Problem-Solving Jobs in the City of London

Problem Solving
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 12 21
Rank change year-on-year +6 +9 -3
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 418 472 479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 20.65% 14.15% 10.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.51% 15.38% 10.95%
Number of salaries quoted 344 332 376
10th Percentile £37,400 £36,525 £41,375
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% -6.90%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £67,500 £62,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.87% -8.15% -3.57%

All Process and 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 1,943 3,069 4,374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 96.00% 92.02% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,466 2,415 3,653
10th Percentile £41,875 £41,250 £43,162
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £121,250 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the City of London

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the City of London.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the City of London

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 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the City of London

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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
London Bridge +1 6 £120,000 +21.52%
Moorgate - 3 £32,500 - 1
Problem-Solving
Central London

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 28 (6.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (6.46%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.15%) Confluence
4 4 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.96%) CMS
4 4 (0.96%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (0.96%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.48%) Drupal
6 1 (0.24%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 32 (7.66%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.72%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.24%) Houdini
6 1 (0.24%) InDesign
6 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.24%) Simulink
6 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (3.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.96%) Endur
3 2 (0.48%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.24%) Eikon
4 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 109 (26.08%) Azure
2 69 (16.51%) AWS
3 56 (13.40%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (13.16%) SaaS
5 35 (8.37%) Power Platform
6 24 (5.74%) Azure Data Factory
7 18 (4.31%) Entra ID
8 17 (4.07%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (3.83%) GCP
9 16 (3.83%) Serverless
10 15 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (3.59%) GitHub
11 13 (3.11%) PowerApps
12 11 (2.63%) OneDrive
13 9 (2.15%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (2.15%) Power Automate
14 8 (1.91%) AWS Lambda
15 6 (1.44%) Azure Functions
15 6 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (1.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.83%) WAN
2 13 (3.11%) Firewall
2 13 (3.11%) LAN
2 13 (3.11%) TCP/IP
2 13 (3.11%) VPN
3 10 (2.39%) Wireless
4 9 (2.15%) DHCP
4 9 (2.15%) DNS
5 8 (1.91%) Broadband
5 8 (1.91%) IPsec
5 8 (1.91%) WebEx
6 7 (1.67%) Internet
6 7 (1.67%) VoIP
7 6 (1.44%) MPLS
7 6 (1.44%) Network Security
7 6 (1.44%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (1.20%) Kerberos
8 5 (1.20%) SSL
8 5 (1.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.98%) Power BI
2 24 (5.74%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (3.83%) SQL Server
3 16 (3.83%) Tableau
4 7 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.44%) MySQL
6 5 (1.20%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.96%) Big Data
7 4 (0.96%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.96%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.72%) KDB
8 3 (0.72%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.48%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.48%) ClickHouse
9 2 (0.48%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.48%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 24 (5.74%) JIRA
2 22 (5.26%) Git
3 4 (0.96%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.48%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.48%) GitLab
5 2 (0.48%) JUnit
5 2 (0.48%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.24%) Appium
6 1 (0.24%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.24%) JMeter
6 1 (0.24%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.24%) TestRail
6 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.24%) XCUITest
General
1 230 (55.02%) Social Skills
2 128 (30.62%) Finance
3 113 (27.03%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (8.13%) Banking
5 29 (6.94%) Law
6 26 (6.22%) Retail
7 25 (5.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (4.78%) Legal
9 16 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.15%) Financial Institution
11 9 (2.15%) Marketing
12 8 (1.91%) Back Office
12 8 (1.91%) Public Sector
13 7 (1.67%) Advertising
14 6 (1.44%) German Language
15 5 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.96%) Humanities
16 4 (0.96%) Investment Banking
16 4 (0.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 67 (16.03%) Senior
2 61 (14.59%) Analyst
3 43 (10.29%) Developer
4 33 (7.89%) Lead
5 24 (5.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 21 (5.02%) Consultant
6 21 (5.02%) Data Analyst
7 20 (4.78%) IT Support
8 17 (4.07%) Data Engineer
8 17 (4.07%) Product Manager
9 16 (3.83%) Azure Engineer
10 15 (3.59%) Senior Analyst
