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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +13
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 256 379 294
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 10.14% 18.73% 12.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.47% 19.95% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 253 191
10th Percentile £259 £305 £338
25th Percentile £409 £406 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £698
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
London median daily rate £525 £500 £530
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% -3.64%
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 £35.50
% change year-on-year -44.81% -2.87% -12.35%

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 2,231 1,900 2,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 88.39% 93.87% 91.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,536 1,258 1,422
10th Percentile £363 £319 £375
25th Percentile £456 £423 £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 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 34 20
10th Percentile £17.60 £19.14 £15.80
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.98 £20.43
Median hourly rate £24.65 £28.79 £26.78
Median % change year-on-year -14.38% +7.49% -23.49%
75th Percentile £50.12 £49.22 £65.63
90th Percentile £66.00 £63.75 £137.50
London median hourly rate £35.50 £30.00 £35.25
% change year-on-year +18.33% -14.89% -11.88%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -16 230 £525 -5.41% 209
West End of London -4 11 £263 -41.67% 10
City of Westminster -5 11 £475 +2.70% 7
Lambeth 0 1 - - 1
Southwark -4 1 £650 +44.44% 3
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 13 (5.08%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.30%) Confluence
2 11 (4.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.56%) CICS
5 3 (1.17%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.78%) Apache
6 2 (0.78%) CMS
7 1 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.39%) IIS
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.39%) SAS
7 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.17%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (2.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.78%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.78%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.78%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.78%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.39%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.39%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 52 (20.31%) Azure
2 35 (13.67%) AWS
3 25 (9.77%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (8.59%) Power Platform
5 15 (5.86%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (5.86%) Entra ID
6 12 (4.69%) GitHub
6 12 (4.69%) SaaS
7 11 (4.30%) GCP
7 11 (4.30%) Serverless
8 7 (2.73%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (2.34%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (2.34%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (2.34%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (2.34%) PowerApps
10 5 (1.95%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.95%) dbt
10 5 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.95%) GitHub Copilot
10 5 (1.95%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.08%) DNS
2 11 (4.30%) VPN
3 9 (3.52%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.73%) Firewall
5 6 (2.34%) DHCP
6 5 (1.95%) VLAN
7 4 (1.56%) Network Security
8 3 (1.17%) HTTP
8 3 (1.17%) LAN
8 3 (1.17%) WAN
9 2 (0.78%) BGP
9 2 (0.78%) SSL
9 2 (0.78%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.78%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.39%) 4G
10 1 (0.39%) Multicast
10 1 (0.39%) NX-OS
10 1 (0.39%) Radio Access Network
10 1 (0.39%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.47%) Power BI
2 10 (3.91%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.13%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.73%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.34%) Metadata
5 6 (2.34%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.95%) Db2
6 5 (1.95%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.56%) SAP BW
8 3 (1.17%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.17%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.17%) Power Query
8 3 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.17%) Tableau
9 2 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.78%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.78%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 34 (13.28%) JIRA
2 9 (3.52%) GitLab
3 8 (3.13%) Git
3 8 (3.13%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.34%) Selenium
5 4 (1.56%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.17%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.17%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.17%) JMeter
6 3 (1.17%) JUnit
6 3 (1.17%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.78%) Appium
7 2 (0.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.78%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.78%) JDeveloper
7 2 (0.78%) Mockito
7 2 (0.78%) Postman
7 2 (0.78%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.39%) Gatling
General
1 125 (48.83%) Social Skills
2 103 (40.23%) Analytical Skills
3 81 (31.64%) Finance
4 30 (11.72%) Banking
5 17 (6.64%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.47%) Marketing
7 12 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (4.30%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (3.52%) Financial Institution
10 9 (3.52%) Front Office
10 9 (3.52%) Retail
11 8 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.73%) Telecoms
