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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 7 11
Rank change year-on-year -7 +4 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 289 423 430
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 8.44% 20.19% 13.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.16% 21.02% 14.73%
Number of salaries quoted 176 334 333
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £36,900
25th Percentile £41,250 £49,063 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.66% +11.54% -3.70%
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.90% +16.00% -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 2,845 2,012 2,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 83.07% 96.04% 92.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2,000 1,514 2,494
10th Percentile £44,900 £42,500 £41,315
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 £98,750 £97,500 £96,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -

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 April 2026.

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 April 2026. 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 -2 1 £112,500 -6.25%
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 9 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.04%) Apache
4 3 (1.04%) Confluence
5 2 (0.69%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.69%) IIS
5 2 (0.69%) nginx
6 1 (0.35%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 26 (9.00%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.04%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.69%) Visualfiles
3 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.35%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.35%) SAP PSCD
3 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.35%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 94 (32.53%) Azure
2 46 (15.92%) AWS
3 35 (12.11%) Power Platform
4 24 (8.30%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (5.54%) GCP
7 15 (5.19%) dbt
8 13 (4.50%) Power Automate
9 11 (3.81%) Serverless
10 9 (3.11%) GitHub
11 8 (2.77%) Azure Functions
12 7 (2.42%) Azure Event Grid
12 7 (2.42%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (2.42%) Azure Storage
12 7 (2.42%) Google Workspace
12 7 (2.42%) OneDrive
13 6 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (1.73%) SaaS
15 4 (1.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.23%) Wireless
2 14 (4.84%) DHCP
3 13 (4.50%) DNS
4 12 (4.15%) TCP/IP
5 11 (3.81%) Broadband
6 9 (3.11%) WAN
7 8 (2.77%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (2.42%) LAN
9 5 (1.73%) Firewall
9 5 (1.73%) VoIP
10 3 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (1.04%) SAN
10 3 (1.04%) VPN
11 2 (0.69%) 3G
11 2 (0.69%) DOCSIS
11 2 (0.69%) DSL
11 2 (0.69%) IPv4
11 2 (0.69%) IPv6
11 2 (0.69%) PPP
11 2 (0.69%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (11.42%) Power BI
2 26 (9.00%) SQL Server
3 22 (7.61%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (4.15%) Metabase
5 8 (2.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (2.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.04%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.04%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.04%) Tableau
8 2 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.69%) Big Data
8 2 (0.69%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.69%) Metadata
8 2 (0.69%) MySQL
8 2 (0.69%) Power Query
9 1 (0.35%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.35%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.35%) Flink
9 1 (0.35%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 13 (4.50%) Visual Studio
2 10 (3.46%) JIRA
3 9 (3.11%) Burp Suite
3 9 (3.11%) Metasploit
4 8 (2.77%) Octopus Deploy
4 8 (2.77%) TeamCity
5 5 (1.73%) Git
6 2 (0.69%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.69%) Postman
7 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.35%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.35%) GitLab
7 1 (0.35%) NUnit
7 1 (0.35%) Selenium
7 1 (0.35%) SpecFlow
General
1 123 (42.56%) Social Skills
2 117 (40.48%) Finance
3 80 (27.68%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (9.34%) Legal
5 23 (7.96%) Banking
6 21 (7.27%) Retail
7 17 (5.88%) Law
8 12 (4.15%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.73%) Front Office
13 4 (1.38%) Advertising
13 4 (1.38%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.38%) Marketing
13 4 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.04%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.69%) Billing
15 2 (0.69%) Games
16 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 52 (17.99%) Analyst
2 47 (16.26%) Senior
3 27 (9.34%) Support Engineer
4 26 (9.00%) Developer
5 23 (7.96%) Lead
6 21 (7.27%) IT Support
7 20 (6.92%) Support Analyst
8 15 (5.19%) Graduate
8 15 (5.19%) Systems Support Analyst
9 14 (4.84%) Digital Analyst
9 14 (4.84%) Senior Analyst
10 13 (4.50%) Service Manager
11 12 (4.15%) 2nd Line Support
11 12 (4.15%) Finance Systems Analyst
11 12 (4.15%) Financial Analyst
11 12 (4.15%) IT Analyst
11 12 (4.15%) IT Engineer
11 12 (4.15%) IT Support Analyst
11 12 (4.15%) Systems Analyst
11 12 (4.15%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (7.96%) .NET
2 8 (2.77%) gRPC
3 7 (2.42%) Flask
3 7 (2.42%) React
3 7 (2.42%) WPF
