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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 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 2,299 3,255 4,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 18.04% 13.77% 12.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.78% 15.08% 13.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,558 2,185 2,633
10th Percentile £36,000 £35,000 £37,397
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,625 £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 £91,250
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 12,242 21,582 33,665
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.05% 91.32% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 7,472 16,066 24,126
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £43,465
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +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 4 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 4 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 +7 529 £70,000 +13.82% 286
West London +41 50 £50,000 -9.09% 133
South London -20 48 £37,500 -21.05% 53
East London -5 26 £68,750 +49.46% 50
North London -4 9 £50,000 +66.67% 13
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
1 105 (4.57%) SharePoint
2 70 (3.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 37 (1.61%) Confluence
4 26 (1.13%) Apache Spark
5 23 (1.00%) 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%) IIS
10 9 (0.39%) nginx
10 9 (0.39%) SAS
11 6 (0.26%) Tomcat
12 5 (0.22%) Drupal
12 5 (0.22%) Luigi
13 4 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
13 4 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
14 2 (0.087%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.087%) Kinematics
14 2 (0.087%) OpenStack
Applications
1 115 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 98 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.00%) MS Visio
5 21 (0.91%) Maya
6 20 (0.87%) Photoshop
7 16 (0.70%) Chatbot
8 15 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
9 11 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
9 11 (0.48%) Adobe Premiere
10 10 (0.43%) InDesign
10 10 (0.43%) Trello
11 9 (0.39%) CapCut
12 7 (0.30%) 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%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 64 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 43 (1.87%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
3 9 (0.39%) Shopify
4 8 (0.35%) Adobe Campaign
4 8 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.30%) 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%) Distributed Ledger
9 2 (0.087%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.087%) Maximo
9 2 (0.087%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 539 (23.44%) Azure
2 344 (14.96%) AWS
3 219 (9.53%) Microsoft 365
4 184 (8.00%) Power Platform
5 170 (7.39%) SaaS
6 143 (6.22%) GCP
7 88 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
8 83 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
9 67 (2.91%) Entra ID
9 67 (2.91%) GitHub
10 66 (2.87%) Serverless
11 60 (2.61%) Azure Data Factory
12 38 (1.65%) Power Automate
13 37 (1.61%) OneDrive
14 36 (1.57%) PowerApps
15 33 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
16 32 (1.39%) Amazon EC2
16 32 (1.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 29 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
18 27 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 131 (5.70%) Firewall
2 86 (3.74%) VPN
3 68 (2.96%) Network Security
4 56 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
5 52 (2.26%) LAN
6 51 (2.22%) WAN
7 48 (2.09%) TCP/IP
8 42 (1.83%) DNS
9 30 (1.30%) Wireless
10 26 (1.13%) DHCP
11 24 (1.04%) VoIP
12 21 (0.91%) Internet
12 21 (0.91%) VLAN
13 19 (0.83%) HTTP
14 15 (0.65%) MPLS
15 12 (0.52%) Unified Communications
16 10 (0.43%) BGP
16 10 (0.43%) OSPF
16 10 (0.43%) WebEx
