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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 4 9
Rank change year-on-year -15 +5 +10
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 231 313 289
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 10.75% 18.12% 13.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.88% 19.19% 14.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 219 183
10th Percentile £281 £320 £340
25th Percentile £414 £406 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £650 £680 £688
90th Percentile £725 £815 £767
Central London median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
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 1,944 1,631 1,953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.46% 94.44% 91.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,350 1,107 1,218
10th Percentile £365 £325 £366
25th Percentile £455 £425 £463
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 £768 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 19 20
10th Percentile £17.39 £16.96 £15.80
25th Percentile £17.60 £21.09 £21.63
Median hourly rate £20.25 £27.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.36% -22.54% +13.60%
75th Percentile £27.35 £39.88 £97.38
90th Percentile £44.85 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% -21.43% +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 9 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 9 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 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (5.19%) Confluence
3 11 (4.76%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.60%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.73%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.87%) Apache
6 2 (0.87%) SAS
7 1 (0.43%) CICS
7 1 (0.43%) CMS
7 1 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.43%) IIS
7 1 (0.43%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 7 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.87%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.16%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.73%) Aladdin
2 4 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.87%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.87%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.87%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.43%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.43%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 54 (23.38%) Azure
2 27 (11.69%) AWS
3 26 (11.26%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (10.39%) Power Platform
5 18 (7.79%) Entra ID
6 16 (6.93%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (6.06%) GitHub
8 11 (4.76%) GCP
8 11 (4.76%) Serverless
9 10 (4.33%) SaaS
10 7 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (3.03%) dbt
10 7 (3.03%) PowerApps
11 6 (2.60%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (2.60%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (2.60%) Power Automate
12 5 (2.16%) GitHub Copilot
12 5 (2.16%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.93%) DNS
2 14 (6.06%) VPN
3 11 (4.76%) TCP/IP
4 9 (3.90%) DHCP
5 7 (3.03%) Firewall
6 6 (2.60%) VLAN
7 4 (1.73%) Network Security
8 3 (1.30%) Unified Communications
8 3 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.87%) BGP
9 2 (0.87%) LAN
9 2 (0.87%) SSL
9 2 (0.87%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.87%) WAN
10 1 (0.43%) DKIM
10 1 (0.43%) DMARC
10 1 (0.43%) Ethernet VPN
10 1 (0.43%) Multicast
10 1 (0.43%) NX-OS
10 1 (0.43%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.93%) Power BI
2 12 (5.19%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.46%) SQL Server
4 7 (3.03%) Metadata
5 5 (2.16%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.16%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.73%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.73%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.73%) SAP BW
6 4 (1.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.30%) Delta Lake
7 3 (1.30%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.30%) Tableau
8 2 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.87%) Big Data
8 2 (0.87%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.87%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.87%) Db2
Development Applications
1 34 (14.72%) JIRA
2 11 (4.76%) Jenkins
3 10 (4.33%) Git
4 6 (2.60%) GitLab
5 5 (2.16%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.73%) Artifactory
6 4 (1.73%) JUnit
6 4 (1.73%) Selenium
7 3 (1.30%) JDeveloper
7 3 (1.30%) Mockito
7 3 (1.30%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.87%) Appium
8 2 (0.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.87%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.87%) JMeter
8 2 (0.87%) Maven
8 2 (0.87%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.43%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
General
1 118 (51.08%) Social Skills
2 97 (41.99%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (38.10%) Finance
4 36 (15.58%) Banking
5 18 (7.79%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.63%) Front Office
7 11 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (4.33%) Marketing
9 9 (3.90%) Financial Institution
9 9 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.46%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (3.03%) Retail
12 6 (2.60%) Investment Banking
12 6 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (2.16%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.73%) Retail Banking
14 4 (1.73%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.30%) Back Office
15 3 (1.30%) Legal
Job Titles
1 40 (17.32%) Analyst
2 25 (10.82%) Developer
