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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -14 +3 +10
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 267 330 314
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.12% 17.30% 13.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.15% 18.43% 14.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 236 204
10th Percentile £258 £308 £348
25th Percentile £400 £402 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £536 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £735 £795 £750
London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 3
10th Percentile £16.08 £15.94 £33.60
25th Percentile - £20.09 £63.00
Median hourly rate £17.60 £26.00 £112.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.31% -76.79% +198.67%
75th Percentile £26.13 £33.05 -
90th Percentile £68.75 £34.48 -
London median hourly rate £20.00 £32.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -37.49% -14.68% -28.57%

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 2,197 1,791 2,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 91.50% 93.92% 92.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,518 1,228 1,382
10th Percentile £363 £325 £363
25th Percentile £450 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £780
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 24 27
10th Percentile £15.15 £17.61 £19.70
25th Percentile £17.60 £21.54 £27.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £27.04 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% -22.76% +27.27%
75th Percentile £42.56 £35.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £64.10 £61.65 £122.20
London median hourly rate £32.50 £30.50 £37.15
% change year-on-year +6.56% -17.90% -7.13%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -11 239 £525 -4.55% 67
City of Westminster -5 11 £475 +5.56% 13
West End of London -4 10 £263 -41.67% 14
Lambeth - 5 £225 - 1
Kensington and Chelsea -5 1 £750 +66.67%
Camden - 1 - - 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 14 (5.24%) Confluence
1 14 (5.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.49%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.62%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.50%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.12%) Apache
5 3 (1.12%) SAS
6 2 (0.75%) CMS
7 1 (0.37%) CICS
7 1 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.37%) IIS
7 1 (0.37%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.75%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (2.25%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.50%) Aladdin
2 4 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.12%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.75%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.75%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.37%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.37%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.37%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 58 (21.72%) Azure
2 30 (11.24%) AWS
3 29 (10.86%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (10.11%) Power Platform
5 19 (7.12%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (7.12%) Entra ID
6 14 (5.24%) GitHub
7 13 (4.87%) GCP
7 13 (4.87%) SaaS
8 12 (4.49%) Serverless
9 8 (3.00%) Azure Data Factory
9 8 (3.00%) PowerApps
10 7 (2.62%) dbt
10 7 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (2.62%) Power Automate
11 6 (2.25%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.25%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.25%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (1.87%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.37%) DNS
2 14 (5.24%) VPN
3 12 (4.49%) TCP/IP
4 9 (3.37%) DHCP
5 7 (2.62%) Firewall
6 6 (2.25%) VLAN
7 4 (1.50%) Network Security
8 3 (1.12%) HTTP
8 3 (1.12%) Unified Communications
8 3 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.75%) BGP
9 2 (0.75%) LAN
9 2 (0.75%) SSL
9 2 (0.75%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.75%) VoIP
9 2 (0.75%) WAN
10 1 (0.37%) DKIM
10 1 (0.37%) DMARC
10 1 (0.37%) NX-OS
10 1 (0.37%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.99%) Power BI
2 12 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.00%) Metadata
4 7 (2.62%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.87%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.87%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.87%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.50%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.50%) SAP BW
6 4 (1.50%) Tableau
7 3 (1.12%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.12%) Delta Lake
7 3 (1.12%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.75%) Big Data
8 2 (0.75%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.75%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 40 (14.98%) JIRA
2 12 (4.49%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.12%) Git
4 7 (2.62%) GitLab
4 7 (2.62%) Selenium
5 5 (1.87%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.50%) Artifactory
6 4 (1.50%) JDeveloper
6 4 (1.50%) JUnit
6 4 (1.50%) REST Assured
7 3 (1.12%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.12%) JMeter
7 3 (1.12%) Mockito
7 3 (1.12%) Postman
7 3 (1.12%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.75%) Appium
8 2 (0.75%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.75%) Maven
8 2 (0.75%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 139 (52.06%) Social Skills
2 113 (42.32%) Analytical Skills
3 98 (36.70%) Finance
4 38 (14.23%) Banking
5 23 (8.61%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.99%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (4.87%) Front Office
8 12 (4.49%) Marketing
9 11 (4.12%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (3.37%) Financial Institution
11 9 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (3.37%) Retail
12 6 (2.25%) Investment Banking
12 6 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.50%) Legal
