Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in North London

Problem Solving
London > North London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in North London requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 5 6
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 +6
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 3 9 2
As % of all contract jobs in North London 11.11% 29.03% 7.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.00% 29.03% 8.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 2
10th Percentile £218 - £219
25th Percentile £290 £248 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £255 £358
Median % change year-on-year +60.78% -28.67% -
75th Percentile £530 £293 £443
90th Percentile £602 £327 £492
London median daily rate £500 £533 £535
% change year-on-year -6.19% -0.37% -9.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North 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 North London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25 31 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North London 92.59% 100.00% 88.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 23 20
10th Percentile £308 £248 £244
25th Percentile £500 £251 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £380 £425
Median % change year-on-year +44.74% -10.59% -22.73%
75th Percentile £650 £465 £538
90th Percentile £700 £550 £675
London median daily rate £527 £550 £568
% change year-on-year -4.14% -3.08% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £45.00 - £60.00
London median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £35.44
% change year-on-year -21.33% +5.81% -10.28%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in North London

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in North London

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in North London

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

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

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in North London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in North London over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in North London

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in North London

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

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

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in North 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 North London region over the 6 months to 27 November 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
Barnet +2 1 - - 1
Problem-Solving
London

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Deployment Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Deployment Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Media
1 1 (33.33%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Innovation
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft