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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 7 11
Rank change year-on-year -8 +4 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 287 427 431
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 8.17% 20.38% 13.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.87% 21.25% 14.77%
Number of salaries quoted 174 338 334
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,409 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,813 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,188 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £112,125
Central London median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +16.94% -8.15%

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 2,909 2,009 2,918
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 82.81% 95.89% 91.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,050 1,511 2,489
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year +6.67% +1.69% -1.67%

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 9 April 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 8 (2.79%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.05%) Apache
4 3 (1.05%) Confluence
5 2 (0.70%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.70%) IIS
5 2 (0.70%) nginx
6 1 (0.35%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 26 (9.06%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.70%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.35%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.35%) SAP PSCD
2 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.35%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 93 (32.40%) Azure
2 46 (16.03%) AWS
3 35 (12.20%) Power Platform
4 24 (8.36%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (6.97%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (5.57%) GCP
7 15 (5.23%) dbt
8 13 (4.53%) Power Automate
9 11 (3.83%) Serverless
10 8 (2.79%) Azure Functions
10 8 (2.79%) GitHub
11 7 (2.44%) Azure Event Grid
11 7 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (2.44%) Azure Storage
11 7 (2.44%) Google Workspace
12 6 (2.09%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (2.09%) OneDrive
13 5 (1.74%) SaaS
14 4 (1.39%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.27%) Wireless
2 14 (4.88%) DHCP
3 13 (4.53%) DNS
4 12 (4.18%) TCP/IP
5 11 (3.83%) Broadband
6 9 (3.14%) WAN
7 8 (2.79%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (2.44%) Firewall
8 7 (2.44%) LAN
9 5 (1.74%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (1.74%) VoIP
10 4 (1.39%) VPN
11 3 (1.05%) SAN
12 2 (0.70%) 3G
12 2 (0.70%) DOCSIS
12 2 (0.70%) DSL
12 2 (0.70%) IPv4
12 2 (0.70%) PPP
12 2 (0.70%) RTP
12 2 (0.70%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (11.50%) Power BI
2 25 (8.71%) SQL Server
3 22 (7.67%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (4.18%) Metabase
5 8 (2.79%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (2.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.05%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.05%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.05%) Tableau
8 2 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.70%) Big Data
8 2 (0.70%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.70%) Metadata
8 2 (0.70%) Power Query
9 1 (0.35%) ClickHouse
9 1 (0.35%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.35%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.35%) Flink
9 1 (0.35%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 13 (4.53%) Visual Studio
2 10 (3.48%) JIRA
3 9 (3.14%) Burp Suite
3 9 (3.14%) Metasploit
4 8 (2.79%) Octopus Deploy
4 8 (2.79%) TeamCity
5 6 (2.09%) Git
6 2 (0.70%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.70%) Postman
7 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.35%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.35%) GitLab
7 1 (0.35%) NUnit
7 1 (0.35%) Selenium
7 1 (0.35%) SpecFlow
General
1 123 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 120 (41.81%) Finance
3 80 (27.87%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (9.41%) Legal
5 23 (8.01%) Banking
6 19 (6.62%) Retail
7 17 (5.92%) Law
8 12 (4.18%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.09%) Front Office
12 5 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.39%) Advertising
13 4 (1.39%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.39%) Marketing
13 4 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.05%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.70%) Billing
15 2 (0.70%) Games
16 1 (0.35%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 53 (18.47%) Analyst
2 48 (16.72%) Senior
3 26 (9.06%) Support Engineer
4 25 (8.71%) Developer
5 22 (7.67%) IT Support
6 21 (7.32%) Lead
7 20 (6.97%) Support Analyst
8 15 (5.23%) Systems Support Analyst
9 14 (4.88%) Digital Analyst
9 14 (4.88%) Graduate
9 14 (4.88%) Senior Analyst
10 13 (4.53%) 2nd Line Support
10 13 (4.53%) IT Analyst
10 13 (4.53%) IT Engineer
10 13 (4.53%) Service Manager
11 12 (4.18%) Financial Analyst
11 12 (4.18%) IT Support Analyst
11 12 (4.18%) Security Analyst
11 12 (4.18%) Systems Analyst
11 12 (4.18%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (8.01%) .NET
2 8 (2.79%) gRPC
3 7 (2.44%) WPF
4 6 (2.09%) React
5 5 (1.74%) Flask
5 5 (1.74%) LangChain
5 5 (1.74%) Node.js
