Problem-Solving Contracts in Surrey

Problem Solving
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 11 24
Rank change year-on-year +9 +13 -4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 54 57 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 18.12% 9.71% 6.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.22% 11.78% 7.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 41 27
10th Percentile £153 £185 £407
25th Percentile £249 £396 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +1.55%
75th Percentile £525 £619 £650
90th Percentile £594 £650 £720
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 3
10th Percentile £23.00 £27.04 £35.60
25th Percentile £26.50 £27.50 £44.75
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -50.00% +26.32%
75th Percentile - £32.50 £61.88
90th Percentile £30.30 £61.00 £63.00
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £19.38 £56.99
% change year-on-year -2.86% -66.00% +26.63%

All Process and 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 267 484 581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 89.60% 82.45% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 352 436
10th Percentile £188 £213 £198
25th Percentile £280 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% -2.68% +2.75%
75th Percentile £544 £619 £625
90th Percentile £659 £700 £725
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 55 33
10th Percentile £20.63 £11.71 £32.10
25th Percentile £24.18 £13.25 £42.50
Median hourly rate £26.33 £20.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.41% -54.44% +87.50%
75th Percentile £40.98 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £62.50 £76.86 £63.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Surrey

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Surrey

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Surrey over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Surrey

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Surrey

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 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
Guildford +13 14 £540 +237.50% 139
Redhill +12 7 £500 - 8
Reigate +4 7 £500 -12.28% 3
Staines +2 5 - - 7
Camberley -5 5 £156 +20.00% 3
Leatherhead +5 4 £600 -2.04% 19
Weybridge +8 2 £425 +54.55%
Woking 0 1 - - 124
Tadworth - 1 - -
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.56%) IIS
2 2 (3.70%) Apache
2 2 (3.70%) Apache Solr
2 2 (3.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (3.70%) Tomcat
2 2 (3.70%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.85%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.37%) Azure
2 7 (12.96%) AWS
3 6 (11.11%) SaaS
4 5 (9.26%) Entra ID
5 3 (5.56%) Azure AKS
5 3 (5.56%) Azure Machine Learning
5 3 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.70%) GCP
6 2 (3.70%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.85%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.85%) Asana
7 1 (1.85%) Datadog
7 1 (1.85%) Pulumi
7 1 (1.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.56%) Firewall
1 3 (5.56%) Softphone
1 3 (5.56%) TCP/IP
1 3 (5.56%) WAN
2 2 (3.70%) LAN
2 2 (3.70%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (3.70%) VPN
2 2 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.85%) DHCP
3 1 (1.85%) DNS
3 1 (1.85%) Internet
3 1 (1.85%) MPLS
3 1 (1.85%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (5.56%) MySQL
3 2 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.70%) Power BI
3 2 (3.70%) Relational Database
3 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.85%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.85%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.85%) Power Query
4 1 (1.85%) QlikView
4 1 (1.85%) Tableau
4 1 (1.85%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 13 (24.07%) JIRA
2 12 (22.22%) Jenkins
3 10 (18.52%) Git
4 8 (14.81%) TestRail
5 7 (12.96%) Bitbucket
5 7 (12.96%) GoogleTest
5 7 (12.96%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (5.56%) Maven
6 3 (5.56%) Selenium
7 2 (3.70%) Balsamiq
7 2 (3.70%) Cypress.io
7 2 (3.70%) GitLab
7 2 (3.70%) JMeter
7 2 (3.70%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (1.85%) Cucumber
8 1 (1.85%) JUnit
8 1 (1.85%) Mocha
8 1 (1.85%) SpecFlow
General
