Problem-Solving Jobs with Work from Home Options

Problem Solving
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 10 13 17
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 4,787 5,040 10,243
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.76% 13.08% 13.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.27% 13.62% 14.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,264 2,970 4,821
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £31,475
25th Percentile £39,720 £44,046 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £56,001
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% +6.67%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £96,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £48,900 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.09% - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,355 37,000 72,372
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.11% 96.01% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,586 26,257 41,808
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Problem-Solving
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Problem-Solving trend for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving.

Problem-Solving salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Problem-Solving salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 136 (2.84%) SharePoint
2 108 (2.26%) Apache
3 98 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 58 (1.21%) WordPress
5 49 (1.02%) CMS
6 46 (0.96%) IIS
7 33 (0.69%) Apache Spark
7 33 (0.69%) Confluence
8 27 (0.56%) nginx
9 25 (0.52%) OpenStack
10 21 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
11 20 (0.42%) OpenEdge
12 17 (0.36%) SAS
13 10 (0.21%) Umbraco
14 8 (0.17%) ArcGIS
15 5 (0.10%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 5 (0.10%) Luigi
15 5 (0.10%) Tomcat
15 5 (0.10%) WebLogic
16 4 (0.084%) Drupal
Applications
1 287 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 263 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
3 108 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.61%) Simulink
5 25 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
6 24 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
7 21 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 14 (0.29%) Sketch
9 13 (0.27%) Adobe XD
10 12 (0.25%) Photoshop
11 11 (0.23%) MS Visio
12 10 (0.21%) Chatbot
12 10 (0.21%) Trello
13 9 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
14 8 (0.17%) InDesign
15 6 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
15 6 (0.13%) AutoCAD
15 6 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
15 6 (0.13%) UserZoom
16 5 (0.10%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 64 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (0.65%) Shopify
3 24 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
5 11 (0.23%) iTrent
6 10 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
6 10 (0.21%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.21%) SAP CX
7 8 (0.17%) Misys Midas
8 7 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
8 7 (0.15%) Fidessa
8 7 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
8 7 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (0.15%) SAP Business One
9 6 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
9 6 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 6 (0.13%) Sage 200
9 6 (0.13%) Sage CRM
9 6 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.10%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 971 (20.28%) Azure
2 814 (17.00%) AWS
3 343 (7.17%) Microsoft 365
4 331 (6.91%) Power Platform
5 253 (5.29%) SaaS
6 173 (3.61%) GCP
7 169 (3.53%) Serverless
8 134 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
9 131 (2.74%) Entra ID
10 123 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
11 122 (2.55%) Amazon S3
11 122 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
12 89 (1.86%) PowerApps
13 87 (1.82%) GitHub
14 86 (1.80%) Snowflake
15 83 (1.73%) Power Automate
16 68 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
17 52 (1.09%) IaaS
18 46 (0.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 45 (0.94%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 300 (6.27%) Firewall
2 146 (3.05%) DNS
3 112 (2.34%) Internet
4 107 (2.24%) TCP/IP
5 105 (2.19%) VPN
6 81 (1.69%) DHCP
7 75 (1.57%) WAN
8 67 (1.40%) SNMP
9 66 (1.38%) Network Security
10 65 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
11 58 (1.21%) IPsec
