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 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 9 19
Rank change year-on-year +3 +10 +13
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 320 311 276
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 17.22% 13.27% 8.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.32% 14.42% 9.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 197 198
10th Percentile £310 £339 £312
25th Percentile £402 £453 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £669 £675 £697
90th Percentile £775 £755 £850
London median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile £15.94 £33.60 £16.65
25th Percentile £20.09 £63.00 £23.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £112.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -76.79% +198.67% -31.19%
75th Percentile £33.05 - £54.75
90th Percentile £34.48 - £63.15
London median hourly rate £31.49 £40.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year -21.28% -25.58% +49.31%

All Process and 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 1,747 2,156 2,763
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 94.03% 92.02% 89.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,203 1,356 1,932
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -1.71% +1.74%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £775 £813
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 18
10th Percentile £17.08 £19.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.18 £28.06 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +30.84% -37.06%
75th Percentile £36.00 £74.38 £45.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £124.75 £57.73
London median hourly rate £30.50 £38.50 £39.83
% change year-on-year -20.78% -3.34% +2.30%

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 October 2025.

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 October 2025.

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 October 2025. 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 +3 294 £525 -8.70% 736
City of Westminster -2 7 £450 - 7
West End of London +2 5 £450 -7.60% 10
Kensington and Chelsea +1 3 £450 - 2
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 17 (5.31%) Confluence
2 8 (2.50%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.63%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.63%) CMS
5 1 (0.31%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.31%) Apache
5 1 (0.31%) IIS
5 1 (0.31%) SAS
5 1 (0.31%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 31 (9.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.25%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.25%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.25%) Oracle EBS R12
1 4 (1.25%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.94%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.63%) ION Anvil
3 2 (0.63%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.63%) SAP PLM
3 2 (0.63%) SAP VC
4 1 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.31%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (16.56%) Azure
2 40 (12.50%) AWS
3 28 (8.75%) Power Platform
4 20 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (3.75%) GCP
6 10 (3.13%) Snowflake
7 9 (2.81%) GitHub
7 9 (2.81%) SaaS
8 8 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.19%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.88%) Mimecast
11 5 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.56%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.25%) PaaS
12 4 (1.25%) Serverless
13 3 (0.94%) IaaS
13 3 (0.94%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.94%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.63%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.19%) DNS
2 5 (1.56%) Firewall
2 5 (1.56%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.56%) WAN
3 3 (0.94%) BGP
3 3 (0.94%) Cisco IPT
3 3 (0.94%) IP Telephony
3 3 (0.94%) Network Security
3 3 (0.94%) OSPF
3 3 (0.94%) VPN
4 2 (0.63%) DHCP
4 2 (0.63%) Internet
4 2 (0.63%) Intranet
4 2 (0.63%) LAN
4 2 (0.63%) MPLS
4 2 (0.63%) SAN
4 2 (0.63%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.63%) Softphone
4 2 (0.63%) SSL
4 2 (0.63%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.81%) Power BI
2 10 (3.13%) Relational Database
3 9 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.81%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.50%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.50%) Tableau
5 6 (1.88%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.88%) MySQL
5 6 (1.88%) NoSQL
5 6 (1.88%) Oracle Database
5 6 (1.88%) Redis
6 5 (1.56%) Data Mining
6 5 (1.56%) Hadoop
7 4 (1.25%) MemSQL
8 3 (0.94%) DB2
8 3 (0.94%) KDB
8 3 (0.94%) Sybase IQ
9 2 (0.63%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.63%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.63%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 34 (10.63%) JIRA
2 23 (7.19%) Git
3 12 (3.75%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.81%) Postman
5 7 (2.19%) Selenium
6 6 (1.88%) GitLab
6 6 (1.88%) Xcode
7 5 (1.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (1.56%) JUnit
7 5 (1.56%) REST Assured
7 5 (1.56%) SoapUI
8 4 (1.25%) Maven
8 4 (1.25%) Mockito
8 4 (1.25%) SonarQube
8 4 (1.25%) Subversion
8 4 (1.25%) XCTest
9 3 (0.94%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.94%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.94%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.94%) Eclipse
General
1 176 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 131 (40.94%) Analytical Skills
3 121 (37.81%) Finance
4 51 (15.94%) Banking
5 23 (7.19%) Front Office
6 17 (5.31%) Financial Institution
7 15 (4.69%) Investment Banking
8 14 (4.38%) Public Sector
9 11 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.81%) Back Office
11 9 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (2.50%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.88%) Marketing
