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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -14 +4 +15
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 228 344 274
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.77% 18.67% 13.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.15% 19.80% 14.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 226 176
10th Percentile £267 £315 £334
25th Percentile £419 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £570 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -0.87% -
75th Percentile £669 £685 £708
90th Percentile £738 £813 £775
Central London median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 1
10th Percentile £17.29 £16.23 -
25th Percentile - £21.06 £14.00
Median hourly rate £17.60 £26.00 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.31% +73.33% -60.00%
75th Percentile - £37.50 £16.00
90th Percentile £21.01 £53.25 -
Central London median hourly rate £17.60 £34.48 £20.78
% change year-on-year -48.96% +65.93% -44.59%

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 2,045 1,737 1,895
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.62% 94.25% 92.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,405 1,134 1,262
10th Percentile £376 £325 £375
25th Percentile £456 £425 £475
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 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 24 16
10th Percentile - £17.89 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £24.43 £19.79
Median hourly rate £19.50 £28.33 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -31.16% +6.38% -3.18%
75th Percentile £33.10 £47.00 £82.19
90th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £24.65 £29.07 £26.78
% change year-on-year -15.22% +8.55% -23.49%

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 20 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 20 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 - 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 13 (5.70%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (3.95%) Confluence
4 4 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.75%) CICS
5 3 (1.32%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.44%) Apache
6 1 (0.44%) CMS
6 1 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.44%) IIS
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.44%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.32%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.44%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.19%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.88%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.88%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.88%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.88%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.44%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.44%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.44%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 49 (21.49%) Azure
2 32 (14.04%) AWS
3 22 (9.65%) Power Platform
4 21 (9.21%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (6.58%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (6.14%) Entra ID
7 12 (5.26%) GitHub
8 11 (4.82%) Serverless
9 10 (4.39%) GCP
10 9 (3.95%) SaaS
11 7 (3.07%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (2.63%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (2.63%) PowerApps
13 5 (2.19%) Amazon S3
13 5 (2.19%) dbt
13 5 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (2.19%) GitHub Copilot
13 5 (2.19%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.26%) DNS
2 11 (4.82%) VPN
3 8 (3.51%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.07%) Firewall
5 6 (2.63%) DHCP
5 6 (2.63%) Network Security
6 5 (2.19%) VLAN
7 3 (1.32%) LAN
7 3 (1.32%) WAN
8 2 (0.88%) BGP
8 2 (0.88%) SSL
8 2 (0.88%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.88%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.44%) DKIM
9 1 (0.44%) DMARC
9 1 (0.44%) Multicast
9 1 (0.44%) NX-OS
9 1 (0.44%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.44%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.14%) Power BI
2 10 (4.39%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (3.07%) NoSQL
4 6 (2.63%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.19%) Db2
5 5 (2.19%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.19%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.75%) Metadata
6 4 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.75%) SAP BW
7 3 (1.32%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.32%) Power Query
7 3 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.32%) Tableau
8 2 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.88%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.88%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.88%) Looker
Development Applications
1 31 (13.60%) JIRA
2 9 (3.95%) GitLab
3 8 (3.51%) Git
3 8 (3.51%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.75%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.75%) Selenium
5 3 (1.32%) Artifactory
5 3 (1.32%) JUnit
6 2 (0.88%) Appium
6 2 (0.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.88%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.88%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.88%) JMeter
6 2 (0.88%) Mockito
6 2 (0.88%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.44%) eggPlant
7 1 (0.44%) Gradle
7 1 (0.44%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.44%) SonarQube
General
1 115 (50.44%) Social Skills
2 95 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (33.77%) Finance
4 27 (11.84%) Banking
5 14 (6.14%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.70%) Marketing
7 10 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.95%) Financial Institution
8 9 (3.95%) Front Office
8 9 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.51%) Retail
