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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 4 11
Rank change year-on-year -17 +7 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 190 384 426
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 6.48% 22.75% 14.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.06% 23.69% 15.74%
Number of salaries quoted 124 334 258
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,350 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £49,813 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,750 £65,000 £64,465
Median % change year-on-year +2.69% +0.83% -7.91%
75th Percentile £88,813 £87,500 £78,033
90th Percentile £107,500 £114,625 £95,375
Central London median annual salary £63,750 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.92% - -7.14%

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 2,358 1,621 2,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.40% 96.03% 93.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,722 1,294 1,802
10th Percentile £47,500 £39,615 £43,525
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £122,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -1.69%

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 26 September 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 (8.42%) SharePoint
2 15 (7.89%) Confluence
3 13 (6.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.11%) CMS
5 3 (1.58%) Drupal
6 2 (1.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.53%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.53%) nginx
Applications
1 21 (11.05%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.79%) Autodesk Flame
2 11 (5.79%) Baselight
3 9 (4.74%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.53%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.53%) Civil 3D
5 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.53%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 8 (4.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.11%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (2.11%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.58%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.58%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (1.05%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.05%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.53%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.53%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 28 (14.74%) Azure
2 27 (14.21%) AWS
3 23 (12.11%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (6.32%) OneDrive
4 12 (6.32%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.74%) SaaS
6 7 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.16%) GCP
7 6 (3.16%) OCI
8 5 (2.63%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.63%) GitHub
8 5 (2.63%) PaaS
8 5 (2.63%) Serverless
9 4 (2.11%) Azure AKS
9 4 (2.11%) IaaS
9 4 (2.11%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.11%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.58%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.58%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.58%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.21%) VPN
2 7 (3.68%) Firewall
3 6 (3.16%) DHCP
3 6 (3.16%) DNS
3 6 (3.16%) Network Security
3 6 (3.16%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.63%) Wireless
5 4 (2.11%) BGP
5 4 (2.11%) OSPF
6 3 (1.58%) Intranet
6 3 (1.58%) MPLS
6 3 (1.58%) VLAN
7 2 (1.05%) Internet
7 2 (1.05%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.53%) Broadband
8 1 (0.53%) IGMP
8 1 (0.53%) Multicast
8 1 (0.53%) VoIP
8 1 (0.53%) WAN
8 1 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.26%) Power BI
2 6 (3.16%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.63%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.58%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.05%) Big Data
5 2 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.05%) MySQL
5 2 (1.05%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.05%) Oracle Discoverer
5 2 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.05%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.05%) Tableau
6 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.53%) KDB
6 1 (0.53%) Spark SQL
6 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.53%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (8.42%) JIRA
2 7 (3.68%) Git
3 5 (2.63%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.53%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.53%) GitLab
4 1 (0.53%) JIRA Agile
4 1 (0.53%) JMeter
4 1 (0.53%) Mocha
4 1 (0.53%) Postman
4 1 (0.53%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 92 (48.42%) Social Skills
2 66 (34.74%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (28.95%) Law
4 53 (27.89%) Finance
5 15 (7.89%) Marketing
6 14 (7.37%) Manufacturing
7 13 (6.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (6.32%) Pharmaceutical
9 10 (5.26%) Banking
9 10 (5.26%) French Language
10 9 (4.74%) Front Office
10 9 (4.74%) Games
11 5 (2.63%) Investment Banking
11 5 (2.63%) Legal
12 4 (2.11%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.58%) Publishing
13 3 (1.58%) Retail
13 3 (1.58%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.05%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (19.47%) Senior
