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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +15
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 255 371 298
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 10.11% 18.66% 12.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.43% 19.86% 14.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 247 192
10th Percentile £261 £306 £338
25th Percentile £407 £406 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £666 £675 £696
90th Percentile £738 £805 £775
London median daily rate £525 £500 £526
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.99% -4.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 2
10th Percentile £17.45 £18.28 £15.26
25th Percentile - £24.38 £17.14
Median hourly rate £17.60 £34.48 £20.78
Median % change year-on-year -48.96% +65.93% -44.59%
75th Percentile £26.13 £49.22 £23.92
90th Percentile £68.75 £52.05 £25.50
London median hourly rate £19.03 £34.48 £35.50
% change year-on-year -44.81% -2.87% -12.35%

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 2,231 1,868 2,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 88.46% 93.96% 91.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,539 1,240 1,419
10th Percentile £368 £316 £367
25th Percentile £456 £421 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
London median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 33 21
10th Percentile £17.60 £19.05 £16.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.75 £20.50
Median hourly rate £23.58 £29.07 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +7.67% -22.86%
75th Percentile £42.56 £50.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £63.88 £63.75 £137.50
London median hourly rate £35.50 £31.49 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.73% -10.03% -12.50%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -17 229 £525 -8.70% 197
West End of London -4 11 £263 -41.67% 8
City of Westminster -7 11 £475 +2.70% 5
Lambeth 0 1 - -
Southwark -4 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 12 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
1 12 (4.71%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.31%) Confluence
3 6 (2.35%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.57%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.18%) Apache
6 2 (0.78%) CICS
6 2 (0.78%) CMS
6 2 (0.78%) SAS
7 1 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.39%) IIS
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.18%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (2.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.78%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.78%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.78%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.39%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.39%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.39%) Shopify
5 1 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 54 (21.18%) Azure
2 34 (13.33%) AWS
3 27 (10.59%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (8.63%) Power Platform
5 17 (6.67%) Entra ID
6 15 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (4.71%) GitHub
7 12 (4.71%) SaaS
8 11 (4.31%) GCP
9 10 (3.92%) Serverless
10 6 (2.35%) Amazon S3
10 6 (2.35%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (2.35%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (2.35%) dbt
10 6 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (2.35%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (2.35%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.96%) GitHub Copilot
11 5 (1.96%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.49%) DNS
2 12 (4.71%) VPN
3 10 (3.92%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.75%) DHCP
4 7 (2.75%) Firewall
5 5 (1.96%) VLAN
6 4 (1.57%) Network Security
7 3 (1.18%) HTTP
7 3 (1.18%) LAN
7 3 (1.18%) WAN
8 2 (0.78%) BGP
8 2 (0.78%) SSL
8 2 (0.78%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.78%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.39%) 4G
9 1 (0.39%) Multicast
9 1 (0.39%) NX-OS
9 1 (0.39%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.39%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.49%) Power BI
2 11 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.14%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.75%) Metadata
4 7 (2.75%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.35%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.57%) SAP BW
7 3 (1.18%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.18%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.18%) Db2
7 3 (1.18%) Delta Lake
7 3 (1.18%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.18%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.18%) Power Query
7 3 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.18%) Tableau
8 2 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.78%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 35 (13.73%) JIRA
2 8 (3.14%) Git
2 8 (3.14%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.75%) GitLab
4 6 (2.35%) Selenium
5 4 (1.57%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.18%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.18%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.18%) JMeter
6 3 (1.18%) JUnit
6 3 (1.18%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.78%) Appium
7 2 (0.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.78%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.78%) JDeveloper
7 2 (0.78%) Mockito
7 2 (0.78%) Postman
7 2 (0.78%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.39%) SonarQube
General
1 127 (49.80%) Social Skills
2 102 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 82 (32.16%) Finance
4 30 (11.76%) Banking
5 18 (7.06%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (4.71%) Marketing
8 11 (4.31%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (3.92%) Front Office
10 9 (3.53%) Financial Institution
11 8 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.14%) Retail
12 7 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.75%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.57%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.57%) Legal
