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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 11 17
Rank change year-on-year +7 +6 -1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 350 453 360
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 20.02% 16.19% 11.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.63% 17.17% 12.55%
Number of salaries quoted 278 284 316
10th Percentile £32,587 £40,375 £36,500
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% -4.76%
75th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £111,650 £100,000 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £67,500 £68,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -1.46% +1.48% -6.90%

All Process and 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 1,618 2,639 2,868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 92.56% 94.32% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,229 1,717 2,581
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £116,750 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £74,000
% change year-on-year - +1.35% -1.33%

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025. 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 +1 5 £87,500 +150.00%
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 20 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (3.14%) Confluence
4 3 (0.86%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.57%) CMS
5 2 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.57%) IIS
5 2 (0.57%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.29%) Apache
6 1 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.29%) Luigi
6 1 (0.29%) nginx
6 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 22 (6.29%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.29%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.14%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.86%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.57%) Endur
4 2 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.57%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.29%) Magento
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.29%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 93 (26.57%) Azure
2 49 (14.00%) Power Platform
3 48 (13.71%) AWS
4 33 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (7.43%) GCP
6 21 (6.00%) SaaS
7 19 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (3.43%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (2.86%) GitHub
9 10 (2.86%) OneDrive
9 10 (2.86%) PowerApps
10 8 (2.29%) Power Automate
11 7 (2.00%) Serverless
12 6 (1.71%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.43%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.43%) dbt
13 5 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (1.14%) Amazon ECR
14 4 (1.14%) Amazon ECS
14 4 (1.14%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.86%) TCP/IP
1 10 (2.86%) WebEx
2 9 (2.57%) DHCP
2 9 (2.57%) Firewall
3 8 (2.29%) DNS
3 8 (2.29%) WAN
4 7 (2.00%) VPN
4 7 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.71%) LAN
5 6 (1.71%) Network Security
5 6 (1.71%) VoIP
6 5 (1.43%) Modbus
7 3 (0.86%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.57%) Broadband
8 2 (0.57%) DOCSIS
8 2 (0.57%) DSL
8 2 (0.57%) IPv4
8 2 (0.57%) IPv6
8 2 (0.57%) PPP
8 2 (0.57%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (10.57%) Power BI
2 18 (5.14%) SQL Server
3 12 (3.43%) Relational Database
4 11 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.29%) ClickHouse
6 7 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.43%) NoSQL
8 5 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.14%) Hadoop
9 4 (1.14%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.86%) Geospatial Data
10 3 (0.86%) GIS
10 3 (0.86%) KDB
10 3 (0.86%) QGIS
10 3 (0.86%) Tableau
11 2 (0.57%) Delta Lake
11 2 (0.57%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.57%) Metadata
11 2 (0.57%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 22 (6.29%) JIRA
2 11 (3.14%) Git
3 7 (2.00%) Octopus Deploy
4 6 (1.71%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.86%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.86%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.57%) GitLab
6 2 (0.57%) Selenium
7 1 (0.29%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.29%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.29%) JUnit
7 1 (0.29%) NUnit
7 1 (0.29%) SpecFlow
General
1 185 (52.86%) Social Skills
2 108 (30.86%) Analytical Skills
3 92 (26.29%) Finance
4 40 (11.43%) Legal
5 36 (10.29%) Law
6 26 (7.43%) Banking
7 24 (6.86%) Retail
8 19 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (4.86%) Billing
10 16 (4.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (2.29%) Marketing
11 8 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.71%) Health Technology
13 5 (1.43%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.43%) German Language
13 5 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.43%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.86%) Back Office
14 3 (0.86%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 55 (15.71%) Developer
2 37 (10.57%) Lead
3 35 (10.00%) Senior
4 33 (9.43%) Analyst
5 31 (8.86%) Support Engineer
6 29 (8.29%) Graduate
7 26 (7.43%) Technical Support
8 22 (6.29%) Technical Engineer
8 22 (6.29%) Technical Support Engineer
9 20 (5.71%) Consultant
10 19 (5.43%) Graduate Technical Support
11 18 (5.14%) Architect
12 15 (4.29%) Full-Stack Developer
12 15 (4.29%) Graduate Support Engineer
12 15 (4.29%) Graduate Technical Engineer
13 13 (3.71%) Service Manager
14 12 (3.43%) IT Manager
