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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 5 18
Rank change year-on-year -3 +13 +2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 52 81 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 14.86% 15.23% 9.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.76% 17.80% 10.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 64 60
10th Percentile £203 £185 £200
25th Percentile £208 £363 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.50% -4.76% +0.72%
75th Percentile £571 £575 £575
90th Percentile £676 £625 £677
South East median daily rate £450 £495 £475
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.21% -4.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile £20.16 - -
25th Percentile £24.00 - £62.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £80.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.00% +23.08% +108.67%
75th Percentile - - £67.50
90th Percentile £29.20 - -
South East median hourly rate £16.34 £37.08 £55.00
% change year-on-year -55.95% -32.58% +76.57%

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 330 455 683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 94.29% 85.53% 89.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 328 552
10th Percentile £204 £203 £200
25th Percentile £250 £275 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.35% -11.90% -
75th Percentile £550 £556 £638
90th Percentile £600 £641 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 35 29
10th Percentile £16.49 £12.33 £21.89
25th Percentile £25.15 £30.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.22%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £71.90
90th Percentile - £76.86 £77.67
South East median hourly rate £20.73 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -63.85% +8.21% +75.90%

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
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 21 September 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 21 September 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 21 September 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 +3 15 £550 +685.71% 12
Staines +4 4 £255 +15.91% 2
Redhill +2 4 - - 12
Leatherhead -2 4 £650 +6.12% 12
Woking +7 3 £318 -55.44% 9
Camberley -9 2 £450 +246.15% 5
Epsom -5 1 £500 -23.08% 1
Addlestone - 1 £525 -
Egham - 1 - - 4
Oxted - 1 £250 -
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 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.92%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (21.15%) Azure
2 9 (17.31%) AWS
3 7 (13.46%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.77%) Azure AKS
4 3 (5.77%) Azure Machine Learning
4 3 (5.77%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.77%) GCP
4 3 (5.77%) Google Workspace
5 2 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (3.85%) SaaS
6 1 (1.92%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.92%) CloudFront
6 1 (1.92%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.92%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.62%) FTP
2 4 (7.69%) HTTP
2 4 (7.69%) Wireshark
3 3 (5.77%) Firewall
3 3 (5.77%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.85%) BGP
4 2 (3.85%) IPsec
4 2 (3.85%) Network Security
4 2 (3.85%) OSPF
4 2 (3.85%) SSL
4 2 (3.85%) VLAN
4 2 (3.85%) VPN
5 1 (1.92%) DHCP
5 1 (1.92%) DNS
5 1 (1.92%) Softphone
5 1 (1.92%) Symposium
5 1 (1.92%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.92%) MySQL
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle Database
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle Database 12c
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (1.92%) Power BI
1 1 (1.92%) RDBMS
1 1 (1.92%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Git
2 2 (3.85%) GitLab
2 2 (3.85%) Vite
2 2 (3.85%) webpack
3 1 (1.92%) JIRA
3 1 (1.92%) Toad
3 1 (1.92%) Visual Studio
General
1 34 (65.38%) Social Skills
2 18 (34.62%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.62%) Finance
4 3 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.77%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.85%) Advertising
5 2 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.85%) Local Government
5 2 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Automotive
6 1 (1.92%) Banking
6 1 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (21.15%) Support Engineer
2 9 (17.31%) IT Support
3 8 (15.38%) Developer
4 7 (13.46%) Technical Support
5 6 (11.54%) Analyst
6 5 (9.62%) IT Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) Senior
6 5 (9.62%) Technical Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) Technical Support Engineer
7 4 (7.69%) Architect
7 4 (7.69%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (5.77%) 2nd Line Support
8 3 (5.77%) Android Developer
8 3 (5.77%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (5.77%) Full-Stack Developer
8 3 (5.77%) Principal Developer
8 3 (5.77%) Support Analyst
9 2 (3.85%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.54%) RESTful
2 4 (7.69%) REST
2 4 (7.69%) SOAP
3 3 (5.77%) Material Design
3 3 (5.77%) React
4 2 (3.85%) Node.js
4 2 (3.85%) Redux
5 1 (1.92%) .NET
5 1 (1.92%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.92%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.92%) Blazor
5 1 (1.92%) HTML
5 1 (1.92%) Jest
5 1 (1.92%) Middleware
5 1 (1.92%) OAuth
5 1 (1.92%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (1.92%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 1 (1.92%) Sass
5 1 (1.92%) Smart Contracts
5 1 (1.92%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.77%) Distributed Systems
1 3 (5.77%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (5.77%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.85%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.92%) Blockchain
3 1 (1.92%) CMDB
3 1 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.92%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.92%) Replication
3 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 14 (26.92%) Windows
2 6 (11.54%) Unix
2 6 (11.54%) Windows 10
3 3 (5.77%) Android
3 3 (5.77%) Apple iOS
3 3 (5.77%) Linux
4 1 (1.92%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.92%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (19.23%) CI/CD
2 8 (15.38%) Agile
2 8 (15.38%) ITIL
3 6 (11.54%) Customer Service
3 6 (11.54%) Incident Management
4 5 (9.62%) Continuous Integration
4 5 (9.62%) OO
4 5 (9.62%) OOP
4 5 (9.62%) Time Management
5 4 (7.69%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 4 (7.69%) Escalation Management
5 4 (7.69%) High Availability
5 4 (7.69%) Project Management
5 4 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (7.69%) User Experience
5 4 (7.69%) Validation
6 3 (5.77%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (5.77%) Continuous Delivery
6 3 (5.77%) DevOps
6 3 (5.77%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (19.23%) Java
2 5 (9.62%) Python
3 4 (7.69%) Go
3 4 (7.69%) SQL
4 3 (5.77%) Korn
4 3 (5.77%) Kotlin
4 3 (5.77%) Objective-C
4 3 (5.77%) Swift
5 2 (3.85%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.85%) PL/SQL
5 2 (3.85%) Ruby
6 1 (1.92%) C#
6 1 (1.92%) Perl
6 1 (1.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (11.54%) Degree
2 4 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (7.69%) DBS Check
3 3 (5.77%) A+ Certification
3 3 (5.77%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (5.77%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.77%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.92%) ACCA
4 1 (1.92%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.92%) CCNA
4 1 (1.92%) CIMA
4 1 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.92%) CISSP
4 1 (1.92%) MCP
4 1 (1.92%) MCSE
4 1 (1.92%) OCA
4 1 (1.92%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (1.92%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (3.85%) QA
2 1 (1.92%) GDPR
2 1 (1.92%) ITGC
2 1 (1.92%) PMO
2 1 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.92%) Docker
2 1 (1.92%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.92%) XenApp
2 1 (1.92%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (11.54%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.77%) Terraform
3 2 (3.85%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.92%) CSIRT
4 1 (1.92%) Data Guard
4 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.92%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (1.92%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (1.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.69%) Google
3 3 (5.77%) Apple
3 3 (5.77%) Databricks
3 3 (5.77%) Oracle
4 2 (3.85%) Fortinet
4 2 (3.85%) SAP
5 1 (1.92%) Cisco
5 1 (1.92%) Citrix
5 1 (1.92%) Okta
5 1 (1.92%) Sage
5 1 (1.92%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.92%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.92%) Splunk