Problem-Solving Jobs in London

Problem Solving
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 12 15
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 +2
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 2,295 3,239 4,411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 18.02% 13.71% 12.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.76% 15.01% 13.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,553 2,182 2,635
10th Percentile £36,000 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £50,967 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.93% -9.09% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,232 21,572 33,876
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.04% 91.33% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 7,456 16,081 24,248
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,475 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £71,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.63% -5.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £123,750 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in London

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in London.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in London

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in London

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Central London +7 530 £70,000 +13.82% 265
West London +37 50 £50,000 -9.09% 119
South London -18 48 £37,500 -21.05% 41
East London -8 24 £65,000 +41.30% 41
North London -5 9 £50,000 +66.67% 12
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 107 (4.66%) SharePoint
2 73 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 38 (1.66%) Confluence
4 26 (1.13%) Apache Spark
5 24 (1.05%) CMS
6 22 (0.96%) OpenEdge
7 18 (0.78%) Apache
8 17 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
9 11 (0.48%) WordPress
10 9 (0.39%) SAS
11 8 (0.35%) IIS
11 8 (0.35%) nginx
12 6 (0.26%) Tomcat
13 5 (0.22%) Drupal
13 5 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
13 5 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2013
13 5 (0.22%) Luigi
14 2 (0.087%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.087%) Ethereum
14 2 (0.087%) OpenStack
Applications
1 111 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 95 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.00%) MS Visio
5 21 (0.92%) Maya
5 21 (0.92%) Photoshop
6 16 (0.70%) Chatbot
7 15 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
8 12 (0.52%) Adobe Premiere
9 11 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
9 11 (0.48%) InDesign
10 10 (0.44%) Trello
11 9 (0.39%) CapCut
12 8 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
13 6 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 4 (0.17%) Adobe XD
15 3 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
15 3 (0.13%) Sketch
15 3 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
16 2 (0.087%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 64 (2.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 43 (1.87%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
3 9 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.39%) Shopify
4 8 (0.35%) Adobe Campaign
4 8 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.22%) Endur
6 5 (0.22%) Exchequer
6 5 (0.22%) iTrent
6 5 (0.22%) Relativity
7 4 (0.17%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.13%) SAP CX
9 2 (0.087%) Maximo
9 2 (0.087%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.087%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.087%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 538 (23.44%) Azure
2 341 (14.86%) AWS
3 223 (9.72%) Microsoft 365
4 183 (7.97%) Power Platform
5 168 (7.32%) SaaS
6 142 (6.19%) GCP
7 88 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
8 84 (3.66%) Dynamics 365
9 70 (3.05%) Entra ID
10 66 (2.88%) Serverless
11 65 (2.83%) GitHub
12 60 (2.61%) Azure Data Factory
13 38 (1.66%) OneDrive
13 38 (1.66%) Power Automate
14 36 (1.57%) PowerApps
15 34 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
16 33 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 30 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
18 29 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
19 27 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 132 (5.75%) Firewall
2 87 (3.79%) VPN
3 70 (3.05%) Network Security
4 58 (2.53%) Wi-Fi
