Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in London

Problem Solving
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 8 15
Rank change year-on-year -12 +7 +5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,921 1,987 1,803
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.16% 16.12% 10.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.44% 17.45% 11.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,306 1,163
10th Percentile £300 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £510 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -5.12% -3.72%
75th Percentile £656 £638 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £788
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 28 60
10th Percentile £17.29 £24.05 £16.93
25th Percentile £19.00 £25.60 £18.25
Median hourly rate £22.21 £39.04 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.11% +11.54% -12.41%
75th Percentile £55.75 £55.31 £55.13
90th Percentile £76.25 £70.50 £75.88
England median hourly rate £21.35 £21.39 £16.23
% change year-on-year -0.19% +31.79% -68.02%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,786 11,384 15,545
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.80% 92.33% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,180 7,623 11,100
10th Percentile £360 £343 £342
25th Percentile £435 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £518 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.46% -0.98% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 205 314
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £34.00 £29.25
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% +16.24% -26.18%
75th Percentile £58.92 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.70
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +70.91% -26.67% +7.05%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in London

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in London over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in London

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in London over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in London

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 16 June 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
Central London -16 224 £550 - 250
West London -4 69 £400 - 56
South London +2 46 £509 -18.21% 21
East London -1 8 £425 -27.35% 34
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 85 (4.42%) Confluence
2 59 (3.07%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 24 (1.25%) Apache Spark
5 21 (1.09%) Apache
6 19 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
7 12 (0.62%) CMS
8 10 (0.52%) nginx
9 7 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 7 (0.36%) CICS
10 6 (0.31%) Camunda
11 4 (0.21%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.21%) WebSphere
12 3 (0.16%) IIS
12 3 (0.16%) SAS
13 2 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 2 (0.10%) Oracle Spatial
13 2 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.10%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.052%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 109 (5.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (1.61%) MS Visio
5 26 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.73%) Chatbot
7 13 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
8 12 (0.62%) AutoCAD
9 7 (0.36%) Revit
10 4 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.16%) Sketch
11 3 (0.16%) Trello
12 2 (0.10%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.10%) EPLAN
12 2 (0.10%) InVision
12 2 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
12 2 (0.10%) Zeplin
13 1 (0.052%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 28 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (0.94%) Aladdin
4 9 (0.47%) NetSuite
4 9 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.36%) Finacle
5 7 (0.36%) Loan IQ
5 7 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.31%) Fidessa
6 6 (0.31%) SimCorp Dimension
6 6 (0.31%) Sprinklr
6 6 (0.31%) Summit
7 5 (0.26%) Findur
7 5 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.26%) Shopify
7 5 (0.26%) Workday HCM
8 4 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
8 4 (0.21%) SAP SD
9 3 (0.16%) SAP GRC
9 3 (0.16%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 478 (24.88%) Azure
2 347 (18.06%) AWS
3 182 (9.47%) Power Platform
4 148 (7.70%) Microsoft 365
5 131 (6.82%) GCP
6 116 (6.04%) Azure DevOps
7 80 (4.16%) GitHub
7 80 (4.16%) Serverless
8 78 (4.06%) SaaS
9 74 (3.85%) Entra ID
10 54 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
11 52 (2.71%) Amazon S3
12 50 (2.60%) Snowflake
