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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -15 +6 +13
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 198 313 268
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 8.26% 18.27% 12.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.64% 19.50% 13.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 201 180
10th Percentile £288 £359 £312
25th Percentile £442 £463 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £703
90th Percentile £750 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £17.14 £15.15 -
25th Percentile - £18.38 £46.75
Median hourly rate £17.60 £24.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.16% -49.48% -5.83%
75th Percentile £42.65 £44.50 £50.25
90th Percentile - £56.05 -
Central London median hourly rate £41.26 £46.29 £26.56
% change year-on-year -10.87% +74.28% -48.43%

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 2,055 1,605 1,974
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.77% 93.70% 90.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,385 1,021 1,375
10th Percentile £360 £355 £356
25th Percentile £450 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £552 £565
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -2.30% -5.83%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 16 13
10th Percentile £17.45 £19.25 £19.98
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.43 £20.22
Median hourly rate £25.77 £29.75 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -13.38% +13.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £47.58 £52.50 £40.00
90th Percentile £61.83 £76.25 £48.57
Central London median hourly rate £27.25 £28.79 £27.81
% change year-on-year -5.33% +3.51% -20.54%

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 13 June 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 13 June 2026.

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 13 June 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 - 2
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 (4.55%) Confluence
2 5 (2.53%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.02%) CICS
4 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.01%) Apache
6 1 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.51%) IIS
6 1 (0.51%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.02%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.51%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.52%) Fidessa
2 2 (1.01%) Aladdin
2 2 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.01%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.51%) Findur
3 1 (0.51%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.51%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.51%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.51%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.51%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 40 (20.20%) Azure
2 27 (13.64%) AWS
3 21 (10.61%) Power Platform
4 13 (6.57%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (4.55%) GCP
6 8 (4.04%) Entra ID
6 8 (4.04%) SaaS
7 6 (3.03%) Serverless
8 5 (2.53%) GitHub
8 5 (2.53%) Snowflake
9 4 (2.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (2.02%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.02%) Azure AI
9 4 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.52%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (1.52%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.52%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.52%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.53%) Firewall
1 5 (2.53%) Network Security
1 5 (2.53%) VPN
2 4 (2.02%) DNS
3 3 (1.52%) DHCP
3 3 (1.52%) Internet
3 3 (1.52%) LAN
3 3 (1.52%) WAN
4 2 (1.01%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.01%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.51%) 4G
5 1 (0.51%) 5G
5 1 (0.51%) BGP
5 1 (0.51%) Multicast
5 1 (0.51%) NAS
5 1 (0.51%) OSPF
5 1 (0.51%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.51%) VLAN
5 1 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.58%) Power BI
2 7 (3.54%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (3.03%) Db2
3 6 (3.03%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.53%) DynamoDB
4 5 (2.53%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.02%) Metadata
5 4 (2.02%) MongoDB
5 4 (2.02%) NoSQL
5 4 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (2.02%) Tableau
6 2 (1.01%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.01%) Delta Lake
6 2 (1.01%) Looker
6 2 (1.01%) Power Query
6 2 (1.01%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.51%) Apache Iceberg
7 1 (0.51%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.51%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 22 (11.11%) JIRA
2 7 (3.54%) Git
2 7 (3.54%) GitLab
3 5 (2.53%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.52%) REST Assured
4 3 (1.52%) Selenium
5 1 (0.51%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.51%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.51%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.51%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.51%) ERwin
5 1 (0.51%) Gradle
5 1 (0.51%) JUnit
5 1 (0.51%) Mockito
5 1 (0.51%) Postman
5 1 (0.51%) Snyk
5 1 (0.51%) Vite
General
1 100 (50.51%) Social Skills
2 89 (44.95%) Analytical Skills
3 67 (33.84%) Finance
4 17 (8.59%) Banking
5 12 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (6.06%) Front Office
6 10 (5.05%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.55%) Marketing
8 8 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.54%) Financial Institution
10 6 (3.03%) Legal
10 6 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.53%) Law
11 5 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (2.53%) Retail