13 6 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (1.56%) Legal
16 3 (1.17%) Investment Banking
16 3 (1.17%) Law
16 3 (1.17%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 46 (17.97%) Analyst
2 26 (10.16%) Developer
3 23 (8.98%) Architect
4 22 (8.59%) Senior
5 20 (7.81%) Business Analyst
6 17 (6.64%) Support Engineer
7 15 (5.86%) Lead
8 12 (4.69%) Project Manager
9 11 (4.30%) Consultant
10 10 (3.91%) Data Engineer
11 8 (3.13%) IT Support
11 8 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (3.13%) Support Analyst
12 7 (2.73%) Applications Support
12 7 (2.73%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 7 (2.73%) IT Analyst
12 7 (2.73%) IT Engineer
12 7 (2.73%) IT Support Engineer
13 6 (2.34%) Digital Analyst
13 6 (2.34%) Digital Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (9.38%) REST
2 17 (6.64%) React
3 15 (5.86%) .NET
3 15 (5.86%) SOAP
4 12 (4.69%) JSON
5 10 (3.91%) AngularJS
5 10 (3.91%) Web Services
6 9 (3.52%) Kafka
6 9 (3.52%) Terraform
7 7 (2.73%) PySpark
7 7 (2.73%) RESTful
7 7 (2.73%) Spring
7 7 (2.73%) Spring Boot
8 6 (2.34%) CSS
8 6 (2.34%) HTML
8 6 (2.34%) XML
9 4 (1.56%) Django
9 4 (1.56%) Middleware
9 4 (1.56%) Playwright
9 4 (1.56%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.20%) Onboarding
2 14 (5.47%) Cloud Native
3 12 (4.69%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (4.69%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.52%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (3.13%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.73%) AI Agents
6 7 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.73%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.34%) CMDB
7 6 (2.34%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.95%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.56%) Life Science
9 4 (1.56%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 35 (13.67%) Windows
2 13 (5.08%) Linux
3 12 (4.69%) Mac OS
4 8 (3.13%) Unix
4 8 (3.13%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.73%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.56%) zOS
7 3 (1.17%) Android
7 3 (1.17%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.78%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.39%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.39%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.39%) VMS
9 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (33.20%) Agile
2 68 (26.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 51 (19.92%) AI
4 47 (18.36%) CI/CD
5 41 (16.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 41 (16.02%) DevOps
6 32 (12.50%) Analytics
7 30 (11.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 29 (11.33%) Decision-Making
9 28 (10.94%) Migration
10 24 (9.38%) Customer Service
10 24 (9.38%) ITIL
11 22 (8.59%) Microservices
11 22 (8.59%) Validation
12 21 (8.20%) Data Engineering
12 21 (8.20%) Scrum
12 21 (8.20%) Test Automation
13 20 (7.81%) Workflow
14 19 (7.42%) Project Management
14 19 (7.42%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 53 (20.70%) Python
2 50 (19.53%) SQL
3 23 (8.98%) Java
4 18 (7.03%) JavaScript
5 17 (6.64%) TypeScript
6 15 (5.86%) C#
7 14 (5.47%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.34%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.95%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.56%) JCL
11 3 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (1.17%) Korn
12 2 (0.78%) Bash
12 2 (0.78%) Go
12 2 (0.78%) Perl
13 1 (0.39%) C++
13 1 (0.39%) COBOL
13 1 (0.39%) RPG
13 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (13.28%) Security Cleared
2 26 (10.16%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.03%) Degree
4 6 (2.34%) CISSP
4 6 (2.34%) PMP
5 5 (1.95%) CISA
5 5 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.95%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.56%) CRISC
6 4 (1.56%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.17%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.78%) CISM
8 2 (0.78%) CSPO
8 2 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.39%) CWNA
9 1 (0.39%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.03%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.64%) QA
3 8 (3.13%) GDPR
3 8 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.34%) NIST
4 6 (2.34%) PMO
4 6 (2.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (1.95%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.56%) COBIT
6 4 (1.56%) GRC
6 4 (1.56%) ITGC
6 4 (1.56%) SLA
7 2 (0.78%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (0.78%) GxP
7 2 (0.78%) WCAG
8 1 (0.39%) Basel III
8 1 (0.39%) GAAP
8 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.39%) NCSC
8 1 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (10.55%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.30%) Docker
3 4 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.78%) IAG
4 2 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.78%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.39%) Firmware
5 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.95%) SCCM
4 4 (1.56%) Ansible
4 4 (1.56%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (1.17%) Grafana
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%) HP Fortify
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 66 (25.78%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.98%) ServiceNow
3 15 (5.86%) Oracle
4 13 (5.08%) Google
5 12 (4.69%) SAP
6 10 (3.91%) Databricks
7 6 (2.34%) Apple
7 6 (2.34%) Dynatrace
7 6 (2.34%) Remedy
7 6 (2.34%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.34%) Splunk
7 6 (2.34%) Workday
8 5 (1.95%) Bloomberg
8 5 (1.95%) Cisco
8 5 (1.95%) VMware
9 4 (1.56%) BMC
9 4 (1.56%) IBM
10 3 (1.17%) ION Trading
11 2 (0.78%) Citrix
11 2 (0.78%) Informatica