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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 5 12
Rank change year-on-year -16 +7 +5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 182 366 414
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 6.97% 22.20% 14.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.56% 23.14% 15.55%
Number of salaries quoted 119 319 247
10th Percentile £36,650 £36,200 £39,800
25th Percentile £41,250 £51,250 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £109,000 £115,000 £100,000
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -3.70% -3.57%

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 2,125 1,582 2,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 81.32% 95.94% 93.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,556 1,266 1,746
10th Percentile £47,125 £40,000 £45,977
25th Percentile £61,150 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £122,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - +3.45%

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 9 October 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 16 (8.79%) Confluence
2 14 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 11 (6.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (2.75%) CMS
5 4 (2.20%) Drupal
6 2 (1.10%) Apache Spark
6 2 (1.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.55%) Apache
7 1 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.55%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.55%) nginx
Applications
1 16 (8.79%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (6.04%) Autodesk Flame
2 11 (6.04%) Baselight
3 9 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.55%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.55%) Civil 3D
5 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.55%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 9 (4.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.20%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (2.20%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.65%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.65%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (1.10%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.10%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.55%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.55%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 27 (14.84%) Azure
2 25 (13.74%) AWS
3 20 (10.99%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (6.59%) Power Platform
5 10 (5.49%) OneDrive
6 9 (4.95%) SaaS
7 7 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (3.30%) Entra ID
8 6 (3.30%) OCI
8 6 (3.30%) Serverless
9 5 (2.75%) Azure AKS
9 5 (2.75%) GCP
9 5 (2.75%) GitHub
9 5 (2.75%) PaaS
10 4 (2.20%) IaaS
10 4 (2.20%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.20%) Snowflake
11 3 (1.65%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.65%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.40%) VPN
2 7 (3.85%) DHCP
2 7 (3.85%) DNS
2 7 (3.85%) TCP/IP
3 6 (3.30%) Firewall
3 6 (3.30%) Wireless
4 5 (2.75%) Network Security
5 4 (2.20%) BGP
5 4 (2.20%) OSPF
5 4 (2.20%) VLAN
6 3 (1.65%) Intranet
6 3 (1.65%) MPLS
7 2 (1.10%) FIX Connectivity
7 2 (1.10%) Internet
7 2 (1.10%) WAN
7 2 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.55%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.55%) Multicast
8 1 (0.55%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.55%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.49%) Power BI
2 7 (3.85%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.75%) NoSQL
4 4 (2.20%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.10%) Big Data
6 2 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.10%) MySQL
6 2 (1.10%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.10%) Oracle Discoverer
6 2 (1.10%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.10%) Tableau
7 1 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.55%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.55%) KDB
7 1 (0.55%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.55%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (9.34%) JIRA
2 7 (3.85%) Git
3 5 (2.75%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.55%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.55%) GitLab
4 1 (0.55%) JIRA Agile
4 1 (0.55%) JMeter
4 1 (0.55%) Mocha
4 1 (0.55%) Postman
4 1 (0.55%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.55%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.55%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 87 (47.80%) Social Skills
2 65 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (30.77%) Law
4 50 (27.47%) Finance
5 16 (8.79%) Marketing
6 15 (8.24%) Manufacturing
7 13 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
8 11 (6.04%) Banking
8 11 (6.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (5.49%) French Language
10 9 (4.95%) Games
11 7 (3.85%) Front Office
12 6 (3.30%) Investment Banking
13 5 (2.75%) Legal
14 4 (2.20%) Publishing
14 4 (2.20%) Retail
15 3 (1.65%) General Ledger
15 3 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (1.65%) Telecoms
