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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -16 +6 +12
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 212 336 276
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 8.51% 17.86% 11.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.94% 19.13% 12.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 220 184
10th Percentile £312 £355 £325
25th Percentile £450 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £638 £688 £688
90th Percentile £778 £825 £775
London median daily rate £520 £520 £550
% change year-on-year - -5.45% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 3
10th Percentile £23.74 £18.38 £23.71
25th Percentile £34.10 £28.20 £24.78
Median hourly rate £41.26 £46.29 £26.56
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +74.28% -26.43%
75th Percentile £45.43 £50.75 £38.41
90th Percentile £50.42 £57.25 £45.51
London median hourly rate £35.36 £31.35 £31.71
% change year-on-year +12.79% -1.15% -21.70%

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 2,132 1,756 2,174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 85.55% 93.35% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,454 1,131 1,544
10th Percentile £356 £350 £350
25th Percentile £453 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £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 30 25 22
10th Percentile £18.60 £19.36 £20.22
25th Percentile £18.88 £22.75 £22.63
Median hourly rate £26.56 £28.15 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -5.67% +1.22% -20.54%
75th Percentile £52.41 £43.75 £28.98
90th Percentile £60.25 £50.75 £40.00
London median hourly rate £37.50 £30.81 £27.92
% change year-on-year +21.73% +10.33% -29.54%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -17 191 £550 -4.35% 243
West End of London -1 7 £543 +4.33% 8
City of Westminster -3 7 £575 +35.29% 7
Kensington and Chelsea - 4 £588 -
Southwark +1 1 £650 +88.86% 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 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%) Remedy ITSM
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%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.47%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.47%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 42 (19.81%) Azure
2 25 (11.79%) AWS
3 21 (9.91%) Power Platform
4 17 (8.02%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.77%) GCP
7 7 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (3.30%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.83%) GitHub
8 6 (2.83%) SaaS
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%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.89%) PowerApps
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%) 4G
7 1 (0.47%) 5G
7 1 (0.47%) BGP
7 1 (0.47%) NAS
7 1 (0.47%) OSPF
7 1 (0.47%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.47%) SAN
7 1 (0.47%) VLAN
7 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.08%) Power BI
2 11 (5.19%) 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%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.36%) Tableau
7 4 (1.89%) DynamoDB
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%) OLTP
10 1 (0.47%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 22 (10.38%) 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
1 102 (48.11%) Social Skills
2 86 (40.57%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (36.32%) Finance
4 22 (10.38%) Banking
5 15 (7.08%) Front Office
6 12 (5.66%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (5.66%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.77%) Financial Institution
8 8 (3.77%) Legal
8 8 (3.77%) Marketing
9 7 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.36%) Investment Banking
10 5 (2.36%) Retail
11 4 (1.89%) Law
11 4 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.89%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.42%) Advertising
12 3 (1.42%) Back Office
12 3 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (20.28%) Analyst
2 21 (9.91%) Senior
3 18 (8.49%) Business Analyst
4 17 (8.02%) Lead
5 14 (6.60%) Developer
6 13 (6.13%) Project Manager
7 11 (5.19%) Architect
7 11 (5.19%) Data Engineer
8 10 (4.72%) Consultant
9 8 (3.77%) Data Analyst
10 7 (3.30%) Digital Analyst
10 7 (3.30%) IT Analyst
10 7 (3.30%) Technical Leader
11 6 (2.83%) Digital Business Analyst
11 6 (2.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 6 (2.83%) Support Analyst
12 5 (2.36%) Network Engineer
12 5 (2.36%) Programme Manager
12 5 (2.36%) Solutions Architect
13 4 (1.89%) 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%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.60%) Product Ownership
2 12 (5.66%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (4.25%) AI Agents
4 9 (4.25%) Virtual Team
5 7 (3.30%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.30%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (3.30%) Equities
5 7 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (2.83%) Derivative
7 5 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.36%) CMDB
7 5 (2.36%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.36%) Fixed Income
7 5 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.36%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.89%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.89%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.89%) DataPower
8 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 29 (13.68%) Analytics
5 28 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (11.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 23 (10.85%) Data Modelling
8 22 (10.38%) Migration
9 20 (9.43%) Risk Management
10 19 (8.96%) CI/CD
10 19 (8.96%) Computer Science
10 19 (8.96%) Project Management
11 18 (8.49%) Validation
12 17 (8.02%) DevOps
12 17 (8.02%) ITIL
13 16 (7.55%) Change Management
13 16 (7.55%) Collaborative Working
14 15 (7.08%) Business Analysis
14 15 (7.08%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 44 (20.75%) 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%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.47%) Groovy
10 1 (0.47%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (10.38%) Degree
2 17 (8.02%) 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%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.55%) 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%) GRC
8 3 (1.42%) IFRS
8 3 (1.42%) MiFID
9 2 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.94%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.94%) SLA
9 2 (0.94%) WCAG
10 1 (0.47%) Basel III
10 1 (0.47%) GMP
10 1 (0.47%) Solvency II
System Software
1 12 (5.66%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.30%) Docker
3 6 (2.83%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.47%) IAG
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 47 (22.17%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.60%) ServiceNow
3 10 (4.72%) Oracle
4 7 (3.30%) Bloomberg
4 7 (3.30%) Google
4 7 (3.30%) SAP
5 6 (2.83%) Charles River
5 6 (2.83%) Databricks
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%) BMC
8 3 (1.42%) Murex
8 3 (1.42%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.42%) VMware
9 2 (0.94%) Anaplan
9 2 (0.94%) MuleSoft