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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 24 20
Rank change year-on-year +13 -4 +4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 56 46 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 9.59% 6.78% 9.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.64% 7.92% 10.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 27 59
10th Percentile £184 £407 £210
25th Percentile £399 £455 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £517
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% +1.55% +8.84%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £581
90th Percentile £650 £720 £638
South East median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +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 £45.00
% change year-on-year -66.00% +26.63% +144.73%

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 481 581 799
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 82.36% 85.69% 91.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 436 565
10th Percentile £213 £198 £208
25th Percentile £364 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +2.75% +5.88%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 33 20
10th Percentile £11.71 £32.10 £16.96
25th Percentile £13.25 £42.50 £19.50
Median hourly rate £18.35 £45.00 £22.97
Median % change year-on-year -59.22% +95.95% -46.59%
75th Percentile £50.00 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £63.51 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.45
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.72% -18.36%

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 29 April 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 29 April 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 29 April 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 - 8
Redhill - 7 £500 - 5
Sunbury-on-Thames +16 6 £730 +24.26% 1
Reigate -7 4 £570 - 3
Staines - 3 £675 - 7
Chertsey - 3 £190 - 3
Warlingham - 3 - -
Horley - 3 £513 - 1
Guildford -3 2 £160 -69.52% 16
Dorking - 2 - - 3
Woking +6 1 - - 16
Camberley - 1 £130 - 4
Weybridge - 1 £275 - 2
Epsom - 1 £450 - 11
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 (3.57%) IBM Domino
1 2 (3.57%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.79%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.79%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 10 (17.86%) Azure
2 5 (8.93%) AWS
2 5 (8.93%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.57%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.57%) Nutanix
4 1 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.79%) IBM Cloud
4 1 (1.79%) Mimecast
4 1 (1.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.36%) Internet
2 2 (3.57%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (3.57%) Firewall
2 2 (3.57%) Network Security
2 2 (3.57%) SAN
2 2 (3.57%) VSAN
3 1 (1.79%) NFC
3 1 (1.79%) PPP
3 1 (1.79%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (1.79%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.93%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.79%) IDMS
2 1 (1.79%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 10 (17.86%) Git
2 8 (14.29%) Jenkins
3 7 (12.50%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.79%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.79%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.79%) GoogleTest
4 1 (1.79%) JIRA
4 1 (1.79%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (1.79%) TestRail
4 1 (1.79%) Valgrind
General
1 29 (51.79%) Social Skills
2 22 (39.29%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (12.50%) Finance
4 6 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (8.93%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (7.14%) Billing
6 4 (7.14%) Legal
7 3 (5.36%) Electronics
7 3 (5.36%) Law
8 2 (3.57%) Back Office
8 2 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (3.57%) Retail
9 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.79%) Local Government
9 1 (1.79%) Marketing
9 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.79%) Publishing
9 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (21.43%) Developer
2 8 (14.29%) Analyst
3 6 (10.71%) Architect
4 5 (8.93%) Network Engineer
4 5 (8.93%) Project Manager
4 5 (8.93%) Senior
5 4 (7.14%) C Developer
5 4 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (7.14%) Support Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Cloud Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) IT Support
6 3 (5.36%) Machine Learning Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Migration Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Systems Analyst
7 2 (3.57%) Embedded Linux Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) IT Analyst
7 2 (3.57%) IT Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (3.57%) Lead
7 2 (3.57%) Senior VMware Architect
7 2 (3.57%) Windows Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.29%) .NET
2 6 (10.71%) ASP.NET
3 4 (7.14%) JSON
3 4 (7.14%) REST
3 4 (7.14%) XML
4 3 (5.36%) PyTorch
4 3 (5.36%) SOAP
4 3 (5.36%) TensorFlow
5 2 (3.57%) DirectX
5 2 (3.57%) OpenGL
5 2 (3.57%) OpenGL ES
5 2 (3.57%) Vulkan
6 1 (1.79%) OpenAPI
6 1 (1.79%) Swagger
6 1 (1.79%) Web Services
6 1 (1.79%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.93%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.36%) Photography
4 2 (3.57%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.79%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.79%) FMCG
5 1 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.79%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.79%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.79%) NHS
5 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.79%) Smartcard
5 1 (1.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (26.79%) Linux
2 14 (25.00%) Windows
3 9 (16.07%) Unix
4 6 (10.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (7.14%) Android
5 4 (7.14%) Windows Server
6 3 (5.36%) Windows 10
7 2 (3.57%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.79%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.79%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (17.86%) Agile
1 10 (17.86%) Computer Science
2 9 (16.07%) Decision-Making
2 9 (16.07%) Migration
2 9 (16.07%) Project Management
3 7 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 6 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (10.71%) Deployment Automation
4 6 (10.71%) Software Engineering
5 5 (8.93%) Customer Service
5 5 (8.93%) Workflow
6 4 (7.14%) Capacity Planning
6 4 (7.14%) Data Security
6 4 (7.14%) Full Stack Development
6 4 (7.14%) OO
6 4 (7.14%) Performance Improvement
6 4 (7.14%) Programme Management
6 4 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (7.14%) Reverse Engineering
7 3 (5.36%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 12 (21.43%) SQL
2 10 (17.86%) C#
3 8 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 8 (14.29%) Python
4 7 (12.50%) PL/SQL
5 6 (10.71%) C
5 6 (10.71%) ProC
6 5 (8.93%) Bash
6 5 (8.93%) C++
7 4 (7.14%) Shell Script
8 3 (5.36%) Java
9 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.79%) Perl
9 1 (1.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (44.64%) Degree
2 11 (19.64%) Master's Degree
3 7 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 6 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (10.71%) SC Cleared
5 4 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (7.14%) PhD
6 3 (5.36%) CCNP
6 3 (5.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (3.57%) RHCSA
8 1 (1.79%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.79%) CCIE
8 1 (1.79%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.79%) MCITP
8 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.79%) PMP
8 1 (1.79%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.36%) PMO
2 2 (3.57%) GDPR
2 2 (3.57%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.79%) QA
System Software
1 6 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.57%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.57%) KVM
2 2 (3.57%) VMware NSX
2 2 (3.57%) vSphere
3 1 (1.79%) Terminal Services
3 1 (1.79%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (10.71%) Ansible
2 1 (1.79%) AppManager
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (16.07%) Oracle
2 6 (10.71%) VMware
3 4 (7.14%) Cisco
3 4 (7.14%) Microsoft
4 3 (5.36%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.57%) F5
5 2 (3.57%) Fortinet
5 2 (3.57%) JDA
5 2 (3.57%) SAP
6 1 (1.79%) Ariba
6 1 (1.79%) Citrix
6 1 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.79%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (1.79%) Google
6 1 (1.79%) IBM
6 1 (1.79%) Netskope
6 1 (1.79%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.79%) Zscaler