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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 4 11
Rank change year-on-year -18 +7 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 192 388 422
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 6.38% 23.01% 14.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.93% 23.95% 15.86%
Number of salaries quoted 126 339 261
10th Percentile £34,375 £35,350 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £49,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £88,438 £87,500 £78,125
90th Percentile £107,500 £114,000 £95,000
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.14%

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 2,422 1,620 2,660
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.49% 96.09% 93.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,764 1,288 1,807
10th Percentile £47,500 £38,675 £43,350
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.79% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £103,675 £122,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -0.68%

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 22 September 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 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 15 (7.81%) Confluence
3 13 (6.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.08%) CMS
5 3 (1.56%) Drupal
6 2 (1.04%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.52%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.52%) nginx
Applications
1 22 (11.46%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.73%) Autodesk Flame
2 11 (5.73%) Baselight
3 8 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.52%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.52%) Civil 3D
5 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.52%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 8 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.08%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (2.08%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.56%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.56%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (1.04%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.04%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.52%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.52%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.52%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 29 (15.10%) Azure
2 27 (14.06%) AWS
3 23 (11.98%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (6.25%) OneDrive
4 12 (6.25%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.69%) SaaS
6 7 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.13%) GCP
7 6 (3.13%) OCI
8 5 (2.60%) Azure AKS
8 5 (2.60%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.60%) GitHub
8 5 (2.60%) PaaS
8 5 (2.60%) Serverless
9 4 (2.08%) IaaS
9 4 (2.08%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.08%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.56%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.17%) VPN
2 7 (3.65%) Firewall
3 6 (3.13%) DHCP
3 6 (3.13%) DNS
3 6 (3.13%) Network Security
3 6 (3.13%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.60%) Wireless
5 4 (2.08%) BGP
5 4 (2.08%) OSPF
6 3 (1.56%) Intranet
6 3 (1.56%) MPLS
6 3 (1.56%) VLAN
7 2 (1.04%) Internet
7 2 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.52%) Broadband
8 1 (0.52%) IGMP
8 1 (0.52%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.52%) VoIP
8 1 (0.52%) WAN
8 1 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.21%) Power BI
2 6 (3.13%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.60%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.08%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.04%) Big Data
5 2 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.04%) MySQL
5 2 (1.04%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.04%) Oracle Discoverer
5 2 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.04%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.04%) Tableau
6 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.52%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.52%) KDB
6 1 (0.52%) Metadata
6 1 (0.52%) Spark SQL
6 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.52%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (8.33%) JIRA
2 7 (3.65%) Git
3 5 (2.60%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.52%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.52%) GitLab
4 1 (0.52%) JIRA Agile
4 1 (0.52%) JMeter
4 1 (0.52%) Mocha
4 1 (0.52%) Postman
4 1 (0.52%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 93 (48.44%) Social Skills
2 66 (34.38%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (28.65%) Law
4 53 (27.60%) Finance
5 15 (7.81%) Marketing
6 14 (7.29%) Manufacturing
7 13 (6.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
9 10 (5.21%) Banking
9 10 (5.21%) French Language
10 9 (4.69%) Front Office
10 9 (4.69%) Games
11 5 (2.60%) Legal
12 4 (2.08%) General Ledger
12 4 (2.08%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.56%) Publishing
13 3 (1.56%) Retail
