Problem-Solving Contracts in Central London

Problem Solving
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 11 24
Rank change year-on-year +6 +13 +2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 341 281 284
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 17.83% 11.69% 7.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.07% 12.89% 8.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 188 180
10th Percentile £358 £313 £298
25th Percentile £436 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £690 £696 £676
90th Percentile £824 £775 £858
London median daily rate £510 £538 £563
% change year-on-year -5.20% -4.36% -5.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 5
10th Percentile £18.38 £23.71 £15.44
25th Percentile £28.20 £24.78 £20.22
Median hourly rate £46.29 £26.56 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.28% -48.43% -1.44%
75th Percentile £50.75 £38.41 £53.75
90th Percentile £57.25 £45.51 £62.75
London median hourly rate £39.04 £35.00 £39.96
% change year-on-year +11.54% -12.41% +6.56%

All Process and 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 1,788 2,180 3,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.51% 90.68% 91.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,160 1,527 2,257
10th Percentile £355 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £725
90th Percentile £775 £794 £819
London median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.38% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 23 28
10th Percentile £19.99 £20.22 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.25 £22.50 £16.33
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -15.66%
75th Percentile £49.75 £31.19 £53.19
90th Percentile £63.75 £41.47 £88.30
London median hourly rate £32.89 £30.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year +9.63% -23.08% +8.33%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Central London

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Central London

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Central London over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Central London

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Central London

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Central London over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

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 14 June 2025. 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 +6 313 £575 +4.55% 1,317
City of Westminster +9 7 £425 -5.56% 9
West End of London +8 7 £473 -5.50% 28
Southwark -4 1 £450 -35.71%
Lambeth - 1 £240 - 6
Problem-Solving
London

