Problem-Solving Contracts in Central London

Problem Solving
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 25 26
Rank change year-on-year +14 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 283 280 331
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 11.70% 7.63% 7.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.89% 8.36% 8.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 177 248
10th Percentile £313 £292 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £638
90th Percentile £775 £864 £700
London median daily rate £540 £575 £586
% change year-on-year -6.09% -1.88% +11.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile £23.71 £15.44 £27.55
25th Percentile £24.78 £20.22 £37.00
Median hourly rate £26.56 £51.50 £52.25
Median % change year-on-year -48.43% -1.44% +148.81%
75th Percentile £38.41 £53.75 £64.81
90th Percentile £45.51 £62.75 £68.98
London median hourly rate £35.00 £39.96 £38.58
% change year-on-year -12.41% +3.59% +2.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Problem-Solving falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,195 3,349 4,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.74% 91.28% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,540 2,258 3,100
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +6.05%
75th Percentile £680 £725 £688
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
London median daily rate £550 £588 £575
% change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 28 47
10th Percentile £20.22 £14.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £16.33 £25.63
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -15.66% +107.50%
75th Percentile £31.19 £53.19 £54.50
90th Percentile £41.47 £88.30 £62.50
London median hourly rate £30.00 £39.42 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.90% +9.50% +9.59%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +13 268 £550 -4.35% 109
City of Westminster -2 3 £450 +20.81% 14
Kensington and Chelsea - 3 - - 2
Southwark +8 2 £700 +125.08% 1
West End of London -5 2 £500 +34.23% 25
Camden -3 1 £500 - 14
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 (3.53%) Confluence
2 9 (3.18%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.41%) Apache
4 4 (1.41%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.06%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.71%) Luigi
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.35%) CMS
7 1 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.35%) PowerExchange
7 1 (0.35%) SAS
7 1 (0.35%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 17 (6.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (3.89%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (3.18%) MS Visio
5 6 (2.12%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.71%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.71%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.71%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.71%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.35%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.35%) InVision
7 1 (0.35%) Sketch
7 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Fidessa
1 3 (1.06%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.71%) Loan IQ
2 2 (0.71%) Oracle 11i
2 2 (0.71%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.71%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.35%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.35%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (0.35%) Endur
3 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.35%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.35%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.35%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.35%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 57 (20.14%) Azure
2 29 (10.25%) Power Platform
3 28 (9.89%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (8.13%) AWS
5 19 (6.71%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (5.30%) GCP
7 11 (3.89%) WhatsApp
8 6 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.77%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.77%) GitHub
9 5 (1.77%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.06%) dbt
11 3 (1.06%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.71%) IaaS
12 2 (0.71%) PaaS
12 2 (0.71%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.53%) Firewall
2 5 (1.77%) DNS
2 5 (1.77%) LAN
2 5 (1.77%) VoIP
3 4 (1.41%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.06%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (1.06%) Network Security
5 2 (0.71%) CTI
5 2 (0.71%) DHCP
5 2 (0.71%) PBX
5 2 (0.71%) PSTN
5 2 (0.71%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.71%) VPN
5 2 (0.71%) Wireless
6 1 (0.35%) Broadband
6 1 (0.35%) Internet
6 1 (0.35%) SAN
6 1 (0.35%) Skype
6 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.48%) SQL Server
2 19 (6.71%) Power BI
3 17 (6.01%) MongoDB
4 10 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (3.18%) Relational Database
5 9 (3.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (2.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (2.12%) DB2
8 5 (1.77%) NoSQL
8 5 (1.77%) RDBMS
8 5 (1.77%) Sybase ASE
9 4 (1.41%) Metadata
9 4 (1.41%) MySQL
9 4 (1.41%) Power Query
10 3 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.06%) Tableau
11 2 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.71%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.71%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 13 (4.59%) JIRA
2 11 (3.89%) Git
3 8 (2.83%) GitLab
4 5 (1.77%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.06%) Android Studio
5 3 (1.06%) JUnit
5 3 (1.06%) Subversion
5 3 (1.06%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.71%) ERwin
6 2 (0.71%) Mockito
6 2 (0.71%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.71%) ScalaTest
6 2 (0.71%) Selenium
6 2 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.35%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.35%) GoCD
7 1 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.35%) Postman
7 1 (0.35%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.35%) webpack
General
1 167 (59.01%) Social Skills
2 127 (44.88%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (25.44%) Finance
4 24 (8.48%) Banking
5 15 (5.30%) Presentation Skills
5 15 (5.30%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.24%) Investment Banking
