Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Central London

Problem Solving
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 6 10
Rank change year-on-year -15 +4 +12
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 256 374 283
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 9.83% 18.24% 12.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.14% 19.44% 13.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 251 189
10th Percentile £243 £315 £313
25th Percentile £401 £421 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -2.65% +2.73%
75th Percentile £650 £683 £688
90th Percentile £738 £813 £775
London median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 2
10th Percentile £17.37 £21.60 £15.26
25th Percentile - £26.25 £17.14
Median hourly rate £17.60 £34.48 £20.78
Median % change year-on-year -48.96% +65.93% -60.42%
75th Percentile £29.14 £50.75 £23.92
90th Percentile £71.25 £53.35 £25.50
London median hourly rate £19.03 £34.74 £35.61
% change year-on-year -45.22% -2.43% -16.58%

All Process & 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 2,298 1,924 2,095
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 88.21% 93.85% 91.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,574 1,270 1,445
10th Percentile £363 £325 £375
25th Percentile £456 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
London median daily rate £550 £543 £550
% change year-on-year +1.38% -1.36% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 32 20
10th Percentile £17.60 £22.08 £15.80
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.43
Median hourly rate £22.83 £30.04 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.99% +11.24% -22.86%
75th Percentile £54.00 £50.75 £65.63
90th Percentile £64.63 £63.75 £137.50
London median hourly rate £35.71 £30.00 £35.25
% change year-on-year +19.03% -14.89% -14.11%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Central London

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Central London over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Central London

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Central London over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

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 7 August 2026. 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 -14 229 £500 -13.04% 249
West End of London 0 13 £325 +51.16% 8
City of Westminster -1 13 £518 +15.00% 34
Lambeth -1 1 - - 1
Southwark -2 1 £650 +44.44% 1
Problem-Solving
London