3 24 (10.39%) Senior
4 20 (8.66%) Business Analyst
5 17 (7.36%) Architect
5 17 (7.36%) Support Engineer
6 15 (6.49%) Lead
7 14 (6.06%) Consultant
8 12 (5.19%) IT Support
9 11 (4.76%) Project Manager
10 9 (3.90%) Applications Support
11 8 (3.46%) Data Engineer
11 8 (3.46%) IT Engineer
11 8 (3.46%) IT Support Engineer
11 8 (3.46%) Support Analyst
12 7 (3.03%) Applications Engineer
12 7 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
13 6 (2.60%) Java Developer
13 6 (2.60%) Technical Analyst
14 5 (2.16%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.66%) REST
2 18 (7.79%) .NET
3 14 (6.06%) React
4 13 (5.63%) SOAP
5 11 (4.76%) Terraform
6 9 (3.90%) Web Services
7 8 (3.46%) JSON
7 8 (3.46%) Kafka
8 7 (3.03%) AngularJS
8 7 (3.03%) PySpark
8 7 (3.03%) Spring
8 7 (3.03%) Spring Boot
9 6 (2.60%) RESTful
9 6 (2.60%) XML
10 4 (1.73%) CSS
10 4 (1.73%) HTML
10 4 (1.73%) Middleware
10 4 (1.73%) Node.js
10 4 (1.73%) OAuth
11 3 (1.30%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.52%) Onboarding
2 15 (6.49%) Cloud Native
2 15 (6.49%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.90%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (3.03%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.60%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (2.60%) Fixed Income
5 6 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.16%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.73%) Life Science
8 3 (1.30%) CMDB
8 3 (1.30%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.30%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.30%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (15.58%) Windows
2 13 (5.63%) Linux
3 10 (4.33%) Mac OS
4 8 (3.46%) Unix
4 8 (3.46%) Windows 10
5 7 (3.03%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.30%) Android
6 3 (1.30%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.43%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.43%) VMS
8 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.43%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (33.77%) Agile
1 78 (33.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 47 (20.35%) CI/CD
2 47 (20.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 41 (17.75%) DevOps
4 40 (17.32%) AI
5 34 (14.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 33 (14.29%) Migration
7 26 (11.26%) Decision-Making
8 25 (10.82%) Analytics
9 23 (9.96%) Translating Business Requirements
10 21 (9.09%) Data Engineering
10 21 (9.09%) ITIL
11 20 (8.66%) Data Governance
11 20 (8.66%) Scrum
11 20 (8.66%) Service Delivery
12 19 (8.23%) User Stories
12 19 (8.23%) Validation
13 18 (7.79%) Collaborative Working
13 18 (7.79%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 47 (20.35%) SQL
2 44 (19.05%) Python
3 21 (9.09%) Java
4 17 (7.36%) PowerShell
5 14 (6.06%) JavaScript
5 14 (6.06%) TypeScript
6 13 (5.63%) C#
7 5 (2.16%) Korn
7 5 (2.16%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.73%) Bash
8 4 (1.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.30%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.87%) Perl
11 1 (0.43%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.43%) C++
11 1 (0.43%) COBOL
11 1 (0.43%) JCL
11 1 (0.43%) RPG
11 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (12.99%) Security Cleared
2 22 (9.52%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.06%) Degree
4 7 (3.03%) PMI Certification
5 6 (2.60%) PMP
6 5 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.16%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.73%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.30%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.30%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.87%) CCNP
9 2 (0.87%) CISA
9 2 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.87%) CISSP
9 2 (0.87%) CSPO
9 2 (0.87%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.43%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.66%) Data Quality
2 15 (6.49%) QA
3 6 (2.60%) GDPR
4 5 (2.16%) PMO
4 5 (2.16%) SLA
5 4 (1.73%) GRC
5 4 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.87%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (0.87%) GxP
6 2 (0.87%) PSD2
6 2 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.43%) Basel III
7 1 (0.43%) COBIT
7 1 (0.43%) GAAP
7 1 (0.43%) GMP
7 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.43%) IFRS
7 1 (0.43%) ITGC
7 1 (0.43%) NIST
7 1 (0.43%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (11.69%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.33%) Docker
3 4 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.87%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.87%) IAG
6 1 (0.43%) Firmware
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (5.63%) Kubernetes
1 13 (5.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.46%) SCCM
3 7 (3.03%) Grafana
4 5 (2.16%) ITRS Geneos
5 4 (1.73%) Ansible
5 4 (1.73%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.87%) WSUS
8 1 (0.43%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.43%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.43%) PingFederate
8 1 (0.43%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.43%) SCOM
8 1 (0.43%) SCOrch
8 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 75 (32.47%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.66%) ServiceNow
3 18 (7.79%) Oracle
4 14 (6.06%) Databricks
5 12 (5.19%) SAP
6 11 (4.76%) Google
7 7 (3.03%) Bloomberg
7 7 (3.03%) Splunk
8 6 (2.60%) Apple
8 6 (2.60%) Dynatrace
9 5 (2.16%) Cisco
9 5 (2.16%) ION Trading
9 5 (2.16%) Remedy
9 5 (2.16%) VMware
10 4 (1.73%) IBM
10 4 (1.73%) Refinitiv
10 4 (1.73%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.73%) Workday
11 3 (1.30%) Citrix
11 3 (1.30%) MuleSoft