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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -18 +5 +13
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 190 320 259
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 8.28% 18.39% 12.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.77% 19.67% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 205 171
10th Percentile £316 £339 £313
25th Percentile £413 £463 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £641 £685 £688
90th Percentile £749 £813 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 1
10th Percentile £28.04 £27.50 -
25th Percentile £39.34 £33.13 £46.75
Median hourly rate £41.02 £43.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% -10.31% -5.83%
75th Percentile £42.65 £54.13 £50.25
90th Percentile £48.20 £59.90 -
Central London median hourly rate £41.02 £49.50 £26.56
% change year-on-year -17.14% +86.37% -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 1,945 1,627 1,952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 84.75% 93.51% 90.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,324 1,023 1,373
10th Percentile £363 £350 £356
25th Percentile £450 £459 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £568
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +0.44% -5.42%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £558 £550
% change year-on-year -1.35% +1.36% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 13 12
10th Percentile £17.99 £22.00 £19.95
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.75 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.78 £28.15 £25.63
Median % change year-on-year +5.80% +9.85% -26.79%
75th Percentile £49.78 £43.75 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £60.75 £41.65
Central London median hourly rate £27.00 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -7.12% +4.53% -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 15 May 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 May 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 15 May 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 1 £650 +95.98%
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 8 (4.21%) Confluence
2 4 (2.11%) CICS
2 4 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.05%) Apache
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.53%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.53%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (6.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.63%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.58%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.58%) Fidessa
2 2 (1.05%) Aladdin
2 2 (1.05%) Summit
2 2 (1.05%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.53%) BASE24
3 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.53%) Findur
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.53%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.53%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 33 (17.37%) Azure
2 25 (13.16%) AWS
3 18 (9.47%) Power Platform
4 11 (5.79%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (4.21%) GCP
6 7 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.16%) GitHub
8 5 (2.63%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.63%) Serverless
8 5 (2.63%) Snowflake
9 4 (2.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.11%) SaaS
10 3 (1.58%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (1.58%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.58%) GitHub Copilot
10 3 (1.58%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.05%) Alation
11 2 (1.05%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.16%) VPN
2 5 (2.63%) Network Security
3 4 (2.11%) DHCP
3 4 (2.11%) DNS
3 4 (2.11%) Firewall
4 3 (1.58%) Internet
4 3 (1.58%) LAN
4 3 (1.58%) WAN
5 2 (1.05%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.05%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.53%) 5G
6 1 (0.53%) BGP
6 1 (0.53%) Broadband
6 1 (0.53%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.53%) OSPF
6 1 (0.53%) SAN
6 1 (0.53%) VLAN
6 1 (0.53%) Wireless
6 1 (0.53%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.84%) Power BI
2 8 (4.21%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.16%) Metadata
5 5 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.63%) DB2
5 5 (2.63%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.63%) Tableau
6 4 (2.11%) DynamoDB
6 4 (2.11%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.05%) Delta Lake
7 2 (1.05%) Looker
7 2 (1.05%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.05%) Power Query
7 2 (1.05%) PowerCenter
7 2 (1.05%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.53%) Apache Iceberg
8 1 (0.53%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.53%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 22 (11.58%) JIRA
2 7 (3.68%) Git
3 6 (3.16%) GitLab
4 4 (2.11%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.58%) Selenium
6 2 (1.05%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.53%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.53%) ERwin
7 1 (0.53%) JUnit
7 1 (0.53%) Mockito
7 1 (0.53%) Postman
7 1 (0.53%) Snyk
7 1 (0.53%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.53%) Toad
7 1 (0.53%) Vite
General
1 95 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 80 (42.11%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (38.42%) Finance
4 22 (11.58%) Banking
5 15 (7.89%) Front Office
6 12 (6.32%) Public Sector
7 11 (5.79%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (4.74%) Marketing
8 9 (4.74%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (3.68%) Financial Institution
9 7 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.68%) Legal
