Problem-Solving Contracts in the City of London

Problem Solving
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 12 25
Rank change year-on-year +7 +13 +1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 335 259 275
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 18.49% 12.13% 7.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.69% 13.31% 8.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 172 174
10th Percentile £331 £313 £313
25th Percentile £463 £423 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -2.17% +9.00%
75th Percentile £700 £702 £700
90th Percentile £819 £775 £875
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - +4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £15.15 - £15.44
25th Percentile £18.38 £46.75 £20.22
Median hourly rate £24.50 £48.50 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.48% -5.83% +18.39%
75th Percentile £44.50 £50.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £56.05 - £62.75
Central London median hourly rate £38.78 £26.56 £51.50
% change year-on-year +46.00% -48.43% +18.39%

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 1,701 1,946 3,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.87% 91.10% 91.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,091 1,348 2,138
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £552 £560 £600
% change year-on-year -1.43% -6.67% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 15 24
10th Percentile £17.02 £20.04 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.43 £20.36 £16.33
Median hourly rate £29.75 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.19% -22.86% -18.83%
75th Percentile £50.75 £40.92 £57.50
90th Percentile £66.25 £67.35 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £31.00 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.47% -20.54% -18.13%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the City of London

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in the City of London

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 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the City of London

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in the City of London

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 4 July 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 4 July 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 2 £310 -24.85% 1
Problem-Solving
Central London

