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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 +15
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 225 359 281
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 8.63% 18.47% 11.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.99% 19.75% 12.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 231 188
10th Percentile £259 £331 £313
25th Percentile £419 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £647 £686 £696
90th Percentile £750 £813 £775
London median daily rate £519 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +3.85% -6.98% -3.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 3
10th Percentile £17.29 £20.53 £23.71
25th Percentile - £31.80 £24.78
Median hourly rate £17.60 £38.78 £26.56
Median % change year-on-year -54.61% +46.00% -48.43%
75th Percentile £53.20 £50.75 £38.41
90th Percentile £73.75 £54.65 £45.51
London median hourly rate £22.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -37.14% - -13.58%

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 2,252 1,818 2,163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 86.42% 93.52% 91.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,522 1,178 1,515
10th Percentile £359 £350 £356
25th Percentile £451 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £671 £675 £682
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 30 22
10th Percentile £17.60 £20.83 £20.22
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.98 £22.25
Median hourly rate £27.25 £30.04 £27.41
Median % change year-on-year -9.27% +9.60% -21.70%
75th Percentile £55.56 £50.25 £32.09
90th Percentile £64.38 £63.75 £41.65
London median hourly rate £37.50 £32.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year +16.28% +7.50% -25.00%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -17 198 £550 -4.35% 87
West End of London -1 10 £543 +27.65% 9
City of Westminster -2 9 £594 +39.71% 8
Kensington and Chelsea -3 2 £588 +30.56% 1
Southwark +1 1 £650 +44.44% 2
Lambeth -1 1 - - 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 11 (4.89%) Confluence
2 9 (4.00%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.78%) CICS
5 2 (0.89%) Apache
5 2 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.44%) IIS
6 1 (0.44%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 7 (3.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.33%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.44%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.33%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.33%) Fidessa
1 3 (1.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.89%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.89%) SAP GRC
2 2 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.89%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.44%) Findur
3 1 (0.44%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.44%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.44%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.44%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 46 (20.44%) Azure
2 32 (14.22%) AWS
3 22 (9.78%) Power Platform
4 21 (9.33%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (4.89%) Entra ID
6 10 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (4.44%) GCP
7 9 (4.00%) SaaS
8 7 (3.11%) GitHub
8 7 (3.11%) Serverless
9 6 (2.67%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (2.22%) PowerApps
10 5 (2.22%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (1.78%) Azure AI
11 4 (1.78%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.78%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.78%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.33%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.11%) Firewall
1 7 (3.11%) Network Security
2 6 (2.67%) DNS
2 6 (2.67%) VPN
3 4 (1.78%) LAN
3 4 (1.78%) WAN
4 3 (1.33%) DHCP
4 3 (1.33%) Internet
4 3 (1.33%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.89%) HTTP
5 2 (0.89%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.44%) BGP
6 1 (0.44%) Broadband
6 1 (0.44%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.44%) NAS
6 1 (0.44%) OSPF
6 1 (0.44%) VLAN
6 1 (0.44%) Wireless
6 1 (0.44%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.22%) Power BI
2 10 (4.44%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.11%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.67%) Db2
4 6 (2.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (2.22%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.22%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.22%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.33%) Metadata
6 3 (1.33%) Tableau
7 2 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.89%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.89%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.89%) Looker
7 2 (0.89%) Power Query
7 2 (0.89%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.89%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.44%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 25 (11.11%) JIRA
2 8 (3.56%) GitLab
3 7 (3.11%) Git
4 6 (2.67%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.78%) REST Assured
5 4 (1.78%) Selenium
6 2 (0.89%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.89%) JUnit
6 2 (0.89%) Mockito
7 1 (0.44%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.44%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.44%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.44%) ERwin
7 1 (0.44%) Gradle
7 1 (0.44%) Postman
7 1 (0.44%) Snyk
7 1 (0.44%) Vite
General
1 116 (51.56%) Social Skills
2 92 (40.89%) Analytical Skills
3 75 (33.33%) Finance
4 18 (8.00%) Banking
5 12 (5.33%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (4.89%) Public Sector
7 10 (4.44%) Front Office
8 9 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.56%) Marketing
9 8 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (3.11%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.22%) Law
11 5 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (2.22%) Retail
12 4 (1.78%) Legal
12 4 (1.78%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.33%) Back Office
