Problem-Solving Job Trends in London

Problem Solving
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 2,280 2,254 2,789
As % of all permanent jobs in London 9.21% 19.03% 14.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.41% 20.22% 16.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,351 1,344 1,364
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £37,650
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £84,063
90th Percentile £105,000 £109,625 £105,000
England median annual salary £47,043 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.54% -14.29% -4.55%

All Process & 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 19,982 11,150 16,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.70% 94.13% 89.32%
Number of salaries quoted 13,628 7,041 10,487
10th Percentile £41,125 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.33% -0.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in London

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in London over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

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 15 September 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
Central London -14 221 £65,000 - 473
South London +14 63 £40,000 +12.68% 59
West London -16 50 £42,000 -4.00% 185
East London +5 35 £75,000 -10.71% 64
North London +9 12 £60,000 +20.00% 10
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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
1 121 (5.31%) SharePoint
2 62 (2.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 53 (2.32%) Confluence
4 22 (0.96%) Apache Spark
5 14 (0.61%) CMS
6 13 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
7 12 (0.53%) Apache
8 8 (0.35%) IIS
8 8 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
9 6 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.26%) SAS
10 5 (0.22%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.22%) WordPress
11 3 (0.13%) Drupal
11 3 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2007
11 3 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
11 3 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
11 3 (0.13%) HCL Notes
11 3 (0.13%) Moodle
11 3 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 123 (5.39%) Microsoft Office
2 122 (5.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (0.61%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.44%) AutoCAD
5 10 (0.44%) Autodesk Flame
5 10 (0.44%) Baselight
6 8 (0.35%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
8 3 (0.13%) Blender
8 3 (0.13%) Civil 3D
8 3 (0.13%) Maya
8 3 (0.13%) Revit
8 3 (0.13%) Trello
9 2 (0.088%) Acrobat
9 2 (0.088%) Final Cut Pro
9 2 (0.088%) InDesign
10 1 (0.044%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.044%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 44 (1.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 35 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (0.79%) NetSuite
4 12 (0.53%) Elite 3E
4 12 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.35%) Fidessa
5 8 (0.35%) Workday HCM
6 7 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
7 5 (0.22%) Carpe Diem
7 5 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
7 5 (0.22%) iTrent
7 5 (0.22%) Temenos T24
8 4 (0.18%) Maximo
8 4 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.18%) SAP EWM
8 4 (0.18%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.18%) SAP SCM
8 4 (0.18%) Shopify
9 3 (0.13%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 506 (22.19%) Azure
2 409 (17.94%) AWS
3 264 (11.58%) Microsoft 365
4 212 (9.30%) Power Platform
5 147 (6.45%) GCP
6 138 (6.05%) SaaS
7 87 (3.82%) Entra ID
8 82 (3.60%) GitHub
9 71 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
10 66 (2.89%) Serverless
11 63 (2.76%) Power Automate
12 55 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
13 50 (2.19%) Microsoft Copilot
14 46 (2.02%) PowerApps
15 43 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
16 39 (1.71%) Amazon S3
17 36 (1.58%) OneDrive
18 35 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
18 35 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
19 34 (1.49%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 109 (4.78%) Firewall
2 100 (4.39%) DNS
3 90 (3.95%) VPN
4 81 (3.55%) DHCP
5 69 (3.03%) TCP/IP
6 52 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
7 44 (1.93%) Network Security
8 40 (1.75%) VLAN
9 33 (1.45%) LAN
