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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -16 +3 +10
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 223 407 481
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.20% 21.02% 15.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.49% 21.85% 16.63%
Number of salaries quoted 141 349 353
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £36,300
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,000 £109,250
Central London median annual salary £68,000 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year +0.74% +9.76% -8.89%

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 3,437 1,863 2,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.08% 96.23% 90.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,499 1,426 2,329
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £41,250
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 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile - £122,500 £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 24 June 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 9 (4.04%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (4.04%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.45%) Confluence
3 1 (0.45%) IIS
3 1 (0.45%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 29 (13.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.35%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.90%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.45%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.45%) SAP PSCD
3 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.45%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.45%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 58 (26.01%) Azure
2 35 (15.70%) AWS
3 20 (8.97%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (7.62%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (7.62%) Power Platform
5 15 (6.73%) GCP
6 11 (4.93%) Serverless
7 9 (4.04%) dbt
8 8 (3.59%) OneDrive
8 8 (3.59%) Power Automate
9 7 (3.14%) Azure AKS
9 7 (3.14%) SaaS
10 6 (2.69%) Azure Event Grid
10 6 (2.69%) Azure Functions
10 6 (2.69%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (2.69%) Azure Storage
10 6 (2.69%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (2.69%) PaaS
11 5 (2.24%) GitHub
12 4 (1.79%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.07%) Wireless
2 9 (4.04%) Broadband
3 7 (3.14%) Firewall
4 6 (2.69%) Network Security
5 5 (2.24%) DNS
6 4 (1.79%) BGP
6 4 (1.79%) DHCP
6 4 (1.79%) OSPF
7 3 (1.35%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (1.35%) MPLS
7 3 (1.35%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.35%) VLAN
7 3 (1.35%) VPN
7 3 (1.35%) WAN
8 2 (0.90%) Internet
8 2 (0.90%) Intranet
8 2 (0.90%) LAN
8 2 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.45%) SAN
9 1 (0.45%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.62%) Power BI
1 17 (7.62%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.04%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.59%) Metabase
4 6 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.35%) Big Data
5 3 (1.35%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.35%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.45%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.45%) KDB
6 1 (0.45%) MySQL
6 1 (0.45%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (0.45%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (4.04%) Burp Suite
1 9 (4.04%) Metasploit
1 9 (4.04%) Visual Studio
2 6 (2.69%) Git
3 4 (1.79%) JIRA
3 4 (1.79%) TeamCity
4 3 (1.35%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.90%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.90%) Postman
6 1 (0.45%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.45%) GitLab
General
1 97 (43.50%) Social Skills
2 81 (36.32%) Finance
3 61 (27.35%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (8.97%) Law
5 9 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (3.59%) Banking
6 8 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (3.59%) Front Office
7 7 (3.14%) Legal
8 6 (2.69%) Marketing
8 6 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.69%) Retail
9 4 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.35%) General Ledger
10 3 (1.35%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.90%) Advertising
11 2 (0.90%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.90%) Games
11 2 (0.90%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 46 (20.63%) Senior
2 42 (18.83%) Analyst
3 21 (9.42%) Developer
4 18 (8.07%) Support Engineer
5 17 (7.62%) Support Analyst
6 16 (7.17%) IT Support
7 13 (5.83%) Digital Analyst
7 13 (5.83%) Senior Analyst
8 12 (5.38%) 2nd Line Support
8 12 (5.38%) Senior Digital Analyst
9 11 (4.93%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 10 (4.48%) IT Analyst
10 10 (4.48%) Lead
10 10 (4.48%) Security Analyst
10 10 (4.48%) Systems Analyst