17 9 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (6.18%) Power BI
2 112 (4.87%) SQL Server
3 103 (4.48%) PostgreSQL
4 99 (4.31%) Tableau
5 85 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
6 63 (2.74%) Relational Database
7 57 (2.48%) NoSQL
8 39 (1.70%) Data Lake
9 35 (1.52%) MongoDB
10 34 (1.48%) MySQL
11 32 (1.39%) Metadata
12 29 (1.26%) Big Data
13 24 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 23 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
15 20 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
16 17 (0.74%) RDBMS
17 16 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 15 (0.65%) Hadoop
18 15 (0.65%) Looker
18 15 (0.65%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 149 (6.48%) Git
2 91 (3.96%) JIRA
3 59 (2.57%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.00%) Selenium
5 21 (0.91%) 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 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
13 7 (0.30%) Cucumber
14 6 (0.26%) webpack
General
1 1,261 (54.85%) Social Skills
2 854 (37.15%) Analytical Skills
3 734 (31.93%) Finance
4 184 (8.00%) Marketing
5 172 (7.48%) Banking
6 152 (6.61%) Law
7 143 (6.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 136 (5.92%) Retail
9 132 (5.74%) Presentation Skills
10 102 (4.44%) Legal
11 99 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
12 92 (4.00%) Games
13 83 (3.61%) Public Sector
14 61 (2.65%) Manufacturing
15 59 (2.57%) Telecoms
16 41 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
17 37 (1.61%) Advertising
17 37 (1.61%) Electronics
18 36 (1.57%) Financial Institution
19 33 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 405 (17.62%) Senior
2 328 (14.27%) Analyst
3 314 (13.66%) Developer
4 194 (8.44%) Lead
5 125 (5.44%) Architect
5 125 (5.44%) Consultant
6 85 (3.70%) Data Analyst
7 84 (3.65%) IT Manager
8 77 (3.35%) Data Engineer
9 67 (2.91%) Senior Analyst
9 67 (2.91%) Support Engineer
10 61 (2.65%) Senior Developer
11 58 (2.52%) Business Analyst
11 58 (2.52%) Software Engineer
12 56 (2.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 56 (2.44%) IT Support
13 53 (2.31%) Project Manager
14 52 (2.26%) Support Analyst
15 50 (2.17%) Senior Manager
16 48 (2.09%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (5.65%) React
2 121 (5.26%) REST
3 115 (5.00%) .NET
4 114 (4.96%) HTML
5 90 (3.91%) CSS
6 76 (3.31%) RESTful
7 56 (2.44%) AngularJS
7 56 (2.44%) Node.js
8 53 (2.31%) Kafka
9 41 (1.78%) XML
10 40 (1.74%) SOAP
11 38 (1.65%) JSON
12 32 (1.39%) Web Services
13 31 (1.35%) Django
14 30 (1.30%) .NET Framework
14 30 (1.30%) Spring
15 27 (1.17%) HTML5
15 27 (1.17%) Middleware
16 25 (1.09%) Flask
16 25 (1.09%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 110 (4.78%) Self-Motivation
2 87 (3.78%) Management Information System
3 83 (3.61%) Cloud Native
4 67 (2.91%) Product Ownership
5 60 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
5 60 (2.61%) Onboarding
6 52 (2.26%) Algorithms
6 52 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
7 50 (2.17%) Mobile App
8 47 (2.04%) Data Centre
9 38 (1.65%) Data Structures
10 37 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
11 36 (1.57%) Mobile Games
12 35 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
13 32 (1.39%) Security Posture
14 22 (0.96%) Virtual Team
15 20 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
16 19 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
16 19 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
16 19 (0.83%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 235 (10.22%) Windows
2 124 (5.39%) Linux
3 103 (4.48%) Windows Server
4 65 (2.83%) Windows 10
5 37 (1.61%) Android
6 36 (1.57%) Apple iOS
7 35 (1.52%) Unix
8 20 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 15 (0.65%) Mac OS
10 9 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
11 8 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (0.30%) Windows 7
