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 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -16 +5 +11
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 241 342 276
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 10.12% 17.01% 11.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.69% 18.37% 12.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 224 181
10th Percentile £358 £352 £313
25th Percentile £423 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% - -
75th Percentile £638 £651 £675
90th Percentile £749 £775 £775
London median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 4
10th Percentile £19.17 £43.55 £24.07
25th Percentile £34.48 £46.57 £25.67
Median hourly rate £41.02 £49.50 £37.53
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +31.89% -27.13%
75th Percentile £43.86 £54.00 £53.94
90th Percentile £49.38 £59.85 £60.58
London median hourly rate £35.71 £43.04 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.03% +22.96% -20.20%

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 2,061 1,862 2,233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 86.56% 92.59% 90.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,410 1,213 1,585
10th Percentile £357 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £461 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -7.95%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £763 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 22 27
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £19.52
25th Percentile £21.37 £24.66 £22.25
Median hourly rate £26.56 £30.04 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -11.59% +8.00% -20.54%
75th Percentile £46.29 £44.40 £36.50
90th Percentile £59.48 £50.75 £56.15
London median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
% change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -22.83%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 18 April 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 -16 220 £525 -4.55% 242
City of Westminster -4 7 £613 +44.12% 2
West End of London -4 6 £560 +18.14% 5
Kensington and Chelsea - 4 £588 - 3
Southwark -3 1 £650 +52.94% 4
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 11 (4.56%) Confluence
2 8 (3.32%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.66%) CICS
5 2 (0.83%) Apache
6 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.41%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.41%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (6.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.07%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.24%) Fidessa
1 3 (1.24%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (1.24%) Workday HCM
2 2 (0.83%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.83%) Summit
3 1 (0.41%) BASE24
3 1 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.41%) Findur
3 1 (0.41%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.41%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 51 (21.16%) Azure
2 31 (12.86%) AWS
3 25 (10.37%) Power Platform
4 14 (5.81%) GCP
5 13 (5.39%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (3.32%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (2.90%) GitHub
9 6 (2.49%) Snowflake
10 5 (2.07%) Power Automate
10 5 (2.07%) SaaS
10 5 (2.07%) Serverless
11 4 (1.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.66%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.66%) Google Gemini
11 4 (1.66%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.24%) GitHub Copilot
12 3 (1.24%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.32%) Network Security
2 7 (2.90%) Firewall
3 4 (1.66%) VPN
4 3 (1.24%) Internet
5 2 (0.83%) DHCP
5 2 (0.83%) DNS
5 2 (0.83%) LAN
5 2 (0.83%) NAS
5 2 (0.83%) SAN
5 2 (0.83%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.83%) WAN
5 2 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.41%) 4G
6 1 (0.41%) 5G
6 1 (0.41%) Broadband
6 1 (0.41%) HTTP
6 1 (0.41%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.47%) Power BI
2 13 (5.39%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.73%) Tableau
4 8 (3.32%) Metadata
4 8 (3.32%) Relational Database
4 8 (3.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.07%) DB2
7 5 (2.07%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.66%) DynamoDB
9 3 (1.24%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.83%) Big Data
10 2 (0.83%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.83%) Looker
10 2 (0.83%) Power Query
10 2 (0.83%) PowerCenter
10 2 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.41%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 25 (10.37%) JIRA
2 11 (4.56%) Git
3 6 (2.49%) GitLab
3 6 (2.49%) Selenium
4 4 (1.66%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.66%) Postman
5 3 (1.24%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.83%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.41%) ERwin
7 1 (0.41%) JUnit
7 1 (0.41%) Mockito
7 1 (0.41%) Snyk
7 1 (0.41%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.41%) TestRail
7 1 (0.41%) Toad
General
1 121 (50.21%) Social Skills
2 105 (43.57%) Analytical Skills
3 91 (37.76%) Finance
4 29 (12.03%) Banking
5 19 (7.88%) Front Office
6 15 (6.22%) Public Sector
7 13 (5.39%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (4.15%) Legal
8 10 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (3.73%) Marketing
10 8 (3.32%) Investment Banking
11 7 (2.90%) Financial Institution
12 6 (2.49%) Retail
12 6 (2.49%) Telecoms
13 5 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (2.07%) Law
14 4 (1.66%) Advertising
14 4 (1.66%) Back Office
14 4 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (21.16%) Analyst
2 28 (11.62%) Business Analyst
3 23 (9.54%) Senior
4 22 (9.13%) Developer
5 17 (7.05%) Lead
6 14 (5.81%) Data Engineer
7 13 (5.39%) Project Manager
8 10 (4.15%) Data Analyst
9 9 (3.73%) Architect
9 9 (3.73%) Consultant
10 8 (3.32%) IT Analyst
