Problem-Solving Jobs in the South East

Problem Solving
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 9 12
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 2,936 1,958 2,910
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.74% 13.93% 14.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.05% 14.75% 15.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,765 962 1,513
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £85,000 £79,350
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,647 13,277 19,384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 83.51% 94.48% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 10,075 7,723 11,821
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,875 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the South East

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the South East

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the South East over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the South East

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the South East

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 East region over the 6 months to 29 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +5 1,272 £45,000 -5.26% 336
Surrey +2 549 £47,500 -20.83% 113
Buckinghamshire +6 531 £45,000 +14.28% 94
Hampshire +9 504 £50,000 - 213
Berkshire +6 435 £42,500 -22.73% 137
Oxfordshire +13 306 £42,500 - 107
Kent 0 257 £40,000 -8.57% 79
West Sussex +9 186 £60,000 +14.29% 43
East Sussex +8 111 £52,500 +2.94% 48
Sussex +1 38 £50,000 - 2
Middlesex -13 11 £30,000 -63.64% 6
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 84 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 82 (2.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 46 (1.57%) CMS
4 31 (1.06%) Apache
5 23 (0.78%) WebLogic
5 23 (0.78%) WordPress
6 21 (0.72%) OpenStack
7 18 (0.61%) Confluence
8 12 (0.41%) nginx
9 8 (0.27%) Drupal
10 6 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
10 6 (0.20%) SAS
11 5 (0.17%) Joomla!
11 5 (0.17%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.14%) Apache Spark
13 3 (0.10%) Orchard CMS
13 3 (0.10%) Umbraco
14 2 (0.068%) IIS
15 1 (0.034%) WebSphere
Applications
1 290 (9.88%) Microsoft Office
2 249 (8.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (1.26%) Simulink
4 29 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
5 20 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
6 19 (0.65%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.34%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.27%) Sketch
9 7 (0.24%) Stateflow
10 5 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 5 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.17%) Photoshop
11 4 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
11 4 (0.14%) InDesign
12 3 (0.10%) ProjectWise
12 3 (0.10%) Siemens NX
13 2 (0.068%) SOLIDWORKS
13 2 (0.068%) Trello
14 1 (0.034%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 41 (1.40%) Siebel CRM
2 31 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (0.61%) NetSuite
4 13 (0.44%) Oracle Applications
5 12 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
7 5 (0.17%) Magento
7 5 (0.17%) Odoo
7 5 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
8 4 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.14%) SAP IS-U
9 3 (0.10%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.10%) Unit4 Business World
10 2 (0.068%) Remedy ITSM
10 2 (0.068%) SAP CO
10 2 (0.068%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.068%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.068%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (0.068%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 491 (16.72%) Azure
2 327 (11.14%) Microsoft 365
3 283 (9.64%) AWS
4 119 (4.05%) SaaS
5 109 (3.71%) GCP
6 76 (2.59%) Power Platform
7 69 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
8 52 (1.77%) GitHub
9 49 (1.67%) IaaS
10 48 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
11 45 (1.53%) Serverless
12 43 (1.46%) Entra ID
13 40 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
14 38 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
15 29 (0.99%) Power Automate
16 27 (0.92%) Amazon S3
17 24 (0.82%) PaaS
18 23 (0.78%) Mimecast
19 20 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
20 18 (0.61%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 219 (7.46%) Firewall
