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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 +10
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 217 342 267
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.09% 18.23% 12.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.45% 19.40% 14.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 229 183
10th Percentile £263 £330 £315
25th Percentile £413 £435 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% - -
75th Percentile £656 £690 £704
90th Percentile £738 £815 £775
Central London median daily rate £520 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -5.45% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 0
10th Percentile £17.22 £16.23 -
25th Percentile - £21.06 -
Median hourly rate £17.60 £26.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.31% - -
75th Percentile - £37.50 -
90th Percentile - £53.25 -
Central London median hourly rate £17.60 £34.48 £26.56
% change year-on-year -48.96% +29.82% -49.41%

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 2,076 1,763 1,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.01% 93.98% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,402 1,149 1,284
10th Percentile £368 £331 £363
25th Percentile £456 £425 £463
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 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 22 17
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.57 £19.53
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.50
Median hourly rate £19.50 £29.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.45% +10.19% -22.86%
75th Percentile £41.25 £54.75 £78.75
90th Percentile £60.78 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £31.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -25.29% +3.33% -14.29%

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 29 July 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 29 July 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 -
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 9 (4.15%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (4.15%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.23%) Confluence
3 4 (1.84%) CICS
4 2 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.46%) Apache
5 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.46%) CMS
5 1 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.46%) IIS
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.38%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.46%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.84%) Remedy ITSM
1 4 (1.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.92%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.92%) Bloomberg AIM
2 2 (0.92%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.92%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.92%) SAP GRC
2 2 (0.92%) SAP MDG
2 2 (0.92%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.46%) Findur
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (0.46%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.46%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 43 (19.82%) Azure
2 32 (14.75%) AWS
3 20 (9.22%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (8.29%) Power Platform
5 14 (6.45%) Entra ID
6 12 (5.53%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (5.07%) GCP
7 11 (5.07%) GitHub
8 7 (3.23%) SaaS
8 7 (3.23%) Serverless
9 6 (2.76%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (2.76%) GitHub Copilot
9 6 (2.76%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (1.84%) Azure AI
10 4 (1.84%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.84%) Snowflake
11 3 (1.38%) Anthropic Claude
11 3 (1.38%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.07%) DNS
1 11 (5.07%) VPN
2 8 (3.69%) Firewall
3 7 (3.23%) Network Security
3 7 (3.23%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.76%) DHCP
5 4 (1.84%) LAN
5 4 (1.84%) VLAN
5 4 (1.84%) WAN
6 3 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.92%) Internet
7 2 (0.92%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.92%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.92%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.46%) 4G
8 1 (0.46%) 5G
8 1 (0.46%) DKIM
8 1 (0.46%) DMARC
8 1 (0.46%) Multicast
8 1 (0.46%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.53%) Power BI
2 7 (3.23%) NoSQL
3 6 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.76%) Db2
3 6 (2.76%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.30%) DynamoDB
4 5 (2.30%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.84%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.84%) SAP BW
5 4 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.38%) Metadata
7 2 (0.92%) Power Query
7 2 (0.92%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.46%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.46%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.46%) KDB
Development Applications
1 26 (11.98%) JIRA
2 7 (3.23%) GitLab
2 7 (3.23%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.30%) Git
4 4 (1.84%) Selenium
5 2 (0.92%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.92%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.92%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.92%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.92%) JUnit
5 2 (0.92%) Mockito
5 2 (0.92%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.46%) Appium
6 1 (0.46%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.46%) Gradle
6 1 (0.46%) JDeveloper
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.46%) Snyk
6 1 (0.46%) Vite
6 1 (0.46%) WebDriver
General
1 112 (51.61%) Social Skills
2 94 (43.32%) Analytical Skills
3 67 (30.88%) Finance
4 23 (10.60%) Banking
5 14 (6.45%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.53%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (4.61%) Front Office
7 10 (4.61%) Marketing
8 9 (4.15%) Financial Institution
8 9 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (3.23%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.76%) Retail
