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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -18 +3 +10
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 215 412 481
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.08% 21.29% 15.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.36% 22.14% 16.62%
Number of salaries quoted 142 351 353
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £68,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.86% +12.00% -7.41%

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 3,383 1,861 2,894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 79.96% 96.18% 91.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,464 1,424 2,350
10th Percentile £46,625 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £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 - £122,500 £113,875
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 4 July 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 9 (4.19%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (4.19%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.47%) Confluence
3 1 (0.47%) IIS
3 1 (0.47%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 29 (13.49%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.47%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.47%) Civil 3D
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.86%) Oracle Applications
1 4 (1.86%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.86%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.93%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.47%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.47%) SAP PSCD
3 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.47%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.47%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 47 (21.86%) Azure
2 33 (15.35%) AWS
3 20 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (7.44%) GCP
4 16 (7.44%) Power Platform
5 12 (5.58%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (4.19%) dbt
6 9 (4.19%) Power Automate
7 8 (3.72%) OneDrive
7 8 (3.72%) SaaS
7 8 (3.72%) Serverless
8 7 (3.26%) Azure AKS
9 6 (2.79%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (2.79%) OCI
9 6 (2.79%) PaaS
10 5 (2.33%) GitHub
11 4 (1.86%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.86%) IaaS
12 3 (1.40%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.44%) Wireless
2 8 (3.72%) Broadband
3 7 (3.26%) Firewall
3 7 (3.26%) Network Security
4 5 (2.33%) DNS
5 4 (1.86%) BGP
5 4 (1.86%) DHCP
5 4 (1.86%) OSPF
6 3 (1.40%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (1.40%) MPLS
6 3 (1.40%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.40%) VLAN
6 3 (1.40%) VPN
6 3 (1.40%) WAN
7 2 (0.93%) Internet
7 2 (0.93%) Intranet
7 2 (0.93%) LAN
7 2 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.47%) SAN
8 1 (0.47%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.44%) Power BI
1 16 (7.44%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.72%) Metabase
4 4 (1.86%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.40%) Big Data
5 3 (1.40%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.93%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.93%) Oracle Discoverer
6 2 (0.93%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.47%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.47%) KDB
7 1 (0.47%) MySQL
7 1 (0.47%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (4.19%) Visual Studio
2 8 (3.72%) Burp Suite
2 8 (3.72%) Metasploit
3 6 (2.79%) Git
4 4 (1.86%) JIRA
5 2 (0.93%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.93%) Postman
5 2 (0.93%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.47%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.47%) GitLab
6 1 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 106 (49.30%) Social Skills
2 75 (34.88%) Finance
3 64 (29.77%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.77%) Law
5 9 (4.19%) Banking
5 9 (4.19%) Front Office
5 9 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.26%) Legal
7 7 (3.26%) Retail
8 6 (2.79%) Marketing
8 6 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.86%) General Ledger
9 4 (1.86%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.93%) Advertising
10 2 (0.93%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.93%) Games
10 2 (0.93%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.93%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 44 (20.47%) Senior
2 42 (19.53%) Analyst
3 23 (10.70%) Developer
4 17 (7.91%) Support Analyst
5 16 (7.44%) IT Support
6 15 (6.98%) Support Engineer
7 12 (5.58%) 2nd Line Support
7 12 (5.58%) Digital Analyst
7 12 (5.58%) Senior Analyst
8 11 (5.12%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 11 (5.12%) Consultant
8 11 (5.12%) Senior Digital Analyst
9 10 (4.65%) Cloud Engineer
9 10 (4.65%) IT Analyst
9 10 (4.65%) Systems Analyst
10 9 (4.19%) Financial Analyst
10 9 (4.19%) IT Support Analyst
10 9 (4.19%) Security Analyst