14 12 (3.43%) Product Manager
15 10 (2.86%) IT Support
15 10 (2.86%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (9.14%) .NET
2 24 (6.86%) React
3 23 (6.57%) RESTful
4 9 (2.57%) PySpark
4 9 (2.57%) Web Services
5 8 (2.29%) Kafka
5 8 (2.29%) Node.js
6 7 (2.00%) AngularJS
6 7 (2.00%) Django
6 7 (2.00%) Vue
7 6 (1.71%) CSS
7 6 (1.71%) FastAPI
7 6 (1.71%) Flask
7 6 (1.71%) HTML
8 5 (1.43%) .NET Core
8 5 (1.43%) Middleware
9 4 (1.14%) .NET Framework
9 4 (1.14%) GraphQL
9 4 (1.14%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (1.14%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.86%) Onboarding
2 25 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 20 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (5.43%) Product Ownership
5 18 (5.14%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.86%) Reinsurance
6 10 (2.86%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.57%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.29%) CMDB
8 8 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (2.29%) Market Risk
9 7 (2.00%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (2.00%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (1.71%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.14%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.14%) Derivative
12 3 (0.86%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.71%) Windows
2 13 (3.71%) Windows 10
3 12 (3.43%) Linux
4 6 (1.71%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.43%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.86%) Unix
7 3 (0.86%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.57%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.29%) AIX
9 1 (0.29%) CentOS
9 1 (0.29%) Debian
9 1 (0.29%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.29%) Solaris
9 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (30.57%) Agile
2 82 (23.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 71 (20.29%) AI
4 51 (14.57%) Decision-Making
5 44 (12.57%) Analytics
5 44 (12.57%) Mentoring
5 44 (12.57%) Roadmaps
6 36 (10.29%) Business Intelligence
6 36 (10.29%) Cybersecurity
6 36 (10.29%) DevOps
6 36 (10.29%) ITIL
7 35 (10.00%) Service Management
8 34 (9.71%) Machine Learning
8 34 (9.71%) Migration
9 33 (9.43%) Microservices
9 33 (9.43%) Stakeholder Management
10 32 (9.14%) CI/CD
11 31 (8.86%) Collaborative Working
11 31 (8.86%) User Experience
12 29 (8.29%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 94 (26.86%) Python
2 68 (19.43%) SQL
3 42 (12.00%) C#
4 37 (10.57%) Java
5 22 (6.29%) Bash
6 15 (4.29%) C++
6 15 (4.29%) PowerShell
7 12 (3.43%) JavaScript
8 9 (2.57%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.86%) Go
10 3 (0.86%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.86%) VBA
11 2 (0.57%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.57%) C
12 1 (0.29%) Perl
12 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.29%) R
12 1 (0.29%) Ruby
12 1 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 78 (22.29%) Degree
2 16 (4.57%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.29%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.00%) Master's Degree
5 7 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.43%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.14%) CCNA
8 3 (0.86%) A+ Certification
8 3 (0.86%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.86%) CISM
8 3 (0.86%) CISSP
8 3 (0.86%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.86%) PhD
8 3 (0.86%) PMP
8 3 (0.86%) Postgraduate
8 3 (0.86%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.57%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.57%) GDPR
2 13 (3.71%) Accessibility
2 13 (3.71%) Data Quality
3 11 (3.14%) QA
4 9 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 19770
6 7 (2.00%) SLA
7 4 (1.14%) WCAG
8 3 (0.86%) ITGC
8 3 (0.86%) NIST
8 3 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.57%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.29%) COBIT
10 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.29%) EMIR
10 1 (0.29%) GRC
10 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (5.14%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (3.14%) Docker
4 8 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.14%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.86%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.86%) vSphere
7 1 (0.29%) Firmware
7 1 (0.29%) KVM
7 1 (0.29%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 15 (4.29%) Terraform
2 14 (4.00%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (3.14%) Ansible
5 5 (1.43%) Grafana
6 3 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.86%) Puppet
6 3 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.57%) ArcSight ESM
7 2 (0.57%) Argo
7 2 (0.57%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.57%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.57%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.57%) QRadar
7 2 (0.57%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (0.57%) SCCM
8 1 (0.29%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.29%) Ambari
8 1 (0.29%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 83 (23.71%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.57%) Databricks
3 17 (4.86%) Guidewire
3 17 (4.86%) ServiceNow
4 16 (4.57%) VMware
5 13 (3.71%) Oracle
6 12 (3.43%) Salesforce
7 11 (3.14%) Google
7 11 (3.14%) HP
8 9 (2.57%) MuleSoft
9 8 (2.29%) Apple
10 7 (2.00%) Hitachi
11 6 (1.71%) Intapp
12 4 (1.14%) Cisco
12 4 (1.14%) Red Hat
12 4 (1.14%) SAP
13 3 (0.86%) iManage
13 3 (0.86%) Palo Alto
13 3 (0.86%) Splunk
14 2 (0.57%) Alteryx