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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -14 +5 +10
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 248 371 282
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 9.54% 18.09% 12.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.85% 19.31% 13.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 249 192
10th Percentile £229 £325 £326
25th Percentile £408 £425 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -3.51% +3.64%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £700
90th Percentile £738 £813 £775
London median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 1
10th Percentile £17.37 £21.60 -
25th Percentile - £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £17.60 £34.48 £26.56
Median % change year-on-year -48.96% +29.82% -49.41%
75th Percentile £29.14 £50.75 -
90th Percentile £71.25 £53.35 -
London median hourly rate £19.03 £34.48 £35.61
% change year-on-year -44.81% -3.16% -14.20%

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 2,285 1,921 2,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 87.88% 93.66% 91.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,550 1,263 1,452
10th Percentile £357 £329 £363
25th Percentile £456 £425 £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 £545 £550
% change year-on-year +0.95% -0.94% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 33 18
10th Percentile £17.60 £22.15 £19.71
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £22.28
Median hourly rate £23.16 £31.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.29% +3.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £54.50 £50.75 £74.38
90th Percentile £64.25 £63.75 £137.50
London median hourly rate £35.50 £30.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year +18.33% -11.76% -18.07%

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 31 July 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 31 July 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 31 July 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 -16 222 £513 -10.87% 140
West End of London 0 12 £400 +86.05% 10
City of Westminster -1 12 £560 +24.44% 23
Lambeth -1 1 - - 1
Southwark -2 1 £650 +44.44%
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 (4.44%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.03%) Confluence
3 9 (3.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.61%) CICS
5 3 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.81%) Apache
6 2 (0.81%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.40%) CMS
7 1 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.40%) IIS
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.21%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.02%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.81%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.81%) Bloomberg AIM
3 2 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.81%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.81%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.81%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.81%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.40%) Findur
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.40%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.40%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 49 (19.76%) Azure
2 33 (13.31%) AWS
3 25 (10.08%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (8.87%) Power Platform
5 15 (6.05%) Entra ID
6 14 (5.65%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (4.44%) GCP
7 11 (4.44%) GitHub
8 9 (3.63%) SaaS
8 9 (3.63%) Serverless
9 6 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (2.42%) GitHub Copilot
9 6 (2.42%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.02%) Power Automate
10 5 (2.02%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.61%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.61%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.84%) DNS
2 11 (4.44%) VPN
3 8 (3.23%) Firewall
3 8 (3.23%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.82%) Network Security
5 6 (2.42%) DHCP
6 4 (1.61%) LAN
6 4 (1.61%) VLAN
6 4 (1.61%) WAN
7 3 (1.21%) HTTP
7 3 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.81%) Internet
8 2 (0.81%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.81%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.81%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.40%) 4G
9 1 (0.40%) 5G
9 1 (0.40%) DKIM
9 1 (0.40%) DMARC
9 1 (0.40%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.65%) Power BI
2 9 (3.63%) NoSQL
2 9 (3.63%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.82%) MongoDB
4 6 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.42%) Db2
5 5 (2.02%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.02%) Metadata
5 5 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.61%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.61%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.81%) Big Data
7 2 (0.81%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.81%) Power Query
7 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.81%) Tableau
8 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.40%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 30 (12.10%) JIRA
2 8 (3.23%) GitLab
2 8 (3.23%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.42%) Git
3 6 (2.42%) Selenium
4 4 (1.61%) Cypress.io
4 4 (1.61%) REST Assured
5 2 (0.81%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.81%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.81%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.81%) JMeter
5 2 (0.81%) JUnit
5 2 (0.81%) Mockito
6 1 (0.40%) Appium
6 1 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.40%) JDeveloper
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.40%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 124 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 102 (41.13%) Analytical Skills
3 75 (30.24%) Finance
4 25 (10.08%) Banking
5 15 (6.05%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.24%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (4.84%) Marketing
8 11 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (4.03%) Financial Institution
9 10 (4.03%) Front Office
10 8 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (3.23%) Retail