1 28 (51.85%) Social Skills
2 20 (37.04%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.41%) Finance
4 2 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (3.70%) Korean Language
4 2 (3.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.85%) Electronics
5 1 (1.85%) Local Government
5 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.85%) Marketing
5 1 (1.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (25.93%) Support Engineer
2 10 (18.52%) Senior
3 8 (14.81%) 2nd Line Support
4 7 (12.96%) C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Embedded Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Embedded Linux Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) IT Support
4 7 (12.96%) Linux Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Senior Linux Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Senior Software Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Software Engineer
5 5 (9.26%) IT Engineer
5 5 (9.26%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.41%) React
2 3 (5.56%) .NET
2 3 (5.56%) JSON
2 3 (5.56%) RESTful
2 3 (5.56%) Web Services
2 3 (5.56%) XML
3 2 (3.70%) Ajax
3 2 (3.70%) AngularJS
3 2 (3.70%) Java EE
3 2 (3.70%) JAXB
3 2 (3.70%) JAX-RS
3 2 (3.70%) JAX-WS
3 2 (3.70%) LAMP
3 2 (3.70%) REST
3 2 (3.70%) SOAP
3 2 (3.70%) XSD
3 2 (3.70%) XSL
3 2 (3.70%) XSLT
4 1 (1.85%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (1.85%) Vaadin
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.52%) Data Centre
2 5 (9.26%) Product Ownership
3 3 (5.56%) Public Cloud
4 2 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 13 (24.07%) Windows
2 11 (20.37%) Linux
3 7 (12.96%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (12.96%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.70%) Mac OS
4 2 (3.70%) Unix
5 1 (1.85%) Android
5 1 (1.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (37.04%) Agile
2 14 (25.93%) Computer Science
3 13 (24.07%) Scrum
4 12 (22.22%) Customer Service
4 12 (22.22%) Test Automation
5 11 (20.37%) Continuous Integration
6 10 (18.52%) ITIL
7 8 (14.81%) Clean Code
7 8 (14.81%) Design Patterns
7 8 (14.81%) Time Management
8 7 (12.96%) CI/CD
8 7 (12.96%) Kanban
8 7 (12.96%) Multithreaded Programming
8 7 (12.96%) Multithreading
8 7 (12.96%) OO
8 7 (12.96%) OOD
8 7 (12.96%) Service Delivery
8 7 (12.96%) Software Engineering
8 7 (12.96%) SOLID
8 7 (12.96%) Storyboarding
Programming Languages
1 12 (22.22%) SQL
2 7 (12.96%) C++
3 6 (11.11%) Java
4 5 (9.26%) JavaScript
4 5 (9.26%) PowerShell
5 4 (7.41%) Python
6 3 (5.56%) C#
7 2 (3.70%) PHP
7 2 (3.70%) Shell Script
7 2 (3.70%) T-SQL
7 2 (3.70%) TypeScript
7 2 (3.70%) XPath
8 1 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 21 (38.89%) Degree
2 13 (24.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (14.81%) SC Cleared
3 8 (14.81%) Security Cleared
4 4 (7.41%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (3.70%) A+ Certification
5 2 (3.70%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.70%) PMP
6 1 (1.85%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.85%) CCNA
6 1 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.85%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.85%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.85%) MCSE
6 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.85%) OCP
6 1 (1.85%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (1.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.85%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (24.07%) QA
2 8 (14.81%) SLA
3 1 (1.85%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.85%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 9 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.56%) Docker
3 1 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 4 (7.41%) Terraform
3 2 (3.70%) SCCM
4 1 (1.85%) Ansible
4 1 (1.85%) CSIRT
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.85%) Puppet
Vendors
1 11 (20.37%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.81%) Dell
2 8 (14.81%) Google
3 7 (12.96%) HP
3 7 (12.96%) IBM
4 3 (5.56%) Databricks
4 3 (5.56%) Oracle
5 2 (3.70%) Splunk
5 2 (3.70%) VMware
6 1 (1.85%) Apple
6 1 (1.85%) Cisco
6 1 (1.85%) Citrix
6 1 (1.85%) Okta
6 1 (1.85%) PagerDuty
6 1 (1.85%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.85%) SAP