12 3 (1.52%) Back Office
12 3 (1.52%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.52%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.01%) General Ledger
13 2 (1.01%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 36 (18.18%) Analyst
2 17 (8.59%) Business Analyst
3 16 (8.08%) Architect
4 14 (7.07%) Developer
4 14 (7.07%) Senior
5 13 (6.57%) Lead
6 11 (5.56%) Project Manager
7 8 (4.04%) Consultant
8 7 (3.54%) Data Engineer
8 7 (3.54%) Digital Analyst
8 7 (3.54%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 7 (3.54%) Support Engineer
8 7 (3.54%) Technical Leader
9 6 (3.03%) Digital Business Analyst
9 6 (3.03%) IT Analyst
9 6 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (2.53%) Programme Manager
10 5 (2.53%) Support Analyst
11 4 (2.02%) Data Analyst
11 4 (2.02%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.08%) REST
2 10 (5.05%) JSON
3 9 (4.55%) Kafka
3 9 (4.55%) React
3 9 (4.55%) SOAP
4 7 (3.54%) Middleware
5 6 (3.03%) PySpark
5 6 (3.03%) Web Services
6 5 (2.53%) FIX Protocol
6 5 (2.53%) LangGraph
6 5 (2.53%) RESTful
6 5 (2.53%) XML
7 4 (2.02%) .NET
7 4 (2.02%) AngularJS
7 4 (2.02%) LangChain
7 4 (2.02%) Spring
7 4 (2.02%) Spring Boot
7 4 (2.02%) WSDL
8 3 (1.52%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (1.52%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.58%) Product Ownership
2 13 (6.57%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.55%) Virtual Team
4 8 (4.04%) AI Agents
4 8 (4.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (3.54%) Equities
6 6 (3.03%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.53%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.53%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.53%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (2.02%) Derivative
8 4 (2.02%) Fixed Income
8 4 (2.02%) Mainframe
8 4 (2.02%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.08%) Windows
2 7 (3.54%) Mac OS
3 6 (3.03%) Linux
4 4 (2.02%) zOS
5 3 (1.52%) Unix
6 2 (1.01%) Android
6 2 (1.01%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.01%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.51%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.51%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (25.76%) Agile
2 40 (20.20%) Stakeholder Management
3 39 (19.70%) AI
4 28 (14.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (13.64%) Decision-Making
6 26 (13.13%) Analytics
7 22 (11.11%) Migration
7 22 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 19 (9.60%) Validation
9 18 (9.09%) CI/CD
10 17 (8.59%) Collaborative Working
11 16 (8.08%) Computer Science
11 16 (8.08%) Data Modelling
11 16 (8.08%) ITIL
11 16 (8.08%) Project Management
11 16 (8.08%) Risk Management
12 15 (7.58%) Change Management
12 15 (7.58%) DevOps
12 15 (7.58%) Integration Patterns
12 15 (7.58%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 42 (21.21%) SQL
2 36 (18.18%) Python
3 15 (7.58%) Java
4 10 (5.05%) C#
5 8 (4.04%) TypeScript
6 7 (3.54%) JavaScript
7 6 (3.03%) PowerShell
8 5 (2.53%) Shell Script
9 4 (2.02%) JCL
10 3 (1.52%) C++
10 3 (1.52%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.01%) Bicep
11 2 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (1.01%) Go
11 2 (1.01%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.51%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.51%) Bash
12 1 (0.51%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.51%) R
12 1 (0.51%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 19 (9.60%) Degree
2 18 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.58%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.55%) CISSP
5 7 (3.54%) CRISC
6 6 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.53%) CISM
7 5 (2.53%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.53%) PMP
8 4 (2.02%) CISA
8 4 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.52%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.52%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (1.01%) CASP
10 2 (1.01%) CCNA
10 2 (1.01%) GSEC
10 2 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.57%) Data Quality
2 10 (5.05%) QA
3 9 (4.55%) GDPR
4 6 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.03%) PMO
4 6 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (2.53%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.53%) NIST
6 4 (2.02%) COBIT
6 4 (2.02%) ITGC
7 3 (1.52%) GRC
7 3 (1.52%) IFRS
8 2 (1.01%) HIPAA
8 2 (1.01%) WCAG
9 1 (0.51%) Basel III
9 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.51%) GAAP
9 1 (0.51%) MiFID
9 1 (0.51%) NCSC
9 1 (0.51%) Solvency II
System Software
1 12 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.54%) Docker
3 2 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.51%) IAG
4 1 (0.51%) NFS
4 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (4.04%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.02%) Ansible
4 3 (1.52%) Grafana
5 2 (1.01%) Terraform
6 1 (0.51%) Control-M
6 1 (0.51%) EMC VPLEX
6 1 (0.51%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.51%) logstash
6 1 (0.51%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.51%) vMotion
6 1 (0.51%) vRealize
6 1 (0.51%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 1 (0.51%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 42 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.57%) Oracle
3 12 (6.06%) ServiceNow
4 11 (5.56%) Google
5 8 (4.04%) Databricks
5 8 (4.04%) SAP
6 6 (3.03%) Bloomberg
6 6 (3.03%) Splunk
7 5 (2.53%) Charles River
7 5 (2.53%) Workday
8 4 (2.02%) Cisco
8 4 (2.02%) Informatica
8 4 (2.02%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.52%) AppDynamics
9 3 (1.52%) Apple
10 2 (1.01%) Anaplan
10 2 (1.01%) MuleSoft
10 2 (1.01%) OpenAI
10 2 (1.01%) YouTube
10 2 (1.01%) Zscaler