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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -16 +5 +12
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 233 367 288
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 8.88% 17.77% 12.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.17% 18.97% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 242 198
10th Percentile £230 £325 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -
75th Percentile £650 £687 £688
90th Percentile £738 £813 £775
London median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 2
10th Percentile £17.37 £20.53 £28.58
25th Percentile - £31.80 £31.61
Median hourly rate £17.60 £38.78 £37.53
Median % change year-on-year -54.61% +3.32% -28.51%
75th Percentile £29.14 £50.75 £44.33
90th Percentile £71.25 £54.65 £47.88
London median hourly rate £19.52 £39.04 £35.71
% change year-on-year -50.01% +9.32% -12.90%

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 2,290 1,935 2,169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 87.30% 93.70% 91.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,550 1,263 1,503
10th Percentile £359 £338 £357
25th Percentile £455 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year - -2.65% -5.83%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £683
90th Percentile £775 £775 £792
London median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 32 24
10th Percentile £17.60 £22.08 £20.01
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £21.63
Median hourly rate £23.16 £32.50 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -28.74% +16.86% -20.54%
75th Percentile £54.50 £50.75 £44.25
90th Percentile £64.25 £63.75 £88.38
London median hourly rate £36.00 £31.00 £33.53
% change year-on-year +16.13% -7.53% -22.03%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -17 206 £520 -9.57% 99
West End of London +1 12 £400 +4.58% 9
City of Westminster -2 12 £560 +14.87% 16
Lambeth -1 1 - -
Southwark -1 1 £650 +44.44% 1
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 (4.29%) Confluence
1 10 (4.29%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.72%) CICS
4 2 (0.86%) Apache
5 1 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.43%) CMS
5 1 (0.43%) IIS
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.29%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.86%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.86%) Bloomberg AIM
3 2 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.86%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.86%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.86%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.43%) Findur
4 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.43%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.43%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 45 (19.31%) Azure
2 34 (14.59%) AWS
3 22 (9.44%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (8.15%) Power Platform
5 14 (6.01%) Entra ID
6 13 (5.58%) GCP
7 11 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (4.29%) GitHub
9 7 (3.00%) SaaS
10 6 (2.58%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (2.58%) GitHub Copilot
10 6 (2.58%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (2.58%) Serverless
10 6 (2.58%) Snowflake
11 5 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (1.72%) Azure AI
12 4 (1.72%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.43%) DNS
1 8 (3.43%) VPN
2 7 (3.00%) Firewall
3 6 (2.58%) Network Security
3 6 (2.58%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.72%) LAN
4 4 (1.72%) WAN
5 3 (1.29%) DHCP
5 3 (1.29%) HTTP
5 3 (1.29%) Internet
6 2 (0.86%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.86%) VLAN
6 2 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.43%) 5G
7 1 (0.43%) Cisco IPT
7 1 (0.43%) DKIM
7 1 (0.43%) DMARC
7 1 (0.43%) Multicast
7 1 (0.43%) NAS
7 1 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.15%) Power BI
2 9 (3.86%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.43%) NoSQL
4 6 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.58%) Db2
4 6 (2.58%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.15%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.72%) Metadata
6 4 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.29%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.29%) SAP BW
8 2 (0.86%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.86%) Looker
8 2 (0.86%) Power Query
8 2 (0.86%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.86%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (12.02%) JIRA
2 7 (3.00%) GitLab
2 7 (3.00%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.58%) Git
3 6 (2.58%) Selenium
4 4 (1.72%) Cypress.io
4 4 (1.72%) REST Assured
5 2 (0.86%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.86%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.86%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.86%) JUnit
5 2 (0.86%) Mockito
6 1 (0.43%) Appium
6 1 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.43%) Gatling
6 1 (0.43%) Gradle
6 1 (0.43%) JDeveloper
6 1 (0.43%) JMeter
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.43%) WebDriver
General
1 125 (53.65%) Social Skills
2 99 (42.49%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (31.33%) Finance
4 22 (9.44%) Banking
5 14 (6.01%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.15%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.43%) Financial Institution
8 8 (3.43%) Front Office
8 8 (3.43%) Marketing
9 7 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (3.00%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.15%) Law
10 5 (2.15%) Retail
11 4 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.29%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.29%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.86%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (18.45%) Analyst
