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 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -16 +5 +10
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 236 350 277
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 9.73% 17.28% 11.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.31% 18.62% 12.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 230 181
10th Percentile £354 £357 £313
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £638 £669 £675
90th Percentile £755 £775 £775
London median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 4
10th Percentile £18.84 £43.55 £24.07
25th Percentile £29.71 £46.57 £25.67
Median hourly rate £40.78 £49.50 £37.53
Median % change year-on-year -17.62% +31.89% -27.83%
75th Percentile £42.65 £54.00 £53.94
90th Percentile £47.09 £59.85 £60.58
London median hourly rate £35.71 £43.08 £31.71
% change year-on-year -17.10% +35.84% -27.70%

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 2,086 1,880 2,220
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 85.99% 92.79% 90.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,422 1,220 1,577
10th Percentile £356 £362 £350
25th Percentile £450 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £574 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.14% +4.32% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £766 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 24 27
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £19.52
25th Percentile £19.48 £22.75 £22.25
Median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% +4.53% -20.54%
75th Percentile £42.65 £43.97 £36.50
90th Percentile £59.48 £50.75 £56.15
London median hourly rate £35.50 £34.50 £28.75
% change year-on-year +2.90% +20.00% -26.28%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 25 April 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 -18 214 £525 -5.19% 120
City of Westminster -2 7 £613 +44.12% 3
West End of London -3 6 £560 +18.14% 5
Kensington and Chelsea - 4 £588 - 1
Southwark -2 1 £650 +52.94% 4
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 10 (4.24%) Confluence
2 8 (3.39%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.69%) CICS
5 2 (0.85%) Apache
6 1 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.42%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.42%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.12%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.27%) Fidessa
1 3 (1.27%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (1.27%) Workday HCM
2 2 (0.85%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.85%) Summit
3 1 (0.42%) BASE24
3 1 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.42%) Findur
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.42%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.42%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 50 (21.19%) Azure
2 30 (12.71%) AWS
3 25 (10.59%) Power Platform
4 13 (5.51%) GCP
5 12 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (2.97%) GitHub
9 6 (2.54%) Snowflake
10 5 (2.12%) Entra ID
10 5 (2.12%) Power Automate
10 5 (2.12%) SaaS
10 5 (2.12%) Serverless
11 4 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.69%) Google Gemini
11 4 (1.69%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.27%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (1.27%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (1.27%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.97%) Firewall
1 7 (2.97%) Network Security
2 4 (1.69%) VPN
3 3 (1.27%) Internet
4 2 (0.85%) DHCP
4 2 (0.85%) DNS
4 2 (0.85%) LAN
4 2 (0.85%) NAS
4 2 (0.85%) SAN
4 2 (0.85%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.85%) WAN
4 2 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.42%) 4G
5 1 (0.42%) 5G
5 1 (0.42%) Broadband
5 1 (0.42%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.63%) Power BI
2 13 (5.51%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.39%) Metadata
3 8 (3.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (3.39%) Tableau
4 7 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (2.97%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.12%) DB2
6 5 (2.12%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.69%) DynamoDB
8 3 (1.27%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.85%) Big Data
9 2 (0.85%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.85%) Looker
9 2 (0.85%) Power Query
9 2 (0.85%) PowerCenter
9 2 (0.85%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.42%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 23 (9.75%) JIRA
2 10 (4.24%) Git
3 6 (2.54%) GitLab
4 5 (2.12%) Selenium
5 4 (1.69%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.27%) Postman
6 3 (1.27%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.85%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.42%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.42%) ERwin
8 1 (0.42%) JUnit
8 1 (0.42%) Mockito
8 1 (0.42%) Snyk
8 1 (0.42%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.42%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.42%) TestRail
8 1 (0.42%) Toad
General
1 116 (49.15%) Social Skills
2 103 (43.64%) Analytical Skills
3 89 (37.71%) Finance
4 27 (11.44%) Banking
5 18 (7.63%) Front Office
6 14 (5.93%) Public Sector
7 12 (5.08%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (3.81%) Legal
9 9 (3.81%) Marketing
10 8 (3.39%) Financial Institution
11 6 (2.54%) Investment Banking
11 6 (2.54%) Retail
11 6 (2.54%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.69%) Law
12 4 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.27%) Advertising
13 3 (1.27%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 49 (20.76%) Analyst
2 27 (11.44%) Business Analyst
3 22 (9.32%) Developer
3 22 (9.32%) Senior
4 17 (7.20%) Lead
5 13 (5.51%) Data Engineer
6 12 (5.08%) Project Manager
