Problem-Solving Job Trends in the City of London

Problem Solving
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 7 12
Rank change year-on-year -13 +5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 243 412 445
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.87% 20.41% 14.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.31% 21.26% 15.41%
Number of salaries quoted 158 347 332
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,550 £36,525
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £88,938 £89,375 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year +7.41% +8.87% -8.15%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City 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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,325 1,938 2,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.31% 95.99% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,415 1,477 2,401
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,650 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -3.33%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in the City of London

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the City of London

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 11 (4.53%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.82%) Apache
4 2 (0.82%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.82%) Confluence
5 1 (0.41%) IIS
5 1 (0.41%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.41%) nginx
Applications
1 30 (12.35%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.41%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.41%) SAP PSCD
1 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.41%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 75 (30.86%) Azure
2 41 (16.87%) AWS
3 22 (9.05%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (9.05%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (9.05%) Power Platform
4 15 (6.17%) GCP
5 13 (5.35%) Serverless
6 12 (4.94%) dbt
7 10 (4.12%) Power Automate
8 9 (3.70%) OneDrive
9 8 (3.29%) Azure Functions
10 7 (2.88%) Azure AKS
10 7 (2.88%) Azure Event Grid
10 7 (2.88%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (2.88%) Azure Storage
11 6 (2.47%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (2.47%) PaaS
12 5 (2.06%) Entra ID
12 5 (2.06%) GitHub
12 5 (2.06%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.41%) Wireless
2 9 (3.70%) Broadband
2 9 (3.70%) DNS
3 8 (3.29%) DHCP
4 6 (2.47%) Firewall
4 6 (2.47%) TCP/IP
5 5 (2.06%) VPN
6 4 (1.65%) Network Security
6 4 (1.65%) WAN
7 3 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (1.23%) LAN
7 3 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.82%) BGP
8 2 (0.82%) OSPF
8 2 (0.82%) SAN
9 1 (0.41%) 3G
9 1 (0.41%) ADSL
9 1 (0.41%) Internet
9 1 (0.41%) Intranet
9 1 (0.41%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.05%) Power BI
1 22 (9.05%) SQL Server
2 15 (6.17%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (4.12%) Metabase
4 7 (2.88%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.65%) Big Data
6 4 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.82%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.82%) Tableau
8 1 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.41%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 1 (0.41%) ClickHouse
8 1 (0.41%) Flink
8 1 (0.41%) MySQL
8 1 (0.41%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.41%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.41%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 11 (4.53%) Visual Studio
2 9 (3.70%) Burp Suite
2 9 (3.70%) Metasploit
3 6 (2.47%) Git
3 6 (2.47%) JIRA
3 6 (2.47%) Octopus Deploy
3 6 (2.47%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.82%) Postman
5 1 (0.41%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.41%) GitLab
5 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
General
1 98 (40.33%) Social Skills
2 91 (37.45%) Finance
3 63 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (8.23%) Law
5 10 (4.12%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.88%) Banking
6 7 (2.88%) Legal
6 7 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.47%) Front Office
8 5 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.06%) Marketing
8 5 (2.06%) Retail
9 4 (1.65%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.82%) Games
11 2 (0.82%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.82%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.41%) Billing
12 1 (0.41%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (20.16%) Senior
2 46 (18.93%) Analyst
3 21 (8.64%) Developer
4 20 (8.23%) Support Analyst
4 20 (8.23%) Support Engineer
5 19 (7.82%) IT Support
6 14 (5.76%) Digital Analyst
6 14 (5.76%) Senior Analyst
7 13 (5.35%) Lead
7 13 (5.35%) Systems Support Analyst
8 12 (4.94%) 2nd Line Support
8 12 (4.94%) IT Analyst
8 12 (4.94%) IT Engineer
8 12 (4.94%) Senior Digital Analyst
