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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -14 +4 +7
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 238 305 289
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 10.99% 17.65% 13.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.10% 18.72% 14.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 214 184
10th Percentile £282 £313 £348
25th Percentile £419 £404 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -3.08% +2.25%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £678
90th Percentile £725 £809 £759
Central London median daily rate £513 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -4.43% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 3
10th Percentile £14.56 £15.15 £33.60
25th Percentile - £18.38 £63.00
Median hourly rate £17.60 £24.50 £112.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.16% -78.13% +198.67%
75th Percentile - £27.00 -
90th Percentile £21.01 £28.05 -
Central London median hourly rate £17.60 £26.00 £112.00
% change year-on-year -32.31% -76.79% +198.67%

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 1,967 1,629 1,950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.81% 94.27% 92.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,367 1,111 1,208
10th Percentile £367 £325 £366
25th Percentile £456 £424 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £685 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 18 18
10th Percentile £17.39 £16.90 £17.15
25th Percentile £17.60 £20.63 £24.09
Median hourly rate £20.25 £27.04 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.10% -33.25% +29.60%
75th Percentile £27.35 £35.88 £107.13
90th Percentile £44.85 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £27.04 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.53% -22.76% +27.27%

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 14 October 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the City of 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 14 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (5.04%) Confluence
2 12 (5.04%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.52%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.68%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.26%) SAS
6 2 (0.84%) Apache
7 1 (0.42%) CICS
7 1 (0.42%) CMS
7 1 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.42%) IIS
7 1 (0.42%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 7 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.84%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.10%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.68%) Aladdin
2 4 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.26%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.84%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.84%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.42%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.42%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.42%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.42%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 55 (23.11%) Azure
2 27 (11.34%) AWS
2 27 (11.34%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (10.92%) Power Platform
4 18 (7.56%) Entra ID
5 17 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (5.88%) GitHub
7 11 (4.62%) GCP
7 11 (4.62%) SaaS
7 11 (4.62%) Serverless
8 8 (3.36%) PowerApps
9 7 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (2.94%) dbt
9 7 (2.94%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (2.94%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.52%) Amazon S3
10 6 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.10%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.72%) DNS
2 14 (5.88%) VPN
3 11 (4.62%) TCP/IP
4 9 (3.78%) DHCP
5 7 (2.94%) Firewall
6 6 (2.52%) VLAN
7 4 (1.68%) Network Security
8 3 (1.26%) Unified Communications
8 3 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.84%) BGP
9 2 (0.84%) LAN
9 2 (0.84%) SSL
9 2 (0.84%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.84%) WAN
10 1 (0.42%) DKIM
10 1 (0.42%) DMARC
10 1 (0.42%) Ethernet VPN
10 1 (0.42%) Multicast
10 1 (0.42%) NX-OS
10 1 (0.42%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.72%) Power BI
2 12 (5.04%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.36%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.94%) Metadata
5 5 (2.10%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.10%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.68%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.68%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.68%) SAP BW
6 4 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.68%) Tableau
7 3 (1.26%) Delta Lake
7 3 (1.26%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.84%) Big Data
8 2 (0.84%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.84%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 36 (15.13%) JIRA
2 12 (5.04%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.62%) Git
4 7 (2.94%) GitLab
5 5 (2.10%) Bitbucket
5 5 (2.10%) Selenium
6 4 (1.68%) Artifactory
6 4 (1.68%) JDeveloper
6 4 (1.68%) JUnit
7 3 (1.26%) Mockito
7 3 (1.26%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.84%) Appium
8 2 (0.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.84%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.84%) JMeter
8 2 (0.84%) Maven
8 2 (0.84%) Postman
8 2 (0.84%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.84%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 124 (52.10%) Social Skills
2 102 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 92 (38.66%) Finance
4 36 (15.13%) Banking
5 18 (7.56%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.46%) Front Office
7 12 (5.04%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (4.62%) Marketing
9 9 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.78%) Financial Institution
9 9 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.36%) Retail
11 6 (2.52%) Investment Banking
