Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in West London

Problem Solving
London > West London

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 +8
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 86 46 41
As % of all contract jobs in West London 17.95% 16.73% 14.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.38% 19.25% 15.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 32 29
10th Percentile £218 £210 £294
25th Percentile £400 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £420 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -11.58% -13.64%
75th Percentile £520 £475 £500
90th Percentile £783 £517 £602
London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile - £33.64 £21.75
25th Percentile £26.25 £36.87 £27.19
Median hourly rate £27.50 £44.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.20% +18.67% -52.23%
75th Percentile £28.75 £47.13 £49.38
90th Percentile - £47.35 £55.75
London median hourly rate £19.03 £32.98 £40.00
% change year-on-year -42.30% -17.55% +0.10%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 422 239 263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 88.10% 86.91% 90.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 143 189
10th Percentile £233 £215 £250
25th Percentile £400 £338 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £415 £475
Median % change year-on-year +25.30% -12.63% -15.56%
75th Percentile £688 £500 £588
90th Percentile £775 £550 £650
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 33 18
10th Percentile £14.16 £25.00 £19.96
25th Percentile £14.80 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £17.49 £25.15 £45.75
Median % change year-on-year -30.46% -45.03% -36.46%
75th Percentile £28.75 £34.27 £65.00
90th Percentile £31.00 £46.00 £70.10
London median hourly rate £33.92 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +7.67% -10.00% -12.31%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in West London

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

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

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in West London

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

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

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

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in West 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 London region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Hillingdon +8 36 £750 +87.38% 29
Richmond upon Thames -5 18 £400 +9.22% 2
Harrow - 15 - - 12
Hounslow -10 5 £625 +50.60% 19
Hammersmith -4 2 £218 -48.76%
Problem-Solving
London

