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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -16 +5 +13
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 260 378 284
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 9.94% 18.43% 12.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.26% 19.65% 13.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 254 188
10th Percentile £248 £318 £313
25th Percentile £401 £420 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £550 £555
Median % change year-on-year -7.95% -0.90% +0.91%
75th Percentile £652 £679 £688
90th Percentile £738 £809 £775
London median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 2
10th Percentile £17.37 £21.60 £15.26
25th Percentile - £26.25 £17.14
Median hourly rate £17.60 £34.48 £20.78
Median % change year-on-year -48.96% +65.93% -60.42%
75th Percentile £29.14 £50.75 £23.92
90th Percentile £71.25 £53.35 £25.50
London median hourly rate £19.03 £34.74 £35.61
% change year-on-year -45.22% -2.43% -16.58%

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 2,310 1,924 2,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 88.27% 93.81% 91.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,581 1,272 1,446
10th Percentile £363 £325 £375
25th Percentile £456 £425 £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 £788
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 32 20
10th Percentile £17.60 £22.08 £15.80
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.43
Median hourly rate £23.16 £30.04 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.89% +11.24% -22.86%
75th Percentile £53.50 £50.75 £65.63
90th Percentile £64.50 £63.75 £137.50
London median hourly rate £35.61 £30.00 £35.25
% change year-on-year +18.68% -14.89% -15.06%

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 8 August 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 8 August 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 8 August 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 -18 233 £513 -10.87% 243
West End of London -2 13 £325 -27.78% 9
City of Westminster -3 13 £518 +15.00% 35
Lambeth -1 1 - - 3
Southwark -2 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 14 (5.38%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.23%) Confluence
2 11 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.54%) CICS
4 3 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.77%) Apache
5 2 (0.77%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.38%) CMS
6 1 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.38%) IIS
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.15%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.92%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.77%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.77%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.77%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.77%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.77%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.38%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.38%) Findur
4 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.38%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.38%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 53 (20.38%) Azure
2 34 (13.08%) AWS
3 26 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (9.62%) Power Platform
5 15 (5.77%) Entra ID
6 14 (5.38%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (5.00%) GitHub
8 12 (4.62%) GCP
9 11 (4.23%) SaaS
10 9 (3.46%) Serverless
11 7 (2.69%) Power Automate
11 7 (2.69%) PowerApps
12 6 (2.31%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (2.31%) GitHub Copilot
12 6 (2.31%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (1.92%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (1.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 4 (1.54%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.62%) DNS
2 11 (4.23%) VPN
3 8 (3.08%) Firewall
3 8 (3.08%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.69%) Network Security
5 6 (2.31%) DHCP
6 4 (1.54%) LAN
6 4 (1.54%) VLAN
6 4 (1.54%) WAN
7 3 (1.15%) HTTP
7 3 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.77%) BGP
8 2 (0.77%) Internet
8 2 (0.77%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.77%) SSL
8 2 (0.77%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.77%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.38%) DKIM
9 1 (0.38%) DMARC
9 1 (0.38%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.15%) Power BI
2 10 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.46%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.69%) MongoDB
5 6 (2.31%) Db2
6 5 (1.92%) DynamoDB
6 5 (1.92%) Metadata
6 5 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.54%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.54%) SAP BW
8 3 (1.15%) Power Query
8 3 (1.15%) Tableau
9 2 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.77%) Big Data
9 2 (0.77%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.77%) Looker
9 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (12.31%) JIRA
2 9 (3.46%) GitLab
3 8 (3.08%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.69%) Git
4 7 (2.69%) Selenium
5 4 (1.54%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.54%) REST Assured
6 3 (1.15%) JMeter
7 2 (0.77%) Appium
7 2 (0.77%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.77%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.77%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.77%) JDeveloper
7 2 (0.77%) JUnit
7 2 (0.77%) Mockito
7 2 (0.77%) Postman
8 1 (0.38%) Gradle
8 1 (0.38%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.38%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 128 (49.23%) Social Skills
2 105 (40.38%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (29.62%) Finance
4 27 (10.38%) Banking
5 15 (5.77%) Marketing
5 15 (5.77%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.85%) Financial Institution
7 10 (3.85%) Retail
8 9 (3.46%) Front Office
8 9 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.69%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.92%) Law