11 6 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.10%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.68%) Retail Banking
13 4 (1.68%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.26%) Back Office
14 3 (1.26%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 41 (17.23%) Analyst
2 26 (10.92%) Developer
3 25 (10.50%) Senior
4 21 (8.82%) Business Analyst
5 17 (7.14%) Architect
5 17 (7.14%) Lead
5 17 (7.14%) Support Engineer
6 15 (6.30%) Consultant
7 12 (5.04%) IT Support
8 11 (4.62%) Project Manager
9 9 (3.78%) Applications Support
10 8 (3.36%) Data Engineer
10 8 (3.36%) IT Engineer
10 8 (3.36%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (3.36%) Support Analyst
11 7 (2.94%) Applications Engineer
11 7 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (2.52%) Data Analyst
12 6 (2.52%) Java Developer
12 6 (2.52%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.82%) REST
2 18 (7.56%) .NET
3 14 (5.88%) React
4 13 (5.46%) SOAP
5 11 (4.62%) Terraform
6 9 (3.78%) Web Services
7 8 (3.36%) JSON
7 8 (3.36%) Kafka
8 7 (2.94%) AngularJS
8 7 (2.94%) PySpark
8 7 (2.94%) Spring
8 7 (2.94%) Spring Boot
9 6 (2.52%) RESTful
9 6 (2.52%) XML
10 4 (1.68%) CSS
10 4 (1.68%) HTML
10 4 (1.68%) Middleware
10 4 (1.68%) Node.js
10 4 (1.68%) OAuth
11 3 (1.26%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.24%) Onboarding
2 18 (7.56%) Product Ownership
3 15 (6.30%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.78%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.78%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (2.94%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.94%) Fixed Income
6 6 (2.52%) AI Agents
6 6 (2.52%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.52%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.68%) Life Science
8 3 (1.26%) CMDB
8 3 (1.26%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.26%) Derivative
8 3 (1.26%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (15.13%) Windows
2 13 (5.46%) Linux
3 10 (4.20%) macOS
4 8 (3.36%) Unix
4 8 (3.36%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.94%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.26%) Android
6 3 (1.26%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.42%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.42%) VMS
8 1 (0.42%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.42%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (34.03%) Stakeholder Management
2 80 (33.61%) Agile
3 49 (20.59%) Continuous Improvement
4 48 (20.17%) CI/CD
5 42 (17.65%) DevOps
6 41 (17.23%) AI
7 36 (15.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 35 (14.71%) Migration
9 28 (11.76%) Analytics
9 28 (11.76%) Decision-Making
10 23 (9.66%) Translating Business Requirements
11 21 (8.82%) Data Engineering
11 21 (8.82%) ITIL
11 21 (8.82%) Validation
12 20 (8.40%) Data Governance
12 20 (8.40%) Scrum
12 20 (8.40%) Service Delivery
12 20 (8.40%) User Stories
13 19 (7.98%) Process Improvement
13 19 (7.98%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 49 (20.59%) SQL
2 45 (18.91%) Python
3 21 (8.82%) Java
4 17 (7.14%) PowerShell
5 14 (5.88%) JavaScript
5 14 (5.88%) TypeScript
6 13 (5.46%) C#
7 5 (2.10%) Korn
7 5 (2.10%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.68%) Bash
8 4 (1.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.26%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.84%) Perl
11 1 (0.42%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.42%) JCL
11 1 (0.42%) RPG
11 1 (0.42%) Scala
11 1 (0.42%) SOQL
11 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (13.03%) Security Cleared
2 23 (9.66%) SC Cleared
3 13 (5.46%) Degree
4 7 (2.94%) PMI Certification
5 6 (2.52%) PMP
6 5 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.10%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.68%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.26%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.26%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.84%) CCNP
9 2 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.84%) CSPO
9 2 (0.84%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.42%) CISA
10 1 (0.42%) CISSP
10 1 (0.42%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.40%) Data Quality
2 16 (6.72%) QA
3 6 (2.52%) GDPR
4 5 (2.10%) PMO
4 5 (2.10%) SLA
5 4 (1.68%) GRC
6 3 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.84%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (0.84%) GAAP
7 2 (0.84%) GxP
7 2 (0.84%) IFRS
7 2 (0.84%) PSD2
8 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.42%) GMP
8 1 (0.42%) NCSC
8 1 (0.42%) PERC
8 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.42%) SEPA
8 1 (0.42%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (11.34%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.20%) Docker
3 4 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.84%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.84%) IAG
6 1 (0.42%) Firmware
6 1 (0.42%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.42%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (5.46%) Kubernetes
1 13 (5.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.36%) SCCM
3 7 (2.94%) Grafana
4 5 (2.10%) ITRS Geneos
5 4 (1.68%) Ansible
5 4 (1.68%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.26%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.84%) WSUS
8 1 (0.42%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.42%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.42%) PingFederate
8 1 (0.42%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.42%) SCOM
8 1 (0.42%) SCOrch
8 1 (0.42%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 78 (32.77%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.82%) ServiceNow
3 19 (7.98%) Oracle
4 14 (5.88%) Databricks
5 12 (5.04%) SAP
6 11 (4.62%) Google
7 7 (2.94%) Bloomberg
7 7 (2.94%) Splunk
8 6 (2.52%) Apple
8 6 (2.52%) Dynatrace
9 5 (2.10%) Cisco
9 5 (2.10%) ION Trading
9 5 (2.10%) Remedy
9 5 (2.10%) Salesforce
9 5 (2.10%) VMware
9 5 (2.10%) Workday
10 4 (1.68%) IBM
10 4 (1.68%) Refinitiv
11 3 (1.26%) BMC
11 3 (1.26%) Citrix