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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 4 11
Rank change year-on-year -17 +7 +10
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 225 347 269
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.50% 18.58% 12.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.86% 19.72% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 232 179
10th Percentile £263 £325 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £570 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% -0.87% +1.32%
75th Percentile £669 £688 £691
90th Percentile £738 £813 £775
Central London median daily rate £513 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -6.82% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 1
10th Percentile £17.29 £16.23 -
25th Percentile - £21.06 £14.00
Median hourly rate £17.60 £26.00 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.31% +73.33% -60.00%
75th Percentile - £37.50 £16.00
90th Percentile £21.01 £53.25 -
Central London median hourly rate £17.60 £34.48 £20.78
% change year-on-year -48.96% +65.93% -44.59%

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 2,071 1,760 1,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.46% 94.22% 91.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,413 1,155 1,282
10th Percentile £380 £325 £375
25th Percentile £456 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £770 £792
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 21 17
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.08 £15.20
25th Percentile £18.18 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £19.50 £28.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +5.56% -13.60%
75th Percentile £32.05 £56.75 £78.75
90th Percentile £57.49 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £30.04 £27.00
% change year-on-year -22.89% +11.24% -22.86%

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 12 August 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
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 12 August 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 -
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 12 (5.33%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.56%) Confluence
4 4 (1.78%) CICS
5 2 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.89%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.44%) Apache
6 1 (0.44%) CMS
6 1 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.44%) IIS
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (3.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.33%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.44%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.22%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.89%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.89%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.89%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.89%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.89%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.44%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.44%) Findur
4 1 (0.44%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.44%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.44%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (20.44%) Azure
2 30 (13.33%) AWS
3 21 (9.33%) Power Platform
4 20 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (6.22%) Entra ID
6 13 (5.78%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (4.89%) GitHub
8 9 (4.00%) GCP
8 9 (4.00%) SaaS
8 9 (4.00%) Serverless
9 6 (2.67%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (2.22%) GitHub Copilot
10 5 (2.22%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (2.22%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (1.78%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.78%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.78%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.89%) DNS
1 11 (4.89%) VPN
2 8 (3.56%) Firewall
3 7 (3.11%) Network Security
3 7 (3.11%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.67%) DHCP
5 4 (1.78%) LAN
5 4 (1.78%) VLAN
5 4 (1.78%) WAN
6 3 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.89%) BGP
7 2 (0.89%) Internet
7 2 (0.89%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.89%) SSL
7 2 (0.89%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.89%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.44%) DKIM
8 1 (0.44%) DMARC
8 1 (0.44%) Multicast
8 1 (0.44%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.78%) Power BI
2 7 (3.11%) NoSQL
3 6 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.22%) Db2
4 5 (2.22%) DynamoDB
4 5 (2.22%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.22%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.78%) Metadata
5 4 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.78%) SAP BW
6 3 (1.33%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.33%) Power Query
6 3 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.33%) Tableau
7 2 (0.89%) Looker
8 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.44%) Big Data
8 1 (0.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (12.00%) JIRA
2 9 (4.00%) GitLab
3 7 (3.11%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.67%) Git
5 4 (1.78%) Selenium
6 2 (0.89%) Appium
6 2 (0.89%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.89%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.89%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.89%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.89%) JMeter
6 2 (0.89%) JUnit
6 2 (0.89%) Mockito
7 1 (0.44%) eggPlant
7 1 (0.44%) Gradle
7 1 (0.44%) Postman
7 1 (0.44%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.44%) Snyk
7 1 (0.44%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 114 (50.67%) Social Skills
2 95 (42.22%) Analytical Skills
3 70 (31.11%) Finance
4 24 (10.67%) Banking
5 14 (6.22%) Marketing
6 13 (5.78%) Public Sector
7 11 (4.89%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (4.00%) Financial Institution
