Problem-Solving Contracts in London

Problem Solving
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 15 20
Rank change year-on-year +7 +5 +2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,981 1,786 2,055
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 16.28% 10.22% 8.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.65% 11.55% 8.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,296 1,154 1,350
10th Percentile £304 £292 £320
25th Percentile £408 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £548 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.02% -4.78% -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £694
90th Percentile £750 £800 £800
England median daily rate £500 £512 £525
% change year-on-year -2.41% -2.41% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 63 43
10th Percentile £23.80 £16.40 £13.57
25th Percentile £25.30 £18.25 £19.50
Median hourly rate £32.91 £31.71 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% -21.70% +1.25%
75th Percentile £53.94 £51.88 £61.34
90th Percentile £68.50 £74.25 £72.00
England median hourly rate £21.39 £16.37 £51.82
% change year-on-year +30.71% -68.42% +115.90%

All Process and 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 11,225 15,457 23,121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.24% 88.42% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,536 11,093 16,726
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £431 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 316 265
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.50 £18.20
25th Percentile £23.80 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £31.35 £28.00 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year +11.95% -28.97% +12.39%
75th Percentile £49.75 £48.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.05 £66.88 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -24.89% - +50.00%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in London

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in London

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in London

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in London

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 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
Central London +6 341 £550 - 232
West London +7 44 £400 -9.25% 569
South London 0 25 £622 +57.47% 44
East London +15 6 £585 +32.95% 44
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 51 (2.57%) SharePoint
2 44 (2.22%) Apache Spark
2 44 (2.22%) Confluence
3 28 (1.41%) Apache
4 17 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.81%) CMS
6 13 (0.66%) SAS
7 11 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
8 9 (0.45%) Jupyter
8 9 (0.45%) Oracle Coherence
9 8 (0.40%) GemFire
9 8 (0.40%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.20%) Drupal
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.15%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.10%) JBoss
12 2 (0.10%) NetWeaver
12 2 (0.10%) nginx
12 2 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 91 (4.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (2.17%) MS Visio
4 36 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 28 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.61%) Trello
7 9 (0.45%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
9 4 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.15%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.15%) InDesign
10 3 (0.15%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.15%) Revit
10 3 (0.15%) Sketch
11 2 (0.10%) Final Cut Pro
11 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.050%) CINEMA 4D
12 1 (0.050%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 40 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.66%) FLEXCUBE
3 13 (0.66%) Oracle BPM
3 13 (0.66%) Shopify
4 7 (0.35%) SAP FI
4 7 (0.35%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.25%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.25%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.20%) Actimize
6 4 (0.20%) CA PPM
6 4 (0.20%) ION Anvil
6 4 (0.20%) Magento
6 4 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.20%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.15%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 372 (18.78%) Azure
2 317 (16.00%) AWS
3 146 (7.37%) Power Platform
4 110 (5.55%) GCP
5 87 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
6 84 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
7 65 (3.28%) Serverless
8 59 (2.98%) SaaS
9 53 (2.68%) GitHub
10 44 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
