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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 6 10
Rank change year-on-year -21 +4 +10
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 209 413 473
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.07% 21.31% 15.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.32% 22.17% 16.56%
Number of salaries quoted 141 351 350
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £49,875 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year -7.14% +9.80% -5.56%

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 3,309 1,863 2,857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.20% 96.13% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,420 1,431 2,324
10th Percentile £46,250 £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 £114,625
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 10 July 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 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.48%) Confluence
4 1 (0.48%) IIS
4 1 (0.48%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 31 (14.83%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.48%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.48%) Civil 3D
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.91%) Oracle Applications
1 4 (1.91%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.91%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.96%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.48%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.48%) SAP PSCD
3 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.48%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.48%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 45 (21.53%) Azure
2 32 (15.31%) AWS
3 22 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (7.66%) Power Platform
5 15 (7.18%) GCP
6 10 (4.78%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (4.31%) dbt
7 9 (4.31%) OneDrive
7 9 (4.31%) Power Automate
8 8 (3.83%) SaaS
9 7 (3.35%) Azure AKS
9 7 (3.35%) Serverless
10 6 (2.87%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (2.87%) OCI
10 6 (2.87%) PaaS
11 4 (1.91%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.91%) GitHub
11 4 (1.91%) IaaS
12 3 (1.44%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 2 (0.96%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.74%) Wireless
2 8 (3.83%) Broadband
3 7 (3.35%) Firewall
3 7 (3.35%) Network Security
4 5 (2.39%) DNS
5 4 (1.91%) BGP
5 4 (1.91%) DHCP
5 4 (1.91%) OSPF
6 3 (1.44%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (1.44%) MPLS
6 3 (1.44%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.44%) VLAN
6 3 (1.44%) VPN
6 3 (1.44%) WAN
7 2 (0.96%) Internet
7 2 (0.96%) Intranet
7 2 (0.96%) LAN
7 2 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.48%) Multicast
8 1 (0.48%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.66%) Power BI
2 15 (7.18%) SQL Server
3 9 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.83%) Metabase
5 4 (1.91%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.44%) Big Data
6 3 (1.44%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.96%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.96%) Oracle Discoverer
7 2 (0.96%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.48%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.48%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.48%) KDB
8 1 (0.48%) MySQL
8 1 (0.48%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (4.31%) Visual Studio
2 6 (2.87%) Burp Suite
2 6 (2.87%) Git
2 6 (2.87%) Metasploit
3 4 (1.91%) JIRA
4 3 (1.44%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.44%) Postman
5 1 (0.48%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.48%) GitLab
5 1 (0.48%) JMeter
5 1 (0.48%) TeamCity
General
1 107 (51.20%) Social Skills
2 69 (33.01%) Finance
3 66 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (10.05%) Law
5 9 (4.31%) Banking
5 9 (4.31%) Front Office
6 8 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.87%) Legal
7 6 (2.87%) Marketing
7 6 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.87%) Retail
8 4 (1.91%) General Ledger
8 4 (1.91%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.44%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.96%) Advertising
10 2 (0.96%) Games
10 2 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.96%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (19.62%) Analyst
1 41 (19.62%) Senior
2 22 (10.53%) Developer
3 18 (8.61%) Support Analyst
4 16 (7.66%) IT Support
5 14 (6.70%) Support Engineer
6 13 (6.22%) Consultant
7 12 (5.74%) 2nd Line Support
8 11 (5.26%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 10 (4.78%) Cloud Engineer
9 10 (4.78%) Digital Analyst
9 10 (4.78%) IT Analyst
9 10 (4.78%) Senior Analyst
9 10 (4.78%) Systems Analyst
10 9 (4.31%) Financial Analyst
10 9 (4.31%) IT Support Analyst
10 9 (4.31%) Senior Digital Analyst
11 8 (3.83%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 8 (3.83%) Finance Systems Analyst
