Problem-Solving Contracts in Central London

Problem Solving
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 23 23
Rank change year-on-year +11 0 +4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 269 286 346
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 11.22% 7.63% 7.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.38% 8.36% 8.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 178 264
10th Percentile £313 £293 £329
25th Percentile £425 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year - +4.27% +5.50%
75th Percentile £688 £677 £638
90th Percentile £778 £838 £700
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 5
10th Percentile £23.71 £14.64 £39.25
25th Percentile £24.78 £18.23 £42.25
Median hourly rate £26.56 £36.10 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.43% -40.82% +190.48%
75th Percentile £38.41 £53.00 £65.75
90th Percentile £45.51 £53.45 £69.35
London median hourly rate £29.34 £40.50 £40.25
% change year-on-year -27.56% +0.62% -7.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,172 3,421 4,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.58% 91.32% 91.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,542 2,326 3,171
10th Percentile £350 £325 £369
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £676
90th Percentile £800 £819 £775
London median daily rate £550 £593 £575
% change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 29 44
10th Percentile £20.22 £15.05 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.63 £18.50 £23.44
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%
75th Percentile £28.98 £53.75 £55.38
90th Percentile £40.00 £88.30 £64.78
London median hourly rate £27.84 £38.25 £37.50
% change year-on-year -27.22% +2.00% +15.38%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Central London

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Central London

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Central London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Central London

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Central London

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Central London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Central London

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Central London region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +12 258 £550 -4.35% 116
Kensington and Chelsea - 3 - - 3
Southwark +8 2 £700 +125.08% 4
West End of London -4 2 £500 +29.03% 6
Camden -3 1 £500 +163.16% 5
Problem-Solving
London

