Problem-Solving Jobs in Central London

Problem Solving
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 20 20
Rank change year-on-year +7 0 +24
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 518 546 765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 13.65% 10.36% 9.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.76% 10.93% 10.01%
Number of salaries quoted 360 428 633
10th Percentile £36,500 £40,875 £41,450
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -3.57% +1.45%
75th Percentile £82,813 £93,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £107,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,509 4,995 7,641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 92.44% 94.76% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2,733 4,135 6,392
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,125 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Central London

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Central London.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Central London

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Central London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

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 3 May 2024. 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 +9 467 £62,500 -7.41% 108
City of Westminster +8 27 £59,919 +59.78% 11
West End of London +20 26 £62,500 - 19
Southwark +21 12 £37,934 -21.36%
Camden -8 4 £45,000 -33.33% 7
Lambeth 0 1 £50,000 -12.28% 4
Problem-Solving
London

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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:

Application Platforms
1 33 (6.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (4.25%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.51%) CMS
4 10 (1.93%) Apache
5 9 (1.74%) Confluence
6 8 (1.54%) IIS
7 5 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.97%) Drupal
8 4 (0.77%) SAS
9 3 (0.58%) JBoss
10 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Fuse
10 2 (0.39%) WordPress
11 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.19%) WildFly
Applications
1 29 (5.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 29 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.54%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.77%) Adobe After Effects
3 4 (0.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (0.77%) Blender
3 4 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.77%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.54%) SDL Web 8
2 4 (0.77%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.19%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.19%) Relativity
3 1 (0.19%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.19%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.19%) SAP CX
3 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 115 (22.20%) AWS
2 111 (21.43%) Azure
3 58 (11.20%) Microsoft 365
4 43 (8.30%) Power Platform
5 38 (7.34%) SaaS
6 35 (6.76%) Entra ID
7 32 (6.18%) Serverless
8 31 (5.98%) WhatsApp
9 20 (3.86%) GCP
10 19 (3.67%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (3.09%) Amazon S3
12 13 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (2.51%) Google Sheets
13 12 (2.32%) Google Workspace
14 11 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
15 10 (1.93%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (1.93%) Cloud Computing
16 9 (1.74%) Amazon ECS
16 9 (1.74%) Azure AKS
16 9 (1.74%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.18%) Firewall
2 27 (5.21%) DNS
3 15 (2.90%) Internet
4 13 (2.51%) Network Security
5 11 (2.12%) DHCP
5 11 (2.12%) TCP/IP
5 11 (2.12%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (2.12%) Wireless
6 10 (1.93%) IPsec
6 10 (1.93%) NAS
6 10 (1.93%) VPN
7 8 (1.54%) Broadband
7 8 (1.54%) LAN
8 7 (1.35%) WAN
9 6 (1.16%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (1.16%) SNMP
9 6 (1.16%) WebEx
10 5 (0.97%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.97%) SSL
11 4 (0.77%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (9.85%) Tableau
2 49 (9.46%) SQL Server
3 41 (7.92%) Power BI
4 19 (3.67%) Relational Database
5 18 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (2.70%) DynamoDB
6 14 (2.70%) MySQL
7 13 (2.51%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (2.51%) GIS
7 13 (2.51%) MongoDB
7 13 (2.51%) Redis
8 12 (2.32%) NoSQL
8 12 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (1.54%) Oracle Database
9 8 (1.54%) RDBMS
10 7 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (1.16%) Metadata
12 5 (0.97%) Amazon QuickSight
12 5 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 83 (16.02%) Git
2 22 (4.25%) JIRA
3 15 (2.90%) GitLab
4 13 (2.51%) Jenkins
5 12 (2.32%) Visual Studio
6 9 (1.74%) NUnit
6 9 (1.74%) Octopus Deploy
6 9 (1.74%) TeamCity
7 8 (1.54%) git-flow
7 8 (1.54%) Moq
7 8 (1.54%) Sourcetree
7 8 (1.54%) SpecFlow
8 5 (0.97%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.58%) JDeveloper
9 3 (0.58%) Selenium
10 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.39%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.19%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 305 (58.88%) Social Skills
2 228 (44.02%) Analytical Skills
3 120 (23.17%) Finance
4 58 (11.20%) Retail
5 49 (9.46%) Presentation Skills
6 31 (5.98%) Marketing
7 27 (5.21%) Legal
8 20 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (3.47%) Law
10 17 (3.28%) Public Sector
11 16 (3.09%) Games
12 13 (2.51%) Back Office
13 10 (1.93%) Advertising
13 10 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.54%) Banking
15 6 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.97%) Automotive
17 4 (0.77%) Financial Institution
17 4 (0.77%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 99 (19.11%) Senior
2 88 (16.99%) Developer
3 78 (15.06%) Analyst
4 43 (8.30%) Lead
5 35 (6.76%) Consultant
6 34 (6.56%) Data Analyst
7 29 (5.60%) Architect
7 29 (5.60%) Software Engineer
8 28 (5.41%) Support Engineer
9 26 (5.02%) Senior Analyst