9 9 (4.00%) Front Office
9 9 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.56%) Retail
11 7 (3.11%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.78%) Law
15 3 (1.33%) Advertising
15 3 (1.33%) Legal
15 3 (1.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 41 (18.22%) Analyst
2 22 (9.78%) Architect
3 20 (8.89%) Business Analyst
3 20 (8.89%) Senior
4 19 (8.44%) Developer
5 15 (6.67%) Support Engineer
6 12 (5.33%) Consultant
7 11 (4.89%) Project Manager
8 8 (3.56%) Digital Analyst
8 8 (3.56%) IT Support
8 8 (3.56%) Lead
8 8 (3.56%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (3.11%) Data Engineer
9 7 (3.11%) Digital Business Analyst
9 7 (3.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 7 (3.11%) IT Engineer
9 7 (3.11%) IT Support Engineer
9 7 (3.11%) Support Analyst
10 6 (2.67%) Applications Support
10 6 (2.67%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.56%) REST
2 15 (6.67%) React
3 11 (4.89%) SOAP
4 10 (4.44%) .NET
4 10 (4.44%) JSON
4 10 (4.44%) Kafka
5 7 (3.11%) Web Services
6 6 (2.67%) RESTful
6 6 (2.67%) XML
7 5 (2.22%) AngularJS
7 5 (2.22%) PySpark
7 5 (2.22%) Spring
7 5 (2.22%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.78%) Middleware
8 4 (1.78%) WSDL
9 3 (1.33%) CSS
9 3 (1.33%) Django
9 3 (1.33%) FIX Protocol
9 3 (1.33%) HTML
9 3 (1.33%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.78%) Onboarding
2 11 (4.89%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (4.44%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.44%) Product Ownership
4 9 (4.00%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (3.56%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.67%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.22%) AI Agents
7 5 (2.22%) CMDB
7 5 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.22%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.78%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.78%) Life Science
8 4 (1.78%) Mainframe
8 4 (1.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 28 (12.44%) Windows
2 11 (4.89%) Mac OS
3 10 (4.44%) Linux
4 7 (3.11%) Unix
5 6 (2.67%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.22%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.78%) zOS
8 3 (1.33%) Android
8 3 (1.33%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.89%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.44%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.44%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.44%) VMS
10 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (30.22%) Agile
2 54 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (21.33%) AI
4 37 (16.44%) CI/CD
5 32 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 29 (12.89%) DevOps
7 28 (12.44%) Analytics
8 25 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 24 (10.67%) Decision-Making
9 24 (10.67%) Migration
10 21 (9.33%) ITIL
10 21 (9.33%) Validation
11 19 (8.44%) Microservices
12 18 (8.00%) Machine Learning
12 18 (8.00%) Workflow
13 17 (7.56%) Data Modelling
13 17 (7.56%) Integration Patterns
13 17 (7.56%) Scrum
13 17 (7.56%) User Stories
14 16 (7.11%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 46 (20.44%) SQL
2 43 (19.11%) Python
3 19 (8.44%) Java
4 14 (6.22%) TypeScript
5 12 (5.33%) C#
5 12 (5.33%) JavaScript
5 12 (5.33%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.67%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.78%) JCL
7 4 (1.78%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.33%) Korn
9 2 (0.89%) Go
9 2 (0.89%) Perl
10 1 (0.44%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.44%) C++
10 1 (0.44%) COBOL
10 1 (0.44%) RPG
10 1 (0.44%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 18 (8.00%) Degree
2 18 (8.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (2.67%) CISSP
4 5 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (2.22%) DV Cleared
4 5 (2.22%) PMP
5 4 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.78%) CISA
5 4 (1.78%) CRISC
5 4 (1.78%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.89%) CISM
7 2 (0.89%) CSPO
7 2 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.44%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.44%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.11%) QA
2 14 (6.22%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.11%) GDPR
4 6 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.67%) PMO
4 6 (2.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (2.22%) NIST
6 4 (1.78%) COBIT
6 4 (1.78%) GRC
6 4 (1.78%) ITGC
7 3 (1.33%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.33%) SLA
7 3 (1.33%) WCAG
8 2 (0.89%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.89%) GxP
9 1 (0.44%) Basel III
9 1 (0.44%) GAAP
9 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.44%) PERC
System Software
1 22 (9.78%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.89%) Docker
3 2 (0.89%) IAG
3 2 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.44%) Firmware
4 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (5.78%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.56%) Terraform
4 5 (2.22%) SCCM
5 4 (1.78%) Ansible
6 3 (1.33%) Grafana
6 3 (1.33%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.89%) WSUS
8 1 (0.44%) Control-M
8 1 (0.44%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.44%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.44%) PingFederate
8 1 (0.44%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.44%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 59 (26.22%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.89%) ServiceNow
3 12 (5.33%) Google
3 12 (5.33%) Oracle
3 12 (5.33%) SAP
4 7 (3.11%) Cisco
4 7 (3.11%) Databricks
4 7 (3.11%) Splunk
5 6 (2.67%) Apple
5 6 (2.67%) Bloomberg
6 5 (2.22%) Remedy
6 5 (2.22%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.22%) Workday
7 4 (1.78%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.78%) IBM
8 3 (1.33%) BMC
8 3 (1.33%) Informatica
8 3 (1.33%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.33%) VMware
8 3 (1.33%) Zscaler