5 53 (2.31%) LAN
6 52 (2.27%) WAN
7 48 (2.09%) TCP/IP
8 44 (1.92%) DNS
9 31 (1.35%) Wireless
10 28 (1.22%) DHCP
11 24 (1.05%) VoIP
12 22 (0.96%) Internet
12 22 (0.96%) VLAN
13 19 (0.83%) HTTP
14 15 (0.65%) MPLS
15 12 (0.52%) Unified Communications
16 10 (0.44%) BGP
16 10 (0.44%) OSPF
16 10 (0.44%) WebEx
17 9 (0.39%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (6.14%) Power BI
2 111 (4.84%) SQL Server
3 102 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
4 100 (4.36%) Tableau
5 84 (3.66%) Data Warehouse
6 63 (2.75%) Relational Database
7 56 (2.44%) NoSQL
8 38 (1.66%) Data Lake
9 34 (1.48%) MongoDB
10 33 (1.44%) MySQL
11 32 (1.39%) Metadata
12 30 (1.31%) Big Data
13 25 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 23 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
15 21 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
16 17 (0.74%) RDBMS
16 17 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 15 (0.65%) Hadoop
17 15 (0.65%) Power Query
18 14 (0.61%) Looker
Development Applications
1 148 (6.45%) Git
2 91 (3.97%) JIRA
3 59 (2.57%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.00%) Selenium
5 21 (0.92%) GitLab
6 18 (0.78%) Maven
6 18 (0.78%) Postman
7 17 (0.74%) IntelliJ
8 16 (0.70%) Gradle
8 16 (0.70%) JUnit
9 13 (0.57%) SonarQube
10 11 (0.48%) JMeter
11 9 (0.39%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.39%) Jasmine
11 9 (0.39%) Karma Test Runner
11 9 (0.39%) Visual Studio
12 8 (0.35%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.31%) Browser DevTools
13 7 (0.31%) Cucumber
14 6 (0.26%) Subversion
General
1 1,254 (54.64%) Social Skills
2 852 (37.12%) Analytical Skills
3 729 (31.76%) Finance
4 188 (8.19%) Marketing
5 168 (7.32%) Banking
6 152 (6.62%) Law
7 142 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 136 (5.93%) Retail
9 132 (5.75%) Presentation Skills
10 103 (4.49%) Legal
11 96 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
12 91 (3.97%) Games
13 80 (3.49%) Public Sector
14 61 (2.66%) Manufacturing
15 59 (2.57%) Telecoms
16 40 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
17 37 (1.61%) Electronics
18 36 (1.57%) Advertising
18 36 (1.57%) Financial Institution
19 32 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 405 (17.65%) Senior
2 324 (14.12%) Analyst
3 313 (13.64%) Developer
4 193 (8.41%) Lead
5 127 (5.53%) Architect
6 121 (5.27%) Consultant
7 86 (3.75%) Data Analyst
8 85 (3.70%) IT Manager
9 77 (3.36%) Data Engineer
10 67 (2.92%) Senior Analyst
10 67 (2.92%) Support Engineer
11 61 (2.66%) Senior Developer
12 58 (2.53%) Software Engineer
13 57 (2.48%) Business Analyst
14 55 (2.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 55 (2.40%) IT Support
15 53 (2.31%) Project Manager
16 51 (2.22%) Support Analyst
17 50 (2.18%) Senior Manager
18 46 (2.00%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (5.62%) React
2 120 (5.23%) REST
3 114 (4.97%) .NET
4 113 (4.92%) HTML
5 89 (3.88%) CSS
6 76 (3.31%) RESTful
7 56 (2.44%) AngularJS
8 55 (2.40%) Node.js
9 53 (2.31%) Kafka
10 41 (1.79%) XML
11 39 (1.70%) SOAP
12 38 (1.66%) JSON
13 32 (1.39%) Web Services
14 31 (1.35%) Django
15 30 (1.31%) Spring
16 29 (1.26%) .NET Framework
17 28 (1.22%) Middleware
18 27 (1.18%) HTML5
19 25 (1.09%) Flask
19 25 (1.09%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 112 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
2 85 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 81 (3.53%) Cloud Native
4 68 (2.96%) Product Ownership
5 60 (2.61%) Onboarding
6 57 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
7 53 (2.31%) Algorithms
8 51 (2.22%) Mobile App
9 49 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
10 46 (2.00%) Data Centre
11 39 (1.70%) Data Structures
12 37 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
13 36 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
13 36 (1.57%) Mobile Games
14 28 (1.22%) Security Posture
15 23 (1.00%) Virtual Team
16 20 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
17 19 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
17 19 (0.83%) Video Editing
18 18 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 236 (10.28%) Windows
2 120 (5.23%) Linux
3 105 (4.58%) Windows Server
4 68 (2.96%) Windows 10
5 37 (1.61%) Android
6 36 (1.57%) Apple iOS
7 34 (1.48%) Unix
8 20 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 16 (0.70%) Mac OS
