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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -16 +5 +13
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 228 365 283
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 8.68% 17.80% 11.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.96% 19.01% 12.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 242 195
10th Percentile £230 £331 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +2.27% -
75th Percentile £638 £688 £688
90th Percentile £738 £813 £775
London median daily rate £512 £500 £528
% change year-on-year +2.45% -5.21% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 2
10th Percentile £17.37 £20.53 £28.58
25th Percentile - £31.80 £31.61
Median hourly rate £17.60 £38.78 £37.53
Median % change year-on-year -54.61% +3.32% -27.13%
75th Percentile £29.14 £50.75 £44.33
90th Percentile £71.25 £54.65 £47.88
London median hourly rate £20.00 £39.04 £35.50
% change year-on-year -48.77% +9.96% -14.46%

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 2,290 1,920 2,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 87.14% 93.61% 91.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,559 1,250 1,512
10th Percentile £359 £337 £360
25th Percentile £453 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £564
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -6.04%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 32 25
10th Percentile £17.60 £22.08 £20.04
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £23.16 £32.50 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -28.74% +16.86% -20.54%
75th Percentile £54.50 £50.75 £42.25
90th Percentile £64.25 £63.75 £87.00
London median hourly rate £36.25 £32.00 £30.16
% change year-on-year +13.28% +6.10% -27.33%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 16 July 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 -15 200 £520 -9.57% 93
West End of London -1 13 £500 +17.65% 11
City of Westminster -1 13 £560 +31.76% 10
Lambeth -1 1 - -
Southwark -1 1 £650 +44.44% 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 10 (4.39%) Confluence
1 10 (4.39%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.75%) CICS
4 3 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.88%) Apache
6 1 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.44%) CMS
6 1 (0.44%) IIS
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.44%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.75%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.44%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.32%) Aladdin
2 3 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.88%) Bloomberg AIM
3 2 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.88%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.88%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.88%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.44%) Findur
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.44%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.44%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 48 (21.05%) Azure
2 33 (14.47%) AWS
3 22 (9.65%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (9.21%) Power Platform
5 14 (6.14%) Entra ID
5 14 (6.14%) GCP
6 13 (5.70%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (3.95%) GitHub
8 8 (3.51%) SaaS
9 7 (3.07%) Serverless
10 6 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (2.63%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (2.19%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (2.19%) Snowflake
12 4 (1.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (1.75%) Azure AI
12 4 (1.75%) GitHub Copilot
12 4 (1.75%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.75%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.07%) DNS
1 7 (3.07%) Firewall
1 7 (3.07%) VPN
2 6 (2.63%) Network Security
3 5 (2.19%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.75%) LAN
4 4 (1.75%) WAN
5 3 (1.32%) DHCP
5 3 (1.32%) Internet
6 2 (0.88%) HTTP
6 2 (0.88%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.44%) BGP
7 1 (0.44%) Broadband
7 1 (0.44%) Cisco IPT
7 1 (0.44%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.44%) OSPF
7 1 (0.44%) VLAN
7 1 (0.44%) Wireless
7 1 (0.44%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.14%) Power BI
2 9 (3.95%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (3.07%) NoSQL
4 6 (2.63%) Db2
4 6 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.19%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.19%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.75%) Metadata
6 4 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.32%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.32%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.32%) SAP BW
7 3 (1.32%) Tableau
8 2 (0.88%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.88%) Looker
8 2 (0.88%) Power Query
8 2 (0.88%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (11.40%) JIRA
2 8 (3.51%) GitLab
3 7 (3.07%) Git
3 7 (3.07%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.07%) Selenium
4 5 (2.19%) REST Assured
5 4 (1.75%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.88%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.88%) JUnit
6 2 (0.88%) Mockito
6 2 (0.88%) Postman
7 1 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.44%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.44%) ERwin
7 1 (0.44%) Gatling
7 1 (0.44%) JDeveloper
7 1 (0.44%) JMeter
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.44%) Snyk
7 1 (0.44%) Vite
General
1 120 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 98 (42.98%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (31.14%) Finance
4 19 (8.33%) Banking
5 13 (5.70%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.51%) Financial Institution
7 8 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.51%) Marketing
8 7 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.63%) Front Office
9 6 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.63%) Retail
9 6 (2.63%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.19%) Law
