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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -18 +5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 204 411 424
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.38% 21.62% 15.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.69% 22.58% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 142 349 307
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,550 £36,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £101,350 £113,750 £103,650
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -10.39%

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 3,048 1,820 2,555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.32% 95.74% 91.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,228 1,402 2,040
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £42,500
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 £97,188 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £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 31 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 12 (5.88%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.98%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.49%) Confluence
4 1 (0.49%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 33 (16.18%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.98%) Autodesk Flame
3 2 (0.98%) Baselight
4 1 (0.49%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.49%) Civil 3D
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.96%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.96%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.47%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.98%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.98%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.98%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.98%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.49%) SAP PSCD
4 1 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.49%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.49%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 39 (19.12%) Azure
2 34 (16.67%) AWS
3 24 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (10.78%) Power Platform
5 14 (6.86%) GCP
6 10 (4.90%) Power Automate
7 9 (4.41%) OneDrive
8 8 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (3.92%) SaaS
9 7 (3.43%) Azure AKS
9 7 (3.43%) dbt
10 6 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (2.94%) OCI
10 6 (2.94%) PaaS
11 5 (2.45%) Serverless
11 5 (2.45%) Snowflake
12 4 (1.96%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.96%) GitHub
12 4 (1.96%) IaaS
13 3 (1.47%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.94%) Broadband
1 6 (2.94%) Network Security
2 5 (2.45%) Firewall
2 5 (2.45%) Wireless
3 4 (1.96%) BGP
3 4 (1.96%) OSPF
4 3 (1.47%) Intranet
4 3 (1.47%) MPLS
4 3 (1.47%) VLAN
4 3 (1.47%) VPN
5 2 (0.98%) DHCP
5 2 (0.98%) DNS
5 2 (0.98%) Internet
5 2 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.98%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.98%) WAN
6 1 (0.49%) IGMP
6 1 (0.49%) LAN
6 1 (0.49%) VoIP
6 1 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.80%) Power BI
2 12 (5.88%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.94%) Metabase
5 5 (2.45%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.45%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.47%) Big Data
6 3 (1.47%) MySQL
6 3 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.98%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.98%) Oracle Discoverer
7 2 (0.98%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.98%) Tableau
8 1 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.49%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.49%) KDB
8 1 (0.49%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.49%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.43%) Visual Studio
2 6 (2.94%) Git
3 4 (1.96%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.96%) JIRA
4 3 (1.47%) Postman
5 2 (0.98%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.98%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.49%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.49%) GitLab
6 1 (0.49%) JMeter
6 1 (0.49%) TeamCity
General
1 111 (54.41%) Social Skills
2 66 (32.35%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (30.88%) Finance
4 31 (15.20%) Law
5 9 (4.41%) Banking
5 9 (4.41%) Front Office
5 9 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.43%) Legal
7 6 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.94%) Marketing
7 6 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.45%) Games
8 5 (2.45%) Retail
9 4 (1.96%) French Language
9 4 (1.96%) General Ledger
9 4 (1.96%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.98%) Advertising
10 2 (0.98%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.98%) Private Banking
10 2 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (20.10%) Analyst
2 33 (16.18%) Senior
3 23 (11.27%) Developer
4 17 (8.33%) Support Analyst
5 14 (6.86%) Consultant
5 14 (6.86%) IT Support
6 12 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
7 11 (5.39%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 11 (5.39%) Support Engineer