11 58 (1.21%) LAN
11 58 (1.21%) Wireless
12 49 (1.02%) SAN
13 40 (0.84%) VLAN
14 34 (0.71%) SD-WAN
15 33 (0.69%) NAS
16 32 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
17 27 (0.56%) VoIP
18 20 (0.42%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 429 (8.96%) SQL Server
2 262 (5.47%) Power BI
3 244 (5.10%) Tableau
4 202 (4.22%) MySQL
5 177 (3.70%) Relational Database
6 156 (3.26%) Elasticsearch
6 156 (3.26%) MongoDB
7 118 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
8 88 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
9 72 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 71 (1.48%) Redis
11 66 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
11 66 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 55 (1.15%) Big Data
13 53 (1.11%) DynamoDB
14 52 (1.09%) Data Lake
15 39 (0.81%) RDBMS
16 38 (0.79%) NoSQL
17 36 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 34 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 416 (8.69%) Git
2 187 (3.91%) JIRA
3 103 (2.15%) Jenkins
4 93 (1.94%) GitLab
5 46 (0.96%) Visual Studio
6 35 (0.73%) Selenium
7 33 (0.69%) TeamCity
8 31 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
9 27 (0.56%) Maven
10 23 (0.48%) JUnit
11 19 (0.40%) Cucumber
11 19 (0.40%) LabVIEW
12 18 (0.38%) Eclipse
12 18 (0.38%) JMeter
13 17 (0.36%) SpecFlow
14 15 (0.31%) Postman
15 14 (0.29%) webpack
16 12 (0.25%) Bitbucket
16 12 (0.25%) Cypress.io
16 12 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 2,609 (54.50%) Social Skills
2 1,470 (30.71%) Analytical Skills
3 997 (20.83%) Finance
4 476 (9.94%) Retail
5 327 (6.83%) Marketing
6 313 (6.54%) Presentation Skills
7 296 (6.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 286 (5.97%) Legal
9 203 (4.24%) Public Sector
10 195 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
11 146 (3.05%) Law
12 126 (2.63%) Manufacturing
13 91 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
14 86 (1.80%) Banking
15 74 (1.55%) Games
15 74 (1.55%) Telecoms
16 73 (1.52%) Electronics
17 62 (1.30%) Automotive
18 48 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
19 47 (0.98%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 926 (19.34%) Developer
2 827 (17.28%) Senior
3 752 (15.71%) Analyst
4 407 (8.50%) Lead
5 312 (6.52%) Software Engineer
6 263 (5.49%) Consultant
7 248 (5.18%) Architect
8 232 (4.85%) Senior Developer
9 193 (4.03%) Data Analyst
10 186 (3.89%) Software Developer
11 160 (3.34%) Project Manager
12 151 (3.15%) Solutions Architect
13 150 (3.13%) Senior Analyst
14 145 (3.03%) Business Analyst
15 142 (2.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 139 (2.90%) .NET Developer
17 138 (2.88%) Support Engineer
18 114 (2.38%) IT Support
19 110 (2.30%) Full Stack Developer
20 109 (2.28%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 484 (10.11%) .NET
2 329 (6.87%) HTML
3 301 (6.29%) CSS
4 282 (5.89%) React
5 218 (4.55%) Node.js
6 208 (4.35%) AngularJS
7 189 (3.95%) RESTful
8 134 (2.80%) .NET Core
8 134 (2.80%) Vue
9 125 (2.61%) .NET Framework
10 120 (2.51%) ASP.NET
11 113 (2.36%) Web Services
12 94 (1.96%) REST
13 91 (1.90%) GraphQL
14 83 (1.73%) Django
15 75 (1.57%) Spring
16 72 (1.50%) YAML
17 71 (1.48%) RabbitMQ
18 70 (1.46%) Kafka
19 64 (1.34%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 300 (6.27%) Self-Motivation
2 205 (4.28%) Management Information System
3 167 (3.49%) Product Ownership
4 160 (3.34%) Client/Server
5 148 (3.09%) Data Centre
6 147 (3.07%) Data Structures
7 145 (3.03%) Algorithms
8 113 (2.36%) Onboarding
9 75 (1.57%) Cloud Native
10 72 (1.50%) Mobile App
11 70 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
12 62 (1.30%) Driving Licence
13 59 (1.23%) IoT
14 54 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
15 46 (0.96%) Virtual Team
16 44 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
17 43 (0.90%) Life Science
18 39 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
19 37 (0.77%) PropTech
20 34 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 521 (10.88%) Windows
2 368 (7.69%) Linux
3 198 (4.14%) Windows Server
4 117 (2.44%) Apple iOS
5 109 (2.28%) Android
6 73 (1.52%) Windows 10
7 54 (1.13%) Data ONTAP
8 41 (0.86%) Unix
9 38 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
10 28 (0.58%) AIX
11 23 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
12 21 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
13 20 (0.42%) Mac OS
14 18 (0.38%) Windows 8
15 15 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