10 21 (4.05%) Senior Data Analyst
11 20 (3.86%) Senior Developer
12 17 (3.28%) C# Developer
13 16 (3.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (2.90%) Applications Support
14 15 (2.90%) AWS Engineer
15 14 (2.70%) Power BI Developer
15 14 (2.70%) Python Engineer
16 13 (2.51%) Digital Transformation
16 13 (2.51%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (10.23%) HTML
2 47 (9.07%) CSS
2 47 (9.07%) React
2 47 (9.07%) RESTful
3 44 (8.49%) .NET
4 24 (4.63%) AngularJS
5 22 (4.25%) Web Services
6 21 (4.05%) ASP.NET
7 20 (3.86%) GraphQL
7 20 (3.86%) SOAP
8 17 (3.28%) .NET Framework
8 17 (3.28%) Node.js
9 15 (2.90%) Spring
10 14 (2.70%) ASP.NET MVC
10 14 (2.70%) XML
11 13 (2.51%) Django
11 13 (2.51%) REST
12 11 (2.12%) Entity Framework
13 9 (1.74%) jQuery
14 8 (1.54%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 46 (8.88%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (3.67%) Management Information System
3 18 (3.47%) Onboarding
4 17 (3.28%) Product Ownership
5 13 (2.51%) Cloud Native
5 13 (2.51%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (2.51%) Life Science
6 11 (2.12%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (1.54%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.54%) Legacy Code
8 7 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.16%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.16%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.16%) Mobile App
10 5 (0.97%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.77%) Online Gambling
11 4 (0.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 81 (15.64%) Windows
2 44 (8.49%) Windows Server
3 22 (4.25%) Linux
4 15 (2.90%) Windows Server 2012
5 12 (2.32%) Windows 10
6 10 (1.93%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.97%) Android
8 5 (0.97%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.97%) Data ONTAP
9 4 (0.77%) Unix
9 4 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.19%) AIX
11 1 (0.19%) Debian
11 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (24.71%) Agile
2 89 (17.18%) Computer Science
3 76 (14.67%) Analytics
4 66 (12.74%) Software Engineering
5 64 (12.36%) Actionable Insight
6 63 (12.16%) Data Analysis
7 59 (11.39%) Visualisation
8 57 (11.00%) DevOps
9 53 (10.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 50 (9.65%) Scrum
11 45 (8.69%) Mentoring
11 45 (8.69%) User Experience
12 44 (8.49%) Business Intelligence
12 44 (8.49%) Decision-Making
13 43 (8.30%) Mathematics
14 41 (7.92%) ITIL
14 41 (7.92%) Project Management
14 41 (7.92%) Root Cause Analysis
15 39 (7.53%) Business Strategy
15 39 (7.53%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 139 (26.83%) SQL
2 111 (21.43%) Python
3 61 (11.78%) JavaScript
4 49 (9.46%) C#
5 42 (8.11%) Java
6 22 (4.25%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.67%) T-SQL
8 18 (3.47%) PowerShell
9 16 (3.09%) Bash
10 14 (2.70%) C++
10 14 (2.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (1.93%) Go
12 8 (1.54%) Apex Code
12 8 (1.54%) XPath
13 7 (1.35%) Kotlin
14 6 (1.16%) Ruby
14 6 (1.16%) VBA
15 5 (0.97%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.77%) MATLAB
16 4 (0.77%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 169 (32.63%) Degree
2 69 (13.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 48 (9.27%) DBS Check
4 29 (5.60%) Security Cleared
5 26 (5.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 23 (4.44%) SC Cleared
7 16 (3.09%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.74%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.74%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.35%) CISSP
10 6 (1.16%) CISA
11 5 (0.97%) CompTIA CySA+
11 5 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (0.97%) GIAC
11 5 (0.97%) MCSA
11 5 (0.97%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.77%) CISM
12 4 (0.77%) CSPO
12 4 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.02%) QA
2 23 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (4.44%) SLA
3 9 (1.74%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.74%) NIST
4 8 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (1.54%) SOC 2
5 7 (1.35%) COBIT
6 6 (1.16%) PMO
7 5 (0.97%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.97%) NCSC
8 4 (0.77%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.77%) WCAG
9 3 (0.58%) GDPR
9 3 (0.58%) GRC
9 3 (0.58%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.39%) GLBA
10 2 (0.39%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.39%) ITGC
System Software
1 61 (11.78%) Active Directory
2 40 (7.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (5.79%) Docker
4 10 (1.93%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.77%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.39%) vSphere
9 1 (0.19%) KVM
9 1 (0.19%) LXC
9 1 (0.19%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.19%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 43 (8.30%) Kubernetes
2 24 (4.63%) Terraform
3 15 (2.90%) vCenter Server
4 8 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.35%) Ansible
6 6 (1.16%) Packer
7 5 (0.97%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.58%) SCCM
10 2 (0.39%) CASB
10 2 (0.39%) Consul
10 2 (0.39%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.19%) Dell DRAC
11 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.19%) Juju
11 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (0.19%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.19%) SCDPM
11 1 (0.19%) WMI
Vendors
1 115 (22.20%) Microsoft
2 43 (8.30%) Google
3 41 (7.92%) VMware
4 33 (6.37%) Databricks
5 24 (4.63%) Oracle
6 19 (3.67%) Salesforce
7 17 (3.28%) Cisco
8 14 (2.70%) Adobe
9 11 (2.12%) Apple
10 9 (1.74%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.54%) Aderant
11 8 (1.54%) Cognizant
11 8 (1.54%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.16%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.97%) Citrix
13 5 (0.97%) iManage
13 5 (0.97%) Meraki
13 5 (0.97%) NetApp
13 5 (0.97%) SAP
13 5 (0.97%) SolidFire