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 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 8 18
Rank change year-on-year -2 +10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 318 448 374
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 11.63% 17.65% 11.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.62% 18.43% 12.78%
Number of salaries quoted 215 287 314
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,000 £48,125 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +9.43% -8.62%
75th Percentile £89,375 £89,375 £90,000
90th Percentile £106,500 £105,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -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 2,334 2,431 2,927
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 85.34% 95.78% 93.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,699 1,562 2,590
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,025 £39,750
25th Percentile £59,750 £55,531 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +1.35% -1.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,500 £115,000
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 14 February 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 14 February 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 -3 1 £112,500 -6.25%
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 10 (3.14%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.26%) Confluence
4 3 (0.94%) Apache
4 3 (0.94%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.94%) IIS
5 2 (0.63%) nginx
6 1 (0.31%) CMS
6 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.31%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.31%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (3.46%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.31%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.26%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.63%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.63%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.63%) Visualfiles
3 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 100 (31.45%) Azure
2 47 (14.78%) AWS
3 32 (10.06%) Power Platform
4 28 (8.81%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (6.60%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (4.72%) GCP
7 11 (3.46%) dbt
7 11 (3.46%) GitHub
7 11 (3.46%) Serverless
8 10 (3.14%) SaaS
9 9 (2.83%) Power Automate
10 8 (2.52%) Azure Functions
11 7 (2.20%) Azure Event Grid
11 7 (2.20%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (2.20%) Azure Storage
11 7 (2.20%) Google Workspace
12 6 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.89%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.89%) OneDrive
13 5 (1.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.66%) Wireless
2 15 (4.72%) DHCP
3 14 (4.40%) DNS
4 12 (3.77%) TCP/IP
5 9 (2.83%) WAN
5 9 (2.83%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (2.20%) Broadband
6 7 (2.20%) Firewall
6 7 (2.20%) LAN
7 5 (1.57%) VoIP
7 5 (1.57%) VPN
8 3 (0.94%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.94%) SAN
8 3 (0.94%) WebEx
9 2 (0.63%) 3G
9 2 (0.63%) DOCSIS
9 2 (0.63%) DSL
9 2 (0.63%) RTP
9 2 (0.63%) VDSL
9 2 (0.63%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.12%) Power BI
1 29 (9.12%) SQL Server
2 19 (5.97%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (3.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (2.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (2.52%) Metabase
5 6 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.57%) ClickHouse
6 5 (1.57%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.26%) Hadoop
7 4 (1.26%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.26%) Tableau
8 3 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.94%) Big Data
8 3 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.63%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.63%) Metadata
9 2 (0.63%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.63%) Power Query
10 1 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 12 (3.77%) Octopus Deploy
1 12 (3.77%) TeamCity
2 10 (3.14%) JIRA
3 9 (2.83%) Burp Suite
3 9 (2.83%) Git
3 9 (2.83%) Metasploit
3 9 (2.83%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.63%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.31%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.31%) GitLab
5 1 (0.31%) NUnit
5 1 (0.31%) Selenium
5 1 (0.31%) SpecFlow
General
1 129 (40.57%) Social Skills
2 120 (37.74%) Finance
3 82 (25.79%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (10.69%) Law
4 34 (10.69%) Legal
5 24 (7.55%) Banking
6 21 (6.60%) Retail
7 14 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.20%) Billing
10 7 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.57%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.26%) Advertising
13 4 (1.26%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.94%) Front Office
15 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
16 1 (0.31%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.31%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 48 (15.09%) Senior
2 41 (12.89%) Analyst
3 39 (12.26%) Developer
4 29 (9.12%) Support Engineer
5 26 (8.18%) Lead
6 19 (5.97%) Consultant
7 16 (5.03%) DevOps Engineer
7 16 (5.03%) Full-Stack Developer
8 14 (4.40%) IT Support
9 13 (4.09%) Applications Support
9 13 (4.09%) Graduate
9 13 (4.09%) Service Manager
9 13 (4.09%) Support Analyst
9 13 (4.09%) Technical Engineer
9 13 (4.09%) Technical Support
9 13 (4.09%) Technical Support Engineer
10 12 (3.77%) Architect
11 11 (3.46%) Security Analyst
11 11 (3.46%) Senior Analyst