10 28 (1.23%) WAN
11 23 (1.01%) Wireless
12 20 (0.88%) BGP
13 19 (0.83%) SAN
14 18 (0.79%) Broadband
15 17 (0.75%) OSPF
16 14 (0.61%) HTTP
17 11 (0.48%) Internet
18 10 (0.44%) Multicast
18 10 (0.44%) SSH
18 10 (0.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (6.97%) Power BI
2 104 (4.56%) SQL Server
3 64 (2.81%) Tableau
4 51 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
5 46 (2.02%) Relational Database
6 39 (1.71%) NoSQL
6 39 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
7 27 (1.18%) Data Lake
8 26 (1.14%) MongoDB
9 25 (1.10%) Metadata
10 24 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 22 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
12 21 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
13 20 (0.88%) MySQL
14 19 (0.83%) Big Data
15 15 (0.66%) Amazon Athena
15 15 (0.66%) DynamoDB
15 15 (0.66%) Looker
15 15 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 14 (0.61%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 122 (5.35%) Git
2 101 (4.43%) JIRA
3 67 (2.94%) Jenkins
4 30 (1.32%) GitLab
5 16 (0.70%) Claude Code
6 15 (0.66%) Chocolatey
7 14 (0.61%) Selenium
8 13 (0.57%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.39%) JUnit
10 8 (0.35%) NUnit
11 7 (0.31%) MLflow
12 6 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.26%) Mocha
12 6 (0.26%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.22%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.22%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.22%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.22%) Jasmine
13 5 (0.22%) Postman
13 5 (0.22%) Vite
General
1 1,182 (51.84%) Social Skills
2 812 (35.61%) Analytical Skills
3 735 (32.24%) Finance
4 233 (10.22%) Law
5 218 (9.56%) Banking
6 215 (9.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 152 (6.67%) Marketing
8 143 (6.27%) Retail
9 140 (6.14%) Organisational Skills
10 111 (4.87%) Legal
11 83 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
12 82 (3.60%) Public Sector
13 78 (3.42%) Financial Institution
14 62 (2.72%) Manufacturing
15 59 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
16 57 (2.50%) Telecoms
17 54 (2.37%) Front Office
18 38 (1.67%) Investment Banking
19 34 (1.49%) Advertising
20 27 (1.18%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 327 (14.34%) Senior
2 286 (12.54%) Analyst
3 196 (8.60%) Developer
4 187 (8.20%) Lead
5 151 (6.62%) Consultant
6 102 (4.47%) Software Engineer
7 80 (3.51%) IT Support
8 78 (3.42%) Data Engineer
9 77 (3.38%) Architect
10 69 (3.03%) Business Analyst
11 62 (2.72%) Support Analyst
11 62 (2.72%) Support Engineer
12 55 (2.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 51 (2.24%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 50 (2.19%) Administrator
14 50 (2.19%) Azure Engineer
15 49 (2.15%) Data Analyst
16 48 (2.11%) IT Engineer
17 45 (1.97%) Cloud Engineer
18 41 (1.80%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (5.70%) Terraform
2 96 (4.21%) .NET
3 91 (3.99%) React
4 89 (3.90%) REST
5 76 (3.33%) HTML
6 72 (3.16%) RESTful
7 64 (2.81%) CSS
8 62 (2.72%) Spring
9 56 (2.46%) Node.js
10 53 (2.32%) Kafka
11 44 (1.93%) LangChain
12 35 (1.54%) LlamaIndex
13 33 (1.45%) FIX Protocol
14 30 (1.32%) JSON
15 28 (1.23%) Model Context Protocol
16 25 (1.10%) AngularJS
16 25 (1.10%) FastAPI
16 25 (1.10%) Langfuse
16 25 (1.10%) Spring Boot
17 24 (1.05%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 150 (6.58%) Onboarding
2 142 (6.23%) Cloud Native
3 135 (5.92%) Self-Motivation
4 127 (5.57%) Management Information System
5 112 (4.91%) Product Ownership
6 76 (3.33%) Data Centre
7 69 (3.03%) AI Agents
8 68 (2.98%) Distributed Systems
9 53 (2.32%) Data Structures
10 48 (2.11%) Algorithms
11 47 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
11 47 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 42 (1.84%) Public Cloud
13 41 (1.80%) Cyber Threat
13 41 (1.80%) Driving Licence
14 36 (1.58%) Fixed Income
14 36 (1.58%) Security Posture
15 34 (1.49%) Low-Code
16 32 (1.40%) Derivative
17 31 (1.36%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 254 (11.14%) Windows
2 130 (5.70%) Linux
3 70 (3.07%) Windows Server
4 37 (1.62%) Windows 10
5 36 (1.58%) Mac OS
6 20 (0.88%) Unix
7 17 (0.75%) VMS
8 14 (0.61%) Apple iOS
9 12 (0.53%) Android
10 11 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 10 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
12 8 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
