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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 4 11
Rank change year-on-year -19 +7 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 192 390 431
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 6.27% 22.89% 14.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.79% 23.84% 16.03%
Number of salaries quoted 126 340 265
10th Percentile £34,375 £35,550 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,938 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £86,875 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £113,875 £97,000
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 2,466 1,636 2,688
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.51% 96.01% 93.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,790 1,306 1,832
10th Percentile £47,425 £39,450 £42,783
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.79% -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% -0.68%

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 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 17 (8.85%) SharePoint
2 14 (7.29%) Confluence
2 14 (7.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.08%) CMS
4 3 (1.56%) Drupal
5 2 (1.04%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.52%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.52%) nginx
Applications
1 23 (11.98%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.73%) Autodesk Flame
2 11 (5.73%) Baselight
3 7 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.52%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.52%) Civil 3D
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.52%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 8 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.08%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (2.08%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.56%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.56%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (1.04%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.04%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.52%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.52%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.52%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 30 (15.63%) Azure
2 27 (14.06%) AWS
3 24 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (6.77%) OneDrive
5 12 (6.25%) Power Platform
6 9 (4.69%) SaaS
7 7 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (3.13%) Azure AKS
8 6 (3.13%) GCP
8 6 (3.13%) OCI
9 5 (2.60%) Entra ID
9 5 (2.60%) GitHub
9 5 (2.60%) PaaS
9 5 (2.60%) Serverless
10 4 (2.08%) IaaS
10 4 (2.08%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.08%) Snowflake
11 3 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.17%) VPN
2 7 (3.65%) Firewall
3 6 (3.13%) DHCP
3 6 (3.13%) DNS
3 6 (3.13%) Network Security
3 6 (3.13%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.60%) Wireless
5 4 (2.08%) BGP
5 4 (2.08%) OSPF
6 3 (1.56%) Intranet
6 3 (1.56%) MPLS
6 3 (1.56%) VLAN
7 2 (1.04%) Internet
7 2 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.52%) Broadband
8 1 (0.52%) IGMP
8 1 (0.52%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.52%) VoIP
8 1 (0.52%) WAN
8 1 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.21%) Power BI
2 6 (3.13%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.60%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.08%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.04%) Big Data
5 2 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.04%) MySQL
5 2 (1.04%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.04%) Oracle Discoverer
5 2 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.04%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.52%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.52%) KDB
6 1 (0.52%) Metadata
6 1 (0.52%) Spark SQL
6 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.52%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (7.81%) JIRA
2 7 (3.65%) Git
3 5 (2.60%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.52%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.52%) GitLab
4 1 (0.52%) JIRA Agile
4 1 (0.52%) JMeter
4 1 (0.52%) Mocha
4 1 (0.52%) Postman
4 1 (0.52%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 95 (49.48%) Social Skills
2 63 (32.81%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (29.17%) Law
4 53 (27.60%) Finance
5 15 (7.81%) Marketing
6 14 (7.29%) Manufacturing
7 12 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
8 10 (5.21%) French Language
9 9 (4.69%) Banking
9 9 (4.69%) Front Office
9 9 (4.69%) Games
10 5 (2.60%) Legal
11 4 (2.08%) General Ledger
11 4 (2.08%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.56%) Publishing
12 3 (1.56%) Retail
13 2 (1.04%) Public Sector
13 2 (1.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (18.75%) Senior
2 30 (15.63%) Analyst
3 20 (10.42%) Developer
4 19 (9.90%) Post-Production Engineer
5 15 (7.81%) Consultant
6 14 (7.29%) Support Analyst