16 14 (0.29%) CentOS
17 12 (0.25%) Windows 7
17 12 (0.25%) Windows Vista
18 11 (0.23%) VMS
19 10 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,207 (25.21%) Agile
2 668 (13.95%) Software Engineering
3 599 (12.51%) Analytics
4 565 (11.80%) DevOps
5 550 (11.49%) Computer Science
5 550 (11.49%) Project Management
6 501 (10.47%) Mentoring
7 498 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 463 (9.67%) Actionable Insight
9 424 (8.86%) Customer Service
10 419 (8.75%) Decision-Making
11 363 (7.58%) Data Analysis
12 354 (7.40%) CI/CD
13 352 (7.35%) Stakeholder Management
14 346 (7.23%) Business Intelligence
15 343 (7.17%) User Experience
16 340 (7.10%) Full Stack Development
17 321 (6.71%) Roadmaps
18 318 (6.64%) Visualisation
19 301 (6.29%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 968 (20.22%) SQL
2 903 (18.86%) Python
3 570 (11.91%) C#
4 557 (11.64%) JavaScript
5 395 (8.25%) Java
6 227 (4.74%) TypeScript
7 162 (3.38%) C
8 145 (3.03%) PHP
9 135 (2.82%) C++
10 124 (2.59%) PowerShell
11 109 (2.28%) T-SQL
12 100 (2.09%) Bash
13 78 (1.63%) Go
14 49 (1.02%) R
15 42 (0.88%) Scala
16 38 (0.79%) PL/SQL
17 37 (0.77%) VB
18 33 (0.69%) Ruby
19 32 (0.67%) Groovy
20 31 (0.65%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,252 (26.15%) Degree
2 558 (11.66%) Security Cleared
3 353 (7.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 352 (7.35%) SC Cleared
5 291 (6.08%) DBS Check
6 128 (2.67%) Master's Degree
7 104 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 85 (1.78%) DV Cleared
9 80 (1.67%) CISSP
10 72 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
11 71 (1.48%) AWS Certification
12 69 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
13 65 (1.36%) PMI Certification
14 62 (1.30%) Azure Certification
15 50 (1.04%) CCNA
16 40 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
17 38 (0.79%) ACCA
17 38 (0.79%) CEH
18 36 (0.75%) MCSE
19 35 (0.73%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 326 (6.81%) QA
2 127 (2.65%) Data Quality
3 115 (2.40%) SLA
4 97 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 76 (1.59%) GDPR
6 70 (1.46%) Accessibility
7 45 (0.94%) NIST
8 44 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
9 32 (0.67%) PCI DSS
10 28 (0.58%) ISO 9001
10 28 (0.58%) NCSC
11 26 (0.54%) IFRS
12 23 (0.48%) SOC 2
13 19 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
14 17 (0.36%) PMO
15 15 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 11 (0.23%) GRC
16 11 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 10 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
17 10 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 335 (7.00%) Docker
2 278 (5.81%) Active Directory
3 167 (3.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 74 (1.55%) Hyper-V
5 42 (0.88%) Firmware
6 39 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
7 30 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
8 23 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
9 12 (0.25%) vSphere
10 11 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
10 11 (0.23%) Terminal Services
11 7 (0.15%) KVM
11 7 (0.15%) NFS
11 7 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
12 3 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.042%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.042%) Kamailio
13 2 (0.042%) Varnish
13 2 (0.042%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.021%) Snort
Systems Management
1 284 (5.93%) Kubernetes
2 191 (3.99%) Terraform
3 135 (2.82%) Ansible
4 79 (1.65%) Prometheus
5 78 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
6 74 (1.55%) vCenter Server
7 36 (0.75%) Puppet
8 35 (0.73%) Grafana
8 35 (0.73%) SCCM
9 22 (0.46%) SCOM
10 16 (0.33%) Progress Chef
11 12 (0.25%) Consul
12 11 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 11 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
13 10 (0.21%) Nagios
13 10 (0.21%) Packer
13 10 (0.21%) ZABBIX
14 9 (0.19%) Microsoft Clustering
15 8 (0.17%) Nessus
15 8 (0.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,061 (22.16%) Microsoft
2 218 (4.55%) VMware
3 179 (3.74%) Google
4 169 (3.53%) Databricks
5 151 (3.15%) Oracle
6 144 (3.01%) SAP
7 91 (1.90%) Cisco
8 77 (1.61%) ServiceNow
9 76 (1.59%) Palo Alto
10 67 (1.40%) Red Hat
10 67 (1.40%) Salesforce
11 55 (1.15%) NetApp
12 54 (1.13%) SolidFire
13 50 (1.04%) Adobe
14 42 (0.88%) IBM
15 38 (0.79%) Meraki
16 35 (0.73%) Splunk
17 31 (0.65%) Dell
18 30 (0.63%) Xilinx
19 27 (0.56%) Facebook