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 3 months leading up to 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 8 10
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 +14
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 100 115 132
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.41% 14.56% 11.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.03% 15.80% 12.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 71 91
10th Percentile £361 £300 £313
25th Percentile £410 £461 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.28% -4.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £630 £639 £683
90th Percentile £746 £751 £800
Central London median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £39.40 - -
25th Percentile £39.62 - £46.75
Median hourly rate £41.26 - £48.50
75th Percentile £42.65 - £50.25
90th Percentile £49.31 - -
Central London median hourly rate £41.26 - £35.75
% change year-on-year - - -0.98%

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 907 728 1,046
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.32% 92.15% 90.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 625 467 751
10th Percentile £350 £363 £340
25th Percentile £431 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £663 £679 £700
90th Percentile £783 £775 £838
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 6
10th Percentile £20.82 - £20.07
25th Percentile £26.51 - £20.79
Median hourly rate £40.78 £22.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +85.36% -32.31% -7.14%
75th Percentile £47.41 £35.38 £40.00
90th Percentile £53.75 £43.40 £45.13
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £27.81
% change year-on-year +22.22% -19.09% +11.24%

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 3 months to 8 February 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
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 (5.67%) Confluence
2 5 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.81%) Apache
4 2 (0.81%) CMS
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.40%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.40%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (9.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (5.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (2.43%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.21%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.81%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.81%) Bloomberg AIM
2 2 (0.81%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.81%) Summit
2 2 (0.81%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.40%) BASE24
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.40%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 48 (19.43%) Azure
2 36 (14.57%) AWS
3 24 (9.72%) Power Platform
4 18 (7.29%) GCP
5 10 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (3.64%) Snowflake
7 7 (2.83%) SaaS
8 6 (2.43%) GitHub
9 5 (2.02%) IaaS
9 5 (2.02%) PaaS
10 4 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.21%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (1.21%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (1.21%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.21%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.21%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.21%) Google Gemini
11 3 (1.21%) Serverless
11 3 (1.21%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.83%) DNS
2 4 (1.62%) Network Security
2 4 (1.62%) VPN
3 3 (1.21%) Cisco IPT
3 3 (1.21%) DHCP
3 3 (1.21%) Firewall
3 3 (1.21%) IP Telephony
4 2 (0.81%) Internet
4 2 (0.81%) NAS
4 2 (0.81%) SAN
4 2 (0.81%) SSL
4 2 (0.81%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.40%) BGP
5 1 (0.40%) Broadband
5 1 (0.40%) HTTP
5 1 (0.40%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.40%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.40%) LAN
5 1 (0.40%) OSPF
5 1 (0.40%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.10%) Power BI
2 14 (5.67%) Relational Database
3 11 (4.45%) Tableau
4 10 (4.05%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (2.83%) Metadata
5 7 (2.83%) SQL Server
6 5 (2.02%) MySQL
7 3 (1.21%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.81%) Big Data
8 2 (0.81%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.81%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.81%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.81%) PowerCenter
8 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.81%) SQLite
9 1 (0.40%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.40%) Redis
Development Applications
1 26 (10.53%) JIRA
2 18 (7.29%) Git
3 7 (2.83%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.83%) Selenium
4 4 (1.62%) Cucumber
4 4 (1.62%) Postman
5 3 (1.21%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.21%) GitLab
5 3 (1.21%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.81%) CocoaPods
6 2 (0.81%) Crashlytics
6 2 (0.81%) fastlane
6 2 (0.81%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.81%) Xcode
7 1 (0.40%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.40%) ERwin
7 1 (0.40%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.40%) TestRail
7 1 (0.40%) Toad
General
1 139 (56.28%) Social Skills
2 107 (43.32%) Analytical Skills
3 99 (40.08%) Finance
4 34 (13.77%) Banking
5 27 (10.93%) Front Office
6 16 (6.48%) Public Sector
7 11 (4.45%) Investment Banking
8 10 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (4.05%) Financial Institution
8 10 (4.05%) Legal
9 9 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.83%) Marketing
12 6 (2.43%) Back Office
12 6 (2.43%) Retail
13 5 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.21%) French Language
15 2 (0.81%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.81%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 49 (19.84%) Analyst
2 37 (14.98%) Developer