11 5 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.54%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.15%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.15%) Legal
Job Titles
1 47 (18.08%) Analyst
2 24 (9.23%) Senior
3 23 (8.85%) Architect
3 23 (8.85%) Business Analyst
3 23 (8.85%) Developer
4 17 (6.54%) Support Engineer
5 13 (5.00%) Consultant
6 12 (4.62%) Project Manager
7 11 (4.23%) Lead
8 10 (3.85%) Data Engineer
9 8 (3.08%) Digital Analyst
9 8 (3.08%) IT Support
9 8 (3.08%) Support Analyst
10 7 (2.69%) Digital Business Analyst
10 7 (2.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 7 (2.69%) IT Analyst
10 7 (2.69%) IT Engineer
10 7 (2.69%) IT Support Engineer
10 7 (2.69%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.31%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.08%) REST
2 18 (6.92%) React
3 13 (5.00%) JSON
3 13 (5.00%) SOAP
4 10 (3.85%) .NET
4 10 (3.85%) AngularJS
4 10 (3.85%) Kafka
5 7 (2.69%) Web Services
5 7 (2.69%) XML
6 6 (2.31%) CSS
6 6 (2.31%) HTML
6 6 (2.31%) PySpark
6 6 (2.31%) RESTful
6 6 (2.31%) Spring
6 6 (2.31%) Spring Boot
7 5 (1.92%) Middleware
7 5 (1.92%) Playwright
8 4 (1.54%) Django
8 4 (1.54%) WSDL
9 3 (1.15%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.08%) Onboarding
2 12 (4.62%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.62%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.46%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (3.08%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (2.69%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.31%) AI Agents
7 6 (2.31%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.92%) CMDB
8 5 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.54%) DataPower
9 4 (1.54%) Life Science
9 4 (1.54%) Online Banking
9 4 (1.54%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 36 (13.85%) Windows
2 13 (5.00%) Mac OS
3 12 (4.62%) Linux
4 7 (2.69%) Unix
4 7 (2.69%) Windows 10
4 7 (2.69%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.54%) Android
5 4 (1.54%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.54%) zOS
6 2 (0.77%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.38%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.38%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.38%) VMS
7 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (28.85%) Agile
2 66 (25.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 50 (19.23%) AI
4 43 (16.54%) CI/CD
5 37 (14.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (13.08%) Analytics
7 33 (12.69%) DevOps
8 29 (11.15%) Decision-Making
9 28 (10.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 27 (10.38%) Migration
11 23 (8.85%) Validation
12 22 (8.46%) Customer Service
12 22 (8.46%) ITIL
13 21 (8.08%) Microservices
14 20 (7.69%) Data Modelling
14 20 (7.69%) Machine Learning
14 20 (7.69%) Test Automation
15 19 (7.31%) Scrum
15 19 (7.31%) Translating Business Requirements
15 19 (7.31%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 51 (19.62%) Python
2 50 (19.23%) SQL
3 22 (8.46%) Java
4 20 (7.69%) JavaScript
5 16 (6.15%) TypeScript
6 14 (5.38%) C#
7 13 (5.00%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.31%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.54%) JCL
9 4 (1.54%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (1.15%) Korn
10 3 (1.15%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.77%) Bicep
11 2 (0.77%) Go
11 2 (0.77%) Perl
12 1 (0.38%) ABAP
12 1 (0.38%) C++
12 1 (0.38%) COBOL
12 1 (0.38%) RPG
Qualifications
1 35 (13.46%) Security Cleared
2 26 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 20 (7.69%) Degree
4 7 (2.69%) CISSP
5 6 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.31%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.92%) CISA
6 5 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.92%) PMP
7 4 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.54%) CRISC
7 4 (1.54%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.15%) CISM
8 3 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.77%) CCNA
9 2 (0.77%) CSPO
9 2 (0.77%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.92%) QA
2 16 (6.15%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.69%) GDPR
3 7 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.69%) PMO
4 6 (2.31%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.31%) NIST
4 6 (2.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.54%) COBIT
5 4 (1.54%) GRC
5 4 (1.54%) ITGC
5 4 (1.54%) SLA
6 3 (1.15%) WCAG
7 2 (0.77%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (0.77%) GxP
8 1 (0.38%) GAAP
8 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.38%) IFRS
8 1 (0.38%) NCSC
8 1 (0.38%) PSD2
System Software
1 26 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.23%) Docker
3 4 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.77%) IAG
4 2 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.77%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.38%) Firmware
5 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (5.38%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.08%) Terraform
4 5 (1.92%) SCCM
5 4 (1.54%) Ansible
6 3 (1.15%) Grafana
6 3 (1.15%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.77%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.77%) WSUS
8 1 (0.38%) Control-M
8 1 (0.38%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.38%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.38%) PingFederate
8 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.38%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.38%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 66 (25.38%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.85%) ServiceNow
3 15 (5.77%) Google
4 14 (5.38%) SAP
5 12 (4.62%) Oracle
6 7 (2.69%) Cisco
6 7 (2.69%) Databricks
6 7 (2.69%) Splunk
6 7 (2.69%) Workday
7 6 (2.31%) Apple
7 6 (2.31%) Bloomberg
7 6 (2.31%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.92%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.92%) Remedy
8 5 (1.92%) VMware
9 4 (1.54%) IBM
10 3 (1.15%) BMC
10 3 (1.15%) Informatica
10 3 (1.15%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.15%) Zscaler