10 5 (2.63%) Investment Banking
10 5 (2.63%) Retail
11 4 (2.11%) Law
11 4 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.58%) Advertising
12 3 (1.58%) Back Office
12 3 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (20.53%) Analyst
2 17 (8.95%) Business Analyst
3 14 (7.37%) Developer
3 14 (7.37%) Senior
4 13 (6.84%) Lead
5 11 (5.79%) Project Manager
6 10 (5.26%) Architect
7 9 (4.74%) Consultant
7 9 (4.74%) Data Analyst
8 8 (4.21%) Data Engineer
9 7 (3.68%) Technical Leader
10 6 (3.16%) Digital Analyst
10 6 (3.16%) Programme Manager
11 5 (2.63%) Digital Business Analyst
11 5 (2.63%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 5 (2.63%) IT Analyst
11 5 (2.63%) Product Manager
11 5 (2.63%) Support Engineer
12 4 (2.11%) Solutions Architect
12 4 (2.11%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.89%) REST
2 9 (4.74%) SOAP
3 7 (3.68%) JSON
3 7 (3.68%) Kafka
3 7 (3.68%) React
4 6 (3.16%) Web Services
5 5 (2.63%) FIX Protocol
5 5 (2.63%) LangChain
5 5 (2.63%) Middleware
5 5 (2.63%) RESTful
6 4 (2.11%) LangGraph
6 4 (2.11%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (2.11%) PySpark
6 4 (2.11%) WSDL
7 3 (1.58%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.58%) CSS
7 3 (1.58%) HTML
7 3 (1.58%) JMS
7 3 (1.58%) Spring
7 3 (1.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.84%) Product Ownership
2 12 (6.32%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (4.74%) Virtual Team
4 8 (4.21%) AI Agents
5 6 (3.16%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.16%) Equities
5 6 (3.16%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.63%) CMDB
6 5 (2.63%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.11%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.11%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.11%) DataPower
7 4 (2.11%) Derivative
7 4 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.11%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.79%) Windows
2 5 (2.63%) Mac OS
3 4 (2.11%) Linux
3 4 (2.11%) zOS
4 3 (1.58%) Unix
5 2 (1.05%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.05%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.53%) Android
6 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.53%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.53%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (22.11%) Agile
2 38 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 34 (17.89%) AI
4 27 (14.21%) Decision-Making
5 24 (12.63%) Analytics
5 24 (12.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 21 (11.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (9.47%) Computer Science
7 18 (9.47%) Data Modelling
7 18 (9.47%) Migration
8 17 (8.95%) Project Management
8 17 (8.95%) Validation
9 16 (8.42%) Change Management
9 16 (8.42%) Performance Tuning
10 15 (7.89%) CI/CD
10 15 (7.89%) Data Governance
11 14 (7.37%) Collaborative Working
11 14 (7.37%) Requirements Gathering
11 14 (7.37%) Risk Management
12 13 (6.84%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 40 (21.05%) SQL
2 34 (17.89%) Python
3 13 (6.84%) Java
4 9 (4.74%) C#
5 8 (4.21%) JavaScript
6 6 (3.16%) PowerShell
6 6 (3.16%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.63%) Shell Script
8 4 (2.11%) JCL
9 3 (1.58%) C++
10 2 (1.05%) Apex Code
10 2 (1.05%) Bicep
10 2 (1.05%) Go
10 2 (1.05%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.05%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.53%) Bash
11 1 (0.53%) C
11 1 (0.53%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.53%) Groovy
11 1 (0.53%) R
Qualifications
1 23 (12.11%) Degree
2 16 (8.42%) Security Cleared
3 12 (6.32%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.74%) CISSP
5 8 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (3.68%) CRISC
7 6 (3.16%) PMI Certification
8 5 (2.63%) CISM
8 5 (2.63%) PMP
9 4 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (2.11%) CISA
9 4 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.05%) CASP
10 2 (1.05%) CCNA
10 2 (1.05%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.05%) GSEC
10 2 (1.05%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.05%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.53%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.89%) Data Quality
2 10 (5.26%) QA
3 8 (4.21%) GDPR
4 7 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.68%) PMO
5 6 (3.16%) NIST
5 6 (3.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (2.63%) Accessibility
7 4 (2.11%) COBIT
7 4 (2.11%) ITGC
8 3 (1.58%) MiFID
8 3 (1.58%) WCAG
9 2 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (1.05%) GRC
9 2 (1.05%) HIPAA
9 2 (1.05%) IFRS
10 1 (0.53%) Basel III
10 1 (0.53%) EMIR
10 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.53%) Solvency II
System Software
1 9 (4.74%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.16%) Docker
3 2 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.53%) NFS
4 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.58%) Ansible
3 3 (1.58%) Grafana
4 2 (1.05%) Terraform
5 1 (0.53%) Control-M
5 1 (0.53%) EMC VPLEX
5 1 (0.53%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.53%) logstash
5 1 (0.53%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.53%) vMotion
5 1 (0.53%) vRealize
5 1 (0.53%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 38 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.32%) Oracle
3 11 (5.79%) ServiceNow
4 8 (4.21%) Google
5 7 (3.68%) Bloomberg
6 6 (3.16%) Charles River
6 6 (3.16%) Databricks
6 6 (3.16%) SAP
7 5 (2.63%) Informatica
7 5 (2.63%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.63%) Splunk
8 4 (2.11%) Cisco
8 4 (2.11%) Workday
9 3 (1.58%) AppDynamics
9 3 (1.58%) Murex
9 3 (1.58%) VMware
10 2 (1.05%) Adobe
10 2 (1.05%) Citrix
10 2 (1.05%) HP
10 2 (1.05%) Juniper