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 10 (3.72%) Confluence
2 9 (3.35%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.49%) Apache
4 4 (1.49%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.49%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.74%) Luigi
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.37%) CMS
6 1 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.37%) SAS
6 1 (0.37%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.37%) Tornado
Applications
1 18 (6.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (5.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (4.09%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (3.72%) MS Visio
5 6 (2.23%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (1.12%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (1.12%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.74%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.74%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.37%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.37%) InDesign
8 1 (0.37%) InVision
8 1 (0.37%) Sketch
8 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.12%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.74%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.74%) Loan IQ
2 2 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.74%) Unica
3 1 (0.37%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.37%) IntelliMatch
3 1 (0.37%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.37%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 53 (19.70%) Azure
2 29 (10.78%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (10.41%) Power Platform
4 21 (7.81%) AWS
5 16 (5.95%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (3.35%) GCP
7 7 (2.60%) Entra ID
7 7 (2.60%) WhatsApp
8 5 (1.86%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.49%) GitHub
10 3 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.12%) Mimecast
10 3 (1.12%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.74%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.74%) Collibra
11 2 (0.74%) dbt
11 2 (0.74%) Figma
11 2 (0.74%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.23%) Firewall
2 5 (1.86%) DNS
3 4 (1.49%) LAN
3 4 (1.49%) Network Security
3 4 (1.49%) VoIP
4 2 (0.74%) DHCP
4 2 (0.74%) PBX
4 2 (0.74%) PSTN
4 2 (0.74%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.74%) VPN
4 2 (0.74%) Wireless
5 1 (0.37%) 5G
5 1 (0.37%) Broadband
5 1 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.37%) SAN
5 1 (0.37%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.37%) Skype
5 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.37%) WAN
5 1 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.55%) SQL Server
2 18 (6.69%) Power BI
3 14 (5.20%) MongoDB
4 10 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (3.35%) Relational Database
6 8 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (2.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (2.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (2.23%) DB2
7 6 (2.23%) Metadata
8 5 (1.86%) RDBMS
8 5 (1.86%) Sybase ASE
9 4 (1.49%) MySQL
9 4 (1.49%) Power Query
10 3 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.12%) Data Mart
10 3 (1.12%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.12%) Tableau
11 2 (0.74%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.74%) KDB
Development Applications
1 11 (4.09%) Git
1 11 (4.09%) JIRA
2 7 (2.60%) GitLab
3 4 (1.49%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.12%) Android Studio
4 3 (1.12%) JUnit
4 3 (1.12%) Subversion
4 3 (1.12%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.74%) ERwin
5 2 (0.74%) Mockito
5 2 (0.74%) PowerDesigner
5 2 (0.74%) ScalaTest
5 2 (0.74%) Selenium
5 2 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.37%) Babel
6 1 (0.37%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.37%) GoCD
6 1 (0.37%) Postman
6 1 (0.37%) Pylint
6 1 (0.37%) Spinnaker
General
1 151 (56.13%) Social Skills
2 116 (43.12%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (27.14%) Finance
4 28 (10.41%) Banking
5 15 (5.58%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (5.20%) Investment Banking
7 13 (4.83%) Public Sector
8 10 (3.72%) Legal
8 10 (3.72%) Marketing
9 5 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.86%) Retail
9 5 (1.86%) Retail Banking
9 5 (1.86%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.49%) Front Office
10 4 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.12%) Local Government
11 3 (1.12%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.74%) Advertising
12 2 (0.74%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (15.99%) Developer
2 31 (11.52%) Analyst
3 16 (5.95%) Consultant
4 14 (5.20%) Architect
4 14 (5.20%) Project Manager
5 13 (4.83%) Senior
6 12 (4.46%) Support Engineer
7 11 (4.09%) Business Analyst
8 9 (3.35%) Product Owner
9 8 (2.97%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 8 (2.97%) Power BI Developer
9 8 (2.97%) Security Engineer
9 8 (2.97%) Site Engineer
9 8 (2.97%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 7 (2.60%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 7 (2.60%) DBA
10 7 (2.60%) IT Support
10 7 (2.60%) Python Engineer
10 7 (2.60%) Quantitative Developer
10 7 (2.60%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.83%) Kafka
2 12 (4.46%) HTML
2 12 (4.46%) RESTful
3 11 (4.09%) React
4 8 (2.97%) .NET
4 8 (2.97%) CSS
4 8 (2.97%) RabbitMQ
5 6 (2.23%) GraphQL
5 6 (2.23%) REST
6 4 (1.49%) .NET Framework
6 4 (1.49%) Node.js
6 4 (1.49%) XML
7 3 (1.12%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.12%) ASP.NET
7 3 (1.12%) JSON
7 3 (1.12%) OAuth
7 3 (1.12%) Pandas
7 3 (1.12%) SOAP
7 3 (1.12%) Spring
7 3 (1.12%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.95%) Management Information System
2 13 (4.83%) Algorithms
3 12 (4.46%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (4.46%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.09%) Data Structures
5 8 (2.97%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.60%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (2.23%) Replication
7 6 (2.23%) Taxonomies
7 6 (2.23%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.49%) Blackberry
8 4 (1.49%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.49%) Market Risk
8 4 (1.49%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (1.12%) CMDB
9 3 (1.12%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.12%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (8.92%) Linux
2 19 (7.06%) Windows
3 8 (2.97%) Android
4 7 (2.60%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.23%) Unix
5 6 (2.23%) Windows 7
6 5 (1.86%) Mac OS X
7 4 (1.49%) Windows 8
8 3 (1.12%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.12%) VMS
8 3 (1.12%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.74%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.74%) Solaris
9 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.37%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (29.74%) Agile
2 56 (20.82%) DevOps
3 30 (11.15%) Business Intelligence
4 28 (10.41%) CI/CD
4 28 (10.41%) Decision-Making
5 25 (9.29%) Data Analysis
5 25 (9.29%) Migration
5 25 (9.29%) Project Management
6 24 (8.92%) Computer Science
7 21 (7.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 20 (7.43%) Cybersecurity
8 20 (7.43%) Data Modelling
8 20 (7.43%) SDLC
8 20 (7.43%) Software Engineering
9 18 (6.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (6.69%) Data Management
9 18 (6.69%) Microservices
9 18 (6.69%) Risk Management
9 18 (6.69%) Workflow
10 17 (6.32%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 51 (18.96%) Python
2 43 (15.99%) SQL
3 27 (10.04%) Java
4 25 (9.29%) C#
5 19 (7.06%) PowerShell
6 16 (5.95%) JavaScript
7 11 (4.09%) C++
7 11 (4.09%) T-SQL
8 10 (3.72%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (2.97%) Go
10 8 (2.97%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.86%) Perl
11 5 (1.86%) Scala
12 3 (1.12%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.12%) R
13 2 (0.74%) Bash
13 2 (0.74%) Bicep
13 2 (0.74%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (15.99%) Degree
2 21 (7.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (2.60%) Master's Degree
3 7 (2.60%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.86%) CISSP
5 4 (1.49%) CISM
5 4 (1.49%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (1.49%) PMP
5 4 (1.49%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.12%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.12%) CCNP
6 3 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.12%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.74%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.74%) CCNA
7 2 (0.74%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.74%) JNCIA
7 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.58%) QA
2 12 (4.46%) Data Quality
3 11 (4.09%) SLA
4 5 (1.86%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.12%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.12%) NIST
6 2 (0.74%) GDPR
6 2 (0.74%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.74%) PMO
7 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (7.43%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.72%) Docker
3 8 (2.97%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 6 (2.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.86%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 3 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.74%) KVM
7 2 (0.74%) XenApp
8 1 (0.37%) Firmware
8 1 (0.37%) HDFS
8 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (5.58%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.72%) Grafana
3 8 (2.97%) Consul
3 8 (2.97%) Prometheus
4 6 (2.23%) Terraform
5 4 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.49%) QRadar
6 2 (0.74%) Ansible
6 2 (0.74%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.74%) SCCM
6 2 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.37%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.37%) CASB
7 1 (0.37%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.37%) Puppet
7 1 (0.37%) TIBCO Hawk
7 1 (0.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 69 (25.65%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.18%) Oracle
3 16 (5.95%) ServiceNow
4 11 (4.09%) SAP
5 9 (3.35%) Adobe
5 9 (3.35%) IBM
6 8 (2.97%) SaltStack
7 7 (2.60%) VMware
8 6 (2.23%) Cadence
8 6 (2.23%) Google
8 6 (2.23%) iManage
8 6 (2.23%) Sun
8 6 (2.23%) Veritas
9 5 (1.86%) Apple
9 5 (1.86%) Ivanti
9 5 (1.86%) Sybase
9 5 (1.86%) Workday
10 3 (1.12%) Juniper
10 3 (1.12%) Murex
10 3 (1.12%) Salesforce