11 8 (3.83%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.83%) .NET
2 7 (3.35%) gRPC
3 6 (2.87%) REST
4 4 (1.91%) React
5 3 (1.44%) FastAPI
5 3 (1.44%) Flask
5 3 (1.44%) RESTful
6 2 (0.96%) Django
6 2 (0.96%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.96%) LangChain
6 2 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.96%) Pandas
6 2 (0.96%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.96%) Spring
6 2 (0.96%) Web Services
6 2 (0.96%) WPF
7 1 (0.48%) Blazor
7 1 (0.48%) LlamaIndex
7 1 (0.48%) Model Context Protocol
7 1 (0.48%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 15 (7.18%) Data Centre
3 14 (6.70%) Mobile App
4 13 (6.22%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (5.74%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (5.26%) Cloud Native
7 10 (4.78%) Cyber Defence
8 9 (4.31%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (4.31%) Web Conferencing
9 8 (3.83%) Security Posture
10 7 (3.35%) Management Information System
10 7 (3.35%) Over-the-Top Content
10 7 (3.35%) Video\Live Streaming
11 6 (2.87%) Driving Licence
11 6 (2.87%) Photography
11 6 (2.87%) Video Editing
12 5 (2.39%) Data Structures
12 5 (2.39%) Equities
12 5 (2.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 3 (1.44%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 29 (13.88%) Windows
2 11 (5.26%) Linux
3 9 (4.31%) Windows 10
4 7 (3.35%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.48%) Android
7 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.48%) CentOS
7 1 (0.48%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.48%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.48%) Unix
7 1 (0.48%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (22.01%) Continuous Improvement
2 41 (19.62%) Agile
3 37 (17.70%) Mentoring
4 30 (14.35%) Coaching
4 30 (14.35%) ITIL
5 28 (13.40%) CI/CD
6 27 (12.92%) Customer Service
6 27 (12.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 24 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
8 20 (9.57%) Creative Thinking
8 20 (9.57%) DevOps
8 20 (9.57%) Migration
8 20 (9.57%) Software Engineering
9 19 (9.09%) Business Strategy
9 19 (9.09%) Computer Science
10 18 (8.61%) Internal Audit
11 17 (8.13%) Collaborative Culture
11 17 (8.13%) Containerisation
11 17 (8.13%) Decision-Making
12 16 (7.66%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 56 (26.79%) Python
2 47 (22.49%) SQL
3 37 (17.70%) PowerShell
4 18 (8.61%) JavaScript
5 14 (6.70%) Bash
6 12 (5.74%) C#
7 9 (4.31%) Java
8 8 (3.83%) Scala
9 7 (3.35%) Go
10 5 (2.39%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.91%) C++
12 2 (0.96%) Bicep
12 2 (0.96%) PHP
12 2 (0.96%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.96%) R
13 1 (0.48%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.48%) Cypher
13 1 (0.48%) Elm
13 1 (0.48%) Julia
13 1 (0.48%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 43 (20.57%) Degree
2 13 (6.22%) CISSP
3 12 (5.74%) CCSAM
3 12 (5.74%) CHECK Team Leader
3 12 (5.74%) CHECK Team Member
3 12 (5.74%) CREST Certified
3 12 (5.74%) OSCP
4 10 (4.78%) Security Cleared
5 9 (4.31%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.83%) A+ Certification
6 8 (3.83%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.87%) Master's Degree
8 5 (2.39%) CISA
8 5 (2.39%) CISM
8 5 (2.39%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (1.91%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.44%) CIMA
10 3 (1.44%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.26%) NIST
2 9 (4.31%) GDPR
2 9 (4.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.83%) Data Quality
4 7 (3.35%) QA
5 4 (1.91%) IFRS
6 3 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.44%) SLA
7 2 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.96%) EU AI Act
7 2 (0.96%) GAAP
7 2 (0.96%) GRC
7 2 (0.96%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 2 (0.96%) NCSC
7 2 (0.96%) PMO
8 1 (0.48%) COBIT
8 1 (0.48%) EMIR
8 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (8.13%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.18%) Docker
3 3 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.96%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (6.22%) Terraform
2 9 (4.31%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.87%) Nessus
4 4 (1.91%) Ansible
5 2 (0.96%) Grafana
5 2 (0.96%) Kibana
6 1 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.48%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.48%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.48%) SCVMM
6 1 (0.48%) WSUS
Vendors
1 65 (31.10%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.70%) ServiceNow
3 13 (6.22%) Oracle
4 9 (4.31%) Google
5 7 (3.35%) SAP
5 7 (3.35%) Typelevel
6 6 (2.87%) Dell
7 5 (2.39%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.91%) VMware
9 3 (1.44%) Cisco
10 2 (0.96%) Adobe
10 2 (0.96%) BT
10 2 (0.96%) CyberArk
10 2 (0.96%) Darktrace
10 2 (0.96%) Databricks
10 2 (0.96%) JDA
10 2 (0.96%) McAfee
10 2 (0.96%) OneTrust
10 2 (0.96%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.48%) Qualtrics