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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 11 17
Rank change year-on-year +3 +6 -1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 339 434 323
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 15.01% 16.42% 11.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.39% 17.17% 11.98%
Number of salaries quoted 255 267 280
10th Percentile £32,335 £37,300 £37,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -10.34%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £108,250 £100,000 £110,125
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 1,949 2,527 2,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.28% 95.61% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,424 1,615 2,410
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +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 12 January 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 12 January 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 -1 2 £100,000 -16.67%
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 14 (4.13%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.47%) Confluence
4 4 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.88%) Apache
5 3 (0.88%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.59%) CMS
6 2 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.59%) IIS
6 2 (0.59%) nginx
6 2 (0.59%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.29%) Luigi
7 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 17 (5.01%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.29%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.18%) Elite 3E
1 4 (1.18%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.59%) Visualfiles
3 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.29%) Endur
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.29%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 98 (28.91%) Azure
2 46 (13.57%) AWS
3 34 (10.03%) Power Platform
4 26 (7.67%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (5.31%) GCP
7 14 (4.13%) SaaS
8 12 (3.54%) GitHub
9 10 (2.95%) Serverless
10 8 (2.36%) OneDrive
10 8 (2.36%) Power Automate
11 7 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.77%) Azure Functions
12 6 (1.77%) dbt
12 6 (1.77%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.77%) Google Workspace
13 5 (1.47%) Azure Event Grid
13 5 (1.47%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (1.47%) Azure Storage
13 5 (1.47%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.54%) DHCP
2 11 (3.24%) DNS
3 10 (2.95%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.06%) WAN
4 7 (2.06%) WebEx
4 7 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.77%) Firewall
5 6 (1.77%) Wireless
6 5 (1.47%) LAN
6 5 (1.47%) Modbus
6 5 (1.47%) VoIP
6 5 (1.47%) VPN
7 3 (0.88%) Broadband
7 3 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.59%) 4G
8 2 (0.59%) GPON
8 2 (0.59%) IPv4
8 2 (0.59%) IPv6
8 2 (0.59%) NAS
8 2 (0.59%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (8.26%) Power BI
2 24 (7.08%) SQL Server
3 14 (4.13%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (3.24%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.47%) ClickHouse
8 5 (1.47%) NoSQL
8 5 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (1.18%) Hadoop
9 4 (1.18%) Metabase
10 3 (0.88%) Geospatial Data
10 3 (0.88%) GIS
10 3 (0.88%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.88%) QGIS
10 3 (0.88%) Tableau
11 2 (0.59%) Big Data
11 2 (0.59%) Metadata
11 2 (0.59%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 14 (4.13%) JIRA
2 12 (3.54%) Octopus Deploy
2 12 (3.54%) TeamCity
3 10 (2.95%) Git
4 5 (1.47%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.88%) Burp Suite
5 3 (0.88%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.88%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.59%) GitLab
7 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.29%) NUnit
7 1 (0.29%) Selenium
7 1 (0.29%) SpecFlow
General
1 160 (47.20%) Social Skills
2 106 (31.27%) Finance
3 89 (26.25%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (11.21%) Legal
5 35 (10.32%) Law
6 23 (6.78%) Retail
7 22 (6.49%) Banking
8 17 (5.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (3.54%) Billing
11 8 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.47%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.47%) German Language
13 5 (1.47%) Health Technology
14 4 (1.18%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.88%) Advertising
15 3 (0.88%) Back Office
16 2 (0.59%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 43 (12.68%) Developer
2 42 (12.39%) Senior
3 36 (10.62%) Support Engineer
4 33 (9.73%) Analyst
5 31 (9.14%) Lead
6 27 (7.96%) Graduate
7 25 (7.37%) Technical Support
8 21 (6.19%) Technical Engineer
8 21 (6.19%) Technical Support Engineer
9 18 (5.31%) Consultant
9 18 (5.31%) Graduate Technical Support
10 16 (4.72%) DevOps Engineer
10 16 (4.72%) Full-Stack Developer
11 14 (4.13%) Applications Support
11 14 (4.13%) Graduate Support Engineer
11 14 (4.13%) Graduate Technical Engineer
11 14 (4.13%) Service Manager
12 13 (3.83%) Architect
12 13 (3.83%) IT Manager
13 11 (3.24%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (11.21%) .NET
2 21 (6.19%) React
3 15 (4.42%) RESTful
4 8 (2.36%) Django
4 8 (2.36%) FastAPI
4 8 (2.36%) Flask
4 8 (2.36%) Node.js
5 7 (2.06%) PySpark
5 7 (2.06%) Web Services