11 8 (3.72%) Security Manager
11 8 (3.72%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.65%) .NET
2 7 (3.26%) gRPC
3 6 (2.79%) REST
4 5 (2.33%) React
5 4 (1.86%) FastAPI
5 4 (1.86%) Flask
6 3 (1.40%) Django
6 3 (1.40%) LangChain
6 3 (1.40%) PyTorch
6 3 (1.40%) RESTful
6 3 (1.40%) WPF
7 2 (0.93%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.93%) Pandas
7 2 (0.93%) Spring
7 2 (0.93%) TensorFlow
7 2 (0.93%) Web Services
8 1 (0.47%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.47%) SAP Fiori
8 1 (0.47%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.84%) Onboarding
2 18 (8.37%) Mobile App
3 15 (6.98%) Data Centre
4 13 (6.05%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (5.58%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (5.58%) Cyber Defence
6 11 (5.12%) Cloud Native
7 9 (4.19%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (4.19%) Security Posture
7 9 (4.19%) Web Conferencing
8 7 (3.26%) Over-the-Top Content
8 7 (3.26%) Video\Live Streaming
9 6 (2.79%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.79%) Photography
9 6 (2.79%) Video Editing
10 5 (2.33%) Data Structures
10 5 (2.33%) Driving Licence
10 5 (2.33%) Equities
10 5 (2.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 28 (13.02%) Windows
2 11 (5.12%) Linux
3 8 (3.72%) Windows 10
4 7 (3.26%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.47%) Android
7 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.47%) CentOS
7 1 (0.47%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.47%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.47%) Unix
7 1 (0.47%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (20.93%) Agile
2 43 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 41 (19.07%) Mentoring
4 34 (15.81%) Coaching
5 30 (13.95%) CI/CD
6 29 (13.49%) ITIL
7 27 (12.56%) Customer Service
7 27 (12.56%) Stakeholder Management
8 25 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
9 24 (11.16%) Creative Thinking
10 23 (10.70%) Business Strategy
11 21 (9.77%) Collaborative Culture
11 21 (9.77%) DevOps
11 21 (9.77%) Internal Audit
12 20 (9.30%) Migration
12 20 (9.30%) Software Engineering
13 19 (8.84%) Application Security
13 19 (8.84%) Business Transformation
13 19 (8.84%) Computer Science
13 19 (8.84%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 58 (26.98%) Python
2 49 (22.79%) SQL
3 38 (17.67%) PowerShell
4 18 (8.37%) JavaScript
5 15 (6.98%) Bash
6 13 (6.05%) C#
7 8 (3.72%) Java
7 8 (3.72%) Scala
8 7 (3.26%) Go
9 6 (2.79%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.86%) C++
11 2 (0.93%) Bicep
11 2 (0.93%) PHP
11 2 (0.93%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.93%) R
12 1 (0.47%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.47%) Cypher
12 1 (0.47%) Elm
12 1 (0.47%) Julia
12 1 (0.47%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 45 (20.93%) Degree
2 16 (7.44%) CCSAM
2 16 (7.44%) CHECK Team Leader
2 16 (7.44%) CHECK Team Member
2 16 (7.44%) CREST Certified
2 16 (7.44%) OSCP
3 12 (5.58%) CISSP
4 10 (4.65%) Security Cleared
5 9 (4.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.72%) A+ Certification
6 8 (3.72%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.79%) Master's Degree
8 5 (2.33%) CISA
8 5 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (1.86%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.86%) CISM
9 4 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.40%) ACCA
10 3 (1.40%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.65%) NIST
2 9 (4.19%) GDPR
3 8 (3.72%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.79%) QA
5 4 (1.86%) IFRS
6 3 (1.40%) SLA
7 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.93%) EU AI Act
7 2 (0.93%) GAAP
7 2 (0.93%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.93%) NCSC
7 2 (0.93%) PMO
8 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.47%) GRC
8 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (7.44%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.98%) Docker
3 3 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.93%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (6.05%) Terraform
2 9 (4.19%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.72%) Nessus
4 3 (1.40%) Ansible
4 3 (1.40%) Grafana
4 3 (1.40%) Kibana
5 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.47%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.47%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.47%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 63 (29.30%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.05%) ServiceNow
3 12 (5.58%) Oracle
4 8 (3.72%) Google
5 7 (3.26%) SAP
5 7 (3.26%) Typelevel
6 6 (2.79%) Dell
7 5 (2.33%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.86%) VMware
9 3 (1.40%) Cisco
9 3 (1.40%) Databricks
10 2 (0.93%) Adobe
10 2 (0.93%) BT
10 2 (0.93%) CyberArk
10 2 (0.93%) Darktrace
10 2 (0.93%) JDA
10 2 (0.93%) McAfee
10 2 (0.93%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.47%) Meraki
11 1 (0.47%) Splunk