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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 8 17
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 -1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 330 434 370
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 12.65% 17.06% 11.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.74% 17.83% 12.62%
Number of salaries quoted 232 270 317
10th Percentile £34,000 £37,450 £37,461
25th Percentile £51,250 £49,063 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -10.34%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,188 £90,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -10.34%

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 2,239 2,434 2,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 85.85% 95.68% 93.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,627 1,554 2,609
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +1.35% -1.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,300 £117,500 £113,750
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 February 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 4 February 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 -3 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 12 (3.64%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.21%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.21%) Confluence
4 3 (0.91%) Apache
4 3 (0.91%) IIS
5 2 (0.61%) CMS
5 2 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.61%) nginx
5 2 (0.61%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.30%) Luigi
6 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 13 (3.94%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.30%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.21%) Elite 3E
1 4 (1.21%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.61%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.61%) Visualfiles
3 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.30%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 103 (31.21%) Azure
2 46 (13.94%) AWS
3 34 (10.30%) Power Platform
4 27 (8.18%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (6.36%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (5.45%) GCP
7 11 (3.33%) GitHub
7 11 (3.33%) SaaS
7 11 (3.33%) Serverless
8 9 (2.73%) dbt
9 8 (2.42%) Azure Functions
9 8 (2.42%) Power Automate
10 7 (2.12%) Azure Event Grid
10 7 (2.12%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (2.12%) Azure Storage
10 7 (2.12%) OneDrive
11 6 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (1.82%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.82%) Google Workspace
11 6 (1.82%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.15%) Wireless
2 14 (4.24%) DHCP
2 14 (4.24%) DNS
3 11 (3.33%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.42%) WAN
4 8 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (2.12%) Firewall
6 6 (1.82%) LAN
7 5 (1.52%) Broadband
7 5 (1.52%) VoIP
7 5 (1.52%) VPN
7 5 (1.52%) WebEx
8 3 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.91%) Modbus
8 3 (0.91%) SAN
9 2 (0.61%) 3G
9 2 (0.61%) 4G
9 2 (0.61%) GPON
9 2 (0.61%) NAS
9 2 (0.61%) VDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (9.39%) Power BI
2 28 (8.48%) SQL Server
3 17 (5.15%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (2.73%) Relational Database
6 8 (2.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (2.12%) Metabase
7 7 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.52%) ClickHouse
8 5 (1.52%) Hadoop
8 5 (1.52%) NoSQL
8 5 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (1.21%) Tableau
10 3 (0.91%) Big Data
11 2 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.61%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.61%) Metadata
11 2 (0.61%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.61%) Power Query
12 1 (0.30%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 12 (3.64%) Octopus Deploy
1 12 (3.64%) TeamCity
2 11 (3.33%) JIRA
3 9 (2.73%) Burp Suite
3 9 (2.73%) Git
3 9 (2.73%) Metasploit
4 8 (2.42%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.61%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.30%) GitLab
6 1 (0.30%) NUnit
6 1 (0.30%) Selenium
6 1 (0.30%) SpecFlow
General
1 143 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 124 (37.58%) Finance
3 89 (26.97%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (10.30%) Legal
5 33 (10.00%) Law
6 25 (7.58%) Banking
7 23 (6.97%) Retail
8 15 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.42%) Billing
10 8 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.52%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.21%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.91%) Advertising
14 3 (0.91%) Front Office
14 3 (0.91%) Health Technology
14 3 (0.91%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (15.15%) Senior
2 41 (12.42%) Analyst
3 39 (11.82%) Developer
4 33 (10.00%) Support Engineer
5 26 (7.88%) Lead
6 18 (5.45%) Consultant
7 16 (4.85%) DevOps Engineer
7 16 (4.85%) Full-Stack Developer
7 16 (4.85%) Graduate
7 16 (4.85%) Technical Engineer
7 16 (4.85%) Technical Support
7 16 (4.85%) Technical Support Engineer
8 15 (4.55%) Applications Support
9 13 (3.94%) IT Support
9 13 (3.94%) Service Manager
9 13 (3.94%) Support Analyst
10 12 (3.64%) Architect
11 11 (3.33%) Graduate Support Engineer
11 11 (3.33%) Security Analyst
