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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 4 9
Rank change year-on-year -18 +5 +14
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 216 308 266
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.38% 17.54% 12.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.00% 18.83% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 196 179
10th Percentile £325 £340 £308
25th Percentile £413 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £679
90th Percentile £753 £781 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £538
% change year-on-year - +2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 1
10th Percentile £18.84 - -
25th Percentile £29.71 £61.25 £46.75
Median hourly rate £40.78 £62.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.75% +28.87% -5.83%
75th Percentile £42.65 £63.75 £50.25
90th Percentile £47.09 - -
Central London median hourly rate £40.78 £49.50 £37.53
% change year-on-year -17.62% +31.89% -27.13%

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 1,963 1,636 1,988
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.27% 93.17% 90.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,336 1,032 1,406
10th Percentile £363 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.77% -5.83%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £806
Central London median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 11
10th Percentile £18.14 £22.00 £19.92
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £27.50 £29.58 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +18.30% -28.57%
75th Percentile £47.41 £45.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £62.25 £41.84
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -10.18% +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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -2 1 £650 +95.98% 1
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 (4.17%) Confluence
2 4 (1.85%) CICS
2 4 (1.85%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.93%) Apache
3 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.46%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.46%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.31%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.39%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.39%) Fidessa
1 3 (1.39%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (1.39%) Workday HCM
2 2 (0.93%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.93%) Summit
3 1 (0.46%) BASE24
3 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.46%) Findur
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.46%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.46%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 41 (18.98%) Azure
2 30 (13.89%) AWS
3 22 (10.19%) Power Platform
4 13 (6.02%) GCP
5 9 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.78%) GitHub
7 6 (2.78%) Snowflake
8 5 (2.31%) Serverless
9 4 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.85%) Google Gemini
9 4 (1.85%) SaaS
10 3 (1.39%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.39%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.39%) GitHub Copilot
10 3 (1.39%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.93%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.78%) Network Security
2 4 (1.85%) Firewall
2 4 (1.85%) VPN
3 3 (1.39%) Internet
3 3 (1.39%) LAN
3 3 (1.39%) WAN
4 2 (0.93%) DHCP
4 2 (0.93%) DNS
4 2 (0.93%) NAS
4 2 (0.93%) SAN
4 2 (0.93%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.46%) 4G
5 1 (0.46%) 5G
5 1 (0.46%) BGP
5 1 (0.46%) Broadband
5 1 (0.46%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.46%) VLAN
5 1 (0.46%) Wireless
5 1 (0.46%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.41%) Power BI
2 8 (3.70%) Metadata
2 8 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (3.24%) Relational Database
3 7 (3.24%) Tableau
4 6 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.31%) DB2
6 4 (1.85%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.85%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.93%) Big Data
7 2 (0.93%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.93%) Looker
7 2 (0.93%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.93%) Power Query
7 2 (0.93%) PowerCenter
7 2 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.46%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 22 (10.19%) JIRA
2 10 (4.63%) Git
3 6 (2.78%) GitLab
4 5 (2.31%) Selenium
5 4 (1.85%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.39%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.93%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.93%) Postman
8 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.46%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.46%) ERwin
8 1 (0.46%) JUnit
8 1 (0.46%) Mockito
8 1 (0.46%) Snyk
8 1 (0.46%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.46%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.46%) TestRail
8 1 (0.46%) Toad
8 1 (0.46%) Vite
General
1 112 (51.85%) Social Skills
2 100 (46.30%) Analytical Skills
3 82 (37.96%) Finance
4 25 (11.57%) Banking
5 18 (8.33%) Front Office
6 14 (6.48%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (6.02%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (4.17%) Marketing
8 9 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (3.70%) Financial Institution
9 8 (3.70%) Legal
10 6 (2.78%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.78%) Retail
11 4 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.85%) Law
11 4 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.39%) Advertising
12 3 (1.39%) Back Office
12 3 (1.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (21.30%) Analyst