10 8 (3.32%) Technical Leader
11 7 (2.90%) Programme Manager
12 6 (2.49%) Digital Analyst
12 6 (2.49%) Python Engineer
13 5 (2.07%) Data Scientist
13 5 (2.07%) Digital Business Analyst
13 5 (2.07%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 5 (2.07%) Product Manager
13 5 (2.07%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.64%) REST
2 10 (4.15%) RESTful
2 10 (4.15%) SOAP
3 8 (3.32%) JSON
4 7 (2.90%) Kafka
4 7 (2.90%) React
5 6 (2.49%) CSS
5 6 (2.49%) FIX Protocol
5 6 (2.49%) HTML
5 6 (2.49%) Web Services
6 5 (2.07%) LangChain
6 5 (2.07%) Lightning Web Components
6 5 (2.07%) Middleware
6 5 (2.07%) Spring
6 5 (2.07%) XML
7 4 (1.66%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.66%) LangGraph
7 4 (1.66%) PySpark
7 4 (1.66%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.66%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.22%) Product Ownership
2 14 (5.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 14 (5.81%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.56%) Virtual Team
4 9 (3.73%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.32%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.90%) AI Agents
6 7 (2.90%) Equities
6 7 (2.90%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.49%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.49%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.49%) Derivative
7 6 (2.49%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.49%) Fixed Income
7 6 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.07%) CMDB
9 4 (1.66%) DataPower
9 4 (1.66%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.66%) Online Banking
9 4 (1.66%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.15%) Windows
2 4 (1.66%) Mac OS
2 4 (1.66%) Unix
2 4 (1.66%) zOS
3 3 (1.24%) Linux
4 2 (0.83%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.83%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.41%) Android
5 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.41%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.41%) VMS
5 1 (0.41%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (24.07%) Agile
2 47 (19.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 36 (14.94%) AI
4 31 (12.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 30 (12.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (12.45%) Decision-Making
6 29 (12.03%) Analytics
7 27 (11.20%) Data Modelling
8 26 (10.79%) CI/CD
9 24 (9.96%) Computer Science
9 24 (9.96%) Migration
9 24 (9.96%) Validation
10 22 (9.13%) Business Analysis
10 22 (9.13%) Project Management
11 20 (8.30%) Change Management
11 20 (8.30%) Test Automation
11 20 (8.30%) User Acceptance Testing
12 19 (7.88%) Business Intelligence
12 19 (7.88%) Data Governance
12 19 (7.88%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 54 (22.41%) SQL
2 48 (19.92%) Python
3 18 (7.47%) Java
4 15 (6.22%) C#
5 12 (4.98%) JavaScript
6 9 (3.73%) PowerShell
7 6 (2.49%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.07%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.66%) C++
9 4 (1.66%) JCL
9 4 (1.66%) R
10 3 (1.24%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.83%) Go
11 2 (0.83%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.41%) ABAP
12 1 (0.41%) Bicep
12 1 (0.41%) COBOL
12 1 (0.41%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.41%) Perl
12 1 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 32 (13.28%) Degree
2 19 (7.88%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.22%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.73%) CISSP
5 9 (3.73%) PMI Certification
6 7 (2.90%) CRISC
7 6 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.49%) PMP
8 5 (2.07%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.07%) CISA
8 5 (2.07%) CISM
9 3 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.24%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.24%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.83%) CBAP
10 2 (0.83%) CCNA
10 2 (0.83%) CFA
10 2 (0.83%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.30%) QA
2 19 (7.88%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.32%) PMO
4 7 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.90%) NIST
4 7 (2.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (2.49%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.49%) GDPR
6 4 (1.66%) COBIT
6 4 (1.66%) ITGC
6 4 (1.66%) WCAG
7 3 (1.24%) ISO 8583
7 3 (1.24%) MiFID
8 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.83%) GRC
8 2 (0.83%) IFRS
8 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.83%) PSD2
8 2 (0.83%) SLA
9 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
System Software
1 10 (4.15%) Docker
2 9 (3.73%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.66%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) NFS
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (4.15%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.07%) Terraform
3 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.24%) Ansible
4 3 (1.24%) Grafana
5 2 (0.83%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.41%) Control-M
6 1 (0.41%) EMC VPLEX
6 1 (0.41%) logstash
6 1 (0.41%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.41%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.41%) SCCM
6 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.41%) vMotion
6 1 (0.41%) vRealize
6 1 (0.41%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 47 (19.50%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.56%) Google
2 11 (4.56%) Oracle
2 11 (4.56%) ServiceNow
3 10 (4.15%) Databricks
4 6 (2.49%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.49%) SAP
4 6 (2.49%) VMware
4 6 (2.49%) Workday
5 5 (2.07%) Bloomberg
5 5 (2.07%) Charles River
5 5 (2.07%) Informatica
6 4 (1.66%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.66%) Splunk
7 3 (1.24%) AppDynamics
7 3 (1.24%) Cisco
7 3 (1.24%) HP
7 3 (1.24%) Murex
8 2 (0.83%) Adobe
8 2 (0.83%) Juniper