13 48 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
14 33 (1.72%) Amazon EC2
15 32 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
16 31 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
16 31 (1.61%) PowerApps
17 29 (1.51%) Google Workspace
18 28 (1.46%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 56 (2.92%) Firewall
2 48 (2.50%) VPN
3 47 (2.45%) DNS
4 40 (2.08%) TCP/IP
5 25 (1.30%) Network Security
5 25 (1.30%) WAN
6 19 (0.99%) DHCP
7 16 (0.83%) 5G
7 16 (0.83%) SD-WAN
8 15 (0.78%) 4G
9 13 (0.68%) Radio Access Network
10 12 (0.62%) VoIP
10 12 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (0.52%) HTTP
11 10 (0.52%) LAN
11 10 (0.52%) SAN
12 9 (0.47%) OpenVPN
12 9 (0.47%) VLAN
12 9 (0.47%) Wireless
13 8 (0.42%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (6.98%) Power BI
2 96 (5.00%) SQL Server
3 76 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
4 62 (3.23%) Relational Database
5 56 (2.92%) Tableau
6 53 (2.76%) Data Lake
7 48 (2.50%) Metadata
8 45 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
9 39 (2.03%) MongoDB
9 39 (2.03%) NoSQL
10 32 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 27 (1.41%) Oracle Database
12 21 (1.09%) Delta Lake
13 19 (0.99%) Big Data
14 18 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
15 17 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
15 17 (0.88%) RDBMS
16 16 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
17 15 (0.78%) MySQL
17 15 (0.78%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 195 (10.15%) JIRA
2 95 (4.95%) Git
3 49 (2.55%) Jenkins
4 41 (2.13%) GitLab
5 24 (1.25%) Selenium
6 15 (0.78%) REST Assured
7 13 (0.68%) Bitbucket
8 12 (0.62%) Postman
9 11 (0.57%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.52%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.52%) SpecFlow
11 9 (0.47%) SonarQube
12 8 (0.42%) Artifactory
13 7 (0.36%) ERwin
13 7 (0.36%) Maven
14 6 (0.31%) Chocolatey
14 6 (0.31%) Snyk
14 6 (0.31%) WebDriver
15 5 (0.26%) Mocha
15 5 (0.26%) Vite
General
1 978 (50.91%) Social Skills
2 780 (40.60%) Analytical Skills
3 601 (31.29%) Finance
4 234 (12.18%) Banking
5 143 (7.44%) Public Sector
6 94 (4.89%) Organisational Skills
7 90 (4.69%) Front Office
8 79 (4.11%) Retail
9 65 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 61 (3.18%) Investment Banking
11 55 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
11 55 (2.86%) Legal
12 52 (2.71%) Marketing
13 49 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
14 38 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
15 36 (1.87%) Financial Institution
16 32 (1.67%) Telecoms
17 25 (1.30%) Back Office
18 21 (1.09%) Advertising
18 21 (1.09%) Law
Job Titles
1 296 (15.41%) Analyst
2 235 (12.23%) Developer
3 195 (10.15%) Senior
4 179 (9.32%) Architect
5 143 (7.44%) Business Analyst
6 140 (7.29%) Lead
7 88 (4.58%) Data Engineer
8 80 (4.16%) Consultant
9 63 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
10 62 (3.23%) Project Manager
11 46 (2.39%) Data Analyst
12 39 (2.03%) Senior Developer
12 39 (2.03%) Support Engineer
13 36 (1.87%) Applications Support
14 35 (1.82%) Cloud Architect
15 33 (1.72%) IT Support
16 32 (1.67%) Azure Engineer
17 28 (1.46%) DevOps Engineer
17 28 (1.46%) Senior Analyst
17 28 (1.46%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (7.86%) REST
2 88 (4.58%) .NET
3 77 (4.01%) SOAP
4 69 (3.59%) React
5 62 (3.23%) Middleware
6 61 (3.18%) RESTful
7 58 (3.02%) Kafka
8 56 (2.92%) JSON
9 54 (2.81%) CSS
10 49 (2.55%) XML
11 48 (2.50%) LDAP
12 46 (2.39%) HTML
13 45 (2.34%) Spring
14 42 (2.19%) AngularJS
15 32 (1.67%) Web Services
16 31 (1.61%) Node.js
17 28 (1.46%) OAuth
18 27 (1.41%) PySpark
18 27 (1.41%) Spring Boot
19 24 (1.25%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 129 (6.72%) Onboarding
2 93 (4.84%) Product Ownership
3 87 (4.53%) Cloud Native
4 65 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
5 63 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
6 59 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
7 53 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
8 52 (2.71%) Data Structures
9 49 (2.55%) Security Posture
9 49 (2.55%) Virtual Team
10 48 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
10 48 (2.50%) Management Information System
11 47 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
12 46 (2.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 42 (2.19%) Derivative
14 41 (2.13%) Data Centre
15 40 (2.08%) Fixed Income
16 33 (1.72%) AI Agents
17 30 (1.56%) Equities
18 28 (1.46%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 181 (9.42%) Windows
2 94 (4.89%) Linux
3 39 (2.03%) Mac OS
3 39 (2.03%) Unix
4 31 (1.61%) Windows 10
5 27 (1.41%) Windows Server
