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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 9 17
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 +10
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 301 301 247
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 16.62% 14.01% 9.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.91% 15.27% 10.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 189 179
10th Percentile £314 £338 £301
25th Percentile £402 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -3.08%
75th Percentile £641 £675 £688
90th Percentile £758 £738 £850
Central London median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £16.59 £33.60 -
25th Percentile £21.70 £63.00 £56.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £112.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -69.64% +79.20% +14.68%
75th Percentile £41.89 - £68.75
90th Percentile £44.72 - -
Central London median hourly rate £34.48 £112.00 £61.25
% change year-on-year -69.21% +82.86% +12.39%

All Process and 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 1,681 1,971 2,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 92.82% 91.72% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,180 1,206 1,702
10th Percentile £337 £375 £363
25th Percentile £416 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £694
90th Percentile £757 £785 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 13
10th Percentile £16.96 £16.70 -
25th Percentile £20.18 £22.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.12% +54.55% -47.62%
75th Percentile £44.72 £112.00 £53.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £72.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -21.43% +30.84% -48.06%

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 26 November 2025.

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 26 November 2025.

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

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 26 November 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
Moorgate - 1 £390 -
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 15 (4.98%) Confluence
2 7 (2.33%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.00%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.66%) CMS
5 1 (0.33%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.33%) Apache
5 1 (0.33%) IIS
5 1 (0.33%) SAS
5 1 (0.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 32 (10.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (5.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.33%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.33%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.33%) Oracle EBS R12
1 4 (1.33%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.00%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (1.00%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.33%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.33%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.33%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.33%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.33%) SAP VC
4 1 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 49 (16.28%) Azure
2 43 (14.29%) AWS
3 25 (8.31%) Power Platform
4 16 (5.32%) GCP
5 12 (3.99%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (2.99%) Snowflake
8 8 (2.66%) SaaS
9 7 (2.33%) Amazon S3
9 7 (2.33%) GitHub
10 5 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.66%) IaaS
10 5 (1.66%) PaaS
11 4 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.33%) Serverless
12 3 (1.00%) Entra ID
12 3 (1.00%) Google Gemini
12 3 (1.00%) SuccessFactors
13 2 (0.66%) Collibra
13 2 (0.66%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.99%) DNS
2 5 (1.66%) Firewall
2 5 (1.66%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.33%) Network Security
4 3 (1.00%) Cisco IPT
4 3 (1.00%) IP Telephony
4 3 (1.00%) VPN
5 2 (0.66%) BGP
5 2 (0.66%) Internet
5 2 (0.66%) NAS
5 2 (0.66%) OSPF
5 2 (0.66%) SAN
5 2 (0.66%) Softphone
5 2 (0.66%) SSL
5 2 (0.66%) WAN
5 2 (0.66%) Wireless
6 1 (0.33%) ATM
6 1 (0.33%) LAN
6 1 (0.33%) SSH
6 1 (0.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.98%) Power BI
2 13 (4.32%) Relational Database
3 11 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.99%) Tableau
5 8 (2.66%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.99%) Hadoop
7 5 (1.66%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.66%) MySQL
7 5 (1.66%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.33%) MemSQL
8 4 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.00%) DB2
9 3 (1.00%) KDB
9 3 (1.00%) Metadata
9 3 (1.00%) Oracle Database
9 3 (1.00%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.00%) Sybase IQ
10 2 (0.66%) Airbyte
10 2 (0.66%) Data Hub
10 2 (0.66%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 28 (9.30%) JIRA
2 23 (7.64%) Git
3 8 (2.66%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.33%) Selenium
5 5 (1.66%) Cucumber
5 5 (1.66%) Postman
6 4 (1.33%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.00%) Eclipse
7 3 (1.00%) GitLab
8 2 (0.66%) CocoaPods
8 2 (0.66%) Crashlytics
8 2 (0.66%) fastlane
8 2 (0.66%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.66%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.66%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.66%) Xcode
9 1 (0.33%) Gatling
9 1 (0.33%) ScriptRunner
9 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.33%) TestRail
General
1 173 (57.48%) Social Skills
2 133 (44.19%) Analytical Skills
3 117 (38.87%) Finance
4 40 (13.29%) Banking
5 22 (7.31%) Front Office
6 13 (4.32%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.32%) Financial Institution
8 10 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (3.32%) Investment Banking
9 8 (2.66%) Back Office
10 7 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.33%) Marketing
10 7 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.99%) Legal
12 5 (1.66%) Retail
