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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 5 12
Rank change year-on-year -15 +7 +5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 185 358 415
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 7.30% 21.98% 14.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.92% 22.92% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 122 311 248
10th Percentile £36,925 £36,250 £40,725
25th Percentile £41,250 £51,250 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -1.89% -5.36%
75th Percentile £96,250 £87,500 £81,563
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £100,000
Central London median annual salary £66,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +1.54% -3.70% -3.57%

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 2,075 1,562 2,631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 81.85% 95.89% 93.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,522 1,253 1,719
10th Percentile £46,750 £40,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,213 £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 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,250 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - +3.45%

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 14 October 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 16 (8.65%) Confluence
2 14 (7.57%) SharePoint
3 11 (5.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (2.70%) CMS
5 4 (2.16%) Drupal
6 2 (1.08%) Apache Spark
6 2 (1.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.54%) Apache
7 1 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.54%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.54%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.54%) Hedera
7 1 (0.54%) nginx
Applications
1 14 (7.57%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.95%) Autodesk Flame
2 11 (5.95%) Baselight
3 9 (4.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.54%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.54%) Civil 3D
5 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.54%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 10 (5.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.16%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (2.16%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.62%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.62%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.54%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.54%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.54%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.54%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (14.59%) Azure
2 26 (14.05%) AWS
3 20 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (6.49%) Power Platform
5 10 (5.41%) OneDrive
6 9 (4.86%) SaaS
7 7 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (3.24%) Entra ID
8 6 (3.24%) GCP
8 6 (3.24%) OCI
9 5 (2.70%) GitHub
9 5 (2.70%) Serverless
10 4 (2.16%) Azure AKS
10 4 (2.16%) PaaS
10 4 (2.16%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.16%) Snowflake
11 3 (1.62%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.62%) IaaS
11 3 (1.62%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.62%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.32%) VPN
2 7 (3.78%) DHCP
2 7 (3.78%) DNS
2 7 (3.78%) TCP/IP
3 6 (3.24%) Firewall
3 6 (3.24%) VLAN
3 6 (3.24%) Wireless
4 5 (2.70%) Network Security
5 4 (2.16%) BGP
5 4 (2.16%) OSPF
6 3 (1.62%) FIX Connectivity
6 3 (1.62%) Intranet
6 3 (1.62%) MPLS
7 2 (1.08%) Internet
7 2 (1.08%) WAN
7 2 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.54%) IGMP
8 1 (0.54%) LAN
8 1 (0.54%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.54%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.41%) Power BI
2 8 (4.32%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.70%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.70%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.62%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.08%) Big Data
6 2 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.08%) MySQL
6 2 (1.08%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.08%) Oracle Discoverer
6 2 (1.08%) Tableau
7 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.54%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.54%) KDB
7 1 (0.54%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.54%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (9.19%) JIRA
2 8 (4.32%) Git
3 5 (2.70%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.54%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.54%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.54%) GitLab
4 1 (0.54%) JIRA Agile
4 1 (0.54%) JMeter
4 1 (0.54%) Mocha
4 1 (0.54%) Postman
4 1 (0.54%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 86 (46.49%) Social Skills
2 64 (34.59%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (30.27%) Law
4 51 (27.57%) Finance
5 16 (8.65%) Marketing
6 15 (8.11%) Manufacturing
7 13 (7.03%) Pharmaceutical
8 12 (6.49%) Banking
9 11 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (5.41%) French Language
11 9 (4.86%) Games
12 7 (3.78%) Front Office
12 7 (3.78%) Investment Banking
13 5 (2.70%) Legal
14 4 (2.16%) Publishing
14 4 (2.16%) Retail
