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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -18 +3 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 200 399 451
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.10% 21.04% 15.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.36% 21.94% 16.61%
Number of salaries quoted 139 337 330
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,300 £113,000 £106,250
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -10.22%

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 3,143 1,819 2,716
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.10% 95.94% 91.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,309 1,404 2,192
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile - £122,125 £112,500
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 21 July 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 12 (6.00%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.00%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.50%) Confluence
4 1 (0.50%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 32 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.50%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.50%) Autodesk Flame
3 1 (0.50%) Baselight
3 1 (0.50%) Civil 3D
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.00%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (2.00%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.50%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (1.00%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.00%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.00%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.50%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.50%) SAP PSCD
4 1 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.50%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.50%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 42 (21.00%) Azure
2 31 (15.50%) AWS
3 24 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (8.50%) Power Platform
5 15 (7.50%) GCP
6 10 (5.00%) OneDrive
7 9 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (4.50%) Power Automate
8 8 (4.00%) dbt
8 8 (4.00%) SaaS
9 7 (3.50%) Azure AKS
10 6 (3.00%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (3.00%) OCI
10 6 (3.00%) PaaS
10 6 (3.00%) Serverless
11 4 (2.00%) Entra ID
11 4 (2.00%) GitHub
11 4 (2.00%) IaaS
12 3 (1.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (1.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.00%) Broadband
2 7 (3.50%) Wireless
3 6 (3.00%) Firewall
3 6 (3.00%) Network Security
4 4 (2.00%) BGP
4 4 (2.00%) OSPF
5 3 (1.50%) DHCP
5 3 (1.50%) DNS
5 3 (1.50%) Intranet
5 3 (1.50%) MPLS
5 3 (1.50%) VLAN
5 3 (1.50%) VPN
6 2 (1.00%) Internet
6 2 (1.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (1.00%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.00%) WAN
6 2 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.50%) IGMP
7 1 (0.50%) Multicast
7 1 (0.50%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.00%) Power BI
2 13 (6.50%) SQL Server
3 9 (4.50%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (3.50%) Metabase
5 5 (2.50%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.00%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.50%) Big Data
7 3 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.00%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.00%) Oracle Discoverer
8 2 (1.00%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.00%) Tableau
9 1 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.50%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.50%) KDB
9 1 (0.50%) MySQL
9 1 (0.50%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.50%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.00%) Visual Studio
2 6 (3.00%) Git
3 4 (2.00%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.00%) JIRA
4 3 (1.50%) Burp Suite
4 3 (1.50%) Metasploit
4 3 (1.50%) Postman
5 1 (0.50%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.50%) GitLab
5 1 (0.50%) JMeter
5 1 (0.50%) TeamCity
General
1 106 (53.00%) Social Skills
2 62 (31.00%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (30.50%) Finance
4 23 (11.50%) Law
5 8 (4.00%) Banking
5 8 (4.00%) Front Office
5 8 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (3.50%) Legal
7 6 (3.00%) Marketing
8 5 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.50%) Retail
9 4 (2.00%) General Ledger
9 4 (2.00%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.00%) Advertising
10 2 (1.00%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.00%) Games
10 2 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (19.50%) Analyst
2 37 (18.50%) Senior
3 24 (12.00%) Developer
4 18 (9.00%) Support Analyst
5 15 (7.50%) IT Support
6 14 (7.00%) Consultant
7 12 (6.00%) 2nd Line Support
7 12 (6.00%) Support Engineer
8 11 (5.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 10 (5.00%) Cloud Engineer
9 10 (5.00%) Systems Analyst
10 9 (4.50%) IT Analyst
11 8 (4.00%) 1st Line Support
11 8 (4.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 8 (4.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 8 (4.00%) Financial Analyst