2 123 (4.19%) DNS
3 91 (3.10%) DHCP
4 75 (2.55%) Wireless
5 65 (2.21%) TCP/IP
6 61 (2.08%) LAN
7 54 (1.84%) VPN
8 46 (1.57%) WAN
9 45 (1.53%) VoIP
10 34 (1.16%) SAN
11 32 (1.09%) Internet
12 29 (0.99%) VLAN
13 24 (0.82%) Network Security
14 23 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
15 21 (0.72%) 5G
15 21 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
16 20 (0.68%) Broadband
17 17 (0.58%) 4G
18 16 (0.54%) Unified Communications
19 14 (0.48%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (3.81%) SQL Server
2 90 (3.07%) MySQL
3 84 (2.86%) BigQuery
3 84 (2.86%) Looker
4 75 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
5 52 (1.77%) Power BI
6 51 (1.74%) Relational Database
7 47 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
8 45 (1.53%) MongoDB
9 44 (1.50%) NoSQL
10 40 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
11 38 (1.29%) Power Query
12 35 (1.19%) Oracle BI EE
12 35 (1.19%) Siebel EIM
13 25 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
14 20 (0.68%) Redis
14 20 (0.68%) Tableau
15 17 (0.58%) DynamoDB
16 13 (0.44%) OLTP
17 12 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 134 (4.56%) Git
2 127 (4.33%) Jenkins
3 97 (3.30%) JIRA
4 48 (1.63%) GitLab
5 30 (1.02%) Visual Studio
6 23 (0.78%) Subversion
6 23 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
7 22 (0.75%) Ant
8 16 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
9 15 (0.51%) Selenium
10 13 (0.44%) Robot Framework
11 12 (0.41%) TestRail
12 11 (0.37%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.34%) Maven
14 9 (0.31%) Gradle
15 8 (0.27%) CMake
15 8 (0.27%) Hudson
15 8 (0.27%) JMeter
15 8 (0.27%) TeamCity
16 7 (0.24%) SpecFlow
General
1 1,500 (51.09%) Social Skills
2 838 (28.54%) Analytical Skills
3 384 (13.08%) Finance
4 287 (9.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 186 (6.34%) Organisational Skills
6 140 (4.77%) Marketing
7 137 (4.67%) Retail
8 117 (3.99%) Legal
9 113 (3.85%) Aerospace
10 109 (3.71%) Manufacturing
11 87 (2.96%) Telecoms
12 73 (2.49%) Public Sector
13 70 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
14 63 (2.15%) Electronics
15 54 (1.84%) Aviation
16 53 (1.81%) Billing
17 52 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
18 48 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
19 45 (1.53%) Automotive
20 44 (1.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 358 (12.19%) Senior
2 353 (12.02%) Developer
3 351 (11.96%) Analyst
4 208 (7.08%) Lead
5 193 (6.57%) Architect
6 150 (5.11%) IT Support
7 139 (4.73%) Software Engineer
8 116 (3.95%) Consultant
9 106 (3.61%) Data Scientist
10 104 (3.54%) Support Analyst
11 98 (3.34%) Support Engineer
12 92 (3.13%) Coordinator
12 92 (3.13%) Senior Developer
13 84 (2.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 84 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
14 83 (2.83%) Project Manager
15 73 (2.49%) Data Engineer
16 72 (2.45%) Systems Engineer
17 62 (2.11%) IT Engineer
18 61 (2.08%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (6.23%) .NET
2 146 (4.97%) HTML
3 117 (3.99%) CSS
4 82 (2.79%) React
5 52 (1.77%) Spring
6 50 (1.70%) AngularJS
7 49 (1.67%) XML
8 45 (1.53%) Web Services
9 42 (1.43%) HTML5
10 41 (1.40%) RESTful
11 40 (1.36%) Node.js
12 37 (1.26%) Hibernate
13 36 (1.23%) .NET Framework
13 36 (1.23%) REST
14 33 (1.12%) ASP.NET
15 29 (0.99%) .NET Core
15 29 (0.99%) CSS3
15 29 (0.99%) SOAP
16 28 (0.95%) Vue
17 27 (0.92%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 362 (12.33%) Self-Motivation
2 242 (8.24%) Management Information System
3 213 (7.25%) Algorithms
4 99 (3.37%) Data Centre
5 85 (2.90%) Product Ownership
6 74 (2.52%) Driving Licence
7 71 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
8 57 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
9 53 (1.81%) IoT
10 52 (1.77%) Data Structures
11 41 (1.40%) Onboarding
12 36 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
13 35 (1.19%) Client/Server
14 31 (1.06%) Life Science
15 28 (0.95%) Cloud Native
16 27 (0.92%) NHS
17 26 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
18 24 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
18 24 (0.82%) PMI
19 22 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 510 (17.37%) Windows
2 209 (7.12%) Linux
3 164 (5.59%) Windows Server
4 122 (4.16%) Windows 10
5 59 (2.01%) Windows Server 2019
6 56 (1.91%) Windows Server 2016