8 10 (4.90%) Cloud Engineer
8 10 (4.90%) Systems Analyst
9 9 (4.41%) Software Engineer
10 8 (3.92%) 1st Line Support
10 8 (3.92%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 8 (3.92%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 8 (3.92%) Financial Analyst
10 8 (3.92%) Graduate
10 8 (3.92%) IT Analyst
11 7 (3.43%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
11 7 (3.43%) Finance Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.94%) gRPC
1 6 (2.94%) React
1 6 (2.94%) REST
2 4 (1.96%) .NET
2 4 (1.96%) Next.js
3 3 (1.47%) FastAPI
3 3 (1.47%) Flask
3 3 (1.47%) PyTorch
3 3 (1.47%) RESTful
4 2 (0.98%) CSS3
4 2 (0.98%) Django
4 2 (0.98%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (0.98%) HTML5
4 2 (0.98%) Kafka
4 2 (0.98%) LangChain
4 2 (0.98%) Node.js
4 2 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.98%) Pandas
4 2 (0.98%) Playwright
4 2 (0.98%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.29%) Onboarding
2 17 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (6.86%) Data Centre
4 13 (6.37%) Cloud Native
5 10 (4.90%) Web Conferencing
6 9 (4.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (3.43%) Driving Licence
8 7 (3.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (3.43%) Management Information System
8 7 (3.43%) Photography
8 7 (3.43%) Video Editing
9 6 (2.94%) Cyber Defence
9 6 (2.94%) Data Structures
9 6 (2.94%) Mobile App
9 6 (2.94%) Over-the-Top Content
9 6 (2.94%) Video\Live Streaming
10 5 (2.45%) Equities
11 4 (1.96%) Hedge funds
11 4 (1.96%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 24 (11.76%) Windows
2 11 (5.39%) Linux
3 10 (4.90%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.47%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.98%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.49%) Android
6 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.49%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.49%) Unix
6 1 (0.49%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (22.55%) Continuous Improvement
2 39 (19.12%) Agile
3 30 (14.71%) ITIL
3 30 (14.71%) Mentoring
4 29 (14.22%) Customer Service
5 26 (12.75%) CI/CD
5 26 (12.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (10.78%) Coaching
7 21 (10.29%) Cybersecurity
7 21 (10.29%) DevOps
8 20 (9.80%) Software Engineering
9 19 (9.31%) Computer Science
9 19 (9.31%) Decision-Making
10 17 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
10 17 (8.33%) Data Analysis
11 16 (7.84%) Containerisation
11 16 (7.84%) Migration
12 15 (7.35%) AI
13 14 (6.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (6.86%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 58 (28.43%) Python
2 49 (24.02%) SQL
3 31 (15.20%) PowerShell
4 25 (12.25%) JavaScript
5 10 (4.90%) C#
5 10 (4.90%) Java
6 9 (4.41%) Bash
7 8 (3.92%) Scala
8 6 (2.94%) Go
8 6 (2.94%) TypeScript
9 5 (2.45%) C++
10 4 (1.96%) R
11 3 (1.47%) VBA
12 2 (0.98%) Bicep
12 2 (0.98%) PHP
12 2 (0.98%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.49%) Cypher
13 1 (0.49%) Elm
13 1 (0.49%) Julia
13 1 (0.49%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 42 (20.59%) Degree
2 13 (6.37%) CISSP
3 11 (5.39%) Security Cleared
4 9 (4.41%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.43%) A+ Certification
7 6 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (2.94%) Master's Degree
8 5 (2.45%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.45%) CCSAM
8 5 (2.45%) CHECK Team Leader
8 5 (2.45%) CHECK Team Member
8 5 (2.45%) CISA
8 5 (2.45%) CISM
8 5 (2.45%) CREST Certified
8 5 (2.45%) OSCP
9 4 (1.96%) ACCA
9 4 (1.96%) CIMA
9 4 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.96%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.37%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.90%) Accessibility
2 10 (4.90%) NIST
3 8 (3.92%) QA
4 7 (3.43%) GDPR
5 6 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.96%) IFRS
7 3 (1.47%) GRC
7 3 (1.47%) SLA
8 2 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.98%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.98%) GAAP
8 2 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (0.98%) NCSC
8 2 (0.98%) PMO
9 1 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.49%) COBIT
9 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 16 (7.84%) Docker
2 15 (7.35%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.98%) GPFS
4 2 (0.98%) StorNext
5 1 (0.49%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (6.37%) Terraform
2 11 (5.39%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.96%) Ansible
4 2 (0.98%) Nessus
5 1 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.49%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 67 (32.84%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.35%) ServiceNow
3 12 (5.88%) Oracle
4 11 (5.39%) SAP
5 9 (4.41%) Google
6 6 (2.94%) Dell
6 6 (2.94%) Typelevel
7 5 (2.45%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.96%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.96%) Cisco
9 3 (1.47%) Databricks
10 2 (0.98%) Autodesk
10 2 (0.98%) Avid
10 2 (0.98%) BT
10 2 (0.98%) Darktrace
10 2 (0.98%) JDA
10 2 (0.98%) OneTrust
10 2 (0.98%) Sony
10 2 (0.98%) VMware
11 1 (0.49%) Red Hat