13 6 (1.88%) Retail
14 5 (1.56%) Spanish Language
15 4 (1.25%) Legal
15 4 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 61 (19.06%) Analyst
2 50 (15.63%) Developer
3 34 (10.63%) Business Analyst
4 31 (9.69%) Senior
5 21 (6.56%) Consultant
5 21 (6.56%) Lead
6 17 (5.31%) Architect
7 15 (4.69%) Project Manager
8 10 (3.13%) Java Developer
9 9 (2.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (2.50%) Support Analyst
11 7 (2.19%) Data Engineer
12 6 (1.88%) IT Analyst
12 6 (1.88%) Programme Manager
12 6 (1.88%) Python Engineer
12 6 (1.88%) Test Engineer
13 5 (1.56%) Data Scientist
13 5 (1.56%) Risk Consultant
13 5 (1.56%) Senior Consultant
13 5 (1.56%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.00%) CSS
1 16 (5.00%) HTML
2 14 (4.38%) .NET
3 13 (4.06%) RESTful
4 12 (3.75%) REST
5 10 (3.13%) Kafka
5 10 (3.13%) Spring
6 9 (2.81%) HTML5
6 9 (2.81%) Web Services
7 8 (2.50%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.88%) Hibernate
8 6 (1.88%) SOAP
8 6 (1.88%) Spring Boot
9 5 (1.56%) JPA
9 5 (1.56%) Middleware
9 5 (1.56%) OAuth
9 5 (1.56%) Pandas
9 5 (1.56%) scikit-learn
9 5 (1.56%) Swagger
9 5 (1.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.31%) Product Ownership
2 13 (4.06%) Algorithms
3 11 (3.44%) Data Structures
4 10 (3.13%) Virtual Team
5 8 (2.50%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.19%) Fixed Income
6 7 (2.19%) Reinsurance
7 6 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.88%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.88%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.56%) Distributed Computing
8 5 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.56%) Market Risk
8 5 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.25%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 31 (9.69%) Windows
2 18 (5.63%) Linux
3 13 (4.06%) Unix
4 7 (2.19%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.88%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.25%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.94%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.31%) Android
9 1 (0.31%) Solaris
9 1 (0.31%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.31%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (31.56%) Agile
2 44 (13.75%) Analytics
3 43 (13.44%) CI/CD
3 43 (13.44%) Continuous Improvement
4 38 (11.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 37 (11.56%) DevOps
6 36 (11.25%) Migration
7 33 (10.31%) Project Management
8 31 (9.69%) Business Intelligence
9 30 (9.38%) Decision-Making
9 30 (9.38%) Scrum
9 30 (9.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 25 (7.81%) Data Analysis
10 25 (7.81%) Test Automation
11 24 (7.50%) User Acceptance Testing
12 23 (7.19%) SDLC
13 22 (6.88%) Computer Science
14 21 (6.56%) Roadmaps
15 18 (5.63%) Collaborative Working
15 18 (5.63%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 66 (20.63%) Python
2 58 (18.13%) SQL
3 35 (10.94%) Java
4 23 (7.19%) JavaScript
5 19 (5.94%) C#
6 11 (3.44%) PowerShell
7 9 (2.81%) Bash
8 7 (2.19%) C++
9 5 (1.56%) Go
9 5 (1.56%) Groovy
9 5 (1.56%) R
10 4 (1.25%) Korn
10 4 (1.25%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.94%) Swift
11 3 (0.94%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.94%) VBA
12 2 (0.63%) ABAP
12 2 (0.63%) PHP
12 2 (0.63%) RPG
12 2 (0.63%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 44 (13.75%) Degree
2 29 (9.06%) Security Cleared
3 22 (6.88%) SC Cleared
4 13 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.19%) PMP
6 5 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.56%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.94%) ACCA
7 3 (0.94%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.63%) CBAP
8 2 (0.63%) CCAB
8 2 (0.63%) CCNP
8 2 (0.63%) CIMA
8 2 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.63%) CISSP
8 2 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.63%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.31%) CFA
9 1 (0.31%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.94%) QA
2 15 (4.69%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.19%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.19%) PMO
4 5 (1.56%) Basel II
5 3 (0.94%) SLA
6 2 (0.63%) COBIT
6 2 (0.63%) GDPR
6 2 (0.63%) GRC
6 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.63%) NIST
6 2 (0.63%) WCAG
7 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.31%) EMIR
7 1 (0.31%) IFRS
7 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.31%) PSD2
7 1 (0.31%) SEPA
System Software
1 18 (5.63%) Docker
2 16 (5.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.31%) Firmware
4 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.31%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (7.50%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.44%) Terraform
3 10 (3.13%) Ansible
4 7 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.94%) Grafana
5 3 (0.94%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.94%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 2 (0.63%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.63%) SCCM
7 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.31%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.31%) Nessus
7 1 (0.31%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.31%) Packer
7 1 (0.31%) Puppet
7 1 (0.31%) WMI
7 1 (0.31%) yum
7 1 (0.31%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 65 (20.31%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.19%) Oracle
3 11 (3.44%) Salesforce
3 11 (3.44%) Splunk
4 10 (3.13%) ServiceNow
4 10 (3.13%) VMware
5 9 (2.81%) Google
6 7 (2.19%) SAP
7 6 (1.88%) Citrix
7 6 (1.88%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.56%) CA Agile Central
8 5 (1.56%) Cisco
8 5 (1.56%) Zscaler
9 4 (1.25%) Apple
9 4 (1.25%) Commvault
9 4 (1.25%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.25%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.25%) Symantec
9 4 (1.25%) UiPath
9 4 (1.25%) Workday