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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -18 +6 +9
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 224 343 265
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.32% 18.27% 12.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.69% 19.43% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 230 182
10th Percentile £263 £331 £314
25th Percentile £413 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% - -
75th Percentile £650 £690 £700
90th Percentile £738 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £513 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -6.82% -3.51% +3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 0
10th Percentile £17.22 £16.23 -
25th Percentile - £21.06 -
Median hourly rate £17.60 £26.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.31% - -
75th Percentile - £37.50 -
90th Percentile - £53.25 -
Central London median hourly rate £17.60 £34.48 £26.56
% change year-on-year -48.96% +29.82% -49.41%

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 2,096 1,765 1,877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.22% 94.03% 91.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,416 1,153 1,278
10th Percentile £368 £331 £373
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 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 22 16
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.57 £17.25
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.43
Median hourly rate £19.50 £29.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.45% +10.19% -13.60%
75th Percentile £41.25 £54.75 £82.19
90th Percentile £60.78 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £31.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year -25.29% +14.81% -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 1 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 1 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 9 (4.02%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (4.02%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.13%) Confluence
3 4 (1.79%) CICS
4 2 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.89%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.45%) Apache
5 1 (0.45%) CMS
5 1 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.45%) IIS
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.34%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Remedy ITSM
1 4 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.89%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.89%) Bloomberg AIM
2 2 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.89%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.89%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.89%) SAP GRC
2 2 (0.89%) SAP MDG
2 2 (0.89%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.45%) Findur
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (0.45%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.45%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 47 (20.98%) Azure
2 31 (13.84%) AWS
3 21 (9.38%) Power Platform
4 20 (8.93%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (6.25%) Entra ID
6 11 (4.91%) GitHub
7 10 (4.46%) GCP
8 9 (4.02%) Serverless
9 7 (3.13%) SaaS
10 6 (2.68%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (2.68%) GitHub Copilot
10 6 (2.68%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (1.79%) Azure AI
11 4 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.79%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.79%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.79%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.91%) DNS
1 11 (4.91%) VPN
2 8 (3.57%) Firewall
3 7 (3.13%) Network Security
3 7 (3.13%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.68%) DHCP
5 4 (1.79%) LAN
5 4 (1.79%) VLAN
5 4 (1.79%) WAN
6 3 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.89%) Internet
7 2 (0.89%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.89%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.89%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.45%) 4G
8 1 (0.45%) 5G
8 1 (0.45%) DKIM
8 1 (0.45%) DMARC
8 1 (0.45%) Multicast
8 1 (0.45%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.25%) Power BI
2 8 (3.57%) NoSQL
3 6 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.68%) Db2
3 6 (2.68%) MongoDB
3 6 (2.68%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.23%) DynamoDB
4 5 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.79%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.79%) Metadata
5 4 (1.79%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.89%) Big Data
6 2 (0.89%) Power Query
6 2 (0.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.89%) Tableau
7 1 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.45%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 26 (11.61%) JIRA
2 8 (3.57%) GitLab
2 8 (3.57%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.68%) Git
4 4 (1.79%) Selenium
5 2 (0.89%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.89%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.89%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.89%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.89%) JUnit
5 2 (0.89%) Mockito
5 2 (0.89%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.45%) Appium
6 1 (0.45%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.45%) Gradle
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.45%) Snyk
6 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.45%) Vite
General
1 113 (50.45%) Social Skills
2 96 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 70 (31.25%) Finance
4 23 (10.27%) Banking
5 14 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.36%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (5.36%) Marketing
7 11 (4.91%) Financial Institution
8 10 (4.46%) Front Office
8 10 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (3.13%) Retail
9 7 (3.13%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.23%) Law
