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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 7 12
Rank change year-on-year -17 +5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 234 400 458
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.63% 20.81% 14.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.00% 21.61% 15.83%
Number of salaries quoted 153 340 341
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,438 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,500 £111,250
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% +8.00% -7.41%

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 3,341 1,851 2,893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.33% 96.31% 91.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,414 1,401 2,381
10th Percentile £45,375 £41,750 £41,315
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £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 30 May 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 11 (4.70%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.85%) Confluence
4 1 (0.43%) Apache
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.43%) IIS
4 1 (0.43%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 30 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.43%) SAP PSCD
1 1 (0.43%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 68 (29.06%) Azure
2 36 (15.38%) AWS
3 22 (9.40%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (8.97%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (7.26%) Power Platform
6 14 (5.98%) GCP
7 13 (5.56%) Serverless
8 9 (3.85%) dbt
8 9 (3.85%) OneDrive
9 8 (3.42%) Azure Functions
9 8 (3.42%) Power Automate
10 7 (2.99%) Azure AKS
10 7 (2.99%) Azure Event Grid
10 7 (2.99%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (2.99%) Azure Storage
11 6 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (2.56%) GitHub
11 6 (2.56%) PaaS
12 5 (2.14%) Entra ID
12 5 (2.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.69%) Wireless
2 9 (3.85%) Broadband
3 8 (3.42%) DNS
4 7 (2.99%) DHCP
4 7 (2.99%) Firewall
5 5 (2.14%) Network Security
5 5 (2.14%) TCP/IP
5 5 (2.14%) VPN
6 3 (1.28%) BGP
6 3 (1.28%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (1.28%) OSPF
6 3 (1.28%) WAN
6 3 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.85%) Intranet
7 2 (0.85%) LAN
7 2 (0.85%) MPLS
7 2 (0.85%) VLAN
8 1 (0.43%) 3G
8 1 (0.43%) ADSL
8 1 (0.43%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.55%) SQL Server
2 17 (7.26%) Power BI
3 10 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.42%) Metabase
5 7 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.28%) Big Data
9 1 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.43%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.43%) MySQL
9 1 (0.43%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (3.85%) Burp Suite
1 9 (3.85%) Metasploit
1 9 (3.85%) Visual Studio
2 6 (2.56%) JIRA
2 6 (2.56%) Octopus Deploy
2 6 (2.56%) TeamCity
3 5 (2.14%) Git
4 2 (0.85%) Postman
5 1 (0.43%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.43%) GitLab
5 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
General
1 94 (40.17%) Social Skills
2 86 (36.75%) Finance
3 60 (25.64%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (9.40%) Law
5 8 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.99%) Legal
6 7 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.56%) Banking
7 6 (2.56%) Front Office
8 5 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.14%) Marketing
8 5 (2.14%) Retail
9 3 (1.28%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.85%) Games
10 2 (0.85%) General Ledger
10 2 (0.85%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.43%) Back Office
11 1 (0.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (20.09%) Senior
2 43 (18.38%) Analyst
3 20 (8.55%) Developer
3 20 (8.55%) Support Engineer
4 18 (7.69%) Support Analyst
5 17 (7.26%) IT Support
6 14 (5.98%) Lead
7 13 (5.56%) Digital Analyst
7 13 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
8 12 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support
8 12 (5.13%) IT Engineer
8 12 (5.13%) Senior Digital Analyst
9 11 (4.70%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 11 (4.70%) Applications Engineer
10 10 (4.27%) Applications Support
10 10 (4.27%) IT Analyst
10 10 (4.27%) Security Analyst
10 10 (4.27%) Software Engineer
10 10 (4.27%) Systems Analyst
10 10 (4.27%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (9.40%) .NET
2 8 (3.42%) gRPC
3 7 (2.99%) WPF
4 5 (2.14%) React
5 4 (1.71%) FastAPI
5 4 (1.71%) Flask
5 4 (1.71%) REST
6 3 (1.28%) Django
6 3 (1.28%) LangChain
7 2 (0.85%) Blazor
7 2 (0.85%) CSS
