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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -18 +5 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 197 408 424
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.31% 21.62% 15.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.63% 22.59% 16.79%
Number of salaries quoted 142 346 307
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,625 £36,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £47,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £63,929
Median % change year-on-year - +1.68% -13.61%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £106,575 £113,125 £101,700
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -10.71%

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 2,972 1,806 2,526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.17% 95.71% 92.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,169 1,383 1,998
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,642 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £54,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £115,000
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 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 13 (6.60%) SharePoint
2 11 (5.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.02%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.51%) Confluence
4 1 (0.51%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 34 (17.26%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.52%) Autodesk Flame
3 3 (1.52%) 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 (2.03%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (2.03%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.52%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (1.02%) Elite 3E
3 2 (1.02%) NetSuite
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 37 (18.78%) Azure
2 32 (16.24%) AWS
3 25 (12.69%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (10.15%) Power Platform
5 13 (6.60%) GCP
6 10 (5.08%) OneDrive
7 9 (4.57%) Power Automate
8 8 (4.06%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (4.06%) SaaS
9 7 (3.55%) Azure AKS
10 6 (3.05%) dbt
10 6 (3.05%) OCI
10 6 (3.05%) PaaS
11 5 (2.54%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (2.54%) Serverless
12 4 (2.03%) Entra ID
12 4 (2.03%) GitHub
12 4 (2.03%) IaaS
12 4 (2.03%) Snowflake
13 3 (1.52%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.05%) Broadband
1 6 (3.05%) Network Security
2 5 (2.54%) Firewall
3 4 (2.03%) BGP
3 4 (2.03%) OSPF
4 3 (1.52%) Intranet
4 3 (1.52%) MPLS
4 3 (1.52%) VLAN
4 3 (1.52%) VPN
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%) WAN
6 1 (0.51%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.51%) IGMP
6 1 (0.51%) LAN
6 1 (0.51%) VoIP
6 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.14%) Power BI
2 11 (5.58%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.55%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.54%) Metabase
4 5 (2.54%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.54%) Relational Database
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%) Amazon Redshift
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%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (3.05%) Git
1 6 (3.05%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.03%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.03%) JIRA
3 3 (1.52%) Postman
4 1 (0.51%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.51%) GitLab
4 1 (0.51%) JMeter
4 1 (0.51%) TeamCity
General
1 107 (54.31%) Social Skills
2 65 (32.99%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (29.44%) Finance
4 32 (16.24%) Law
5 10 (5.08%) Banking
6 9 (4.57%) Front Office
6 9 (4.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.55%) Legal
8 6 (3.05%) Marketing
8 6 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.54%) Games
9 5 (2.54%) Retail
10 4 (2.03%) French Language
10 4 (2.03%) General Ledger
10 4 (2.03%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.02%) Advertising
11 2 (1.02%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.02%) Private Banking
11 2 (1.02%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (19.29%) Analyst
2 31 (15.74%) Senior
3 23 (11.68%) Developer
4 17 (8.63%) Support Analyst
5 14 (7.11%) Consultant
6 13 (6.60%) IT Support
7 12 (6.09%) 2nd Line Support
8 11 (5.58%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 11 (5.58%) Support Engineer
9 10 (5.08%) Cloud Engineer
10 9 (4.57%) Software Engineer
10 9 (4.57%) Systems Analyst
11 8 (4.06%) 1st Line Support
11 8 (4.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 8 (4.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 8 (4.06%) Graduate
12 7 (3.55%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
12 7 (3.55%) IT Analyst
