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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 7 12
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 +10
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 269 301 259
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 13.16% 14.38% 9.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.80% 15.64% 11.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 189 183
10th Percentile £338 £350 £314
25th Percentile £410 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £679
90th Percentile £738 £738 £848
London median daily rate £520 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -1.47% -4.05% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 3
10th Percentile £19.79 - £27.75
25th Percentile £34.48 - £34.88
Median hourly rate £41.02 £112.00 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.38% +130.93% -6.73%
75th Percentile £43.86 - £57.63
90th Percentile £49.38 - £62.05
London median hourly rate £33.46 £47.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -29.56% +35.71% -19.41%

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 1,818 1,924 2,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 88.94% 91.93% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,251 1,185 1,664
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £436 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% +2.22% -4.26%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 20 27
10th Percentile £19.98 £21.93 £18.16
25th Percentile £23.62 £29.79 £21.36
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -14.43%
75th Percentile £41.89 £40.63 £40.00
90th Percentile £49.83 £55.08 £65.00
London median hourly rate £34.00 £37.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -8.11% +23.33% -14.29%

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 9 February 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 9 February 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 9 February 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 -3 246 £525 - 177
City of Westminster -2 6 £525 +20.00% 19
West End of London -4 4 £538 +11.86% 4
Kensington and Chelsea - 4 £588 - 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 15 (5.58%) Confluence
2 8 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.97%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.74%) Apache
4 2 (0.74%) CMS
5 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.37%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (8.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (5.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (2.23%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.12%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.74%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.74%) Bloomberg AIM
2 2 (0.74%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.74%) Summit
2 2 (0.74%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.37%) BASE24
3 1 (0.37%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (22.68%) Azure
2 37 (13.75%) AWS
3 24 (8.92%) Power Platform
4 18 (6.69%) GCP
4 18 (6.69%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (5.20%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (3.35%) Snowflake
7 7 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.60%) SaaS
8 6 (2.23%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.23%) GitHub
8 6 (2.23%) Mimecast
9 5 (1.86%) IaaS
9 5 (1.86%) PaaS
10 3 (1.12%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.12%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.12%) Serverless
10 3 (1.12%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.97%) DNS
2 7 (2.60%) Firewall
3 6 (2.23%) Network Security
4 4 (1.49%) DHCP
4 4 (1.49%) VPN
5 3 (1.12%) Cisco IPT
5 3 (1.12%) IP Telephony
6 2 (0.74%) Internet
6 2 (0.74%) NAS
6 2 (0.74%) SAN
6 2 (0.74%) SSL
6 2 (0.74%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.37%) BGP
7 1 (0.37%) Broadband
7 1 (0.37%) HTTP
7 1 (0.37%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.37%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.37%) LAN
7 1 (0.37%) OSPF
7 1 (0.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.43%) Power BI
2 14 (5.20%) Relational Database
3 11 (4.09%) Tableau
4 10 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (3.35%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.60%) Metadata
7 6 (2.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (1.86%) MySQL
9 3 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.12%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.74%) Big Data
10 2 (0.74%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.74%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.74%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.74%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.74%) PowerCenter
10 2 (0.74%) Redis
10 2 (0.74%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 29 (10.78%) JIRA
2 19 (7.06%) Git
3 8 (2.97%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.60%) Postman
4 7 (2.60%) Selenium
5 4 (1.49%) Cucumber
5 4 (1.49%) GitLab
5 4 (1.49%) REST Assured
6 3 (1.12%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.12%) SoapUI
6 3 (1.12%) Xcode
7 2 (0.74%) CocoaPods
7 2 (0.74%) Crashlytics
7 2 (0.74%) fastlane
7 2 (0.74%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.37%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.37%) ERwin
8 1 (0.37%) JUnit
8 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.37%) TestRail
General
1 146 (54.28%) Social Skills
2 110 (40.89%) Analytical Skills
3 99 (36.80%) Finance
4 36 (13.38%) Banking
5 27 (10.04%) Front Office
6 17 (6.32%) Public Sector
7 11 (4.09%) Investment Banking
7 11 (4.09%) Legal
8 10 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.72%) Financial Institution
9 9 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.60%) Marketing
11 7 (2.60%) Retail
11 7 (2.60%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.23%) Back Office