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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 1 (1.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (15.12%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (9.30%) AutoCAD
2 8 (9.30%) Revit
3 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (11.63%) Finacle
2 3 (3.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (2.33%) Cloudability
3 2 (2.33%) Workday HCM
4 1 (1.16%) Maximo
4 1 (1.16%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 32 (37.21%) AWS
2 25 (29.07%) Azure
3 17 (19.77%) SaaS
4 7 (8.14%) Collibra
4 7 (8.14%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (6.98%) Power Platform
6 4 (4.65%) GCP
7 3 (3.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (3.49%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (3.49%) Datadog
7 3 (3.49%) Entra ID
7 3 (3.49%) GitHub
7 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (2.33%) OCI
8 2 (2.33%) Snowflake
8 2 (2.33%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.16%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.98%) VPN
2 5 (5.81%) TCP/IP
3 3 (3.49%) DNS
4 2 (2.33%) Firewall
4 2 (2.33%) Network Security
4 2 (2.33%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (2.33%) SD-WAN
4 2 (2.33%) WAN
5 1 (1.16%) DHCP
5 1 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.79%) Relational Database
2 10 (11.63%) Oracle Database
2 10 (11.63%) RDBMS
3 7 (8.14%) Delta Lake
3 7 (8.14%) Metadata
3 7 (8.14%) Parquet
4 3 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (3.49%) Power BI
5 2 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.33%) Looker
5 2 (2.33%) Tableau
6 1 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.16%) Power Query
6 1 (1.16%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 15 (17.44%) JIRA
2 1 (1.16%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.16%) Selenium
2 1 (1.16%) Zephyr
General
1 51 (59.30%) Social Skills
2 45 (52.33%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (32.56%) Finance
4 13 (15.12%) Banking
5 11 (12.79%) Aviation
6 10 (11.63%) Back Office
6 10 (11.63%) Front Office
7 5 (5.81%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (5.81%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.33%) Local Government
8 2 (2.33%) Military
8 2 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.33%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.16%) Marketing
9 1 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (24.42%) Analyst
1 21 (24.42%) Applications Support
2 13 (15.12%) Systems Support
3 11 (12.79%) Applications Support Analyst
3 11 (12.79%) Salesforce Analyst
3 11 (12.79%) Salesforce Support
4 9 (10.47%) Support Analyst
5 8 (9.30%) CAD Support
5 8 (9.30%) Transition Analyst
6 7 (8.14%) Product Owner
6 7 (8.14%) Technical Product Owner
7 6 (6.98%) Designer
7 6 (6.98%) IT Support
7 6 (6.98%) Lead
7 6 (6.98%) Service Designer
8 4 (4.65%) Architect
8 4 (4.65%) Product Manager
9 3 (3.49%) Operations Analyst
9 3 (3.49%) SAP Support
9 3 (3.49%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.49%) .NET
2 2 (2.33%) Software Packaging
3 1 (1.16%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.16%) LDAP
3 1 (1.16%) Next.js
3 1 (1.16%) Node.js
3 1 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.16%) Playwright
3 1 (1.16%) React
3 1 (1.16%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.12%) Onboarding
2 11 (12.79%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (11.63%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (11.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 9 (10.47%) CMDB
4 9 (10.47%) Product Ownership
5 7 (8.14%) Distributed Computing
6 6 (6.98%) AI Agents
6 6 (6.98%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (5.81%) Management Information System
8 3 (3.49%) Cloud Native
8 3 (3.49%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (3.49%) Life Science
9 2 (2.33%) Biopharmaceutical
9 2 (2.33%) Data Centre
10 1 (1.16%) Media Streaming
10 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (23.26%) Windows
2 4 (4.65%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.49%) Mac OS
3 3 (3.49%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.33%) Android
4 2 (2.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (55.81%) Stakeholder Management
2 28 (32.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 26 (30.23%) Agile
3 26 (30.23%) Decision-Making
4 23 (26.74%) ITIL
5 21 (24.42%) ITSM
6 19 (22.09%) Roadmaps
7 18 (20.93%) Process Improvement
7 18 (20.93%) User Acceptance Testing
8 16 (18.60%) Observability
9 15 (17.44%) Knowledge Transfer
10 14 (16.28%) AI
11 13 (15.12%) CRM
11 13 (15.12%) User Stories
12 12 (13.95%) Change Management
12 12 (13.95%) Collaborative Working
13 11 (12.79%) Data Governance
13 11 (12.79%) Data Modelling
13 11 (12.79%) DevOps
14 10 (11.63%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 23 (26.74%) SQL
2 9 (10.47%) Python
3 2 (2.33%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (18.60%) Degree
2 5 (5.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.33%) Postgraduate
4 1 (1.16%) ACCA
4 1 (1.16%) CIMA
4 1 (1.16%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.16%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.16%) PMP
4 1 (1.16%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (15.12%) Data Quality
2 6 (6.98%) QA
3 4 (4.65%) SLA
4 3 (3.49%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.16%) GAAP
6 1 (1.16%) GDPR
6 1 (1.16%) IFRS
System Software
1 9 (10.47%) IAG
2 5 (5.81%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (3.49%) Ansible
1 3 (3.49%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.33%) FortiGate
2 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.16%) HP ALM
3 1 (1.16%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (24.42%) ServiceNow
2 18 (20.93%) Oracle
3 12 (13.95%) SAP
4 11 (12.79%) Microsoft
4 11 (12.79%) Salesforce
5 8 (9.30%) Adobe
5 8 (9.30%) Autodesk
5 8 (9.30%) Conga
5 8 (9.30%) DocuSign
5 8 (9.30%) MuleSoft
6 4 (4.65%) Palo Alto
7 3 (3.49%) Nexthink
7 3 (3.49%) Zscaler
8 2 (2.33%) Apple
8 2 (2.33%) Cisco
8 2 (2.33%) Dynatrace
8 2 (2.33%) F5
8 2 (2.33%) Motorola
8 2 (2.33%) Samsung
8 2 (2.33%) Workday