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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +15
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 265 361 302
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 10.64% 18.59% 12.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.85% 19.84% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 240 195
10th Percentile £263 £307 £339
25th Percentile £409 £400 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £544 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% -3.76% +2.73%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £800 £750
London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 2
10th Percentile £16.15 £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 £24.00 £49.22 £23.92
90th Percentile £66.25 £52.05 £25.50
London median hourly rate £19.03 £32.98 £37.50
% change year-on-year -42.30% -12.05% -4.87%

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 2,237 1,820 2,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 89.80% 93.72% 92.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,547 1,220 1,379
10th Percentile £363 £316 £363
25th Percentile £456 £418 £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 £787
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 31 26
10th Percentile £17.60 £18.87 £17.25
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.25 £23.69
Median hourly rate £25.00 £28.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% -18.57% +34.62%
75th Percentile £43.00 £50.75 £42.13
90th Percentile £64.15 £63.75 £115.00
London median hourly rate £35.00 £31.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year +10.24% -9.29% -9.58%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -17 238 £525 -4.55% 357
City of Westminster -5 12 £475 +2.70% 70
West End of London -6 11 £263 -41.67% 19
Lambeth -1 1 - - 3
Kensington and Chelsea -4 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 (5.28%) Confluence
1 14 (5.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.77%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.64%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.51%) Apache
4 4 (1.51%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.75%) CICS
5 2 (0.75%) CMS
5 2 (0.75%) SAS
6 1 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.38%) IIS
6 1 (0.38%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.13%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (2.26%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.13%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.75%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.75%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
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%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.38%) Shopify
5 1 (0.38%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 60 (22.64%) Azure
2 36 (13.58%) AWS
3 30 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (8.68%) Power Platform
5 18 (6.79%) Entra ID
6 16 (6.04%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (4.91%) GCP
7 13 (4.91%) GitHub
7 13 (4.91%) Serverless
8 12 (4.53%) SaaS
9 7 (2.64%) Amazon S3
9 7 (2.64%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (2.64%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (2.64%) dbt
10 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (2.26%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.89%) GitHub Copilot
11 5 (1.89%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.04%) DNS
2 14 (5.28%) VPN
3 11 (4.15%) TCP/IP
4 9 (3.40%) DHCP
5 7 (2.64%) Firewall
6 5 (1.89%) VLAN
7 4 (1.51%) Network Security
8 3 (1.13%) HTTP
8 3 (1.13%) LAN
8 3 (1.13%) WAN
8 3 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.75%) BGP
9 2 (0.75%) SSL
9 2 (0.75%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.75%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.38%) DKIM
10 1 (0.38%) DMARC
10 1 (0.38%) NX-OS
10 1 (0.38%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.38%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.66%) Power BI
2 12 (4.53%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.40%) Metadata
4 8 (3.02%) NoSQL
5 7 (2.64%) SQL Server
6 6 (2.26%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.51%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.51%) Delta Lake
7 4 (1.51%) SAP BW
7 4 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.13%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.13%) Db2
8 3 (1.13%) DynamoDB
8 3 (1.13%) Hadoop
8 3 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.13%) Power Query
8 3 (1.13%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.13%) Tableau
9 2 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 39 (14.72%) JIRA
2 10 (3.77%) Git
3 9 (3.40%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.26%) GitLab
4 6 (2.26%) Selenium
5 4 (1.51%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.51%) JUnit
6 3 (1.13%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.13%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.13%) JMeter
6 3 (1.13%) Mockito
6 3 (1.13%) REST Assured
6 3 (1.13%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.75%) Appium
7 2 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.75%) JDeveloper
7 2 (0.75%) Maven
7 2 (0.75%) Postman
7 2 (0.75%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 132 (49.81%) Social Skills
2 109 (41.13%) Analytical Skills
3 87 (32.83%) Finance
4 35 (13.21%) Banking
5 21 (7.92%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.66%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (4.53%) Front Office
8 12 (4.53%) Marketing
9 10 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.02%) Financial Institution
11 8 (3.02%) Retail
12 7 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (2.26%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.89%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (1.51%) Legal
15 4 (1.51%) Retail Banking
16 3 (1.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 50 (18.87%) Analyst