6 6 (1.77%) AngularJS
6 6 (1.77%) CSS
6 6 (1.77%) HTML
6 6 (1.77%) Kafka
6 6 (1.77%) Vue
7 5 (1.47%) .NET Core
7 5 (1.47%) .NET Framework
7 5 (1.47%) Middleware
7 5 (1.47%) WPF
8 4 (1.18%) LangChain
8 4 (1.18%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.55%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.60%) Analytical Mindset
3 17 (5.01%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (4.13%) Virtual Team
6 13 (3.83%) Hybrid Cloud
6 13 (3.83%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (3.83%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.95%) Reinsurance
8 9 (2.65%) Algorithms
9 8 (2.36%) CMDB
10 7 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (2.06%) Mobile App
10 7 (2.06%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.18%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.18%) Market Risk
12 3 (0.88%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.88%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.88%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 30 (8.85%) Windows
2 12 (3.54%) Windows 10
3 11 (3.24%) Linux
4 7 (2.06%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.06%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.47%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.18%) Windows 7
6 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.88%) Unix
7 3 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.59%) CentOS
8 2 (0.59%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.59%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.29%) AIX
9 1 (0.29%) Debian
9 1 (0.29%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.29%) Solaris
9 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (28.32%) Agile
2 84 (24.78%) AI
3 73 (21.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 54 (15.93%) Analytics
5 44 (12.98%) Mentoring
6 40 (11.80%) Decision-Making
7 39 (11.50%) DevOps
8 37 (10.91%) Roadmaps
9 36 (10.62%) Cybersecurity
9 36 (10.62%) ITIL
10 35 (10.32%) Machine Learning
11 34 (10.03%) Migration
12 33 (9.73%) CI/CD
13 32 (9.44%) User Experience
14 30 (8.85%) Business Intelligence
14 30 (8.85%) Full-Stack Development
14 30 (8.85%) Stakeholder Management
15 27 (7.96%) Data Pipeline
15 27 (7.96%) Service Management
15 27 (7.96%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 89 (26.25%) Python
2 78 (23.01%) SQL
3 34 (10.03%) C#
4 25 (7.37%) PowerShell
5 22 (6.49%) Bash
5 22 (6.49%) Java
6 14 (4.13%) TypeScript
7 11 (3.24%) C++
8 10 (2.95%) JavaScript
9 7 (2.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (1.18%) VBA
11 2 (0.59%) C
11 2 (0.59%) Perl
11 2 (0.59%) VC++
12 1 (0.29%) Go
12 1 (0.29%) R
12 1 (0.29%) RPG
12 1 (0.29%) Ruby
12 1 (0.29%) Scala
12 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 61 (17.99%) Degree
2 17 (5.01%) Security Cleared
3 9 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.36%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.06%) OSCP
6 6 (1.77%) CCSAM
6 6 (1.77%) CHECK Team Leader
6 6 (1.77%) CHECK Team Member
6 6 (1.77%) CREST Certified
7 4 (1.18%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.18%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.18%) PMP
8 3 (0.88%) A+ Certification
8 3 (0.88%) CCNA
8 3 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.88%) CISM
8 3 (0.88%) CISSP
8 3 (0.88%) CompTIA CySA+
8 3 (0.88%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (5.01%) GDPR
3 13 (3.83%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.54%) Accessibility
4 12 (3.54%) QA
5 9 (2.65%) NIST
6 8 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 7 (2.06%) SLA
8 4 (1.18%) WCAG
9 3 (0.88%) ITGC
9 3 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.59%) EMIR
10 2 (0.59%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.59%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.29%) COBIT
11 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.29%) GRC
11 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 16 (4.72%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.95%) Docker
2 10 (2.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.18%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.29%) Firmware
5 1 (0.29%) KVM
5 1 (0.29%) vCloud
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (5.90%) Terraform
2 11 (3.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (2.95%) Ansible
3 10 (2.95%) Kubernetes
4 8 (2.36%) Grafana
5 5 (1.47%) Kibana
6 3 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.88%) Nessus
6 3 (0.88%) Puppet
6 3 (0.88%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (0.59%) ArcSight ESM
7 2 (0.59%) Argo
7 2 (0.59%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.59%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.59%) QRadar
7 2 (0.59%) Red Hat Spacewalk
7 2 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.29%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.29%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 70 (20.65%) Microsoft
2 25 (7.37%) Databricks
3 16 (4.72%) ServiceNow
4 13 (3.83%) Oracle
5 12 (3.54%) VMware
6 11 (3.24%) Google
6 11 (3.24%) Guidewire
7 9 (2.65%) HP
8 8 (2.36%) MuleSoft
9 7 (2.06%) Apple
10 6 (1.77%) CyberArk
10 6 (1.77%) Intapp
10 6 (1.77%) SAP
11 5 (1.47%) Hitachi
11 5 (1.47%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.47%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.88%) Dell
12 3 (0.88%) iManage
12 3 (0.88%) Splunk
13 2 (0.59%) Citrix