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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 11 17
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 -1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 349 458 350
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 19.19% 16.00% 11.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.95% 16.91% 12.32%
Number of salaries quoted 272 284 306
10th Percentile £32,930 £38,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £50,875 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.57% -4.76%
75th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £113,450 £100,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £68,736 £67,500 £66,250
% change year-on-year +1.83% +1.89% -8.62%

All Process and 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 1,666 2,709 2,842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 91.59% 94.65% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,262 1,777 2,565
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 2025. 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 +1 5 £87,500 +150.00%
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 19 (5.44%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (3.15%) Confluence
4 4 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.15%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.57%) Apache
5 2 (0.57%) CMS
5 2 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.57%) IIS
5 2 (0.57%) nginx
5 2 (0.57%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.29%) Luigi
6 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 21 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.29%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.15%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.86%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.57%) Endur
3 2 (0.57%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 94 (26.93%) Azure
2 51 (14.61%) AWS
3 49 (14.04%) Power Platform
4 32 (9.17%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (7.45%) GCP
6 21 (6.02%) SaaS
7 18 (5.16%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (3.15%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (2.87%) GitHub
9 10 (2.87%) OneDrive
10 8 (2.29%) Power Automate
10 8 (2.29%) PowerApps
11 7 (2.01%) dbt
11 7 (2.01%) Serverless
12 6 (1.72%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.43%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.43%) Snowflake
14 4 (1.15%) Amazon ECR
14 4 (1.15%) Amazon ECS
14 4 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.15%) TCP/IP
2 10 (2.87%) DHCP
2 10 (2.87%) WebEx
3 9 (2.58%) DNS
3 9 (2.58%) Firewall
3 9 (2.58%) WAN
4 7 (2.01%) LAN
4 7 (2.01%) VPN
4 7 (2.01%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.72%) Network Security
5 6 (1.72%) VoIP
6 5 (1.43%) Modbus
7 3 (0.86%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.57%) Broadband
8 2 (0.57%) DOCSIS
8 2 (0.57%) GPON
8 2 (0.57%) NAS
8 2 (0.57%) PPP
8 2 (0.57%) SNMP
8 2 (0.57%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (10.89%) Power BI
2 19 (5.44%) SQL Server
3 15 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.44%) Relational Database
5 9 (2.58%) ClickHouse
6 6 (1.72%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.43%) Hadoop
7 5 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.15%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.15%) Tableau
9 3 (0.86%) Big Data
9 3 (0.86%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.86%) GIS
9 3 (0.86%) KDB
9 3 (0.86%) Metabase
9 3 (0.86%) QGIS
10 2 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.57%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 20 (5.73%) JIRA
2 12 (3.44%) Git
3 7 (2.01%) Octopus Deploy
4 6 (1.72%) TeamCity
5 4 (1.15%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.86%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.57%) GitLab
8 1 (0.29%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.29%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.29%) JUnit
8 1 (0.29%) NUnit
8 1 (0.29%) Selenium
8 1 (0.29%) SpecFlow
General
1 186 (53.30%) Social Skills
2 110 (31.52%) Analytical Skills
3 96 (27.51%) Finance
4 39 (11.17%) Legal
5 35 (10.03%) Law
6 27 (7.74%) Banking
7 24 (6.88%) Retail
8 17 (4.87%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (4.58%) Billing
9 16 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.72%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.72%) Health Technology
11 6 (1.72%) Marketing
12 5 (1.43%) German Language
12 5 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.43%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.86%) Front Office
13 3 (0.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 54 (15.47%) Developer
2 37 (10.60%) Senior
3 35 (10.03%) Lead
4 32 (9.17%) Analyst
5 31 (8.88%) Support Engineer
6 29 (8.31%) Graduate
7 26 (7.45%) Technical Support
8 22 (6.30%) Technical Engineer
8 22 (6.30%) Technical Support Engineer
9 20 (5.73%) Consultant
10 19 (5.44%) Graduate Technical Support
11 17 (4.87%) Architect
12 15 (4.30%) Graduate Support Engineer
12 15 (4.30%) Graduate Technical Engineer
13 14 (4.01%) Full-Stack Developer
13 14 (4.01%) Service Manager
14 12 (3.44%) Data Engineer
14 12 (3.44%) IT Manager
14 12 (3.44%) Product Manager
15 10 (2.87%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (8.88%) .NET
2 24 (6.88%) React
3 21 (6.02%) RESTful
4 10 (2.87%) PySpark
5 9 (2.58%) Kafka
5 9 (2.58%) Web Services
6 8 (2.29%) Node.js
7 7 (2.01%) AngularJS