11 9 (4.04%) Financial Analyst
11 9 (4.04%) IT Support Analyst
11 9 (4.04%) Security Manager
11 9 (4.04%) Senior Security Analyst
11 9 (4.04%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.28%) .NET
2 7 (3.14%) gRPC
3 6 (2.69%) WPF
4 5 (2.24%) REST
5 4 (1.79%) FastAPI
5 4 (1.79%) Flask
5 4 (1.79%) React
6 3 (1.35%) Django
6 3 (1.35%) LangChain
6 3 (1.35%) PyTorch
6 3 (1.35%) RESTful
7 2 (0.90%) Pandas
7 2 (0.90%) Spring
7 2 (0.90%) TensorFlow
7 2 (0.90%) Web Services
8 1 (0.45%) Blazor
8 1 (0.45%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.45%) Keras
8 1 (0.45%) PySpark
8 1 (0.45%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.42%) Mobile App
2 19 (8.52%) Onboarding
3 15 (6.73%) Data Centre
4 13 (5.83%) Cyber Defence
5 12 (5.38%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (4.48%) Cloud Native
7 10 (4.48%) Security Posture
8 9 (4.04%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (4.04%) Web Conferencing
9 7 (3.14%) Over-the-Top Content
9 7 (3.14%) Video\Live Streaming
10 6 (2.69%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.69%) Photography
10 6 (2.69%) Video Editing
11 5 (2.24%) Data Structures
11 5 (2.24%) Driving Licence
11 5 (2.24%) Equities
11 5 (2.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 31 (13.90%) Windows
2 10 (4.48%) Linux
3 8 (3.59%) Windows 10
4 7 (3.14%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.45%) Android
7 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.45%) CentOS
7 1 (0.45%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.45%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.45%) Unix
7 1 (0.45%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (22.42%) Agile
2 48 (21.52%) Mentoring
3 40 (17.94%) Coaching
3 40 (17.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 35 (15.70%) CI/CD
5 30 (13.45%) Creative Thinking
6 29 (13.00%) ITIL
7 27 (12.11%) Customer Service
8 26 (11.66%) Cybersecurity
8 26 (11.66%) DevOps
8 26 (11.66%) Stakeholder Management
9 25 (11.21%) AI
9 25 (11.21%) Business Strategy
10 23 (10.31%) Analytics
10 23 (10.31%) Collaborative Culture
10 23 (10.31%) Internal Audit
11 22 (9.87%) Business Transformation
11 22 (9.87%) Migration
12 21 (9.42%) Application Security
12 21 (9.42%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 63 (28.25%) Python
2 57 (25.56%) SQL
3 41 (18.39%) PowerShell
4 18 (8.07%) JavaScript
5 16 (7.17%) Bash
6 15 (6.73%) C#
7 8 (3.59%) Java
7 8 (3.59%) Scala
7 8 (3.59%) TypeScript
8 7 (3.14%) Go
9 3 (1.35%) C++
10 2 (0.90%) Bicep
10 2 (0.90%) PHP
10 2 (0.90%) R
11 1 (0.45%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.45%) Cypher
11 1 (0.45%) Elm
11 1 (0.45%) Groovy
11 1 (0.45%) Julia
11 1 (0.45%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 44 (19.73%) Degree
2 18 (8.07%) CCSAM
2 18 (8.07%) CHECK Team Leader
2 18 (8.07%) CHECK Team Member
2 18 (8.07%) CREST Certified
2 18 (8.07%) OSCP
3 11 (4.93%) CISSP
4 9 (4.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (3.59%) A+ Certification
5 8 (3.59%) Security Cleared
6 6 (2.69%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.69%) SC Cleared
7 5 (2.24%) CISA
7 5 (2.24%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (1.79%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.35%) CCNP
9 3 (1.35%) CIMA
9 3 (1.35%) CISM
9 3 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.93%) GDPR
2 10 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (4.48%) NIST
3 9 (4.04%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.69%) QA
5 4 (1.79%) IFRS
6 3 (1.35%) SLA
7 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.90%) EU AI Act
7 2 (0.90%) GAAP
7 2 (0.90%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.90%) NCSC
7 2 (0.90%) PMO
8 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.45%) COBIT
8 1 (0.45%) GRC
8 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.45%) MiFID
System Software
1 16 (7.17%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.73%) Docker
3 3 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (6.73%) Terraform
2 9 (4.04%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.04%) Nessus
3 6 (2.69%) Grafana
3 6 (2.69%) Kibana
4 3 (1.35%) Ansible
5 1 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.45%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.45%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.45%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 64 (28.70%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.83%) ServiceNow
3 8 (3.59%) Oracle
4 7 (3.14%) Databricks
4 7 (3.14%) Google
4 7 (3.14%) Typelevel
5 6 (2.69%) Dell
5 6 (2.69%) SAP
6 4 (1.79%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.79%) VMware
7 3 (1.35%) Adobe
7 3 (1.35%) Cisco
8 2 (0.90%) BT
8 2 (0.90%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.90%) Darktrace
8 2 (0.90%) JDA
8 2 (0.90%) McAfee
8 2 (0.90%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.45%) Arista
9 1 (0.45%) Qualtrics