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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -13 +3 +10
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 266 333 311
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.06% 17.43% 13.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.11% 18.55% 14.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 236 201
10th Percentile £259 £308 £348
25th Percentile £400 £402 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £536 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £733 £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 £20.52 £32.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -35.86% -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 2,196 1,795 2,165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 91.27% 93.93% 92.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,526 1,225 1,375
10th Percentile £361 £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 £686
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 24 27
10th Percentile £15.92 £17.61 £19.70
25th Percentile £17.60 £21.54 £27.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £27.04 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.53% -22.76% +27.27%
75th Percentile £43.00 £35.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £64.15 £61.65 £122.20
London median hourly rate £32.50 £30.25 £36.65
% change year-on-year +7.44% -17.46% -8.38%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -14 238 £525 -4.55% 301
City of Westminster -4 11 £475 +5.56% 61
West End of London -3 10 £263 -41.67% 13
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 (5.26%) Confluence
1 14 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.51%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.50%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.13%) Apache
5 3 (1.13%) SAS
6 2 (0.75%) CMS
7 1 (0.38%) CICS
7 1 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.38%) IIS
7 1 (0.38%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (3.01%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.75%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (2.26%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.50%) Aladdin
2 4 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.13%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.75%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.75%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.38%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.38%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.38%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 58 (21.80%) Azure
2 30 (11.28%) AWS
2 30 (11.28%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (10.15%) Power Platform
4 19 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (7.14%) Entra ID
5 14 (5.26%) GitHub
6 13 (4.89%) SaaS
7 12 (4.51%) GCP
7 12 (4.51%) Serverless
8 8 (3.01%) PowerApps
9 7 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (2.63%) dbt
9 7 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (2.63%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (2.63%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.26%) Amazon S3
10 6 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.39%) DNS
2 14 (5.26%) VPN
3 12 (4.51%) TCP/IP
4 9 (3.38%) DHCP
5 7 (2.63%) Firewall
6 6 (2.26%) VLAN
7 4 (1.50%) Network Security
8 3 (1.13%) HTTP
8 3 (1.13%) Unified Communications
8 3 (1.13%) 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%) WAN
10 1 (0.38%) DKIM
10 1 (0.38%) DMARC
10 1 (0.38%) Ethernet VPN
10 1 (0.38%) NX-OS
10 1 (0.38%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.02%) Power BI
2 12 (4.51%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.01%) Metadata
3 8 (3.01%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.88%) MongoDB
4 5 (1.88%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.50%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.50%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.50%) SAP BW
5 4 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.50%) Tableau
6 3 (1.13%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.13%) Delta Lake
6 3 (1.13%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.75%) Big Data
7 2 (0.75%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 40 (15.04%) JIRA
2 12 (4.51%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.14%) Git
4 7 (2.63%) GitLab
4 7 (2.63%) Selenium
5 5 (1.88%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.50%) Artifactory
6 4 (1.50%) JDeveloper
6 4 (1.50%) JUnit
6 4 (1.50%) REST Assured
7 3 (1.13%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.13%) JMeter
7 3 (1.13%) Mockito
7 3 (1.13%) Postman
7 3 (1.13%) 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
1 137 (51.50%) Social Skills
2 111 (41.73%) Analytical Skills
3 98 (36.84%) Finance
4 38 (14.29%) Banking
5 20 (7.52%) Public Sector
6 16 (6.02%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (4.89%) Front Office
8 12 (4.51%) Marketing
9 11 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (3.76%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (3.38%) Financial Institution
11 9 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (3.38%) Retail
12 6 (2.26%) Investment Banking
12 6 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.88%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.50%) Legal
14 4 (1.50%) Retail Banking
14 4 (1.50%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.13%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 48 (18.05%) Analyst
2 28 (10.53%) Developer
2 28 (10.53%) Senior
3 24 (9.02%) Business Analyst
4 20 (7.52%) Architect