7 11 (4.66%) Data Analyst
8 9 (3.81%) Architect
8 9 (3.81%) Consultant
9 8 (3.39%) IT Analyst
9 8 (3.39%) Technical Leader
10 7 (2.97%) Programme Manager
11 6 (2.54%) Digital Analyst
12 5 (2.12%) Data Scientist
12 5 (2.12%) Digital Business Analyst
12 5 (2.12%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 5 (2.12%) Product Manager
12 5 (2.12%) Python Engineer
13 4 (1.69%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.20%) REST
2 11 (4.66%) SOAP
3 9 (3.81%) JSON
4 8 (3.39%) RESTful
5 7 (2.97%) Kafka
5 7 (2.97%) React
6 6 (2.54%) FIX Protocol
6 6 (2.54%) Web Services
7 5 (2.12%) CSS
7 5 (2.12%) HTML
7 5 (2.12%) LangChain
7 5 (2.12%) Lightning Web Components
7 5 (2.12%) Middleware
7 5 (2.12%) Spring
7 5 (2.12%) XML
8 4 (1.69%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.69%) LangGraph
8 4 (1.69%) PySpark
8 4 (1.69%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.69%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.36%) Product Ownership
2 14 (5.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 13 (5.51%) Onboarding
4 10 (4.24%) Virtual Team
5 8 (3.39%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.97%) AI Agents
6 7 (2.97%) Equities
6 7 (2.97%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.54%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.54%) Derivative
7 6 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.12%) CMDB
8 5 (2.12%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.69%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.69%) Online Banking
9 4 (1.69%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.81%) Windows
2 4 (1.69%) zOS
3 3 (1.27%) Linux
3 3 (1.27%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.27%) Unix
4 2 (0.85%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.85%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.42%) Android
5 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.42%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.42%) VMS
5 1 (0.42%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (24.15%) Agile
2 47 (19.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 37 (15.68%) AI
4 31 (13.14%) Analytics
4 31 (13.14%) Decision-Making
5 29 (12.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 28 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (10.59%) Data Modelling
8 24 (10.17%) CI/CD
8 24 (10.17%) Computer Science
9 23 (9.75%) Validation
10 22 (9.32%) Business Analysis
10 22 (9.32%) Migration
11 20 (8.47%) Project Management
12 19 (8.05%) Data Governance
12 19 (8.05%) Performance Tuning
12 19 (8.05%) Risk Management
12 19 (8.05%) Test Automation
12 19 (8.05%) User Acceptance Testing
13 18 (7.63%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 51 (21.61%) SQL
2 47 (19.92%) Python
3 19 (8.05%) Java
4 14 (5.93%) C#
5 11 (4.66%) JavaScript
6 10 (4.24%) PowerShell
7 6 (2.54%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.12%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.69%) C++
9 4 (1.69%) JCL
9 4 (1.69%) R
10 3 (1.27%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.85%) Go
11 2 (0.85%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.42%) ABAP
12 1 (0.42%) Groovy
12 1 (0.42%) Perl
12 1 (0.42%) PHP
12 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 30 (12.71%) Degree
2 18 (7.63%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.93%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (4.24%) CISSP
6 8 (3.39%) PMI Certification
7 7 (2.97%) CRISC
8 6 (2.54%) CISM
9 5 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (2.12%) CISA
9 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (2.12%) PMP
10 4 (1.69%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.27%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.27%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.85%) CASP
12 2 (0.85%) CBAP
12 2 (0.85%) CCNA
12 2 (0.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.05%) QA
2 18 (7.63%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.39%) PMO
4 7 (2.97%) GDPR
4 7 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.97%) NIST
4 7 (2.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (2.54%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.69%) COBIT
6 4 (1.69%) ITGC
6 4 (1.69%) WCAG
7 3 (1.27%) ISO 8583
7 3 (1.27%) MiFID
8 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.85%) GRC
8 2 (0.85%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.85%) IFRS
8 2 (0.85%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.85%) PSD2
8 2 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (3.81%) Active Directory
1 9 (3.81%) Docker
2 4 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.42%) NFS
4 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.42%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (3.81%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.69%) Terraform
3 3 (1.27%) Ansible
3 3 (1.27%) Grafana
4 2 (0.85%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.42%) Control-M
5 1 (0.42%) EMC VPLEX
5 1 (0.42%) logstash
5 1 (0.42%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.42%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.42%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.42%) vMotion
5 1 (0.42%) vRealize
5 1 (0.42%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 45 (19.07%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.66%) Oracle
2 11 (4.66%) ServiceNow
3 10 (4.24%) Google
4 9 (3.81%) Databricks
5 8 (3.39%) SAP
6 7 (2.97%) Workday
7 6 (2.54%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.12%) Bloomberg
8 5 (2.12%) Charles River
8 5 (2.12%) Informatica
8 5 (2.12%) VMware
9 4 (1.69%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.69%) Splunk
10 3 (1.27%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.27%) Cisco
10 3 (1.27%) HP
10 3 (1.27%) Murex
11 2 (0.85%) Adobe
11 2 (0.85%) Juniper