Problem-Solving Contracts in Central London

Problem Solving
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 12 22
Rank change year-on-year +7 +10 +6
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 363 269 299
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 18.05% 11.35% 7.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.29% 12.41% 8.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 177 189
10th Percentile £328 £313 £310
25th Percentile £425 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +3.77%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £700
90th Percentile £808 £785 £860
London median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 5
10th Percentile £20.53 £23.71 £15.44
25th Percentile £31.80 £24.78 £20.22
Median hourly rate £38.78 £26.56 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.00% -48.43% +18.39%
75th Percentile £50.75 £38.41 £53.75
90th Percentile £54.65 £45.51 £62.75
London median hourly rate £44.04 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year +25.82% -13.58% +8.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,882 2,167 3,442
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.59% 91.43% 90.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,220 1,510 2,322
10th Percentile £350 £356 £325
25th Percentile £450 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £554 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% -7.75% +5.26%
75th Percentile £676 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £585
% change year-on-year - -5.98% +1.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 23 27
10th Percentile £22.08 £19.98 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £21.25 £17.56
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -22.86% -18.13%
75th Percentile £50.75 £36.50 £53.38
90th Percentile £63.75 £48.57 £88.30
London median hourly rate £32.00 £30.00 £40.77
% change year-on-year +6.67% -26.42% +13.25%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Central London

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Central London

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Central London over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Central London

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Central London

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Central London over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Central London

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 6 July 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
City of London +7 335 £583 +3.64% 917
City of Westminster +6 7 £425 -5.56% 79
West End of London +8 6 £425 -15.00% 89
Kensington and Chelsea 0 3 £450 - 4
Southwark -3 1 £450 - 1
Lambeth - 1 £240 - 5
Problem-Solving
London