4 6 (2.08%) Django
4 6 (2.08%) FastAPI
4 6 (2.08%) Node.js
5 5 (1.73%) LangChain
6 4 (1.38%) REST
6 4 (1.38%) XML
7 3 (1.04%) CSS
7 3 (1.04%) HTML
7 3 (1.04%) Kafka
7 3 (1.04%) LlamaIndex
7 3 (1.04%) PySpark
7 3 (1.04%) PyTorch
7 3 (1.04%) XSLT
8 2 (0.69%) Next.js
8 2 (0.69%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.69%) Onboarding
2 23 (7.96%) Analytical Mindset
3 20 (6.92%) Mobile App
4 13 (4.50%) Cyber Defence
5 10 (3.46%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (3.11%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.11%) Security Posture
6 9 (3.11%) Virtual Team
7 8 (2.77%) CMDB
7 8 (2.77%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.42%) Over-the-Top Content
8 7 (2.42%) Video\Live Streaming
9 5 (1.73%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.73%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.73%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.04%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.04%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (1.04%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 38 (13.15%) Windows
2 11 (3.81%) Linux
2 11 (3.81%) Windows 10
3 10 (3.46%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.08%) Mac OS
4 6 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (1.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.73%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.04%) CentOS
7 3 (1.04%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.69%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.69%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.69%) Unix
9 1 (0.35%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.35%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (22.49%) Agile
2 63 (21.80%) Continuous Improvement
3 57 (19.72%) AI
4 55 (19.03%) Mentoring
5 47 (16.26%) Analytics
6 45 (15.57%) Coaching
6 45 (15.57%) ITIL
7 38 (13.15%) CI/CD
7 38 (13.15%) Creative Thinking
8 37 (12.80%) Cybersecurity
9 35 (12.11%) DevOps
10 34 (11.76%) Data Pipeline
11 31 (10.73%) Business Intelligence
12 28 (9.69%) Migration
13 27 (9.34%) Collaborative Culture
14 26 (9.00%) Business Strategy
14 26 (9.00%) Decision-Making
14 26 (9.00%) Stakeholder Management
15 24 (8.30%) Full-Stack Development
16 23 (7.96%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 94 (32.53%) Python
2 86 (29.76%) SQL
3 47 (16.26%) PowerShell
4 22 (7.61%) JavaScript
5 20 (6.92%) Bash
6 19 (6.57%) C#
7 11 (3.81%) TypeScript
8 8 (2.77%) Java
9 7 (2.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (2.42%) Go
9 7 (2.42%) Scala
10 6 (2.08%) C++
11 3 (1.04%) VBA
11 3 (1.04%) VC++
12 2 (0.69%) C
12 2 (0.69%) Perl
12 2 (0.69%) PHP
13 1 (0.35%) ABAP
13 1 (0.35%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.35%) RPG
Qualifications
1 47 (16.26%) Degree
2 18 (6.23%) CCSAM
2 18 (6.23%) CHECK Team Leader
2 18 (6.23%) CHECK Team Member
2 18 (6.23%) CREST Certified
2 18 (6.23%) OSCP
3 9 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (3.11%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.77%) A+ Certification
4 8 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.42%) CISSP
6 6 (2.08%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.73%) CISA
8 3 (1.04%) CCNA
8 3 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.04%) CompTIA CySA+
8 3 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.04%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (1.04%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.04%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (6.57%) GDPR
3 15 (5.19%) NIST
4 10 (3.46%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 19770
6 4 (1.38%) QA
7 3 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.04%) EMIR
7 3 (1.04%) ITGC
7 3 (1.04%) SLA
8 2 (0.69%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.69%) PMO
8 2 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.69%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.35%) Basel II
9 1 (0.35%) COBIT
9 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (5.19%) Active Directory
1 15 (5.19%) Docker
2 11 (3.81%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.73%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (5.88%) Terraform
2 9 (3.11%) Grafana
2 9 (3.11%) Nessus
3 8 (2.77%) Kubernetes
4 7 (2.42%) Kibana
5 6 (2.08%) Ansible
6 5 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.04%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.69%) ArcSight ESM
9 2 (0.69%) QRadar
9 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Spacewalk
10 1 (0.35%) Ambari
10 1 (0.35%) Argo
10 1 (0.35%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.35%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.35%) Puppet
10 1 (0.35%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.35%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 75 (25.95%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.61%) ServiceNow
3 19 (6.57%) Databricks
4 11 (3.81%) Oracle
5 8 (2.77%) CyberArk
5 8 (2.77%) Google
6 7 (2.42%) Dell
6 7 (2.42%) Typelevel
7 5 (1.73%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.73%) VMware
8 4 (1.38%) HP
8 4 (1.38%) McAfee
8 4 (1.38%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.38%) SAP
8 4 (1.38%) Splunk
9 3 (1.04%) Adobe
9 3 (1.04%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.69%) iManage
10 2 (0.69%) OneTrust
10 2 (0.69%) OpenAI