14 4 (1.50%) Retail Banking
14 4 (1.50%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.12%) Military
Job Titles
1 50 (18.73%) Analyst
2 28 (10.49%) Developer
2 28 (10.49%) Senior
3 24 (8.99%) Business Analyst
4 20 (7.49%) Architect
5 19 (7.12%) Lead
6 18 (6.74%) Support Engineer
7 16 (5.99%) Consultant
8 12 (4.49%) IT Support
8 12 (4.49%) Project Manager
9 11 (4.12%) Data Engineer
10 9 (3.37%) Applications Support
11 8 (3.00%) IT Engineer
11 8 (3.00%) IT Support Engineer
11 8 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (3.00%) Support Analyst
12 7 (2.62%) Applications Engineer
12 7 (2.62%) Data Analyst
13 6 (2.25%) Java Developer
13 6 (2.25%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.36%) REST
2 18 (6.74%) .NET
3 15 (5.62%) SOAP
4 14 (5.24%) React
5 11 (4.12%) Terraform
6 10 (3.75%) AngularJS
6 10 (3.75%) JSON
7 9 (3.37%) Web Services
8 8 (3.00%) Kafka
9 7 (2.62%) PySpark
9 7 (2.62%) Spring
9 7 (2.62%) Spring Boot
10 6 (2.25%) CSS
10 6 (2.25%) HTML
10 6 (2.25%) RESTful
10 6 (2.25%) XML
11 4 (1.50%) Middleware
11 4 (1.50%) Node.js
11 4 (1.50%) OAuth
11 4 (1.50%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.24%) Onboarding
2 18 (6.74%) Product Ownership
3 15 (5.62%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.37%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (2.62%) AI Agents
5 7 (2.62%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.62%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.62%) Fixed Income
5 7 (2.62%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.25%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.50%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.50%) CMDB
8 4 (1.50%) Life Science
8 4 (1.50%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 41 (15.36%) Windows
2 15 (5.62%) Linux
3 12 (4.49%) macOS
4 8 (3.00%) Unix
4 8 (3.00%) Windows 10
4 8 (3.00%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.50%) Android
5 4 (1.50%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.37%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.37%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.37%) VMS
7 1 (0.37%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.37%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (35.21%) Stakeholder Management
2 87 (32.58%) Agile
3 54 (20.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 52 (19.48%) CI/CD
5 47 (17.60%) DevOps
6 42 (15.73%) AI
7 40 (14.98%) Migration
7 40 (14.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 33 (12.36%) Analytics
9 32 (11.99%) Decision-Making
10 28 (10.49%) Translating Business Requirements
11 25 (9.36%) Customer Service
12 24 (8.99%) Data Engineering
13 23 (8.61%) Collaborative Working
13 23 (8.61%) ITIL
13 23 (8.61%) Scrum
13 23 (8.61%) Validation
14 21 (7.87%) Data Governance
14 21 (7.87%) Service Delivery
14 21 (7.87%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 52 (19.48%) Python
1 52 (19.48%) SQL
2 22 (8.24%) Java
3 18 (6.74%) JavaScript
3 18 (6.74%) PowerShell
4 15 (5.62%) TypeScript
5 13 (4.87%) C#
6 5 (1.87%) Korn
6 5 (1.87%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.50%) Bash
7 4 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.12%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.75%) Perl
10 1 (0.37%) C++
10 1 (0.37%) COBOL
10 1 (0.37%) Go
10 1 (0.37%) JCL
10 1 (0.37%) RPG
10 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 41 (15.36%) Security Cleared
2 32 (11.99%) SC Cleared
3 16 (5.99%) Degree
4 8 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.00%) PMI Certification
5 7 (2.62%) PMP
6 6 (2.25%) DBS Check
6 6 (2.25%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.25%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.12%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.12%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.75%) CCNP
9 2 (0.75%) CISA
9 2 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.75%) CISM
9 2 (0.75%) CISSP
9 2 (0.75%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.36%) Data Quality
2 18 (6.74%) QA
3 5 (1.87%) GDPR
3 5 (1.87%) PMO
3 5 (1.87%) SLA
4 4 (1.50%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.50%) GRC
5 3 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.75%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (0.75%) GAAP
6 2 (0.75%) GxP
6 2 (0.75%) IFRS
6 2 (0.75%) PSD2
7 1 (0.37%) GMP
7 1 (0.37%) NCSC
7 1 (0.37%) NIST
7 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.37%) SEPA
7 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (11.24%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.75%) Docker
3 6 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.75%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.75%) IAG
5 2 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.75%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.75%) vSphere
6 1 (0.37%) Firmware
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (5.24%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.00%) SCCM
4 7 (2.62%) Grafana
5 5 (1.87%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (1.50%) Ansible
6 4 (1.50%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.75%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.75%) WSUS
9 1 (0.37%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.37%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.37%) PingFederate
9 1 (0.37%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.37%) SCOM
9 1 (0.37%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.37%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 81 (30.34%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.99%) ServiceNow
3 20 (7.49%) Oracle
4 15 (5.62%) Databricks
5 14 (5.24%) Google
6 12 (4.49%) SAP
7 8 (3.00%) Dynatrace
7 8 (3.00%) Splunk
8 7 (2.62%) Bloomberg
8 7 (2.62%) VMware
9 6 (2.25%) Apple
9 6 (2.25%) Remedy
9 6 (2.25%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.87%) Cisco
10 5 (1.87%) ION Trading
10 5 (1.87%) Workday
11 4 (1.50%) BMC
11 4 (1.50%) IBM
11 4 (1.50%) Refinitiv
12 3 (1.12%) Citrix