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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 4 11
Rank change year-on-year -19 +7 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 188 391 431
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 6.08% 22.75% 15.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.57% 23.70% 16.17%
Number of salaries quoted 123 340 268
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,550 £37,350
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,938 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £113,875 £96,625
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 2,485 1,650 2,666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.42% 95.99% 93.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,801 1,308 1,830
10th Percentile £46,750 £39,835 £43,463
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £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 £101,250 £122,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £73,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +2.74% -1.02%

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 16 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 (8.51%) SharePoint
2 14 (7.45%) Confluence
3 13 (6.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.13%) CMS
5 3 (1.60%) Drupal
6 2 (1.06%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.53%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 24 (12.77%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (5.32%) Autodesk Flame
2 10 (5.32%) Baselight
3 7 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.53%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.53%) Civil 3D
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.53%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 8 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.13%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (2.13%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.60%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.60%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (1.06%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.06%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.53%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.53%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.53%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 27 (14.36%) Azure
2 25 (13.30%) AWS
3 23 (12.23%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (6.38%) OneDrive
4 12 (6.38%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.79%) SaaS
6 6 (3.19%) Azure AKS
6 6 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.19%) GCP
6 6 (3.19%) OCI
7 5 (2.66%) PaaS
7 5 (2.66%) Serverless
8 4 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (2.13%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.13%) GitHub
8 4 (2.13%) IaaS
8 4 (2.13%) Power Automate
8 4 (2.13%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.60%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.60%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.72%) VPN
2 6 (3.19%) Firewall
2 6 (3.19%) Network Security
3 5 (2.66%) DHCP
3 5 (2.66%) DNS
3 5 (2.66%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.13%) BGP
4 4 (2.13%) OSPF
4 4 (2.13%) Wireless
5 3 (1.60%) Intranet
5 3 (1.60%) MPLS
5 3 (1.60%) VLAN
6 2 (1.06%) Internet
6 2 (1.06%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.53%) Broadband
7 1 (0.53%) IGMP
7 1 (0.53%) Multicast
7 1 (0.53%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.53%) VoIP
7 1 (0.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.32%) Power BI
2 6 (3.19%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.66%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.13%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.06%) Big Data
5 2 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.06%) MySQL
5 2 (1.06%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.06%) Oracle Discoverer
5 2 (1.06%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.53%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.53%) KDB
6 1 (0.53%) Metadata
6 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.53%) Spark SQL
6 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.53%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (7.98%) JIRA
2 5 (2.66%) Git
3 4 (2.13%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.53%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.53%) GitLab
4 1 (0.53%) JIRA Agile
4 1 (0.53%) JMeter
4 1 (0.53%) Mocha
4 1 (0.53%) Postman
4 1 (0.53%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 95 (50.53%) Social Skills
2 63 (33.51%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (28.72%) Law
4 52 (27.66%) Finance
5 15 (7.98%) Marketing
6 14 (7.45%) Manufacturing
7 12 (6.38%) Pharmaceutical
8 11 (5.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (5.32%) French Language
10 9 (4.79%) Banking
10 9 (4.79%) Front Office
10 9 (4.79%) Games
11 5 (2.66%) Legal
12 4 (2.13%) General Ledger
12 4 (2.13%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.60%) Publishing