12 7 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
13 5 (0.22%) Mac OS X
13 5 (0.22%) zOS
14 4 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
15 3 (0.13%) Windows Vista
16 2 (0.087%) Robot Operating System
16 2 (0.087%) Ubuntu
17 1 (0.043%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 514 (22.36%) Agile
2 342 (14.88%) Analytics
3 313 (13.61%) Project Management
4 277 (12.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 269 (11.70%) Mentoring
6 267 (11.61%) DevOps
7 249 (10.83%) CI/CD
8 245 (10.66%) Computer Science
9 211 (9.18%) Roadmaps
10 206 (8.96%) Artificial Intelligence
11 204 (8.87%) ITIL
12 193 (8.39%) Decision-Making
13 188 (8.18%) CRM
14 186 (8.09%) Software Engineering
15 182 (7.92%) Migration
16 181 (7.87%) Business Intelligence
17 175 (7.61%) Cybersecurity
18 174 (7.57%) Stakeholder Management
19 163 (7.09%) Collaborative Working
20 160 (6.96%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 458 (19.92%) SQL
2 441 (19.18%) Python
3 213 (9.26%) JavaScript
4 169 (7.35%) Java
5 143 (6.22%) C#
6 109 (4.74%) PowerShell
7 105 (4.57%) TypeScript
8 59 (2.57%) Bash
9 31 (1.35%) C++
10 26 (1.13%) Kotlin
11 25 (1.09%) Swift
12 24 (1.04%) T-SQL
13 23 (1.00%) C
14 20 (0.87%) Objective-C
14 20 (0.87%) R
15 19 (0.83%) Go
16 16 (0.70%) Shell Script
16 16 (0.70%) VBA
17 15 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 14 (0.61%) Scala
Qualifications
1 568 (24.71%) Degree
2 159 (6.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 103 (4.48%) Master's Degree
4 87 (3.78%) Security Cleared
5 83 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 69 (3.00%) Azure Certification
7 68 (2.96%) Cisco Certification
8 67 (2.91%) CISSP
9 64 (2.78%) PMI Certification
9 64 (2.78%) PMP
10 56 (2.44%) SC Cleared
11 50 (2.17%) CCNA
12 49 (2.13%) DBS Check
13 43 (1.87%) PhD
14 38 (1.65%) CCNP
15 29 (1.26%) AWS Certification
15 29 (1.26%) DV Cleared
16 26 (1.13%) CISM
17 18 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 18 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (6.22%) QA
2 91 (3.96%) Data Quality
3 71 (3.09%) GDPR
4 58 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 56 (2.44%) Accessibility
6 48 (2.09%) NIST
7 41 (1.78%) SLA
8 26 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
9 22 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 20 (0.87%) SOC 2
11 19 (0.83%) PCI DSS
12 18 (0.78%) PMO
13 15 (0.65%) GRC
14 14 (0.61%) HIPAA
15 13 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 11 (0.48%) PMBOK
17 10 (0.43%) NCSC
18 9 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 6 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
19 6 (0.26%) GMP
System Software
1 162 (7.05%) Active Directory
2 149 (6.48%) Docker
3 57 (2.48%) 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 (0.043%) ACF2
13 1 (0.043%) HDFS
13 1 (0.043%) RACF
13 1 (0.043%) Time Sharing Option
13 1 (0.043%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 174 (7.57%) Kubernetes
2 144 (6.26%) Terraform
3 51 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 44 (1.91%) Ansible
5 24 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 20 (0.87%) Nagios
7 19 (0.83%) Grafana
7 19 (0.83%) SCCM
8 13 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (0.43%) CASB
10 8 (0.35%) Argo
11 7 (0.30%) Puppet
12 6 (0.26%) Graylog
12 6 (0.26%) Nessus
13 5 (0.22%) PaperCut
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%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 518 (22.53%) Microsoft
2 155 (6.74%) Google
3 102 (4.44%) Databricks
4 88 (3.83%) Cisco
5 86 (3.74%) Salesforce
6 82 (3.57%) Adobe
7 80 (3.48%) VMware
8 77 (3.35%) SAP
8 77 (3.35%) ServiceNow
9 71 (3.09%) Oracle
10 37 (1.61%) Citrix
11 35 (1.52%) Meraki
12 32 (1.39%) Apple
13 24 (1.04%) SolarWinds
14 23 (1.00%) Progress
14 23 (1.00%) Red Hat
15 20 (0.87%) Fortinet
16 19 (0.83%) Splunk
17 18 (0.78%) Dell
18 17 (0.74%) IBM