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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 4 12
Rank change year-on-year -17 +8 +6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 189 386 433
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 6.41% 22.81% 14.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.97% 23.75% 15.92%
Number of salaries quoted 123 336 262
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,750 £36,325
25th Percentile £41,250 £49,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £88,875 £87,500 £78,033
90th Percentile £107,500 £114,375 £95,000
Central London median annual salary £63,750 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.92% - -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 2,370 1,625 2,720
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.39% 96.04% 93.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,731 1,294 1,814
10th Percentile £47,500 £39,615 £43,238
25th Percentile £61,250 £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 £103,500 £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 25 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 (8.47%) SharePoint
2 15 (7.94%) Confluence
3 13 (6.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.12%) CMS
5 3 (1.59%) 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
7 1 (0.53%) nginx
Applications
1 21 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.82%) Autodesk Flame
2 11 (5.82%) Baselight
3 9 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.53%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.53%) Civil 3D
5 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.53%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 8 (4.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.12%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (2.12%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.59%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.59%) 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
Cloud Services
1 28 (14.81%) Azure
2 27 (14.29%) AWS
3 23 (12.17%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (6.35%) OneDrive
4 12 (6.35%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.76%) SaaS
6 7 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.17%) GCP
7 6 (3.17%) OCI
8 5 (2.65%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.65%) GitHub
8 5 (2.65%) PaaS
8 5 (2.65%) Serverless
9 4 (2.12%) Azure AKS
9 4 (2.12%) IaaS
9 4 (2.12%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.12%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.59%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.23%) VPN
2 7 (3.70%) Firewall
3 6 (3.17%) DHCP
3 6 (3.17%) DNS
3 6 (3.17%) Network Security
3 6 (3.17%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.65%) Wireless
5 4 (2.12%) BGP
5 4 (2.12%) OSPF
6 3 (1.59%) Intranet
6 3 (1.59%) MPLS
6 3 (1.59%) VLAN
7 2 (1.06%) Internet
7 2 (1.06%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.53%) Broadband
8 1 (0.53%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.53%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (0.53%) Multicast
8 1 (0.53%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.53%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.29%) Power BI
2 6 (3.17%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.65%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.59%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.06%) Big Data
5 2 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
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%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.06%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.06%) Tableau
6 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.53%) KDB
6 1 (0.53%) Spark SQL
6 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.53%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (8.47%) JIRA
2 7 (3.70%) Git
3 5 (2.65%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
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
4 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 92 (48.68%) Social Skills
2 66 (34.92%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (29.10%) Law
4 53 (28.04%) Finance
5 15 (7.94%) Marketing
6 14 (7.41%) Manufacturing
7 13 (6.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (6.35%) Pharmaceutical
9 10 (5.29%) Banking
9 10 (5.29%) French Language
10 9 (4.76%) Front Office
10 9 (4.76%) Games
11 5 (2.65%) Investment Banking
11 5 (2.65%) Legal
12 4 (2.12%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.59%) Publishing
13 3 (1.59%) Retail
13 3 (1.59%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.06%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (19.58%) Senior
2 33 (17.46%) Analyst
3 19 (10.05%) Post-Production Engineer
