Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Problem Solving
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +13
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 231 341 279
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.92% 18.87% 13.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.30% 20.02% 14.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 227 183
10th Percentile £280 £315 £339
25th Percentile £419 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -
75th Percentile £668 £685 £700
90th Percentile £738 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 1
10th Percentile £17.29 £16.23 -
25th Percentile - £21.06 £14.00
Median hourly rate £17.60 £26.00 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.31% +73.33% -60.00%
75th Percentile - £37.50 £16.00
90th Percentile £21.01 £53.25 -
Central London median hourly rate £17.60 £34.48 £20.78
% change year-on-year -48.96% +65.93% -44.59%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,044 1,703 1,901
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.80% 94.24% 91.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,405 1,120 1,252
10th Percentile £383 £325 £375
25th Percentile £463 £422 £475
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 £790
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 22 16
10th Percentile - £17.35 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.98 £19.79
Median hourly rate £20.25 £28.33 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -28.51% +6.38% -3.18%
75th Percentile £31.52 £53.50 £82.19
90th Percentile £49.64 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.58 £29.07 £27.00
% change year-on-year -18.89% +7.67% -22.86%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in the City of London

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the City of London over the 6 months to 28 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the City of London

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 28 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
London Bridge - 1 £650 - 1
Problem-Solving
Central London

