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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 8 17
Rank change year-on-year -4 +9 +2
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 297 435 373
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 10.28% 18.28% 11.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.10% 19.09% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 194 300 308
10th Percentile £34,675 £37,725 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,125 £48,438 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - -3.45%
75th Percentile £89,688 £90,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £101,500 £105,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

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 2,454 2,279 2,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 84.94% 95.80% 92.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,751 1,524 2,537
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £117,750 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -

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 2 March 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 2 March 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 8 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.35%) Confluence
4 3 (1.01%) Apache
4 3 (1.01%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.01%) IIS
5 2 (0.67%) nginx
6 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 14 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.01%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.67%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.67%) Visualfiles
3 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.34%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 99 (33.33%) Azure
2 47 (15.82%) AWS
3 33 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 29 (9.76%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (5.05%) GCP
7 13 (4.38%) dbt
8 12 (4.04%) Serverless
9 11 (3.70%) Power Automate
10 10 (3.37%) GitHub
11 8 (2.69%) Azure Functions
12 7 (2.36%) Azure Event Grid
12 7 (2.36%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (2.36%) Azure Storage
12 7 (2.36%) Google Workspace
13 6 (2.02%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (1.68%) OneDrive
14 5 (1.68%) Snowflake
15 4 (1.35%) Entra ID
15 4 (1.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.06%) Wireless
2 14 (4.71%) DHCP
3 13 (4.38%) DNS
4 12 (4.04%) TCP/IP
5 9 (3.03%) Broadband
5 9 (3.03%) WAN
6 8 (2.69%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (2.36%) LAN
8 6 (2.02%) Firewall
9 5 (1.68%) VoIP
10 3 (1.01%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (1.01%) SAN
10 3 (1.01%) VPN
11 2 (0.67%) 3G
11 2 (0.67%) DOCSIS
11 2 (0.67%) DSL
11 2 (0.67%) IPv4
11 2 (0.67%) PPP
11 2 (0.67%) RTP
11 2 (0.67%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (10.44%) Power BI
2 30 (10.10%) SQL Server
3 21 (7.07%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (4.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (3.37%) Metabase
6 8 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.68%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.35%) Hadoop
9 4 (1.35%) Tableau
10 3 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.01%) Big Data
10 3 (1.01%) ClickHouse
11 2 (0.67%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.67%) Metadata
11 2 (0.67%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.67%) MySQL
11 2 (0.67%) Power Query
12 1 (0.34%) MS Access
12 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (4.04%) Octopus Deploy
1 12 (4.04%) TeamCity
2 11 (3.70%) Visual Studio
3 10 (3.37%) JIRA
4 9 (3.03%) Burp Suite
4 9 (3.03%) Metasploit
5 8 (2.69%) Git
6 2 (0.67%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.34%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.34%) GitLab
7 1 (0.34%) NUnit
7 1 (0.34%) Postman
7 1 (0.34%) Selenium
7 1 (0.34%) SpecFlow
General
1 119 (40.07%) Social Skills
2 115 (38.72%) Finance
3 82 (27.61%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (10.10%) Law
5 29 (9.76%) Legal
6 23 (7.74%) Banking
7 21 (7.07%) Retail
8 11 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.02%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.68%) Billing
12 5 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.35%) Advertising
13 4 (1.35%) Front Office
13 4 (1.35%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.01%) Marketing
15 2 (0.67%) Games
15 2 (0.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (14.81%) Analyst
1 44 (14.81%) Senior
2 31 (10.44%) Developer
3 26 (8.75%) Support Engineer
4 24 (8.08%) Lead
5 17 (5.72%) Consultant
6 16 (5.39%) DevOps Engineer
6 16 (5.39%) IT Support
7 15 (5.05%) Support Analyst
8 13 (4.38%) Service Manager
8 13 (4.38%) Systems Support Analyst
9 11 (3.70%) Applications Support
9 11 (3.70%) Architect
9 11 (3.70%) Data Engineer
9 11 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
9 11 (3.70%) Security Analyst
9 11 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
9 11 (3.70%) Technical Support
10 10 (3.37%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 10 (3.37%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (11.11%) .NET