12 7 (3.55%) IT Engineer
12 7 (3.55%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.05%) gRPC
1 6 (3.05%) React
1 6 (3.05%) REST
2 4 (2.03%) .NET
2 4 (2.03%) Next.js
3 3 (1.52%) FastAPI
3 3 (1.52%) Flask
3 3 (1.52%) PyTorch
3 3 (1.52%) RESTful
4 2 (1.02%) CSS3
4 2 (1.02%) Django
4 2 (1.02%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (1.02%) HTML
4 2 (1.02%) HTML5
4 2 (1.02%) Kafka
4 2 (1.02%) LangChain
4 2 (1.02%) Node.js
4 2 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.02%) Pandas
4 2 (1.02%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.66%) Onboarding
2 17 (8.63%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (6.60%) Cloud Native
3 13 (6.60%) Data Centre
4 10 (5.08%) Web Conferencing
5 8 (4.06%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (4.06%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (4.06%) Driving Licence
6 7 (3.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (3.55%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.55%) Photography
6 7 (3.55%) Video Editing
7 6 (3.05%) Data Structures
7 6 (3.05%) Over-the-Top Content
7 6 (3.05%) Video\Live Streaming
8 5 (2.54%) Equities
9 4 (2.03%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (2.03%) Hedge funds
10 3 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.52%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 25 (12.69%) Windows
2 12 (6.09%) Linux
3 11 (5.58%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.52%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.52%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.51%) Android
6 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.51%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.51%) Unix
6 1 (0.51%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (23.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 34 (17.26%) Agile
3 32 (16.24%) ITIL
4 29 (14.72%) Customer Service
5 26 (13.20%) CI/CD
5 26 (13.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 25 (12.69%) Mentoring
7 20 (10.15%) DevOps
8 19 (9.64%) Computer Science
8 19 (9.64%) Decision-Making
8 19 (9.64%) Software Engineering
9 18 (9.14%) Coaching
10 17 (8.63%) Cybersecurity
11 16 (8.12%) Containerisation
11 16 (8.12%) Data Analysis
11 16 (8.12%) Migration
12 15 (7.61%) Business Intelligence
13 14 (7.11%) Microservices
13 14 (7.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (7.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 55 (27.92%) Python
2 48 (24.37%) SQL
3 30 (15.23%) PowerShell
4 25 (12.69%) JavaScript
5 10 (5.08%) C#
5 10 (5.08%) Java
6 8 (4.06%) Scala
7 7 (3.55%) Bash
8 6 (3.05%) Go
9 5 (2.54%) C++
9 5 (2.54%) TypeScript
10 4 (2.03%) R
11 3 (1.52%) VBA
12 2 (1.02%) Bicep
12 2 (1.02%) PHP
12 2 (1.02%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.51%) Cypher
13 1 (0.51%) Elm
13 1 (0.51%) Julia
13 1 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 38 (19.29%) Degree
2 12 (6.09%) CISSP
2 12 (6.09%) Security Cleared
3 10 (5.08%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.55%) A+ Certification
6 6 (3.05%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (2.54%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.54%) CISA
7 5 (2.54%) CISM
7 5 (2.54%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.03%) ACCA
8 4 (2.03%) CIMA
8 4 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.03%) CRISC
9 3 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.52%) SSCP
10 2 (1.02%) CCNP
10 2 (1.02%) CEH
10 2 (1.02%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.09%) Data Quality
2 11 (5.58%) Accessibility
3 9 (4.57%) NIST
4 8 (4.06%) QA
5 7 (3.55%) GDPR
6 6 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (2.03%) IFRS
8 3 (1.52%) GRC
8 3 (1.52%) SLA
9 2 (1.02%) COBIT
9 2 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (1.02%) EU AI Act
9 2 (1.02%) GAAP
9 2 (1.02%) NCSC
9 2 (1.02%) PMO
10 1 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.51%) MiFID
System Software
1 16 (8.12%) Active Directory
1 16 (8.12%) Docker
2 3 (1.52%) GPFS
2 3 (1.52%) StorNext
2 3 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.51%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (6.60%) Terraform
2 11 (5.58%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.03%) Ansible
4 1 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.51%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 66 (33.50%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.63%) ServiceNow
3 12 (6.09%) Oracle
4 11 (5.58%) SAP
5 9 (4.57%) Google
6 6 (3.05%) Typelevel
7 5 (2.54%) Dell
7 5 (2.54%) Salesforce
8 4 (2.03%) Alteryx
8 4 (2.03%) Cisco
9 3 (1.52%) Autodesk
9 3 (1.52%) Avid
10 2 (1.02%) BT
10 2 (1.02%) Darktrace
10 2 (1.02%) Databricks
10 2 (1.02%) JDA
10 2 (1.02%) OneTrust
10 2 (1.02%) Sony
10 2 (1.02%) VMware
11 1 (0.51%) Red Hat