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 13 (5.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (5.19%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.46%) Confluence
4 5 (2.16%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.73%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.87%) Apache
6 2 (0.87%) CICS
6 2 (0.87%) SAS
7 1 (0.43%) CMS
7 1 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.43%) IIS
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (3.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.30%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.16%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.87%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.87%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.87%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.43%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.43%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 53 (22.94%) Azure
2 31 (13.42%) AWS
3 23 (9.96%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (9.52%) Power Platform
5 17 (7.36%) Entra ID
6 15 (6.49%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (5.19%) GitHub
8 10 (4.33%) GCP
8 10 (4.33%) SaaS
8 10 (4.33%) Serverless
9 6 (2.60%) Amazon S3
9 6 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (2.60%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (2.60%) dbt
9 6 (2.60%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (2.60%) PowerApps
10 5 (2.16%) GitHub Copilot
10 5 (2.16%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.63%) DNS
2 12 (5.19%) VPN
3 9 (3.90%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.03%) DHCP
4 7 (3.03%) Firewall
5 5 (2.16%) VLAN
6 4 (1.73%) Network Security
7 3 (1.30%) LAN
7 3 (1.30%) WAN
8 2 (0.87%) BGP
8 2 (0.87%) SSL
8 2 (0.87%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.87%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.43%) DKIM
9 1 (0.43%) DMARC
9 1 (0.43%) Multicast
9 1 (0.43%) NX-OS
9 1 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.43%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.06%) Power BI
2 11 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (3.03%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.03%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.60%) Metadata
5 5 (2.16%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.73%) SAP BW
6 4 (1.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.30%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.30%) Db2
7 3 (1.30%) Delta Lake
7 3 (1.30%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.30%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.30%) Power Query
7 3 (1.30%) Tableau
8 2 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.87%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.87%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 31 (13.42%) JIRA
2 8 (3.46%) Git
2 8 (3.46%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.03%) GitLab
4 4 (1.73%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.73%) Selenium
5 3 (1.30%) Artifactory
5 3 (1.30%) JUnit
6 2 (0.87%) Appium
6 2 (0.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.87%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.87%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.87%) JMeter
6 2 (0.87%) Mockito
6 2 (0.87%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.43%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.43%) WebDriver
General
1 117 (50.65%) Social Skills
2 96 (41.56%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (33.33%) Finance
4 29 (12.55%) Banking
5 17 (7.36%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.76%) Front Office
6 11 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (4.76%) Marketing
7 9 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.90%) Financial Institution
7 9 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.03%) Retail
8 7 (3.03%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.16%) Investment Banking
10 5 (2.16%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.30%) Law
11 3 (1.30%) Legal
11 3 (1.30%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 40 (17.32%) Analyst
2 24 (10.39%) Developer
3 21 (9.09%) Architect
4 19 (8.23%) Business Analyst
4 19 (8.23%) Senior
5 17 (7.36%) Support Engineer
6 12 (5.19%) Lead
7 11 (4.76%) Project Manager
8 10 (4.33%) Consultant
9 9 (3.90%) Data Engineer
9 9 (3.90%) IT Support
10 8 (3.46%) IT Engineer
10 8 (3.46%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (3.03%) Applications Support
11 7 (3.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 7 (3.03%) Support Analyst
12 6 (2.60%) Digital Analyst
12 6 (2.60%) Digital Business Analyst
12 6 (2.60%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.09%) REST
2 15 (6.49%) .NET
2 15 (6.49%) React
3 11 (4.76%) SOAP
4 9 (3.90%) Kafka
4 9 (3.90%) Terraform
5 8 (3.46%) JSON
5 8 (3.46%) PySpark
5 8 (3.46%) Web Services
6 6 (2.60%) AngularJS
6 6 (2.60%) Spring
6 6 (2.60%) Spring Boot
6 6 (2.60%) XML
7 5 (2.16%) RESTful
8 4 (1.73%) CSS
8 4 (1.73%) HTML
8 4 (1.73%) Middleware
8 4 (1.73%) OAuth
9 3 (1.30%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (1.30%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.66%) Onboarding
2 13 (5.63%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.63%) Product Ownership
3 11 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.90%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (3.03%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.60%) AI Agents
6 6 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.16%) CMDB
7 5 (2.16%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.16%) Fixed Income
7 5 (2.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.16%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.73%) Life Science
9 3 (1.30%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.30%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 33 (14.29%) Windows
2 12 (5.19%) Linux
3 11 (4.76%) Mac OS
4 8 (3.46%) Unix
4 8 (3.46%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.60%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.30%) Android
6 3 (1.30%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.87%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.87%) zOS
8 1 (0.43%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.43%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.43%) VMS
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (33.33%) Agile
2 60 (25.97%) Stakeholder Management
3 47 (20.35%) AI
4 43 (18.61%) CI/CD
5 38 (16.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 38 (16.45%) DevOps
6 32 (13.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 28 (12.12%) Decision-Making
8 27 (11.69%) Analytics
9 25 (10.82%) Migration
10 23 (9.96%) ITIL
11 21 (9.09%) Data Engineering
12 20 (8.66%) Data Governance
12 20 (8.66%) Microservices
12 20 (8.66%) Workflow
13 18 (7.79%) Machine Learning
13 18 (7.79%) Scrum
13 18 (7.79%) Service Delivery
13 18 (7.79%) Test Automation
13 18 (7.79%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 47 (20.35%) SQL
2 46 (19.91%) Python
3 21 (9.09%) Java
4 15 (6.49%) C#
4 15 (6.49%) TypeScript
5 14 (6.06%) PowerShell
6 13 (5.63%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.16%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.73%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.30%) Korn
10 2 (0.87%) Bash
10 2 (0.87%) Go
10 2 (0.87%) JCL
10 2 (0.87%) Perl
11 1 (0.43%) C++
11 1 (0.43%) COBOL
11 1 (0.43%) RPG
11 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (12.99%) Security Cleared
2 22 (9.52%) SC Cleared
3 19 (8.23%) Degree
4 6 (2.60%) PMP
5 5 (2.16%) CISSP
5 5 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.16%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.73%) CISA
6 4 (1.73%) CRISC
6 4 (1.73%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.73%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.87%) CSPO
8 2 (0.87%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.43%) CCNA
9 1 (0.43%) CCNP
9 1 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.36%) Data Quality
2 15 (6.49%) QA
3 7 (3.03%) GDPR
3 7 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (2.16%) NIST
5 5 (2.16%) PMO
6 4 (1.73%) COBIT
6 4 (1.73%) GRC
6 4 (1.73%) ITGC
6 4 (1.73%) SLA
7 2 (0.87%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (0.87%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.87%) GxP
7 2 (0.87%) WCAG
8 1 (0.43%) IFRS
8 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.43%) NCSC
8 1 (0.43%) PERC
8 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (11.69%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.76%) Docker
3 3 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.87%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.87%) IAG
5 1 (0.43%) Firmware
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (5.63%) Kubernetes
1 13 (5.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.03%) SCCM
3 4 (1.73%) Ansible
3 4 (1.73%) ITRS Geneos
4 3 (1.30%) Grafana
5 2 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.87%) WSUS
6 1 (0.43%) Control-M
6 1 (0.43%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.43%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.43%) PingFederate
6 1 (0.43%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.43%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.43%) SCOM
6 1 (0.43%) SCOrch
6 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 66 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 16 (6.93%) Oracle
4 11 (4.76%) Databricks
4 11 (4.76%) Google
4 11 (4.76%) SAP
5 6 (2.60%) Apple
5 6 (2.60%) Bloomberg
5 6 (2.60%) Splunk
6 5 (2.16%) Cisco
6 5 (2.16%) Dynatrace
6 5 (2.16%) Remedy
6 5 (2.16%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.73%) IBM
7 4 (1.73%) VMware
8 3 (1.30%) BMC
8 3 (1.30%) Citrix
8 3 (1.30%) ION Trading
8 3 (1.30%) Refinitiv
8 3 (1.30%) Workday