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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +12
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 253 351 311
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 10.39% 18.16% 13.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.47% 19.34% 14.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 241 196
10th Percentile £263 £310 £339
25th Percentile £400 £403 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.95% - -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £800 £765
London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 3
10th Percentile £16.15 £17.11 £33.60
25th Percentile - £22.53 £63.00
Median hourly rate £17.60 £30.99 £112.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.21% -72.33% +198.67%
75th Percentile £24.00 £38.55 -
90th Percentile £66.25 £50.75 -
London median hourly rate £19.03 £33.46 £40.00
% change year-on-year -43.13% -16.35% +1.47%

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 2,206 1,815 2,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.63% 93.90% 92.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,529 1,225 1,371
10th Percentile £359 £321 £363
25th Percentile £450 £420 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.36%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 28 28
10th Percentile £17.14 £18.33 £17.75
25th Percentile £18.18 £22.56 £24.83
Median hourly rate £25.00 £28.33 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.74% -19.07% +30.84%
75th Percentile £53.50 £50.75 £65.63
90th Percentile £64.25 £63.75 £119.65
London median hourly rate £32.50 £30.25 £35.50
% change year-on-year +7.44% -14.79% -5.33%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -16 227 £525 -4.55% 331
City of Westminster -4 11 £475 +5.56% 61
West End of London -5 10 £263 -41.67% 27
Lambeth -1 3 £225 -6.25% 5
Kensington and Chelsea -5 1 £750 +66.67%
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 (5.53%) Confluence
1 14 (5.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.95%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.77%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.58%) Apache
4 4 (1.58%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.79%) CMS
5 2 (0.79%) SAS
6 1 (0.40%) CICS
6 1 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.40%) IIS
6 1 (0.40%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.37%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.19%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.79%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.79%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.40%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.40%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.40%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.40%) Shopify
5 1 (0.40%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 56 (22.13%) Azure
2 32 (12.65%) AWS
3 29 (11.46%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (9.49%) Power Platform
5 19 (7.51%) Entra ID
6 17 (6.72%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (5.14%) GitHub
8 12 (4.74%) GCP
8 12 (4.74%) SaaS
8 12 (4.74%) Serverless
9 7 (2.77%) Amazon S3
9 7 (2.77%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (2.77%) dbt
10 6 (2.37%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (2.37%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (2.37%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.98%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.98%) GitHub Copilot
11 5 (1.98%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.32%) DNS
2 13 (5.14%) VPN
3 11 (4.35%) TCP/IP
4 9 (3.56%) DHCP
5 7 (2.77%) Firewall
6 5 (1.98%) VLAN
7 4 (1.58%) Network Security
8 3 (1.19%) HTTP
8 3 (1.19%) Unified Communications
8 3 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.79%) BGP
9 2 (0.79%) LAN
9 2 (0.79%) SSL
9 2 (0.79%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.79%) WAN
10 1 (0.40%) DKIM
10 1 (0.40%) DMARC
10 1 (0.40%) Ethernet VPN
10 1 (0.40%) NX-OS
10 1 (0.40%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.32%) Power BI
2 12 (4.74%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.56%) Metadata
4 7 (2.77%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.77%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.98%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.58%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.58%) Delta Lake
6 4 (1.58%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.58%) SAP BW
6 4 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.19%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.19%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.19%) Tableau
8 2 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.79%) Big Data
8 2 (0.79%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 38 (15.02%) JIRA
2 10 (3.95%) Git
3 9 (3.56%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.37%) Selenium
5 5 (1.98%) GitLab
6 4 (1.58%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.58%) JUnit
7 3 (1.19%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.19%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.19%) JMeter
7 3 (1.19%) Mockito
7 3 (1.19%) REST Assured
7 3 (1.19%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.79%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.79%) JDeveloper
8 2 (0.79%) Maven
8 2 (0.79%) Postman
8 2 (0.79%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 129 (50.99%) Social Skills
2 104 (41.11%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (34.78%) Finance
4 36 (14.23%) Banking
5 20 (7.91%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.93%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (5.14%) Front Office
8 11 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (4.35%) Marketing
9 9 (3.56%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.56%) Financial Institution
10 8 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.16%) Retail
11 6 (2.37%) Investment Banking
11 6 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.98%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.58%) Retail Banking
13 4 (1.58%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.19%) Back Office
