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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 5 12
Rank change year-on-year -15 +7 +5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 186 350 413
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 7.41% 21.75% 14.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.03% 22.68% 15.70%
Number of salaries quoted 122 304 248
10th Percentile £36,925 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £96,250 £87,500 £82,125
90th Percentile £115,000 £114,625 £100,825
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £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 2,060 1,543 2,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 82.04% 95.90% 93.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,510 1,245 1,724
10th Percentile £46,750 £40,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,950 £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 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £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 16 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 (8.60%) Confluence
2 13 (6.99%) SharePoint
3 10 (5.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (2.69%) CMS
5 4 (2.15%) Drupal
6 2 (1.08%) Apache Spark
6 2 (1.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.54%) Apache
7 1 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.54%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.54%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.54%) Hedera
7 1 (0.54%) nginx
Applications
1 13 (6.99%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (6.45%) Autodesk Flame
2 12 (6.45%) Baselight
3 8 (4.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.54%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.54%) Civil 3D
5 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.54%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 10 (5.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.15%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (2.15%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.61%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.61%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.54%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.54%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.54%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.54%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (15.05%) Azure
2 27 (14.52%) AWS
3 19 (10.22%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (6.45%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.84%) OneDrive
5 9 (4.84%) SaaS
6 7 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.76%) GCP
7 6 (3.23%) Entra ID
7 6 (3.23%) OCI
7 6 (3.23%) Serverless
8 5 (2.69%) GitHub
9 4 (2.15%) Azure AKS
9 4 (2.15%) PaaS
9 4 (2.15%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.15%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 4 (2.15%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.61%) IaaS
10 3 (1.61%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.30%) VPN
2 7 (3.76%) DHCP
2 7 (3.76%) DNS
2 7 (3.76%) TCP/IP
3 6 (3.23%) Firewall
3 6 (3.23%) VLAN
3 6 (3.23%) Wireless
4 5 (2.69%) Network Security
5 4 (2.15%) BGP
5 4 (2.15%) OSPF
6 3 (1.61%) FIX Connectivity
6 3 (1.61%) MPLS
7 2 (1.08%) Internet
7 2 (1.08%) Intranet
7 2 (1.08%) WAN
7 2 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.54%) IGMP
8 1 (0.54%) LAN
8 1 (0.54%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.54%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.38%) Power BI
2 8 (4.30%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.69%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.69%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.61%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.08%) Big Data
6 2 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.08%) MySQL
6 2 (1.08%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.08%) Oracle Discoverer
6 2 (1.08%) Tableau
7 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.54%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.54%) KDB
7 1 (0.54%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.54%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (9.14%) JIRA
2 8 (4.30%) Git
3 5 (2.69%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.54%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.54%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.54%) GitLab
4 1 (0.54%) JIRA Agile
4 1 (0.54%) JMeter
4 1 (0.54%) Mocha
4 1 (0.54%) Postman
4 1 (0.54%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 87 (46.77%) Social Skills
2 65 (34.95%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (30.11%) Law
4 52 (27.96%) Finance
5 16 (8.60%) Marketing
6 15 (8.06%) Manufacturing
7 13 (6.99%) Pharmaceutical
8 12 (6.45%) Banking
9 11 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (5.38%) French Language
11 9 (4.84%) Games
12 7 (3.76%) Front Office
12 7 (3.76%) Investment Banking
13 5 (2.69%) Retail
14 4 (2.15%) Legal
14 4 (2.15%) Publishing