7 2 (0.85%) HTML
7 2 (0.85%) LlamaIndex
7 2 (0.85%) Node.js
7 2 (0.85%) Pandas
7 2 (0.85%) PyTorch
7 2 (0.85%) Web Services
7 2 (0.85%) XML
7 2 (0.85%) XSLT
8 1 (0.43%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.97%) Mobile App
2 20 (8.55%) Onboarding
3 14 (5.98%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
4 13 (5.56%) Data Centre
5 10 (4.27%) Security Posture
5 10 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (3.85%) Web Conferencing
7 8 (3.42%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.99%) Over-the-Top Content
8 7 (2.99%) Video\Live Streaming
9 6 (2.56%) Driving Licence
9 6 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (2.56%) Photography
9 6 (2.56%) Video Editing
9 6 (2.56%) Virtual Team
10 5 (2.14%) Data Structures
10 5 (2.14%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 35 (14.96%) Windows
2 11 (4.70%) Linux
3 10 (4.27%) Windows 10
4 7 (2.99%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.85%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.85%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.43%) Android
7 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.43%) CentOS
7 1 (0.43%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.43%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.43%) Unix
7 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (21.79%) Agile
2 46 (19.66%) Mentoring
3 41 (17.52%) Coaching
3 41 (17.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 37 (15.81%) CI/CD
5 31 (13.25%) Creative Thinking
6 30 (12.82%) AI
6 30 (12.82%) DevOps
7 29 (12.39%) ITIL
8 28 (11.97%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (11.54%) Analytics
9 27 (11.54%) Customer Service
9 27 (11.54%) Migration
10 25 (10.68%) Business Strategy
11 24 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
12 23 (9.83%) Internal Audit
13 22 (9.40%) Business Transformation
14 21 (8.97%) Application Security
14 21 (8.97%) Collaborative Culture
14 21 (8.97%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 69 (29.49%) Python
2 59 (25.21%) SQL
3 46 (19.66%) PowerShell
4 19 (8.12%) C#
5 18 (7.69%) JavaScript
6 16 (6.84%) Bash
7 10 (4.27%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.99%) Go
8 7 (2.99%) Scala
9 6 (2.56%) Java
10 4 (1.71%) C++
11 2 (0.85%) Bicep
11 2 (0.85%) PHP
11 2 (0.85%) R
11 2 (0.85%) VBA
11 2 (0.85%) VC++
12 1 (0.43%) Cypher
12 1 (0.43%) Julia
12 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.43%) Rust
Qualifications
1 48 (20.51%) Degree
2 18 (7.69%) CCSAM
2 18 (7.69%) CHECK Team Leader
2 18 (7.69%) CHECK Team Member
2 18 (7.69%) CREST Certified
2 18 (7.69%) OSCP
3 11 (4.70%) CISSP
4 10 (4.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (3.85%) A+ Certification
6 6 (2.56%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.56%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.14%) CISA
7 5 (2.14%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (1.71%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.28%) CCNP
9 3 (1.28%) CISM
9 3 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.28%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.28%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.98%) GDPR
1 14 (5.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (5.56%) NIST
3 6 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.56%) QA
4 3 (1.28%) SLA
5 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.85%) EMIR
5 2 (0.85%) EU AI Act
5 2 (0.85%) GAAP
5 2 (0.85%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.85%) IFRS
5 2 (0.85%) NCSC
5 2 (0.85%) PMO
6 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.43%) GRC
6 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (7.26%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.13%) Docker
3 3 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (7.69%) Terraform
2 9 (3.85%) Nessus
3 7 (2.99%) Grafana
3 7 (2.99%) Kibana
4 6 (2.56%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.85%) Ansible
7 1 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.43%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.43%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.43%) SCVMM
7 1 (0.43%) WSUS
Vendors
1 66 (28.21%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.98%) ServiceNow
3 8 (3.42%) Google
4 7 (2.99%) Oracle
4 7 (2.99%) Typelevel
5 6 (2.56%) Databricks
5 6 (2.56%) Dell
5 6 (2.56%) SAP
6 5 (2.14%) CyberArk
7 3 (1.28%) Adobe
7 3 (1.28%) VMware
8 2 (0.85%) BT
8 2 (0.85%) Cisco
8 2 (0.85%) Darktrace
8 2 (0.85%) JDA
8 2 (0.85%) McAfee
8 2 (0.85%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.43%) OneTrust
9 1 (0.43%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.43%) Qualtrics