11 5 (2.30%) Law
11 5 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.84%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.38%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.38%) Legal
Job Titles
1 41 (18.89%) Analyst
2 23 (10.60%) Business Analyst
3 19 (8.76%) Architect
4 18 (8.29%) Senior
5 15 (6.91%) Developer
5 15 (6.91%) Support Engineer
6 11 (5.07%) Consultant
6 11 (5.07%) Project Manager
7 7 (3.23%) Data Analyst
7 7 (3.23%) Digital Analyst
7 7 (3.23%) Digital Business Analyst
7 7 (3.23%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 7 (3.23%) IT Support
7 7 (3.23%) Lead
7 7 (3.23%) Support Analyst
8 6 (2.76%) Data Engineer
8 6 (2.76%) IT Analyst
8 6 (2.76%) IT Engineer
8 6 (2.76%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (2.76%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.37%) REST
2 14 (6.45%) React
3 10 (4.61%) JSON
3 10 (4.61%) Kafka
3 10 (4.61%) SOAP
4 8 (3.69%) .NET
5 6 (2.76%) AngularJS
5 6 (2.76%) PySpark
5 6 (2.76%) Web Services
5 6 (2.76%) XML
6 5 (2.30%) Middleware
6 5 (2.30%) RESTful
6 5 (2.30%) Spring
6 5 (2.30%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.84%) FIX Protocol
7 4 (1.84%) WSDL
8 3 (1.38%) CSS
8 3 (1.38%) Django
8 3 (1.38%) HTML
8 3 (1.38%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.22%) Onboarding
2 11 (5.07%) Product Ownership
3 10 (4.61%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (4.15%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (3.69%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.23%) Data Centre
6 7 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.76%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.30%) AI Agents
8 5 (2.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (2.30%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.84%) CMDB
9 4 (1.84%) DataPower
9 4 (1.84%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.84%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.84%) NHS
9 4 (1.84%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 28 (12.90%) Windows
2 11 (5.07%) Mac OS
3 9 (4.15%) Linux
4 5 (2.30%) Unix
4 5 (2.30%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.30%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.84%) Android
5 4 (1.84%) zOS
6 3 (1.38%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.92%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.46%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.46%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.46%) VMS
8 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (28.57%) Agile
2 50 (23.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (20.28%) AI
4 29 (13.36%) CI/CD
4 29 (13.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 26 (11.98%) Analytics
6 25 (11.52%) DevOps
6 25 (11.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 24 (11.06%) Decision-Making
7 24 (11.06%) Migration
8 21 (9.68%) ITIL
8 21 (9.68%) Validation
9 18 (8.29%) Data Modelling
9 18 (8.29%) Microservices
9 18 (8.29%) Workflow
10 17 (7.83%) Collaborative Working
10 17 (7.83%) Machine Learning
11 16 (7.37%) Asset Management
11 16 (7.37%) User Stories
12 15 (6.91%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 45 (20.74%) SQL
2 39 (17.97%) Python
3 18 (8.29%) Java
4 12 (5.53%) TypeScript
5 11 (5.07%) C#
6 9 (4.15%) JavaScript
6 9 (4.15%) PowerShell
7 6 (2.76%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.84%) JCL
9 3 (1.38%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.38%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.92%) Bicep
10 2 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.92%) Go
11 1 (0.46%) ABAP
11 1 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.46%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.46%) RPG
11 1 (0.46%) SOQL
11 1 (0.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (11.98%) Security Cleared
2 19 (8.76%) SC Cleared
3 18 (8.29%) Degree
4 6 (2.76%) CISSP
4 6 (2.76%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.30%) PMP
6 4 (1.84%) CISA
6 4 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.84%) CRISC
6 4 (1.84%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.92%) CCNA
8 2 (0.92%) CISM
8 2 (0.92%) CSPO
9 1 (0.46%) CWNA
9 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.46%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.37%) Data Quality
2 15 (6.91%) QA
3 8 (3.69%) GDPR
4 6 (2.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.30%) NIST
6 4 (1.84%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.84%) COBIT
6 4 (1.84%) GRC
6 4 (1.84%) ITGC
6 4 (1.84%) PMO
7 3 (1.38%) SLA
7 3 (1.38%) WCAG
8 2 (0.92%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.92%) GxP
8 2 (0.92%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.46%) GAAP
9 1 (0.46%) IFRS
9 1 (0.46%) NCSC
9 1 (0.46%) PSD2
System Software
1 21 (9.68%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.15%) Docker
3 2 (0.92%) IAG
3 2 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.46%) Firmware
4 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (5.53%) Kubernetes
2 11 (5.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.76%) Terraform
4 4 (1.84%) Grafana
4 4 (1.84%) SCCM
5 3 (1.38%) Ansible
5 3 (1.38%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.46%) Control-M
7 1 (0.46%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.46%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.46%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.46%) WSUS
7 1 (0.46%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 54 (24.88%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.29%) ServiceNow
3 12 (5.53%) SAP
4 11 (5.07%) Google
5 10 (4.61%) Oracle
6 7 (3.23%) Bloomberg
6 7 (3.23%) Splunk
7 6 (2.76%) Cisco
7 6 (2.76%) Databricks
8 5 (2.30%) Apple
8 5 (2.30%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.30%) Workday
9 4 (1.84%) Informatica
9 4 (1.84%) Remedy
10 3 (1.38%) Charles River
10 3 (1.38%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.38%) IBM
10 3 (1.38%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.38%) Zscaler
11 2 (0.92%) Okta