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 10 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
10 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 4 17
Rank change year-on-year -2 +13 +6
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 53 83 64
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 14.10% 18.24% 8.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.14% 20.75% 9.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 56 48
10th Percentile £204 £183 £200
25th Percentile £213 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £494 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.86% -5.95% +0.72%
75th Percentile £575 £541 £593
90th Percentile £678 £588 £679
South East median daily rate £461 £490 £450
% change year-on-year -5.92% +8.89% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £18.88 - -
25th Percentile £20.80 - £62.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 - £65.00
75th Percentile £27.00 - £67.50
90th Percentile £28.80 - -
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £28.50 £51.06
% change year-on-year -33.96% -44.18% +63.90%

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 350 400 662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 93.09% 87.91% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 277 523
10th Percentile £204 £203 £195
25th Percentile £226 £263 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -19.05% -
75th Percentile £551 £538 £600
90th Percentile £674 £600 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 19 37
10th Percentile £24.00 £18.89 £20.54
25th Percentile £27.50 £24.18 £44.60
Median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £61.63
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% -51.32% +36.96%
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.95 £76.53
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.84
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £57.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -63.98% +9.52% +24.56%

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 10 November 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Surrey

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Surrey over the 6 months to 10 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 10 November 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 -1 9 £550 +685.71% 24
Staines +6 7 £438 +98.86% 5
Redhill -2 4 - - 12
Woking +6 3 £318 -55.44% 6
Camberley -5 2 £450 +184.81% 2
Leatherhead - 2 £650 - 4
Egham +2 1 - - 6
Weybridge +2 1 £475 -9.52% 3
Epsom -5 1 £500 -23.08% 5
Oxted - 1 £250 -
Addlestone - 1 £525 - 1
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 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.89%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (7.55%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.89%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (24.53%) AWS
1 13 (24.53%) Azure
2 4 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.66%) GCP
3 3 (5.66%) Google Workspace
3 3 (5.66%) Power Platform
3 3 (5.66%) Tricentis Tosca
4 2 (3.77%) Amazon S3
4 2 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.77%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (3.77%) CloudFront
4 2 (3.77%) SaaS
5 1 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.89%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.43%) HTTP
2 4 (7.55%) FTP
2 4 (7.55%) Wireshark
3 2 (3.77%) BGP
3 2 (3.77%) Firewall
3 2 (3.77%) IPsec
3 2 (3.77%) Network Security
3 2 (3.77%) OSPF
3 2 (3.77%) SSL
3 2 (3.77%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.77%) VLAN
3 2 (3.77%) VPN
4 1 (1.89%) Symposium
4 1 (1.89%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.66%) Power BI
2 2 (3.77%) RDBMS
2 2 (3.77%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.89%) Metadata
3 1 (1.89%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.89%) MySQL
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle Database 12c
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (9.43%) GitLab
2 4 (7.55%) JIRA
3 3 (5.66%) Git
4 2 (3.77%) Visual Studio
4 2 (3.77%) Vite
4 2 (3.77%) webpack
5 1 (1.89%) Postman
5 1 (1.89%) SoapUI
5 1 (1.89%) Toad
General
1 35 (66.04%) Social Skills
2 24 (45.28%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.43%) Finance
4 3 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.66%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (5.66%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.77%) Advertising
6 1 (1.89%) Automotive
6 1 (1.89%) Banking
6 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Local Government
6 1 (1.89%) Marketing
6 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (16.98%) Developer
1 9 (16.98%) Support Engineer
2 8 (15.09%) Analyst
2 8 (15.09%) IT Support
3 7 (13.21%) Lead
4 6 (11.32%) Technical Support
5 5 (9.43%) Technical Engineer
5 5 (9.43%) Technical Support Engineer
6 4 (7.55%) Automation Engineer
6 4 (7.55%) IT Engineer
6 4 (7.55%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (7.55%) Senior
7 3 (5.66%) Android Developer
7 3 (5.66%) Data Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) Full-Stack Developer
7 3 (5.66%) Principal Developer
7 3 (5.66%) QA Engineer
7 3 (5.66%) Support Analyst
8 2 (3.77%) Senior Developer
8 2 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.32%) REST
1 6 (11.32%) RESTful
2 5 (9.43%) SOAP
3 4 (7.55%) React
3 4 (7.55%) Web Services
4 3 (5.66%) Material Design
4 3 (5.66%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (3.77%) AngularJS
5 2 (3.77%) CSS
5 2 (3.77%) HTML
5 2 (3.77%) Jest
5 2 (3.77%) Node.js
5 2 (3.77%) Redux
5 2 (3.77%) Sass
6 1 (1.89%) .NET
6 1 (1.89%) .NET Core
6 1 (1.89%) Blazor
6 1 (1.89%) PySpark
6 1 (1.89%) Smart Contracts
6 1 (1.89%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.66%) Distributed Systems
1 3 (5.66%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (5.66%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.77%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.89%) Blockchain
3 1 (1.89%) CMDB
3 1 (1.89%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.89%) Replication
3 1 (1.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (1.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (20.75%) Windows
2 6 (11.32%) Unix
3 3 (5.66%) Android
3 3 (5.66%) Apple iOS
3 3 (5.66%) Linux
3 3 (5.66%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (24.53%) CI/CD
2 10 (18.87%) Agile
2 10 (18.87%) DevOps
3 7 (13.21%) ERP
3 7 (13.21%) User Experience
4 6 (11.32%) Computer Science
4 6 (11.32%) Time Management
4 6 (11.32%) Validation
5 5 (9.43%) Acceptance Criteria
5 5 (9.43%) Analytics
5 5 (9.43%) Continuous Integration
5 5 (9.43%) Customer Service
5 5 (9.43%) ITIL
5 5 (9.43%) OO
5 5 (9.43%) OOP
6 4 (7.55%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 4 (7.55%) Decision-Making
6 4 (7.55%) Escalation Management
6 4 (7.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (7.55%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 10 (18.87%) Java
2 8 (15.09%) SQL
3 7 (13.21%) Python
4 4 (7.55%) Go
4 4 (7.55%) PL/SQL
5 3 (5.66%) JavaScript
5 3 (5.66%) Korn
5 3 (5.66%) Kotlin
5 3 (5.66%) Objective-C
5 3 (5.66%) Swift
6 2 (3.77%) Ruby
6 2 (3.77%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.89%) C#
7 1 (1.89%) Perl
Qualifications
1 8 (15.09%) Degree
2 6 (11.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (7.55%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.55%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.66%) OCA
4 3 (5.66%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (3.77%) A+ Certification
5 2 (3.77%) DBS Check
5 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.89%) ACCA
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.89%) CIMA
6 1 (1.89%) CISSP
6 1 (1.89%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.89%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) QA
2 3 (5.66%) GDPR
3 1 (1.89%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.89%) ITGC
3 1 (1.89%) PMO
3 1 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (7.55%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.77%) Docker
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (7.55%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.77%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.89%) Data Guard
3 1 (1.89%) Kibana
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 11 (20.75%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.32%) Oracle
2 6 (11.32%) SAP
3 4 (7.55%) Google
4 3 (5.66%) Apple
4 3 (5.66%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.77%) Fortinet
5 2 (3.77%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.89%) Okta
6 1 (1.89%) RedGate
6 1 (1.89%) Sage
6 1 (1.89%) Splunk
128 Problem-Solving jobs in Surrey