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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 11 18
Rank change year-on-year +5 +7 -2
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 342 459 345
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 18.01% 16.24% 11.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.95% 17.14% 12.17%
Number of salaries quoted 266 291 301
10th Percentile £33,294 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £69,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.88% -5.44%
75th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £68,736 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.83% +3.85% -10.34%

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 1,714 2,678 2,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 90.26% 94.76% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,304 1,768 2,562
10th Percentile £40,532 £46,250 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £99,063 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £117,500 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £74,000
% change year-on-year - +1.35% -1.33%

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 5 December 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 5 December 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 4 £87,500 +150.00%
Problem-Solving
Central 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 (4.97%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.92%) Confluence
4 4 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.17%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.58%) Apache
5 2 (0.58%) CMS
5 2 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.58%) IIS
5 2 (0.58%) nginx
5 2 (0.58%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.29%) Luigi
6 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 18 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.29%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.17%) Elite 3E
1 4 (1.17%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.58%) Endur
3 2 (0.58%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 92 (26.90%) Azure
2 50 (14.62%) AWS
3 46 (13.45%) Power Platform
4 29 (8.48%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (7.02%) GCP
6 20 (5.85%) SaaS
7 17 (4.97%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.92%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (2.92%) GitHub
9 9 (2.63%) OneDrive
9 9 (2.63%) Power Automate
10 8 (2.34%) dbt
11 7 (2.05%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.75%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.75%) Serverless
12 6 (1.75%) Snowflake
13 4 (1.17%) Amazon ECR
13 4 (1.17%) Amazon ECS
13 4 (1.17%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.17%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.63%) DHCP
1 9 (2.63%) TCP/IP
2 8 (2.34%) DNS
2 8 (2.34%) Firewall
2 8 (2.34%) WAN
2 8 (2.34%) WebEx
3 6 (1.75%) LAN
3 6 (1.75%) VPN
3 6 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (1.46%) Modbus
4 5 (1.46%) Network Security
4 5 (1.46%) VoIP
5 3 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.58%) Broadband
6 2 (0.58%) DOCSIS
6 2 (0.58%) IPv4
6 2 (0.58%) IPv6
6 2 (0.58%) PPP
6 2 (0.58%) SAN
6 2 (0.58%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (10.82%) Power BI
2 19 (5.56%) SQL Server
3 16 (4.68%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.51%) Relational Database
5 9 (2.63%) ClickHouse
6 6 (1.75%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.46%) Hadoop
7 5 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.17%) Metabase
8 4 (1.17%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.17%) Tableau
9 3 (0.88%) Big Data
9 3 (0.88%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.88%) GIS
9 3 (0.88%) KDB
9 3 (0.88%) QGIS
10 2 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.58%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (5.26%) JIRA
2 11 (3.22%) Git
3 6 (1.75%) Octopus Deploy
3 6 (1.75%) TeamCity
4 5 (1.46%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.88%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.58%) GitLab
7 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.29%) JUnit
7 1 (0.29%) NUnit
7 1 (0.29%) Selenium
7 1 (0.29%) SpecFlow
General
1 177 (51.75%) Social Skills
2 106 (30.99%) Analytical Skills
3 96 (28.07%) Finance
4 38 (11.11%) Legal
5 35 (10.23%) Law
6 26 (7.60%) Banking
7 24 (7.02%) Retail
8 17 (4.97%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (4.68%) Billing
9 16 (4.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.75%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.75%) Health Technology
13 5 (1.46%) German Language
13 5 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.46%) Marketing
14 4 (1.17%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.88%) Advertising
15 3 (0.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 51 (14.91%) Developer
2 34 (9.94%) Senior
3 33 (9.65%) Analyst
3 33 (9.65%) Lead
4 31 (9.06%) Support Engineer
5 29 (8.48%) Graduate
6 26 (7.60%) Technical Support
7 22 (6.43%) Technical Engineer
7 22 (6.43%) Technical Support Engineer
8 21 (6.14%) Consultant
9 19 (5.56%) Graduate Technical Support
10 16 (4.68%) Architect
11 15 (4.39%) Graduate Support Engineer
11 15 (4.39%) Graduate Technical Engineer
12 14 (4.09%) Full-Stack Developer
12 14 (4.09%) Service Manager
13 12 (3.51%) Data Engineer
13 12 (3.51%) IT Manager
13 12 (3.51%) Product Manager