3 24 (9.72%) Business Analyst
4 23 (9.31%) Senior
5 17 (6.88%) Lead
6 14 (5.67%) Project Manager
7 13 (5.26%) Architect
8 10 (4.05%) Data Analyst
9 9 (3.64%) Consultant
10 8 (3.24%) Data Engineer
10 8 (3.24%) Java Developer
11 7 (2.83%) Programme Manager
12 6 (2.43%) Product Manager
12 6 (2.43%) Python Engineer
13 5 (2.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 5 (2.02%) Senior Developer
13 5 (2.02%) Technical Leader
13 5 (2.02%) Test Engineer
14 4 (1.62%) Salesforce Developer
14 4 (1.62%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.26%) REST
2 12 (4.86%) RESTful
3 11 (4.45%) .NET
4 9 (3.64%) CSS
4 9 (3.64%) HTML
5 8 (3.24%) SOAP
6 5 (2.02%) LangChain
6 5 (2.02%) Lightning Web Components
6 5 (2.02%) XML
7 4 (1.62%) Kafka
7 4 (1.62%) LangGraph
7 4 (1.62%) Middleware
7 4 (1.62%) Node.js
7 4 (1.62%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.62%) Web Services
8 3 (1.21%) FIX Protocol
8 3 (1.21%) HTML5
8 3 (1.21%) JSON
8 3 (1.21%) OAuth
8 3 (1.21%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 15 (6.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 12 (4.86%) Virtual Team
4 11 (4.45%) Algorithms
5 10 (4.05%) Data Structures
6 9 (3.64%) Fixed Income
6 9 (3.64%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.24%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.83%) Derivative
8 7 (2.83%) Equities
9 6 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.43%) PMI
10 5 (2.02%) AI Agents
10 5 (2.02%) Cloud Native
10 5 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.62%) CMDB
11 4 (1.62%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.62%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (1.21%) iPhone
12 3 (1.21%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.29%) Windows
2 5 (2.02%) Unix
2 5 (2.02%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.62%) Linux
4 3 (1.21%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.21%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.40%) Solaris
5 1 (0.40%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (26.32%) Agile
2 42 (17.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 38 (15.38%) Analytics
3 38 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 35 (14.17%) CI/CD
4 35 (14.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 27 (10.93%) Migration
6 26 (10.53%) Computer Science
7 25 (10.12%) Scrum
8 24 (9.72%) Business Intelligence
8 24 (9.72%) Data Modelling
8 24 (9.72%) Test Automation
9 23 (9.31%) Decision-Making
9 23 (9.31%) Process Improvement
10 22 (8.91%) User Acceptance Testing
11 21 (8.50%) DevOps
11 21 (8.50%) Project Management
12 20 (8.10%) Data Governance
12 20 (8.10%) ETL
12 20 (8.10%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 52 (21.05%) SQL
2 48 (19.43%) Python
3 24 (9.72%) Java
4 18 (7.29%) C#
5 13 (5.26%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.24%) PowerShell
7 6 (2.43%) C++
8 4 (1.62%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.21%) Bash
9 3 (1.21%) PHP
9 3 (1.21%) R
9 3 (1.21%) Swift
10 2 (0.81%) Go
10 2 (0.81%) Korn
10 2 (0.81%) Objective-C
10 2 (0.81%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.81%) RPG
10 2 (0.81%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.81%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.40%) F#
Qualifications
1 39 (15.79%) Degree
2 25 (10.12%) Security Cleared
3 20 (8.10%) SC Cleared
4 18 (7.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (4.05%) PMI Certification
6 6 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.02%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.62%) CISSP
8 4 (1.62%) PMP
9 3 (1.21%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.21%) CBAP
9 3 (1.21%) CISM
9 3 (1.21%) CRISC
10 2 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.81%) CASP
10 2 (0.81%) CFA
10 2 (0.81%) GSEC
10 2 (0.81%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.81%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.40%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.53%) QA
2 19 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.83%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.02%) GDPR
4 5 (2.02%) PMO
5 3 (1.21%) GRC
5 3 (1.21%) ISO 8583
5 3 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.21%) MiFID
5 3 (1.21%) PSD2
6 2 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.81%) EMIR
6 2 (0.81%) IFRS
6 2 (0.81%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.81%) WCAG
7 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.40%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.40%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.40%) SEPA
System Software
1 15 (6.07%) Docker
2 12 (4.86%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) NFS
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.24%) Ansible
3 7 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (2.43%) Terraform
5 3 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.21%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 2 (0.81%) Grafana
6 2 (0.81%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.81%) SCCM
7 1 (0.40%) EMC VPLEX
7 1 (0.40%) logstash
7 1 (0.40%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.40%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.40%) vMotion
7 1 (0.40%) vRealize
7 1 (0.40%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 49 (19.84%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.69%) Oracle
3 13 (5.26%) Google
4 11 (4.45%) VMware
5 10 (4.05%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.64%) Databricks
7 7 (2.83%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.43%) Informatica
9 5 (2.02%) Cisco
9 5 (2.02%) SAP
10 4 (1.62%) Bloomberg
10 4 (1.62%) Charles River
10 4 (1.62%) Citrix
10 4 (1.62%) Murex
10 4 (1.62%) Symantec
11 3 (1.21%) Altiris
11 3 (1.21%) HP
11 3 (1.21%) Ivanti
11 3 (1.21%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.21%) Splunk