7 10 (3.53%) Legal
7 10 (3.53%) Marketing
8 6 (2.12%) Front Office
9 5 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.41%) Retail
10 4 (1.41%) Retail Banking
10 4 (1.41%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.06%) Local Government
11 3 (1.06%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.71%) Advertising
12 2 (0.71%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 47 (16.61%) Developer
2 29 (10.25%) Analyst
3 17 (6.01%) Consultant
4 16 (5.65%) Senior
5 15 (5.30%) Architect
6 14 (4.95%) Project Manager
7 12 (4.24%) Support Engineer
8 10 (3.53%) Business Analyst
8 10 (3.53%) Product Owner
8 10 (3.53%) Site Engineer
8 10 (3.53%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 9 (3.18%) Python Developer
10 8 (2.83%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 8 (2.83%) Network Engineer
10 8 (2.83%) Power BI Developer
11 7 (2.47%) DBA
11 7 (2.47%) IT Support
11 7 (2.47%) Python Engineer
11 7 (2.47%) Quantitative Developer
12 6 (2.12%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.36%) Kafka
1 18 (6.36%) RESTful
2 12 (4.24%) React
3 11 (3.89%) HTML
3 11 (3.89%) RabbitMQ
4 9 (3.18%) .NET
5 7 (2.47%) CSS
6 6 (2.12%) GraphQL
6 6 (2.12%) REST
7 5 (1.77%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.41%) .NET Framework
8 4 (1.41%) XML
9 3 (1.06%) ASP.NET
9 3 (1.06%) ASP.NET Core
9 3 (1.06%) JSON
9 3 (1.06%) Node.js
9 3 (1.06%) Playwright
9 3 (1.06%) SOAP
9 3 (1.06%) Spring
9 3 (1.06%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.36%) Distributed Systems
2 17 (6.01%) Algorithms
2 17 (6.01%) Management Information System
3 15 (5.30%) Data Structures
4 11 (3.89%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (2.83%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.47%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.47%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (2.47%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.12%) Fixed Income
8 6 (2.12%) Replication
9 5 (1.77%) Taxonomies
10 4 (1.41%) Market Risk
10 4 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (1.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 3 (1.06%) Blackberry
11 3 (1.06%) CMDB
11 3 (1.06%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (9.54%) Linux
2 17 (6.01%) Windows
3 7 (2.47%) Unix
4 6 (2.12%) Android
4 6 (2.12%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.41%) Mac OS X
5 4 (1.41%) Windows 7
6 3 (1.06%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.06%) VMS
6 3 (1.06%) Windows 8
7 2 (0.71%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.71%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.71%) Solaris
7 2 (0.71%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.35%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (28.98%) Agile
2 61 (21.55%) DevOps
3 32 (11.31%) Computer Science
4 31 (10.95%) CI/CD
5 29 (10.25%) Business Intelligence
6 28 (9.89%) Decision-Making
6 28 (9.89%) Project Management
7 26 (9.19%) Data Analysis
8 25 (8.83%) Migration
9 22 (7.77%) Microservices
10 21 (7.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (7.42%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (6.71%) Analytical Thinking
11 19 (6.71%) SDLC
11 19 (6.71%) Software Engineering
12 18 (6.36%) Data Modelling
12 18 (6.36%) Workflow
13 17 (6.01%) Cybersecurity
13 17 (6.01%) Scrum
13 17 (6.01%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 57 (20.14%) Python
2 46 (16.25%) SQL
3 32 (11.31%) Java
4 26 (9.19%) C#
5 18 (6.36%) PowerShell
6 15 (5.30%) C++
6 15 (5.30%) JavaScript
7 11 (3.89%) Go
7 11 (3.89%) Shell Script
7 11 (3.89%) T-SQL
8 10 (3.53%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (1.77%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.77%) Perl
10 5 (1.77%) Scala
11 4 (1.41%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.41%) R
12 3 (1.06%) Bash
13 2 (0.71%) Bicep
14 1 (0.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 51 (18.02%) Degree
2 29 (10.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (3.53%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.18%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.77%) CISSP
5 5 (1.77%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.41%) CISM
6 4 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (1.41%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.41%) PMP
7 3 (1.06%) CCNP
7 3 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.06%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.71%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.71%) CCNA
8 2 (0.71%) JNCIA
8 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.65%) QA
2 12 (4.24%) SLA
3 11 (3.89%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.77%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.06%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.06%) NIST
5 3 (1.06%) PMO
6 2 (0.71%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.35%) GDPR
7 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (6.71%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.59%) Docker
3 11 (3.89%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 5 (1.77%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 5 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.71%) KVM
6 2 (0.71%) XenApp
7 1 (0.35%) Firmware
7 1 (0.35%) HDFS
7 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (6.01%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.59%) Grafana
3 11 (3.89%) Consul
3 11 (3.89%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.77%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (1.77%) Terraform
5 4 (1.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.41%) QRadar
6 3 (1.06%) Ansible
7 2 (0.71%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.71%) SCCM
7 2 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.35%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.35%) CASB
8 1 (0.35%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.35%) Puppet
8 1 (0.35%) TIBCO Hawk
8 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.35%) WSUS
Vendors
1 72 (25.44%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.83%) Oracle
3 16 (5.65%) ServiceNow
4 11 (3.89%) SaltStack
4 11 (3.89%) SAP
5 9 (3.18%) IBM
6 8 (2.83%) Google
7 7 (2.47%) VMware
8 6 (2.12%) Adobe
8 6 (2.12%) Cadence
8 6 (2.12%) iManage
8 6 (2.12%) Sun
8 6 (2.12%) Veritas
9 5 (1.77%) Apple
9 5 (1.77%) Sybase
9 5 (1.77%) Workday
10 4 (1.41%) Cisco
10 4 (1.41%) F5
10 4 (1.41%) Ivanti
10 4 (1.41%) Juniper