11 8 (4.00%) Graduate
11 8 (4.00%) IT Engineer
11 8 (4.00%) IT Support Analyst
11 8 (4.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.50%) gRPC
2 6 (3.00%) .NET
2 6 (3.00%) REST
3 4 (2.00%) React
4 3 (1.50%) FastAPI
4 3 (1.50%) Flask
4 3 (1.50%) RESTful
5 2 (1.00%) Django
5 2 (1.00%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (1.00%) Kafka
5 2 (1.00%) LangChain
5 2 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.00%) Pandas
5 2 (1.00%) PySpark
5 2 (1.00%) PyTorch
5 2 (1.00%) Spring
5 2 (1.00%) Web Services
6 1 (0.50%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.50%) Bootstrap
6 1 (0.50%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 14 (7.00%) Data Centre
3 13 (6.50%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (6.00%) Cloud Native
5 11 (5.50%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (4.50%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (4.50%) Mobile App
6 9 (4.50%) Web Conferencing
7 7 (3.50%) Cyber Defence
7 7 (3.50%) Driving Licence
7 7 (3.50%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.50%) Over-the-Top Content
7 7 (3.50%) Video\Live Streaming
8 6 (3.00%) Data Structures
8 6 (3.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (3.00%) Photography
8 6 (3.00%) Video Editing
9 5 (2.50%) Equities
9 5 (2.50%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.50%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 26 (13.00%) Windows
2 10 (5.00%) Linux
2 10 (5.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (2.00%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.50%) Android
5 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.50%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.50%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.50%) Unix
5 1 (0.50%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (22.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 37 (18.50%) Agile
3 32 (16.00%) Mentoring
4 30 (15.00%) ITIL
5 27 (13.50%) CI/CD
5 27 (13.50%) Customer Service
6 26 (13.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 25 (12.50%) Coaching
8 22 (11.00%) Cybersecurity
9 20 (10.00%) Software Engineering
10 19 (9.50%) Computer Science
10 19 (9.50%) DevOps
11 18 (9.00%) Decision-Making
11 18 (9.00%) Migration
12 17 (8.50%) Containerisation
13 16 (8.00%) Data Analysis
14 15 (7.50%) AI
14 15 (7.50%) Creative Thinking
15 14 (7.00%) Business Strategy
15 14 (7.00%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 54 (27.00%) Python
2 46 (23.00%) SQL
3 33 (16.50%) PowerShell
4 20 (10.00%) JavaScript
5 11 (5.50%) C#
6 10 (5.00%) Bash
7 9 (4.50%) Java
7 9 (4.50%) Scala
8 7 (3.50%) Go
9 5 (2.50%) C++
9 5 (2.50%) TypeScript
10 4 (2.00%) R
11 2 (1.00%) Bicep
11 2 (1.00%) PHP
11 2 (1.00%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.00%) VBA
12 1 (0.50%) ABAP
12 1 (0.50%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.50%) VB
12 1 (0.50%) VC++
Qualifications
1 41 (20.50%) Degree
2 12 (6.00%) CISSP
3 11 (5.50%) Security Cleared
4 9 (4.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (4.50%) SC Cleared
5 8 (4.00%) A+ Certification
6 7 (3.50%) CCSAM
6 7 (3.50%) CHECK Team Leader
6 7 (3.50%) CHECK Team Member
6 7 (3.50%) CREST Certified
6 7 (3.50%) OSCP
7 6 (3.00%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (3.00%) Master's Degree
8 5 (2.50%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.00%) CISA
9 4 (2.00%) CISM
9 4 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.50%) ACCA
10 3 (1.50%) CIMA
10 3 (1.50%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.00%) Data Quality
1 10 (5.00%) NIST
2 8 (4.00%) GDPR
3 7 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.00%) QA
5 4 (2.00%) IFRS
6 3 (1.50%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.50%) SLA
7 2 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.00%) EU AI Act
7 2 (1.00%) GAAP
7 2 (1.00%) GRC
7 2 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 2 (1.00%) NCSC
7 2 (1.00%) PMO
8 1 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.50%) EMIR
8 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 16 (8.00%) Active Directory
1 16 (8.00%) Docker
2 3 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.50%) GPFS
3 1 (0.50%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.50%) StorNext
3 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (6.50%) Terraform
2 10 (5.00%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.00%) Ansible
4 3 (1.50%) Nessus
5 1 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.50%) Grafana
5 1 (0.50%) Kibana
5 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.50%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 67 (33.50%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.50%) ServiceNow
3 12 (6.00%) Oracle
4 9 (4.50%) Google
5 8 (4.00%) SAP
6 7 (3.50%) Typelevel
7 6 (3.00%) Dell
8 5 (2.50%) Salesforce
9 4 (2.00%) Cisco
10 3 (1.50%) Databricks
11 2 (1.00%) Adobe
11 2 (1.00%) BT
11 2 (1.00%) Darktrace
11 2 (1.00%) JDA
11 2 (1.00%) OneTrust
11 2 (1.00%) VMware
12 1 (0.50%) Ariba
12 1 (0.50%) Citrix
12 1 (0.50%) SunGard
12 1 (0.50%) Temenos