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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 10 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 +7
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 89 46 78
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 14.74% 13.45% 13.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.05% 14.24% 15.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 24 64
10th Percentile £190 £204 £222
25th Percentile £303 £247 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £456
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +4.11% -13.10%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £575
90th Percentile £619 £684 £623
South East median daily rate £480 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 2
10th Percentile - £26.00 £32.06
25th Percentile £13.25 - £40.05
Median hourly rate £13.50 £28.00 £53.37
Median % change year-on-year -51.79% -47.53% -14.62%
75th Percentile £20.38 - £66.68
90th Percentile £20.75 £29.00 £74.67
South East median hourly rate £21.35 £18.82 £36.17
% change year-on-year +13.44% -47.96% -37.10%

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 522 323 488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 86.42% 94.44% 84.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 218 354
10th Percentile £200 £204 £203
25th Percentile £363 £275 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £561
90th Percentile £637 £600 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +0.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 35 49
10th Percentile £16.33 £18.83 £11.71
25th Percentile £45.75 £26.58 £18.35
Median hourly rate £67.47 £52.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.51% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £71.90
90th Percentile £78.75 £60.50 £76.86
South East median hourly rate £54.50 £24.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +127.08% -58.15% +14.70%

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 24 August 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 24 August 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 +5 32 £425 +214.81% 4
Leatherhead -4 7 £500 -23.08% 2
Woking 0 5 £399 +25.67% 11
Weybridge - 3 - - 1
Egham - 3 - - 2
Guildford -23 2 - - 12
Oxted +1 1 - -
Redhill -2 1 £525 - 14
Reigate - 1 £475 - 6
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 £300 - 2
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 (7.87%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.25%) Confluence
3 2 (2.25%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (1.12%) CMS
Applications
1 18 (20.22%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (14.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (8.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.12%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (5.62%) Siebel CRM
2 4 (4.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (3.37%) Primavera
4 2 (2.25%) SAP Business One
4 2 (2.25%) SAP HCM
4 2 (2.25%) Workday HCM
5 1 (1.12%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (1.12%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 23 (25.84%) Azure
2 15 (16.85%) AWS
3 11 (12.36%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (11.24%) GCP
5 5 (5.62%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (5.62%) OCI
6 4 (4.49%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.25%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (2.25%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (2.25%) SaaS
7 2 (2.25%) Serverless
7 2 (2.25%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (1.12%) Amazon SQS
8 1 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.12%) Datadog
8 1 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.12%) Google Docs
8 1 (1.12%) Google Sheets
8 1 (1.12%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.12%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.37%) Network Security
2 2 (2.25%) DHCP
2 2 (2.25%) DNS
2 2 (2.25%) Firewall
2 2 (2.25%) Intranet
2 2 (2.25%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.12%) DNSSEC
3 1 (1.12%) VPN
3 1 (1.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (13.48%) Relational Database
2 10 (11.24%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (5.62%) MySQL
4 4 (4.49%) SQL Server
5 3 (3.37%) Power BI
5 3 (3.37%) Siebel EIM
6 2 (2.25%) MariaDB
6 2 (2.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.12%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.12%) Db2
7 1 (1.12%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (10.11%) Git
2 3 (3.37%) JIRA
3 2 (2.25%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (2.25%) Firebug
General
1 61 (68.54%) Social Skills
2 30 (33.71%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (30.34%) Public Sector
4 24 (26.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (12.36%) Finance
6 7 (7.87%) Manufacturing
7 6 (6.74%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (6.74%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (5.62%) Arabic Language
8 5 (5.62%) French Language
9 3 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (13.48%) Support Engineer
2 11 (12.36%) Analyst
3 10 (11.24%) Consultant
3 10 (11.24%) Lead
4 8 (8.99%) Senior
5 7 (7.87%) Technical Leader
6 6 (6.74%) Developer
7 5 (5.62%) IT Engineer
7 5 (5.62%) IT Support
7 5 (5.62%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (5.62%) Siebel Developer
7 5 (5.62%) Technical Support
8 4 (4.49%) Administrator
8 4 (4.49%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Azure Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) DevOps Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Escalation Manager
8 4 (4.49%) Senior Account Manager
8 4 (4.49%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (11.24%) CSS
1 10 (11.24%) HTML
2 8 (8.99%) React
3 7 (7.87%) Django
3 7 (7.87%) OAuth
3 7 (7.87%) OAuth2
3 7 (7.87%) OpenID
3 7 (7.87%) RESTful
3 7 (7.87%) Terraform
4 4 (4.49%) ARM Templates
5 3 (3.37%) .NET
6 2 (2.25%) REST
6 2 (2.25%) XML
7 1 (1.12%) .NET Framework
7 1 (1.12%) AngularJS
7 1 (1.12%) CSS3
7 1 (1.12%) HTML5
7 1 (1.12%) JSON
7 1 (1.12%) Node.js
7 1 (1.12%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.36%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (10.11%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.62%) Cloud Native
4 4 (4.49%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.25%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.25%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.25%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.12%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.12%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.12%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.12%) iPad
6 1 (1.12%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.12%) Robotics
6 1 (1.12%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (13.48%) Windows
2 2 (2.25%) Linux
2 2 (2.25%) Unix
3 1 (1.12%) Android
3 1 (1.12%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.12%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (26.97%) Agile
2 21 (23.60%) Computer Science
3 19 (21.35%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (20.22%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 18 (20.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (20.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 17 (19.10%) Mentoring
6 15 (16.85%) CI/CD
6 15 (16.85%) Decision-Making
6 15 (16.85%) DevOps
7 12 (13.48%) Containerisation
7 12 (13.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (12.36%) AI
8 11 (12.36%) Analytics
9 9 (10.11%) Customer Service
9 9 (10.11%) ITIL
9 9 (10.11%) Microservices
9 9 (10.11%) Technical Leadership
9 9 (10.11%) Test Automation
10 8 (8.99%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 15 (16.85%) JavaScript
1 15 (16.85%) SQL
2 14 (15.73%) Python
3 6 (6.74%) Java
4 3 (3.37%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.25%) Bash
5 2 (2.25%) C#
5 2 (2.25%) Perl
5 2 (2.25%) PL/SQL
5 2 (2.25%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.12%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 28 (31.46%) Degree
2 15 (16.85%) Security Cleared
3 12 (13.48%) SC Cleared
4 9 (10.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (7.87%) Master's Degree
6 6 (6.74%) Azure Certification
7 3 (3.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (2.25%) ACCA
8 2 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (2.25%) CIMA
8 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.12%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.73%) QA
2 7 (7.87%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.37%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 2 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.12%) GDPR
5 1 (1.12%) IFRS
5 1 (1.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (14.61%) Docker
2 4 (4.49%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.12%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (13.48%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.12%) Grafana
Vendors
1 34 (38.20%) Microsoft
2 13 (14.61%) ServiceNow
3 9 (10.11%) Oracle
4 5 (5.62%) SAP
4 5 (5.62%) Siebel
5 3 (3.37%) Google
6 2 (2.25%) Adaptive Insights
6 2 (2.25%) Blue Prism
6 2 (2.25%) Workday
7 1 (1.12%) AppDynamics
7 1 (1.12%) Apple
7 1 (1.12%) Automation Anywhere
7 1 (1.12%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.12%) Foundry
7 1 (1.12%) Guidewire
7 1 (1.12%) Infoblox
7 1 (1.12%) Remedy
7 1 (1.12%) UiPath
7 1 (1.12%) VMware