10 44 (2.22%) Entra ID
11 38 (1.92%) Amazon S3
11 38 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
12 37 (1.87%) Snowflake
13 35 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
14 33 (1.67%) Amazon EKS
14 33 (1.67%) Cloud Computing
15 27 (1.36%) PowerApps
16 26 (1.31%) PaaS
17 25 (1.26%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 77 (3.89%) Firewall
2 42 (2.12%) VPN
3 39 (1.97%) Network Security
4 34 (1.72%) DNS
5 30 (1.51%) TCP/IP
6 23 (1.16%) WAN
7 21 (1.06%) Wireless
8 19 (0.96%) LAN
8 19 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (0.91%) BGP
9 18 (0.91%) DHCP
9 18 (0.91%) OSPF
10 12 (0.61%) HTTP
10 12 (0.61%) SAN
10 12 (0.61%) VLAN
11 11 (0.56%) NAS
12 10 (0.50%) MPLS
12 10 (0.50%) SD-WAN
13 8 (0.40%) Internet
13 8 (0.40%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (6.36%) Power BI
2 78 (3.94%) SQL Server
3 70 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
4 67 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
5 62 (3.13%) Relational Database
6 59 (2.98%) Tableau
7 42 (2.12%) Big Data
8 35 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
9 34 (1.72%) NoSQL
10 27 (1.36%) MongoDB
11 26 (1.31%) Redis
12 23 (1.16%) Data Lake
13 21 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
14 20 (1.01%) BigQuery
15 19 (0.96%) Oracle Database
16 18 (0.91%) Hadoop
17 17 (0.86%) DB2
17 17 (0.86%) DynamoDB
18 16 (0.81%) Looker
18 16 (0.81%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 146 (7.37%) JIRA
2 128 (6.46%) Git
3 105 (5.30%) Jenkins
4 42 (2.12%) GitLab
5 31 (1.56%) JUnit
6 28 (1.41%) Selenium
7 22 (1.11%) JMeter
8 18 (0.91%) Postman
9 16 (0.81%) Maven
10 13 (0.66%) Cypress.io
10 13 (0.66%) REST Assured
11 12 (0.61%) TeamCity
12 11 (0.56%) LoadRunner
13 9 (0.45%) Appium
13 9 (0.45%) Gatling
13 9 (0.45%) SpecFlow
13 9 (0.45%) Subversion
14 8 (0.40%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.40%) CircleCI
14 8 (0.40%) SonarQube
General
1 1,176 (59.36%) Social Skills
2 816 (41.19%) Analytical Skills
3 653 (32.96%) Finance
4 272 (13.73%) Banking
5 125 (6.31%) Public Sector
6 107 (5.40%) Investment Banking
7 80 (4.04%) Marketing
8 73 (3.69%) Presentation Skills
9 68 (3.43%) Front Office
10 65 (3.28%) Retail
11 61 (3.08%) Telecoms
12 56 (2.83%) Financial Institution
13 55 (2.78%) Legal
14 53 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
15 49 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 44 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
17 35 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
18 30 (1.51%) Back Office
19 27 (1.36%) Manufacturing
20 24 (1.21%) Billing
Job Titles
1 337 (17.01%) Developer
2 299 (15.09%) Analyst
3 229 (11.56%) Senior
4 176 (8.88%) Architect
5 161 (8.13%) Business Analyst
6 139 (7.02%) Lead
7 116 (5.86%) Consultant
8 107 (5.40%) Project Manager
9 74 (3.74%) Java Developer
10 66 (3.33%) Senior Developer
11 57 (2.88%) Data Analyst
12 54 (2.73%) Data Engineer
13 40 (2.02%) Support Engineer
14 38 (1.92%) DevOps Engineer
15 35 (1.77%) Software Engineer
16 31 (1.56%) Senior Java Developer
16 31 (1.56%) Solutions Architect
17 29 (1.46%) Azure Engineer
18 28 (1.41%) Network Engineer
18 28 (1.41%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (4.39%) .NET
2 74 (3.74%) RESTful
3 68 (3.43%) REST
4 67 (3.38%) Kafka
5 62 (3.13%) CSS
6 59 (2.98%) HTML
7 58 (2.93%) Web Services
8 54 (2.73%) React
9 51 (2.57%) AngularJS
9 51 (2.57%) Spring
10 36 (1.82%) Node.js
11 25 (1.26%) Middleware
12 24 (1.21%) .NET Framework
12 24 (1.21%) SOAP
12 24 (1.21%) XML
13 23 (1.16%) OAuth
14 22 (1.11%) JSON
15 21 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
15 21 (1.06%) PySpark
16 20 (1.01%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 63 (3.18%) Data Structures
2 60 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 58 (2.93%) Onboarding
4 53 (2.68%) Product Ownership
5 51 (2.57%) Algorithms
5 51 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
6 44 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
7 39 (1.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 38 (1.92%) Equities
9 33 (1.67%) Cloud Native
9 33 (1.67%) Market Risk
10 31 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
10 31 (1.56%) Fixed Income
11 30 (1.51%) Data Centre
12 29 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
13 28 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
13 28 (1.41%) Virtual Team
14 27 (1.36%) Derivative
15 19 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
15 19 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 148 (7.47%) Windows
2 141 (7.12%) Linux
3 56 (2.83%) Unix
4 40 (2.02%) Windows 10
