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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 +12
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 212 338 277
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 8.52% 17.82% 11.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.98% 19.10% 12.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 220 184
10th Percentile £313 £357 £325
25th Percentile £442 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £641 £681 £688
90th Percentile £773 £814 £775
London median daily rate £520 £521 £545
% change year-on-year -0.14% -4.45% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile £23.74 £30.87 £23.71
25th Percentile £34.10 £41.54 £24.78
Median hourly rate £41.26 £49.50 £26.56
Median % change year-on-year -16.66% +86.37% -26.43%
75th Percentile £45.43 £50.75 £38.41
90th Percentile £50.42 £58.55 £45.51
London median hourly rate £35.71 £35.00 £31.71
% change year-on-year +2.03% +10.38% -21.22%

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 2,125 1,770 2,183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 85.44% 93.31% 90.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,449 1,141 1,549
10th Percentile £356 £350 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 22 22
10th Percentile £18.45 £22.00 £20.22
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.00 £22.63
Median hourly rate £26.11 £28.61 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -8.74% +2.88% -20.54%
75th Percentile £52.16 £44.40 £28.98
90th Percentile £59.72 £50.75 £40.00
London median hourly rate £37.00 £31.17 £27.92
% change year-on-year +18.69% +11.65% -28.79%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 -17 189 £550 -4.35% 230
West End of London -1 7 £543 +4.33% 10
City of Westminster -2 7 £575 +35.29% 6
Kensington and Chelsea - 4 £588 - 1
Southwark +1 1 £650 +88.86% 3
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 (4.72%) Confluence
2 8 (3.77%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.89%) CICS
5 2 (0.94%) Apache
6 1 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.47%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.36%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.42%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.42%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.94%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.94%) Summit
2 2 (0.94%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.47%) BASE24
3 1 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.47%) Findur
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.47%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.47%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 43 (20.28%) Azure
2 25 (11.79%) AWS
3 21 (9.91%) Power Platform
4 17 (8.02%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (3.77%) GCP
7 7 (3.30%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.83%) GitHub
9 5 (2.36%) Power Automate
9 5 (2.36%) Serverless
9 5 (2.36%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.89%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.89%) SaaS
11 3 (1.42%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (1.42%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (1.42%) Azure AI
11 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.77%) Firewall
2 7 (3.30%) Network Security
3 6 (2.83%) VPN
4 4 (1.89%) DHCP
4 4 (1.89%) DNS
5 3 (1.42%) Internet
5 3 (1.42%) LAN
5 3 (1.42%) WAN
6 2 (0.94%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.94%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.47%) 5G
7 1 (0.47%) BGP
7 1 (0.47%) Broadband
7 1 (0.47%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.47%) OSPF
7 1 (0.47%) SAN
7 1 (0.47%) VLAN
7 1 (0.47%) Wireless
7 1 (0.47%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.08%) Power BI
2 12 (5.66%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.83%) Metadata
6 5 (2.36%) DB2
6 5 (2.36%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.36%) Tableau
7 4 (1.89%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.89%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.42%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.94%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.94%) Looker
9 2 (0.94%) Power Query
9 2 (0.94%) PowerCenter
9 2 (0.94%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.47%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.47%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 24 (11.32%) JIRA
2 7 (3.30%) Git
2 7 (3.30%) GitLab
3 4 (1.89%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.42%) Selenium
5 2 (0.94%) Postman
5 2 (0.94%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.47%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.47%) ERwin
6 1 (0.47%) JUnit
6 1 (0.47%) Mockito
6 1 (0.47%) Snyk
6 1 (0.47%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.47%) Vite
General
1 98 (46.23%) Social Skills
2 82 (38.68%) Analytical Skills
3 79 (37.26%) Finance
4 24 (11.32%) Banking
5 15 (7.08%) Front Office
6 13 (6.13%) Public Sector
7 10 (4.72%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (4.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.77%) Financial Institution
9 8 (3.77%) Legal
9 8 (3.77%) Marketing
9 8 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.83%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.36%) Investment Banking
11 5 (2.36%) Retail
12 4 (1.89%) Law
12 4 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.42%) Advertising
13 3 (1.42%) Back Office
13 3 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (20.75%) Analyst
2 22 (10.38%) Senior
3 19 (8.96%) Business Analyst
4 17 (8.02%) Lead
