Problem-Solving Contracts in the City of London

Problem Solving
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 23 20
Rank change year-on-year +13 -3 +13
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 264 273 328
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 11.99% 7.51% 7.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.25% 8.18% 8.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 175 253
10th Percentile £304 £262 £340
25th Percentile £413 £416 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +8.49% +11.58%
75th Percentile £683 £700 £638
90th Percentile £775 £845 £720
Central London median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £26.23 £39.25
25th Percentile £46.75 £35.24 £42.25
Median hourly rate £48.50 £51.50 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% -15.57% +151.55%
75th Percentile £50.25 £53.25 £65.75
90th Percentile - £53.55 £69.35
Central London median hourly rate £37.53 £51.50 £61.00
% change year-on-year -27.13% -15.57% +190.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,993 3,339 3,884
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.51% 91.81% 91.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,406 2,252 2,942
10th Percentile £359 £356 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 23 41
10th Percentile £19.13 £15.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -13.58% +113.30%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £48.57 £88.30 £62.50
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the City of London

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the City of London.

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

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 27 April 2024.

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

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend 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 27 April 2024. 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 - 2 £700 -
Moorgate - 2 £413 -
Problem-Solving
Central London

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 10 (3.79%) Confluence
2 7 (2.65%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.89%) Apache
4 5 (1.89%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.89%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (0.76%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.76%) Luigi
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.38%) CMS
6 1 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.38%) SAS
6 1 (0.38%) Tornado
Applications
1 20 (7.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (5.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (4.17%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.52%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (1.52%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.76%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.76%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.76%) InDesign
6 2 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.38%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.38%) InVision
7 1 (0.38%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (1.14%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.76%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.76%) Loan IQ
2 2 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.76%) Unica
3 1 (0.38%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.38%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (0.38%) Endur
3 1 (0.38%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.38%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 54 (20.45%) Azure
2 30 (11.36%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (9.47%) Power Platform
4 22 (8.33%) AWS
5 15 (5.68%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (3.79%) GCP
7 9 (3.41%) Entra ID
7 9 (3.41%) WhatsApp
8 4 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.52%) GitHub
9 3 (1.14%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.14%) Figma
9 3 (1.14%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.14%) Serverless
10 2 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.76%) Collibra
10 2 (0.76%) dbt
10 2 (0.76%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.27%) DNS
1 6 (2.27%) Firewall
2 3 (1.14%) DHCP
2 3 (1.14%) LAN
2 3 (1.14%) Network Security
2 3 (1.14%) VoIP
3 2 (0.76%) PBX
3 2 (0.76%) PSTN
3 2 (0.76%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (0.76%) VPN
3 2 (0.76%) Wireless
4 1 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.38%) SAN
4 1 (0.38%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.38%) Skype
4 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.38%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.38%) WAN
4 1 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.71%) SQL Server
2 17 (6.44%) Power BI
3 13 (4.92%) MongoDB
4 10 (3.79%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (3.41%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (2.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (2.27%) Metadata
8 5 (1.89%) DB2
8 5 (1.89%) MySQL
8 5 (1.89%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (1.52%) Power Query
9 4 (1.52%) Sybase ASE
10 3 (1.14%) BigQuery
10 3 (1.14%) Data Mart
10 3 (1.14%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.14%) Tableau
11 2 (0.76%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 12 (4.55%) Git
1 12 (4.55%) JIRA
2 7 (2.65%) GitLab
3 5 (1.89%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.14%) Android Studio
4 3 (1.14%) JUnit
4 3 (1.14%) Subversion
4 3 (1.14%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.76%) ERwin
5 2 (0.76%) Mockito
5 2 (0.76%) PowerDesigner
5 2 (0.76%) ScalaTest
5 2 (0.76%) Selenium
5 2 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.38%) Babel
6 1 (0.38%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.38%) GoCD
6 1 (0.38%) Postman
6 1 (0.38%) Pylint
6 1 (0.38%) Spinnaker
General
1 153 (57.95%) Social Skills
2 109 (41.29%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (27.65%) Finance
4 28 (10.61%) Banking
5 14 (5.30%) Investment Banking
5 14 (5.30%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (4.92%) Legal
7 11 (4.17%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.41%) Marketing
9 6 (2.27%) Retail
10 5 (1.89%) Front Office