13 3 (1.60%) Retail
14 2 (1.06%) Private Banking
14 2 (1.06%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (18.09%) Senior
2 30 (15.96%) Analyst
3 19 (10.11%) Developer
4 18 (9.57%) Post-Production Engineer
5 14 (7.45%) Support Analyst
6 13 (6.91%) Consultant
6 13 (6.91%) Senior Manager
7 10 (5.32%) Cloud Engineer
8 9 (4.79%) Desktop Analyst
8 9 (4.79%) Desktop Support
8 9 (4.79%) Desktop Support Analyst
8 9 (4.79%) IT Support
8 9 (4.79%) Junior
8 9 (4.79%) Software Engineer
8 9 (4.79%) Support Engineer
9 8 (4.26%) IT Engineer
9 8 (4.26%) IT Support Engineer
10 7 (3.72%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 6 (3.19%) Data Analyst
11 6 (3.19%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.45%) HTML
2 10 (5.32%) Terraform
3 7 (3.72%) React
4 5 (2.66%) .NET
4 5 (2.66%) Next.js
5 4 (2.13%) REST
6 2 (1.06%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.06%) CSS
6 2 (1.06%) CSS3
6 2 (1.06%) FastAPI
6 2 (1.06%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (1.06%) HTML5
6 2 (1.06%) Node.js
6 2 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (1.06%) Playwright
6 2 (1.06%) PyTorch
6 2 (1.06%) RESTful
6 2 (1.06%) Spring
6 2 (1.06%) Web Services
7 1 (0.53%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.17%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (7.45%) Cloud Native
2 14 (7.45%) Product Ownership
3 12 (6.38%) Biopharmaceutical
3 12 (6.38%) Data Centre
4 10 (5.32%) Driving Licence
4 10 (5.32%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.32%) Web Conferencing
5 7 (3.72%) Photography
5 7 (3.72%) Video Editing
6 6 (3.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (3.19%) Hedge funds
6 6 (3.19%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.66%) Equities
8 4 (2.13%) Data Structures
8 4 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.60%) Market Risk
9 3 (1.60%) Social Media
9 3 (1.60%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (13.83%) Windows
2 18 (9.57%) Linux
3 17 (9.04%) Windows 10
4 9 (4.79%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.06%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.53%) Android
6 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (29.26%) Continuous Improvement
2 42 (22.34%) Agile
3 32 (17.02%) Decision-Making
4 26 (13.83%) Post-Production
4 26 (13.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 25 (13.30%) AI
6 24 (12.77%) Workflow
7 22 (11.70%) CI/CD
7 22 (11.70%) ITIL
7 22 (11.70%) Line Management
7 22 (11.70%) Storytelling
8 21 (11.17%) Analytics
8 21 (11.17%) Customer Service
9 20 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
10 19 (10.11%) Coaching
10 19 (10.11%) Computer Science
10 19 (10.11%) DevOps
10 19 (10.11%) Roadmaps
11 18 (9.57%) Software Engineering
12 15 (7.98%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 35 (18.62%) Python
2 32 (17.02%) SQL
3 23 (12.23%) PowerShell
4 14 (7.45%) JavaScript
5 10 (5.32%) C#
6 9 (4.79%) Java
7 5 (2.66%) Bash
7 5 (2.66%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.60%) C++
8 3 (1.60%) R
8 3 (1.60%) Scala
9 2 (1.06%) Bicep
9 2 (1.06%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.06%) VBA
10 1 (0.53%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.53%) Groovy
10 1 (0.53%) Julia
10 1 (0.53%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.53%) Ruby
10 1 (0.53%) VB
Qualifications
1 54 (28.72%) Degree
2 18 (9.57%) Master's Degree
3 12 (6.38%) MBA
4 11 (5.85%) Security Cleared
5 9 (4.79%) CISSP
5 9 (4.79%) SC Cleared
6 8 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (2.66%) ACCA
8 5 (2.66%) CIMA
9 4 (2.13%) A+ Certification
9 4 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (2.13%) CISM
10 3 (1.60%) CEH
10 3 (1.60%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.06%) Azure Certification
11 2 (1.06%) CCNP
11 2 (1.06%) GIAC
11 2 (1.06%) ICAEW
11 2 (1.06%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (14.36%) Accessibility
2 14 (7.45%) Data Quality
3 9 (4.79%) GDPR
4 8 (4.26%) QA
5 5 (2.66%) NIST
6 4 (2.13%) IFRS
7 3 (1.60%) GRC
7 3 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (1.06%) COBIT
8 2 (1.06%) GAAP
8 2 (1.06%) NCSC
9 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.53%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.53%) MiFID
9 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (11.17%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.79%) GPFS
2 9 (4.79%) StorNext
3 8 (4.26%) Docker
4 7 (3.72%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (4.79%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.13%) Ansible
3 1 (0.53%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 51 (27.13%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.51%) SAP
2 16 (8.51%) ServiceNow
3 11 (5.85%) Oracle
4 9 (4.79%) Autodesk
4 9 (4.79%) Avid
5 8 (4.26%) Salesforce
6 7 (3.72%) Google
7 5 (2.66%) Dell
8 4 (2.13%) Alteryx
8 4 (2.13%) Cisco
9 2 (1.06%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.06%) Databricks
9 2 (1.06%) JDA
9 2 (1.06%) Sony
10 1 (0.53%) Arista
10 1 (0.53%) Concur
10 1 (0.53%) FIS
10 1 (0.53%) OneTrust
10 1 (0.53%) UiPath