2 24 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 19 (8.80%) Developer
4 16 (7.41%) Senior
5 13 (6.02%) Lead
6 11 (5.09%) Data Analyst
6 11 (5.09%) Project Manager
7 10 (4.63%) Data Engineer
8 9 (4.17%) Architect
8 9 (4.17%) Consultant
9 7 (3.24%) Digital Analyst
9 7 (3.24%) Programme Manager
9 7 (3.24%) Technical Leader
10 6 (2.78%) Digital Business Analyst
10 6 (2.78%) IT Analyst
11 5 (2.31%) Data Scientist
11 5 (2.31%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 5 (2.31%) Product Manager
11 5 (2.31%) Support Engineer
12 4 (1.85%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.87%) REST
2 11 (5.09%) SOAP
3 8 (3.70%) JSON
4 7 (3.24%) Kafka
4 7 (3.24%) React
4 7 (3.24%) RESTful
5 6 (2.78%) FIX Protocol
5 6 (2.78%) Web Services
6 5 (2.31%) LangChain
6 5 (2.31%) Lightning Web Components
6 5 (2.31%) Middleware
7 4 (1.85%) CSS
7 4 (1.85%) HTML
7 4 (1.85%) LangGraph
7 4 (1.85%) PySpark
7 4 (1.85%) Spring
7 4 (1.85%) WSDL
7 4 (1.85%) XML
8 3 (1.39%) Django
8 3 (1.39%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.94%) Product Ownership
2 12 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 12 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 10 (4.63%) Virtual Team
4 7 (3.24%) AI Agents
4 7 (3.24%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.24%) Equities
5 6 (2.78%) Algorithms
5 6 (2.78%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.31%) CMDB
6 5 (2.31%) Derivative
6 5 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.31%) Fixed Income
6 5 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.85%) DataPower
7 4 (1.85%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.85%) Online Banking
7 4 (1.85%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.63%) Windows
2 4 (1.85%) zOS
3 3 (1.39%) Linux
3 3 (1.39%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.39%) Unix
4 2 (0.93%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.93%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.46%) Android
5 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.46%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.46%) VMS
5 1 (0.46%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (25.00%) Agile
2 41 (18.98%) Stakeholder Management
3 36 (16.67%) AI
4 29 (13.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 28 (12.96%) Analytics
6 27 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (12.50%) Decision-Making
7 23 (10.65%) Computer Science
8 22 (10.19%) Validation
9 21 (9.72%) Data Modelling
10 19 (8.80%) Business Analysis
10 19 (8.80%) CI/CD
10 19 (8.80%) Migration
11 18 (8.33%) Data Governance
11 18 (8.33%) Data Science
11 18 (8.33%) User Acceptance Testing
12 17 (7.87%) Change Management
12 17 (7.87%) Project Management
12 17 (7.87%) Scrum
12 17 (7.87%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 46 (21.30%) SQL
2 43 (19.91%) Python
3 18 (8.33%) Java
4 12 (5.56%) C#
5 9 (4.17%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.78%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.31%) PowerShell
7 5 (2.31%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.85%) C++
8 4 (1.85%) JCL
8 4 (1.85%) R
9 3 (1.39%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.93%) Go
10 2 (0.93%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.46%) ABAP
11 1 (0.46%) Bicep
11 1 (0.46%) COBOL
11 1 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.46%) Perl
11 1 (0.46%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 29 (13.43%) Degree
2 18 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.48%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (4.17%) CISSP
6 8 (3.70%) PMI Certification
7 7 (3.24%) CRISC
8 5 (2.31%) CISM
8 5 (2.31%) PMP
9 4 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.85%) CISA
9 4 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.93%) CASP
10 2 (0.93%) CBAP
10 2 (0.93%) CCNA
10 2 (0.93%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.93%) GSEC
10 2 (0.93%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.80%) QA
2 18 (8.33%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.70%) GDPR
4 7 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.24%) PMO
4 7 (3.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (2.78%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.78%) NIST
6 4 (1.85%) COBIT
6 4 (1.85%) ITGC
6 4 (1.85%) WCAG
7 3 (1.39%) ISO 8583
7 3 (1.39%) MiFID
8 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.93%) GRC
8 2 (0.93%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.93%) IFRS
8 2 (0.93%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.93%) PSD2
9 1 (0.46%) EMIR
System Software
1 9 (4.17%) Docker
2 7 (3.24%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.46%) NFS
4 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.46%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.85%) Ansible
2 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.39%) Grafana
3 3 (1.39%) Terraform
4 2 (0.93%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.46%) Control-M
5 1 (0.46%) EMC VPLEX
5 1 (0.46%) logstash
5 1 (0.46%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.46%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.46%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.46%) vMotion
5 1 (0.46%) vRealize
5 1 (0.46%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 39 (18.06%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.09%) Oracle
2 11 (5.09%) ServiceNow
3 10 (4.63%) Google
4 9 (4.17%) Databricks
5 7 (3.24%) SAP
6 6 (2.78%) Bloomberg
6 6 (2.78%) Charles River
6 6 (2.78%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.31%) Informatica
7 5 (2.31%) VMware
7 5 (2.31%) Workday
8 4 (1.85%) Cisco
8 4 (1.85%) Splunk
9 3 (1.39%) AppDynamics
9 3 (1.39%) HP
9 3 (1.39%) Murex
10 2 (0.93%) Anaplan
10 2 (0.93%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.93%) Zscaler