10 9 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
11 8 (0.35%) Windows 7
11 8 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (0.22%) Mac OS X
12 5 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.17%) zOS
14 3 (0.13%) Windows Vista
15 2 (0.087%) Robot Operating System
16 1 (0.044%) Amazon Linux
16 1 (0.044%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 514 (22.40%) Agile
2 342 (14.90%) Analytics
3 314 (13.68%) Project Management
4 273 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 270 (11.76%) Mentoring
6 264 (11.50%) DevOps
7 250 (10.89%) CI/CD
8 248 (10.81%) Computer Science
9 215 (9.37%) Roadmaps
10 205 (8.93%) ITIL
11 203 (8.85%) Artificial Intelligence
12 190 (8.28%) Decision-Making
13 189 (8.24%) CRM
14 187 (8.15%) Software Engineering
15 180 (7.84%) Business Intelligence
15 180 (7.84%) Migration
16 174 (7.58%) Cybersecurity
17 173 (7.54%) Stakeholder Management
18 162 (7.06%) User Experience
19 161 (7.02%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 459 (20.00%) SQL
2 437 (19.04%) Python
3 212 (9.24%) JavaScript
4 170 (7.41%) Java
5 143 (6.23%) C#
6 107 (4.66%) PowerShell
7 105 (4.58%) TypeScript
8 58 (2.53%) Bash
9 31 (1.35%) C++
10 26 (1.13%) Kotlin
11 25 (1.09%) Swift
12 24 (1.05%) T-SQL
13 23 (1.00%) C
14 20 (0.87%) Objective-C
15 19 (0.83%) Go
15 19 (0.83%) R
16 16 (0.70%) Shell Script
17 15 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 15 (0.65%) VBA
18 14 (0.61%) Scala
Qualifications
1 570 (24.84%) Degree
2 163 (7.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 102 (4.44%) Master's Degree
4 89 (3.88%) Security Cleared
5 83 (3.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 70 (3.05%) Azure Certification
7 68 (2.96%) CISSP
8 67 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
9 65 (2.83%) PMI Certification
9 65 (2.83%) PMP
10 56 (2.44%) SC Cleared
11 53 (2.31%) DBS Check
12 49 (2.14%) CCNA
13 43 (1.87%) PhD
14 38 (1.66%) CCNP
15 30 (1.31%) DV Cleared
16 29 (1.26%) AWS Certification
17 23 (1.00%) CISM
18 18 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 17 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (6.23%) QA
2 92 (4.01%) Data Quality
3 75 (3.27%) GDPR
4 59 (2.57%) Accessibility
5 56 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (2.05%) NIST
7 40 (1.74%) SLA
8 27 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
9 22 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 20 (0.87%) PCI DSS
11 19 (0.83%) PMO
12 18 (0.78%) SOC 2
13 14 (0.61%) HIPAA
14 13 (0.57%) GRC
14 13 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 11 (0.48%) PMBOK
16 10 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 10 (0.44%) NCSC
17 7 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
18 6 (0.26%) GMP
System Software
1 168 (7.32%) Active Directory
2 148 (6.45%) Docker
3 58 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (0.96%) Hyper-V
5 20 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
7 18 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
8 14 (0.61%) vSphere
9 9 (0.39%) XenApp
10 8 (0.35%) Firmware
11 5 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.087%) Job Entry Subsystem
12 2 (0.087%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 1 (0.044%) ACF2
13 1 (0.044%) HDFS
13 1 (0.044%) RACF
13 1 (0.044%) Time Sharing Option
13 1 (0.044%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 174 (7.58%) Kubernetes
2 144 (6.27%) Terraform
3 53 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 44 (1.92%) Ansible
5 24 (1.05%) Prometheus
6 20 (0.87%) Nagios
6 20 (0.87%) SCCM
7 19 (0.83%) Grafana
8 13 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (0.44%) CASB
10 8 (0.35%) Argo
11 7 (0.31%) Puppet
12 6 (0.26%) Graylog
12 6 (0.26%) PaperCut
13 5 (0.22%) Nessus
13 5 (0.22%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.22%) QRadar
13 5 (0.22%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.17%) CSIRT
14 4 (0.17%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 513 (22.35%) Microsoft
2 154 (6.71%) Google
3 101 (4.40%) Databricks
4 89 (3.88%) Cisco
5 86 (3.75%) Salesforce
6 83 (3.62%) Adobe
7 80 (3.49%) VMware
8 78 (3.40%) SAP
9 75 (3.27%) ServiceNow
10 71 (3.09%) Oracle
11 38 (1.66%) Citrix
12 36 (1.57%) Meraki
13 32 (1.39%) Apple
14 24 (1.05%) SolarWinds
15 23 (1.00%) Progress
15 23 (1.00%) Red Hat
16 20 (0.87%) Fortinet
17 19 (0.83%) Dell
17 19 (0.83%) Splunk
18 16 (0.70%) IBM