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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 +13
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 208 335 273
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 8.63% 18.00% 12.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.95% 19.14% 14.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 217 188
10th Percentile £263 £331 £312
25th Percentile £418 £445 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £575 £564
Median % change year-on-year -10.22% +2.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £656 £700 £696
90th Percentile £738 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £516 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -8.63% +2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £17.22 £15.15 -
25th Percentile - £18.38 £46.75
Median hourly rate £17.60 £24.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.16% -49.48% -7.62%
75th Percentile - £44.50 £50.25
90th Percentile - £56.05 -
Central London median hourly rate £17.60 £38.78 £37.53
% change year-on-year -54.61% +3.32% -28.51%

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 2,090 1,750 1,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 86.69% 94.04% 91.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,413 1,126 1,324
10th Percentile £368 £335 £363
25th Percentile £456 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £677 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £565
% change year-on-year - -2.65% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 21 19
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.08 £19.88
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.25 £31.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.68% -22.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £42.56 £56.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £60.25 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £32.50 £30.41
% change year-on-year -28.74% +6.89% -13.13%

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 22 July 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 22 July 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 (4.33%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.37%) Confluence
2 7 (3.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.92%) CICS
4 2 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.48%) Apache
5 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.48%) CMS
5 1 (0.48%) IIS
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.44%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.48%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.92%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.96%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.96%) Bloomberg AIM
3 2 (0.96%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.96%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.96%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.96%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.48%) Findur
4 1 (0.48%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.48%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.48%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 41 (19.71%) Azure
2 31 (14.90%) AWS
3 19 (9.13%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 14 (6.73%) Entra ID
6 11 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (5.29%) GCP
7 10 (4.81%) GitHub
8 6 (2.88%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (2.88%) GitHub Copilot
8 6 (2.88%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (2.88%) Serverless
9 5 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (2.40%) SaaS
10 4 (1.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (1.92%) Azure AI
10 4 (1.92%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.92%) Snowflake
11 3 (1.44%) Anthropic Claude
11 3 (1.44%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.81%) VPN
2 8 (3.85%) DNS
2 8 (3.85%) Firewall
3 7 (3.37%) Network Security
4 6 (2.88%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.92%) DHCP
5 4 (1.92%) LAN
5 4 (1.92%) WAN
6 3 (1.44%) Internet
6 3 (1.44%) VLAN
6 3 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.96%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.48%) 4G
8 1 (0.48%) 5G
8 1 (0.48%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.48%) DKIM
8 1 (0.48%) DMARC
8 1 (0.48%) Multicast
8 1 (0.48%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.48%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.81%) Power BI
2 7 (3.37%) NoSQL
3 6 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.88%) Db2
3 6 (2.88%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.40%) DynamoDB
4 5 (2.40%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.44%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.44%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.96%) Metadata
7 2 (0.96%) Power Query
7 2 (0.96%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.48%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.48%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.48%) KDB
Development Applications
1 25 (12.02%) JIRA
2 7 (3.37%) GitLab
2 7 (3.37%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.40%) Git
4 4 (1.92%) Selenium
5 2 (0.96%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.96%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.96%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.96%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.96%) JUnit
5 2 (0.96%) Mockito
5 2 (0.96%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.48%) Appium
6 1 (0.48%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.48%) Gradle
6 1 (0.48%) JDeveloper
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.48%) Snyk
6 1 (0.48%) Vite
6 1 (0.48%) WebDriver
General
1 112 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 92 (44.23%) Analytical Skills
3 67 (32.21%) Finance
4 21 (10.10%) Banking
5 13 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.77%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.85%) Financial Institution
7 8 (3.85%) Front Office
7 8 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.85%) Marketing