6 4 (1.39%) Django
6 4 (1.39%) FastAPI
6 4 (1.39%) REST
6 4 (1.39%) XML
7 3 (1.05%) CSS
7 3 (1.05%) HTML
7 3 (1.05%) LlamaIndex
7 3 (1.05%) PySpark
7 3 (1.05%) PyTorch
7 3 (1.05%) XSLT
8 2 (0.70%) LDAP
8 2 (0.70%) OAuth
8 2 (0.70%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.41%) Onboarding
2 21 (7.32%) Analytical Mindset
2 21 (7.32%) Mobile App
3 13 (4.53%) Cyber Defence
4 10 (3.48%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.48%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (3.48%) Security Posture
4 10 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.14%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.79%) CMDB
6 8 (2.79%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.44%) Over-the-Top Content
7 7 (2.44%) Video\Live Streaming
8 6 (2.09%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.74%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.74%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.05%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.05%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (1.05%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 37 (12.89%) Windows
2 11 (3.83%) Linux
3 10 (3.48%) Windows 10
3 10 (3.48%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.09%) Mac OS
4 6 (2.09%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.74%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.05%) CentOS
7 3 (1.05%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.70%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.70%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.70%) Unix
9 1 (0.35%) Android
9 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.35%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.35%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (22.30%) Agile
2 61 (21.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 53 (18.47%) AI
3 53 (18.47%) Mentoring
4 48 (16.72%) Analytics
5 45 (15.68%) ITIL
6 44 (15.33%) Coaching
7 40 (13.94%) Cybersecurity
8 39 (13.59%) CI/CD
9 37 (12.89%) Creative Thinking
10 35 (12.20%) DevOps
11 34 (11.85%) Data Pipeline
12 31 (10.80%) Business Intelligence
13 30 (10.45%) Migration
14 27 (9.41%) Collaborative Culture
15 26 (9.06%) Decision-Making
15 26 (9.06%) Stakeholder Management
16 25 (8.71%) Business Strategy
16 25 (8.71%) Customer Service
17 23 (8.01%) Internal Audit
Programming Languages
1 91 (31.71%) Python
2 87 (30.31%) SQL
3 47 (16.38%) PowerShell
4 21 (7.32%) JavaScript
5 20 (6.97%) C#
6 19 (6.62%) Bash
7 10 (3.48%) TypeScript
8 8 (2.79%) Java
9 7 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (2.44%) Go
9 7 (2.44%) Scala
10 6 (2.09%) C++
11 3 (1.05%) VBA
11 3 (1.05%) VC++
12 2 (0.70%) C
12 2 (0.70%) Perl
12 2 (0.70%) PHP
13 1 (0.35%) ABAP
13 1 (0.35%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.35%) RPG
Qualifications
1 47 (16.38%) Degree
2 18 (6.27%) CCSAM
2 18 (6.27%) CHECK Team Leader
2 18 (6.27%) CHECK Team Member
2 18 (6.27%) CREST Certified
2 18 (6.27%) OSCP
3 10 (3.48%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (3.14%) A+ Certification
4 9 (3.14%) CISSP
4 9 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (3.14%) Security Cleared
5 7 (2.44%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.74%) CISA
7 4 (1.39%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.05%) CCNA
8 3 (1.05%) CISM
8 3 (1.05%) CompTIA CySA+
8 3 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.05%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (6.62%) GDPR
3 16 (5.57%) NIST
4 10 (3.48%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 19770
6 5 (1.74%) QA
7 3 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.05%) EMIR
7 3 (1.05%) ITGC
7 3 (1.05%) SLA
8 2 (0.70%) COBIT
8 2 (0.70%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.70%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.70%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.70%) PMO
8 2 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.70%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.35%) Basel II
System Software
1 14 (4.88%) Active Directory
1 14 (4.88%) Docker
2 11 (3.83%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.74%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (5.92%) Terraform
2 9 (3.14%) Grafana
2 9 (3.14%) Nessus
3 7 (2.44%) Kibana
3 7 (2.44%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.09%) Ansible
5 4 (1.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.05%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (0.70%) ArcSight ESM
7 2 (0.70%) QRadar
7 2 (0.70%) Red Hat Spacewalk
8 1 (0.35%) Ambari
8 1 (0.35%) Argo
8 1 (0.35%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.35%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.35%) Puppet
8 1 (0.35%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.35%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 73 (25.44%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.67%) ServiceNow
3 18 (6.27%) Databricks
4 10 (3.48%) Oracle
5 8 (2.79%) CyberArk
5 8 (2.79%) Dell
5 8 (2.79%) Google
6 7 (2.44%) Typelevel
7 5 (1.74%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.39%) McAfee
8 4 (1.39%) SAP
8 4 (1.39%) Splunk
8 4 (1.39%) VMware
9 3 (1.05%) Adobe
9 3 (1.05%) HP
9 3 (1.05%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.70%) Anaplan
10 2 (0.70%) ArcSight
10 2 (0.70%) BT
10 2 (0.70%) LogLogic