9 11 (4.53%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 11 (4.53%) Applications Engineer
9 11 (4.53%) IT Support Analyst
9 11 (4.53%) Systems Analyst
10 10 (4.12%) Financial Analyst
10 10 (4.12%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (9.05%) .NET
2 8 (3.29%) gRPC
3 7 (2.88%) WPF
4 4 (1.65%) Flask
4 4 (1.65%) React
4 4 (1.65%) REST
5 3 (1.23%) Django
5 3 (1.23%) FastAPI
5 3 (1.23%) LangChain
6 2 (0.82%) Blazor
6 2 (0.82%) HTML
6 2 (0.82%) Kafka
6 2 (0.82%) LlamaIndex
6 2 (0.82%) Node.js
6 2 (0.82%) Pandas
6 2 (0.82%) PySpark
6 2 (0.82%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.82%) Web Services
6 2 (0.82%) XML
6 2 (0.82%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.64%) Mobile App
2 20 (8.23%) Onboarding
3 15 (6.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (5.35%) Cyber Defence
5 12 (4.94%) Data Centre
6 10 (4.12%) Security Posture
7 9 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (3.29%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (2.88%) Cloud Native
9 7 (2.88%) Over-the-Top Content
9 7 (2.88%) Video\Live Streaming
9 7 (2.88%) Web Conferencing
10 6 (2.47%) Driving Licence
10 6 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (2.47%) Virtual Team
11 5 (2.06%) Equities
11 5 (2.06%) Management Information System
11 5 (2.06%) Photography
11 5 (2.06%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 35 (14.40%) Windows
2 12 (4.94%) Linux
3 10 (4.12%) Windows 10
4 7 (2.88%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.82%) CentOS
6 2 (0.82%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.82%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.41%) Android
7 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.41%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.41%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.41%) Unix
7 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (21.81%) Agile
2 47 (19.34%) Continuous Improvement
3 46 (18.93%) Mentoring
4 41 (16.87%) Coaching
5 37 (15.23%) CI/CD
6 33 (13.58%) AI
7 32 (13.17%) Creative Thinking
7 32 (13.17%) DevOps
7 32 (13.17%) ITIL
8 30 (12.35%) Analytics
8 30 (12.35%) Migration
9 29 (11.93%) Cybersecurity
10 26 (10.70%) Business Strategy
10 26 (10.70%) Customer Service
11 25 (10.29%) Data Pipeline
12 23 (9.47%) Internal Audit
12 23 (9.47%) Stakeholder Management
13 22 (9.05%) Business Transformation
14 21 (8.64%) Collaborative Culture
14 21 (8.64%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 71 (29.22%) Python
2 63 (25.93%) SQL
3 47 (19.34%) PowerShell
4 19 (7.82%) C#
4 19 (7.82%) JavaScript
5 15 (6.17%) Bash
6 10 (4.12%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.88%) Go
7 7 (2.88%) Scala
8 6 (2.47%) Java
9 3 (1.23%) C++
10 2 (0.82%) PHP
10 2 (0.82%) VBA
10 2 (0.82%) VC++
11 1 (0.41%) ABAP
11 1 (0.41%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.41%) Perl
11 1 (0.41%) RPG
11 1 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 47 (19.34%) Degree
2 18 (7.41%) CCSAM
2 18 (7.41%) CHECK Team Leader
2 18 (7.41%) CHECK Team Member
2 18 (7.41%) CREST Certified
2 18 (7.41%) OSCP
3 11 (4.53%) CISSP
4 10 (4.12%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (3.70%) A+ Certification
6 7 (2.88%) Security Cleared
7 6 (2.47%) Master's Degree
8 5 (2.06%) CISA
8 5 (2.06%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (1.65%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.23%) CCNP
10 3 (1.23%) CISM
10 3 (1.23%) SC Cleared
10 3 (1.23%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (6.58%) NIST
3 15 (6.17%) GDPR
4 6 (2.47%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.47%) QA
5 3 (1.23%) SLA
6 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.82%) EMIR
6 2 (0.82%) EU AI Act
6 2 (0.82%) GAAP
6 2 (0.82%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.82%) IFRS
6 2 (0.82%) NCSC
6 2 (0.82%) PMO
7 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.41%) GRC
7 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (7.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.94%) Docker
3 3 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.82%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (7.00%) Terraform
2 9 (3.70%) Nessus
3 7 (2.88%) Grafana
3 7 (2.88%) Kibana
3 7 (2.88%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.23%) Ansible
4 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.41%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Spacewalk
5 1 (0.41%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.41%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.41%) WSUS
Vendors
1 68 (27.98%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.17%) ServiceNow
3 8 (3.29%) Databricks
4 7 (2.88%) CyberArk
4 7 (2.88%) Dell
4 7 (2.88%) Google
4 7 (2.88%) Oracle
4 7 (2.88%) Typelevel
5 4 (1.65%) SAP
6 3 (1.23%) Adobe
6 3 (1.23%) Red Hat
6 3 (1.23%) VMware
7 2 (0.82%) BT
7 2 (0.82%) Cisco
7 2 (0.82%) Darktrace
7 2 (0.82%) JDA
7 2 (0.82%) McAfee
8 1 (0.41%) Aderant
8 1 (0.41%) Intapp
8 1 (0.41%) Qualtrics