10 7 (3.07%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.19%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.32%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.32%) Law
12 3 (1.32%) Legal
12 3 (1.32%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 40 (17.54%) Analyst
2 22 (9.65%) Architect
2 22 (9.65%) Developer
3 20 (8.77%) Senior
4 19 (8.33%) Business Analyst
5 16 (7.02%) Support Engineer
6 12 (5.26%) Consultant
6 12 (5.26%) Project Manager
7 11 (4.82%) Lead
8 8 (3.51%) Data Engineer
8 8 (3.51%) IT Support
8 8 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (3.07%) Applications Support
9 7 (3.07%) Digital Analyst
9 7 (3.07%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 7 (3.07%) IT Engineer
9 7 (3.07%) IT Support Engineer
9 7 (3.07%) Support Analyst
10 6 (2.63%) Digital Business Analyst
10 6 (2.63%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.46%) REST
2 15 (6.58%) React
3 13 (5.70%) .NET
4 11 (4.82%) SOAP
5 10 (4.39%) JSON
6 9 (3.95%) Kafka
6 9 (3.95%) Terraform
7 8 (3.51%) Web Services
8 7 (3.07%) PySpark
8 7 (3.07%) RESTful
9 6 (2.63%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.63%) Spring
9 6 (2.63%) Spring Boot
9 6 (2.63%) XML
10 4 (1.75%) CSS
10 4 (1.75%) HTML
10 4 (1.75%) Middleware
10 4 (1.75%) WSDL
11 3 (1.32%) Django
11 3 (1.32%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.21%) Onboarding
2 11 (4.82%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (4.82%) Product Ownership
3 10 (4.39%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.95%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (3.07%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.63%) AI Agents
6 6 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.19%) CMDB
7 5 (2.19%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.19%) Fixed Income
7 5 (2.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.19%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.75%) DataPower
8 4 (1.75%) Life Science
8 4 (1.75%) Mainframe
8 4 (1.75%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 29 (12.72%) Windows
2 12 (5.26%) Linux
3 11 (4.82%) Mac OS
4 8 (3.51%) Unix
5 6 (2.63%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.63%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.75%) zOS
7 3 (1.32%) Android
7 3 (1.32%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.88%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.44%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.44%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.44%) VMS
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (32.89%) Agile
2 59 (25.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (21.05%) AI
4 40 (17.54%) CI/CD
5 35 (15.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 35 (15.35%) DevOps
6 28 (12.28%) Analytics
6 28 (12.28%) Decision-Making
7 27 (11.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 25 (10.96%) Migration
9 22 (9.65%) ITIL
10 20 (8.77%) Data Engineering
10 20 (8.77%) Workflow
11 19 (8.33%) Scrum
11 19 (8.33%) Validation
12 18 (7.89%) Data Governance
12 18 (7.89%) Data Modelling
12 18 (7.89%) Machine Learning
12 18 (7.89%) Microservices
12 18 (7.89%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 49 (21.49%) SQL
2 46 (20.18%) Python
3 20 (8.77%) Java
4 15 (6.58%) TypeScript
5 13 (5.70%) C#
5 13 (5.70%) JavaScript
5 13 (5.70%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.63%) Shell Script
7 5 (2.19%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.75%) JCL
9 3 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.32%) Korn
10 2 (0.88%) Bash
10 2 (0.88%) Go
10 2 (0.88%) Perl
11 1 (0.44%) C++
11 1 (0.44%) COBOL
11 1 (0.44%) RPG
11 1 (0.44%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (10.96%) Security Cleared
2 18 (7.89%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.46%) Degree
4 6 (2.63%) CISSP
4 6 (2.63%) PMP
5 5 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.19%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.75%) CISA
6 4 (1.75%) CRISC
6 4 (1.75%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.88%) CISM
8 2 (0.88%) CSPO
8 2 (0.88%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.44%) CWNA
9 1 (0.44%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.02%) Data Quality
2 15 (6.58%) QA
3 7 (3.07%) GDPR
4 6 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.63%) PMO
4 6 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (2.19%) NIST
6 4 (1.75%) COBIT
6 4 (1.75%) GRC
6 4 (1.75%) ITGC
7 3 (1.32%) SLA
8 2 (0.88%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.88%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.88%) GxP
8 2 (0.88%) WCAG
9 1 (0.44%) IFRS
9 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.44%) NCSC
9 1 (0.44%) PERC
9 1 (0.44%) PSD2
System Software
1 22 (9.65%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.82%) Docker
3 2 (0.88%) IAG
3 2 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.44%) Firmware
4 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (5.70%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.19%) SCCM
4 4 (1.75%) Ansible
4 4 (1.75%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (1.32%) Grafana
6 2 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.88%) WSUS
7 1 (0.44%) Control-M
7 1 (0.44%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.44%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.44%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.44%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.44%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 62 (27.19%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.77%) ServiceNow
3 14 (6.14%) Oracle
4 12 (5.26%) Google
5 11 (4.82%) SAP
6 10 (4.39%) Databricks
7 7 (3.07%) Splunk
8 6 (2.63%) Apple
8 6 (2.63%) Cisco
9 5 (2.19%) Bloomberg
9 5 (2.19%) Dynatrace
9 5 (2.19%) Remedy
9 5 (2.19%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.75%) IBM
10 4 (1.75%) Workday
11 3 (1.32%) BMC
11 3 (1.32%) ION Trading
11 3 (1.32%) VMware
12 2 (0.88%) Adobe
12 2 (0.88%) Informatica