Problem-Solving Job Trends in Central London

Problem Solving
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 9 17
Rank change year-on-year +3 +8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 385 555 353
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 15.04% 17.26% 11.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.24% 18.00% 12.24%
Number of salaries quoted 289 315 304
10th Percentile £33,568 £36,550 £37,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -10.34%
75th Percentile £91,250 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £104,000 £108,500
London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -7.14% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

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 2,233 3,083 2,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 87.26% 95.89% 94.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,643 1,839 2,542
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £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 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Central London

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Central London

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

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

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Central London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Central London

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 Problem-Solving within the Central London region over the 6 months to 14 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 +2 342 £67,500 -3.57% 155
West End of London +1 11 £47,500 -33.57% 8
Camden -3 8 £65,000 +30.00% 3
City of Westminster -2 5 - - 5
Southwark -1 3 £100,000 +77.01%
Problem-Solving
London

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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (3.64%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.30%) Confluence
5 4 (1.04%) Apache
5 4 (1.04%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.78%) CMS
7 2 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.52%) IIS
7 2 (0.52%) nginx
7 2 (0.52%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.26%) Luigi
8 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 18 (4.68%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.26%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.26%) Notion
Business Applications
1 6 (1.56%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.04%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.52%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Endur
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 110 (28.57%) Azure
2 65 (16.88%) AWS
3 37 (9.61%) Power Platform
4 30 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (7.27%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (4.94%) GCP
7 18 (4.68%) SaaS
8 12 (3.12%) GitHub
9 11 (2.86%) Serverless
10 9 (2.34%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (2.08%) dbt
11 8 (2.08%) OneDrive
11 8 (2.08%) Power Automate
12 7 (1.82%) Azure Functions
12 7 (1.82%) Snowflake
13 6 (1.56%) Azure Event Grid
13 6 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (1.56%) Azure Storage
13 6 (1.56%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.56%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.38%) DHCP
2 12 (3.12%) DNS
3 11 (2.86%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.08%) Firewall
5 7 (1.82%) WAN
5 7 (1.82%) WebEx
5 7 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.82%) Wireless
6 5 (1.30%) LAN
6 5 (1.30%) Modbus
6 5 (1.30%) VoIP
6 5 (1.30%) VPN
7 4 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.78%) Broadband
8 3 (0.78%) NAS
8 3 (0.78%) Network Security
8 3 (0.78%) SAN
9 2 (0.52%) 4G
9 2 (0.52%) GPON
9 2 (0.52%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.05%) Power BI
2 28 (7.27%) SQL Server
3 15 (3.90%) Relational Database
4 14 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (3.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.30%) ClickHouse
7 5 (1.30%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.04%) Hadoop
8 4 (1.04%) Metabase
8 4 (1.04%) Tableau
9 3 (0.78%) Big Data
9 3 (0.78%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.78%) GIS
9 3 (0.78%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.78%) Power Query
9 3 (0.78%) QGIS
10 2 (0.52%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 17 (4.42%) Git
2 14 (3.64%) JIRA
3 12 (3.12%) Octopus Deploy
3 12 (3.12%) TeamCity
4 5 (1.30%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.78%) Burp Suite
5 3 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.78%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.52%) GitLab
7 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.26%) NUnit
7 1 (0.26%) Selenium
7 1 (0.26%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.26%) Vite
7 1 (0.26%) webpack
General
1 189 (49.09%) Social Skills
2 112 (29.09%) Finance
3 96 (24.94%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (11.95%) Legal
5 43 (11.17%) Law
6 23 (5.97%) Banking
6 23 (5.97%) Retail
7 19 (4.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (3.64%) Billing
10 9 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.30%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.30%) German Language
12 5 (1.30%) Health Technology
13 4 (1.04%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.78%) Advertising
14 3 (0.78%) Back Office
14 3 (0.78%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 52 (13.51%) Lead
2 48 (12.47%) Developer
3 44 (11.43%) Senior
4 38 (9.87%) Support Engineer
5 34 (8.83%) Analyst
6 27 (7.01%) Graduate
7 26 (6.75%) Technical Support
8 23 (5.97%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 22 (5.71%) Technical Engineer