15 3 (1.18%) Manufacturing
15 3 (1.18%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 46 (18.04%) Analyst
2 26 (10.20%) Developer
3 23 (9.02%) Architect
4 22 (8.63%) Senior
5 20 (7.84%) Business Analyst
6 18 (7.06%) Support Engineer
7 15 (5.88%) Lead
8 11 (4.31%) Data Engineer
8 11 (4.31%) Project Manager
9 10 (3.92%) Consultant
10 9 (3.53%) IT Support
11 8 (3.14%) IT Engineer
11 8 (3.14%) IT Support Engineer
11 8 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (3.14%) Support Analyst
12 7 (2.75%) Applications Support
12 7 (2.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 7 (2.75%) IT Analyst
13 6 (2.35%) Digital Analyst
13 6 (2.35%) Digital Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (9.41%) REST
2 17 (6.67%) React
3 15 (5.88%) .NET
4 13 (5.10%) SOAP
5 10 (3.92%) AngularJS
5 10 (3.92%) JSON
6 9 (3.53%) Kafka
6 9 (3.53%) Terraform
7 8 (3.14%) PySpark
7 8 (3.14%) Web Services
8 7 (2.75%) Spring
8 7 (2.75%) Spring Boot
9 6 (2.35%) CSS
9 6 (2.35%) HTML
9 6 (2.35%) XML
10 5 (1.96%) RESTful
11 4 (1.57%) Django
11 4 (1.57%) Middleware
11 4 (1.57%) Playwright
12 3 (1.18%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.84%) Onboarding
2 15 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 13 (5.10%) Product Ownership
4 12 (4.71%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (3.53%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (2.75%) AI Agents
6 7 (2.75%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.75%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.35%) CMDB
7 6 (2.35%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.35%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.96%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.57%) Life Science
9 4 (1.57%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.57%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 38 (14.90%) Windows
2 13 (5.10%) Linux
3 12 (4.71%) Mac OS
4 9 (3.53%) Windows 10
5 8 (3.14%) Unix
5 8 (3.14%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.18%) Android
6 3 (1.18%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.78%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.78%) zOS
8 1 (0.39%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.39%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.39%) VMS
8 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (33.33%) Agile
2 69 (27.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 50 (19.61%) AI
4 48 (18.82%) CI/CD
5 43 (16.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 42 (16.47%) DevOps
7 33 (12.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 31 (12.16%) Analytics
9 29 (11.37%) Decision-Making
10 28 (10.98%) Migration
11 25 (9.80%) Customer Service
12 24 (9.41%) ITIL
13 22 (8.63%) Data Engineering
13 22 (8.63%) Microservices
14 21 (8.24%) Scrum
14 21 (8.24%) Test Automation
14 21 (8.24%) Validation
15 20 (7.84%) Data Governance
15 20 (7.84%) Translating Business Requirements
15 20 (7.84%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 51 (20.00%) Python
2 48 (18.82%) SQL
3 23 (9.02%) Java
4 18 (7.06%) JavaScript
5 17 (6.67%) TypeScript
6 15 (5.88%) C#
7 14 (5.49%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.96%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.57%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (1.18%) Korn
11 2 (0.78%) Bash
11 2 (0.78%) Go
11 2 (0.78%) JCL
11 2 (0.78%) Perl
12 1 (0.39%) C++
12 1 (0.39%) COBOL
12 1 (0.39%) RPG
12 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 35 (13.73%) Security Cleared
2 26 (10.20%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.45%) Degree
4 6 (2.35%) CISSP
4 6 (2.35%) PMP
5 5 (1.96%) CISA
5 5 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.96%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.57%) CRISC
6 4 (1.57%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.18%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.78%) CISM
8 2 (0.78%) CSPO
8 2 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.39%) CWNA
9 1 (0.39%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.45%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.67%) QA
3 8 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.75%) GDPR
4 7 (2.75%) PMO
5 6 (2.35%) NIST
5 6 (2.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.96%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.57%) COBIT
7 4 (1.57%) GRC
7 4 (1.57%) ITGC
7 4 (1.57%) SLA
8 2 (0.78%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.78%) GxP
8 2 (0.78%) WCAG
9 1 (0.39%) GAAP
9 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.39%) IFRS
9 1 (0.39%) NCSC
9 1 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.31%) Docker
3 5 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.78%) IAG
5 2 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.78%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.39%) Firmware
6 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (5.49%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.10%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (2.75%) SCCM
4 4 (1.57%) Ansible
4 4 (1.57%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (1.18%) Grafana
6 2 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.78%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.78%) WSUS
7 1 (0.39%) Control-M
7 1 (0.39%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.39%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.39%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.39%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.39%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.39%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 67 (26.27%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.41%) ServiceNow
3 16 (6.27%) Oracle
4 13 (5.10%) Google
5 12 (4.71%) SAP
6 11 (4.31%) Databricks
7 6 (2.35%) Apple
7 6 (2.35%) Bloomberg
7 6 (2.35%) Dynatrace
7 6 (2.35%) Remedy
7 6 (2.35%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.35%) Splunk
8 5 (1.96%) Cisco
8 5 (1.96%) VMware
8 5 (1.96%) Workday
9 4 (1.57%) BMC
9 4 (1.57%) IBM
10 3 (1.18%) Citrix
10 3 (1.18%) ION Trading
10 3 (1.18%) Refinitiv