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 17 (4.68%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.86%) Apache Spark
3 13 (3.58%) Confluence
4 11 (3.03%) Apache
5 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.83%) CMS
6 3 (0.83%) SAS
7 2 (0.55%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.28%) CICS
8 1 (0.28%) Drupal
8 1 (0.28%) IIS
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.28%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 36 (9.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (6.89%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (4.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.75%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.38%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.55%) Trello
7 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.83%) CA PPM
2 3 (0.83%) ION Anvil
2 3 (0.83%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.55%) Oracle Payroll
3 2 (0.55%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.55%) SAP PLM
3 2 (0.55%) SAP VC
4 1 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.28%) Magento
4 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.28%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.28%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 66 (18.18%) Azure
2 44 (12.12%) AWS
3 32 (8.82%) Power Platform
4 18 (4.96%) SaaS
5 17 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (4.41%) GCP
7 13 (3.58%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.75%) GitHub
9 8 (2.20%) Amazon S3
9 8 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (2.20%) Snowflake
10 7 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (1.93%) Serverless
11 6 (1.65%) Entra ID
12 5 (1.38%) Asana
13 4 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.10%) OpenShift
13 4 (1.10%) PowerApps
14 3 (0.83%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.48%) Firewall
2 5 (1.38%) LAN
2 5 (1.38%) WAN
3 4 (1.10%) DNS
3 4 (1.10%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.83%) BGP
4 3 (0.83%) DHCP
4 3 (0.83%) NAS
4 3 (0.83%) Network Security
4 3 (0.83%) OSPF
4 3 (0.83%) SSH
4 3 (0.83%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.83%) VPN
5 2 (0.55%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.55%) HTTP
5 2 (0.55%) MPLS
5 2 (0.55%) SAN
5 2 (0.55%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.55%) VLAN
5 2 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.44%) Power BI
2 19 (5.23%) SQL Server
3 14 (3.86%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.75%) Tableau
6 9 (2.48%) Hadoop
7 8 (2.20%) Big Data
7 8 (2.20%) Data Mining
8 7 (1.93%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.38%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.10%) Apache Hive
10 4 (1.10%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.10%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.10%) KDB
10 4 (1.10%) Looker
10 4 (1.10%) Metadata
10 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.83%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.83%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 36 (9.92%) JIRA
2 24 (6.61%) Git
3 20 (5.51%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.93%) JUnit
4 7 (1.93%) Selenium
5 6 (1.65%) Postman
6 5 (1.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 5 (1.38%) Maven
6 5 (1.38%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.83%) Bitbucket Server
7 3 (0.83%) GitLab
7 3 (0.83%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.83%) Mockito
7 3 (0.83%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.83%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.83%) Subversion
7 3 (0.83%) Xcode
7 3 (0.83%) XCTest
8 2 (0.55%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.55%) Cucumber
General
1 220 (60.61%) Social Skills
2 165 (45.45%) Finance
3 145 (39.94%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (17.63%) Banking
5 22 (6.06%) Front Office
5 22 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
6 21 (5.79%) Investment Banking
7 20 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (4.96%) Financial Institution
9 17 (4.68%) Public Sector
10 11 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (2.75%) Retail
12 9 (2.48%) Back Office
13 6 (1.65%) Billing
13 6 (1.65%) Law
13 6 (1.65%) Legal
13 6 (1.65%) Marketing
14 5 (1.38%) International Banking
14 5 (1.38%) Police
Job Titles
1 64 (17.63%) Analyst
1 64 (17.63%) Developer
2 40 (11.02%) Senior
3 37 (10.19%) Business Analyst
4 30 (8.26%) Project Manager
5 24 (6.61%) Architect
6 22 (6.06%) Consultant
7 21 (5.79%) Lead
8 19 (5.23%) Java Developer
9 15 (4.13%) Data Analyst
10 11 (3.03%) Data Business Analyst
10 11 (3.03%) Data Engineer
10 11 (3.03%) Support Analyst
11 9 (2.48%) IT Support
11 9 (2.48%) Security Architect
12 8 (2.20%) DevOps Engineer
13 7 (1.93%) Risk Consultant
13 7 (1.93%) Senior Analyst
13 7 (1.93%) Senior Consultant
13 7 (1.93%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.13%) HTML
1 15 (4.13%) REST
2 14 (3.86%) CSS
3 13 (3.58%) Kafka
4 12 (3.31%) AngularJS
5 11 (3.03%) .NET
5 11 (3.03%) Spring
6 10 (2.75%) Middleware
6 10 (2.75%) RESTful
7 9 (2.48%) SOAP
7 9 (2.48%) Web Services
8 7 (1.93%) PySpark
9 6 (1.65%) Hibernate
9 6 (1.65%) HTML5
9 6 (1.65%) Spring Boot
10 5 (1.38%) OAuth
10 5 (1.38%) Spark Streaming
11 4 (1.10%) Pandas
11 4 (1.10%) scikit-learn
11 4 (1.10%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.41%) Product Ownership
2 15 (4.13%) Market Risk
3 13 (3.58%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (3.03%) Data Structures
4 11 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (2.75%) Algorithms
5 10 (2.75%) Fixed Income
5 10 (2.75%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.48%) Cloud Native
6 9 (2.48%) Reinsurance
7 8 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.93%) Distributed Computing
8 7 (1.93%) Equities
8 7 (1.93%) Reference Data
9 5 (1.38%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.38%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.10%) Derivative
10 4 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.10%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.54%) Linux
2 29 (7.99%) Windows
3 18 (4.96%) Unix
4 8 (2.20%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.65%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.38%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.55%) Android
7 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.55%) zOS
8 1 (0.28%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.28%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (32.78%) Agile
2 56 (15.43%) Project Management
3 52 (14.33%) DevOps
4 47 (12.95%) Analytics
4 47 (12.95%) CI/CD
4 47 (12.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 40 (11.02%) Decision-Making
5 40 (11.02%) Migration
6 35 (9.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (9.64%) Scrum
7 34 (9.37%) User Acceptance Testing
8 31 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
9 30 (8.26%) Risk Management
10 27 (7.44%) SDLC
11 25 (6.89%) Computer Science
12 24 (6.61%) Roadmaps
13 22 (6.06%) Collaborative Working
13 22 (6.06%) Data Management
13 22 (6.06%) Software Engineering
14 21 (5.79%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 84 (23.14%) Python
2 72 (19.83%) SQL
3 39 (10.74%) Java
4 23 (6.34%) JavaScript
5 19 (5.23%) C#
6 17 (4.68%) PowerShell
7 15 (4.13%) Bash
8 9 (2.48%) C++
9 7 (1.93%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.65%) Groovy
11 5 (1.38%) R
12 4 (1.10%) Scala
13 3 (0.83%) ABAP
13 3 (0.83%) Bicep
13 3 (0.83%) VBA
14 2 (0.55%) Assembly Language
14 2 (0.55%) Go
14 2 (0.55%) JCL
14 2 (0.55%) Perl
14 2 (0.55%) REXX
Qualifications
1 57 (15.70%) Degree
2 31 (8.54%) Security Cleared
3 20 (5.51%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.58%) PMP
6 11 (3.03%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.65%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.38%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.38%) CISM
8 5 (1.38%) CISSP
9 4 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.10%) CCNP
9 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.83%) ACCA
10 3 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.83%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.55%) CCAB
11 2 (0.55%) CIMA
11 2 (0.55%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.68%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.58%) QA
3 10 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.75%) NIST
3 10 (2.75%) PMO
4 9 (2.48%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.48%) GDPR
5 7 (1.93%) Basel II
6 4 (1.10%) MiFID
7 3 (0.83%) SLA
8 2 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.55%) COBIT
8 2 (0.55%) EMIR
8 2 (0.55%) GAAP
8 2 (0.55%) GRC
8 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.55%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 15 (4.13%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.31%) Docker
3 4 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.55%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.28%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.28%) OpenDJ
6 1 (0.28%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.28%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.28%) XenApp
6 1 (0.28%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 25 (6.89%) Kubernetes
2 24 (6.61%) Terraform
3 9 (2.48%) Ansible
4 7 (1.93%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.38%) SCCM
6 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.83%) Grafana
8 2 (0.55%) Cisco LMS
8 2 (0.55%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (0.55%) Puppet
8 2 (0.55%) WSUS
9 1 (0.28%) CA Spectrum
9 1 (0.28%) Control-M
9 1 (0.28%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.28%) Nessus
9 1 (0.28%) Netcool
9 1 (0.28%) OMEGAMON
9 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.28%) WMI
9 1 (0.28%) yum
Vendors
1 65 (17.91%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.44%) Oracle
3 14 (3.86%) ServiceNow
4 11 (3.03%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.75%) Databricks
5 10 (2.75%) Splunk
6 9 (2.48%) SAP
6 9 (2.48%) VMware
7 8 (2.20%) Cisco
7 8 (2.20%) Google
8 6 (1.65%) IBM
9 5 (1.38%) Citrix
9 5 (1.38%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.10%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.10%) UiPath
10 4 (1.10%) Workday
11 3 (0.83%) Adobe
11 3 (0.83%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.83%) HP
11 3 (0.83%) ION Trading