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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 9 17
Rank change year-on-year +4 +8 +13
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 305 285 257
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 17.72% 13.51% 9.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.86% 14.74% 10.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 179 182
10th Percentile £321 £346 £321
25th Percentile £405 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £725
90th Percentile £780 £753 £850
Central London median daily rate £525 £550 £571
% change year-on-year -4.55% -3.72% +3.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile £15.87 £33.60 £16.65
25th Percentile £20.18 £63.00 £23.25
Median hourly rate £24.50 £112.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -78.13% +198.67% -31.19%
75th Percentile £28.75 - £54.75
90th Percentile £40.00 - £63.15
Central London median hourly rate £26.00 £112.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -76.79% +86.67% +10.09%

All Process and 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 1,617 1,933 2,486
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.96% 91.65% 89.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,123 1,187 1,740
10th Percentile £329 £375 £363
25th Percentile £419 £464 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £583
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -1.37% +1.39%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £695
90th Percentile £758 £783 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 16
10th Percentile £16.96 £16.70 £15.63
25th Percentile £20.18 £23.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £42.50 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% +29.77% -30.13%
75th Percentile £41.75 £112.00 £52.63
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £71.25
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year -21.43% +6.87% -24.26%

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 2025. 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
Moorgate - 1 £390 -
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 16 (5.25%) Confluence
2 6 (1.97%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.66%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.66%) CMS
5 1 (0.33%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.33%) Apache
5 1 (0.33%) IIS
5 1 (0.33%) SAS
5 1 (0.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 32 (10.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (5.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.31%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.31%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.31%) Oracle EBS R12
1 4 (1.31%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (0.98%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (0.98%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.66%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.66%) SAP PLM
3 2 (0.66%) SAP VC
4 1 (0.33%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.33%) ION Anvil
4 1 (0.33%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 46 (15.08%) Azure
2 40 (13.11%) AWS
3 29 (9.51%) Power Platform
4 14 (4.59%) GCP
5 12 (3.93%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (3.28%) Snowflake
7 9 (2.95%) GitHub
7 9 (2.95%) SaaS
8 7 (2.30%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (1.64%) IaaS
9 5 (1.64%) PaaS
10 4 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.31%) Serverless
11 3 (0.98%) Google Gemini
12 2 (0.66%) Amazon SageMaker
12 2 (0.66%) Azure Functions
12 2 (0.66%) Collibra
12 2 (0.66%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.97%) DNS
1 6 (1.97%) Firewall
2 5 (1.64%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.64%) WAN
3 4 (1.31%) Network Security
4 3 (0.98%) BGP
4 3 (0.98%) Cisco IPT
4 3 (0.98%) IP Telephony
4 3 (0.98%) OSPF
4 3 (0.98%) VPN
5 2 (0.66%) Internet
5 2 (0.66%) LAN
5 2 (0.66%) MPLS
5 2 (0.66%) SAN
5 2 (0.66%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.66%) Softphone
5 2 (0.66%) SSL
5 2 (0.66%) Wireless
6 1 (0.33%) Multicast
6 1 (0.33%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.20%) Power BI
2 12 (3.93%) Relational Database
3 10 (3.28%) Tableau
4 9 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.62%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.64%) Hadoop
6 5 (1.64%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.64%) MySQL
6 5 (1.64%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.31%) Data Mining
7 4 (1.31%) MemSQL
7 4 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.98%) DB2
8 3 (0.98%) KDB
8 3 (0.98%) Sybase IQ
9 2 (0.66%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.66%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.66%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 28 (9.18%) JIRA
2 21 (6.89%) Git
3 8 (2.62%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.30%) Selenium
5 5 (1.64%) Cucumber
5 5 (1.64%) Postman
6 4 (1.31%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.31%) GitLab
7 3 (0.98%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.66%) CocoaPods
8 2 (0.66%) Crashlytics
8 2 (0.66%) fastlane
8 2 (0.66%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.66%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.66%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.66%) Xcode
9 1 (0.33%) Gatling
9 1 (0.33%) ScriptRunner
9 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.33%) TestRail
General
1 172 (56.39%) Social Skills
2 135 (44.26%) Analytical Skills
3 121 (39.67%) Finance
4 43 (14.10%) Banking
5 25 (8.20%) Front Office
6 14 (4.59%) Investment Banking
7 13 (4.26%) Financial Institution
8 11 (3.61%) Public Sector
9 10 (3.28%) Back Office
9 10 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.97%) Legal
10 6 (1.97%) Marketing
10 6 (1.97%) Retail
11 5 (1.64%) Spanish Language
12 4 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.31%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (19.34%) Analyst