5 14 (6.60%) Developer
6 13 (6.13%) Project Manager
7 11 (5.19%) Data Engineer
8 10 (4.72%) Architect
9 9 (4.25%) Data Analyst
9 9 (4.25%) IT Analyst
10 8 (3.77%) Consultant
11 7 (3.30%) Technical Leader
12 6 (2.83%) Digital Analyst
12 6 (2.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 6 (2.83%) Support Analyst
13 5 (2.36%) Digital Business Analyst
13 5 (2.36%) Network Engineer
13 5 (2.36%) Product Manager
13 5 (2.36%) Programme Manager
13 5 (2.36%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.60%) REST
2 9 (4.25%) React
3 8 (3.77%) JSON
3 8 (3.77%) Kafka
3 8 (3.77%) SOAP
4 6 (2.83%) RESTful
4 6 (2.83%) Web Services
5 5 (2.36%) FIX Protocol
5 5 (2.36%) LangChain
5 5 (2.36%) Middleware
5 5 (2.36%) PySpark
6 4 (1.89%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.89%) LangGraph
6 4 (1.89%) Spring
6 4 (1.89%) Spring Boot
6 4 (1.89%) WSDL
6 4 (1.89%) XML
7 3 (1.42%) CSS
7 3 (1.42%) Django
7 3 (1.42%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.13%) Onboarding
2 12 (5.66%) Product Ownership
3 11 (5.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (4.25%) AI Agents
5 8 (3.77%) Virtual Team
6 7 (3.30%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.30%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.83%) Equities
8 5 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.36%) CMDB
8 5 (2.36%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.36%) Derivative
8 5 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.36%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.89%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.89%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.89%) DataPower
9 4 (1.89%) Online Banking
9 4 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.13%) Windows
2 6 (2.83%) Mac OS
3 4 (1.89%) Linux
3 4 (1.89%) zOS
4 3 (1.42%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.94%) Android
5 2 (0.94%) Unix
6 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.47%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.47%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (23.58%) Agile
1 50 (23.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 37 (17.45%) AI
3 31 (14.62%) Decision-Making
4 27 (12.74%) Analytics
5 26 (12.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 26 (12.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 23 (10.85%) Migration
7 22 (10.38%) Data Modelling
8 20 (9.43%) Risk Management
9 19 (8.96%) CI/CD
9 19 (8.96%) Computer Science
9 19 (8.96%) Project Management
10 18 (8.49%) DevOps
10 18 (8.49%) Validation
11 17 (8.02%) Change Management
12 16 (7.55%) Collaborative Working
12 16 (7.55%) Data Governance
12 16 (7.55%) ITIL
12 16 (7.55%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 43 (20.28%) SQL
2 39 (18.40%) Python
3 15 (7.08%) Java
4 11 (5.19%) C#
4 11 (5.19%) JavaScript
5 10 (4.72%) PowerShell
6 8 (3.77%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.89%) JCL
7 4 (1.89%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.42%) C++
9 2 (0.94%) Bicep
9 2 (0.94%) Go
9 2 (0.94%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.47%) ABAP
10 1 (0.47%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.47%) Bash
10 1 (0.47%) C
10 1 (0.47%) COBOL
10 1 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (10.85%) Degree
2 18 (8.49%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.60%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.72%) CISSP
5 8 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (3.30%) CRISC
7 6 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.83%) CISM
8 5 (2.36%) CISA
8 5 (2.36%) PMI Certification
8 5 (2.36%) PMP
9 4 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.42%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.94%) CASP
11 2 (0.94%) CCNA
11 2 (0.94%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.94%) GSEC
11 2 (0.94%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.47%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.08%) Data Quality
2 9 (4.25%) QA
3 8 (3.77%) GDPR
3 8 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.77%) PMO
4 7 (3.30%) NIST
5 6 (2.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (2.36%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.89%) COBIT
7 4 (1.89%) ITGC
8 3 (1.42%) MiFID
9 2 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.94%) GRC
9 2 (0.94%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.94%) IFRS
9 2 (0.94%) SLA
9 2 (0.94%) WCAG
10 1 (0.47%) EMIR
10 1 (0.47%) GMP
10 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 12 (5.66%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.30%) Docker
3 6 (2.83%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.47%) NFS
4 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (3.30%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.42%) Ansible
3 3 (1.42%) Grafana
4 2 (0.94%) Terraform
5 1 (0.47%) Control-M
5 1 (0.47%) EMC VPLEX
5 1 (0.47%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.47%) logstash
5 1 (0.47%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.47%) vMotion
5 1 (0.47%) vRealize
5 1 (0.47%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 46 (21.70%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.13%) ServiceNow
3 10 (4.72%) Oracle
4 7 (3.30%) Bloomberg
4 7 (3.30%) Google
5 6 (2.83%) Charles River
5 6 (2.83%) Databricks
5 6 (2.83%) SAP
5 6 (2.83%) Workday
6 5 (2.36%) Informatica
6 5 (2.36%) Palo Alto
6 5 (2.36%) Splunk
7 4 (1.89%) Cisco
8 3 (1.42%) AppDynamics
8 3 (1.42%) Murex
8 3 (1.42%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.42%) VMware
9 2 (0.94%) Anaplan
9 2 (0.94%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.94%) MuleSoft