Problem-Solving Contracts in Surrey

Problem Solving
South East > Surrey

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 24 18
Rank change year-on-year +15 -6 +6
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 59 47 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 9.97% 6.83% 9.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.11% 7.95% 10.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 28 59
10th Percentile £188 £374 £210
25th Percentile £396 £444 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £517
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +1.55% +9.42%
75th Percentile £619 £594 £581
90th Percentile £645 £700 £638
South East median daily rate £475 £524 £475
% change year-on-year -9.39% +10.37% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 4
10th Percentile £27.04 £35.60 £41.00
25th Percentile £27.50 £44.75 £44.38
Median hourly rate £30.00 £60.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +26.32% +46.15%
75th Percentile £32.50 £61.88 £52.75
90th Percentile £61.00 £63.00 £59.95
South East median hourly rate £19.38 £56.99 £47.50
% change year-on-year -66.00% +19.97% +167.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Surrey

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 487 591 801
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 82.26% 85.90% 90.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 449 561
10th Percentile £213 £199 £210
25th Percentile £365 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £501
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +1.40% +5.37%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £612
90th Percentile £700 £740 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 32 21
10th Percentile £11.71 £30.80 £17.54
25th Percentile £13.25 £42.50 £19.50
Median hourly rate £20.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.44% +87.50% -44.19%
75th Percentile £57.50 £60.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £63.63 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%

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 4 May 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Surrey