11 14 (3.35%) Architect
12 12 (2.87%) Support Analyst
13 11 (2.63%) IT Manager
13 11 (2.63%) Senior Manager
14 10 (2.39%) Administrator
14 10 (2.39%) Applications Support
14 10 (2.39%) Platform Engineer
14 10 (2.39%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (8.13%) React
2 27 (6.46%) REST
3 22 (5.26%) Django
4 17 (4.07%) .NET
5 13 (3.11%) HTML
5 13 (3.11%) JSON
6 11 (2.63%) CSS
7 10 (2.39%) Kafka
7 10 (2.39%) RESTful
8 9 (2.15%) GraphQL
8 9 (2.15%) Node.js
9 6 (1.44%) AngularJS
9 6 (1.44%) LDAP
9 6 (1.44%) Next.js
9 6 (1.44%) OAuth
9 6 (1.44%) XML
10 5 (1.20%) .NET Framework
10 5 (1.20%) OpenID
10 5 (1.20%) SailPoint
10 5 (1.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 18 (4.31%) Product Ownership
4 16 (3.83%) Cloud Native
5 15 (3.59%) Onboarding
6 13 (3.11%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (2.63%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.91%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.91%) Video Editing
9 7 (1.67%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.67%) Photography
10 6 (1.44%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.44%) PKI
11 5 (1.20%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.20%) FMCG
11 5 (1.20%) Mobile Computing
11 5 (1.20%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 52 (12.44%) Windows
2 26 (6.22%) Linux
3 19 (4.55%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.35%) Windows 10
5 9 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.44%) Windows 7
7 5 (1.20%) Unix
7 5 (1.20%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (0.96%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.48%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.48%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.24%) CentOS
11 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.24%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (28.23%) Agile
2 60 (14.35%) Mentoring
3 56 (13.40%) Roadmaps
4 53 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 52 (12.44%) Analytics
6 50 (11.96%) DevOps
7 48 (11.48%) Stakeholder Management
8 46 (11.00%) Software Engineering
9 44 (10.53%) CI/CD
9 44 (10.53%) ITIL
10 41 (9.81%) Project Management
11 40 (9.57%) Full-Stack Development
12 32 (7.66%) Decision-Making
13 30 (7.18%) Business Intelligence
13 30 (7.18%) Coaching
13 30 (7.18%) Computer Science
14 27 (6.46%) CRM
14 27 (6.46%) Customer Service
15 25 (5.98%) Scrum
15 25 (5.98%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 71 (16.99%) SQL
2 66 (15.79%) Python
3 34 (8.13%) TypeScript
4 28 (6.70%) JavaScript
5 21 (5.02%) C#
6 20 (4.78%) Java
7 17 (4.07%) PowerShell
8 10 (2.39%) Bash
9 9 (2.15%) C++
10 6 (1.44%) VBA
11 5 (1.20%) Go
12 4 (0.96%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.72%) C
13 3 (0.72%) PHP
13 3 (0.72%) R
13 3 (0.72%) Swift
14 2 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.48%) HLSL
14 2 (0.48%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.48%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (20.10%) Degree
2 27 (6.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 21 (5.02%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (3.35%) Security Cleared
5 13 (3.11%) Azure Certification
5 13 (3.11%) DBS Check
6 9 (2.15%) CISSP
7 8 (1.91%) CISM
8 7 (1.67%) CISA
9 6 (1.44%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.44%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.20%) CompTIA CySA+
10 5 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (1.20%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.20%) GIAC
10 5 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (1.20%) MCSA
10 5 (1.20%) PMP
10 5 (1.20%) Postgraduate
11 4 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.87%) Accessibility
1 12 (2.87%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.15%) GDPR
2 9 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.91%) SLA
4 7 (1.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (1.44%) NCSC
5 6 (1.44%) QA
6 4 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.96%) NIST
6 4 (0.96%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.72%) PMO
8 2 (0.48%) GRC
8 2 (0.48%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.24%) COBIT
9 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.24%) PMBOK
9 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 39 (9.33%) Active Directory
2 26 (6.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.63%) Docker
4 10 (2.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.96%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 29 (6.94%) Terraform
2 23 (5.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (3.59%) Kubernetes
4 7 (1.67%) Grafana
4 7 (1.67%) SCCM
4 7 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.20%) Ansible
5 5 (1.20%) Nagios
5 5 (1.20%) QRadar
6 3 (0.72%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.72%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.48%) Avamar
7 2 (0.48%) Kibana
7 2 (0.48%) logstash
7 2 (0.48%) SCOM
8 1 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.24%) Nessus
8 1 (0.24%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.24%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 108 (25.84%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.66%) Databricks
3 30 (7.18%) VMware
4 17 (4.07%) Apple
4 17 (4.07%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.83%) Cisco
5 16 (3.83%) Citrix
6 12 (2.87%) HP
7 10 (2.39%) Google
7 10 (2.39%) Oracle
8 9 (2.15%) Red Hat
8 9 (2.15%) SolarWinds
9 6 (1.44%) Juniper
9 6 (1.44%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.20%) Alteryx
10 5 (1.20%) Hitachi
10 5 (1.20%) Splunk
11 4 (0.96%) Adobe
11 4 (0.96%) Bloomberg
11 4 (0.96%) FactSet