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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +14
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 222 343 279
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 9.08% 17.35% 11.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.62% 18.66% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 222 187
10th Percentile £319 £332 £312
25th Percentile £416 £450 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £638 £675 £685
90th Percentile £741 £799 £785
London median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.51% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 3
10th Percentile £28.04 £43.55 £23.71
25th Percentile £39.34 £46.57 £24.78
Median hourly rate £41.02 £49.50 £26.56
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +86.37% -48.43%
75th Percentile £42.65 £54.00 £38.41
90th Percentile £48.20 £59.85 £45.51
London median hourly rate £35.71 £44.04 £29.34
% change year-on-year -18.91% +50.09% -33.11%

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 2,091 1,838 2,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 85.56% 92.97% 90.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,416 1,185 1,560
10th Percentile £356 £350 £350
25th Percentile £450 £453 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £801
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 24 23
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £20.22
25th Percentile £19.13 £22.75 £22.75
Median hourly rate £26.56 £29.07 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.53% -20.54%
75th Percentile £45.03 £43.97 £30.41
90th Percentile £59.64 £50.75 £41.47
London median hourly rate £35.71 £34.25 £28.50
% change year-on-year +4.26% +20.18% -26.92%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -17 199 £525 -5.19% 214
West End of London -2 7 £543 -1.36% 9
City of Westminster -2 7 £575 +17.95% 3
Kensington and Chelsea - 4 £588 - 1
Southwark -2 1 £650 +52.94%
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 9 (4.05%) Confluence
2 8 (3.60%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.80%) CICS
5 2 (0.90%) Apache
6 1 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.45%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (5.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.25%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.35%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.35%) Fidessa
1 3 (1.35%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.90%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.90%) Summit
2 2 (0.90%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.45%) BASE24
3 1 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.45%) Findur
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.45%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.45%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 45 (20.27%) Azure
2 28 (12.61%) AWS
3 21 (9.46%) Power Platform
4 14 (6.31%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (4.50%) GCP
6 8 (3.60%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.70%) GitHub
7 6 (2.70%) Snowflake
8 5 (2.25%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.25%) Power Automate
8 5 (2.25%) Serverless
9 4 (1.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (1.80%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.80%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.80%) SaaS
10 3 (1.35%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (1.35%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.35%) GitHub Copilot
10 3 (1.35%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.60%) Firewall
2 7 (3.15%) Network Security
3 4 (1.80%) VPN
4 3 (1.35%) Internet
4 3 (1.35%) LAN
4 3 (1.35%) WAN
5 2 (0.90%) DHCP
5 2 (0.90%) DNS
5 2 (0.90%) NAS
5 2 (0.90%) SAN
5 2 (0.90%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.45%) 4G
6 1 (0.45%) 5G
6 1 (0.45%) Broadband
6 1 (0.45%) OSPF
6 1 (0.45%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.45%) VLAN
6 1 (0.45%) Wireless
6 1 (0.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.76%) Power BI
2 13 (5.86%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.60%) Metadata
3 8 (3.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.25%) DB2
6 5 (2.25%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.25%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.25%) Tableau
7 4 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.80%) DynamoDB
8 3 (1.35%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.90%) Big Data
9 2 (0.90%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.90%) Looker
9 2 (0.90%) Power Query
9 2 (0.90%) PowerCenter
9 2 (0.90%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.45%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 21 (9.46%) JIRA
2 9 (4.05%) Git
3 6 (2.70%) GitLab
4 4 (1.80%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.35%) Selenium
6 2 (0.90%) Postman
6 2 (0.90%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.45%) ERwin
7 1 (0.45%) JUnit
7 1 (0.45%) Mockito
7 1 (0.45%) Snyk
7 1 (0.45%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.45%) Toad
7 1 (0.45%) Vite
General
1 109 (49.10%) Social Skills
2 89 (40.09%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (36.04%) Finance
4 25 (11.26%) Banking
5 15 (6.76%) Front Office
6 13 (5.86%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (5.86%) Public Sector
7 10 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (4.50%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (4.05%) Marketing
9 8 (3.60%) Legal
10 7 (3.15%) Financial Institution
11 6 (2.70%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.25%) Investment Banking
12 5 (2.25%) Law
12 5 (2.25%) Retail
13 4 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.35%) Advertising
14 3 (1.35%) Back Office
14 3 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (21.17%) Analyst
2 23 (10.36%) Business Analyst
3 21 (9.46%) Senior