14 11 (3.22%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.77%) .NET
2 24 (7.02%) React
3 20 (5.85%) RESTful
4 10 (2.92%) PySpark
5 9 (2.63%) Web Services
6 8 (2.34%) Kafka
6 8 (2.34%) Node.js
7 7 (2.05%) AngularJS
7 7 (2.05%) Django
7 7 (2.05%) Vue
8 6 (1.75%) FastAPI
8 6 (1.75%) Flask
9 5 (1.46%) .NET Core
9 5 (1.46%) CSS
9 5 (1.46%) HTML
9 5 (1.46%) Middleware
10 4 (1.17%) .NET Framework
10 4 (1.17%) CSS3
10 4 (1.17%) Entity Framework
10 4 (1.17%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.82%) Onboarding
2 24 (7.02%) Cloud Native
3 20 (5.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 18 (5.26%) Product Ownership
5 16 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (3.22%) Reinsurance
7 10 (2.92%) Virtual Team
8 8 (2.34%) CMDB
8 8 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (2.34%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.34%) Market Risk
9 7 (2.05%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (2.05%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (1.46%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.17%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.17%) Derivative
12 3 (0.88%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.31%) Windows
2 12 (3.51%) Linux
2 12 (3.51%) Windows 10
3 6 (1.75%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.46%) Mac OS
4 5 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.88%) Unix
6 3 (0.88%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.58%) CentOS
7 2 (0.58%) OpenWrt
7 2 (0.58%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.29%) AIX
8 1 (0.29%) Debian
8 1 (0.29%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.29%) Solaris
8 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (30.41%) Agile
2 80 (23.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 72 (21.05%) AI
4 50 (14.62%) Decision-Making
5 48 (14.04%) Analytics
6 44 (12.87%) Roadmaps
7 39 (11.40%) Mentoring
8 37 (10.82%) Business Intelligence
8 37 (10.82%) Cybersecurity
8 37 (10.82%) ITIL
9 35 (10.23%) DevOps
9 35 (10.23%) Machine Learning
10 34 (9.94%) Migration
10 34 (9.94%) Service Management
11 33 (9.65%) Stakeholder Management
12 31 (9.06%) User Experience
13 30 (8.77%) Microservices
14 28 (8.19%) CI/CD
14 28 (8.19%) Strategic Thinking
15 27 (7.89%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 95 (27.78%) Python
2 71 (20.76%) SQL
3 35 (10.23%) C#
4 34 (9.94%) Java
5 20 (5.85%) Bash
6 16 (4.68%) PowerShell
7 15 (4.39%) C++
8 11 (3.22%) JavaScript
9 10 (2.92%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.88%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.88%) VBA
12 2 (0.58%) C
12 2 (0.58%) Go
12 2 (0.58%) Perl
13 1 (0.29%) R
13 1 (0.29%) RPG
13 1 (0.29%) Ruby
13 1 (0.29%) Scala
13 1 (0.29%) VC++
Qualifications
1 72 (21.05%) Degree
2 16 (4.68%) Security Cleared
3 12 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.34%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.05%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.75%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.17%) PMP
9 3 (0.88%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.88%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.88%) CCNA
9 3 (0.88%) CISM
9 3 (0.88%) CISSP
9 3 (0.88%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.88%) PhD
9 3 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.58%) CBAP
10 2 (0.58%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.68%) GDPR
2 13 (3.80%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.51%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.92%) QA
5 8 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 19770
6 7 (2.05%) SLA
7 6 (1.75%) NIST
8 4 (1.17%) WCAG
9 3 (0.88%) ITGC
9 3 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.29%) COBIT
11 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.29%) EMIR
11 1 (0.29%) GRC
11 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (4.97%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.92%) Docker
4 8 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.17%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.88%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.88%) vSphere
7 1 (0.29%) Firmware
7 1 (0.29%) KVM
7 1 (0.29%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 15 (4.39%) Terraform
2 13 (3.80%) Kubernetes
3 12 (3.51%) Ansible
3 12 (3.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.17%) Grafana
5 3 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.88%) Puppet
5 3 (0.88%) Red Hat Satellite
5 3 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.58%) ArcSight ESM
6 2 (0.58%) Argo
6 2 (0.58%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.58%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.58%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.58%) QRadar
6 2 (0.58%) Red Hat Spacewalk
6 2 (0.58%) SCCM
7 1 (0.29%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.29%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 75 (21.93%) Microsoft
2 25 (7.31%) Databricks
3 19 (5.56%) ServiceNow
4 15 (4.39%) Guidewire
4 15 (4.39%) VMware
5 12 (3.51%) Oracle
6 10 (2.92%) HP
7 9 (2.63%) Google
7 9 (2.63%) MuleSoft
8 7 (2.05%) Apple
8 7 (2.05%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.75%) Hitachi
9 6 (1.75%) Intapp
9 6 (1.75%) SAP
10 5 (1.46%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.88%) Cisco
11 3 (0.88%) Dell
11 3 (0.88%) iManage
11 3 (0.88%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.88%) Splunk