2 27 (10.19%) Senior
3 26 (9.81%) Developer
4 25 (9.43%) Architect
5 23 (8.68%) Business Analyst
6 18 (6.79%) Lead
7 16 (6.04%) Support Engineer
8 11 (4.15%) Data Engineer
8 11 (4.15%) IT Support
8 11 (4.15%) Project Manager
9 10 (3.77%) Consultant
9 10 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (3.40%) Support Analyst
11 8 (3.02%) IT Engineer
11 8 (3.02%) IT Support Engineer
12 7 (2.64%) Applications Engineer
12 7 (2.64%) Applications Support
12 7 (2.64%) IT Analyst
13 6 (2.26%) Digital Analyst
13 6 (2.26%) Digital Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.43%) REST
2 17 (6.42%) .NET
3 16 (6.04%) React
3 16 (6.04%) SOAP
4 11 (4.15%) AngularJS
4 11 (4.15%) JSON
4 11 (4.15%) Terraform
5 10 (3.77%) Web Services
6 8 (3.02%) Kafka
6 8 (3.02%) PySpark
6 8 (3.02%) Spring
6 8 (3.02%) Spring Boot
7 7 (2.64%) RESTful
8 6 (2.26%) CSS
8 6 (2.26%) HTML
8 6 (2.26%) XML
9 4 (1.51%) Middleware
9 4 (1.51%) Node.js
9 4 (1.51%) OAuth
9 4 (1.51%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.68%) Onboarding
2 18 (6.79%) Cloud Native
3 15 (5.66%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.40%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.40%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.64%) AI Agents
6 7 (2.64%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.64%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.64%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.26%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.89%) CMDB
8 5 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.51%) Life Science
9 4 (1.51%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.13%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 39 (14.72%) Windows
2 12 (4.53%) Linux
2 12 (4.53%) Mac OS
3 9 (3.40%) Windows 10
4 8 (3.02%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.64%) Unix
6 3 (1.13%) Android
6 3 (1.13%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.75%) zOS
8 1 (0.38%) OpenVMS
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
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (33.21%) Agile
2 85 (32.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 53 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 50 (18.87%) AI
4 50 (18.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 43 (16.23%) DevOps
6 37 (13.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 35 (13.21%) Decision-Making
8 33 (12.45%) Migration
9 32 (12.08%) Analytics
10 25 (9.43%) Customer Service
10 25 (9.43%) ITIL
10 25 (9.43%) Translating Business Requirements
11 24 (9.06%) Scrum
11 24 (9.06%) Validation
12 23 (8.68%) Data Engineering
12 23 (8.68%) Data Governance
13 22 (8.30%) Microservices
13 22 (8.30%) Test Automation
14 20 (7.55%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 50 (18.87%) Python
2 48 (18.11%) SQL
3 22 (8.30%) Java
4 19 (7.17%) JavaScript
5 17 (6.42%) TypeScript
6 16 (6.04%) C#
6 16 (6.04%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.89%) Korn
7 5 (1.89%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.51%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.75%) Bash
9 2 (0.75%) Go
9 2 (0.75%) JCL
9 2 (0.75%) Perl
10 1 (0.38%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.38%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.38%) R
10 1 (0.38%) Scala
10 1 (0.38%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 36 (13.58%) Security Cleared
2 27 (10.19%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.79%) Degree
4 7 (2.64%) PMP
5 6 (2.26%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.89%) CISA
6 5 (1.89%) CISSP
6 5 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.51%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.13%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.13%) CRISC
8 3 (1.13%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.13%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.75%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.75%) CISM
9 2 (0.75%) CSPO
10 1 (0.38%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.30%) Data Quality
2 18 (6.79%) QA
3 7 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.64%) PMO
4 6 (2.26%) GDPR
5 5 (1.89%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.89%) NIST
5 5 (1.89%) SLA
6 4 (1.51%) GRC
6 4 (1.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.13%) COBIT
7 3 (1.13%) ITGC
8 2 (0.75%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.75%) GxP
8 2 (0.75%) PSD2
8 2 (0.75%) WCAG
9 1 (0.38%) Basel III
9 1 (0.38%) GAAP
9 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 31 (11.70%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.53%) Docker
3 6 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.89%) 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 14 (5.28%) Kubernetes
1 14 (5.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.02%) SCCM
3 5 (1.89%) Grafana
4 4 (1.51%) Ansible
4 4 (1.51%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (1.13%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.13%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.75%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.75%) WSUS
7 1 (0.38%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.38%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.38%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.38%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.38%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.38%) SCOM
7 1 (0.38%) SCOrch
7 1 (0.38%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 77 (29.06%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.06%) ServiceNow
3 16 (6.04%) Oracle
4 15 (5.66%) Databricks
4 15 (5.66%) Google
5 13 (4.91%) SAP
6 7 (2.64%) Bloomberg
6 7 (2.64%) VMware
7 6 (2.26%) Apple
7 6 (2.26%) Dynatrace
7 6 (2.26%) Remedy
7 6 (2.26%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.26%) Splunk
8 5 (1.89%) Cisco
9 4 (1.51%) BMC
9 4 (1.51%) IBM
9 4 (1.51%) Refinitiv
9 4 (1.51%) Workday
10 3 (1.13%) Citrix
10 3 (1.13%) ION Trading