15 3 (1.62%) General Ledger
15 3 (1.62%) Telecoms
16 2 (1.08%) iGaming
16 2 (1.08%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (19.46%) Senior
2 30 (16.22%) Analyst
3 19 (10.27%) Consultant
3 19 (10.27%) Post-Production Engineer
4 18 (9.73%) Developer
5 11 (5.95%) Senior Manager
5 11 (5.95%) Software Engineer
5 11 (5.95%) Support Analyst
6 9 (4.86%) Junior
7 8 (4.32%) Desktop Analyst
7 8 (4.32%) Desktop Support
7 8 (4.32%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 8 (4.32%) Support Engineer
8 7 (3.78%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (3.78%) Data Analyst
8 7 (3.78%) IT Support
9 6 (3.24%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.24%) IT Engineer
9 6 (3.24%) IT Support Engineer
9 6 (3.24%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (9.19%) HTML
2 10 (5.41%) React
3 8 (4.32%) Terraform
4 6 (3.24%) .NET
4 6 (3.24%) REST
5 5 (2.70%) FIX Protocol
5 5 (2.70%) Next.js
6 4 (2.16%) CSS
6 4 (2.16%) Node.js
6 4 (2.16%) RESTful
7 3 (1.62%) CSS3
7 3 (1.62%) FastAPI
7 3 (1.62%) HTML5
8 2 (1.08%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.08%) Bootstrap
8 2 (1.08%) Kafka
8 2 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (1.08%) Playwright
8 2 (1.08%) PyTorch
8 2 (1.08%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.27%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (8.65%) Product Ownership
3 14 (7.57%) Cloud Native
4 13 (7.03%) Biopharmaceutical
5 11 (5.95%) Onboarding
6 9 (4.86%) Web Conferencing
7 8 (4.32%) Driving Licence
8 7 (3.78%) Management Information System
9 6 (3.24%) Photography
9 6 (3.24%) Video Editing
10 5 (2.70%) Data Centre
10 5 (2.70%) Hedge funds
11 4 (2.16%) Data Structures
11 4 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (2.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (2.16%) Social Media
12 3 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (1.62%) Low-Code
12 3 (1.62%) Market Risk
12 3 (1.62%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (11.35%) Windows
2 19 (10.27%) Linux
3 15 (8.11%) Windows 10
4 10 (5.41%) macOS
5 4 (2.16%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.62%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (29.73%) Continuous Improvement
2 47 (25.41%) Agile
3 37 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 35 (18.92%) Decision-Making
5 26 (14.05%) AI
5 26 (14.05%) Post-Production
6 24 (12.97%) Workflow
7 23 (12.43%) Analytics
7 23 (12.43%) CI/CD
7 23 (12.43%) Line Management
7 23 (12.43%) Storytelling
8 21 (11.35%) Coaching
9 20 (10.81%) DevOps
9 20 (10.81%) Roadmaps
9 20 (10.81%) Software Engineering
10 19 (10.27%) Cybersecurity
11 17 (9.19%) Customer Service
12 16 (8.65%) Computer Science
12 16 (8.65%) Sprint Planning
12 16 (8.65%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 31 (16.76%) Python
2 29 (15.68%) SQL
3 15 (8.11%) PowerShell
4 13 (7.03%) JavaScript
5 8 (4.32%) C#
5 8 (4.32%) Java
5 8 (4.32%) TypeScript
6 6 (3.24%) Bash
7 3 (1.62%) C++
7 3 (1.62%) R
8 2 (1.08%) Bicep
8 2 (1.08%) Perl
8 2 (1.08%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.08%) Scala
8 2 (1.08%) VBA
9 1 (0.54%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.54%) Groovy
9 1 (0.54%) Julia
9 1 (0.54%) SOQL
9 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (27.03%) Degree
2 15 (8.11%) Master's Degree
3 13 (7.03%) MBA
4 11 (5.95%) Security Cleared
5 9 (4.86%) CISSP
5 9 (4.86%) SC Cleared
6 7 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (3.24%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.70%) ACCA
8 5 (2.70%) CIMA
8 5 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.16%) CEH
9 4 (2.16%) CISM
10 3 (1.62%) CCNA
10 3 (1.62%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.08%) A+ Certification
11 2 (1.08%) CCNP
11 2 (1.08%) GIAC
11 2 (1.08%) ICAEW
11 2 (1.08%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (15.68%) Accessibility
2 18 (9.73%) Data Quality
3 9 (4.86%) GDPR
4 6 (3.24%) QA
5 4 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.16%) NIST
6 3 (1.62%) GRC
6 3 (1.62%) IFRS
7 2 (1.08%) NCSC
8 1 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.54%) COBIT
8 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.54%) GAAP
8 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.54%) MiFID
8 1 (0.54%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (11.35%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.49%) Docker
3 10 (5.41%) GPFS
3 10 (5.41%) StorNext
4 5 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.54%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (6.49%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.70%) Ansible
3 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.54%) Argo
4 1 (0.54%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.54%) SCCM
4 1 (0.54%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 45 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.65%) SAP
3 11 (5.95%) ServiceNow
4 10 (5.41%) Autodesk
4 10 (5.41%) Avid
4 10 (5.41%) Oracle
5 9 (4.86%) Google
5 9 (4.86%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.16%) Alteryx
6 4 (2.16%) Cisco
7 3 (1.62%) Databricks
8 2 (1.08%) Darktrace
8 2 (1.08%) Sony
9 1 (0.54%) Adobe
9 1 (0.54%) Apple
9 1 (0.54%) Citrix
9 1 (0.54%) IBM
9 1 (0.54%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.54%) Sophos
9 1 (0.54%) SunGard