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 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 11 17
Rank change year-on-year +5 +6 -1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 338 427 318
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 15.66% 16.03% 11.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.95% 16.78% 11.88%
Number of salaries quoted 257 263 278
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,100 £37,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,125 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -11.56%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £108,000 £100,000 £111,625
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% +5.77% -10.34%

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 1,883 2,544 2,677
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 87.22% 95.50% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,392 1,634 2,400
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,313
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £74,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.68% -0.33% -

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 5 January 2026.

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 5 January 2026. 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 0 3 £87,500 -27.08%
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 14 (4.14%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.48%) Confluence
4 4 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.89%) Apache
5 3 (0.89%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.59%) CMS
6 2 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.59%) IIS
6 2 (0.59%) nginx
6 2 (0.59%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.30%) Luigi
7 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 17 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.30%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.18%) Elite 3E
1 4 (1.18%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.59%) Visualfiles
3 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.30%) Endur
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.30%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 97 (28.70%) Azure
2 46 (13.61%) AWS
3 34 (10.06%) Power Platform
4 24 (7.10%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (5.33%) GCP
6 16 (4.73%) SaaS
7 11 (3.25%) GitHub
8 9 (2.66%) Serverless
9 8 (2.37%) OneDrive
9 8 (2.37%) Power Automate
10 7 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (1.78%) dbt
11 6 (1.78%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.78%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.48%) Azure Functions
12 5 (1.48%) Snowflake
13 4 (1.18%) Azure Event Grid
13 4 (1.18%) Azure Storage
13 4 (1.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.55%) DHCP
2 11 (3.25%) DNS
3 10 (2.96%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.07%) WAN
4 7 (2.07%) WebEx
4 7 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.78%) Firewall
6 5 (1.48%) LAN
6 5 (1.48%) Modbus
6 5 (1.48%) VoIP
6 5 (1.48%) VPN
7 3 (0.89%) Broadband
7 3 (0.89%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.59%) 3G
8 2 (0.59%) ADSL
8 2 (0.59%) PPP
8 2 (0.59%) SAN
8 2 (0.59%) SNMP
8 2 (0.59%) VDSL
8 2 (0.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (8.28%) Power BI
2 23 (6.80%) SQL Server
3 14 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (3.25%) Relational Database
4 11 (3.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.78%) ClickHouse
7 5 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.48%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.18%) Hadoop
8 4 (1.18%) Metabase
9 3 (0.89%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.89%) GIS
9 3 (0.89%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.89%) QGIS
9 3 (0.89%) Tableau
10 2 (0.59%) Big Data
10 2 (0.59%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.59%) KDB
Development Applications
1 14 (4.14%) JIRA
2 11 (3.25%) Octopus Deploy
2 11 (3.25%) TeamCity
3 10 (2.96%) Git
4 5 (1.48%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.89%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.59%) GitLab
7 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.30%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.30%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.30%) NUnit
7 1 (0.30%) Selenium
7 1 (0.30%) SpecFlow
General
1 162 (47.93%) Social Skills
2 101 (29.88%) Finance
3 93 (27.51%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.95%) Legal
5 35 (10.36%) Law
6 23 (6.80%) Retail
7 22 (6.51%) Banking
8 16 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (3.85%) Billing
10 8 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.48%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.48%) German Language
12 5 (1.48%) Health Technology
13 4 (1.18%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.89%) Advertising
14 3 (0.89%) Back Office
15 2 (0.59%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 44 (13.02%) Developer
2 39 (11.54%) Senior
3 36 (10.65%) Support Engineer
4 31 (9.17%) Lead
5 30 (8.88%) Analyst
6 29 (8.58%) Graduate
7 26 (7.69%) Technical Support
8 22 (6.51%) Technical Engineer
8 22 (6.51%) Technical Support Engineer
9 19 (5.62%) Consultant
9 19 (5.62%) Graduate Technical Support
10 15 (4.44%) DevOps Engineer
10 15 (4.44%) Full-Stack Developer
10 15 (4.44%) Graduate Support Engineer
10 15 (4.44%) Graduate Technical Engineer
11 14 (4.14%) Architect
11 14 (4.14%) Service Manager
12 13 (3.85%) Applications Support
12 13 (3.85%) IT Manager
13 11 (3.25%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (11.24%) .NET
2 21 (6.21%) React