14 3 (1.19%) Legal
Job Titles
1 46 (18.18%) Analyst
2 27 (10.67%) Developer
3 24 (9.49%) Senior
4 23 (9.09%) Business Analyst
5 22 (8.70%) Architect
6 18 (7.11%) Lead
7 17 (6.72%) Support Engineer
8 11 (4.35%) Consultant
8 11 (4.35%) IT Support
8 11 (4.35%) Project Manager
9 10 (3.95%) Data Engineer
10 8 (3.16%) Applications Support
10 8 (3.16%) IT Engineer
10 8 (3.16%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (3.16%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (3.16%) Support Analyst
11 6 (2.37%) Applications Engineer
11 6 (2.37%) Java Developer
11 6 (2.37%) Technical Analyst
12 5 (1.98%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.88%) REST
2 17 (6.72%) .NET
3 15 (5.93%) React
3 15 (5.93%) SOAP
4 10 (3.95%) AngularJS
4 10 (3.95%) JSON
4 10 (3.95%) Terraform
5 9 (3.56%) Web Services
6 8 (3.16%) Kafka
6 8 (3.16%) Spring
6 8 (3.16%) Spring Boot
7 7 (2.77%) PySpark
8 6 (2.37%) CSS
8 6 (2.37%) HTML
8 6 (2.37%) RESTful
8 6 (2.37%) XML
9 4 (1.58%) Middleware
9 4 (1.58%) Node.js
9 4 (1.58%) OAuth
9 4 (1.58%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.30%) Onboarding
2 16 (6.32%) Cloud Native
3 15 (5.93%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.56%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (2.77%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.77%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.37%) Fixed Income
6 6 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.98%) AI Agents
7 5 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.98%) CMDB
7 5 (1.98%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.58%) Life Science
8 4 (1.58%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.19%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 40 (15.81%) Windows
2 13 (5.14%) Linux
3 11 (4.35%) Mac OS
4 8 (3.16%) Unix
4 8 (3.16%) Windows 10
4 8 (3.16%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.19%) Android
5 3 (1.19%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.40%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.40%) VMS
7 1 (0.40%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.40%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (34.39%) Stakeholder Management
2 85 (33.60%) Agile
3 52 (20.55%) CI/CD
4 50 (19.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 43 (17.00%) AI
5 43 (17.00%) DevOps
6 35 (13.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 34 (13.44%) Migration
8 32 (12.65%) Decision-Making
9 29 (11.46%) Analytics
10 26 (10.28%) Translating Business Requirements
11 24 (9.49%) Customer Service
12 23 (9.09%) Data Engineering
12 23 (9.09%) Scrum
13 22 (8.70%) ITIL
14 21 (8.30%) Service Delivery
14 21 (8.30%) Test Automation
14 21 (8.30%) Validation
15 20 (7.91%) Data Governance
15 20 (7.91%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 48 (18.97%) Python
1 48 (18.97%) SQL
2 22 (8.70%) Java
3 18 (7.11%) JavaScript
4 16 (6.32%) PowerShell
5 15 (5.93%) TypeScript
6 14 (5.53%) C#
7 5 (1.98%) Korn
7 5 (1.98%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.19%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.79%) Bash
10 2 (0.79%) Perl
11 1 (0.40%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.40%) Bicep
11 1 (0.40%) C++
11 1 (0.40%) COBOL
11 1 (0.40%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.40%) RPG
11 1 (0.40%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 37 (14.62%) Security Cleared
2 28 (11.07%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.72%) Degree
4 7 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (2.77%) PMI Certification
5 6 (2.37%) PMP
6 5 (1.98%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.98%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.58%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.19%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.19%) CISA
8 3 (1.19%) CISSP
8 3 (1.19%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.79%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.79%) CCNP
9 2 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.79%) CISM
9 2 (0.79%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.70%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.72%) QA
3 6 (2.37%) GDPR
4 5 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.98%) PMO
4 5 (1.98%) SLA
5 4 (1.58%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.58%) GRC
6 2 (0.79%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (0.79%) GxP
6 2 (0.79%) NIST
6 2 (0.79%) PSD2
6 2 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.40%) COBIT
7 1 (0.40%) GAAP
7 1 (0.40%) GMP
7 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.40%) ITGC
7 1 (0.40%) NCSC
7 1 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (11.86%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.35%) Docker
3 6 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.79%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.79%) IAG
5 2 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.79%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.79%) vSphere
6 1 (0.40%) Firmware
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (5.14%) Kubernetes
1 13 (5.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.16%) SCCM
3 6 (2.37%) Grafana
4 4 (1.58%) Ansible
4 4 (1.58%) ITRS Geneos
4 4 (1.58%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.79%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.79%) WSUS
7 1 (0.40%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.40%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.40%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.40%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.40%) SCOM
7 1 (0.40%) SCOrch
7 1 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 76 (30.04%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 18 (7.11%) Oracle
4 15 (5.93%) Databricks
5 13 (5.14%) Google
5 13 (5.14%) SAP
6 7 (2.77%) Bloomberg
6 7 (2.77%) VMware
7 6 (2.37%) Apple
7 6 (2.37%) Remedy
7 6 (2.37%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.37%) Splunk
8 5 (1.98%) Cisco
8 5 (1.98%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.58%) BMC
9 4 (1.58%) IBM
9 4 (1.58%) ION Trading
9 4 (1.58%) Refinitiv
10 3 (1.19%) Citrix
10 3 (1.19%) Workday