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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -21 +5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 195 399 419
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.37% 21.71% 15.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.68% 22.71% 16.49%
Number of salaries quoted 141 342 302
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,350 £36,550
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £47,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £106,750 £107,250 £97,500
Central London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -3.70%

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 2,918 1,757 2,541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.36% 95.59% 92.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,118 1,352 1,990
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,053 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £54,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £74,500 £73,875
Median % change year-on-year +7.38% +0.85% -1.50%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -3.33%

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 12 August 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 14 (7.18%) SharePoint
2 12 (6.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.54%) Confluence
4 2 (1.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.51%) CMS
5 1 (0.51%) Drupal
5 1 (0.51%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 35 (17.95%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.54%) Autodesk Flame
3 3 (1.54%) Baselight
4 1 (0.51%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.51%) Civil 3D
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.05%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (2.05%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.54%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.54%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.03%) Elite 3E
3 2 (1.03%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.03%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.51%) SAP PSCD
4 1 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.51%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.51%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 35 (17.95%) Azure
2 28 (14.36%) AWS
3 24 (12.31%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (10.26%) Power Platform
5 11 (5.64%) GCP
6 10 (5.13%) OneDrive
7 8 (4.10%) Power Automate
7 8 (4.10%) SaaS
8 7 (3.59%) Azure AKS
8 7 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (3.08%) OCI
9 6 (3.08%) PaaS
10 5 (2.56%) Serverless
11 4 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (2.05%) dbt
11 4 (2.05%) Entra ID
11 4 (2.05%) GitHub
11 4 (2.05%) IaaS
11 4 (2.05%) Snowflake
12 3 (1.54%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.08%) Network Security
2 5 (2.56%) Firewall
3 4 (2.05%) BGP
3 4 (2.05%) Broadband
3 4 (2.05%) OSPF
4 3 (1.54%) Intranet
4 3 (1.54%) MPLS
4 3 (1.54%) VLAN
4 3 (1.54%) VPN
5 2 (1.03%) Internet
5 2 (1.03%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.51%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.51%) DNS
6 1 (0.51%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.51%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.51%) IGMP
6 1 (0.51%) Multicast
6 1 (0.51%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.51%) VoIP
6 1 (0.51%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.23%) Power BI
2 10 (5.13%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.56%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.05%) Metabase
4 4 (2.05%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.54%) MySQL
5 3 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.03%) Big Data
6 2 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.03%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.03%) Oracle Discoverer
6 2 (1.03%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.51%) KDB
7 1 (0.51%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.51%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (3.08%) JIRA
2 5 (2.56%) Git
2 5 (2.56%) Visual Studio
3 4 (2.05%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.54%) Postman
5 1 (0.51%) GitLab
5 1 (0.51%) JMeter
5 1 (0.51%) TeamCity
General
1 107 (54.87%) Social Skills
2 67 (34.36%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (30.26%) Finance
4 36 (18.46%) Law
5 11 (5.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (5.13%) Banking
7 9 (4.62%) Front Office
8 8 (4.10%) Marketing
9 7 (3.59%) Games
10 6 (3.08%) French Language
10 6 (3.08%) Legal
10 6 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (2.56%) Retail
12 4 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (2.05%) General Ledger
12 4 (2.05%) Investment Banking
12 4 (2.05%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.03%) Advertising
13 2 (1.03%) Private Banking
13 2 (1.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (19.49%) Analyst
2 31 (15.90%) Senior
