% 15.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.20% 15.66% 17.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 30 62
10th Percentile £190 £203 £178
25th Percentile £301 £208 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £414 £494
Median % change year-on-year +2.72% -16.20% -5.95%
75th Percentile £525 £571 £575
90th Percentile £595 £676 £625
South East median daily rate £478 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +6.22% -7.69% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 1
10th Percentile - £20.16 -
25th Percentile £13.25 £24.00 -
Median hourly rate £16.75 £28.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.18% -65.00% +23.08%
75th Percentile £20.38 - -
90th Percentile £20.69 £29.20 -
South East median hourly rate £21.00 £16.34 £37.08
% change year-on-year +28.56% -55.95% -33.42%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 558 332 448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 84.29% 94.32% 85.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 220 324
10th Percentile £203 £204 £203
25th Percentile £363 £250 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £484 £463
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% +4.70% -11.90%
75th Percentile £571 £550 £553
90th Percentile £631 £602 £646
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £511
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.07% -1.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 36 32
10th Percentile £14.23 £16.49 £13.25
25th Percentile £32.25 £25.15 £30.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £55.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -4.35% +1.78%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £75.00
90th Percentile - - £76.86
South East median hourly rate £50.24 £21.39 £57.35
% change year-on-year +134.89% -62.70% +6.33%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Surrey

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Surrey over the 6 months to 23 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Surrey

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 23 September 2026. 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
Staines +4 34 £425 +66.67% 16
Leatherhead -6 8 £500 -23.08% 6
Weybridge - 5 £140 - 5
Woking -3 4 £200 -37.01% 35
Redhill -1 3 £525 - 16
Egham -4 3 - - 2
Guildford -19 3 £475 -13.64% 41
Oxted +1 1 - -
Reigate - 1 £475 - 5
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 £300 - 7
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 7 (7.29%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.13%) Confluence
4 2 (2.08%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (1.04%) CMS
Applications
1 18 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (15.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.04%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (5.21%) Siebel CRM
2 4 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (3.13%) Primavera
4 2 (2.08%) SAP Business One
4 2 (2.08%) SAP HCM
4 2 (2.08%) Workday HCM
5 1 (1.04%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 24 (25.00%) Azure
2 15 (15.63%) AWS
3 12 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (11.46%) GCP
5 6 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (5.21%) OCI
6 5 (5.21%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (2.08%) SaaS
7 2 (2.08%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (1.04%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.04%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.04%) Datadog
8 1 (1.04%) Dialogflow
8 1 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.04%) Google Docs
8 1 (1.04%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.04%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.04%) Route 53
8 1 (1.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.13%) Network Security
2 2 (2.08%) DHCP
2 2 (2.08%) DNS
2 2 (2.08%) Firewall
2 2 (2.08%) Intranet
2 2 (2.08%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.04%) DNSSEC
3 1 (1.04%) VPN
3 1 (1.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.50%) Relational Database
2 10 (10.42%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (5.21%) MySQL
4 4 (4.17%) Power BI
4 4 (4.17%) SQL Server
5 3 (3.13%) Siebel EIM
6 2 (2.08%) MariaDB
6 2 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.04%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.04%) Db2
7 1 (1.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (9.38%) Git
2 4 (4.17%) JIRA
3 2 (2.08%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (2.08%) Firebug
4 1 (1.04%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.04%) Gatling
4 1 (1.04%) JMeter
4 1 (1.04%) LoadRunner
General
1 65 (67.71%) Social Skills
2 34 (35.42%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (30.21%) Public Sector
4 26 (27.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (11.46%) Finance
6 8 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (7.29%) Manufacturing
8 6 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (5.21%) Arabic Language
9 5 (5.21%) French Language
10 3 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.04%) Automotive
11 1 (1.04%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (1.04%) Local Government
11 1 (1.04%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (14.58%) Analyst
2 12 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 11 (11.46%) Lead
3 11 (11.46%) Senior
4 8 (8.33%) Consultant
5 7 (7.29%) Technical Leader
6 6 (6.25%) Developer
6 6 (6.25%) IT Support
7 5 (5.21%) Administrator
7 5 (5.21%) Business Analyst
7 5 (5.21%) IT Engineer
7 5 (5.21%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (5.21%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (5.21%) Siebel Developer
7 5 (5.21%) Technical Support
8 4 (4.17%) Azure Engineer
8 4 (4.17%) Senior Account Manager
8 4 (4.17%) Senior Business Analyst
8 4 (4.17%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (4.17%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (10.42%) CSS
1 10 (10.42%) HTML
2 8 (8.33%) React
3 7 (7.29%) Django
3 7 (7.29%) OAuth
3 7 (7.29%) OAuth2
3 7 (7.29%) OpenID
3 7 (7.29%) RESTful
4 6 (6.25%) Terraform
5 4 (4.17%) ARM Templates
6 2 (2.08%) .NET
6 2 (2.08%) REST
6 2 (2.08%) XML
7 1 (1.04%) .NET Framework
7 1 (1.04%) CSS3
7 1 (1.04%) Gherkin
7 1 (1.04%) HTML5
7 1 (1.04%) JSON
7 1 (1.04%) Middleware
7 1 (1.04%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.46%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (10.42%) Onboarding
3 6 (6.25%) Product Ownership
4 5 (5.21%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.08%) AI Agents
6 2 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.04%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.04%) iPad
7 1 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (13.54%) Windows
2 2 (2.08%) Linux
2 2 (2.08%) Unix
3 1 (1.04%) Android
3 1 (1.04%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.04%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.04%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (28.13%) Agile
2 21 (21.88%) Computer Science
2 21 (21.88%) Continuous Improvement
2 21 (21.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (20.83%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 19 (19.79%) Mentoring
5 18 (18.75%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 17 (17.71%) CI/CD
7 16 (16.67%) Decision-Making
7 16 (16.67%) DevOps
8 13 (13.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 12 (12.50%) AI
9 12 (12.50%) Analytics
9 12 (12.50%) Containerisation
10 11 (11.46%) Customer Service
11 10 (10.42%) ITIL
12 9 (9.38%) ERP
12 9 (9.38%) Microservices
12 9 (9.38%) Project Management
12 9 (9.38%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.58%) SQL
2 13 (13.54%) JavaScript
2 13 (13.54%) Python
3 4 (4.17%) Java
4 2 (2.08%) Bash
4 2 (2.08%) Perl
4 2 (2.08%) PL/SQL
4 2 (2.08%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.08%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.04%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 31 (32.29%) Degree
2 16 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 13 (13.54%) SC Cleared
4 9 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (8.33%) Master's Degree
6 6 (6.25%) Azure Certification
7 3 (3.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (2.08%) ACCA
8 2 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (2.08%) CIMA
8 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.04%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.04%) ISTQB
9 1 (1.04%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (16.67%) QA
2 8 (8.33%) Accessibility
3 4 (4.17%) Data Quality
4 3 (3.13%) GDPR
4 3 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 2 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.04%) IFRS
6 1 (1.04%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (13.54%) Docker
2 4 (4.17%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.04%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.04%) Grafana
Vendors
1 37 (38.54%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 9 (9.38%) Oracle
4 5 (5.21%) SAP
4 5 (5.21%) Siebel
5 3 (3.13%) Google
6 2 (2.08%) Adaptive Insights
6 2 (2.08%) Workday
7 1 (1.04%) AppDynamics
7 1 (1.04%) Apple
7 1 (1.04%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.04%) Foundry
7 1 (1.04%) Guidewire
7 1 (1.04%) Infoblox
7 1 (1.04%) Informatica
7 1 (1.04%) VMware