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (4.18%) Apache Spark
1 14 (4.18%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.88%) Confluence
3 11 (3.28%) Apache
4 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.90%) CMS
5 3 (0.90%) SAS
6 2 (0.60%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.30%) CICS
7 1 (0.30%) Drupal
7 1 (0.30%) IIS
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.30%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 35 (10.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (6.87%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (4.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.49%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.60%) Trello
7 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.90%) CA PPM
2 3 (0.90%) ION Anvil
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.60%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.60%) SAP PLM
3 2 (0.60%) SAP VC
4 1 (0.30%) Magento
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.30%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.30%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.30%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 60 (17.91%) Azure
2 42 (12.54%) AWS
3 32 (9.55%) Power Platform
4 15 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (4.48%) SaaS
5 14 (4.18%) GCP
6 13 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (2.69%) GitHub
8 8 (2.39%) Amazon S3
8 8 (2.39%) Snowflake
9 7 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (2.09%) Serverless
10 5 (1.49%) Asana
11 4 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (1.19%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.19%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.19%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.90%) IaaS
12 3 (0.90%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.39%) Firewall
2 4 (1.19%) DNS
2 4 (1.19%) LAN
2 4 (1.19%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.19%) WAN
3 3 (0.90%) DHCP
3 3 (0.90%) NAS
3 3 (0.90%) Network Security
3 3 (0.90%) SSH
3 3 (0.90%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.60%) BGP
4 2 (0.60%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.60%) HTTP
4 2 (0.60%) MPLS
4 2 (0.60%) OSPF
4 2 (0.60%) SAN
4 2 (0.60%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.30%) Internet
5 1 (0.30%) VPN
5 1 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (8.06%) Power BI
2 18 (5.37%) SQL Server
3 11 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (2.99%) Tableau
5 9 (2.69%) Hadoop
6 8 (2.39%) Big Data
6 8 (2.39%) Data Mining
7 5 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.49%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.19%) Apache Hive
8 4 (1.19%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.19%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.19%) KDB
8 4 (1.19%) Looker
8 4 (1.19%) Metadata
8 4 (1.19%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.90%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.90%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 32 (9.55%) JIRA
2 21 (6.27%) Git
3 17 (5.07%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.09%) Selenium
5 4 (1.19%) JUnit
6 3 (0.90%) Bitbucket Server
6 3 (0.90%) GitLab
6 3 (0.90%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.90%) Postman
7 2 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.60%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.60%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.60%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.60%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.60%) JMeter
7 2 (0.60%) Maven
7 2 (0.60%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.60%) RStudio
7 2 (0.60%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.30%) MSI
General
1 199 (59.40%) Social Skills
2 151 (45.07%) Finance
3 134 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (17.61%) Banking
5 22 (6.57%) Front Office
6 21 (6.27%) Investment Banking
7 20 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (5.67%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (5.07%) Financial Institution
9 17 (5.07%) Public Sector
10 11 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (2.99%) Retail
12 9 (2.69%) Back Office
13 6 (1.79%) Law
14 5 (1.49%) Billing
14 5 (1.49%) International Banking
14 5 (1.49%) Marketing
14 5 (1.49%) Police
15 4 (1.19%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 63 (18.81%) Developer
2 61 (18.21%) Analyst
3 38 (11.34%) Senior
4 36 (10.75%) Business Analyst
5 27 (8.06%) Project Manager
6 24 (7.16%) Architect
7 21 (6.27%) Consultant
7 21 (6.27%) Lead
8 18 (5.37%) Java Developer
9 14 (4.18%) Data Analyst
10 11 (3.28%) Data Engineer
10 11 (3.28%) Support Analyst
11 10 (2.99%) Data Business Analyst
12 9 (2.69%) IT Support
12 9 (2.69%) Security Architect
13 7 (2.09%) Risk Consultant
13 7 (2.09%) Senior Analyst
13 7 (2.09%) Senior Consultant
13 7 (2.09%) Senior Developer
14 6 (1.79%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.58%) HTML
1 12 (3.58%) REST
2 11 (3.28%) .NET
2 11 (3.28%) CSS
3 10 (2.99%) Kafka
3 10 (2.99%) Middleware
3 10 (2.99%) RESTful
4 9 (2.69%) AngularJS
5 8 (2.39%) Spring
6 7 (2.09%) PySpark
7 6 (1.79%) SOAP
7 6 (1.79%) Web Services
8 5 (1.49%) OAuth
8 5 (1.49%) Spark Streaming
9 4 (1.19%) JSON
9 4 (1.19%) Pandas
9 4 (1.19%) scikit-learn
9 4 (1.19%) TensorFlow
9 4 (1.19%) XML
10 3 (0.90%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.48%) Market Risk
2 14 (4.18%) Product Ownership
3 11 (3.28%) Data Structures
3 11 (3.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (2.99%) Algorithms
4 10 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (2.99%) Fixed Income
4 10 (2.99%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.69%) Cloud Native
5 9 (2.69%) Reinsurance
6 7 (2.09%) Distributed Computing
6 7 (2.09%) Equities
6 7 (2.09%) Reference Data
7 6 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.49%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.19%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.19%) Derivative
9 4 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.19%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 30 (8.96%) Linux
2 26 (7.76%) Windows
3 15 (4.48%) Unix
4 8 (2.39%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.49%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.49%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.60%) Android
6 2 (0.60%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.60%) zOS
7 1 (0.30%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (33.13%) Agile
2 51 (15.22%) Project Management
3 49 (14.63%) DevOps
4 47 (14.03%) Analytics
5 44 (13.13%) CI/CD
6 39 (11.64%) Stakeholder Management
7 37 (11.04%) Decision-Making
8 34 (10.15%) Migration
8 34 (10.15%) User Acceptance Testing
9 32 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (9.55%) Scrum
10 31 (9.25%) Business Intelligence
11 27 (8.06%) Risk Management
12 24 (7.16%) Computer Science
12 24 (7.16%) SDLC
13 23 (6.87%) Roadmaps
14 22 (6.57%) Data Management
14 22 (6.57%) Software Engineering
15 21 (6.27%) Collaborative Working
15 21 (6.27%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 83 (24.78%) Python
2 69 (20.60%) SQL
3 36 (10.75%) Java
4 20 (5.97%) JavaScript
5 19 (5.67%) C#
6 15 (4.48%) PowerShell
7 14 (4.18%) Bash
8 9 (2.69%) C++
9 5 (1.49%) R
10 4 (1.19%) Scala
10 4 (1.19%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.90%) ABAP
11 3 (0.90%) Bicep
11 3 (0.90%) Groovy
11 3 (0.90%) VBA
12 2 (0.60%) Assembly Language
12 2 (0.60%) Go
12 2 (0.60%) Perl
12 2 (0.60%) REXX
13 1 (0.30%) PROC SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (14.93%) Degree
2 29 (8.66%) Security Cleared
3 20 (5.97%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.28%) PMP
6 9 (2.69%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.49%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.19%) CCNP
8 4 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.19%) CISM
8 4 (1.19%) CISSP
8 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.90%) ACCA
9 3 (0.90%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.90%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.60%) CCAB
10 2 (0.60%) CIMA
10 2 (0.60%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.07%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.58%) QA
3 10 (2.99%) PMO
4 9 (2.69%) GDPR
4 9 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.69%) NIST
5 7 (2.09%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.09%) Basel II
6 4 (1.19%) MiFID
7 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.60%) COBIT
7 2 (0.60%) EMIR
7 2 (0.60%) GAAP
7 2 (0.60%) GRC
7 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.30%) GxP
8 1 (0.30%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (3.58%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.39%) Docker
3 3 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.30%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.30%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.30%) OpenDJ
5 1 (0.30%) OpenIDM
5 1 (0.30%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.30%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.30%) XenApp
5 1 (0.30%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (6.27%) Terraform
2 20 (5.97%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.39%) Ansible
4 6 (1.79%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.19%) SCCM
6 3 (0.90%) Grafana
7 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.60%) Puppet
7 2 (0.60%) WSUS
8 1 (0.30%) Cisco LMS
8 1 (0.30%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.30%) Control-M
8 1 (0.30%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.30%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.30%) OMEGAMON
8 1 (0.30%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.30%) Packer
8 1 (0.30%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.30%) QRadar
8 1 (0.30%) yum
Vendors
1 61 (18.21%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.87%) Oracle
3 14 (4.18%) ServiceNow
4 11 (3.28%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.99%) Databricks
6 9 (2.69%) SAP
7 8 (2.39%) VMware
8 7 (2.09%) Cisco
8 7 (2.09%) Splunk
9 6 (1.79%) Google
9 6 (1.79%) IBM
10 4 (1.19%) Citrix
10 4 (1.19%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.19%) UiPath
10 4 (1.19%) Workday
11 3 (0.90%) Adobe
11 3 (0.90%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.90%) Broadcom
11 3 (0.90%) HP
11 3 (0.90%) ION Trading