11 7 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.82%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.02%) Law
12 5 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.61%) Retail Banking
14 3 (1.21%) Legal
14 3 (1.21%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 47 (18.95%) Analyst
2 24 (9.68%) Business Analyst
3 23 (9.27%) Senior
4 21 (8.47%) Architect
5 20 (8.06%) Developer
6 16 (6.45%) Support Engineer
7 12 (4.84%) Project Manager
8 11 (4.44%) Consultant
9 10 (4.03%) Lead
10 9 (3.63%) Data Engineer
11 8 (3.23%) Support Analyst
12 7 (2.82%) Data Analyst
12 7 (2.82%) Digital Analyst
12 7 (2.82%) Digital Business Analyst
12 7 (2.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 7 (2.82%) IT Analyst
12 7 (2.82%) IT Support
13 6 (2.42%) Applications Support
13 6 (2.42%) IT Engineer
13 6 (2.42%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.47%) REST
2 16 (6.45%) React
3 12 (4.84%) JSON
3 12 (4.84%) SOAP
4 10 (4.03%) Kafka
5 9 (3.63%) .NET
5 9 (3.63%) AngularJS
6 6 (2.42%) CSS
6 6 (2.42%) HTML
6 6 (2.42%) Middleware
6 6 (2.42%) PySpark
6 6 (2.42%) Spring
6 6 (2.42%) Spring Boot
6 6 (2.42%) Web Services
6 6 (2.42%) XML
7 5 (2.02%) Playwright
7 5 (2.02%) RESTful
8 4 (1.61%) FIX Protocol
8 4 (1.61%) WSDL
9 3 (1.21%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.06%) Onboarding
2 12 (4.84%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (4.44%) Cloud Native
3 11 (4.44%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.63%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.82%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.82%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.42%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.02%) AI Agents
8 5 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.02%) CMDB
9 4 (1.61%) DataPower
9 4 (1.61%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.61%) NHS
9 4 (1.61%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 34 (13.71%) Windows
2 12 (4.84%) Mac OS
3 10 (4.03%) Linux
4 7 (2.82%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.42%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.02%) Unix
7 4 (1.61%) Android
7 4 (1.61%) zOS
8 3 (1.21%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.81%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.40%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.40%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.40%) VMS
10 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (29.03%) Agile
2 62 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 46 (18.55%) AI
4 38 (15.32%) CI/CD
5 34 (13.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 32 (12.90%) Analytics
7 31 (12.50%) DevOps
8 28 (11.29%) Decision-Making
8 28 (11.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 25 (10.08%) Migration
10 23 (9.27%) Validation
11 22 (8.87%) ITIL
12 21 (8.47%) Microservices
13 20 (8.06%) Customer Service
13 20 (8.06%) Data Modelling
14 19 (7.66%) Workflow
15 18 (7.26%) Collaborative Working
16 17 (6.85%) Data Engineering
16 17 (6.85%) Integration Patterns
16 17 (6.85%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 46 (18.55%) SQL
2 43 (17.34%) Python
3 21 (8.47%) Java
4 18 (7.26%) JavaScript
5 15 (6.05%) TypeScript
6 13 (5.24%) C#
7 11 (4.44%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.42%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.61%) JCL
10 3 (1.21%) Korn
10 3 (1.21%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.21%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.81%) Bicep
11 2 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.81%) Go
12 1 (0.40%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.40%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.40%) RPG
12 1 (0.40%) Scala
12 1 (0.40%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 35 (14.11%) Security Cleared
2 26 (10.48%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.26%) Degree
4 7 (2.82%) CISSP
5 6 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.42%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.02%) CISA
6 5 (2.02%) PMP
7 4 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.61%) CRISC
7 4 (1.61%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.21%) CISM
8 3 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.21%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.81%) CCNA
9 2 (0.81%) CSPO
9 2 (0.81%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.85%) QA
2 16 (6.45%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.82%) GDPR
4 6 (2.42%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.42%) NIST
4 6 (2.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (2.02%) PMO
6 4 (1.61%) COBIT
6 4 (1.61%) GRC
6 4 (1.61%) ITGC
6 4 (1.61%) SLA
7 3 (1.21%) WCAG
8 2 (0.81%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.81%) GxP
9 1 (0.40%) GAAP
9 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.40%) NCSC
9 1 (0.40%) PERC
9 1 (0.40%) PSD2
System Software
1 25 (10.08%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.63%) Docker
3 4 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.81%) IAG
5 2 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.40%) Firmware
6 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (5.65%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (2.82%) Terraform
4 4 (1.61%) Grafana
4 4 (1.61%) SCCM
5 3 (1.21%) Ansible
5 3 (1.21%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.81%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.40%) Control-M
7 1 (0.40%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.40%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.40%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.40%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.40%) WSUS
7 1 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 59 (23.79%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.47%) ServiceNow
3 13 (5.24%) SAP
4 12 (4.84%) Google
5 10 (4.03%) Oracle
6 8 (3.23%) Databricks
7 7 (2.82%) Bloomberg
7 7 (2.82%) Splunk
7 7 (2.82%) Workday
8 6 (2.42%) Cisco
9 5 (2.02%) Apple
9 5 (2.02%) Dynatrace
9 5 (2.02%) Remedy
9 5 (2.02%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.61%) VMware
11 3 (1.21%) BMC
11 3 (1.21%) Charles River
11 3 (1.21%) IBM
11 3 (1.21%) Informatica
11 3 (1.21%) MuleSoft