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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 3 19
Rank change year-on-year -8 +16 +6
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 49 91 59
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 12.41% 19.53% 8.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.57% 21.88% 9.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 59 44
10th Percentile £204 £152 £200
25th Percentile £233 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.08%
75th Percentile £563 £541 £575
90th Percentile £678 £651 £618
South East median daily rate £463 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -7.50% +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £18.24 - -
25th Percentile £19.20 - £62.50
Median hourly rate £20.80 - £65.00
75th Percentile £22.40 - £67.50
90th Percentile £23.36 - -
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £27.00 £48.40
% change year-on-year -30.30% -44.21% +41.90%

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 361 416 620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 91.39% 89.27% 89.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 291 487
10th Percentile £204 £203 £195
25th Percentile £247 £263 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £463 £515
Median % change year-on-year +5.14% -10.19% -1.90%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £678 £650 £677
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 15 36
10th Percentile £25.15 £16.07 £19.87
25th Percentile £28.25 - £44.07
Median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £61.63
Median % change year-on-year +127.46% -60.77% +36.96%
75th Percentile £57.50 £41.50 £76.53
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.76 £77.93
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £54.68 £52.50
% change year-on-year -59.77% +4.15% +20.69%

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 1 December 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
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 December 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
Staines +9 10 £500 +127.27% 4
Guildford -2 7 £550 +685.71% 17
Woking +4 3 £318 -55.44% 3
Leatherhead +2 2 £650 -3.70% 2
Redhill -4 2 - - 9
Camberley -7 2 £450 +184.81% 6
Egham +1 1 - - 7
Weybridge +1 1 £475 -5.00%
Epsom -5 1 £500 -23.08% 1
Oxted - 1 £250 -
Addlestone - 1 £525 - 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 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.04%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (8.16%) SAP ERP
2 1 (2.04%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (24.49%) AWS
1 12 (24.49%) Azure
2 6 (12.24%) Tricentis Tosca
3 3 (6.12%) GCP
3 3 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.12%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.08%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (4.08%) SaaS
5 1 (2.04%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (2.04%) CloudFront
5 1 (2.04%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.04%) OCI
5 1 (2.04%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.20%) HTTP
2 4 (8.16%) FTP
2 4 (8.16%) Wireshark
3 2 (4.08%) BGP
3 2 (4.08%) Firewall
3 2 (4.08%) IPsec
3 2 (4.08%) Network Security
3 2 (4.08%) OSPF
3 2 (4.08%) SSL
3 2 (4.08%) TCP/IP
3 2 (4.08%) VLAN
3 2 (4.08%) VPN
4 1 (2.04%) Symposium
4 1 (2.04%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) Power BI
2 2 (4.08%) RDBMS
2 2 (4.08%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.04%) Metadata
3 1 (2.04%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.04%) MySQL
3 1 (2.04%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.04%) Oracle Database 12c
3 1 (2.04%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (14.29%) GitLab
1 7 (14.29%) JIRA
2 3 (6.12%) Git
3 2 (4.08%) Vite
3 2 (4.08%) webpack
4 1 (2.04%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.04%) Postman
4 1 (2.04%) SoapUI
4 1 (2.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (59.18%) Social Skills
2 23 (46.94%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.20%) Finance
4 3 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (6.12%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.08%) Advertising
5 2 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.04%) Automotive
6 1 (2.04%) Banking
6 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Local Government
6 1 (2.04%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (16.33%) Developer
2 7 (14.29%) Analyst
2 7 (14.29%) Lead
3 6 (12.24%) QA Engineer
3 6 (12.24%) Support Engineer
3 6 (12.24%) Technical Support
4 5 (10.20%) IT Support
4 5 (10.20%) Technical Engineer
4 5 (10.20%) Technical Support Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Automation Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Senior
6 3 (6.12%) Android Developer
6 3 (6.12%) Data Analyst
6 3 (6.12%) Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (6.12%) Principal Developer
6 3 (6.12%) QA Leader
7 2 (4.08%) Applications Support
7 2 (4.08%) Senior QA Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.08%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.24%) Oracle Fusion
1 6 (12.24%) REST
1 6 (12.24%) RESTful
2 5 (10.20%) SOAP
3 4 (8.16%) Web Services
4 3 (6.12%) Material Design
4 3 (6.12%) React
5 2 (4.08%) Node.js
5 2 (4.08%) Redux
6 1 (2.04%) .NET Core
6 1 (2.04%) ADO
6 1 (2.04%) AngularJS
6 1 (2.04%) Jest
6 1 (2.04%) OAuth
6 1 (2.04%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (2.04%) PySpark
6 1 (2.04%) Sass
6 1 (2.04%) Smart Contracts
6 1 (2.04%) WebAssembly
6 1 (2.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Synthetic Data
2 3 (6.12%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (6.12%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (6.12%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.04%) Blockchain
3 1 (2.04%) CMDB
3 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.04%) Replication
3 1 (2.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (2.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.33%) Windows
2 6 (12.24%) Unix
3 3 (6.12%) Android
3 3 (6.12%) Apple iOS
3 3 (6.12%) Linux
4 2 (4.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (30.61%) CI/CD
2 12 (24.49%) Agile
2 12 (24.49%) DevOps
3 10 (20.41%) ERP
3 10 (20.41%) User Experience
4 8 (16.33%) Validation
5 7 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
5 7 (14.29%) Test Planning
6 6 (12.24%) Computer Science
6 6 (12.24%) Data Management
6 6 (12.24%) Data Privacy
6 6 (12.24%) Data Strategy
6 6 (12.24%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 6 (12.24%) QA Automation
6 6 (12.24%) Test Automation
6 6 (12.24%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 5 (10.20%) Continuous Integration
7 5 (10.20%) OO
7 5 (10.20%) OOP
7 5 (10.20%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.41%) Java
1 10 (20.41%) SQL
2 7 (14.29%) PL/SQL
2 7 (14.29%) Python
3 4 (8.16%) Go
4 3 (6.12%) Kotlin
4 3 (6.12%) Objective-C
4 3 (6.12%) Swift
5 2 (4.08%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.08%) Ruby
6 1 (2.04%) C#
6 1 (2.04%) Korn
6 1 (2.04%) Perl
6 1 (2.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (16.33%) Degree
2 6 (12.24%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (12.24%) OCA
2 6 (12.24%) Oracle Certification
3 4 (8.16%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.16%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.08%) A+ Certification
4 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.04%) ACCA
5 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.04%) CIMA
5 1 (2.04%) CISSP
5 1 (2.04%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.04%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.29%) QA
2 6 (12.24%) GDPR
3 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.04%) ITGC
3 1 (2.04%) PMO
3 1 (2.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.04%) Docker
2 1 (2.04%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (6.12%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.08%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.04%) Data Guard
3 1 (2.04%) Kibana
3 1 (2.04%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (2.04%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 9 (18.37%) Microsoft
1 9 (18.37%) Oracle
2 6 (12.24%) SAP
3 3 (6.12%) Apple
3 3 (6.12%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.08%) Fortinet
4 2 (4.08%) Google
4 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.04%) Okta
5 1 (2.04%) RedGate
5 1 (2.04%) Sage
5 1 (2.04%) Splunk