11 11 (3.46%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.64%) .NET
2 17 (5.35%) React
3 10 (3.14%) RESTful
4 9 (2.83%) FastAPI
4 9 (2.83%) Flask
5 8 (2.52%) Django
6 7 (2.20%) CSS
6 7 (2.20%) HTML
6 7 (2.20%) WPF
7 6 (1.89%) Node.js
8 5 (1.57%) .NET Core
8 5 (1.57%) .NET Framework
8 5 (1.57%) CSS3
8 5 (1.57%) HTML5
8 5 (1.57%) Middleware
9 4 (1.26%) Entity Framework
9 4 (1.26%) gRPC
9 4 (1.26%) Kafka
9 4 (1.26%) LangChain
9 4 (1.26%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.92%) Onboarding
2 20 (6.29%) Mobile App
3 19 (5.97%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (4.40%) Virtual Team
5 13 (4.09%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (3.14%) Cloud Native
7 10 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (2.83%) Cyber Defence
8 9 (2.83%) Security Posture
9 8 (2.52%) CMDB
9 8 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (2.52%) Product Ownership
10 7 (2.20%) Algorithms
10 7 (2.20%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (1.89%) Reinsurance
12 5 (1.57%) Market Risk
13 3 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.94%) FPGA
13 3 (0.94%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.43%) Windows
2 11 (3.46%) Linux
3 10 (3.14%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.83%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.20%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.26%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.94%) CentOS
9 3 (0.94%) Unix
9 3 (0.94%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.63%) OpenWrt
10 2 (0.63%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.31%) AIX
11 1 (0.31%) Debian
11 1 (0.31%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.31%) Solaris
11 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (28.62%) Agile
2 74 (23.27%) AI
3 70 (22.01%) Continuous Improvement
4 54 (16.98%) Analytics
5 52 (16.35%) Mentoring
6 41 (12.89%) DevOps
7 40 (12.58%) Coaching
8 38 (11.95%) Cybersecurity
9 36 (11.32%) CI/CD
9 36 (11.32%) Creative Thinking
10 34 (10.69%) Stakeholder Management
10 34 (10.69%) User Experience
11 33 (10.38%) Decision-Making
12 32 (10.06%) Data Pipeline
12 32 (10.06%) Migration
13 31 (9.75%) Business Intelligence
13 31 (9.75%) Collaborative Culture
13 31 (9.75%) Full-Stack Development
14 30 (9.43%) ITIL
15 27 (8.49%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 88 (27.67%) Python
2 77 (24.21%) SQL
3 35 (11.01%) PowerShell
4 25 (7.86%) C#
5 24 (7.55%) Bash
6 16 (5.03%) TypeScript
7 15 (4.72%) Java
8 12 (3.77%) JavaScript
9 10 (3.14%) C++
10 7 (2.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (1.26%) VBA
12 3 (0.94%) Go
12 3 (0.94%) Scala
13 2 (0.63%) C
13 2 (0.63%) Perl
13 2 (0.63%) VC++
14 1 (0.31%) R
14 1 (0.31%) RPG
14 1 (0.31%) Ruby
14 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 53 (16.67%) Degree
2 19 (5.97%) OSCP
3 18 (5.66%) CCSAM
3 18 (5.66%) CHECK Team Leader
3 18 (5.66%) CHECK Team Member
3 18 (5.66%) CREST Certified
4 16 (5.03%) Security Cleared
5 8 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.52%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.57%) CISSP
6 5 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.26%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.26%) CISM
8 3 (0.94%) CCNA
8 3 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.94%) CompTIA CySA+
8 3 (0.94%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.94%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (0.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (0.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.29%) GDPR
1 20 (6.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (3.77%) Accessibility
2 12 (3.77%) NIST
3 11 (3.46%) Data Quality
3 11 (3.46%) QA
4 8 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 19770
5 4 (1.26%) WCAG
6 3 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.94%) ITGC
6 3 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.63%) EMIR
7 2 (0.63%) GRC
7 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.63%) SLA
7 2 (0.63%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.31%) COBIT
8 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (4.72%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.14%) Docker
3 8 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.89%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.63%) vSphere
7 1 (0.31%) Firmware
7 1 (0.31%) KVM
7 1 (0.31%) vCloud
7 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (6.29%) Terraform
2 9 (2.83%) Grafana
2 9 (2.83%) Nessus
3 8 (2.52%) Ansible
3 8 (2.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (2.20%) Kibana
4 7 (2.20%) Kubernetes
5 4 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.94%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (0.63%) ArcSight ESM
7 2 (0.63%) Puppet
7 2 (0.63%) QRadar
7 2 (0.63%) Red Hat Spacewalk
8 1 (0.31%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.31%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.31%) Podman
8 1 (0.31%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.31%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (20.13%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.55%) Databricks
3 17 (5.35%) ServiceNow
4 12 (3.77%) Oracle
5 9 (2.83%) Google
6 8 (2.52%) CyberArk
6 8 (2.52%) VMware
7 7 (2.20%) MuleSoft
8 6 (1.89%) Guidewire
8 6 (1.89%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.89%) SAP
9 5 (1.57%) HP
10 4 (1.26%) Dell
10 4 (1.26%) Intapp
10 4 (1.26%) McAfee
10 4 (1.26%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.94%) Adobe
11 3 (0.94%) Apple
11 3 (0.94%) iManage
11 3 (0.94%) Typelevel