2 51 (16.72%) Developer
3 32 (10.49%) Business Analyst
4 26 (8.52%) Senior
5 21 (6.89%) Lead
6 19 (6.23%) Consultant
7 18 (5.90%) Architect
8 15 (4.92%) Project Manager
9 12 (3.93%) Java Developer
10 7 (2.30%) Data Engineer
10 7 (2.30%) Data Scientist
10 7 (2.30%) Programme Manager
10 7 (2.30%) Python Engineer
10 7 (2.30%) Support Analyst
11 6 (1.97%) Data Analyst
11 6 (1.97%) IT Analyst
11 6 (1.97%) Test Engineer
12 5 (1.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 5 (1.64%) Senior Developer
13 4 (1.31%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.25%) .NET
2 14 (4.59%) RESTful
3 12 (3.93%) CSS
3 12 (3.93%) HTML
4 9 (2.95%) REST
5 7 (2.30%) Spring
6 6 (1.97%) Kafka
7 5 (1.64%) HTML5
7 5 (1.64%) Middleware
7 5 (1.64%) Web Services
7 5 (1.64%) XML
8 4 (1.31%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.31%) jQuery
8 4 (1.31%) Node.js
8 4 (1.31%) OAuth
8 4 (1.31%) Pandas
8 4 (1.31%) React
8 4 (1.31%) scikit-learn
9 3 (0.98%) OAuth2
9 3 (0.98%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.25%) Product Ownership
2 14 (4.59%) Algorithms
3 11 (3.61%) Data Structures
4 10 (3.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (2.95%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.62%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (2.30%) Fixed Income
7 7 (2.30%) Reinsurance
8 6 (1.97%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.97%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.64%) Distributed Computing
9 5 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.31%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.31%) Derivative
10 4 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.31%) Market Risk
10 4 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.31%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 28 (9.18%) Windows
2 17 (5.57%) Linux
3 10 (3.28%) Unix
4 7 (2.30%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.31%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.98%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.66%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.33%) Solaris
8 1 (0.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (31.48%) Agile
2 45 (14.75%) CI/CD
3 44 (14.43%) Analytics
4 42 (13.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (11.80%) DevOps
5 36 (11.80%) Stakeholder Management
6 32 (10.49%) Migration
6 32 (10.49%) Project Management
7 30 (9.84%) Business Intelligence
7 30 (9.84%) Scrum
8 28 (9.18%) Decision-Making
9 27 (8.85%) Data Analysis
9 27 (8.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 26 (8.52%) Computer Science
10 26 (8.52%) Test Automation
11 25 (8.20%) User Acceptance Testing
12 21 (6.89%) Roadmaps
12 21 (6.89%) SDLC
13 20 (6.56%) AI
14 18 (5.90%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 69 (22.62%) Python
2 56 (18.36%) SQL
3 34 (11.15%) Java
4 22 (7.21%) C#
5 17 (5.57%) JavaScript
6 10 (3.28%) PowerShell
7 8 (2.62%) Bash
8 7 (2.30%) C++
9 5 (1.64%) Go
9 5 (1.64%) R
10 4 (1.31%) Korn
11 3 (0.98%) Swift
11 3 (0.98%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.98%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.98%) VBA
12 2 (0.66%) ABAP
12 2 (0.66%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.66%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.66%) PHP
12 2 (0.66%) RPG
Qualifications
1 43 (14.10%) Degree
2 22 (7.21%) Security Cleared
3 17 (5.57%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.30%) PMP
6 5 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.64%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.98%) ACCA
7 3 (0.98%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.98%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.66%) CBAP
8 2 (0.66%) CCAB
8 2 (0.66%) CCNP
8 2 (0.66%) CIMA
8 2 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.66%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.66%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.33%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.89%) QA
2 15 (4.92%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.97%) PMO
4 5 (1.64%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.31%) Basel II
6 2 (0.66%) GDPR
6 2 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.33%) EMIR
7 1 (0.33%) GRC
7 1 (0.33%) IFRS
7 1 (0.33%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.33%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.33%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.33%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.33%) NIST
7 1 (0.33%) PSD2
7 1 (0.33%) SEPA
System Software
1 15 (4.92%) Docker
2 12 (3.93%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.33%) Firmware
5 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 21 (6.89%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.61%) Terraform
3 9 (2.95%) Ansible
4 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.98%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.98%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 2 (0.66%) Grafana
6 2 (0.66%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.66%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.66%) SCCM
7 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.33%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.33%) Packer
7 1 (0.33%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.33%) WMI
7 1 (0.33%) yum
7 1 (0.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 57 (18.69%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.23%) Oracle
3 11 (3.61%) Google
4 10 (3.28%) VMware
5 9 (2.95%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.30%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.97%) Citrix
7 6 (1.97%) SAP
8 5 (1.64%) Cisco
8 5 (1.64%) Databricks
8 5 (1.64%) Splunk
8 5 (1.64%) UiPath
8 5 (1.64%) Workday
9 4 (1.31%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.31%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.31%) Symantec
10 3 (0.98%) Adobe
10 3 (0.98%) Altiris
10 3 (0.98%) ION Trading
10 3 (0.98%) Ivanti