Problem-Solving Jobs in South London

Problem Solving
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South 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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 15 17
Rank change year-on-year -6 +2 +23
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 107 134 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 15.99% 14.99% 18.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.54% 15.80% 19.72%
Number of salaries quoted 31 73 57
10th Percentile £30,500 £25,960 £31,900
25th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £71,250
London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South 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 South London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 647 848 710
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 96.71% 94.85% 92.69%
Number of salaries quoted 170 404 375
10th Percentile £32,000 £27,965 £31,750
25th Percentile £47,000 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,875 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £87,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,555 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.30% -5.93% +7.14%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in South London

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in South London

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in South London

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in South London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in South London over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in South London

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in South 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 South London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Croydon -2 35 £34,000 -25.68% 15
Bromley -2 26 £43,750 -12.50% 18
Merton +1 23 £38,500 -14.44% 8
Kingston Upon Thames -5 13 £85,000 +56.18% 10
Sutton +20 8 £27,000 -66.25%
Wandsworth - 3 £51,500 - 1
Problem-Solving
London

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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 8 (7.48%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.93%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (5.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.54%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (3.74%) Azure
3 2 (1.87%) AWS
3 2 (1.87%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.93%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (0.93%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (0.93%) Amazon S3
4 1 (0.93%) Amazon SQS
4 1 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (0.93%) Azure Pipelines
4 1 (0.93%) Google Workspace
4 1 (0.93%) OneDrive
4 1 (0.93%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 60 (56.07%) Broadband
2 4 (3.74%) VoIP
3 2 (1.87%) DHCP
3 2 (1.87%) DNS
3 2 (1.87%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.93%) Firewall
4 1 (0.93%) Modbus
4 1 (0.93%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.87%) Power BI
1 2 (1.87%) SQL Server
1 2 (1.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (8.41%) Jasmine
1 9 (8.41%) Karma Test Runner
2 2 (1.87%) Git
3 1 (0.93%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.93%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.93%) JMeter
3 1 (0.93%) MSI
3 1 (0.93%) Selenium
General
1 74 (69.16%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.08%) Finance
3 12 (11.21%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (9.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (9.35%) Multimedia
5 6 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.80%) German Language
7 1 (0.93%) Billing
7 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.93%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (25.23%) Lead
2 16 (14.95%) Systems Engineer
3 9 (8.41%) Developer
3 9 (8.41%) Engineering Manager
3 9 (8.41%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 9 (8.41%) Team Leader
4 7 (6.54%) Project Manager
5 4 (3.74%) Analyst
5 4 (3.74%) Coordinator
6 3 (2.80%) Data Coordinator
6 3 (2.80%) ICT Technician
7 2 (1.87%) Audio Visual Engineer
7 2 (1.87%) CCTV Engineer
7 2 (1.87%) Commercial Analyst
7 2 (1.87%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 2 (1.87%) Security Manager
7 2 (1.87%) Senior
8 1 (0.93%) Head of IT
8 1 (0.93%) IT Business Analyst
8 1 (0.93%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.35%) Node.js
2 9 (8.41%) AngularJS
2 9 (8.41%) CSS
2 9 (8.41%) CSS3
2 9 (8.41%) HTML
2 9 (8.41%) HTML5
2 9 (8.41%) NgRx
2 9 (8.41%) RxJS
2 9 (8.41%) Sass
3 1 (0.93%) .NET
3 1 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.93%) Kafka
3 1 (0.93%) Mustache
3 1 (0.93%) React
3 1 (0.93%) REST
3 1 (0.93%) RESTful
3 1 (0.93%) Spring
3 1 (0.93%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.93%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 7 (6.54%) Cyberattack
3 3 (2.80%) CMDB
3 3 (2.80%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.80%) e-Learning
4 2 (1.87%) CCTV
4 2 (1.87%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.93%) IoT
5 1 (0.93%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.28%) Windows
2 6 (5.61%) Windows 10
3 4 (3.74%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.87%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.87%) Windows Vista
5 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (68.22%) Mentoring
2 61 (57.01%) Roadmaps
3 60 (56.07%) Broadcast Engineering
3 60 (56.07%) Computer Science
3 60 (56.07%) High Availability
3 60 (56.07%) Product Management
4 12 (11.21%) Coaching
5 10 (9.35%) Agile
5 10 (9.35%) Project Management
6 9 (8.41%) Budgeting
6 9 (8.41%) Code Quality
6 9 (8.41%) Collaborative Working
6 9 (8.41%) Customer Service
6 9 (8.41%) E-Commerce
6 9 (8.41%) Front End Development
6 9 (8.41%) Responsive Web Design
6 9 (8.41%) Risk Management
6 9 (8.41%) User Experience
6 9 (8.41%) UX Design
6 9 (8.41%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.28%) JavaScript
2 9 (8.41%) TypeScript
3 2 (1.87%) SQL
4 1 (0.93%) C#
4 1 (0.93%) FoxPro (VFP)
4 1 (0.93%) Java
4 1 (0.93%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (59.81%) Degree
2 60 (56.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (6.54%) DV Cleared
3 7 (6.54%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.87%) CISMP
5 1 (0.93%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.54%) PMBOK
2 2 (1.87%) GDPR
2 2 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.87%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.93%) QA
3 1 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (6.54%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.80%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (1.87%) Firmware
4 1 (0.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.93%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 10 (9.35%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.67%) Apple
3 3 (2.80%) OneTrust
4 2 (1.87%) Logitech
4 2 (1.87%) Yealink
5 1 (0.93%) Databricks
5 1 (0.93%) Google
5 1 (0.93%) Symantec
5 1 (0.93%) Veeam