6 25 (1.30%) Android
7 24 (1.25%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.36%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.36%) zOS
9 4 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.21%) VMS
10 3 (0.16%) Solaris
11 1 (0.052%) AIX
11 1 (0.052%) CentOS
11 1 (0.052%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.052%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 521 (27.12%) Agile
2 351 (18.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 323 (16.81%) DevOps
4 311 (16.19%) CI/CD
5 307 (15.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 302 (15.72%) AI
7 246 (12.81%) Decision-Making
8 240 (12.49%) Analytics
9 228 (11.87%) Migration
10 199 (10.36%) Data Modelling
11 193 (10.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 161 (8.38%) Business Intelligence
13 155 (8.07%) Project Management
14 154 (8.02%) Roadmaps
15 150 (7.81%) Validation
16 149 (7.76%) Scrum
17 144 (7.50%) Computer Science
17 144 (7.50%) ITIL
18 133 (6.92%) Risk Management
19 132 (6.87%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 447 (23.27%) SQL
2 423 (22.02%) Python
3 166 (8.64%) Java
4 124 (6.45%) JavaScript
5 118 (6.14%) PowerShell
6 116 (6.04%) C#
7 72 (3.75%) TypeScript
8 39 (2.03%) Bash
8 39 (2.03%) PL/SQL
9 34 (1.77%) C++
10 25 (1.30%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 18 (0.94%) R
12 18 (0.94%) Shell Script
13 17 (0.88%) Apex Code
14 15 (0.78%) Bicep
15 14 (0.73%) Scala
16 12 (0.62%) Go
17 9 (0.47%) Kotlin
17 9 (0.47%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 315 (16.40%) Security Cleared
2 245 (12.75%) Degree
3 202 (10.52%) SC Cleared
4 89 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (3.28%) DV Cleared
6 47 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 45 (2.34%) CISSP
8 37 (1.93%) Azure Certification
8 37 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 35 (1.82%) PMP
10 34 (1.77%) Master's Degree
11 33 (1.72%) CISM
12 32 (1.67%) PMI Certification
13 22 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
14 18 (0.94%) AWS Certification
14 18 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
15 17 (0.88%) CRISC
16 15 (0.78%) CISA
17 13 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 10 (0.52%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (7.39%) Data Quality
2 114 (5.93%) QA
3 62 (3.23%) GDPR
4 41 (2.13%) Accessibility
5 38 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 36 (1.87%) SLA
7 31 (1.61%) NIST
8 29 (1.51%) PMO
9 25 (1.30%) GRC
10 16 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 13 (0.68%) COBIT
12 11 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
13 10 (0.52%) ISO 20022
13 10 (0.52%) PCI DSS
14 9 (0.47%) IFRS
15 8 (0.42%) WCAG
16 7 (0.36%) HIPAA
17 6 (0.31%) NCSC
18 5 (0.26%) HL7
18 5 (0.26%) PSD2
System Software
1 138 (7.18%) Active Directory
2 114 (5.93%) Docker
3 17 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.57%) Squid
5 8 (0.42%) Firmware
5 8 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.26%) IAG
7 4 (0.21%) vSphere
8 2 (0.10%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.10%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.052%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.052%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.052%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.052%) NFS
9 1 (0.052%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 1 (0.052%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.052%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 136 (7.08%) Kubernetes
2 117 (6.09%) Terraform
3 63 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 33 (1.72%) Ansible
5 30 (1.56%) Grafana
5 30 (1.56%) Prometheus
6 23 (1.20%) SCCM
7 19 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (0.88%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.36%) Consul
9 7 (0.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 6 (0.31%) WSUS
11 4 (0.21%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (0.21%) Control-M
11 4 (0.21%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.21%) Kibana
11 4 (0.21%) RSA Archer
12 3 (0.16%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.16%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 354 (18.43%) Microsoft
2 146 (7.60%) Oracle
3 109 (5.67%) ServiceNow
4 88 (4.58%) SAP
5 70 (3.64%) Google
6 66 (3.44%) Salesforce
7 64 (3.33%) Databricks
8 34 (1.77%) CyberArk
9 33 (1.72%) Dynatrace
10 32 (1.67%) Splunk
11 29 (1.51%) Adobe
11 29 (1.51%) Cisco
12 28 (1.46%) Workday
13 27 (1.41%) Centrify
13 27 (1.41%) Informatica
14 26 (1.35%) BeyondTrust
15 24 (1.25%) Bloomberg
16 21 (1.09%) MuleSoft
16 21 (1.09%) Murex
17 19 (0.99%) Apple