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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 6 10
Rank change year-on-year -15 +4 +14
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 230 343 273
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.77% 18.38% 13.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.17% 19.50% 14.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 226 177
10th Percentile £265 £315 £335
25th Percentile £413 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £570 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% -0.87% +1.32%
75th Percentile £669 £688 £700
90th Percentile £738 £813 £775
Central London median daily rate £513 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -6.82% -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 2,060 1,759 1,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.51% 94.27% 91.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,407 1,155 1,273
10th Percentile £379 £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 £770 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 22 17
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.35 £15.20
25th Percentile £18.18 £23.98 £20.22
Median hourly rate £19.50 £28.33 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.16% +4.91% -1.82%
75th Percentile £32.05 £53.50 £78.75
90th Percentile £57.49 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £22.83 £29.07 £27.00
% change year-on-year -21.47% +7.67% -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 14 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 14 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 12 (5.22%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.48%) Confluence
4 4 (1.74%) CICS
5 2 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.87%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.43%) Apache
6 1 (0.43%) CMS
6 1 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.43%) IIS
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.30%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.87%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.87%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.87%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.87%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.43%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.43%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.43%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 48 (20.87%) Azure
2 31 (13.48%) AWS
3 21 (9.13%) Power Platform
4 20 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (6.09%) Entra ID
6 13 (5.65%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (5.22%) GitHub
8 9 (3.91%) GCP
8 9 (3.91%) SaaS
8 9 (3.91%) Serverless
9 6 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (2.61%) GitHub Copilot
10 5 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (2.17%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.74%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.74%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.22%) DNS
1 12 (5.22%) VPN
2 8 (3.48%) Firewall
2 8 (3.48%) TCP/IP
3 7 (3.04%) Network Security
4 6 (2.61%) DHCP
5 5 (2.17%) VLAN
6 4 (1.74%) LAN
6 4 (1.74%) WAN
7 3 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.87%) BGP
8 2 (0.87%) Internet
8 2 (0.87%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.87%) SSL
8 2 (0.87%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.87%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.43%) 5G
9 1 (0.43%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (0.43%) NX-OS
9 1 (0.43%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.65%) Power BI
2 8 (3.48%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (3.04%) NoSQL
4 6 (2.61%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.17%) Db2
5 5 (2.17%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.17%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.74%) Metadata
6 4 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.74%) SAP BW
7 3 (1.30%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.30%) Power Query
7 3 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.30%) Tableau
8 2 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.87%) Looker
9 1 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.43%) Apache Iceberg
9 1 (0.43%) Big Data
9 1 (0.43%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 28 (12.17%) JIRA
2 9 (3.91%) GitLab
3 8 (3.48%) Jenkins
4 7 (3.04%) Git
5 4 (1.74%) Selenium
6 3 (1.30%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.30%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.30%) JUnit
7 2 (0.87%) Appium
7 2 (0.87%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.87%) JDeveloper
7 2 (0.87%) JMeter
7 2 (0.87%) Mockito
8 1 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.43%) HP UFT
8 1 (0.43%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.43%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.43%) WebDriver
General
1 116 (50.43%) Social Skills
2 97 (42.17%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (31.74%) Finance
4 25 (10.87%) Banking
5 14 (6.09%) Marketing
6 13 (5.65%) Public Sector
7 11 (4.78%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (4.35%) Front Office
8 10 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (3.91%) Financial Institution
9 9 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.48%) Retail
11 7 (3.04%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.74%) Law
15 3 (1.30%) Advertising
15 3 (1.30%) Legal
15 3 (1.30%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 41 (17.83%) Analyst
2 22 (9.57%) Architect