5 19 (7.14%) Lead
6 18 (6.77%) Support Engineer
7 16 (6.02%) Consultant
8 12 (4.51%) IT Support
8 12 (4.51%) Project Manager
9 9 (3.38%) Applications Support
9 9 (3.38%) Data Engineer
10 8 (3.01%) IT Engineer
10 8 (3.01%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (3.01%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (3.01%) Support Analyst
11 7 (2.63%) Applications Engineer
12 6 (2.26%) Data Analyst
12 6 (2.26%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (2.26%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.40%) REST
2 18 (6.77%) .NET
3 15 (5.64%) React
3 15 (5.64%) SOAP
4 11 (4.14%) Terraform
5 10 (3.76%) AngularJS
5 10 (3.76%) JSON
6 9 (3.38%) Web Services
7 8 (3.01%) Kafka
8 7 (2.63%) PySpark
8 7 (2.63%) Spring
8 7 (2.63%) Spring Boot
9 6 (2.26%) CSS
9 6 (2.26%) HTML
9 6 (2.26%) RESTful
9 6 (2.26%) XML
10 4 (1.50%) Middleware
10 4 (1.50%) Node.js
10 4 (1.50%) OAuth
10 4 (1.50%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.27%) Onboarding
2 18 (6.77%) Product Ownership
3 16 (6.02%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.38%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (2.63%) AI Agents
5 7 (2.63%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.63%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.63%) Fixed Income
5 7 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.88%) Virtual Team
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 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 41 (15.41%) Windows
2 15 (5.64%) Linux
3 11 (4.14%) macOS
4 9 (3.38%) Windows Server
5 8 (3.01%) Unix
5 8 (3.01%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.13%) Android
6 3 (1.13%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.38%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.38%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.38%) VMS
8 1 (0.38%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.38%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (34.96%) Stakeholder Management
2 87 (32.71%) Agile
3 53 (19.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 52 (19.55%) CI/CD
5 47 (17.67%) DevOps
6 43 (16.17%) AI
7 39 (14.66%) Migration
7 39 (14.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 32 (12.03%) Analytics
8 32 (12.03%) Decision-Making
9 26 (9.77%) Translating Business Requirements
10 24 (9.02%) Customer Service
11 23 (8.65%) Scrum
11 23 (8.65%) Validation
12 22 (8.27%) Data Engineering
12 22 (8.27%) ITIL
13 21 (7.89%) Collaborative Working
13 21 (7.89%) Service Delivery
13 21 (7.89%) Test Automation
13 21 (7.89%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 50 (18.80%) Python
1 50 (18.80%) SQL
2 22 (8.27%) Java
3 18 (6.77%) JavaScript
3 18 (6.77%) PowerShell
4 15 (5.64%) TypeScript
5 13 (4.89%) C#
6 5 (1.88%) Korn
6 5 (1.88%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.50%) Bash
7 4 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.13%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.75%) Perl
10 1 (0.38%) C++
10 1 (0.38%) COBOL
10 1 (0.38%) JCL
10 1 (0.38%) RPG
10 1 (0.38%) Scala
10 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 38 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 29 (10.90%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.39%) Degree
4 8 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.01%) PMI Certification
5 7 (2.63%) PMP
6 6 (2.26%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.88%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.50%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.13%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.13%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.13%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.75%) CCNP
10 2 (0.75%) CISA
10 2 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.75%) CISM
10 2 (0.75%) CISSP
10 2 (0.75%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.65%) Data Quality
2 18 (6.77%) QA
3 6 (2.26%) GDPR
4 5 (1.88%) PMO
4 5 (1.88%) SLA
5 4 (1.50%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.50%) GRC
5 4 (1.50%) 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 (0.38%) GMP
7 1 (0.38%) NCSC
7 1 (0.38%) NIST
7 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.38%) SEPA
7 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (11.28%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.76%) Docker
3 6 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.88%) 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 (0.38%) Firmware
6 1 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (4.89%) Kubernetes
1 13 (4.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.01%) SCCM
3 7 (2.63%) Grafana
4 5 (1.88%) ITRS Geneos
5 4 (1.50%) Ansible
5 4 (1.50%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.13%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.75%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.75%) WSUS
8 1 (0.38%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.38%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.38%) PingFederate
8 1 (0.38%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.38%) SCOM
8 1 (0.38%) SCOrch
8 1 (0.38%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 82 (30.83%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.65%) ServiceNow
3 20 (7.52%) Oracle
4 14 (5.26%) Databricks
5 13 (4.89%) Google
6 12 (4.51%) SAP
7 7 (2.63%) Bloomberg
7 7 (2.63%) Splunk
7 7 (2.63%) VMware
8 6 (2.26%) Apple
8 6 (2.26%) Dynatrace
8 6 (2.26%) Remedy
8 6 (2.26%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.88%) Cisco
9 5 (1.88%) ION Trading
9 5 (1.88%) Workday
10 4 (1.50%) BMC
10 4 (1.50%) IBM
10 4 (1.50%) Refinitiv
11 3 (1.13%) Citrix