7 41 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
8 40 (1.36%) Windows 7
9 39 (1.33%) Apple iOS
9 39 (1.33%) Unix
10 33 (1.12%) Mac OS
11 26 (0.89%) Android
12 21 (0.72%) Embedded Linux
13 12 (0.41%) Windows XP
14 8 (0.27%) VMS
15 7 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 5 (0.17%) AIX
16 5 (0.17%) CentOS
16 5 (0.17%) Data ONTAP
17 4 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 498 (16.96%) Agile
2 492 (16.76%) Mentoring
3 459 (15.63%) Customer Service
4 398 (13.56%) Computer Science
5 385 (13.11%) Project Management
6 361 (12.30%) Decision-Making
7 359 (12.23%) Coaching
8 356 (12.13%) DevOps
9 290 (9.88%) Cybersecurity
10 264 (8.99%) Mathematics
11 258 (8.79%) Software Engineering
12 255 (8.69%) Collaborative Working
13 248 (8.45%) Continuous Improvement
14 243 (8.28%) ITIL
15 232 (7.90%) Actionable Insight
16 213 (7.25%) Data Analysis
17 209 (7.12%) Data Science
18 172 (5.86%) CI/CD
19 170 (5.79%) CRM
20 151 (5.14%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 316 (10.76%) SQL
2 276 (9.40%) Python
3 200 (6.81%) JavaScript
4 195 (6.64%) C#
4 195 (6.64%) Java
5 181 (6.16%) C++
6 145 (4.94%) C
7 125 (4.26%) PowerShell
8 80 (2.72%) Bash
9 57 (1.94%) PHP
10 50 (1.70%) Fortran
11 32 (1.09%) Perl
12 30 (1.02%) MATLAB
13 29 (0.99%) TypeScript
14 28 (0.95%) PL/SQL
14 28 (0.95%) Shell Script
15 18 (0.61%) R
16 17 (0.58%) Go
17 13 (0.44%) Ruby
17 13 (0.44%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 876 (29.84%) Degree
2 441 (15.02%) Security Cleared
3 289 (9.84%) SC Cleared
4 205 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 121 (4.12%) Master's Degree
6 113 (3.85%) DV Cleared
7 102 (3.47%) DBS Check
8 89 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 62 (2.11%) PhD
10 52 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
11 40 (1.36%) AWS Certification
11 40 (1.36%) NVQ Level 3
12 35 (1.19%) PMI Certification
13 33 (1.12%) CCNP
13 33 (1.12%) MCP
14 32 (1.09%) CCNA
15 29 (0.99%) MCSE
16 26 (0.89%) HNC
17 25 (0.85%) A+ Certification
18 23 (0.78%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (7.05%) QA
2 144 (4.90%) GDPR
3 138 (4.70%) SLA
4 111 (3.78%) Data Quality
5 69 (2.35%) PMO
6 30 (1.02%) Accessibility
6 30 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 27 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
8 26 (0.89%) ISO 9001
9 22 (0.75%) Good Clinical Practice
10 19 (0.65%) Software Quality Assurance
11 14 (0.48%) HIPAA
12 12 (0.41%) IFRS
13 11 (0.37%) Automotive SPICE
13 11 (0.37%) COSHH
13 11 (0.37%) ISO 26262
13 11 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 9 (0.31%) ISO 13485
15 8 (0.27%) ISO 14001
15 8 (0.27%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 265 (9.03%) Active Directory
2 141 (4.80%) Docker
3 103 (3.51%) Hyper-V
4 101 (3.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 32 (1.09%) Firmware
6 27 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
8 15 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
9 12 (0.41%) KVM
9 12 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (0.20%) vSphere
11 5 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (0.17%) XenApp
12 4 (0.14%) HDFS
12 4 (0.14%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.10%) VirtualBox
14 1 (0.034%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.034%) NFS
14 1 (0.034%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 117 (3.99%) Kubernetes
2 73 (2.49%) SCCM
3 61 (2.08%) Ansible
4 37 (1.26%) Terraform
5 34 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
6 33 (1.12%) SCOM
7 31 (1.06%) Puppet
8 22 (0.75%) OpenSSO
8 22 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
9 17 (0.58%) vCenter Server
9 17 (0.58%) WSUS
10 15 (0.51%) ZABBIX
11 14 (0.48%) NetBackup
12 12 (0.41%) EMC NetWorker
13 11 (0.37%) FortiGate
13 11 (0.37%) Functional Safety
14 10 (0.34%) Consul
15 9 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 7 (0.24%) Prometheus
17 6 (0.20%) Autotask
Vendors
1 825 (28.10%) Microsoft
2 151 (5.14%) Oracle
3 127 (4.33%) VMware
4 126 (4.29%) Google
5 94 (3.20%) Salesforce
6 86 (2.93%) Cisco
7 79 (2.69%) SAP
8 41 (1.40%) Siebel
9 30 (1.02%) HP
9 30 (1.02%) ServiceNow
10 29 (0.99%) Juniper
11 25 (0.85%) Fortinet
11 25 (0.85%) Palo Alto
12 24 (0.82%) Adobe
12 24 (0.82%) Dell
12 24 (0.82%) Remedy
13 23 (0.78%) Apple
13 23 (0.78%) Xilinx
14 21 (0.72%) Citrix
14 21 (0.72%) Veeam