Problem-Solving Jobs in the City of London

Problem Solving
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 20 19
Rank change year-on-year +8 -1 +26
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 464 504 680
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 13.81% 10.55% 9.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.95% 11.09% 10.12%
Number of salaries quoted 327 397 551
10th Percentile £36,500 £41,725 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,125 £52,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £87,500 £96,250 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £113,500 £108,750
Central London median annual salary £61,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -8.89% -3.57% +1.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,103 4,543 6,719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 92.38% 95.14% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,472 3,814 5,602
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £45,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the City of London

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the City of London.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the City of London

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the City of London

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the City of London region over the 6 months to 27 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge +28 2 £98,750 +16.18%
Problem-Solving
Central London

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 33 (7.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (4.96%) SharePoint
3 14 (3.02%) CMS
4 10 (2.16%) Apache
5 8 (1.72%) Confluence
5 8 (1.72%) IIS
6 5 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.08%) Drupal
7 4 (0.86%) SAS
8 3 (0.65%) JBoss
9 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Fuse
9 2 (0.43%) WordPress
10 1 (0.22%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.22%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.22%) WildFly
Applications
1 28 (6.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (5.82%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.72%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.86%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (0.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (0.86%) Blender
4 4 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.86%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.72%) SDL Web 8
2 4 (0.86%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.22%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.22%) Relativity
3 1 (0.22%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 101 (21.77%) Azure
2 91 (19.61%) AWS
3 53 (11.42%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (9.05%) Power Platform
5 36 (7.76%) SaaS
6 30 (6.47%) Entra ID
7 29 (6.25%) WhatsApp
8 26 (5.60%) Serverless
9 20 (4.31%) GCP
10 15 (3.23%) Amazon S3
11 14 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (2.80%) Google Sheets
13 12 (2.59%) Google Workspace
14 11 (2.37%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (2.16%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
16 8 (1.72%) Amazon ECS
16 8 (1.72%) Azure AKS
16 8 (1.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.03%) Firewall
2 22 (4.74%) DNS
3 15 (3.23%) Internet
4 13 (2.80%) Network Security
5 11 (2.37%) Wireless
6 10 (2.16%) IPsec
6 10 (2.16%) NAS
7 9 (1.94%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.94%) VPN
8 8 (1.72%) Broadband
9 7 (1.51%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.29%) DHCP
10 6 (1.29%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (1.29%) WebEx
11 5 (1.08%) LAN
11 5 (1.08%) SNMP
11 5 (1.08%) SSL
12 4 (0.86%) Telepresence
13 3 (0.65%) Unified Communications
13 3 (0.65%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (9.70%) SQL Server
2 40 (8.62%) Power BI
3 37 (7.97%) Tableau
4 18 (3.88%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (3.88%) Relational Database
5 13 (2.80%) GIS
5 13 (2.80%) MongoDB
5 13 (2.80%) MySQL
5 13 (2.80%) Redis
6 11 (2.37%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.16%) DynamoDB
8 8 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (1.51%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (1.51%) Oracle Database
9 7 (1.51%) RDBMS
10 6 (1.29%) Metadata
11 5 (1.08%) Amazon QuickSight
12 4 (0.86%) Flink
12 4 (0.86%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 62 (13.36%) Git
2 21 (4.53%) JIRA
3 13 (2.80%) Jenkins
4 12 (2.59%) Visual Studio
5 10 (2.16%) GitLab
6 9 (1.94%) NUnit
6 9 (1.94%) Octopus Deploy
6 9 (1.94%) TeamCity
7 8 (1.72%) git-flow
7 8 (1.72%) Moq
7 8 (1.72%) Sourcetree
7 8 (1.72%) SpecFlow
8 5 (1.08%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.65%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.65%) JDeveloper
9 3 (0.65%) Selenium
10 2 (0.43%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.22%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 263 (56.68%) Social Skills
2 196 (42.24%) Analytical Skills
3 113 (24.35%) Finance
4 40 (8.62%) Retail
5 34 (7.33%) Presentation Skills
6 26 (5.60%) Legal
6 26 (5.60%) Marketing
7 18 (3.88%) Law
7 18 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (3.66%) Public Sector
9 15 (3.23%) Games
10 13 (2.80%) Back Office
11 10 (2.16%) Advertising
11 10 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.51%) Banking
12 7 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.08%) Automotive
15 4 (0.86%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.86%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 87 (18.75%) Senior
2 80 (17.24%) Developer
3 62 (13.36%) Analyst
4 34 (7.33%) Lead
5 32 (6.90%) Consultant
6 29 (6.25%) Architect
7 27 (5.82%) Support Engineer
8 24 (5.17%) Software Engineer
9 21 (4.53%) Data Analyst
10 19 (4.09%) Senior Developer
11 16 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
12 15 (3.23%) Applications Support
13 14 (3.02%) Power BI Developer