7 7 (2.01%) Django
7 7 (2.01%) Vue
8 6 (1.72%) FastAPI
8 6 (1.72%) Flask
9 5 (1.43%) .NET Core
9 5 (1.43%) CSS
9 5 (1.43%) HTML
9 5 (1.43%) Middleware
10 4 (1.15%) .NET Framework
10 4 (1.15%) CSS3
10 4 (1.15%) Entity Framework
10 4 (1.15%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.60%) Onboarding
2 24 (6.88%) Cloud Native
3 20 (5.73%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (5.44%) Product Ownership
5 17 (4.87%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (3.15%) Reinsurance
7 10 (2.87%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.58%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (2.58%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.29%) CMDB
9 8 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.29%) Market Risk
10 7 (2.01%) Algorithms
10 7 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (2.01%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.43%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.15%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.15%) Derivative
13 3 (0.86%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.74%) Windows
2 13 (3.72%) Linux
2 13 (3.72%) Windows 10
3 6 (1.72%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.43%) Mac OS
4 5 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.86%) Unix
6 3 (0.86%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.57%) CentOS
7 2 (0.57%) OpenWrt
7 2 (0.57%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.29%) AIX
8 1 (0.29%) Debian
8 1 (0.29%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.29%) Solaris
8 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (30.66%) Agile
2 83 (23.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 74 (21.20%) AI
4 52 (14.90%) Decision-Making
5 45 (12.89%) Analytics
5 45 (12.89%) Mentoring
5 45 (12.89%) Roadmaps
6 38 (10.89%) Business Intelligence
6 38 (10.89%) ITIL
7 37 (10.60%) Cybersecurity
8 36 (10.32%) DevOps
8 36 (10.32%) Migration
8 36 (10.32%) Service Management
9 35 (10.03%) Machine Learning
10 33 (9.46%) Stakeholder Management
11 32 (9.17%) CI/CD
11 32 (9.17%) Microservices
12 31 (8.88%) User Experience
13 29 (8.31%) Collaborative Working
13 29 (8.31%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 97 (27.79%) Python
2 72 (20.63%) SQL
3 39 (11.17%) C#
4 36 (10.32%) Java
5 21 (6.02%) Bash
6 15 (4.30%) C++
6 15 (4.30%) PowerShell
7 12 (3.44%) JavaScript
8 9 (2.58%) TypeScript
9 7 (2.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.86%) Go
10 3 (0.86%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.86%) VBA
11 2 (0.57%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.57%) C
11 2 (0.57%) Perl
12 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.29%) R
12 1 (0.29%) Ruby
12 1 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 78 (22.35%) Degree
2 15 (4.30%) Security Cleared
3 12 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.29%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.01%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.72%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.15%) CCNA
8 4 (1.15%) PMP
9 3 (0.86%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.86%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.86%) CISM
9 3 (0.86%) CISSP
9 3 (0.86%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.86%) PhD
9 3 (0.86%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.57%) CEH
10 2 (0.57%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.87%) GDPR
2 14 (4.01%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.44%) Accessibility
4 11 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.87%) QA
6 8 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 7 (2.01%) SLA
8 5 (1.43%) NIST
9 4 (1.15%) WCAG
10 3 (0.86%) ITGC
10 3 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.57%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.29%) COBIT
12 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.29%) EMIR
12 1 (0.29%) GRC
12 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (5.16%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (3.15%) Docker
4 8 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.15%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.86%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.86%) vSphere
7 1 (0.29%) Firmware
7 1 (0.29%) KVM
7 1 (0.29%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 15 (4.30%) Kubernetes
1 15 (4.30%) Terraform
2 13 (3.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (3.44%) Ansible
4 5 (1.43%) Grafana
5 3 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.86%) Puppet
5 3 (0.86%) Red Hat Satellite
5 3 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.57%) ArcSight ESM
6 2 (0.57%) Argo
6 2 (0.57%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.57%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.57%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.57%) QRadar
6 2 (0.57%) Red Hat Spacewalk
6 2 (0.57%) SCCM
7 1 (0.29%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.29%) Ambari
7 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 81 (23.21%) Microsoft
2 25 (7.16%) Databricks
3 19 (5.44%) ServiceNow
4 16 (4.58%) Guidewire
4 16 (4.58%) VMware
5 14 (4.01%) Oracle
6 12 (3.44%) HP
7 10 (2.87%) Google
8 9 (2.58%) MuleSoft
8 9 (2.58%) Salesforce
9 8 (2.29%) Apple
10 7 (2.01%) Hitachi
11 6 (1.72%) Intapp
12 5 (1.43%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.43%) SAP
13 4 (1.15%) Cisco
14 3 (0.86%) Dell
14 3 (0.86%) iManage
14 3 (0.86%) Palo Alto
14 3 (0.86%) Splunk