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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -19 +6 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 197 402 421
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.59% 22.11% 15.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.96% 23.13% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 138 343 297
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,125 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £63,929
Median % change year-on-year - +1.68% -11.82%
75th Percentile £85,000 £89,375 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,000 £97,500
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.47%

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 2,829 1,738 2,537
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.21% 95.60% 92.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,051 1,339 1,961
10th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £43,125
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £74,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +0.67% -0.67%
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 19 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 (7.11%) SharePoint
2 12 (6.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.55%) Confluence
4 2 (1.02%) 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 34 (17.26%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.54%) Autodesk Flame
3 5 (2.54%) Baselight
4 1 (0.51%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.51%) Civil 3D
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.51%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 4 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (2.03%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (2.03%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.52%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.52%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (1.02%) Elite 3E
3 2 (1.02%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.02%) 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 34 (17.26%) Azure
2 29 (14.72%) AWS
3 24 (12.18%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (9.14%) Power Platform
5 11 (5.58%) GCP
6 10 (5.08%) OneDrive
7 8 (4.06%) SaaS
8 7 (3.55%) Azure AKS
8 7 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (3.55%) Power Automate
9 6 (3.05%) OCI
9 6 (3.05%) PaaS
10 5 (2.54%) GitHub
10 5 (2.54%) Serverless
11 4 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (2.03%) dbt
11 4 (2.03%) Entra ID
11 4 (2.03%) IaaS
11 4 (2.03%) Snowflake
12 3 (1.52%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.05%) Network Security
2 5 (2.54%) Firewall
3 4 (2.03%) BGP
3 4 (2.03%) Broadband
3 4 (2.03%) OSPF
3 4 (2.03%) VPN
4 3 (1.52%) Intranet
4 3 (1.52%) MPLS
5 2 (1.02%) DHCP
5 2 (1.02%) DNS
5 2 (1.02%) Internet
5 2 (1.02%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.02%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.02%) VLAN
6 1 (0.51%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.51%) IGMP
6 1 (0.51%) Multicast
6 1 (0.51%) VoIP
6 1 (0.51%) WAN
6 1 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.12%) Power BI
2 9 (4.57%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.54%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.03%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.52%) Metabase
5 3 (1.52%) MySQL
5 3 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.02%) Big Data
6 2 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.02%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.02%) Oracle Discoverer
6 2 (1.02%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
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%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (5.08%) JIRA
2 5 (2.54%) Git
3 4 (2.03%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.03%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.52%) Postman
5 1 (0.51%) GitLab
5 1 (0.51%) JMeter
5 1 (0.51%) Mocha
5 1 (0.51%) TeamCity
General
1 107 (54.31%) Social Skills
2 69 (35.03%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (29.95%) Finance
4 41 (20.81%) Law
5 11 (5.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (5.58%) Marketing
6 10 (5.08%) Banking
7 9 (4.57%) Front Office
8 8 (4.06%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.55%) French Language
9 7 (3.55%) Games
10 6 (3.05%) Legal
10 6 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (3.05%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (2.54%) Retail
12 4 (2.03%) General Ledger
12 4 (2.03%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (1.02%) Financial Institution
14 2 (1.02%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (18.78%) Analyst
2 35 (17.77%) Senior
3 21 (10.66%) Developer
4 16 (8.12%) Support Analyst
5 13 (6.60%) Consultant
6 12 (6.09%) IT Support
