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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -11 +3 +7
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 239 302 292
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 11.06% 17.52% 13.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.15% 18.58% 14.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 214 187
10th Percentile £282 £313 £348
25th Percentile £419 £404 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +3.60%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £688
90th Percentile £725 £809 £768
Central London median daily rate £513 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -4.43% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 3
10th Percentile £14.56 £15.15 £33.60
25th Percentile - £18.38 £63.00
Median hourly rate £17.60 £24.50 £112.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.16% -78.13% +198.67%
75th Percentile - £27.00 -
90th Percentile £21.01 £28.05 -
Central London median hourly rate £17.60 £26.00 £112.00
% change year-on-year -32.31% -76.79% +198.67%

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 1,967 1,625 1,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 91.06% 94.26% 91.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,360 1,114 1,215
10th Percentile £365 £326 £371
25th Percentile £455 £424 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £774 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 18 18
10th Percentile £17.39 £16.90 £17.15
25th Percentile £17.60 £20.63 £24.09
Median hourly rate £20.25 £27.04 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.10% -33.25% +29.60%
75th Percentile £27.35 £35.88 £107.13
90th Percentile £44.85 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £24.50 £27.04 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.38% -22.76% +27.27%

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 15 October 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 15 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the City of 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 14 (5.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (5.02%) Confluence
2 12 (5.02%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.51%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.67%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.26%) SAS
6 2 (0.84%) Apache
7 1 (0.42%) CICS
7 1 (0.42%) CMS
7 1 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.42%) IIS
7 1 (0.42%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 7 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.84%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.09%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.67%) Aladdin
2 4 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.26%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.84%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.84%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.42%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.42%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.42%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.42%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 55 (23.01%) Azure
2 27 (11.30%) AWS
3 26 (10.88%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (10.88%) Power Platform
4 18 (7.53%) Entra ID
5 17 (7.11%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (5.86%) GitHub
7 12 (5.02%) GCP
8 11 (4.60%) SaaS
8 11 (4.60%) Serverless
9 8 (3.35%) Azure Data Factory
9 8 (3.35%) PowerApps
10 7 (2.93%) dbt
10 7 (2.93%) Power Automate
11 6 (2.51%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.51%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (2.51%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.51%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (2.09%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.69%) DNS
2 14 (5.86%) VPN
3 11 (4.60%) TCP/IP
4 9 (3.77%) DHCP
5 7 (2.93%) Firewall
6 6 (2.51%) VLAN
7 4 (1.67%) Network Security
8 3 (1.26%) Unified Communications
8 3 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.84%) BGP
9 2 (0.84%) LAN
9 2 (0.84%) SSL
9 2 (0.84%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.84%) VoIP
9 2 (0.84%) WAN
10 1 (0.42%) EIGRP
10 1 (0.42%) HTTP
10 1 (0.42%) OSPF
10 1 (0.42%) TACACS
10 1 (0.42%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.69%) Power BI
2 12 (5.02%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.93%) Metadata
3 7 (2.93%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.09%) Data Lake
4 5 (2.09%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.09%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.67%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.67%) SAP BW
5 4 (1.67%) Tableau
6 3 (1.26%) Delta Lake
6 3 (1.26%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.84%) Amazon QuickSight
7 2 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.84%) Big Data
7 2 (0.84%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.84%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 36 (15.06%) JIRA
2 12 (5.02%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.60%) Git
4 7 (2.93%) GitLab
5 5 (2.09%) Bitbucket
5 5 (2.09%) Selenium
6 4 (1.67%) Artifactory
6 4 (1.67%) JDeveloper
6 4 (1.67%) JUnit
7 3 (1.26%) Mockito
7 3 (1.26%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.84%) Appium
8 2 (0.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.84%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.84%) JMeter
8 2 (0.84%) Maven
8 2 (0.84%) Postman
8 2 (0.84%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.84%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 126 (52.72%) Social Skills
2 104 (43.51%) Analytical Skills
3 92 (38.49%) Finance
4 36 (15.06%) Banking
5 21 (8.79%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.44%) Front Office
7 12 (5.02%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (4.60%) Marketing
9 10 (4.18%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (3.77%) Financial Institution
10 9 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.35%) Retail
12 6 (2.51%) Investment Banking