12 5 (1.66%) Spanish Language
13 4 (1.33%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 61 (20.27%) Analyst
2 54 (17.94%) Developer
3 35 (11.63%) Business Analyst
4 26 (8.64%) Senior
5 17 (5.65%) Consultant
5 17 (5.65%) Lead
6 15 (4.98%) Architect
6 15 (4.98%) Project Manager
7 13 (4.32%) Java Developer
8 8 (2.66%) Data Engineer
9 7 (2.33%) Data Analyst
9 7 (2.33%) Programme Manager
9 7 (2.33%) Python Engineer
9 7 (2.33%) Test Engineer
10 6 (1.99%) Data Scientist
10 6 (1.99%) Support Analyst
11 5 (1.66%) IT Analyst
11 5 (1.66%) Product Manager
11 5 (1.66%) Senior Developer
12 4 (1.33%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.32%) .NET
2 14 (4.65%) RESTful
3 13 (4.32%) CSS
3 13 (4.32%) HTML
4 10 (3.32%) REST
5 7 (2.33%) Spring
6 6 (1.99%) Kafka
7 5 (1.66%) Middleware
7 5 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (1.66%) SOAP
7 5 (1.66%) XML
8 4 (1.33%) HTML5
8 4 (1.33%) jQuery
8 4 (1.33%) Lightning Web Components
8 4 (1.33%) Node.js
8 4 (1.33%) OAuth
8 4 (1.33%) Web Services
9 3 (1.00%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.00%) OAuth2
9 3 (1.00%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.31%) Product Ownership
2 13 (4.32%) Algorithms
3 12 (3.99%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.65%) Data Structures
5 10 (3.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (3.32%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.66%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (2.33%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.99%) Distributed Computing
8 6 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.66%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.66%) PMI
9 5 (1.66%) Reinsurance
9 5 (1.66%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.33%) Derivative
10 4 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 3 (1.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 26 (8.64%) Windows
2 15 (4.98%) Linux
3 10 (3.32%) Unix
4 6 (1.99%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.00%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.00%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.33%) Solaris
7 1 (0.33%) VMS
7 1 (0.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (29.90%) Agile
2 45 (14.95%) CI/CD
3 44 (14.62%) Analytics
4 40 (13.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 38 (12.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 35 (11.63%) DevOps
7 30 (9.97%) Migration
7 30 (9.97%) Project Management
7 30 (9.97%) Scrum
7 30 (9.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 28 (9.30%) Data Analysis
9 27 (8.97%) Business Intelligence
9 27 (8.97%) Decision-Making
9 27 (8.97%) User Acceptance Testing
10 25 (8.31%) Test Automation
11 24 (7.97%) Computer Science
11 24 (7.97%) Roadmaps
12 21 (6.98%) Process Improvement
13 20 (6.64%) Project Delivery
13 20 (6.64%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 69 (22.92%) Python
2 56 (18.60%) SQL
3 34 (11.30%) Java
4 22 (7.31%) C#
5 18 (5.98%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.66%) C++
6 8 (2.66%) PowerShell
7 7 (2.33%) Bash
8 6 (1.99%) R
9 5 (1.66%) Go
10 4 (1.33%) Apex Code
10 4 (1.33%) Korn
11 3 (1.00%) PHP
11 3 (1.00%) Swift
11 3 (1.00%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.00%) VB.NET
11 3 (1.00%) VBA
12 2 (0.66%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.66%) RPG
Qualifications
1 44 (14.62%) Degree
2 24 (7.97%) Security Cleared
3 19 (6.31%) SC Cleared
4 13 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.66%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.66%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.66%) PMP
7 4 (1.33%) CBAP
8 3 (1.00%) ACCA
8 3 (1.00%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.00%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.66%) CIMA
10 1 (0.33%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.33%) CCAB
10 1 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.33%) MBA
10 1 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.33%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.31%) QA
2 18 (5.98%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.99%) PMO
4 5 (1.66%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.00%) ISO 8583
5 3 (1.00%) PSD2
5 3 (1.00%) WCAG
6 2 (0.66%) Basel II
6 2 (0.66%) GDPR
6 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.33%) EMIR
7 1 (0.33%) GRC
7 1 (0.33%) IFRS
7 1 (0.33%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.33%) NIST
7 1 (0.33%) SEPA
System Software
1 16 (5.32%) Docker
2 12 (3.99%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.33%) Firmware
5 1 (0.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (7.31%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.32%) Ansible
3 9 (2.99%) Terraform
4 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.00%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.00%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 2 (0.66%) Grafana
6 2 (0.66%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.66%) SCCM
7 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.33%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.33%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.33%) Packer
7 1 (0.33%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.33%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.33%) WMI
7 1 (0.33%) yum
7 1 (0.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 60 (19.93%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.98%) Oracle
3 12 (3.99%) Google
4 10 (3.32%) Salesforce
4 10 (3.32%) VMware
5 7 (2.33%) SAP
6 6 (1.99%) Citrix
6 6 (1.99%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.66%) Cisco
7 5 (1.66%) Databricks
7 5 (1.66%) Splunk
7 5 (1.66%) UiPath
8 4 (1.33%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.33%) Symantec
8 4 (1.33%) Workday
9 3 (1.00%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.00%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.00%) Murex
9 3 (1.00%) OutSystems
9 3 (1.00%) Samsung