9 22 (5.71%) Technical Support Engineer
10 19 (4.94%) Consultant
11 18 (4.68%) Graduate Technical Support
12 16 (4.16%) DevOps Engineer
12 16 (4.16%) Full-Stack Developer
13 15 (3.90%) Applications Support
14 14 (3.64%) Data Engineer
14 14 (3.64%) Graduate Support Engineer
14 14 (3.64%) Graduate Technical Engineer
14 14 (3.64%) Service Manager
15 13 (3.38%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (15.32%) .NET
2 38 (9.87%) React
3 24 (6.23%) Node.js
4 15 (3.90%) RESTful
5 10 (2.60%) Vue
6 8 (2.08%) Django
6 8 (2.08%) FastAPI
6 8 (2.08%) Flask
6 8 (2.08%) HTML
6 8 (2.08%) Kafka
6 8 (2.08%) PySpark
7 7 (1.82%) CSS
7 7 (1.82%) Web Services
8 6 (1.56%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.56%) WPF
9 5 (1.30%) .NET Core
9 5 (1.30%) .NET Framework
9 5 (1.30%) CSS3
9 5 (1.30%) HTML5
9 5 (1.30%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.57%) Cloud Native
2 31 (8.05%) Onboarding
3 19 (4.94%) Analytical Mindset
3 19 (4.94%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (3.64%) Virtual Team
5 13 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (3.38%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.12%) CMDB
7 10 (2.60%) Reinsurance
8 9 (2.34%) Algorithms
8 9 (2.34%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.04%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.04%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.04%) Market Risk
11 3 (0.78%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.78%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 40 (10.39%) Windows
2 13 (3.38%) Windows 10
3 11 (2.86%) Linux
4 9 (2.34%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.82%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.04%) Windows 7
7 4 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.78%) Unix
8 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.52%) CentOS
9 2 (0.52%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.52%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.26%) AIX
10 1 (0.26%) Debian
10 1 (0.26%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.26%) Solaris
10 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (30.13%) Agile
2 97 (25.19%) Continuous Improvement
3 87 (22.60%) AI
4 60 (15.58%) Analytics
5 58 (15.06%) CI/CD
6 53 (13.77%) User Experience
7 50 (12.99%) Full-Stack Development
8 46 (11.95%) Mentoring
9 45 (11.69%) Decision-Making
10 43 (11.17%) DevOps
11 42 (10.91%) ITIL
12 41 (10.65%) Computer Science
13 38 (9.87%) Cybersecurity
14 36 (9.35%) Migration
14 36 (9.35%) Roadmaps
15 35 (9.09%) Machine Learning
16 33 (8.57%) Business Intelligence
17 32 (8.31%) Data Pipeline
17 32 (8.31%) Stakeholder Management
18 31 (8.05%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 95 (24.68%) Python
2 86 (22.34%) SQL
3 40 (10.39%) C#
4 38 (9.87%) Java
5 31 (8.05%) TypeScript
6 29 (7.53%) JavaScript
7 26 (6.75%) PowerShell
8 22 (5.71%) Bash
9 11 (2.86%) C++
10 9 (2.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (1.04%) VBA
12 2 (0.52%) C
12 2 (0.52%) Perl
12 2 (0.52%) VC++
13 1 (0.26%) R
13 1 (0.26%) RPG
13 1 (0.26%) Ruby
13 1 (0.26%) Scala
13 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 82 (21.30%) Degree
2 17 (4.42%) Security Cleared
3 9 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.08%) OSCP
4 8 (2.08%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.82%) CCSAM
5 7 (1.82%) CHECK Team Leader
5 7 (1.82%) CHECK Team Member
5 7 (1.82%) CREST Certified
5 7 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.30%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.04%) CCNA
7 4 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.04%) CISM
7 4 (1.04%) CISSP
7 4 (1.04%) MCSA
7 4 (1.04%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.04%) PMP
8 3 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (0.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.19%) QA
2 19 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (4.68%) GDPR
4 15 (3.90%) Data Quality
5 14 (3.64%) Accessibility
6 11 (2.86%) SLA
7 9 (2.34%) NIST
8 8 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 19770
9 4 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.04%) WCAG
10 3 (0.78%) ITGC
11 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.52%) EMIR
11 2 (0.52%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.52%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.26%) COBIT
12 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (5.45%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.60%) Docker
4 8 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.04%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.52%) vSphere
7 1 (0.26%) Firmware
7 1 (0.26%) KVM
7 1 (0.26%) vCloud
7 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (5.97%) Terraform
2 15 (3.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (2.60%) Ansible
3 10 (2.60%) Kubernetes
4 9 (2.34%) Grafana
5 6 (1.56%) Kibana
6 3 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.78%) Nessus
6 3 (0.78%) Puppet
6 3 (0.78%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (0.52%) ArcSight ESM
7 2 (0.52%) Argo
7 2 (0.52%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.52%) QRadar
7 2 (0.52%) Red Hat Spacewalk
7 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.26%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 81 (21.04%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.01%) Databricks
3 16 (4.16%) ServiceNow
4 14 (3.64%) VMware
5 13 (3.38%) Oracle
6 12 (3.12%) Google
7 11 (2.86%) Guidewire
8 9 (2.34%) HP
9 8 (2.08%) Apple
9 8 (2.08%) MuleSoft
10 7 (1.82%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.56%) CyberArk
11 6 (1.56%) Intapp
11 6 (1.56%) SAP
12 5 (1.30%) Hitachi
12 5 (1.30%) Red Hat
13 3 (0.78%) Dell
13 3 (0.78%) iManage
13 3 (0.78%) Splunk
14 2 (0.52%) Palo Alto