Problem-Solving Jobs in the East of England

Problem Solving
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 9 4
Rank change year-on-year +6 -5 +3
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,041 687 1,232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 15.93% 14.24% 17.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.40% 15.09% 18.68%
Number of salaries quoted 693 290 454
10th Percentile £25,500 £24,000 £22,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,931 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +11.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £73,875 £70,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,102 4,552 6,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 78.10% 94.36% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,816 2,051 2,784
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,750 £28,038
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £66,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the East of England

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the East of England.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the East of England

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the East of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the East of England

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the East of England region over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridgeshire +5 260 £45,000 +23.29% 134
Hertfordshire +4 241 £46,000 -16.36% 135
Norfolk +5 194 £40,000 - 40
Essex +4 183 £40,000 -15.79% 100
Bedfordshire +39 95 £37,500 -37.50% 38
Suffolk -2 69 £41,250 -1.79% 24
East Anglia - 1 £89,500 - 53
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 42 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 42 (4.03%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.96%) CMS
3 9 (0.86%) IIS
3 9 (0.86%) WordPress
4 7 (0.67%) Apache
5 5 (0.48%) OpenEdge
6 4 (0.38%) Confluence
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.19%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.096%) Liferay
8 1 (0.096%) nginx
8 1 (0.096%) SAS
Applications
1 73 (7.01%) Microsoft Office
2 57 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (2.69%) AutoCAD
4 12 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.77%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.67%) Revit
7 7 (0.67%) Trello
8 6 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.48%) Simulink
10 4 (0.38%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.29%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.19%) CINEMA 4D
12 2 (0.19%) InDesign
12 2 (0.19%) SketchUp
13 1 (0.096%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.096%) Chatbot
13 1 (0.096%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.58%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.29%) Shopify
4 1 (0.096%) Lorenzo
4 1 (0.096%) Magento
4 1 (0.096%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.096%) Postilion
4 1 (0.096%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.096%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.096%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.096%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 119 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
2 107 (10.28%) Azure
3 92 (8.84%) AWS
4 50 (4.80%) Power Platform
5 38 (3.65%) GCP
6 22 (2.11%) Serverless
7 15 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (1.44%) Power Automate
8 13 (1.25%) Amazon S3
9 12 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (1.06%) Google Workspace
11 10 (0.96%) Amazon EC2
12 8 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (0.77%) OneDrive
12 8 (0.77%) SaaS
13 6 (0.58%) ClickUp
14 5 (0.48%) Snowflake
15 4 (0.38%) WhatsApp
16 3 (0.29%) Azure Service Fabric
16 3 (0.29%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 53 (5.09%) Firewall
2 32 (3.07%) DNS
3 26 (2.50%) DHCP
3 26 (2.50%) TCP/IP
4 20 (1.92%) VoIP
5 19 (1.83%) WAN
6 18 (1.73%) Wireless
7 15 (1.44%) Internet
8 14 (1.34%) 5G