7 11 (5.58%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 11 (5.58%) 2nd Line Support
7 11 (5.58%) Support Engineer
8 10 (5.08%) Cloud Engineer
8 10 (5.08%) Post-Production Engineer
9 9 (4.57%) Senior Manager
10 8 (4.06%) Desktop Analyst
10 8 (4.06%) Desktop Support
10 8 (4.06%) Desktop Support Analyst
10 8 (4.06%) Graduate
10 8 (4.06%) IT Engineer
10 8 (4.06%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (4.06%) Software Engineer
11 7 (3.55%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.06%) HTML
2 5 (2.54%) React
2 5 (2.54%) REST
3 4 (2.03%) .NET
3 4 (2.03%) gRPC
4 3 (1.52%) Next.js
4 3 (1.52%) PyTorch
4 3 (1.52%) RESTful
5 2 (1.02%) CSS
5 2 (1.02%) CSS3
5 2 (1.02%) Django
5 2 (1.02%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (1.02%) Flask
5 2 (1.02%) HTML5
5 2 (1.02%) Kafka
5 2 (1.02%) Node.js
5 2 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.02%) Pandas
5 2 (1.02%) Spring
5 2 (1.02%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.15%) Onboarding
2 19 (9.64%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (7.11%) Cloud Native
4 13 (6.60%) Data Centre
5 10 (5.08%) Web Conferencing
6 9 (4.57%) Driving Licence
7 7 (3.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (3.55%) Photography
7 7 (3.55%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.55%) Video Editing
8 6 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (3.05%) Biopharmaceutical
8 6 (3.05%) Data Structures
8 6 (3.05%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (3.05%) Management Information System
9 5 (2.54%) Equities
9 5 (2.54%) Hedge funds
10 4 (2.03%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (2.03%) Over-the-Top Content
10 4 (2.03%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 25 (12.69%) Windows
2 13 (6.60%) Linux
3 12 (6.09%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.03%) 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 51 (25.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 38 (19.29%) Agile
3 31 (15.74%) ITIL
4 29 (14.72%) Customer Service
5 25 (12.69%) Decision-Making
5 25 (12.69%) Stakeholder Management
6 24 (12.18%) Mentoring
7 23 (11.68%) CI/CD
8 21 (10.66%) Coaching
8 21 (10.66%) Computer Science
9 20 (10.15%) Workflow
10 19 (9.64%) AI
10 19 (9.64%) DevOps
11 18 (9.14%) Cybersecurity
11 18 (9.14%) Post-Production
12 17 (8.63%) Analytics
12 17 (8.63%) Software Engineering
13 15 (7.61%) Data Analysis
13 15 (7.61%) Microservices
13 15 (7.61%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 52 (26.40%) Python
2 46 (23.35%) SQL
3 29 (14.72%) PowerShell
4 23 (11.68%) JavaScript
5 10 (5.08%) C#
5 10 (5.08%) Java
6 7 (3.55%) Bash
7 6 (3.05%) Scala
8 5 (2.54%) C++
9 4 (2.03%) Go
9 4 (2.03%) R
9 4 (2.03%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.52%) VBA
11 2 (1.02%) Bicep
11 2 (1.02%) PHP
11 2 (1.02%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.51%) Cypher
12 1 (0.51%) Elm
12 1 (0.51%) Julia
12 1 (0.51%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 47 (23.86%) Degree
2 12 (6.09%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.58%) CISSP
3 11 (5.58%) Master's Degree
4 10 (5.08%) SC Cleared
5 8 (4.06%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.55%) A+ Certification
7 6 (3.05%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (3.05%) MBA
8 5 (2.54%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.03%) ACCA
9 4 (2.03%) CIMA
9 4 (2.03%) CISA
9 4 (2.03%) CISM
10 3 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.52%) CRISC
10 3 (1.52%) SSCP
11 2 (1.02%) DBS Check
11 2 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.12%) Accessibility
2 13 (6.60%) Data Quality
3 9 (4.57%) NIST
4 8 (4.06%) QA
5 7 (3.55%) GDPR
6 4 (2.03%) IFRS
6 4 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.52%) GRC
8 2 (1.02%) COBIT
8 2 (1.02%) GAAP
8 2 (1.02%) NCSC
8 2 (1.02%) SLA
9 1 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.51%) EMIR
9 1 (0.51%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.51%) MiFID
9 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.51%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (8.12%) Active Directory
2 14 (7.11%) Docker
3 4 (2.03%) GPFS
3 4 (2.03%) StorNext
3 4 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (6.09%) Terraform
2 11 (5.58%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.03%) Ansible
Vendors
1 63 (31.98%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.12%) ServiceNow
3 14 (7.11%) SAP
4 12 (6.09%) Oracle
5 9 (4.57%) Google
6 6 (3.05%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.54%) Dell
8 4 (2.03%) Alteryx
8 4 (2.03%) Autodesk
8 4 (2.03%) Avid
8 4 (2.03%) Cisco
8 4 (2.03%) Typelevel
9 2 (1.02%) BT
9 2 (1.02%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.02%) Databricks
9 2 (1.02%) JDA
9 2 (1.02%) Sony
10 1 (0.51%) Commvault
10 1 (0.51%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.51%) VMware