10 5 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.89%) Retail Banking
11 4 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.52%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.14%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.76%) Advertising
13 2 (0.76%) Law
13 2 (0.76%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 39 (14.77%) Developer
2 33 (12.50%) Analyst
3 17 (6.44%) Consultant
4 14 (5.30%) Architect
5 12 (4.55%) Project Manager
5 12 (4.55%) Senior
5 12 (4.55%) Support Engineer
6 11 (4.17%) Business Analyst
7 9 (3.41%) Product Owner
7 9 (3.41%) Quantitative Developer
8 8 (3.03%) Data Engineer
8 8 (3.03%) Lead
8 8 (3.03%) Security Engineer
8 8 (3.03%) Software Engineer
9 7 (2.65%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 7 (2.65%) C# Developer
9 7 (2.65%) Data Analyst
9 7 (2.65%) Desktop Engineer
9 7 (2.65%) Site Engineer
9 7 (2.65%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.55%) HTML
2 11 (4.17%) Kafka
3 10 (3.79%) React
3 10 (3.79%) RESTful
4 8 (3.03%) .NET
4 8 (3.03%) CSS
5 7 (2.65%) RabbitMQ
6 6 (2.27%) GraphQL
7 4 (1.52%) .NET Framework
7 4 (1.52%) Node.js
7 4 (1.52%) Spring
8 3 (1.14%) ASP.NET
8 3 (1.14%) ASP.NET Core
8 3 (1.14%) OAuth
8 3 (1.14%) Pandas
8 3 (1.14%) REST
8 3 (1.14%) Web Services
9 2 (0.76%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.76%) pytest
9 2 (0.76%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.44%) Management Information System
2 13 (4.92%) Algorithms
3 12 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.79%) Data Structures
4 10 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (1.89%) Blackberry
8 5 (1.89%) Replication
8 5 (1.89%) Taxonomies
8 5 (1.89%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.52%) Market Risk
9 4 (1.52%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.14%) CMDB
10 3 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.76%) Animation
11 2 (0.76%) Derivative
11 2 (0.76%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 23 (8.71%) Linux
2 19 (7.20%) Windows
3 10 (3.79%) Android
4 7 (2.65%) Windows 10
4 7 (2.65%) Windows 7
5 5 (1.89%) Mac OS X
5 5 (1.89%) Unix
5 5 (1.89%) Windows 8
6 4 (1.52%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.14%) VMS
7 3 (1.14%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.76%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.76%) Solaris
8 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.38%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (29.55%) Agile
2 54 (20.45%) DevOps
3 29 (10.98%) Business Intelligence
4 27 (10.23%) Decision-Making
5 26 (9.85%) CI/CD
5 26 (9.85%) Project Management
6 25 (9.47%) Data Analysis
6 25 (9.47%) Migration
7 24 (9.09%) Computer Science
8 22 (8.33%) Data Modelling
9 20 (7.58%) Data Management
9 20 (7.58%) Software Engineering
10 19 (7.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (6.82%) Cybersecurity
11 18 (6.82%) SDLC
12 17 (6.44%) Microservices
12 17 (6.44%) Risk Management
12 17 (6.44%) Stakeholder Management
12 17 (6.44%) Workflow
13 16 (6.06%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 51 (19.32%) Python
2 40 (15.15%) SQL
3 29 (10.98%) Java
4 27 (10.23%) C#
5 21 (7.95%) PowerShell
6 13 (4.92%) JavaScript
7 11 (4.17%) C++
8 10 (3.79%) T-SQL
9 8 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 8 (3.03%) Go
9 8 (3.03%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.65%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.89%) Scala
12 4 (1.52%) Perl
13 3 (1.14%) R
14 2 (0.76%) Bash
14 2 (0.76%) Bicep
14 2 (0.76%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.76%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.38%) XPath
Qualifications
1 45 (17.05%) Degree
2 21 (7.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (3.03%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.27%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.89%) CISSP
6 4 (1.52%) CISM
6 4 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (1.52%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.14%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.14%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.14%) CCNP
7 3 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.14%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.14%) PMP
8 2 (0.76%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.76%) CCNA
8 2 (0.76%) JNCIA
8 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.30%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.92%) QA
3 11 (4.17%) SLA
4 4 (1.52%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.76%) NIST
6 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.38%) EMIR
6 1 (0.38%) FATCA
6 1 (0.38%) GDPR
6 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.38%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.38%) PMO
System Software
1 21 (7.95%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.17%) Docker
3 7 (2.65%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 6 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.52%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 3 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.76%) KVM
7 2 (0.76%) XenApp
8 1 (0.38%) Firmware
8 1 (0.38%) HDFS
8 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (5.68%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.41%) Grafana
3 7 (2.65%) Consul
3 7 (2.65%) Prometheus
3 7 (2.65%) Terraform
4 5 (1.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.52%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (1.52%) QRadar
6 2 (0.76%) Ansible
6 2 (0.76%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.76%) SCCM
6 2 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.38%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.38%) CASB
7 1 (0.38%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.38%) Puppet
7 1 (0.38%) TIBCO Hawk
7 1 (0.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 71 (26.89%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.58%) Oracle
3 14 (5.30%) ServiceNow
4 10 (3.79%) Adobe
5 9 (3.41%) SAP
6 8 (3.03%) Google
6 8 (3.03%) IBM
7 7 (2.65%) Apple
7 7 (2.65%) SaltStack
7 7 (2.65%) VMware
8 6 (2.27%) Cadence
8 6 (2.27%) iManage
9 5 (1.89%) Ivanti
9 5 (1.89%) Sun
9 5 (1.89%) Veritas
10 4 (1.52%) Databricks
10 4 (1.52%) Sybase
11 3 (1.14%) Alteryx
11 3 (1.14%) Juniper
11 3 (1.14%) Workday