8 14 (1.34%) VPN
9 12 (1.15%) SAN
10 11 (1.06%) LAN
11 10 (0.96%) VLAN
12 9 (0.86%) Broadband
12 9 (0.86%) Ethernet
13 8 (0.77%) MPLS
13 8 (0.77%) NAS
13 8 (0.77%) Network Security
13 8 (0.77%) SD-WAN
14 7 (0.67%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (5.86%) SQL Server
2 50 (4.80%) Power BI
3 27 (2.59%) MySQL
4 24 (2.31%) Relational Database
5 23 (2.21%) GIS
6 20 (1.92%) BigQuery
6 20 (1.92%) Geospatial Data
6 20 (1.92%) Looker
7 17 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (1.15%) Big Data
10 11 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (0.86%) MongoDB
11 9 (0.86%) MS Access
12 8 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.48%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
15 4 (0.38%) QlikView
15 4 (0.38%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 32 (3.07%) Git
2 17 (1.63%) JIRA
3 11 (1.06%) LabVIEW
4 9 (0.86%) Oracle Forms
5 7 (0.67%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.58%) Rational Rhapsody
7 5 (0.48%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.38%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.29%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.29%) Rational Team Concert
9 3 (0.29%) Selenium
10 2 (0.19%) Appium
10 2 (0.19%) GCC
10 2 (0.19%) GitLab
10 2 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.19%) UI Automator
10 2 (0.19%) webpack
11 1 (0.096%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.096%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.096%) WebDriver
General
1 527 (50.62%) Social Skills
2 384 (36.89%) Analytical Skills
3 144 (13.83%) Retail
4 110 (10.57%) Finance
5 70 (6.72%) Manufacturing
6 68 (6.53%) Organisational Skills
7 60 (5.76%) Presentation Skills
8 38 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 37 (3.55%) Automotive
9 37 (3.55%) Marketing
10 33 (3.17%) Telecoms
11 30 (2.88%) Aerospace
12 27 (2.59%) Electronics
13 24 (2.31%) Games
13 24 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (1.92%) Legal
15 17 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (1.34%) Public Sector
17 12 (1.15%) French Language
17 12 (1.15%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 262 (25.17%) Analyst
2 125 (12.01%) Business Analyst
3 119 (11.43%) Developer
4 87 (8.36%) IT Support
5 74 (7.11%) Principal Business Analyst
6 66 (6.34%) Senior
7 50 (4.80%) Consultant
8 49 (4.71%) Project Manager
9 45 (4.32%) IT Analyst
10 43 (4.13%) Software Engineer
11 41 (3.94%) IT Technician
12 40 (3.84%) Support Engineer
13 36 (3.46%) Lead
14 34 (3.27%) Data Engineer
15 32 (3.07%) IT Engineer
16 31 (2.98%) Support Analyst
17 30 (2.88%) Support Technician
18 28 (2.69%) IT Support Engineer
18 28 (2.69%) IT Support Technician
19 24 (2.31%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (4.03%) CSS
1 42 (4.03%) HTML
2 27 (2.59%) .NET
3 22 (2.11%) React
4 19 (1.83%) REST
5 17 (1.63%) Node.js
6 16 (1.54%) JSON
7 14 (1.34%) Laravel
7 14 (1.34%) RESTful
8 13 (1.25%) AngularJS
8 13 (1.25%) ASP.NET
9 12 (1.15%) Fluent Bit
10 11 (1.06%) .NET Framework
10 11 (1.06%) Entity Framework
10 11 (1.06%) PyTorch
10 11 (1.06%) TensorFlow
11 10 (0.96%) SOAP
11 10 (0.96%) Vue
12 9 (0.86%) .NET Core
12 9 (0.86%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 107 (10.28%) Self-Motivation
2 66 (6.34%) Management Information System
3 36 (3.46%) Driving Licence
4 30 (2.88%) IoT
5 27 (2.59%) Algorithms
5 27 (2.59%) Client/Server
6 20 (1.92%) Operational Technology
7 19 (1.83%) Blog
7 19 (1.83%) Embedded Systems
7 19 (1.83%) Raspberry Pi
8 18 (1.73%) Cyber Threat
9 16 (1.54%) Housing Association
9 16 (1.54%) Onboarding
10 14 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
10 14 (1.34%) e-Learning
10 14 (1.34%) Mobile App
11 13 (1.25%) Data Centre
11 13 (1.25%) FMCG
11 13 (1.25%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.15%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 177 (17.00%) Windows
2 99 (9.51%) Linux
3 60 (5.76%) Windows Server
4 40 (3.84%) Windows 10
5 35 (3.36%) Android
6 28 (2.69%) Apple iOS
7 14 (1.34%) Mac OS