13 6 (0.26%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.18%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.13%) Rocky
15 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
16 2 (0.088%) CentOS
17 1 (0.044%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 525 (23.03%) Continuous Improvement
2 496 (21.75%) Agile
3 471 (20.66%) AI
4 384 (16.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 329 (14.43%) CI/CD
6 297 (13.03%) Roadmaps
7 293 (12.85%) Analytics
8 287 (12.59%) Decision-Making
9 280 (12.28%) Software Engineering
10 257 (11.27%) Computer Science
10 257 (11.27%) Mentoring
11 253 (11.10%) DevOps
12 203 (8.90%) Cybersecurity
13 200 (8.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 190 (8.33%) Project Management
15 186 (8.16%) Machine Learning
16 184 (8.07%) Business Intelligence
17 180 (7.89%) Process Improvement
18 167 (7.32%) Migration
19 164 (7.19%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 462 (20.26%) Python
2 338 (14.82%) SQL
3 165 (7.24%) Java
4 159 (6.97%) JavaScript
5 117 (5.13%) C#
6 114 (5.00%) PowerShell
7 81 (3.55%) TypeScript
8 53 (2.32%) Bash
9 45 (1.97%) C++
10 33 (1.45%) Go
11 27 (1.18%) R
12 25 (1.10%) Scala
13 22 (0.96%) C
14 19 (0.83%) T-SQL
14 19 (0.83%) VBA
15 14 (0.61%) PHP
16 13 (0.57%) Kotlin
17 12 (0.53%) Bicep
18 11 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 10 (0.44%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 509 (22.32%) Degree
2 169 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 139 (6.10%) Computer Science Degree
4 108 (4.74%) SC Cleared
5 86 (3.77%) Master's Degree
6 82 (3.60%) CISSP
7 58 (2.54%) Azure Certification
7 58 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
8 46 (2.02%) CISM
8 46 (2.02%) DBS Check
9 39 (1.71%) AWS Certification
10 35 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
11 32 (1.40%) CCNP
12 28 (1.23%) MBA
13 27 (1.18%) PMI Certification
14 26 (1.14%) ACCA
14 26 (1.14%) CCNA
14 26 (1.14%) DV Cleared
15 25 (1.10%) CIMA
16 24 (1.05%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (7.37%) Data Quality
2 153 (6.71%) GDPR
3 133 (5.83%) QA
4 90 (3.95%) Accessibility
5 80 (3.51%) SLA
6 78 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 72 (3.16%) NIST
8 37 (1.62%) PCI DSS
9 35 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
10 28 (1.23%) PMO
11 27 (1.18%) GRC
12 19 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 18 (0.79%) COBIT
14 14 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 13 (0.57%) PERC
16 12 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
16 12 (0.53%) NCSC
16 12 (0.53%) SOC 2
17 10 (0.44%) IFRS
18 8 (0.35%) Basel III
System Software
1 154 (6.75%) Active Directory
2 134 (5.88%) Docker
3 62 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.79%) Hyper-V
5 18 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (0.39%) GPFS
6 9 (0.39%) StorNext
7 8 (0.35%) vSphere
8 7 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.26%) Firmware
9 6 (0.26%) IAG
10 5 (0.22%) KVM
10 5 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.18%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.088%) ProxySG
12 2 (0.088%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.044%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.044%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 138 (6.05%) Kubernetes
2 70 (3.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 43 (1.89%) Grafana
4 41 (1.80%) Ansible
5 26 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
6 21 (0.92%) SCCM
7 19 (0.83%) Prometheus
8 12 (0.53%) Argo
9 8 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
9 8 (0.35%) Nagios
10 7 (0.31%) Red Hat Satellite
11 6 (0.26%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.22%) Autotask
13 4 (0.18%) Nessus
13 4 (0.18%) Packer
13 4 (0.18%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.13%) Control-M
14 3 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
14 3 (0.13%) SCOM
15 2 (0.088%) Puppet
Vendors
1 563 (24.69%) Microsoft
2 98 (4.30%) SAP
3 93 (4.08%) Oracle
4 84 (3.68%) Google
5 73 (3.20%) Salesforce
6 67 (2.94%) VMware
7 62 (2.72%) ServiceNow
8 58 (2.54%) Databricks
9 36 (1.58%) Cisco
10 35 (1.54%) OpenAI
11 29 (1.27%) Workday
12 24 (1.05%) Splunk
13 23 (1.01%) Dell
13 23 (1.01%) Dynatrace
14 22 (0.96%) Palo Alto
15 21 (0.92%) Apple
15 21 (0.92%) Tenable
16 20 (0.88%) HubSpot
17 17 (0.75%) Bloomberg
18 15 (0.66%) Citrix