4 17 (7.66%) Developer
5 16 (7.21%) Lead
6 13 (5.86%) Data Engineer
7 12 (5.41%) Project Manager
8 10 (4.50%) Architect
9 9 (4.05%) Consultant
9 9 (4.05%) Data Analyst
10 8 (3.60%) IT Analyst
11 7 (3.15%) Technical Leader
12 6 (2.70%) Digital Analyst
12 6 (2.70%) Programme Manager
13 5 (2.25%) Digital Business Analyst
13 5 (2.25%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 5 (2.25%) Network Engineer
13 5 (2.25%) Product Manager
13 5 (2.25%) Support Engineer
14 4 (1.80%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.21%) REST
2 10 (4.50%) SOAP
3 9 (4.05%) JSON
4 8 (3.60%) React
5 7 (3.15%) Kafka
6 6 (2.70%) RESTful
6 6 (2.70%) Web Services
7 5 (2.25%) CSS
7 5 (2.25%) FIX Protocol
7 5 (2.25%) HTML
7 5 (2.25%) LangChain
7 5 (2.25%) Lightning Web Components
7 5 (2.25%) Middleware
7 5 (2.25%) XML
8 4 (1.80%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.80%) LangGraph
8 4 (1.80%) PySpark
8 4 (1.80%) Spring
8 4 (1.80%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.80%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.76%) Product Ownership
2 14 (6.31%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (4.05%) Virtual Team
5 8 (3.60%) AI Agents
6 7 (3.15%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.15%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.70%) Equities
7 6 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.25%) CMDB
8 5 (2.25%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.25%) Derivative
9 4 (1.80%) DataPower
9 4 (1.80%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.80%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.80%) Online Banking
9 4 (1.80%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.95%) Windows
2 4 (1.80%) Linux
2 4 (1.80%) Mac OS
2 4 (1.80%) zOS
3 3 (1.35%) Unix
3 3 (1.35%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.90%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.45%) Android
5 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.45%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.45%) VMS
5 1 (0.45%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (21.17%) Agile
1 47 (21.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 34 (15.32%) AI
3 31 (13.96%) Decision-Making
4 30 (13.51%) Analytics
5 27 (12.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 25 (11.26%) Data Modelling
7 24 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (9.91%) Migration
8 22 (9.91%) Validation
9 21 (9.46%) CI/CD
10 19 (8.56%) Business Analysis
10 19 (8.56%) Computer Science
10 19 (8.56%) Project Management
11 18 (8.11%) Performance Tuning
11 18 (8.11%) Risk Management
12 17 (7.66%) Change Management
12 17 (7.66%) Data Governance
13 16 (7.21%) DevOps
13 16 (7.21%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 49 (22.07%) SQL
2 41 (18.47%) Python
3 14 (6.31%) Java
4 12 (5.41%) JavaScript
5 11 (4.95%) C#
6 10 (4.50%) PowerShell
7 7 (3.15%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.25%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.80%) C++
9 4 (1.80%) JCL
10 3 (1.35%) Apex Code
10 3 (1.35%) R
11 2 (0.90%) Bicep
11 2 (0.90%) Go
11 2 (0.90%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.90%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.45%) ABAP
12 1 (0.45%) C
12 1 (0.45%) COBOL
12 1 (0.45%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 25 (11.26%) Degree
2 19 (8.56%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.76%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.50%) CISSP
5 8 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.60%) PMI Certification
6 7 (3.15%) CRISC
7 6 (2.70%) CISM
8 5 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.25%) CISA
8 5 (2.25%) PMP
9 4 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.90%) CBAP
10 2 (0.90%) CCNA
10 2 (0.90%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.90%) GSEC
10 2 (0.90%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.90%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.90%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.11%) Data Quality
2 14 (6.31%) QA
3 8 (3.60%) GDPR
3 8 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.60%) PMO
4 7 (3.15%) NIST
5 6 (2.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (2.25%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.80%) COBIT
7 4 (1.80%) ITGC
7 4 (1.80%) WCAG
8 3 (1.35%) ISO 8583
8 3 (1.35%) MiFID
9 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.90%) GRC
9 2 (0.90%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.90%) IFRS
9 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.90%) PSD2
9 2 (0.90%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (4.50%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.15%) Docker
3 4 (1.80%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.45%) NFS
5 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.45%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (3.15%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.80%) Ansible
2 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.35%) Grafana
4 2 (0.90%) Terraform
5 1 (0.45%) Control-M
5 1 (0.45%) EMC VPLEX
5 1 (0.45%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.45%) logstash
5 1 (0.45%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.45%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.45%) vMotion
5 1 (0.45%) vRealize
5 1 (0.45%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 45 (20.27%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.86%) Oracle
3 12 (5.41%) ServiceNow
4 9 (4.05%) Databricks
5 8 (3.60%) Google
5 8 (3.60%) SAP
6 6 (2.70%) Charles River
6 6 (2.70%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.70%) Workday
7 5 (2.25%) Bloomberg
7 5 (2.25%) Informatica
7 5 (2.25%) Palo Alto
7 5 (2.25%) Splunk
8 4 (1.80%) Cisco
8 4 (1.80%) VMware
9 3 (1.35%) AppDynamics
9 3 (1.35%) Murex
10 2 (0.90%) Anaplan
10 2 (0.90%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.90%) MuleSoft