Creative Problem-Solving Job Trends in Central London

Creative Problem-Solving
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Creative Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 164 158
Rank change year-on-year +35 -6 +104
Permanent jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 12 21 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.49% 0.65% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.68% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 15
10th Percentile £74,025 £58,250 -
25th Percentile £78,188 £69,375 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £93,000 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +10.71% +21.74%
75th Percentile £110,625 £86,250 £97,625
90th Percentile £116,250 £106,250 £105,000
London median annual salary £75,500 £82,500 £78,000
% change year-on-year -8.48% +5.77% +4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Creative Problem-Solving falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,158 3,087 2,909
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 87.76% 95.75% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,606 1,868 2,578
10th Percentile £40,266 £43,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.33% - -

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Creative Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Central London

Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Creative Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Creative Problem-Solving

Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in Central London over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Creative Problem-Solving in Central London

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving within the Central London region over the 6 months to 7 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +30 12 £93,000 +20.00% 6
Creative Problem-Solving
London

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central 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:

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Amazon ECR
1 1 (8.33%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Broadband
1 2 (16.67%) DHCP
1 2 (16.67%) DOCSIS
1 2 (16.67%) DSL
1 2 (16.67%) GPON
1 2 (16.67%) IPv4
1 2 (16.67%) IPv6
1 2 (16.67%) PPP
1 2 (16.67%) RTP
1 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (16.67%) VoIP
1 2 (16.67%) WAN
1 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Geospatial Data
1 3 (25.00%) GIS
1 3 (25.00%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (41.67%) German Language
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (16.67%) Financial Institution
4 2 (16.67%) Front Office
5 1 (8.33%) Banking
5 1 (8.33%) Law
5 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Graduate
2 4 (33.33%) Graduate Technical Support
2 4 (33.33%) Technical Support
3 2 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
3 2 (16.67%) 1st Line Technical Support
3 2 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Graduate 1st Line Support
3 2 (16.67%) Qualitative Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Quantitative Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Software Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Coordinator
4 1 (8.33%) Managing Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Strategy Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Transformation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) XML
1 2 (16.67%) XSLT
2 1 (8.33%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (16.67%) Algorithms
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (16.67%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
1 2 (16.67%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (58.33%) Customer Service
3 5 (41.67%) Decision-Making
3 5 (41.67%) Digital Engineering
3 5 (41.67%) Value Proposition
4 3 (25.00%) Agile
4 3 (25.00%) AI
4 3 (25.00%) Migration
5 2 (16.67%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (16.67%) Monte Carlo Method
5 2 (16.67%) Multithreaded Programming
5 2 (16.67%) Multithreading
5 2 (16.67%) Open Source
5 2 (16.67%) Quantitative Research
5 2 (16.67%) SDLC
5 2 (16.67%) Software Architecture
5 2 (16.67%) Use Case
5 2 (16.67%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) C++
2 3 (25.00%) Python
3 2 (16.67%) C
3 2 (16.67%) C#
3 2 (16.67%) SQL
3 2 (16.67%) VBA
3 2 (16.67%) VC++
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) SLA
2 2 (16.67%) EMIR
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Hitachi
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) Oracle