12 6 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (2.09%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.67%) Retail Banking
14 4 (1.67%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.26%) General Ledger
15 3 (1.26%) Legal
Job Titles
1 43 (17.99%) Analyst
2 26 (10.88%) Developer
3 25 (10.46%) Senior
4 21 (8.79%) Business Analyst
5 17 (7.11%) Architect
5 17 (7.11%) Lead
5 17 (7.11%) Support Engineer
6 15 (6.28%) Consultant
7 12 (5.02%) IT Support
8 11 (4.60%) Project Manager
9 10 (4.18%) Data Engineer
10 9 (3.77%) Applications Support
11 8 (3.35%) IT Engineer
11 8 (3.35%) IT Support Engineer
11 8 (3.35%) Support Analyst
12 7 (2.93%) Applications Engineer
12 7 (2.93%) Data Analyst
12 7 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
13 6 (2.51%) Java Developer
13 6 (2.51%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.79%) REST
2 18 (7.53%) .NET
3 13 (5.44%) React
3 13 (5.44%) SOAP
4 11 (4.60%) Terraform
5 9 (3.77%) Web Services
6 8 (3.35%) JSON
6 8 (3.35%) Kafka
7 7 (2.93%) AngularJS
7 7 (2.93%) PySpark
7 7 (2.93%) Spring
7 7 (2.93%) Spring Boot
8 6 (2.51%) RESTful
8 6 (2.51%) XML
9 4 (1.67%) CSS
9 4 (1.67%) HTML
9 4 (1.67%) Middleware
9 4 (1.67%) Node.js
9 4 (1.67%) OAuth
10 3 (1.26%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.21%) Onboarding
2 18 (7.53%) Product Ownership
3 14 (5.86%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.77%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (2.93%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.93%) Fixed Income
6 6 (2.51%) AI Agents
6 6 (2.51%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.51%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.67%) Life Science
7 4 (1.67%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.26%) CMDB
8 3 (1.26%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.26%) Equities
8 3 (1.26%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 36 (15.06%) Windows
2 13 (5.44%) Linux
3 11 (4.60%) macOS
4 8 (3.35%) Unix
4 8 (3.35%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.51%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.67%) Android
6 4 (1.67%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.42%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.42%) VMS
8 1 (0.42%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.42%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (34.31%) Stakeholder Management
2 80 (33.47%) Agile
3 50 (20.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 48 (20.08%) CI/CD
5 42 (17.57%) DevOps
6 40 (16.74%) AI
7 37 (15.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 36 (15.06%) Migration
9 29 (12.13%) Analytics
10 28 (11.72%) Decision-Making
11 25 (10.46%) Translating Business Requirements
12 23 (9.62%) Data Engineering
13 22 (9.21%) ITIL
14 21 (8.79%) Collaborative Working
14 21 (8.79%) Data Governance
14 21 (8.79%) Validation
15 20 (8.37%) Scrum
15 20 (8.37%) Service Delivery
15 20 (8.37%) User Stories
16 19 (7.95%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 51 (21.34%) SQL
2 47 (19.67%) Python
3 21 (8.79%) Java
4 17 (7.11%) PowerShell
5 14 (5.86%) JavaScript
5 14 (5.86%) TypeScript
6 13 (5.44%) C#
7 5 (2.09%) Korn
7 5 (2.09%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.67%) Bash
8 4 (1.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.26%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.84%) Perl
11 1 (0.42%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.42%) C++
11 1 (0.42%) COBOL
11 1 (0.42%) JCL
11 1 (0.42%) RPG
11 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (14.23%) Security Cleared
2 26 (10.88%) SC Cleared
3 12 (5.02%) Degree
4 7 (2.93%) PMI Certification
5 6 (2.51%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.51%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (2.51%) PMP
6 5 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.26%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.26%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.84%) CCNP
9 2 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.84%) CSPO
9 2 (0.84%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.42%) CCIE
10 1 (0.42%) CISSP
10 1 (0.42%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.21%) Data Quality
2 16 (6.69%) QA
3 5 (2.09%) GDPR
3 5 (2.09%) PMO
3 5 (2.09%) SLA
4 4 (1.67%) GRC
5 2 (0.84%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 2 (0.84%) GAAP
5 2 (0.84%) GxP
5 2 (0.84%) IFRS
5 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.84%) PSD2
6 1 (0.42%) Basel III
6 1 (0.42%) GMP
6 1 (0.42%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.42%) NCSC
6 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.42%) SEPA
6 1 (0.42%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (11.30%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.18%) Docker
3 4 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.84%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.84%) IAG
6 1 (0.42%) Firmware
6 1 (0.42%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.42%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (5.86%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.35%) SCCM
4 7 (2.93%) Grafana
5 5 (2.09%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (1.67%) Ansible
6 4 (1.67%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.26%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.84%) WSUS
9 1 (0.42%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.42%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.42%) PingFederate
9 1 (0.42%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.42%) SCOM
9 1 (0.42%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.42%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 77 (32.22%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.21%) ServiceNow
3 19 (7.95%) Oracle
4 15 (6.28%) Databricks
5 12 (5.02%) Google
5 12 (5.02%) SAP
6 8 (3.35%) Dynatrace
6 8 (3.35%) Splunk
7 7 (2.93%) Bloomberg
8 6 (2.51%) Apple
9 5 (2.09%) Cisco
9 5 (2.09%) ION Trading
9 5 (2.09%) Remedy
9 5 (2.09%) Salesforce
9 5 (2.09%) VMware
9 5 (2.09%) Workday
10 4 (1.67%) IBM
10 4 (1.67%) Refinitiv
11 3 (1.26%) BMC
11 3 (1.26%) Citrix