16 2 (1.10%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 35 (19.23%) Senior
2 30 (16.48%) Analyst
3 19 (10.44%) Consultant
3 19 (10.44%) Post-Production Engineer
4 17 (9.34%) Developer
5 11 (6.04%) Senior Manager
5 11 (6.04%) Support Analyst
6 10 (5.49%) Software Engineer
7 9 (4.95%) Junior
8 8 (4.40%) Cloud Engineer
8 8 (4.40%) Desktop Analyst
8 8 (4.40%) Desktop Support
8 8 (4.40%) Desktop Support Analyst
8 8 (4.40%) Support Engineer
9 7 (3.85%) Data Analyst
9 7 (3.85%) IT Support
10 6 (3.30%) Business Analyst
10 6 (3.30%) IT Engineer
10 6 (3.30%) IT Support Engineer
10 6 (3.30%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.79%) HTML
2 9 (4.95%) React
2 9 (4.95%) Terraform
3 5 (2.75%) .NET
3 5 (2.75%) Next.js
3 5 (2.75%) REST
4 3 (1.65%) CSS
4 3 (1.65%) FastAPI
4 3 (1.65%) FIX Protocol
4 3 (1.65%) Node.js
4 3 (1.65%) RESTful
5 2 (1.10%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.10%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.10%) Bootstrap
5 2 (1.10%) CSS3
5 2 (1.10%) Django
5 2 (1.10%) HTML5
5 2 (1.10%) Kafka
5 2 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.10%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.44%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (8.79%) Product Ownership
3 13 (7.14%) Biopharmaceutical
3 13 (7.14%) Cloud Native
4 10 (5.49%) Onboarding
5 9 (4.95%) Web Conferencing
6 8 (4.40%) Driving Licence
7 7 (3.85%) Management Information System
8 6 (3.30%) Photography
8 6 (3.30%) Video Editing
9 5 (2.75%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.75%) Hedge funds
10 4 (2.20%) Data Structures
10 4 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (2.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (2.20%) Social Media
11 3 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.65%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.65%) Market Risk
11 3 (1.65%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (11.54%) Windows
2 18 (9.89%) Linux
3 15 (8.24%) Windows 10
4 10 (5.49%) Mac OS
5 4 (2.20%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (30.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 44 (24.18%) Agile
3 35 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 34 (18.68%) Decision-Making
5 26 (14.29%) Post-Production
6 25 (13.74%) AI
7 24 (13.19%) Workflow
8 23 (12.64%) Analytics
8 23 (12.64%) Line Management
8 23 (12.64%) Storytelling
9 22 (12.09%) CI/CD
10 21 (11.54%) Coaching
11 20 (10.99%) DevOps
11 20 (10.99%) Roadmaps
12 19 (10.44%) Cybersecurity
12 19 (10.44%) Software Engineering
13 17 (9.34%) Customer Service
14 16 (8.79%) Computer Science
14 16 (8.79%) User Stories
15 15 (8.24%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 29 (15.93%) Python
2 28 (15.38%) SQL
3 15 (8.24%) PowerShell
4 12 (6.59%) JavaScript
5 8 (4.40%) C#
6 7 (3.85%) Java
6 7 (3.85%) TypeScript
7 6 (3.30%) Bash
8 3 (1.65%) C++
8 3 (1.65%) R
9 2 (1.10%) Bicep
9 2 (1.10%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.10%) Scala
9 2 (1.10%) VBA
10 1 (0.55%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.55%) Groovy
10 1 (0.55%) Julia
10 1 (0.55%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.55%) Ruby
10 1 (0.55%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 50 (27.47%) Degree
2 15 (8.24%) Master's Degree
3 13 (7.14%) MBA
4 11 (6.04%) Security Cleared
5 9 (4.95%) CISSP
5 9 (4.95%) SC Cleared
6 7 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.75%) ACCA
8 5 (2.75%) CIMA
8 5 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.20%) CEH
9 4 (2.20%) CISM
10 3 (1.65%) CCNA
10 3 (1.65%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.10%) CRISC
11 2 (1.10%) GIAC
11 2 (1.10%) ICAEW
11 2 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (1.10%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (15.38%) Accessibility
2 18 (9.89%) Data Quality
3 9 (4.95%) GDPR
4 6 (3.30%) QA
5 4 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.20%) NIST
6 3 (1.65%) GRC
6 3 (1.65%) IFRS
7 2 (1.10%) NCSC
8 1 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.55%) COBIT
8 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.55%) GAAP
8 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.55%) MiFID
8 1 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.49%) Docker
2 10 (5.49%) GPFS
2 10 (5.49%) StorNext
3 5 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (6.04%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.75%) Ansible
3 3 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.55%) Argo
4 1 (0.55%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.55%) SCCM
4 1 (0.55%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 47 (25.82%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.79%) SAP
3 11 (6.04%) ServiceNow
4 10 (5.49%) Autodesk
4 10 (5.49%) Avid
4 10 (5.49%) Oracle
5 9 (4.95%) Google
5 9 (4.95%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.20%) Alteryx
6 4 (2.20%) Cisco
7 3 (1.65%) Databricks
8 2 (1.10%) Darktrace
8 2 (1.10%) Sony
9 1 (0.55%) Concur
9 1 (0.55%) Meraki
9 1 (0.55%) Okta
9 1 (0.55%) OneTrust
9 1 (0.55%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.55%) Ruckus Wireless
9 1 (0.55%) UiPath