13 5 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.12%) French Language
15 2 (0.74%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 55 (20.45%) Analyst
2 37 (13.75%) Developer
3 30 (11.15%) Senior
4 29 (10.78%) Business Analyst
5 18 (6.69%) Lead
6 14 (5.20%) Project Manager
7 13 (4.83%) Architect
8 10 (3.72%) Data Analyst
8 10 (3.72%) Data Engineer
9 9 (3.35%) Consultant
9 9 (3.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (2.97%) IT Analyst
10 8 (2.97%) Java Developer
11 7 (2.60%) Programme Manager
11 7 (2.60%) Python Engineer
12 6 (2.23%) Business IT Analyst
12 6 (2.23%) IT Business Analyst
12 6 (2.23%) Product Manager
12 6 (2.23%) Technical Leader
13 5 (1.86%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.20%) REST
2 13 (4.83%) RESTful
3 11 (4.09%) .NET
4 10 (3.72%) CSS
4 10 (3.72%) HTML
5 9 (3.35%) SOAP
6 6 (2.23%) XML
7 5 (1.86%) Kafka
7 5 (1.86%) LangChain
7 5 (1.86%) Lightning Web Components
7 5 (1.86%) Web Services
8 4 (1.49%) HTML5
8 4 (1.49%) JSON
8 4 (1.49%) LangGraph
8 4 (1.49%) Middleware
8 4 (1.49%) Node.js
8 4 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (1.12%) FIX Protocol
9 3 (1.12%) Spring
9 3 (1.12%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.06%) Product Ownership
2 15 (5.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 12 (4.46%) Virtual Team
4 11 (4.09%) Algorithms
5 10 (3.72%) Data Structures
5 10 (3.72%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.72%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.35%) Fixed Income
7 7 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (2.60%) Derivative
7 7 (2.60%) Equities
8 6 (2.23%) PMI
9 5 (1.86%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.86%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.86%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.49%) CMDB
10 4 (1.49%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.06%) Windows
2 6 (2.23%) Unix
3 5 (1.86%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.49%) Linux
4 4 (1.49%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.12%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.37%) Android
6 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.37%) Solaris
6 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (26.02%) Agile
2 47 (17.47%) Stakeholder Management
3 40 (14.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 39 (14.50%) CI/CD
4 39 (14.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 38 (14.13%) Analytics
6 33 (12.27%) Migration
7 27 (10.04%) Computer Science
7 27 (10.04%) DevOps
8 26 (9.67%) Data Modelling
8 26 (9.67%) Scrum
8 26 (9.67%) Test Automation
9 24 (8.92%) Business Analysis
9 24 (8.92%) Business Intelligence
9 24 (8.92%) Decision-Making
10 23 (8.55%) Process Improvement
11 22 (8.18%) ETL
11 22 (8.18%) User Acceptance Testing
12 21 (7.81%) Project Management
13 20 (7.43%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 57 (21.19%) SQL
2 51 (18.96%) Python
3 25 (9.29%) Java
4 20 (7.43%) C#
5 15 (5.58%) JavaScript
6 13 (4.83%) PowerShell
7 6 (2.23%) C++
8 4 (1.49%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.12%) Bash
9 3 (1.12%) PHP
9 3 (1.12%) R
9 3 (1.12%) Swift
10 2 (0.74%) Go
10 2 (0.74%) Groovy
10 2 (0.74%) Objective-C
10 2 (0.74%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.74%) RPG
10 2 (0.74%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.74%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.74%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 40 (14.87%) Degree
2 26 (9.67%) Security Cleared
3 21 (7.81%) SC Cleared
4 19 (7.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.72%) PMI Certification
6 8 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.23%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.86%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.86%) CISSP
9 4 (1.49%) CISM
9 4 (1.49%) PMP
10 3 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.12%) CBAP
10 3 (1.12%) CRISC
10 3 (1.12%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.74%) CASP
11 2 (0.74%) CFA
11 2 (0.74%) GSEC
11 2 (0.74%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.37%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.04%) QA
2 19 (7.06%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.97%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.86%) GDPR
4 5 (1.86%) PMO
5 3 (1.12%) GRC
5 3 (1.12%) ISO 8583
5 3 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.12%) MiFID
5 3 (1.12%) PSD2
5 3 (1.12%) WCAG
6 2 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.74%) EMIR
6 2 (0.74%) IFRS
6 2 (0.74%) NIST
6 2 (0.74%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.37%) Basel III
7 1 (0.37%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.37%) Solvency II
System Software
1 16 (5.95%) Docker
2 15 (5.58%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.37%) NFS
4 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (5.20%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.97%) Ansible
2 8 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (2.60%) Terraform
4 3 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.12%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 2 (0.74%) Grafana
5 2 (0.74%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.74%) SCCM
6 1 (0.37%) EMC VPLEX
6 1 (0.37%) logstash
6 1 (0.37%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.37%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.37%) vMotion
6 1 (0.37%) vRealize
6 1 (0.37%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 60 (22.30%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.06%) Oracle
3 13 (4.83%) Google
4 11 (4.09%) VMware
5 10 (3.72%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.35%) Databricks
7 7 (2.60%) Palo Alto
7 7 (2.60%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.23%) Informatica
9 5 (1.86%) Cisco
9 5 (1.86%) Commvault
9 5 (1.86%) SAP
9 5 (1.86%) Zscaler
10 4 (1.49%) Bloomberg
10 4 (1.49%) Charles River
10 4 (1.49%) Citrix
10 4 (1.49%) Murex
10 4 (1.49%) Splunk
10 4 (1.49%) Symantec
11 3 (1.12%) Apple