3 21 (10.77%) Developer
4 17 (8.72%) Support Analyst
5 14 (7.18%) Consultant
6 12 (6.15%) IT Support
7 11 (5.64%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 11 (5.64%) 2nd Line Support
8 10 (5.13%) Cloud Engineer
8 10 (5.13%) Support Engineer
9 8 (4.10%) 1st Line Support
9 8 (4.10%) Desktop Analyst
9 8 (4.10%) Desktop Support
9 8 (4.10%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 8 (4.10%) Graduate
9 8 (4.10%) Post-Production Engineer
9 8 (4.10%) Software Engineer
9 8 (4.10%) Systems Analyst
10 7 (3.59%) Data Analyst
10 7 (3.59%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.56%) React
1 5 (2.56%) REST
2 4 (2.05%) .NET
2 4 (2.05%) gRPC
2 4 (2.05%) HTML
3 3 (1.54%) Next.js
3 3 (1.54%) PyTorch
3 3 (1.54%) RESTful
4 2 (1.03%) CSS
4 2 (1.03%) CSS3
4 2 (1.03%) FastAPI
4 2 (1.03%) Flask
4 2 (1.03%) HTML5
4 2 (1.03%) Kafka
4 2 (1.03%) LangChain
4 2 (1.03%) Node.js
4 2 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.03%) Pandas
4 2 (1.03%) Playwright
4 2 (1.03%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.77%) Onboarding
2 18 (9.23%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 13 (6.67%) Data Centre
4 10 (5.13%) Web Conferencing
5 9 (4.62%) Driving Licence
6 7 (3.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (3.59%) Photography
6 7 (3.59%) Video Editing
7 6 (3.08%) Data Structures
7 6 (3.08%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (3.08%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.56%) Equities
8 5 (2.56%) Hedge funds
9 4 (2.05%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (2.05%) Over-the-Top Content
9 4 (2.05%) Video\Live Streaming
10 3 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 24 (12.31%) Windows
2 12 (6.15%) Linux
3 11 (5.64%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.54%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.51%) Android
5 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.51%) Unix
5 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (24.62%) Continuous Improvement
2 34 (17.44%) Agile
3 33 (16.92%) ITIL
4 30 (15.38%) Customer Service
5 25 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 24 (12.31%) Mentoring
7 23 (11.79%) CI/CD
8 20 (10.26%) Decision-Making
9 19 (9.74%) Computer Science
10 18 (9.23%) DevOps
11 17 (8.72%) Coaching
11 17 (8.72%) Cybersecurity
11 17 (8.72%) Software Engineering
12 16 (8.21%) Data Analysis
12 16 (8.21%) Workflow
13 15 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
13 15 (7.69%) Migration
13 15 (7.69%) Post-Production
14 14 (7.18%) Analytics
14 14 (7.18%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 52 (26.67%) Python
2 47 (24.10%) SQL
3 30 (15.38%) PowerShell
4 24 (12.31%) JavaScript
5 10 (5.13%) C#
5 10 (5.13%) Java
6 7 (3.59%) Bash
7 6 (3.08%) Scala
8 5 (2.56%) C++
9 4 (2.05%) Go
9 4 (2.05%) R
9 4 (2.05%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.54%) VBA
11 2 (1.03%) Bicep
11 2 (1.03%) PHP
11 2 (1.03%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.51%) Groovy
12 1 (0.51%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.51%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.51%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 42 (21.54%) Degree
2 12 (6.15%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.64%) CISSP
4 10 (5.13%) SC Cleared
5 8 (4.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.59%) A+ Certification
6 7 (3.59%) Master's Degree
7 6 (3.08%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (2.56%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.56%) CISA
9 4 (2.05%) ACCA
9 4 (2.05%) CIMA
9 4 (2.05%) CISM
9 4 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.54%) CRISC
10 3 (1.54%) SSCP
11 2 (1.03%) GIAC
11 2 (1.03%) MBA
11 2 (1.03%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.67%) Accessibility
2 12 (6.15%) Data Quality
3 9 (4.62%) NIST
4 8 (4.10%) QA
5 7 (3.59%) GDPR
6 5 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (2.05%) IFRS
8 3 (1.54%) GRC
9 2 (1.03%) COBIT
9 2 (1.03%) EU AI Act
9 2 (1.03%) GAAP
9 2 (1.03%) NCSC
9 2 (1.03%) PMO
9 2 (1.03%) SLA
10 1 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.51%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.51%) MiFID
10 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 14 (7.18%) Docker
3 3 (1.54%) GPFS
3 3 (1.54%) StorNext
3 3 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (6.15%) Terraform
2 11 (5.64%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.05%) Ansible
4 1 (0.51%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 65 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.23%) ServiceNow
3 13 (6.67%) SAP
4 12 (6.15%) Oracle
5 9 (4.62%) Google
6 6 (3.08%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.56%) Dell
8 4 (2.05%) Alteryx
8 4 (2.05%) Cisco
8 4 (2.05%) Typelevel
9 3 (1.54%) Autodesk
9 3 (1.54%) Avid
10 2 (1.03%) BT
10 2 (1.03%) Darktrace
10 2 (1.03%) Databricks
10 2 (1.03%) JDA
10 2 (1.03%) OneTrust
10 2 (1.03%) Sony
11 1 (0.51%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.51%) Splunk