11 4 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.32%) Legal
12 3 (1.32%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.88%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 42 (18.42%) Analyst
2 21 (9.21%) Senior
3 20 (8.77%) Architect
3 20 (8.77%) Business Analyst
4 19 (8.33%) Developer
5 12 (5.26%) Data Engineer
5 12 (5.26%) Project Manager
6 11 (4.82%) Lead
6 11 (4.82%) Support Engineer
7 9 (3.95%) Consultant
8 8 (3.51%) IT Analyst
8 8 (3.51%) Support Analyst
9 7 (3.07%) Digital Analyst
9 7 (3.07%) Digital Business Analyst
9 7 (3.07%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 6 (2.63%) IT Support
10 6 (2.63%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (2.19%) Applications Support
11 5 (2.19%) Data Analyst
11 5 (2.19%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.33%) REST
2 13 (5.70%) JSON
2 13 (5.70%) React
3 12 (5.26%) SOAP
4 10 (4.39%) Kafka
5 7 (3.07%) AngularJS
5 7 (3.07%) PySpark
6 6 (2.63%) Middleware
6 6 (2.63%) RESTful
6 6 (2.63%) Spring
6 6 (2.63%) Spring Boot
6 6 (2.63%) Web Services
6 6 (2.63%) XML
7 5 (2.19%) Playwright
8 4 (1.75%) .NET
8 4 (1.75%) CSS
8 4 (1.75%) FIX Protocol
8 4 (1.75%) HTML
8 4 (1.75%) WSDL
9 3 (1.32%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.02%) Onboarding
2 10 (4.39%) Product Ownership
2 10 (4.39%) Virtual Team
3 9 (3.95%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (3.51%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.07%) Data Centre
5 7 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.07%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.63%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.19%) AI Agents
7 5 (2.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.75%) CMDB
8 4 (1.75%) DataPower
8 4 (1.75%) Mainframe
8 4 (1.75%) NHS
8 4 (1.75%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 26 (11.40%) Windows
2 11 (4.82%) Mac OS
3 8 (3.51%) Linux
4 4 (1.75%) Unix
4 4 (1.75%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.75%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.75%) zOS
5 3 (1.32%) Android
6 2 (0.88%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.44%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.44%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.44%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (28.51%) Agile
2 54 (23.68%) Stakeholder Management
3 42 (18.42%) AI
4 33 (14.47%) CI/CD
5 32 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (13.60%) Analytics
7 28 (12.28%) Decision-Making
7 28 (12.28%) Migration
8 27 (11.84%) DevOps
9 26 (11.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 24 (10.53%) Validation
11 22 (9.65%) Data Modelling
12 20 (8.77%) Collaborative Working
13 19 (8.33%) ITIL
14 18 (7.89%) Microservices
14 18 (7.89%) Performance Tuning
15 17 (7.46%) Process Improvement
15 17 (7.46%) Project Management
15 17 (7.46%) Test Automation
16 16 (7.02%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 46 (20.18%) SQL
2 43 (18.86%) Python
3 19 (8.33%) Java
4 15 (6.58%) JavaScript
5 11 (4.82%) TypeScript
6 10 (4.39%) C#
7 7 (3.07%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.63%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.75%) JCL
10 3 (1.32%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.32%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.88%) Bicep
11 2 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.88%) Go
12 1 (0.44%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.44%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.44%) Korn
12 1 (0.44%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.44%) R
12 1 (0.44%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 29 (12.72%) Security Cleared
2 23 (10.09%) SC Cleared
3 21 (9.21%) Degree
4 8 (3.51%) CISSP
5 7 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.19%) CISA
6 5 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.19%) CRISC
6 5 (2.19%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.19%) PMP
7 4 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.75%) CISM
7 4 (1.75%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.88%) CCNA
9 2 (0.88%) CSPO
9 2 (0.88%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.44%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.46%) QA
2 15 (6.58%) Data Quality
3 10 (4.39%) GDPR
4 6 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.63%) NIST
4 6 (2.63%) PMO
4 6 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (2.19%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.75%) COBIT
6 4 (1.75%) GRC
6 4 (1.75%) ITGC
6 4 (1.75%) SLA
7 2 (0.88%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (0.88%) GxP
7 2 (0.88%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.88%) IFRS
7 2 (0.88%) WCAG
8 1 (0.44%) GAAP
8 1 (0.44%) GMP
8 1 (0.44%) NCSC
System Software
1 19 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.95%) Docker
3 4 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.88%) IAG
5 2 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.44%) NFS
6 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.44%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (5.70%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.63%) Terraform
4 3 (1.32%) Grafana
5 2 (0.88%) Ansible
5 2 (0.88%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.88%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.44%) Control-M
6 1 (0.44%) EMC VPLEX
6 1 (0.44%) logstash
6 1 (0.44%) PingFederate
6 1 (0.44%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.44%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.44%) vMotion
6 1 (0.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 54 (23.68%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.46%) ServiceNow
3 13 (5.70%) Google
4 12 (5.26%) SAP
5 10 (4.39%) Oracle
6 7 (3.07%) Workday
7 6 (2.63%) Databricks
7 6 (2.63%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.19%) Apple
8 5 (2.19%) Bloomberg
8 5 (2.19%) Splunk
9 4 (1.75%) Charles River
9 4 (1.75%) Cisco
9 4 (1.75%) Informatica
9 4 (1.75%) Remedy
10 3 (1.32%) BMC
10 3 (1.32%) IBM
10 3 (1.32%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.32%) VMware
10 3 (1.32%) Zscaler