4 18 (9.52%) Developer
5 16 (8.47%) Consultant
6 13 (6.88%) Senior Manager
6 13 (6.88%) Support Analyst
7 9 (4.76%) Desktop Analyst
7 9 (4.76%) Desktop Support
7 9 (4.76%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 9 (4.76%) IT Support
7 9 (4.76%) Junior
7 9 (4.76%) Software Engineer
7 9 (4.76%) Support Engineer
8 8 (4.23%) Cloud Engineer
8 8 (4.23%) IT Engineer
8 8 (4.23%) IT Support Engineer
9 7 (3.70%) Data Analyst
10 6 (3.17%) Security Engineer
10 6 (3.17%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.94%) HTML
2 8 (4.23%) React
2 8 (4.23%) Terraform
3 5 (2.65%) Next.js
3 5 (2.65%) REST
4 4 (2.12%) .NET
5 3 (1.59%) CSS
6 2 (1.06%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.06%) Bootstrap
6 2 (1.06%) CSS3
6 2 (1.06%) Django
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
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (7.94%) Product Ownership
3 12 (6.35%) Biopharmaceutical
3 12 (6.35%) Cloud Native
4 10 (5.29%) Driving Licence
4 10 (5.29%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.29%) Web Conferencing
5 8 (4.23%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.70%) Hedge funds
6 7 (3.70%) Photography
6 7 (3.70%) Video Editing
7 6 (3.17%) Data Centre
7 6 (3.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (2.65%) Equities
9 4 (2.12%) Data Structures
9 4 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.59%) Derivative
10 3 (1.59%) Fixed Income
10 3 (1.59%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 25 (13.23%) Windows
2 18 (9.52%) Linux
3 17 (8.99%) Windows 10
4 10 (5.29%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.59%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.53%) Android
6 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (29.63%) Continuous Improvement
2 43 (22.75%) Agile
3 35 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
4 34 (17.99%) Decision-Making
5 27 (14.29%) Post-Production
6 24 (12.70%) CI/CD
6 24 (12.70%) Workflow
7 23 (12.17%) Analytics
7 23 (12.17%) Line Management
7 23 (12.17%) Storytelling
8 22 (11.64%) AI
8 22 (11.64%) Cybersecurity
9 20 (10.58%) Coaching
9 20 (10.58%) Customer Service
9 20 (10.58%) Roadmaps
10 19 (10.05%) Computer Science
10 19 (10.05%) DevOps
10 19 (10.05%) Software Engineering
11 18 (9.52%) ITIL
12 16 (8.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 32 (16.93%) Python
2 31 (16.40%) SQL
3 19 (10.05%) PowerShell
4 13 (6.88%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.76%) C#
6 7 (3.70%) Java
7 6 (3.17%) Bash
8 5 (2.65%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.59%) C++
9 3 (1.59%) R
9 3 (1.59%) Scala
10 2 (1.06%) Bicep
10 2 (1.06%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.06%) VBA
11 1 (0.53%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.53%) Go
11 1 (0.53%) Julia
11 1 (0.53%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.53%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.53%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 50 (26.46%) Degree
2 14 (7.41%) Master's Degree
3 12 (6.35%) MBA
4 11 (5.82%) CISSP
4 11 (5.82%) Security Cleared
5 9 (4.76%) SC Cleared
6 8 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.65%) ACCA
9 5 (2.65%) CIMA
9 5 (2.65%) CISM
10 4 (2.12%) A+ Certification
10 4 (2.12%) CEH
11 3 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (1.06%) Azure Certification
12 2 (1.06%) CRISC
12 2 (1.06%) GIAC
12 2 (1.06%) ICAEW
12 2 (1.06%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (14.81%) Accessibility
2 16 (8.47%) Data Quality
3 10 (5.29%) GDPR
4 8 (4.23%) QA
5 5 (2.65%) NIST
6 4 (2.12%) IFRS
6 4 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.59%) GRC
8 2 (1.06%) COBIT
8 2 (1.06%) GAAP
8 2 (1.06%) NCSC
9 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
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
9 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (11.64%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.29%) GPFS
2 10 (5.29%) StorNext
3 9 (4.76%) Docker
4 5 (2.65%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.65%) Ansible
3 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.53%) Argo
4 1 (0.53%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.53%) SCCM
4 1 (0.53%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 51 (26.98%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.47%) SAP
3 13 (6.88%) ServiceNow
4 10 (5.29%) Autodesk
4 10 (5.29%) Avid
4 10 (5.29%) Oracle
5 8 (4.23%) Google
5 8 (4.23%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.12%) Alteryx
6 4 (2.12%) Cisco
7 2 (1.06%) Darktrace
7 2 (1.06%) Databricks
7 2 (1.06%) Sony
8 1 (0.53%) Arista
8 1 (0.53%) Okta
8 1 (0.53%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.53%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.53%) Typelevel
8 1 (0.53%) UiPath
8 1 (0.53%) VMware