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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -20 +6 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 196 405 418
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.52% 22.14% 15.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.87% 23.16% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 139 346 297
10th Percentile £32,000 £36,125 £36,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £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 £88,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £108,750 £97,500
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.11%

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 2,854 1,749 2,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.33% 95.63% 92.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,071 1,350 1,963
10th Percentile £46,000 £40,000 £43,125
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £73,750 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.47% -0.34% -1.33%
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 18 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 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 12 (6.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.55%) 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 35 (17.86%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.55%) Autodesk Flame
3 5 (2.55%) 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 (2.04%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (2.04%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.53%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.53%) 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 (17.35%) Azure
2 29 (14.80%) AWS
3 24 (12.24%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (9.69%) Power Platform
5 11 (5.61%) GCP
6 10 (5.10%) OneDrive
7 8 (4.08%) SaaS
8 7 (3.57%) Azure AKS
8 7 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (3.57%) Power Automate
9 6 (3.06%) OCI
9 6 (3.06%) PaaS
10 5 (2.55%) Serverless
11 4 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (2.04%) Entra ID
11 4 (2.04%) GitHub
11 4 (2.04%) IaaS
11 4 (2.04%) Snowflake
12 3 (1.53%) dbt
12 3 (1.53%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.06%) Network Security
2 5 (2.55%) Firewall
3 4 (2.04%) BGP
3 4 (2.04%) Broadband
3 4 (2.04%) OSPF
3 4 (2.04%) VPN
4 3 (1.53%) Intranet
4 3 (1.53%) 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 17 (8.67%) Power BI
2 9 (4.59%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.55%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.04%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.53%) Metabase
5 3 (1.53%) MySQL
5 3 (1.53%) 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%) Metadata
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 8 (4.08%) JIRA
2 5 (2.55%) Git
3 4 (2.04%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.04%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.53%) Postman
5 1 (0.51%) GitLab
5 1 (0.51%) JMeter
5 1 (0.51%) Mocha
5 1 (0.51%) TeamCity
General
1 107 (54.59%) Social Skills
2 68 (34.69%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (29.08%) Finance
4 40 (20.41%) Law
5 11 (5.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (5.10%) Banking
7 9 (4.59%) Front Office
7 9 (4.59%) Marketing
8 7 (3.57%) French Language
8 7 (3.57%) Games
9 6 (3.06%) Legal
9 6 (3.06%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.55%) Retail
11 4 (2.04%) General Ledger
11 4 (2.04%) Investment Banking
11 4 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.02%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.02%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (18.88%) Analyst
2 33 (16.84%) Senior
3 21 (10.71%) Developer
4 16 (8.16%) Support Analyst
5 13 (6.63%) Consultant
6 12 (6.12%) IT Support
7 11 (5.61%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 11 (5.61%) 2nd Line Support
7 11 (5.61%) Support Engineer
8 10 (5.10%) Cloud Engineer
8 10 (5.10%) Post-Production Engineer
9 8 (4.08%) 1st Line Support
9 8 (4.08%) Desktop Analyst
9 8 (4.08%) Desktop Support
9 8 (4.08%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 8 (4.08%) Graduate
9 8 (4.08%) IT Engineer
9 8 (4.08%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (4.08%) Software Engineer
10 7 (3.57%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.06%) HTML
2 5 (2.55%) React
2 5 (2.55%) REST
3 4 (2.04%) .NET
3 4 (2.04%) gRPC
4 3 (1.53%) Next.js
4 3 (1.53%) PyTorch
4 3 (1.53%) 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 21 (10.71%) Onboarding
2 19 (9.69%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (6.63%) Cloud Native
3 13 (6.63%) Data Centre
4 10 (5.10%) Web Conferencing
5 9 (4.59%) Driving Licence
6 7 (3.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (3.57%) Photography
6 7 (3.57%) Video Editing
7 6 (3.06%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (3.06%) Data Structures
7 6 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (3.06%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.55%) Equities
8 5 (2.55%) Hedge funds
8 5 (2.55%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.04%) Biopharmaceutical
9 4 (2.04%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (2.04%) Over-the-Top Content
9 4 (2.04%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 25 (12.76%) Windows
2 13 (6.63%) Linux
3 12 (6.12%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.04%) 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 49 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 36 (18.37%) Agile
3 33 (16.84%) ITIL
4 31 (15.82%) Customer Service
5 24 (12.24%) Mentoring
5 24 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 23 (11.73%) CI/CD
7 22 (11.22%) Decision-Making
8 21 (10.71%) Computer Science
9 19 (9.69%) Coaching
9 19 (9.69%) Workflow
10 18 (9.18%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (9.18%) DevOps
10 18 (9.18%) Post-Production
11 17 (8.67%) Software Engineering
12 16 (8.16%) AI
13 15 (7.65%) Analytics
13 15 (7.65%) Data Analysis
13 15 (7.65%) Microservices
13 15 (7.65%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 53 (27.04%) Python
2 46 (23.47%) SQL
3 30 (15.31%) PowerShell
4 24 (12.24%) JavaScript
5 10 (5.10%) C#
5 10 (5.10%) Java
6 7 (3.57%) Bash
7 6 (3.06%) Scala
8 5 (2.55%) C++
9 4 (2.04%) Go
9 4 (2.04%) R
9 4 (2.04%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.53%) 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 46 (23.47%) Degree
2 12 (6.12%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.61%) CISSP
4 10 (5.10%) SC Cleared
5 9 (4.59%) Master's Degree
6 8 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (3.57%) A+ Certification
8 6 (3.06%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (2.55%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (2.04%) ACCA
10 4 (2.04%) CIMA
10 4 (2.04%) CISA
10 4 (2.04%) CISM
10 4 (2.04%) MBA
11 3 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.53%) CRISC
11 3 (1.53%) SSCP
12 2 (1.02%) AWS Certification
12 2 (1.02%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.16%) Accessibility
2 12 (6.12%) Data Quality
3 9 (4.59%) NIST
4 8 (4.08%) QA
5 7 (3.57%) GDPR
6 4 (2.04%) IFRS
6 4 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.53%) 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 (8.16%) Active Directory
2 14 (7.14%) Docker
3 4 (2.04%) GPFS
3 4 (2.04%) StorNext
3 4 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (6.12%) Terraform
2 11 (5.61%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.04%) Ansible
Vendors
1 64 (32.65%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.67%) ServiceNow
3 14 (7.14%) SAP
4 12 (6.12%) Oracle
5 9 (4.59%) Google
6 6 (3.06%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.55%) Dell
8 4 (2.04%) Alteryx
8 4 (2.04%) Autodesk
8 4 (2.04%) Avid
8 4 (2.04%) Cisco
8 4 (2.04%) 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%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.51%) Temenos
10 1 (0.51%) VMware