8 10 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.38%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.29%) AIX
12 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.19%) Unix
14 1 (0.096%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (16.62%) Change Management
2 156 (14.99%) Decision-Making
3 136 (13.06%) Coaching
4 130 (12.49%) Customer Service
5 117 (11.24%) Business Analysis
6 108 (10.37%) Project Management
7 107 (10.28%) Agile
8 99 (9.51%) Computer Science
9 98 (9.41%) Software Engineering
10 96 (9.22%) ITIL
11 84 (8.07%) Mentoring
12 71 (6.82%) Cybersecurity
13 63 (6.05%) Continuous Improvement
13 63 (6.05%) Time Management
14 53 (5.09%) DevOps
14 53 (5.09%) Roadmaps
15 51 (4.90%) Business Intelligence
16 47 (4.51%) Data Analysis
16 47 (4.51%) Service Management
17 46 (4.42%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 102 (9.80%) SQL
2 77 (7.40%) Python
3 65 (6.24%) JavaScript
4 46 (4.42%) C#
5 37 (3.55%) C
6 29 (2.79%) Java
7 27 (2.59%) PowerShell
8 24 (2.31%) PHP
9 20 (1.92%) Bash
10 17 (1.63%) TypeScript
11 16 (1.54%) C++
12 8 (0.77%) MATLAB
13 7 (0.67%) RPG
13 7 (0.67%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.58%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.58%) R
15 5 (0.48%) Progress 4GL
16 4 (0.38%) Embedded C
16 4 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (0.38%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 249 (23.92%) Degree
2 70 (6.72%) Security Cleared
3 54 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 40 (3.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 35 (3.36%) Master's Degree
6 30 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 26 (2.50%) SC Cleared
8 23 (2.21%) CCNA
8 23 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (2.11%) HNC
10 20 (1.92%) CISSP
11 18 (1.73%) A+ Certification
11 18 (1.73%) HND
12 15 (1.44%) MCSE
13 12 (1.15%) CRISC
13 12 (1.15%) DBS Check
13 12 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
14 11 (1.06%) CASP
14 11 (1.06%) CEH
14 11 (1.06%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (3.94%) SLA
2 37 (3.55%) GDPR
3 24 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (2.02%) Data Quality
5 16 (1.54%) QA
6 11 (1.06%) NCSC
7 9 (0.86%) ISO 9001
8 8 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (0.67%) NEBOSH
10 6 (0.58%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.38%) PMO
12 3 (0.29%) Def Stans
12 3 (0.29%) MISRA
13 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 2 (0.19%) NIST
13 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.096%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.096%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.096%) SOC 2
System Software
1 105 (10.09%) Active Directory
2 49 (4.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (4.13%) Hyper-V
4 20 (1.92%) Firmware
5 16 (1.54%) Docker
6 11 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.58%) vSphere
8 5 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.29%) KVM
10 3 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 16 (1.54%) Ansible
2 15 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (1.25%) Kubernetes
4 12 (1.15%) Fluentd
4 12 (1.15%) logstash
5 6 (0.58%) Puppet
6 5 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 5 (0.48%) SCDPM
6 5 (0.48%) Terraform
7 4 (0.38%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.38%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.38%) SCCM
7 4 (0.38%) WhatsUp Gold
8 3 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.19%) WSUS
10 1 (0.096%) Iperf
10 1 (0.096%) Nmap
10 1 (0.096%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 220 (21.13%) Microsoft
2 85 (8.17%) VMware
3 49 (4.71%) Google
4 40 (3.84%) SAP
5 23 (2.21%) Cisco
5 23 (2.21%) Oracle
6 20 (1.92%) Meraki
7 19 (1.83%) Splunk
8 16 (1.54%) IBM
9 14 (1.34%) Citrix
9 14 (1.34%) Dell
9 14 (1.34%) ServiceNow
10 13 (1.25%) HP
11 11 (1.06%) Intel
11 11 (1.06%) Veeam
12 10 (0.96%) Adobe
12 10 (0.96%) Apple
12 10 (0.96%) Salesforce
13 9 (0.86%) Sage
13 9 (0.86%) Siemens