Problem-Solving Contracts in West End of London

Problem Solving
Central London > West End of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West End 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 13 7
Rank change year-on-year +10 -6 +5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 17 2 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West End of London 24.64% 3.85% 15.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 26.56% 4.00% 16.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 8
10th Percentile £449 - £317
25th Percentile £450 £450 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £500 £388
Median % change year-on-year -5.20% +29.03% -25.05%
75th Percentile £571 £550 £509
90th Percentile £581 - £613
Central London median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £42.88 - -
25th Percentile £44.89 - -
Median hourly rate £49.50 - -
75th Percentile £50.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £49.50 £37.53 £51.50
% change year-on-year +31.89% -27.13% -15.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West End 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 West End of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64 50 74
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London 92.75% 96.15% 93.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 29 49
10th Percentile £394 £251 £267
25th Percentile £450 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £593 £538 £563
90th Percentile £675 £638 £650
Central London median daily rate £565 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £19.36 - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
Median hourly rate £43.08 - -
75th Percentile £50.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in West End of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in West End of London

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West End of London

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in West End of London

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in West End of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in West End of London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in West End of London

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West End of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in West End of London

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in West End 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 West End of London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Holborn +3 10 £462 -7.60% 2
Westminster - 3 £550 - 4
Problem-Solving
Central London

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West End 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) SaaS
2 1 (5.88%) Amazon S3
2 1 (5.88%) Amazon SageMaker
2 1 (5.88%) AWS
2 1 (5.88%) AWS CodeCommit
2 1 (5.88%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (5.88%) Cloud9 IDE
2 1 (5.88%) Datadog
2 1 (5.88%) GCP
2 1 (5.88%) GitHub
2 1 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (5.88%) Serverless
2 1 (5.88%) SonarCloud
2 1 (5.88%) Textract
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) S/MIME
1 5 (29.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) DB2
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle Database
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) ChangeMan
2 1 (5.88%) Snyk
General
1 11 (64.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Legal
4 1 (5.88%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Lead
2 4 (23.53%) Consultant
3 3 (17.65%) Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Functional Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Data Scientist
5 1 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) GCP DevOps
5 1 (5.88%) GCP DevOps Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) GCP Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) HR Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Oracle HRMS Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Oracle HRMS Functional Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Oracle Payroll Functional Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Payroll Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Senior
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (5.88%) NumPy
2 1 (5.88%) OpenCV
2 1 (5.88%) Pandas
2 1 (5.88%) pydantic
2 1 (5.88%) PyTorch
2 1 (5.88%) scikit-learn
2 1 (5.88%) SciPy
2 1 (5.88%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Algorithms
2 5 (29.41%) PKI
3 2 (11.76%) Mainframe
4 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Migration
2 5 (29.41%) Agile
2 5 (29.41%) Computer Science
2 5 (29.41%) Key Management
3 3 (17.65%) Conflict Resolution
3 3 (17.65%) Programme Management
3 3 (17.65%) Servant Leadership
3 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (17.65%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (11.76%) Business Strategy
4 2 (11.76%) Change Management
4 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
4 2 (11.76%) Data Migration
4 2 (11.76%) ERP
4 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
4 2 (11.76%) SDLC
5 1 (5.88%) Computer Vision
5 1 (5.88%) Continuous Deployment
5 1 (5.88%) Statistical Inference
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) Python
2 5 (29.41%) PowerShell
3 2 (11.76%) REXX
4 1 (5.88%) Bash
4 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle
2 3 (17.65%) Zscaler
3 2 (11.76%) Micro Focus
4 1 (5.88%) Google
4 1 (5.88%) New Relic