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 12 (4.69%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (3.91%) Confluence
4 4 (1.56%) CICS
5 3 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.78%) Apache
6 2 (0.78%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.39%) CMS
7 1 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.39%) IIS
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.17%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.95%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.78%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.78%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.78%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.78%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.39%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.39%) Findur
4 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.39%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.39%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 52 (20.31%) Azure
2 33 (12.89%) AWS
3 26 (10.16%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (8.98%) Power Platform
5 15 (5.86%) Entra ID
6 14 (5.47%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (4.69%) GCP
7 12 (4.69%) GitHub
8 10 (3.91%) SaaS
9 9 (3.52%) Serverless
10 6 (2.34%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (2.34%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (2.34%) GitHub Copilot
10 6 (2.34%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (2.34%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.34%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.95%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (1.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.69%) DNS
2 11 (4.30%) VPN
3 8 (3.13%) Firewall
3 8 (3.13%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.73%) Network Security
5 6 (2.34%) DHCP
6 4 (1.56%) LAN
6 4 (1.56%) VLAN
6 4 (1.56%) WAN
7 3 (1.17%) HTTP
7 3 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.78%) Internet
8 2 (0.78%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.78%) SSL
8 2 (0.78%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.78%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.39%) 5G
9 1 (0.39%) DKIM
9 1 (0.39%) DMARC
9 1 (0.39%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.86%) Power BI
2 10 (3.91%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.52%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.73%) MongoDB
5 6 (2.34%) Db2
6 5 (1.95%) DynamoDB
6 5 (1.95%) Metadata
6 5 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.56%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.56%) SAP BW
8 3 (1.17%) Power Query
9 2 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.78%) Big Data
9 2 (0.78%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.78%) Tableau
10 1 (0.39%) KDB
Development Applications
1 31 (12.11%) JIRA
2 8 (3.13%) GitLab
2 8 (3.13%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.73%) Git
4 6 (2.34%) Selenium
5 4 (1.56%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.56%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.78%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.78%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.78%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.78%) JMeter
6 2 (0.78%) JUnit
6 2 (0.78%) Mockito
7 1 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.39%) Gradle
7 1 (0.39%) JDeveloper
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.39%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.39%) WebDriver
General
1 127 (49.61%) Social Skills
2 104 (40.63%) Analytical Skills
3 76 (29.69%) Finance
4 26 (10.16%) Banking
5 15 (5.86%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.47%) Marketing
7 12 (4.69%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (4.30%) Financial Institution
9 10 (3.91%) Retail
10 9 (3.52%) Front Office
10 9 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.73%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.95%) Law
13 5 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.56%) Retail Banking
15 3 (1.17%) Investment Banking
15 3 (1.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 47 (18.36%) Analyst
2 24 (9.38%) Business Analyst
3 23 (8.98%) Senior
4 22 (8.59%) Architect
4 22 (8.59%) Developer
5 17 (6.64%) Support Engineer
6 12 (4.69%) Consultant
6 12 (4.69%) Project Manager
7 10 (3.91%) Data Engineer
7 10 (3.91%) Lead
8 8 (3.13%) IT Support
8 8 (3.13%) Support Analyst
9 7 (2.73%) Digital Analyst
9 7 (2.73%) Digital Business Analyst
9 7 (2.73%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 7 (2.73%) IT Analyst
9 7 (2.73%) IT Engineer
9 7 (2.73%) IT Support Engineer
9 7 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (2.34%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (7.81%) REST
2 18 (7.03%) React
3 12 (4.69%) JSON
3 12 (4.69%) SOAP
4 10 (3.91%) AngularJS
5 9 (3.52%) .NET
5 9 (3.52%) Kafka
6 6 (2.34%) CSS
6 6 (2.34%) HTML
6 6 (2.34%) PySpark
6 6 (2.34%) RESTful
6 6 (2.34%) Spring
6 6 (2.34%) Spring Boot
6 6 (2.34%) Web Services
6 6 (2.34%) XML
7 5 (1.95%) Middleware
7 5 (1.95%) Playwright
8 4 (1.56%) Django
8 4 (1.56%) WSDL
9 3 (1.17%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.20%) Onboarding
2 12 (4.69%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.69%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (3.91%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.52%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.73%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (2.73%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.34%) AI Agents
7 6 (2.34%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.95%) CMDB
8 5 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.56%) DataPower
9 4 (1.56%) Life Science
9 4 (1.56%) Online Banking
9 4 (1.56%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 36 (14.06%) Windows
2 13 (5.08%) Mac OS
3 11 (4.30%) Linux
4 7 (2.73%) Windows 10
4 7 (2.73%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.34%) Unix
6 4 (1.56%) Android
6 4 (1.56%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.56%) zOS
7 2 (0.78%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.39%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.39%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.39%) VMS
8 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (28.52%) Agile
2 65 (25.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 50 (19.53%) AI
4 41 (16.02%) CI/CD
5 35 (13.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 33 (12.89%) Analytics
6 33 (12.89%) DevOps
7 29 (11.33%) Decision-Making
7 29 (11.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 26 (10.16%) Migration
9 22 (8.59%) Customer Service
9 22 (8.59%) ITIL
9 22 (8.59%) Validation
10 21 (8.20%) Microservices
11 20 (7.81%) Data Modelling
11 20 (7.81%) Machine Learning
12 19 (7.42%) Workflow
13 18 (7.03%) Translating Business Requirements
14 17 (6.64%) Collaborative Working
14 17 (6.64%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 47 (18.36%) Python
1 47 (18.36%) SQL
2 20 (7.81%) Java
3 19 (7.42%) JavaScript
4 16 (6.25%) TypeScript
5 13 (5.08%) C#
5 13 (5.08%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.34%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.56%) JCL
8 3 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.17%) Korn
8 3 (1.17%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.17%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.78%) Bicep
9 2 (0.78%) Go
9 2 (0.78%) Perl
10 1 (0.39%) ABAP
10 1 (0.39%) C++
10 1 (0.39%) COBOL
10 1 (0.39%) RPG
Qualifications
1 35 (13.67%) Security Cleared
2 26 (10.16%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.42%) Degree
4 7 (2.73%) CISSP
5 6 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.34%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.95%) CISA
6 5 (1.95%) PMP
7 4 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.56%) CRISC
7 4 (1.56%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.17%) CISM
8 3 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.78%) CCNA
9 2 (0.78%) CSPO
9 2 (0.78%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.64%) QA
2 16 (6.25%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.73%) GDPR
3 7 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.73%) PMO
4 6 (2.34%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.34%) NIST
4 6 (2.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.56%) COBIT
5 4 (1.56%) GRC
5 4 (1.56%) ITGC
5 4 (1.56%) SLA
6 3 (1.17%) WCAG
7 2 (0.78%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (0.78%) GxP
8 1 (0.39%) GAAP
8 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.39%) IFRS
8 1 (0.39%) NCSC
8 1 (0.39%) PSD2
System Software
1 26 (10.16%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.91%) Docker
3 4 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.78%) IAG
5 2 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.39%) Firmware
6 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.39%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.13%) Terraform
4 5 (1.95%) SCCM
5 3 (1.17%) Ansible
5 3 (1.17%) Grafana
5 3 (1.17%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.78%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.78%) WSUS
7 1 (0.39%) Control-M
7 1 (0.39%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.39%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.39%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.39%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.39%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 65 (25.39%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.59%) ServiceNow
3 14 (5.47%) Google
4 13 (5.08%) SAP
5 11 (4.30%) Oracle
6 7 (2.73%) Databricks
6 7 (2.73%) Splunk
6 7 (2.73%) Workday
7 6 (2.34%) Apple
7 6 (2.34%) Bloomberg
7 6 (2.34%) Cisco
7 6 (2.34%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.95%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.95%) Remedy
9 4 (1.56%) VMware
10 3 (1.17%) BMC
10 3 (1.17%) IBM
10 3 (1.17%) Informatica
10 3 (1.17%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.17%) Zscaler