8 7 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.37%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.40%) Law
10 4 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.92%) Retail
11 3 (1.44%) Advertising
11 3 (1.44%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.44%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (17.31%) Analyst
2 19 (9.13%) Architect
2 19 (9.13%) Business Analyst
3 16 (7.69%) Senior
4 15 (7.21%) Developer
5 13 (6.25%) Project Manager
5 13 (6.25%) Support Engineer
6 10 (4.81%) Consultant
7 7 (3.37%) Digital Analyst
7 7 (3.37%) Digital Business Analyst
7 7 (3.37%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 7 (3.37%) IT Support
7 7 (3.37%) Lead
7 7 (3.37%) Support Analyst
8 6 (2.88%) Applications Support
8 6 (2.88%) Data Engineer
8 6 (2.88%) IT Analyst
8 6 (2.88%) IT Engineer
8 6 (2.88%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.21%) REST
2 13 (6.25%) React
3 11 (5.29%) JSON
3 11 (5.29%) Kafka
3 11 (5.29%) SOAP
4 7 (3.37%) .NET
4 7 (3.37%) Web Services
4 7 (3.37%) XML
5 6 (2.88%) AngularJS
5 6 (2.88%) PySpark
5 6 (2.88%) RESTful
6 5 (2.40%) Middleware
6 5 (2.40%) Spring
6 5 (2.40%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.92%) FIX Protocol
7 4 (1.92%) WSDL
8 3 (1.44%) Django
8 3 (1.44%) HTML
8 3 (1.44%) OAuth
8 3 (1.44%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.13%) Onboarding
2 10 (4.81%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (4.81%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.85%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.85%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (3.37%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.88%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.40%) AI Agents
6 5 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.40%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.92%) CMDB
7 4 (1.92%) Fixed Income
7 4 (1.92%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.92%) NHS
7 4 (1.92%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 24 (11.54%) Windows
2 11 (5.29%) Mac OS
3 8 (3.85%) Linux
4 4 (1.92%) Android
4 4 (1.92%) Unix
4 4 (1.92%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.92%) zOS
5 3 (1.44%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.44%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.48%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.48%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (28.85%) Agile
2 47 (22.60%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (21.15%) AI
4 28 (13.46%) CI/CD
4 28 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 26 (12.50%) Analytics
6 25 (12.02%) Decision-Making
6 25 (12.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 24 (11.54%) DevOps
8 23 (11.06%) Migration
9 22 (10.58%) Validation
10 20 (9.62%) ITIL
11 18 (8.65%) Microservices
11 18 (8.65%) Workflow
12 17 (8.17%) Change Management
12 17 (8.17%) Collaborative Working
12 17 (8.17%) Machine Learning
13 16 (7.69%) Asset Management
13 16 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
14 15 (7.21%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 43 (20.67%) SQL
2 36 (17.31%) Python
3 18 (8.65%) Java
4 11 (5.29%) TypeScript
5 10 (4.81%) C#
5 10 (4.81%) JavaScript
6 7 (3.37%) PowerShell
7 6 (2.88%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.92%) JCL
9 3 (1.44%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.44%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.96%) Bicep
10 2 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.96%) Go
11 1 (0.48%) ABAP
11 1 (0.48%) C++
11 1 (0.48%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.48%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.48%) RPG
11 1 (0.48%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 24 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 19 (9.13%) Degree
3 18 (8.65%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.88%) CISSP
5 5 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.40%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.40%) PMP
6 4 (1.92%) CISA
6 4 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.92%) CRISC
6 4 (1.92%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.96%) CCNA
8 2 (0.96%) CISM
8 2 (0.96%) CSPO
8 2 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.48%) CCNP
9 1 (0.48%) CCSP
9 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.73%) Data Quality
1 14 (6.73%) QA
2 9 (4.33%) GDPR
3 6 (2.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.40%) NIST
4 5 (2.40%) PMO
5 4 (1.92%) COBIT
5 4 (1.92%) GRC
5 4 (1.92%) ITGC
6 3 (1.44%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.44%) SLA
7 2 (0.96%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (0.96%) GxP
7 2 (0.96%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.96%) WCAG
8 1 (0.48%) GAAP
8 1 (0.48%) NCSC
8 1 (0.48%) PERC
8 1 (0.48%) Solvency II
System Software
1 18 (8.65%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.33%) Docker
3 2 (0.96%) IAG
3 2 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.48%) Firmware
4 1 (0.48%) NFS
4 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (5.77%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.40%) Terraform
4 4 (1.92%) Grafana
5 3 (1.44%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.96%) Ansible
6 2 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.96%) SCCM
7 1 (0.48%) Control-M
7 1 (0.48%) EMC VPLEX
7 1 (0.48%) logstash
7 1 (0.48%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.48%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.48%) vMotion
7 1 (0.48%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 51 (24.52%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.17%) ServiceNow
3 11 (5.29%) Google
4 10 (4.81%) SAP
5 9 (4.33%) Oracle
6 6 (2.88%) Bloomberg
6 6 (2.88%) Splunk
7 5 (2.40%) Apple
7 5 (2.40%) Cisco
7 5 (2.40%) Databricks
7 5 (2.40%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.40%) Workday
8 4 (1.92%) Informatica
8 4 (1.92%) Remedy
9 3 (1.44%) Charles River
9 3 (1.44%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.44%) IBM
9 3 (1.44%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.44%) Zscaler
10 2 (0.96%) Okta