5 34 (1.72%) Apple iOS
6 30 (1.51%) Android
7 29 (1.46%) Windows Server
8 18 (0.91%) Mac OS
9 15 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.35%) Solaris
11 5 (0.25%) CentOS
11 5 (0.25%) VMS
12 4 (0.20%) zOS
13 3 (0.15%) AIX
14 2 (0.10%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.10%) Oracle Linux
14 2 (0.10%) SUSE
14 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
15 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (26.60%) Agile
2 291 (14.69%) DevOps
3 261 (13.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 248 (12.52%) CI/CD
5 243 (12.27%) Project Management
6 203 (10.25%) Computer Science
7 188 (9.49%) Migration
8 184 (9.29%) Analytics
9 178 (8.99%) Decision-Making
10 159 (8.03%) Continuous Improvement
11 153 (7.72%) Business Intelligence
12 145 (7.32%) Risk Management
13 133 (6.71%) Artificial Intelligence
14 132 (6.66%) Test Automation
15 126 (6.36%) Data Analysis
15 126 (6.36%) Data Modelling
16 122 (6.16%) Scrum
17 121 (6.11%) Microservices
18 116 (5.86%) Collaborative Working
18 116 (5.86%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 414 (20.90%) SQL
2 394 (19.89%) Python
3 213 (10.75%) Java
4 126 (6.36%) JavaScript
5 118 (5.96%) C#
6 96 (4.85%) PowerShell
7 62 (3.13%) Bash
8 48 (2.42%) TypeScript
9 45 (2.27%) PL/SQL
10 36 (1.82%) C++
11 35 (1.77%) Scala
12 30 (1.51%) Shell Script
13 18 (0.91%) Bicep
13 18 (0.91%) R
14 16 (0.81%) ABAP
15 15 (0.76%) Go
16 13 (0.66%) VBA
17 12 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 12 (0.61%) Groovy
17 12 (0.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 340 (17.16%) Degree
2 281 (14.18%) Security Cleared
3 230 (11.61%) SC Cleared
4 127 (6.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (2.68%) PMI Certification
6 49 (2.47%) PMP
7 45 (2.27%) AWS Certification
8 40 (2.02%) Master's Degree
9 37 (1.87%) CISSP
10 31 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 31 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 27 (1.36%) Numerate Degree
12 25 (1.26%) CCNP
13 24 (1.21%) Azure Certification
14 23 (1.16%) DV Cleared
15 18 (0.91%) CISM
16 14 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
16 14 (0.71%) SAP Certification
17 12 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (5.50%) QA
2 97 (4.90%) Data Quality
3 55 (2.78%) GDPR
4 41 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 36 (1.82%) NIST
6 29 (1.46%) PMO
7 28 (1.41%) SLA
8 23 (1.16%) Accessibility
9 20 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 16 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (0.66%) GRC
12 12 (0.61%) MiFID
13 7 (0.35%) Basel II
13 7 (0.35%) EMIR
13 7 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 7 (0.35%) NCSC
13 7 (0.35%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.35%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.30%) HIPAA
15 4 (0.20%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 107 (5.40%) Docker
2 98 (4.95%) Active Directory
3 33 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.40%) GridGain
6 7 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.30%) Firmware
8 5 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.25%) vSphere
9 3 (0.15%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.15%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.15%) Time Sharing Option
9 3 (0.15%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.10%) IAG
10 2 (0.10%) OpenAM
10 2 (0.10%) OpenDJ
10 2 (0.10%) OpenIDM
11 1 (0.050%) HDFS
11 1 (0.050%) iptables
11 1 (0.050%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 151 (7.62%) Kubernetes
2 121 (6.11%) Terraform
3 68 (3.43%) Ansible
4 31 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 24 (1.21%) Grafana
6 23 (1.16%) SCCM
7 21 (1.06%) Prometheus
8 18 (0.91%) Puppet
9 14 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (0.50%) Progress Chef
11 8 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (0.30%) Control-M
12 6 (0.30%) Nagios
13 5 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
13 5 (0.25%) Perfmon
14 4 (0.20%) CA Spectrum
14 4 (0.20%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.20%) logstash
14 4 (0.20%) Podman
14 4 (0.20%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 312 (15.75%) Microsoft
2 138 (6.97%) Oracle
3 119 (6.01%) SAP
4 80 (4.04%) Google
5 74 (3.74%) ServiceNow
6 73 (3.69%) Salesforce
7 58 (2.93%) Cisco
8 50 (2.52%) Databricks
9 41 (2.07%) VMware
10 36 (1.82%) Splunk
11 31 (1.56%) Adobe
12 29 (1.46%) Red Hat
13 28 (1.41%) Workday
14 23 (1.16%) IBM
15 21 (1.06%) Sybase
16 17 (0.86%) Meraki
17 16 (0.81%) Dynatrace
18 15 (0.76%) Apple
18 15 (0.76%) ION Trading
18 15 (0.76%) Palo Alto