2 33 (17.37%) Analyst
3 19 (10.00%) Post-Production Engineer
4 18 (9.47%) Developer
5 16 (8.42%) Consultant
6 13 (6.84%) Senior Manager
6 13 (6.84%) Support Analyst
7 10 (5.26%) Software Engineer
8 9 (4.74%) Desktop Analyst
8 9 (4.74%) Desktop Support
8 9 (4.74%) Desktop Support Analyst
8 9 (4.74%) IT Support
8 9 (4.74%) Junior
8 9 (4.74%) Support Engineer
9 8 (4.21%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (4.21%) IT Engineer
9 8 (4.21%) IT Support Engineer
10 7 (3.68%) Data Analyst
11 6 (3.16%) Security Engineer
11 6 (3.16%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.89%) HTML
2 8 (4.21%) React
2 8 (4.21%) Terraform
3 5 (2.63%) Next.js
3 5 (2.63%) REST
4 4 (2.11%) .NET
5 3 (1.58%) CSS
5 3 (1.58%) Node.js
6 2 (1.05%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.05%) Bootstrap
6 2 (1.05%) CSS3
6 2 (1.05%) Django
6 2 (1.05%) FastAPI
6 2 (1.05%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (1.05%) HTML5
6 2 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (1.05%) Playwright
6 2 (1.05%) PyTorch
6 2 (1.05%) RESTful
6 2 (1.05%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.05%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (7.89%) Product Ownership
3 12 (6.32%) Biopharmaceutical
3 12 (6.32%) Cloud Native
4 10 (5.26%) Driving Licence
4 10 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.26%) Web Conferencing
5 8 (4.21%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.68%) Hedge funds
6 7 (3.68%) Photography
6 7 (3.68%) Video Editing
7 6 (3.16%) Data Centre
7 6 (3.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (2.63%) Equities
9 4 (2.11%) Data Structures
9 4 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.58%) Derivative
10 3 (1.58%) Fixed Income
10 3 (1.58%) Market Risk
10 3 (1.58%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 25 (13.16%) Windows
2 18 (9.47%) Linux
3 17 (8.95%) Windows 10
4 10 (5.26%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.58%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.53%) Android
6 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (29.47%) Continuous Improvement
2 43 (22.63%) Agile
3 35 (18.42%) Stakeholder Management
4 34 (17.89%) Decision-Making
5 27 (14.21%) Post-Production
6 24 (12.63%) CI/CD
6 24 (12.63%) Workflow
7 23 (12.11%) AI
7 23 (12.11%) Analytics
7 23 (12.11%) Line Management
7 23 (12.11%) Storytelling
8 22 (11.58%) Cybersecurity
9 20 (10.53%) Coaching
9 20 (10.53%) Customer Service
9 20 (10.53%) Roadmaps
9 20 (10.53%) Software Engineering
10 19 (10.00%) Computer Science
10 19 (10.00%) DevOps
11 18 (9.47%) ITIL
12 16 (8.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 32 (16.84%) Python
2 31 (16.32%) SQL
3 19 (10.00%) PowerShell
4 13 (6.84%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.74%) C#
6 7 (3.68%) Java
7 6 (3.16%) Bash
7 6 (3.16%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.58%) C++
8 3 (1.58%) R
8 3 (1.58%) Scala
9 2 (1.05%) Bicep
9 2 (1.05%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.05%) VBA
10 1 (0.53%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.53%) Go
10 1 (0.53%) Julia
10 1 (0.53%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.53%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.53%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 50 (26.32%) Degree
2 14 (7.37%) Master's Degree
3 12 (6.32%) MBA
4 11 (5.79%) CISSP
4 11 (5.79%) Security Cleared
5 9 (4.74%) SC Cleared
6 8 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.63%) ACCA
9 5 (2.63%) CIMA
9 5 (2.63%) CISM
10 4 (2.11%) A+ Certification
10 4 (2.11%) CEH
11 3 (1.58%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (1.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (1.05%) Azure Certification
12 2 (1.05%) CCNA
12 2 (1.05%) CCNP
12 2 (1.05%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (14.74%) Accessibility
2 16 (8.42%) Data Quality
3 10 (5.26%) GDPR
4 8 (4.21%) QA
5 5 (2.63%) NIST
6 4 (2.11%) IFRS
6 4 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.58%) GRC
8 2 (1.05%) COBIT
8 2 (1.05%) GAAP
8 2 (1.05%) NCSC
9 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.53%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.53%) MiFID
9 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (11.58%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.26%) GPFS
2 10 (5.26%) StorNext
3 9 (4.74%) Docker
4 5 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (4.74%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.63%) Ansible
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.53%) Argo
4 1 (0.53%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.53%) SCCM
4 1 (0.53%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 51 (26.84%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.42%) SAP
3 13 (6.84%) ServiceNow
4 10 (5.26%) Autodesk
4 10 (5.26%) Avid
4 10 (5.26%) Oracle
5 8 (4.21%) Google
5 8 (4.21%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.11%) Alteryx
6 4 (2.11%) Cisco
7 2 (1.05%) Darktrace
7 2 (1.05%) Databricks
7 2 (1.05%) Sony
8 1 (0.53%) Arista
8 1 (0.53%) Okta
8 1 (0.53%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.53%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.53%) Typelevel
8 1 (0.53%) UiPath
8 1 (0.53%) VMware