13 3 (1.33%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.89%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 40 (17.78%) Analyst
2 20 (8.89%) Senior
3 19 (8.44%) Architect
3 19 (8.44%) Developer
4 17 (7.56%) Business Analyst
5 14 (6.22%) Lead
6 11 (4.89%) Data Engineer
6 11 (4.89%) Project Manager
7 10 (4.44%) Consultant
8 9 (4.00%) Support Engineer
9 8 (3.56%) IT Analyst
10 7 (3.11%) Digital Analyst
10 7 (3.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 7 (3.11%) Support Analyst
11 6 (2.67%) Digital Business Analyst
11 6 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.67%) Technical Leader
12 5 (2.22%) IT Support
13 4 (1.78%) IT Engineer
13 4 (1.78%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.44%) REST
2 12 (5.33%) JSON
3 11 (4.89%) SOAP
4 10 (4.44%) Kafka
4 10 (4.44%) React
5 7 (3.11%) AngularJS
5 7 (3.11%) Middleware
5 7 (3.11%) PySpark
6 6 (2.67%) RESTful
6 6 (2.67%) Spring
6 6 (2.67%) Spring Boot
6 6 (2.67%) Web Services
7 5 (2.22%) CSS
7 5 (2.22%) FIX Protocol
7 5 (2.22%) HTML
7 5 (2.22%) LangGraph
7 5 (2.22%) XML
8 4 (1.78%) .NET
8 4 (1.78%) LangChain
8 4 (1.78%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.67%) Onboarding
1 15 (6.67%) Product Ownership
2 10 (4.44%) Virtual Team
3 9 (4.00%) AI Agents
4 8 (3.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (3.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (3.11%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.11%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.67%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.67%) Equities
6 6 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.67%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.78%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.78%) CMDB
8 4 (1.78%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.78%) DataPower
8 4 (1.78%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.78%) Windows
2 9 (4.00%) Mac OS
3 8 (3.56%) Linux
4 4 (1.78%) zOS
5 3 (1.33%) Unix
5 3 (1.33%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.33%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.89%) Android
7 1 (0.44%) 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 60 (26.67%) Agile
2 48 (21.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 42 (18.67%) AI
4 35 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 32 (14.22%) Decision-Making
6 30 (13.33%) Analytics
7 26 (11.56%) CI/CD
8 24 (10.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 23 (10.22%) Migration
10 22 (9.78%) DevOps
11 21 (9.33%) Validation
12 20 (8.89%) Data Modelling
13 19 (8.44%) Collaborative Working
14 18 (8.00%) Computer Science
14 18 (8.00%) ITIL
14 18 (8.00%) Risk Management
15 17 (7.56%) Performance Tuning
16 16 (7.11%) Microservices
16 16 (7.11%) Process Improvement
17 15 (6.67%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 47 (20.89%) SQL
2 41 (18.22%) Python
3 17 (7.56%) Java
4 12 (5.33%) C#
4 12 (5.33%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.00%) PowerShell
5 9 (4.00%) TypeScript
6 5 (2.22%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.78%) JCL
8 3 (1.33%) C++
8 3 (1.33%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.89%) Bicep
9 2 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.89%) Go
9 2 (0.89%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.44%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.44%) Groovy
10 1 (0.44%) Korn
10 1 (0.44%) RPG
10 1 (0.44%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 26 (11.56%) Security Cleared
2 21 (9.33%) Degree
2 21 (9.33%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.44%) CISSP
4 7 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (3.11%) CRISC
5 6 (2.67%) CISM
6 5 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.22%) CISA
6 5 (2.22%) PMP
7 4 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.78%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.33%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.33%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.89%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.89%) CASP
9 2 (0.89%) CSPO
9 2 (0.89%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.89%) GSEC
9 2 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.78%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.33%) QA
3 9 (4.00%) GDPR
4 7 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.67%) NIST
5 6 (2.67%) PMO
5 6 (2.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (2.22%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.78%) COBIT
7 4 (1.78%) GRC
7 4 (1.78%) ITGC
8 3 (1.33%) IFRS
8 3 (1.33%) SLA
9 2 (0.89%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (0.89%) GxP
9 2 (0.89%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.89%) WCAG
10 1 (0.44%) GAAP
10 1 (0.44%) GMP
10 1 (0.44%) Solvency II
System Software
1 17 (7.56%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.56%) Docker
3 5 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.89%) IAG
4 2 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.44%) NFS
5 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (4.44%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.78%) Grafana
3 4 (1.78%) Terraform
4 3 (1.33%) Ansible
5 1 (0.44%) Control-M
5 1 (0.44%) EMC VPLEX
5 1 (0.44%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.44%) logstash
5 1 (0.44%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.44%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.44%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.44%) vMotion
5 1 (0.44%) vRealize
5 1 (0.44%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 1 (0.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 50 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 12 (5.33%) Oracle
4 10 (4.44%) Google
4 10 (4.44%) SAP
5 7 (3.11%) Databricks
5 7 (3.11%) Workday
6 6 (2.67%) Bloomberg
6 6 (2.67%) Splunk
7 5 (2.22%) Charles River
7 5 (2.22%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.78%) Apple
8 4 (1.78%) Cisco
8 4 (1.78%) Informatica
9 3 (1.33%) AppDynamics
9 3 (1.33%) BMC
9 3 (1.33%) IBM
9 3 (1.33%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.33%) Remedy
9 3 (1.33%) VMware