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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +15
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 261 361 296
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 10.46% 18.37% 12.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.76% 19.58% 14.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 238 191
10th Percentile £263 £306 £340
25th Percentile £405 £404 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £737 £800 £775
London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 2
10th Percentile £17.45 £18.28 £15.26
25th Percentile - £24.38 £17.14
Median hourly rate £17.60 £34.48 £20.78
Median % change year-on-year -48.96% +65.93% -44.59%
75th Percentile £26.13 £49.22 £23.92
90th Percentile £68.75 £52.05 £25.50
London median hourly rate £19.03 £34.48 £40.00
% change year-on-year -44.81% -13.80% -1.23%

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 2,220 1,844 2,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 88.94% 93.84% 91.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,535 1,228 1,393
10th Percentile £363 £321 £375
25th Percentile £456 £419 £470
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 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 33 22
10th Percentile £17.60 £19.05 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.75 £20.88
Median hourly rate £24.00 £29.07 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.44% +7.67% -1.82%
75th Percentile £43.00 £50.75 £56.50
90th Percentile £64.00 £63.75 £133.00
London median hourly rate £35.50 £31.75 £35.75
% change year-on-year +11.81% -11.19% -10.63%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 3 September 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 -16 236 £525 -6.25% 227
West End of London -4 11 £263 -41.67% 36
City of Westminster -5 11 £475 +2.70% 52
Lambeth -1 1 - - 1
Southwark -4 1 £650 +44.44%
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 14 (5.36%) Confluence
2 13 (4.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (4.60%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.68%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.53%) Apache
5 4 (1.53%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.77%) CICS
6 2 (0.77%) CMS
6 2 (0.77%) SAS
7 1 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.38%) IIS
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.15%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (2.30%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.77%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.77%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.77%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.77%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.38%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.38%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.38%) Shopify
5 1 (0.38%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 57 (21.84%) Azure
2 36 (13.79%) AWS
3 30 (11.49%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (8.43%) Power Platform
5 18 (6.90%) Entra ID
6 15 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (4.60%) SaaS
8 11 (4.21%) GCP
8 11 (4.21%) GitHub
8 11 (4.21%) Serverless
9 7 (2.68%) Amazon S3
9 7 (2.68%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (2.68%) dbt
10 6 (2.30%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (2.30%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (2.30%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.92%) GitHub Copilot
11 5 (1.92%) OneDrive
11 5 (1.92%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.75%) DNS
2 13 (4.98%) VPN
3 10 (3.83%) TCP/IP
4 8 (3.07%) DHCP
5 7 (2.68%) Firewall
6 5 (1.92%) VLAN
7 4 (1.53%) Network Security
8 3 (1.15%) HTTP
8 3 (1.15%) LAN
8 3 (1.15%) WAN
8 3 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.77%) BGP
9 2 (0.77%) SSL
9 2 (0.77%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.77%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.38%) Ethernet VPN
10 1 (0.38%) Multicast
10 1 (0.38%) NX-OS
10 1 (0.38%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.38%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.36%) Power BI
2 11 (4.21%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.07%) Metadata
4 7 (2.68%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.68%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.92%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.53%) Delta Lake
6 4 (1.53%) SAP BW
6 4 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.15%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.15%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.15%) Db2
7 3 (1.15%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.15%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.15%) Power Query
7 3 (1.15%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.15%) Tableau
8 2 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 38 (14.56%) JIRA
2 10 (3.83%) Git
3 9 (3.45%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.30%) GitLab
4 6 (2.30%) Selenium
5 4 (1.53%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.53%) JUnit
6 3 (1.15%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.15%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.15%) JMeter
6 3 (1.15%) Mockito
6 3 (1.15%) REST Assured
6 3 (1.15%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.77%) Appium
7 2 (0.77%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.77%) JDeveloper
7 2 (0.77%) Maven
7 2 (0.77%) Postman
7 2 (0.77%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 130 (49.81%) Social Skills
2 105 (40.23%) Analytical Skills
3 84 (32.18%) Finance
4 31 (11.88%) Banking
5 20 (7.66%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (4.60%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (4.60%) Marketing
8 11 (4.21%) Front Office
9 10 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (3.45%) Financial Institution
11 8 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (3.07%) Retail