7 13 (6.77%) Senior Manager
8 10 (5.21%) Cloud Engineer
9 9 (4.69%) Desktop Analyst
9 9 (4.69%) Desktop Support
9 9 (4.69%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 9 (4.69%) IT Support
9 9 (4.69%) Junior
9 9 (4.69%) Software Engineer
9 9 (4.69%) Support Engineer
10 8 (4.17%) IT Engineer
10 8 (4.17%) IT Support Engineer
11 7 (3.65%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 6 (3.13%) Data Analyst
13 5 (2.60%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.81%) HTML
2 10 (5.21%) Terraform
3 8 (4.17%) React
4 5 (2.60%) .NET
4 5 (2.60%) Next.js
4 5 (2.60%) REST
5 3 (1.56%) CSS
6 2 (1.04%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.04%) Bootstrap
6 2 (1.04%) CSS3
6 2 (1.04%) Django
6 2 (1.04%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (1.04%) HTML5
6 2 (1.04%) Node.js
6 2 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (1.04%) Playwright
6 2 (1.04%) PyTorch
6 2 (1.04%) RESTful
6 2 (1.04%) Spring
6 2 (1.04%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.94%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (7.81%) Product Ownership
3 14 (7.29%) Cloud Native
4 12 (6.25%) Biopharmaceutical
5 11 (5.73%) Data Centre
6 10 (5.21%) Driving Licence
6 10 (5.21%) Onboarding
6 10 (5.21%) Web Conferencing
7 7 (3.65%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.65%) Photography
7 7 (3.65%) Video Editing
8 6 (3.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (3.13%) Hedge funds
9 5 (2.60%) Equities
10 4 (2.08%) Data Structures
10 4 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.56%) Fixed Income
11 3 (1.56%) Market Risk
11 3 (1.56%) Social Media
11 3 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 27 (14.06%) Windows
2 19 (9.90%) Linux
3 18 (9.38%) Windows 10
4 10 (5.21%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.56%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.52%) Android
6 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (29.69%) Continuous Improvement
2 42 (21.88%) Agile
3 33 (17.19%) Decision-Making
4 29 (15.10%) Stakeholder Management
5 27 (14.06%) Post-Production
6 24 (12.50%) AI
6 24 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 24 (12.50%) Workflow
7 23 (11.98%) Line Management
7 23 (11.98%) Storytelling
8 21 (10.94%) Analytics
8 21 (10.94%) Customer Service
8 21 (10.94%) Cybersecurity
8 21 (10.94%) ITIL
9 20 (10.42%) Coaching
9 20 (10.42%) DevOps
10 19 (9.90%) Computer Science
10 19 (9.90%) Roadmaps
10 19 (9.90%) Software Engineering
11 16 (8.33%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 35 (18.23%) Python
2 32 (16.67%) SQL
3 23 (11.98%) PowerShell
4 14 (7.29%) JavaScript
5 10 (5.21%) C#
6 9 (4.69%) Java
7 6 (3.13%) Bash
8 5 (2.60%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.56%) C++
9 3 (1.56%) R
9 3 (1.56%) Scala
10 2 (1.04%) Bicep
10 2 (1.04%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.04%) VBA
11 1 (0.52%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.52%) Julia
11 1 (0.52%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.52%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.52%) Ruby
11 1 (0.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 54 (28.13%) Degree
2 17 (8.85%) Master's Degree
3 12 (6.25%) MBA
4 11 (5.73%) Security Cleared
5 10 (5.21%) CISSP
6 9 (4.69%) SC Cleared
7 8 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (3.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (2.60%) ACCA
9 5 (2.60%) CIMA
9 5 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.60%) CISM
10 4 (2.08%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.56%) CEH
11 3 (1.56%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (1.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (1.04%) Azure Certification
12 2 (1.04%) GIAC
12 2 (1.04%) ICAEW
12 2 (1.04%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (14.58%) Accessibility
2 14 (7.29%) Data Quality
3 10 (5.21%) GDPR
4 8 (4.17%) QA
5 5 (2.60%) NIST
6 4 (2.08%) IFRS
6 4 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.56%) GRC
8 2 (1.04%) COBIT
8 2 (1.04%) GAAP
8 2 (1.04%) NCSC
9 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.52%) MiFID
9 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (11.46%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.21%) GPFS
2 10 (5.21%) StorNext
3 9 (4.69%) Docker
4 7 (3.65%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (5.73%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.60%) Ansible
3 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.52%) Argo
4 1 (0.52%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 51 (26.56%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.33%) SAP
2 16 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 11 (5.73%) Oracle
4 10 (5.21%) Autodesk
4 10 (5.21%) Avid
5 8 (4.17%) Salesforce
6 7 (3.65%) Google
7 4 (2.08%) Alteryx
7 4 (2.08%) Cisco
7 4 (2.08%) Dell
8 2 (1.04%) Darktrace
8 2 (1.04%) Databricks
8 2 (1.04%) JDA
8 2 (1.04%) Sony
9 1 (0.52%) Arista
9 1 (0.52%) Concur
9 1 (0.52%) FIS
9 1 (0.52%) OneTrust
9 1 (0.52%) UiPath