14 4 (2.15%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.61%) General Ledger
15 3 (1.61%) Public Sector
16 2 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (19.89%) Senior
2 28 (15.05%) Analyst
3 20 (10.75%) Consultant
3 20 (10.75%) Post-Production Engineer
4 18 (9.68%) Developer
5 11 (5.91%) Senior Manager
5 11 (5.91%) Software Engineer
6 10 (5.38%) Support Analyst
7 9 (4.84%) Junior
8 8 (4.30%) Support Engineer
9 7 (3.76%) Cloud Engineer
9 7 (3.76%) Data Analyst
9 7 (3.76%) Desktop Analyst
9 7 (3.76%) Desktop Support
9 7 (3.76%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 7 (3.76%) IT Support
10 6 (3.23%) Business Analyst
10 6 (3.23%) IT Engineer
10 6 (3.23%) IT Support Engineer
10 6 (3.23%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (9.14%) HTML
2 10 (5.38%) React
3 8 (4.30%) Terraform
4 7 (3.76%) REST
5 6 (3.23%) .NET
6 5 (2.69%) FIX Protocol
6 5 (2.69%) Next.js
7 4 (2.15%) CSS
7 4 (2.15%) Node.js
7 4 (2.15%) RESTful
8 3 (1.61%) CSS3
8 3 (1.61%) FastAPI
8 3 (1.61%) HTML5
9 2 (1.08%) Django
9 2 (1.08%) Kafka
9 2 (1.08%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (1.08%) Playwright
9 2 (1.08%) PyTorch
9 2 (1.08%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.22%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (8.60%) Product Ownership
3 15 (8.06%) Cloud Native
4 13 (6.99%) Biopharmaceutical
5 11 (5.91%) Onboarding
6 9 (4.84%) Web Conferencing
7 7 (3.76%) Driving Licence
7 7 (3.76%) Management Information System
8 6 (3.23%) Photography
8 6 (3.23%) Video Editing
9 5 (2.69%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.69%) Hedge funds
10 4 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (2.15%) Social Media
11 3 (1.61%) Data Structures
11 3 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.61%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.61%) Market Risk
11 3 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.75%) Linux
1 20 (10.75%) Windows
2 14 (7.53%) Windows 10
3 11 (5.91%) macOS
4 4 (2.15%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (29.03%) Continuous Improvement
2 48 (25.81%) Agile
3 37 (19.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 34 (18.28%) Decision-Making
5 28 (15.05%) AI
6 27 (14.52%) Post-Production
7 25 (13.44%) CI/CD
8 24 (12.90%) Analytics
8 24 (12.90%) Line Management
8 24 (12.90%) Storytelling
9 23 (12.37%) Workflow
10 21 (11.29%) Coaching
10 21 (11.29%) DevOps
10 21 (11.29%) Roadmaps
11 20 (10.75%) Software Engineering
12 19 (10.22%) Cybersecurity
13 17 (9.14%) Customer Service
14 16 (8.60%) Customer Experience
14 16 (8.60%) Sprint Planning
14 16 (8.60%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 31 (16.67%) Python
2 29 (15.59%) SQL
3 14 (7.53%) PowerShell
4 13 (6.99%) JavaScript
5 8 (4.30%) C#
5 8 (4.30%) Java
5 8 (4.30%) TypeScript
6 6 (3.23%) Bash
7 3 (1.61%) C++
7 3 (1.61%) R
8 2 (1.08%) Apex Code
8 2 (1.08%) Bicep
8 2 (1.08%) Perl
8 2 (1.08%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.08%) Scala
8 2 (1.08%) VBA
9 1 (0.54%) Groovy
9 1 (0.54%) Julia
9 1 (0.54%) SOQL
9 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (26.88%) Degree
2 15 (8.06%) Master's Degree
3 13 (6.99%) MBA
4 12 (6.45%) Security Cleared
5 10 (5.38%) SC Cleared
6 9 (4.84%) CISSP
7 7 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.69%) ACCA
9 5 (2.69%) CIMA
9 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (2.15%) CEH
10 4 (2.15%) CISM
11 3 (1.61%) CCNA
11 3 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (1.08%) A+ Certification
12 2 (1.08%) CCNP
12 2 (1.08%) GIAC
12 2 (1.08%) ICAEW
12 2 (1.08%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (16.13%) Accessibility
2 18 (9.68%) Data Quality
3 8 (4.30%) GDPR
4 6 (3.23%) QA
5 4 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.15%) NIST
6 3 (1.61%) GRC
6 3 (1.61%) IFRS
7 2 (1.08%) NCSC
8 1 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.54%) COBIT
8 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.54%) GAAP
8 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.54%) MiFID
8 1 (0.54%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (10.75%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.45%) Docker
3 11 (5.91%) GPFS
3 11 (5.91%) StorNext
4 5 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.54%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 13 (6.99%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.69%) Ansible
3 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.54%) Argo
4 1 (0.54%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.54%) SCCM
4 1 (0.54%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 44 (23.66%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.06%) SAP
3 11 (5.91%) Autodesk
3 11 (5.91%) Avid
4 10 (5.38%) Oracle
4 10 (5.38%) Salesforce
4 10 (5.38%) ServiceNow
5 9 (4.84%) Google
6 4 (2.15%) Alteryx
6 4 (2.15%) Cisco
7 3 (1.61%) Databricks
8 2 (1.08%) Darktrace
8 2 (1.08%) Sony
9 1 (0.54%) Adobe
9 1 (0.54%) Apple
9 1 (0.54%) Citrix
9 1 (0.54%) IBM
9 1 (0.54%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.54%) Sophos
9 1 (0.54%) SunGard