11 11 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (11.52%) .NET
2 18 (5.45%) React
3 11 (3.33%) RESTful
4 8 (2.42%) Django
4 8 (2.42%) FastAPI
4 8 (2.42%) Flask
5 7 (2.12%) CSS
5 7 (2.12%) HTML
5 7 (2.12%) Node.js
5 7 (2.12%) PySpark
5 7 (2.12%) WPF
6 5 (1.52%) .NET Core
6 5 (1.52%) .NET Framework
6 5 (1.52%) CSS3
6 5 (1.52%) HTML5
6 5 (1.52%) Kafka
6 5 (1.52%) Middleware
7 4 (1.21%) LangChain
7 4 (1.21%) PyTorch
7 4 (1.21%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.27%) Onboarding
2 20 (6.06%) Analytical Mindset
3 19 (5.76%) Mobile App
4 14 (4.24%) Virtual Team
5 13 (3.94%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (3.64%) Cloud Native
6 12 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (3.03%) Product Ownership
9 9 (2.73%) Cyber Defence
9 9 (2.73%) Security Posture
10 8 (2.42%) Algorithms
10 8 (2.42%) CMDB
10 8 (2.42%) Reinsurance
11 7 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (2.12%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.52%) Market Risk
13 3 (0.91%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.91%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.91%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 33 (10.00%) Windows
2 11 (3.33%) Linux
3 10 (3.03%) Windows 10
3 10 (3.03%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.12%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.21%) Windows 7
7 4 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.91%) CentOS
8 3 (0.91%) Unix
9 2 (0.61%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.61%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.30%) AIX
10 1 (0.30%) Debian
10 1 (0.30%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.30%) Solaris
10 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (29.09%) Agile
2 78 (23.64%) AI
3 75 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 57 (17.27%) Analytics
5 53 (16.06%) Mentoring
6 39 (11.82%) Cybersecurity
6 39 (11.82%) DevOps
7 38 (11.52%) Coaching
8 35 (10.61%) CI/CD
9 34 (10.30%) Creative Thinking
9 34 (10.30%) Decision-Making
9 34 (10.30%) ITIL
9 34 (10.30%) Stakeholder Management
9 34 (10.30%) User Experience
10 33 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
10 33 (10.00%) Machine Learning
10 33 (10.00%) Migration
11 32 (9.70%) Collaborative Culture
12 31 (9.39%) Full-Stack Development
12 31 (9.39%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 93 (28.18%) Python
2 82 (24.85%) SQL
3 34 (10.30%) PowerShell
4 30 (9.09%) C#
5 26 (7.88%) Bash
6 18 (5.45%) Java
7 14 (4.24%) TypeScript
8 11 (3.33%) JavaScript
9 10 (3.03%) C++
10 7 (2.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (1.21%) VBA
12 2 (0.61%) C
12 2 (0.61%) Go
12 2 (0.61%) Perl
12 2 (0.61%) Scala
12 2 (0.61%) VC++
13 1 (0.30%) R
13 1 (0.30%) RPG
13 1 (0.30%) Ruby
13 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 58 (17.58%) Degree
2 18 (5.45%) OSCP
3 17 (5.15%) CCSAM
3 17 (5.15%) CHECK Team Leader
3 17 (5.15%) CHECK Team Member
3 17 (5.15%) CREST Certified
3 17 (5.15%) Security Cleared
4 9 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.42%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.21%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.21%) CISSP
7 4 (1.21%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.91%) CCNA
8 3 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.91%) CISM
8 3 (0.91%) CompTIA CySA+
8 3 (0.91%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (0.61%) GCIH
9 2 (0.61%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.76%) GDPR
1 19 (5.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (3.94%) Accessibility
2 13 (3.94%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.64%) NIST
4 11 (3.33%) QA
5 8 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 19770
6 4 (1.21%) WCAG
7 3 (0.91%) ITGC
7 3 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.61%) EMIR
8 2 (0.61%) GRC
8 2 (0.61%) SLA
8 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.30%) COBIT
9 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (5.15%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.03%) Docker
2 10 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.42%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.52%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.61%) vSphere
6 1 (0.30%) Firmware
6 1 (0.30%) KVM
6 1 (0.30%) vCloud
6 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (5.76%) Terraform
2 10 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.73%) Ansible
3 9 (2.73%) Grafana
3 9 (2.73%) Nessus
4 7 (2.12%) Kibana
4 7 (2.12%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.91%) Puppet
5 3 (0.91%) Red Hat Satellite
6 2 (0.61%) ArcSight ESM
6 2 (0.61%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.61%) QRadar
6 2 (0.61%) Red Hat Spacewalk
6 2 (0.61%) WSUS
7 1 (0.30%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.30%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (19.70%) Microsoft
2 25 (7.58%) Databricks
3 16 (4.85%) ServiceNow
4 13 (3.94%) Oracle
5 11 (3.33%) VMware
6 10 (3.03%) Google
7 8 (2.42%) CyberArk
8 7 (2.12%) Guidewire
8 7 (2.12%) HP
8 7 (2.12%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.82%) Intapp
9 6 (1.82%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.82%) SAP
10 5 (1.52%) Apple
11 4 (1.21%) McAfee
11 4 (1.21%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.91%) Adobe
12 3 (0.91%) Dell
12 3 (0.91%) iManage
12 3 (0.91%) Splunk