2 22 (9.57%) Developer
3 20 (8.70%) Business Analyst
3 20 (8.70%) Senior
4 16 (6.96%) Support Engineer
5 12 (5.22%) Consultant
6 11 (4.78%) Project Manager
7 8 (3.48%) Data Engineer
7 8 (3.48%) Digital Analyst
7 8 (3.48%) IT Support
7 8 (3.48%) Lead
7 8 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (3.04%) Applications Support
8 7 (3.04%) Digital Business Analyst
8 7 (3.04%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 7 (3.04%) IT Engineer
8 7 (3.04%) IT Support Engineer
8 7 (3.04%) Support Analyst
9 6 (2.61%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.39%) REST
2 15 (6.52%) React
3 12 (5.22%) .NET
4 11 (4.78%) SOAP
5 10 (4.35%) JSON
5 10 (4.35%) Kafka
6 8 (3.48%) Web Services
7 7 (3.04%) RESTful
8 6 (2.61%) AngularJS
8 6 (2.61%) PySpark
8 6 (2.61%) Spring
8 6 (2.61%) Spring Boot
8 6 (2.61%) XML
9 4 (1.74%) CSS
9 4 (1.74%) HTML
9 4 (1.74%) Middleware
9 4 (1.74%) WSDL
10 3 (1.30%) Django
10 3 (1.30%) FIX Protocol
10 3 (1.30%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.57%) Onboarding
2 11 (4.78%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.35%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.91%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.91%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (3.48%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.48%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.61%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.17%) AI Agents
7 5 (2.17%) CMDB
7 5 (2.17%) Fixed Income
7 5 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.17%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.74%) Mainframe
8 4 (1.74%) NHS
8 4 (1.74%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 29 (12.61%) Windows
2 12 (5.22%) Linux
3 11 (4.78%) Mac OS
4 8 (3.48%) Unix
5 6 (2.61%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.61%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.74%) zOS
7 3 (1.30%) Android
7 3 (1.30%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.87%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.43%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.43%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.43%) VMS
9 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (30.43%) Agile
2 54 (23.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 49 (21.30%) AI
4 38 (16.52%) CI/CD
5 33 (14.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 32 (13.91%) DevOps
7 28 (12.17%) Analytics
8 25 (10.87%) Migration
8 25 (10.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 24 (10.43%) Decision-Making
10 21 (9.13%) ITIL
10 21 (9.13%) Validation
11 19 (8.26%) Microservices
12 18 (7.83%) Machine Learning
12 18 (7.83%) Workflow
13 17 (7.39%) Data Modelling
13 17 (7.39%) Integration Patterns
13 17 (7.39%) Scrum
13 17 (7.39%) Test Automation
13 17 (7.39%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 49 (21.30%) SQL
2 46 (20.00%) Python
3 21 (9.13%) Java
4 15 (6.52%) TypeScript
5 13 (5.65%) C#
5 13 (5.65%) PowerShell
6 12 (5.22%) JavaScript
7 6 (2.61%) Shell Script
8 5 (2.17%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.74%) JCL
10 3 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (1.30%) Korn
11 2 (0.87%) Bash
11 2 (0.87%) Go
11 2 (0.87%) Perl
12 1 (0.43%) C++
12 1 (0.43%) COBOL
12 1 (0.43%) R
12 1 (0.43%) RPG
12 1 (0.43%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 25 (10.87%) Security Cleared
2 18 (7.83%) Degree
2 18 (7.83%) SC Cleared
3 6 (2.61%) CISSP
4 5 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (2.17%) DV Cleared
4 5 (2.17%) PMP
5 4 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.74%) CISA
5 4 (1.74%) CRISC
5 4 (1.74%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.87%) CISM
7 2 (0.87%) CSPO
7 2 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.43%) CWNA
8 1 (0.43%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.96%) Data Quality
1 16 (6.96%) QA
2 7 (3.04%) GDPR
3 6 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.61%) PMO
3 6 (2.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (2.17%) NIST
5 4 (1.74%) COBIT
5 4 (1.74%) GRC
5 4 (1.74%) ITGC
6 3 (1.30%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.30%) SLA
6 3 (1.30%) WCAG
7 2 (0.87%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (0.87%) GxP
8 1 (0.43%) Basel III
8 1 (0.43%) GAAP
8 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.43%) IFRS
8 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 22 (9.57%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.78%) Docker
3 2 (0.87%) IAG
3 2 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.43%) Firmware
4 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (5.65%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.48%) Terraform
4 5 (2.17%) SCCM
5 4 (1.74%) Ansible
5 4 (1.74%) Grafana
5 4 (1.74%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.87%) WSUS
7 1 (0.43%) Control-M
7 1 (0.43%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.43%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.43%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.43%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 60 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.13%) ServiceNow
3 14 (6.09%) Oracle
4 12 (5.22%) Google
4 12 (5.22%) SAP
5 8 (3.48%) Databricks
5 8 (3.48%) Splunk
6 7 (3.04%) Cisco
7 6 (2.61%) Apple
7 6 (2.61%) Bloomberg
8 5 (2.17%) Dynatrace
8 5 (2.17%) IBM
8 5 (2.17%) Remedy
8 5 (2.17%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.17%) Workday
9 3 (1.30%) BMC
9 3 (1.30%) Informatica
9 3 (1.30%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.30%) VMware
9 3 (1.30%) Zscaler