13 3 (1.56%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (20.31%) Senior
2 33 (17.19%) Analyst
3 20 (10.42%) Developer
4 19 (9.90%) Post-Production Engineer
5 15 (7.81%) Consultant
6 13 (6.77%) Senior Manager
6 13 (6.77%) Support Analyst
7 9 (4.69%) Cloud Engineer
7 9 (4.69%) Desktop Analyst
7 9 (4.69%) Desktop Support
7 9 (4.69%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 9 (4.69%) IT Support
7 9 (4.69%) Junior
7 9 (4.69%) Software Engineer
7 9 (4.69%) Support Engineer
8 8 (4.17%) IT Engineer
8 8 (4.17%) IT Support Engineer
9 7 (3.65%) Data Analyst
9 7 (3.65%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 6 (3.13%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.81%) HTML
2 9 (4.69%) Terraform
3 8 (4.17%) React
4 5 (2.60%) .NET
4 5 (2.60%) Next.js
4 5 (2.60%) REST
5 3 (1.56%) CSS
6 2 (1.04%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.04%) Bootstrap
6 2 (1.04%) CSS3
6 2 (1.04%) Django
6 2 (1.04%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (1.04%) HTML5
6 2 (1.04%) Node.js
6 2 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (1.04%) Playwright
6 2 (1.04%) PyTorch
6 2 (1.04%) RESTful
6 2 (1.04%) Spring
6 2 (1.04%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.94%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (7.81%) Product Ownership
3 13 (6.77%) Cloud Native
4 12 (6.25%) Biopharmaceutical
5 11 (5.73%) Onboarding
6 10 (5.21%) Driving Licence
6 10 (5.21%) Web Conferencing
7 8 (4.17%) Data Centre
7 8 (4.17%) Management Information System
8 7 (3.65%) Hedge funds
8 7 (3.65%) Photography
8 7 (3.65%) Video Editing
9 6 (3.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (2.60%) Equities
11 4 (2.08%) Data Structures
11 4 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (1.56%) Fixed Income
12 3 (1.56%) Market Risk
12 3 (1.56%) Social Media
12 3 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (13.54%) Windows
2 19 (9.90%) Linux
3 17 (8.85%) Windows 10
4 10 (5.21%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.56%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.52%) Android
6 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
2 44 (22.92%) Agile
3 34 (17.71%) Decision-Making
4 33 (17.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 27 (14.06%) Post-Production
6 24 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 24 (12.50%) Workflow
7 23 (11.98%) AI
7 23 (11.98%) Line Management
7 23 (11.98%) Storytelling
8 22 (11.46%) Analytics
8 22 (11.46%) Cybersecurity
9 21 (10.94%) Customer Service
10 20 (10.42%) Coaching
10 20 (10.42%) DevOps
10 20 (10.42%) Roadmaps
11 19 (9.90%) Computer Science
11 19 (9.90%) ITIL
11 19 (9.90%) Software Engineering
12 16 (8.33%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 34 (17.71%) Python
1 34 (17.71%) SQL
2 21 (10.94%) PowerShell
3 14 (7.29%) JavaScript
4 10 (5.21%) C#
5 9 (4.69%) Java
6 6 (3.13%) Bash
7 5 (2.60%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.56%) C++
8 3 (1.56%) R
8 3 (1.56%) Scala
9 2 (1.04%) Bicep
9 2 (1.04%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.04%) VBA
10 1 (0.52%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.52%) Julia
10 1 (0.52%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.52%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.52%) Ruby
10 1 (0.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 51 (26.56%) Degree
2 15 (7.81%) Master's Degree
3 12 (6.25%) MBA
4 11 (5.73%) CISSP
4 11 (5.73%) Security Cleared
5 9 (4.69%) SC Cleared
6 8 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.60%) ACCA
9 5 (2.60%) CIMA
9 5 (2.60%) CISM
10 4 (2.08%) A+ Certification
10 4 (2.08%) CEH
11 3 (1.56%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (1.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (1.04%) Azure Certification
12 2 (1.04%) GIAC
12 2 (1.04%) ICAEW
12 2 (1.04%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (14.58%) Accessibility
2 15 (7.81%) Data Quality
3 10 (5.21%) GDPR
4 8 (4.17%) QA
5 5 (2.60%) NIST
6 4 (2.08%) IFRS
6 4 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.56%) GRC
8 2 (1.04%) COBIT
8 2 (1.04%) GAAP
8 2 (1.04%) NCSC
9 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.52%) MiFID
9 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (11.46%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.21%) GPFS
2 10 (5.21%) StorNext
3 9 (4.69%) Docker
4 6 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (5.21%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.60%) Ansible
3 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.52%) Argo
4 1 (0.52%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.52%) SCCM
4 1 (0.52%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 52 (27.08%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.33%) SAP
3 14 (7.29%) ServiceNow
4 11 (5.73%) Oracle
5 10 (5.21%) Autodesk
5 10 (5.21%) Avid
6 8 (4.17%) Google
6 8 (4.17%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.08%) Alteryx
7 4 (2.08%) Cisco
8 2 (1.04%) Darktrace
8 2 (1.04%) Databricks
8 2 (1.04%) Dell
8 2 (1.04%) JDA
8 2 (1.04%) Sony
9 1 (0.52%) Arista
9 1 (0.52%) Okta
9 1 (0.52%) OneTrust
9 1 (0.52%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.52%) UiPath