12 6 (2.30%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.92%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.92%) Legal
13 5 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.15%) Law
14 3 (1.15%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 46 (17.62%) Analyst
2 28 (10.73%) Developer
3 24 (9.20%) Senior
4 23 (8.81%) Architect
5 20 (7.66%) Business Analyst
6 18 (6.90%) Lead
7 17 (6.51%) Support Engineer
8 11 (4.21%) Project Manager
9 10 (3.83%) Consultant
9 10 (3.83%) Data Engineer
9 10 (3.83%) IT Support
10 8 (3.07%) IT Engineer
10 8 (3.07%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (3.07%) Support Analyst
11 7 (2.68%) Applications Support
11 7 (2.68%) IT Analyst
12 6 (2.30%) Digital Analyst
12 6 (2.30%) Digital Business Analyst
12 6 (2.30%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (9.96%) REST
2 17 (6.51%) React
3 16 (6.13%) .NET
4 15 (5.75%) SOAP
5 12 (4.60%) AngularJS
6 11 (4.21%) JSON
7 10 (3.83%) Web Services
8 9 (3.45%) PySpark
8 9 (3.45%) Terraform
9 8 (3.07%) Kafka
9 8 (3.07%) Spring
9 8 (3.07%) Spring Boot
10 7 (2.68%) RESTful
11 6 (2.30%) CSS
11 6 (2.30%) HTML
11 6 (2.30%) XML
12 4 (1.53%) Django
12 4 (1.53%) Middleware
12 4 (1.53%) OAuth
12 4 (1.53%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.43%) Onboarding
2 18 (6.90%) Cloud Native
3 14 (5.36%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.21%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.68%) AI Agents
7 7 (2.68%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.68%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.68%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.30%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.92%) CMDB
9 5 (1.92%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.53%) Life Science
10 4 (1.53%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.15%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 39 (14.94%) Windows
2 13 (4.98%) Linux
3 12 (4.60%) Mac OS
4 9 (3.45%) Windows 10
5 8 (3.07%) Unix
5 8 (3.07%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.15%) Android
6 3 (1.15%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.77%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.77%) zOS
8 1 (0.38%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.38%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.38%) VMS
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (33.72%) Agile
2 74 (28.35%) Stakeholder Management
3 50 (19.16%) AI
3 50 (19.16%) CI/CD
4 47 (18.01%) Continuous Improvement
5 42 (16.09%) DevOps
6 35 (13.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 31 (11.88%) Analytics
7 31 (11.88%) Decision-Making
8 30 (11.49%) Migration
9 26 (9.96%) Customer Service
10 25 (9.58%) ITIL
11 23 (8.81%) Data Engineering
11 23 (8.81%) Microservices
11 23 (8.81%) Scrum
11 23 (8.81%) Test Automation
11 23 (8.81%) Translating Business Requirements
12 21 (8.05%) Data Governance
13 20 (7.66%) Validation
13 20 (7.66%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 51 (19.54%) Python
2 47 (18.01%) SQL
3 24 (9.20%) Java
4 19 (7.28%) JavaScript
5 18 (6.90%) TypeScript
6 16 (6.13%) C#
6 16 (6.13%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.92%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.53%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.15%) Korn
10 2 (0.77%) Bash
10 2 (0.77%) Go
10 2 (0.77%) JCL
10 2 (0.77%) Perl
11 1 (0.38%) C++
11 1 (0.38%) COBOL
11 1 (0.38%) RPG
11 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 37 (14.18%) Security Cleared
2 28 (10.73%) SC Cleared
3 20 (7.66%) Degree
4 7 (2.68%) PMP
5 6 (2.30%) CISSP
5 6 (2.30%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.92%) CISA
6 5 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.53%) CRISC
7 4 (1.53%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.15%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.77%) CISM
9 2 (0.77%) CSPO
9 2 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.38%) CWNA
10 1 (0.38%) GIAC
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.28%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.51%) QA
3 8 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.68%) PMO
5 6 (2.30%) GDPR
5 6 (2.30%) NIST
6 5 (1.92%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.92%) SLA
7 4 (1.53%) COBIT
7 4 (1.53%) GRC
7 4 (1.53%) ITGC
8 2 (0.77%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.77%) GxP
8 2 (0.77%) WCAG
9 1 (0.38%) GAAP
9 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.38%) IFRS
9 1 (0.38%) NCSC
9 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (11.88%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.60%) Docker
3 5 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.77%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.77%) IAG
4 2 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.77%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.38%) Firmware
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (5.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.98%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.68%) SCCM
4 5 (1.92%) Grafana
5 4 (1.53%) Ansible
5 4 (1.53%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.15%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.77%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.77%) WSUS
8 1 (0.38%) Control-M
8 1 (0.38%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.38%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.38%) PingFederate
8 1 (0.38%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.38%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.38%) SCOM
8 1 (0.38%) SCOrch
8 1 (0.38%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 72 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.81%) ServiceNow
3 16 (6.13%) Oracle
4 14 (5.36%) Google
5 12 (4.60%) Databricks
5 12 (4.60%) SAP
6 7 (2.68%) Apple
7 6 (2.30%) Bloomberg
7 6 (2.30%) Dynatrace
7 6 (2.30%) Remedy
7 6 (2.30%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.30%) Splunk
7 6 (2.30%) VMware
8 5 (1.92%) Cisco
8 5 (1.92%) Workday
9 4 (1.53%) BMC
9 4 (1.53%) IBM
10 3 (1.15%) Citrix
10 3 (1.15%) ION Trading
10 3 (1.15%) Refinitiv