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (4.99%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.11%) Apache Spark
3 12 (3.52%) Confluence
4 11 (3.23%) Apache
5 6 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.88%) CMS
7 2 (0.59%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.59%) SAS
8 1 (0.29%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.29%) CICS
8 1 (0.29%) Drupal
8 1 (0.29%) nginx
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 32 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.64%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.17%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.59%) Trello
7 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.88%) CA PPM
2 3 (0.88%) ION Anvil
2 3 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.59%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.29%) Magento
4 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.29%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.29%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.29%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.29%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 62 (18.18%) Azure
2 44 (12.90%) AWS
3 32 (9.38%) Power Platform
4 18 (5.28%) SaaS
5 16 (4.69%) GCP
5 16 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.35%) Amazon S3
7 8 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (2.35%) GitHub
7 8 (2.35%) Snowflake
8 6 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.76%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.76%) Serverless
9 5 (1.47%) Asana
10 4 (1.17%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.17%) OpenShift
11 3 (0.88%) Datadog
11 3 (0.88%) IaaS
11 3 (0.88%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.93%) Firewall
2 5 (1.47%) LAN
2 5 (1.47%) WAN
3 4 (1.17%) DNS
3 4 (1.17%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.88%) BGP
4 3 (0.88%) DHCP
4 3 (0.88%) NAS
4 3 (0.88%) Network Security
4 3 (0.88%) OSPF
4 3 (0.88%) SSH
4 3 (0.88%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.88%) VPN
5 2 (0.59%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.59%) HTTP
5 2 (0.59%) MPLS
5 2 (0.59%) SAN
5 2 (0.59%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.59%) VLAN
5 2 (0.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (8.21%) Power BI
2 18 (5.28%) SQL Server
3 13 (3.81%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.23%) Tableau
5 10 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (2.64%) Hadoop
7 8 (2.35%) Big Data
7 8 (2.35%) Data Mining
7 8 (2.35%) Oracle Database
8 6 (1.76%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (1.17%) Apache Hive
10 4 (1.17%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.17%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.17%) Looker
10 4 (1.17%) Redis
11 3 (0.88%) CockroachDB
11 3 (0.88%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.88%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 35 (10.26%) JIRA
2 20 (5.87%) Jenkins
3 19 (5.57%) Git
4 7 (2.05%) JUnit
5 6 (1.76%) Selenium
6 5 (1.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 5 (1.47%) Maven
6 5 (1.47%) Postman
6 5 (1.47%) REST Assured
7 4 (1.17%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.88%) Bitbucket Server
8 3 (0.88%) GitLab
8 3 (0.88%) LoadRunner
8 3 (0.88%) Mockito
8 3 (0.88%) SoapUI
8 3 (0.88%) Subversion
8 3 (0.88%) Xcode
8 3 (0.88%) XCTest
9 2 (0.59%) JMeter
9 2 (0.59%) TeamCity
General
1 213 (62.46%) Social Skills
2 154 (45.16%) Finance
3 135 (39.59%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (18.48%) Banking
5 21 (6.16%) Investment Banking
6 20 (5.87%) Presentation Skills
7 19 (5.57%) Financial Institution
7 19 (5.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (4.99%) Front Office
8 17 (4.99%) Public Sector
9 11 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.35%) Back Office
10 8 (2.35%) Retail
11 6 (1.76%) Billing
11 6 (1.76%) Law
11 6 (1.76%) Legal
12 5 (1.47%) International Banking
12 5 (1.47%) Retail Banking
12 5 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (17.89%) Developer
2 56 (16.42%) Analyst
3 40 (11.73%) Senior
4 33 (9.68%) Business Analyst
5 29 (8.50%) Project Manager
6 22 (6.45%) Architect
6 22 (6.45%) Consultant
7 20 (5.87%) Lead
8 18 (5.28%) Java Developer
9 12 (3.52%) Data Analyst
10 11 (3.23%) Data Engineer
11 10 (2.93%) Data Business Analyst
11 10 (2.93%) Support Analyst
12 9 (2.64%) DevOps Engineer
12 9 (2.64%) IT Support
12 9 (2.64%) Security Architect
13 7 (2.05%) Risk Consultant
13 7 (2.05%) Senior Analyst
13 7 (2.05%) Senior Consultant
13 7 (2.05%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.69%) HTML
2 15 (4.40%) CSS
2 15 (4.40%) REST
3 13 (3.81%) AngularJS
4 11 (3.23%) .NET
5 10 (2.93%) Kafka
6 9 (2.64%) SOAP
6 9 (2.64%) Spring
6 9 (2.64%) Web Services
7 8 (2.35%) Middleware
7 8 (2.35%) RESTful
8 7 (2.05%) PySpark
9 6 (1.76%) Hibernate
9 6 (1.76%) HTML5
9 6 (1.76%) Pandas
9 6 (1.76%) Spring Boot
10 5 (1.47%) React
10 5 (1.47%) scikit-learn
10 5 (1.47%) Spark Streaming
10 5 (1.47%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.69%) Product Ownership
2 15 (4.40%) Market Risk
3 13 (3.81%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (3.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 11 (3.23%) Algorithms
6 10 (2.93%) Data Structures
6 10 (2.93%) Fixed Income
6 10 (2.93%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.35%) Cloud Native
8 8 (2.35%) Reinsurance
9 7 (2.05%) Distributed Computing
9 7 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (2.05%) Equities
10 5 (1.47%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.47%) Reference Data
10 5 (1.47%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.17%) PMI
12 3 (0.88%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.92%) Windows
2 26 (7.62%) Linux
3 16 (4.69%) Unix
4 8 (2.35%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.76%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.47%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.59%) Android
7 2 (0.59%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.29%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (31.67%) Agile
2 53 (15.54%) Project Management
3 47 (13.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 46 (13.49%) DevOps
5 44 (12.90%) Analytics
6 42 (12.32%) CI/CD
7 39 (11.44%) Decision-Making
7 39 (11.44%) Migration
8 33 (9.68%) Risk Management
8 33 (9.68%) Scrum
9 31 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
10 30 (8.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (8.80%) User Acceptance Testing
11 26 (7.62%) SDLC
12 25 (7.33%) Roadmaps
13 23 (6.74%) Computer Science
14 20 (5.87%) Collaborative Working
14 20 (5.87%) ITIL
14 20 (5.87%) Software Engineering
14 20 (5.87%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 74 (21.70%) Python
2 72 (21.11%) SQL
3 35 (10.26%) Java
4 23 (6.74%) JavaScript
5 19 (5.57%) C#
6 17 (4.99%) PowerShell
7 13 (3.81%) Bash
8 7 (2.05%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.76%) C++
9 6 (1.76%) Groovy
10 4 (1.17%) R
10 4 (1.17%) Scala
11 3 (0.88%) Bicep
12 2 (0.59%) ABAP
12 2 (0.59%) JCL
12 2 (0.59%) Perl
12 2 (0.59%) VBA
13 1 (0.29%) Assembly Language
13 1 (0.29%) REXX
13 1 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 51 (14.96%) Degree
2 34 (9.97%) Security Cleared
3 23 (6.74%) SC Cleared
4 18 (5.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.81%) PMP
6 12 (3.52%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.76%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.47%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.17%) CCNP
9 4 (1.17%) CISM
9 4 (1.17%) CISSP
9 4 (1.17%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.59%) ACCA
11 2 (0.59%) CIMA
11 2 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.59%) OCP
11 2 (0.59%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.99%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.52%) QA
3 9 (2.64%) GDPR
3 9 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.64%) NIST
4 8 (2.35%) PMO
5 7 (2.05%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.05%) Basel II
6 4 (1.17%) MiFID
7 2 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.59%) COBIT
7 2 (0.59%) EMIR
7 2 (0.59%) GAAP
7 2 (0.59%) GRC
7 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.59%) SEPA
7 2 (0.59%) SLA
7 2 (0.59%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (4.11%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.81%) Docker
3 3 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.59%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.29%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.29%) OpenDJ
5 1 (0.29%) OpenIDM
5 1 (0.29%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.29%) XenApp
5 1 (0.29%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 26 (7.62%) Kubernetes
2 23 (6.74%) Terraform
3 8 (2.35%) Ansible
4 5 (1.47%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.47%) SCCM
5 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.59%) Cisco LMS
6 2 (0.59%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (0.59%) Puppet
6 2 (0.59%) WSUS
7 1 (0.29%) CA Spectrum
7 1 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.29%) Control-M
7 1 (0.29%) Grafana
7 1 (0.29%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.29%) Netcool
7 1 (0.29%) OMEGAMON
7 1 (0.29%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.29%) QRadar
7 1 (0.29%) yum
Vendors
1 55 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 28 (8.21%) Oracle
3 15 (4.40%) ServiceNow
4 11 (3.23%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.93%) Cisco
5 10 (2.93%) Databricks
6 9 (2.64%) VMware
7 8 (2.35%) Google
7 8 (2.35%) Splunk
8 7 (2.05%) SAP
9 6 (1.76%) IBM
10 5 (1.47%) Dynatrace
11 4 (1.17%) Citrix
11 4 (1.17%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.17%) Workday
12 3 (0.88%) Adobe
12 3 (0.88%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.88%) ION Trading
12 3 (0.88%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.88%) UiPath