11 5 (2.23%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.79%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.34%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.34%) Legal
Job Titles
1 42 (18.75%) Analyst
2 23 (10.27%) Business Analyst
3 20 (8.93%) Architect
4 19 (8.48%) Senior
5 17 (7.59%) Developer
6 15 (6.70%) Support Engineer
7 11 (4.91%) Consultant
7 11 (4.91%) Project Manager
8 7 (3.13%) Data Analyst
8 7 (3.13%) Data Engineer
8 7 (3.13%) Digital Analyst
8 7 (3.13%) Digital Business Analyst
8 7 (3.13%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 7 (3.13%) IT Support
8 7 (3.13%) Lead
8 7 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (3.13%) Support Analyst
9 6 (2.68%) IT Analyst
9 6 (2.68%) IT Engineer
9 6 (2.68%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.59%) REST
2 15 (6.70%) React
3 10 (4.46%) JSON
3 10 (4.46%) Kafka
3 10 (4.46%) SOAP
4 9 (4.02%) .NET
5 6 (2.68%) AngularJS
5 6 (2.68%) Middleware
5 6 (2.68%) PySpark
5 6 (2.68%) Web Services
5 6 (2.68%) XML
6 5 (2.23%) RESTful
6 5 (2.23%) Spring
6 5 (2.23%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.79%) FIX Protocol
7 4 (1.79%) WSDL
8 3 (1.34%) CSS
8 3 (1.34%) Django
8 3 (1.34%) HTML
8 3 (1.34%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.93%) Onboarding
2 11 (4.91%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (4.91%) Product Ownership
3 9 (4.02%) Cloud Native
3 9 (4.02%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (3.13%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.68%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.23%) AI Agents
6 5 (2.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (2.23%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.79%) CMDB
7 4 (1.79%) DataPower
7 4 (1.79%) Fixed Income
7 4 (1.79%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.79%) NHS
7 4 (1.79%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 28 (12.50%) Windows
2 11 (4.91%) Mac OS
3 9 (4.02%) Linux
4 5 (2.23%) Unix
4 5 (2.23%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.23%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.79%) Android
5 4 (1.79%) zOS
6 3 (1.34%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.89%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.45%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.45%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.45%) VMS
8 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (28.57%) Agile
2 53 (23.66%) Stakeholder Management
3 47 (20.98%) AI
4 33 (14.73%) CI/CD
5 29 (12.95%) Analytics
5 29 (12.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 28 (12.50%) DevOps
7 26 (11.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 25 (11.16%) Decision-Making
9 23 (10.27%) Migration
10 21 (9.38%) ITIL
10 21 (9.38%) Validation
11 20 (8.93%) Microservices
12 19 (8.48%) Workflow
13 18 (8.04%) Data Modelling
14 17 (7.59%) Integration Patterns
14 17 (7.59%) Machine Learning
15 16 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
15 16 (7.14%) Data Engineering
15 16 (7.14%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 45 (20.09%) SQL
2 39 (17.41%) Python
3 19 (8.48%) Java
4 14 (6.25%) TypeScript
5 13 (5.80%) C#
6 12 (5.36%) JavaScript
7 10 (4.46%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.68%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.79%) JCL
10 3 (1.34%) Korn
10 3 (1.34%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.34%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.89%) Bicep
11 2 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.89%) Go
12 1 (0.45%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.45%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.45%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.45%) Scala
12 1 (0.45%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 28 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 20 (8.93%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.59%) Degree
4 6 (2.68%) CISSP
4 6 (2.68%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.23%) PMP
6 4 (1.79%) CISA
6 4 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.79%) CRISC
6 4 (1.79%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.89%) CCNA
8 2 (0.89%) CISM
8 2 (0.89%) CSPO
8 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.45%) CWNA
9 1 (0.45%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.70%) Data Quality
1 15 (6.70%) QA
2 7 (3.13%) GDPR
3 6 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (2.23%) NIST
5 4 (1.79%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.79%) COBIT
5 4 (1.79%) GRC
5 4 (1.79%) ITGC
5 4 (1.79%) PMO
6 3 (1.34%) SLA
6 3 (1.34%) WCAG
7 2 (0.89%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (0.89%) GxP
8 1 (0.45%) GAAP
8 1 (0.45%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.45%) IFRS
8 1 (0.45%) NCSC
8 1 (0.45%) PSD2
System Software
1 21 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.02%) Docker
3 2 (0.89%) IAG
3 2 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.45%) Firmware
4 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (5.80%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (3.13%) Terraform
4 4 (1.79%) Grafana
4 4 (1.79%) SCCM
5 3 (1.34%) Ansible
5 3 (1.34%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.45%) Control-M
7 1 (0.45%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.45%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.45%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.45%) WSUS
7 1 (0.45%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 57 (25.45%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.04%) ServiceNow
3 12 (5.36%) SAP
4 11 (4.91%) Google
5 10 (4.46%) Oracle
6 8 (3.57%) Databricks
7 7 (3.13%) Bloomberg
7 7 (3.13%) Splunk
8 6 (2.68%) Cisco
9 5 (2.23%) Apple
9 5 (2.23%) Salesforce
9 5 (2.23%) Workday
10 4 (1.79%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.79%) Remedy
11 3 (1.34%) Charles River
11 3 (1.34%) IBM
11 3 (1.34%) Informatica
11 3 (1.34%) MuleSoft
11 3 (1.34%) Zscaler
12 2 (0.89%) Okta