2 12 (4.04%) React
3 8 (2.69%) Flask
4 7 (2.36%) Django
4 7 (2.36%) FastAPI
4 7 (2.36%) Node.js
4 7 (2.36%) RESTful
4 7 (2.36%) WPF
5 6 (2.02%) gRPC
6 5 (1.68%) CSS
6 5 (1.68%) HTML
6 5 (1.68%) Kafka
6 5 (1.68%) LangChain
7 4 (1.35%) Middleware
7 4 (1.35%) PySpark
7 4 (1.35%) REST
7 4 (1.35%) XML
8 3 (1.01%) .NET Core
8 3 (1.01%) CSS3
8 3 (1.01%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.74%) Onboarding
2 21 (7.07%) Analytical Mindset
3 20 (6.73%) Mobile App
4 14 (4.71%) Virtual Team
5 13 (4.38%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (4.04%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (3.37%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
9 9 (3.03%) Security Posture
10 8 (2.69%) CMDB
10 8 (2.69%) Product Ownership
11 7 (2.36%) Algorithms
12 6 (2.02%) Cloud Native
12 6 (2.02%) Reinsurance
13 5 (1.68%) Over-the-Top Content
13 5 (1.68%) Video Conferencing
13 5 (1.68%) Video\Live Streaming
14 3 (1.01%) FPGA
14 3 (1.01%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.10%) Windows
2 10 (3.37%) Windows Server
3 9 (3.03%) Linux
3 9 (3.03%) Windows 10
4 6 (2.02%) Mac OS
4 6 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.01%) CentOS
7 3 (1.01%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.67%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.67%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.67%) Unix
9 1 (0.34%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.34%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (26.26%) Agile
2 66 (22.22%) AI
2 66 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 54 (18.18%) Analytics
4 49 (16.50%) Mentoring
5 42 (14.14%) DevOps
6 40 (13.47%) CI/CD
6 40 (13.47%) Coaching
7 35 (11.78%) Creative Thinking
7 35 (11.78%) Cybersecurity
7 35 (11.78%) Stakeholder Management
8 34 (11.45%) Data Pipeline
8 34 (11.45%) ITIL
9 31 (10.44%) Business Intelligence
10 30 (10.10%) Decision-Making
11 29 (9.76%) Migration
11 29 (9.76%) User Experience
12 28 (9.43%) Collaborative Culture
13 26 (8.75%) Full-Stack Development
14 24 (8.08%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 87 (29.29%) Python
2 83 (27.95%) SQL
3 37 (12.46%) PowerShell
4 22 (7.41%) C#
5 21 (7.07%) Bash
6 15 (5.05%) JavaScript
7 14 (4.71%) TypeScript
8 11 (3.70%) Java
9 8 (2.69%) C++
10 7 (2.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (1.68%) Go
11 5 (1.68%) Scala
11 5 (1.68%) VBA
12 3 (1.01%) VC++
13 2 (0.67%) C
13 2 (0.67%) Perl
14 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.34%) PHP
14 1 (0.34%) RPG
14 1 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 48 (16.16%) Degree
2 18 (6.06%) CCSAM
2 18 (6.06%) CHECK Team Leader
2 18 (6.06%) CHECK Team Member
2 18 (6.06%) CREST Certified
2 18 (6.06%) OSCP
3 15 (5.05%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.36%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.68%) A+ Certification
7 5 (1.68%) CISSP
8 3 (1.01%) CCNA
8 3 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.01%) CISM
8 3 (1.01%) CompTIA CySA+
8 3 (1.01%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (0.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (0.67%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.73%) GDPR
1 20 (6.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (4.04%) NIST
3 11 (3.70%) Data Quality
4 9 (3.03%) Accessibility
4 9 (3.03%) QA
5 8 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 19770
6 3 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.01%) EMIR
6 3 (1.01%) ITGC
6 3 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.01%) SLA
7 2 (0.67%) GRC
7 2 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.67%) PMO
7 2 (0.67%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.67%) WCAG
8 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.34%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 13 (4.38%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.04%) Docker
3 8 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.68%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.67%) vSphere
7 1 (0.34%) vCloud
7 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (6.06%) Terraform
2 9 (3.03%) Grafana
2 9 (3.03%) Nessus
3 7 (2.36%) Kibana
4 6 (2.02%) Ansible
4 6 (2.02%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.01%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (0.67%) ArcSight ESM
7 2 (0.67%) QRadar
7 2 (0.67%) Red Hat Spacewalk
8 1 (0.34%) Ambari
8 1 (0.34%) Argo
8 1 (0.34%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.34%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.34%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.34%) WSUS
8 1 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 64 (21.55%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.74%) Databricks
3 18 (6.06%) ServiceNow
4 12 (4.04%) Oracle
5 8 (2.69%) CyberArk
5 8 (2.69%) Google
6 7 (2.36%) VMware
7 5 (1.68%) HP
7 5 (1.68%) MuleSoft
7 5 (1.68%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.68%) SAP
7 5 (1.68%) Typelevel
8 4 (1.35%) Dell
8 4 (1.35%) Guidewire
8 4 (1.35%) McAfee
8 4 (1.35%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.01%) Adobe
9 3 (1.01%) Apple
9 3 (1.01%) Splunk
10 2 (0.67%) ArcSight