14 13 (2.80%) 2nd Line Support
14 13 (2.80%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 13 (2.80%) C# Developer
14 13 (2.80%) Digital Transformation
14 13 (2.80%) Full Stack Developer
14 13 (2.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 12 (2.59%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (10.13%) HTML
2 44 (9.48%) React
3 41 (8.84%) CSS
4 40 (8.62%) RESTful
5 36 (7.76%) .NET
6 22 (4.74%) Web Services
7 21 (4.53%) AngularJS
7 21 (4.53%) SOAP
8 16 (3.45%) ASP.NET
8 16 (3.45%) Node.js
8 16 (3.45%) Spring
9 15 (3.23%) GraphQL
10 14 (3.02%) .NET Framework
10 14 (3.02%) XML
11 13 (2.80%) REST
12 11 (2.37%) Entity Framework
13 10 (2.16%) ASP.NET MVC
14 9 (1.94%) jQuery
15 8 (1.72%) Django
15 8 (1.72%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 44 (9.48%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (4.09%) Management Information System
3 17 (3.66%) Onboarding
4 16 (3.45%) Product Ownership
5 13 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (2.59%) Cloud Native
7 11 (2.37%) Video Conferencing
8 10 (2.16%) Life Science
9 8 (1.72%) Legacy Code
10 7 (1.51%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (1.51%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.51%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.29%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.29%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.86%) Animation
12 4 (0.86%) Driving Licence
12 4 (0.86%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 74 (15.95%) Windows
2 40 (8.62%) Windows Server
3 20 (4.31%) Linux
4 14 (3.02%) Windows Server 2012
5 12 (2.59%) Windows 10
6 10 (2.16%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.51%) Apple iOS
8 6 (1.29%) Android
8 6 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.08%) Data ONTAP
10 4 (0.86%) Unix
11 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.43%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.22%) AIX
13 1 (0.22%) Debian
13 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (25.00%) Agile
2 85 (18.32%) Computer Science
3 60 (12.93%) Software Engineering
4 59 (12.72%) Analytics
5 55 (11.85%) DevOps
6 51 (10.99%) Continuous Improvement
6 51 (10.99%) Data Analysis
7 50 (10.78%) Actionable Insight
8 49 (10.56%) Scrum
9 44 (9.48%) Business Intelligence
9 44 (9.48%) Mentoring
9 44 (9.48%) Visualisation
10 43 (9.27%) User Experience
11 42 (9.05%) Decision-Making
12 38 (8.19%) ITIL
13 37 (7.97%) Microservices
14 36 (7.76%) Project Management
15 34 (7.33%) Collaborative Working
16 33 (7.11%) Full Stack Development
16 33 (7.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 122 (26.29%) SQL
2 90 (19.40%) Python
3 52 (11.21%) JavaScript
4 42 (9.05%) C#
4 42 (9.05%) Java
5 18 (3.88%) T-SQL
5 18 (3.88%) TypeScript
6 17 (3.66%) PowerShell
7 15 (3.23%) C++
8 14 (3.02%) Bash
8 14 (3.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 10 (2.16%) Go
10 8 (1.72%) Apex Code
10 8 (1.72%) XPath
11 6 (1.29%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.08%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.08%) Ruby
13 4 (0.86%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.86%) SOQL
13 4 (0.86%) VBA
Qualifications
1 147 (31.68%) Degree
2 66 (14.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (5.82%) Security Cleared
4 25 (5.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (4.74%) DBS Check
6 21 (4.53%) SC Cleared
7 16 (3.45%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.94%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.94%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.51%) CISSP
10 6 (1.29%) CISA
11 5 (1.08%) CompTIA CySA+
11 5 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (1.08%) GIAC
11 5 (1.08%) MCSA
12 4 (0.86%) CISM
12 4 (0.86%) CSPO
12 4 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (0.86%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.82%) QA
2 23 (4.96%) SLA
3 22 (4.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.94%) NIST
5 8 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (1.72%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.72%) SOC 2
6 7 (1.51%) COBIT
7 6 (1.29%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.08%) NCSC
8 5 (1.08%) PMO
9 4 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.86%) WCAG
10 3 (0.65%) GDPR
10 3 (0.65%) GRC
10 3 (0.65%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.65%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.43%) FISMA
11 2 (0.43%) GLBA
11 2 (0.43%) ITGC
System Software
1 56 (12.07%) Active Directory
2 37 (7.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (6.25%) Docker
4 10 (2.16%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.86%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.43%) vSphere
9 1 (0.22%) Firmware
9 1 (0.22%) KVM
9 1 (0.22%) LXC
9 1 (0.22%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.22%) pfSense
9 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (8.84%) Kubernetes
2 21 (4.53%) Terraform
3 15 (3.23%) vCenter Server
4 8 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.51%) Ansible
6 5 (1.08%) Packer
6 5 (1.08%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.43%) CASB
8 2 (0.43%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.43%) SCCM
9 1 (0.22%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.22%) Consul
9 1 (0.22%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.22%) Kibana
9 1 (0.22%) logstash
9 1 (0.22%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.22%) SCDPM
9 1 (0.22%) WMI
Vendors
1 107 (23.06%) Microsoft
2 44 (9.48%) Google
3 38 (8.19%) VMware
4 23 (4.96%) Oracle
5 19 (4.09%) Databricks
6 16 (3.45%) Cisco
7 14 (3.02%) Adobe
8 12 (2.59%) Salesforce
9 11 (2.37%) Apple
10 9 (1.94%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.72%) Aderant
11 8 (1.72%) Cognizant
11 8 (1.72%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.29%) Red Hat
13 5 (1.08%) Citrix
13 5 (1.08%) iManage
13 5 (1.08%) NetApp
13 5 (1.08%) SolidFire
13 5 (1.08%) Veeam
14 4 (0.86%) Apttus