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Surrey over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024. 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
Leatherhead -2 8 £613 - 12
Redhill - 7 £500 - 7
Sunbury-on-Thames +15 6 £730 +39.05% 1
Reigate -6 4 £570 - 2
Staines - 3 £675 - 11
Chertsey - 3 £190 - 4
Warlingham - 3 - -
Horley - 3 £513 - 2
Guildford -5 2 £160 -69.38% 19
Dorking - 2 - - 2
Woking +6 1 - - 14
Camberley - 1 £130 - 5
Weybridge - 1 £275 - 1
Epsom - 1 £450 - 7
Esher - 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 2 (3.39%) IBM Domino
1 2 (3.39%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.69%) CMS
2 1 (1.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.69%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.64%) Azure
2 5 (8.47%) AWS
2 5 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.39%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.39%) Nutanix
4 1 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.69%) IBM Cloud
4 1 (1.69%) Mimecast
4 1 (1.69%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.69%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.69%) SaaS
4 1 (1.69%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.08%) Internet
1 3 (5.08%) Network Security
2 2 (3.39%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (3.39%) Firewall
2 2 (3.39%) SAN
2 2 (3.39%) VSAN
2 2 (3.39%) Wireless
3 1 (1.69%) NFC
3 1 (1.69%) PPP
3 1 (1.69%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (1.69%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.47%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.69%) IDMS
2 1 (1.69%) Power BI
2 1 (1.69%) Power Query
2 1 (1.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (16.95%) Git
2 8 (13.56%) Jenkins
3 7 (11.86%) Visual Studio
4 2 (3.39%) JIRA
5 1 (1.69%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.69%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.69%) GoogleTest
5 1 (1.69%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (1.69%) TestRail
5 1 (1.69%) Valgrind
General
1 32 (54.24%) Social Skills
2 23 (38.98%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (11.86%) Finance
4 6 (10.17%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (10.17%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (8.47%) Legal
6 4 (6.78%) Billing
7 3 (5.08%) Electronics
7 3 (5.08%) Law
8 2 (3.39%) Back Office
8 2 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (3.39%) Retail
9 1 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.69%) Local Government
9 1 (1.69%) Marketing
9 1 (1.69%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.69%) Publishing
9 1 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (20.34%) Developer
2 8 (13.56%) Analyst
3 6 (10.17%) Architect
3 6 (10.17%) Network Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) Project Manager
4 5 (8.47%) Senior
5 4 (6.78%) C Developer
5 4 (6.78%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (6.78%) Support Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Cloud Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) IT Support
6 3 (5.08%) Machine Learning Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Migration Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Systems Analyst
7 2 (3.39%) Embedded Linux Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) IT Analyst
7 2 (3.39%) IT Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (3.39%) Python Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) Senior VMware Architect
7 2 (3.39%) Windows Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.56%) .NET
2 6 (10.17%) ASP.NET
3 4 (6.78%) JSON
3 4 (6.78%) REST
3 4 (6.78%) XML
4 3 (5.08%) PyTorch
4 3 (5.08%) SOAP
4 3 (5.08%) TensorFlow
5 2 (3.39%) DirectX
5 2 (3.39%) OpenGL
5 2 (3.39%) OpenGL ES
5 2 (3.39%) Vulkan
5 2 (3.39%) Web Services
6 1 (1.69%) OpenAPI
6 1 (1.69%) Swagger
6 1 (1.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.47%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.78%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.08%) Photography
4 2 (3.39%) Algorithms
4 2 (3.39%) NHS
5 1 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.69%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.69%) FMCG
5 1 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.69%) Life Science
5 1 (1.69%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.69%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.69%) Smartcard
5 1 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (25.42%) Linux
2 14 (23.73%) Windows
3 9 (15.25%) Unix
4 6 (10.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (6.78%) Android
5 4 (6.78%) Windows Server
6 3 (5.08%) Windows 10
7 2 (3.39%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (3.39%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.69%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.69%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (20.34%) Agile
2 11 (18.64%) Computer Science
3 10 (16.95%) Project Management
4 9 (15.25%) Decision-Making
4 9 (15.25%) Migration
5 7 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (11.86%) Project Delivery
6 6 (10.17%) Deployment Automation
6 6 (10.17%) Software Engineering
7 5 (8.47%) Customer Service
7 5 (8.47%) Requirements Gathering
7 5 (8.47%) Workflow
8 4 (6.78%) Capacity Planning
8 4 (6.78%) Data Security
8 4 (6.78%) OO
8 4 (6.78%) Performance Improvement
8 4 (6.78%) Programme Management
8 4 (6.78%) Reverse Engineering
8 4 (6.78%) Roadmaps
8 4 (6.78%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 13 (22.03%) SQL
2 10 (16.95%) C#
3 8 (13.56%) PowerShell
3 8 (13.56%) Python
4 7 (11.86%) PL/SQL
5 6 (10.17%) C
5 6 (10.17%) ProC
6 5 (8.47%) Bash
6 5 (8.47%) C++
7 4 (6.78%) Shell Script
8 3 (5.08%) Java
9 1 (1.69%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.69%) Perl
9 1 (1.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (44.07%) Degree
2 11 (18.64%) Master's Degree
3 7 (11.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (11.86%) Security Cleared
4 6 (10.17%) SC Cleared
5 4 (6.78%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (6.78%) PhD
6 3 (5.08%) CCNP
6 3 (5.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (3.39%) RHCSA
8 1 (1.69%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.69%) CCIE
8 1 (1.69%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.69%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.69%) MCITP
8 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.69%) PMP
8 1 (1.69%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.08%) PMO
2 2 (3.39%) GDPR
2 2 (3.39%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.69%) GxP
3 1 (1.69%) HL7
3 1 (1.69%) QA
3 1 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (10.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.39%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.39%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.39%) KVM
2 2 (3.39%) VMware NSX
2 2 (3.39%) vSphere
3 1 (1.69%) Terminal Services
3 1 (1.69%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (10.17%) Ansible
2 1 (1.69%) AppManager
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (16.95%) Oracle
2 6 (10.17%) VMware
3 5 (8.47%) Microsoft
4 4 (6.78%) Cisco
5 3 (5.08%) Salesforce
6 2 (3.39%) Extreme Networks
6 2 (3.39%) F5
6 2 (3.39%) Fortinet
6 2 (3.39%) JDA
6 2 (3.39%) SAP
7 1 (1.69%) Ariba
7 1 (1.69%) Citrix
7 1 (1.69%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.69%) Google
7 1 (1.69%) IBM
7 1 (1.69%) Netskope
7 1 (1.69%) OneTrust
7 1 (1.69%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.69%) Zscaler