2 21 (9.01%) Architect
2 21 (9.01%) Business Analyst
3 20 (8.58%) Senior
4 19 (8.15%) Developer
5 14 (6.01%) Project Manager
6 12 (5.15%) Support Engineer
7 11 (4.72%) Lead
8 10 (4.29%) Data Engineer
9 9 (3.86%) Consultant
10 8 (3.43%) IT Analyst
10 8 (3.43%) Support Analyst
11 7 (3.00%) Digital Analyst
11 7 (3.00%) Digital Business Analyst
11 7 (3.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 6 (2.58%) Applications Support
12 6 (2.58%) IT Support
12 6 (2.58%) Solutions Architect
13 5 (2.15%) Senior Manager
13 5 (2.15%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.15%) REST
2 14 (6.01%) React
3 13 (5.58%) JSON
3 13 (5.58%) SOAP
4 11 (4.72%) Kafka
5 9 (3.86%) AngularJS
6 7 (3.00%) .NET
6 7 (3.00%) Web Services
6 7 (3.00%) XML
7 6 (2.58%) CSS
7 6 (2.58%) HTML
7 6 (2.58%) Middleware
7 6 (2.58%) PySpark
7 6 (2.58%) RESTful
7 6 (2.58%) Spring
7 6 (2.58%) Spring Boot
8 5 (2.15%) Playwright
9 4 (1.72%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (1.72%) WSDL
10 3 (1.29%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.87%) Onboarding
2 11 (4.72%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (4.29%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.29%) Product Ownership
3 10 (4.29%) Virtual Team
4 8 (3.43%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (3.00%) Data Centre
5 7 (3.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.00%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (2.58%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.15%) AI Agents
7 5 (2.15%) CMDB
7 5 (2.15%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.72%) DataPower
8 4 (1.72%) Mainframe
8 4 (1.72%) NHS
8 4 (1.72%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 27 (11.59%) Windows
2 11 (4.72%) Mac OS
3 9 (3.86%) Linux
4 5 (2.15%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.72%) Unix
5 4 (1.72%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.72%) zOS
6 3 (1.29%) Android
7 2 (0.86%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.43%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (30.04%) Agile
2 57 (24.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 45 (19.31%) AI
4 35 (15.02%) CI/CD
5 34 (14.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (12.88%) Analytics
7 29 (12.45%) Decision-Making
8 28 (12.02%) DevOps
9 27 (11.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 26 (11.16%) Migration
11 25 (10.73%) Validation
12 20 (8.58%) ITIL
12 20 (8.58%) Microservices
13 19 (8.15%) Collaborative Working
13 19 (8.15%) Data Modelling
14 18 (7.73%) Change Management
14 18 (7.73%) Project Management
15 17 (7.30%) Requirements Gathering
15 17 (7.30%) Test Automation
15 17 (7.30%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 44 (18.88%) SQL
2 41 (17.60%) Python
3 20 (8.58%) Java
4 16 (6.87%) JavaScript
5 12 (5.15%) TypeScript
6 10 (4.29%) C#
7 8 (3.43%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.58%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.72%) JCL
10 3 (1.29%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.29%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.86%) Bicep
11 2 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.86%) Go
12 1 (0.43%) ABAP
12 1 (0.43%) C++
12 1 (0.43%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.43%) RPG
12 1 (0.43%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 31 (13.30%) Security Cleared
2 24 (10.30%) SC Cleared
3 19 (8.15%) Degree
4 7 (3.00%) CISSP
5 6 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.58%) PMP
6 5 (2.15%) CISA
6 5 (2.15%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.15%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.72%) CRISC
8 3 (1.29%) CISM
8 3 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.29%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.86%) CCNA
9 2 (0.86%) CSPO
9 2 (0.86%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.87%) QA
2 15 (6.44%) Data Quality
3 10 (4.29%) GDPR
4 6 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.58%) NIST
4 6 (2.58%) PMO
4 6 (2.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (2.15%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.72%) COBIT
6 4 (1.72%) ITGC
6 4 (1.72%) SLA
7 3 (1.29%) GRC
8 2 (0.86%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.86%) GxP
8 2 (0.86%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.86%) WCAG
9 1 (0.43%) GAAP
9 1 (0.43%) GMP
9 1 (0.43%) NCSC
9 1 (0.43%) Solvency II
System Software
1 19 (8.15%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.86%) Docker
3 4 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.86%) IAG
5 2 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.43%) Firmware
6 1 (0.43%) NFS
6 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (5.58%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.15%) Terraform
4 4 (1.72%) Grafana
5 3 (1.29%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.86%) Ansible
6 2 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.86%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.43%) Control-M
7 1 (0.43%) EMC VPLEX
7 1 (0.43%) logstash
7 1 (0.43%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.43%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.43%) vMotion
7 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 52 (22.32%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.15%) ServiceNow
3 12 (5.15%) Google
3 12 (5.15%) SAP
4 10 (4.29%) Oracle
5 7 (3.00%) Workday
6 6 (2.58%) Bloomberg
6 6 (2.58%) Splunk
7 5 (2.15%) Apple
7 5 (2.15%) Databricks
7 5 (2.15%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.72%) Cisco
8 4 (1.72%) Dynatrace
8 4 (1.72%) Informatica
8 4 (1.72%) Remedy
9 3 (1.29%) BMC
9 3 (1.29%) Charles River
9 3 (1.29%) IBM
9 3 (1.29%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.29%) VMware