3 16 (4.73%) RESTful
4 8 (2.37%) Node.js
4 8 (2.37%) Web Services
5 7 (2.07%) Django
5 7 (2.07%) FastAPI
5 7 (2.07%) Flask
5 7 (2.07%) PySpark
6 6 (1.78%) AngularJS
6 6 (1.78%) CSS
6 6 (1.78%) HTML
6 6 (1.78%) Kafka
6 6 (1.78%) Vue
7 5 (1.48%) .NET Core
7 5 (1.48%) .NET Framework
7 5 (1.48%) Middleware
8 4 (1.18%) Entity Framework
8 4 (1.18%) Pandas
8 4 (1.18%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.17%) Onboarding
2 20 (5.92%) Analytical Mindset
3 19 (5.62%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.44%) Product Ownership
4 15 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (4.14%) Virtual Team
6 13 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (3.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (2.96%) Reinsurance
9 9 (2.66%) Algorithms
10 8 (2.37%) CMDB
11 7 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (2.07%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.48%) Market Risk
13 4 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (1.18%) Management Information System
14 3 (0.89%) Data Centre
14 3 (0.89%) Data Structures
14 3 (0.89%) Driving Licence
14 3 (0.89%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 29 (8.58%) Windows
2 12 (3.55%) Windows 10
3 11 (3.25%) Linux
4 7 (2.07%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.07%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.48%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.18%) Windows 7
6 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.89%) Unix
7 3 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.59%) CentOS
8 2 (0.59%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.59%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.30%) AIX
9 1 (0.30%) Debian
9 1 (0.30%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.30%) Solaris
9 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (28.40%) Agile
2 82 (24.26%) AI
3 76 (22.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 52 (15.38%) Analytics
5 40 (11.83%) Decision-Making
5 40 (11.83%) Mentoring
5 40 (11.83%) Roadmaps
6 38 (11.24%) DevOps
7 36 (10.65%) ITIL
8 35 (10.36%) Cybersecurity
8 35 (10.36%) Machine Learning
9 34 (10.06%) Migration
10 33 (9.76%) User Experience
11 30 (8.88%) Business Intelligence
11 30 (8.88%) CI/CD
11 30 (8.88%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (8.58%) Full-Stack Development
13 28 (8.28%) Service Management
14 27 (7.99%) Strategic Thinking
15 26 (7.69%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 89 (26.33%) Python
2 76 (22.49%) SQL
3 35 (10.36%) C#
4 25 (7.40%) Java
5 22 (6.51%) PowerShell
6 21 (6.21%) Bash
7 14 (4.14%) TypeScript
8 12 (3.55%) C++
9 10 (2.96%) JavaScript
10 7 (2.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (1.18%) VBA
12 2 (0.59%) C
12 2 (0.59%) Perl
12 2 (0.59%) VC++
13 1 (0.30%) Go
13 1 (0.30%) R
13 1 (0.30%) RPG
13 1 (0.30%) Ruby
13 1 (0.30%) Scala
13 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 61 (18.05%) Degree
2 17 (5.03%) Security Cleared
3 10 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.37%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.48%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.18%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.18%) PMP
7 3 (0.89%) A+ Certification
7 3 (0.89%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.89%) CCNA
7 3 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.89%) CISM
7 3 (0.89%) CISSP
7 3 (0.89%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.89%) OSCP
7 3 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.59%) CCSAM
8 2 (0.59%) CHECK Team Leader
8 2 (0.59%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (5.03%) GDPR
3 13 (3.85%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.55%) Accessibility
4 12 (3.55%) QA
5 9 (2.66%) NIST
6 8 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 7 (2.07%) SLA
8 4 (1.18%) WCAG
9 3 (0.89%) ITGC
9 3 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.59%) EMIR
10 2 (0.59%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.59%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.30%) COBIT
11 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (4.73%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.96%) Docker
2 10 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.18%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.30%) Firmware
5 1 (0.30%) KVM
5 1 (0.30%) vCloud
5 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (5.62%) Terraform
2 11 (3.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (2.96%) Ansible
3 10 (2.96%) Kubernetes
4 7 (2.07%) Grafana
5 4 (1.18%) Kibana
6 3 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.89%) Puppet
6 3 (0.89%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (0.59%) ArcSight ESM
7 2 (0.59%) Argo
7 2 (0.59%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.59%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.59%) QRadar
7 2 (0.59%) Red Hat Spacewalk
7 2 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.30%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.30%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.30%) Podman
Vendors
1 70 (20.71%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.10%) Databricks
3 17 (5.03%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.14%) Oracle
5 12 (3.55%) Guidewire
5 12 (3.55%) VMware
6 11 (3.25%) Google
7 9 (2.66%) HP
7 9 (2.66%) MuleSoft
8 7 (2.07%) Apple
9 6 (1.78%) CyberArk
9 6 (1.78%) Intapp
9 6 (1.78%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.78%) SAP
10 5 (1.48%) Hitachi
10 5 (1.48%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.89%) Dell
11 3 (0.89%) iManage
11 3 (0.89%) Splunk
12 2 (0.59%) Palo Alto