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 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 10 14 16
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 4,771 5,159 10,049
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.86% 13.02% 13.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.32% 13.55% 14.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,252 2,980 4,788
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,853 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,720 £44,352 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% +6.67%
75th Percentile £72,433 £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 31,137 38,084 71,018
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.42% 96.09% 97.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23,468 26,396 41,605
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,871 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.54% +4.79% +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 29 May 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
1 133 (2.79%) SharePoint
2 108 (2.26%) Apache
3 95 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 58 (1.22%) WordPress
5 49 (1.03%) CMS
6 45 (0.94%) IIS
7 35 (0.73%) Apache Spark
8 33 (0.69%) Confluence
9 26 (0.54%) nginx
10 25 (0.52%) OpenStack
11 21 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
12 20 (0.42%) OpenEdge
13 17 (0.36%) SAS
14 10 (0.21%) Umbraco
15 8 (0.17%) ArcGIS
16 7 (0.15%) WebLogic
17 5 (0.10%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
17 5 (0.10%) Luigi
18 4 (0.084%) Drupal
18 4 (0.084%) Tomcat
Applications
1 284 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 262 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
3 105 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (0.57%) 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 63 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (0.65%) Shopify
3 23 (0.48%) 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
9 6 (0.13%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 959 (20.10%) Azure
2 815 (17.08%) AWS
3 343 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
4 330 (6.92%) Power Platform
5 255 (5.34%) SaaS
6 179 (3.75%) Serverless
7 178 (3.73%) GCP
8 133 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
9 130 (2.72%) Entra ID
10 124 (2.60%) Amazon S3
10 124 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
11 121 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
12 88 (1.84%) GitHub
12 88 (1.84%) PowerApps
13 86 (1.80%) Snowflake
14 83 (1.74%) Power Automate
15 68 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
16 52 (1.09%) IaaS
17 46 (0.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 45 (0.94%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 297 (6.23%) Firewall
2 145 (3.04%) DNS
3 112 (2.35%) Internet
4 104 (2.18%) TCP/IP
4 104 (2.18%) VPN
5 80 (1.68%) DHCP
6 76 (1.59%) WAN
7 67 (1.40%) SNMP
8 65 (1.36%) Network Security
8 65 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
9 59 (1.24%) LAN
9 59 (1.24%) Wireless
10 58 (1.22%) IPsec
11 49 (1.03%) SAN
12 37 (0.78%) VLAN
13 34 (0.71%) SD-WAN
14 33 (0.69%) NAS
15 32 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
16 26 (0.54%) VoIP
17 20 (0.42%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 424 (8.89%) SQL Server
2 261 (5.47%) Power BI
3 244 (5.11%) Tableau
4 201 (4.21%) MySQL
5 187 (3.92%) Relational Database
6 158 (3.31%) Elasticsearch
7 156 (3.27%) MongoDB
8 116 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
9 89 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
10 72 (1.51%) Redis
11 68 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 65 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 64 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
14 57 (1.19%) Big Data
15 53 (1.11%) DynamoDB
16 52 (1.09%) Data Lake
17 50 (1.05%) RDBMS
18 36 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
19 35 (0.73%) NoSQL
19 35 (0.73%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 429 (8.99%) Git
2 190 (3.98%) JIRA
3 102 (2.14%) Jenkins
4 94 (1.97%) GitLab
5 45 (0.94%) Visual Studio
6 35 (0.73%) Selenium
7 33 (0.69%) TeamCity
8 31 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
9 26 (0.54%) Maven
10 22 (0.46%) JUnit
11 19 (0.40%) JMeter
11 19 (0.40%) LabVIEW
12 18 (0.38%) Cucumber
12 18 (0.38%) Eclipse
13 17 (0.36%) SpecFlow
14 14 (0.29%) Cypress.io
14 14 (0.29%) Postman
14 14 (0.29%) webpack
15 12 (0.25%) Bitbucket
15 12 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 2,587 (54.22%) Social Skills
2 1,458 (30.56%) Analytical Skills
3 995 (20.86%) Finance
4 475 (9.96%) Retail
5 327 (6.85%) Marketing
6 308 (6.46%) Presentation Skills
7 296 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 287 (6.02%) Legal
9 199 (4.17%) Public Sector
10 194 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
11 144 (3.02%) Law
12 125 (2.62%) Manufacturing
13 91 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
14 86 (1.80%) Banking
15 75 (1.57%) Telecoms
16 73 (1.53%) Electronics
16 73 (1.53%) Games
17 62 (1.30%) Automotive
18 48 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
19 47 (0.99%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 911 (19.09%) Developer
2 826 (17.31%) Senior
3 744 (15.59%) Analyst
4 408 (8.55%) Lead
5 328 (6.87%) Software Engineer
6 254 (5.32%) Consultant
7 249 (5.22%) Architect
8 226 (4.74%) Senior Developer
9 193 (4.05%) Data Analyst
10 184 (3.86%) Software Developer
11 161 (3.37%) Project Manager
12 152 (3.19%) Solutions Architect
13 151 (3.16%) Senior Analyst
14 142 (2.98%) Business Analyst
14 142 (2.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 136 (2.85%) Support Engineer
16 133 (2.79%) .NET Developer
17 113 (2.37%) IT Support
18 109 (2.28%) Senior Data Analyst
19 108 (2.26%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 476 (9.98%) .NET
2 329 (6.90%) HTML
3 302 (6.33%) CSS
4 294 (6.16%) React
5 230 (4.82%) Node.js
6 207 (4.34%) AngularJS
7 187 (3.92%) RESTful
8 133 (2.79%) Vue
9 130 (2.72%) .NET Core
10 123 (2.58%) .NET Framework
11 119 (2.49%) ASP.NET
12 112 (2.35%) Web Services
13 95 (1.99%) GraphQL
14 94 (1.97%) REST
15 83 (1.74%) Django
16 73 (1.53%) Spring
16 73 (1.53%) YAML
17 71 (1.49%) Kafka
18 70 (1.47%) RabbitMQ
19 62 (1.30%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 302 (6.33%) Self-Motivation
2 206 (4.32%) Management Information System
3 167 (3.50%) Product Ownership
4 160 (3.35%) Client/Server
5 148 (3.10%) Data Centre
5 148 (3.10%) Data Structures
6 146 (3.06%) Algorithms
7 107 (2.24%) Onboarding
8 75 (1.57%) Cloud Native
9 72 (1.51%) Mobile App
10 70 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
11 61 (1.28%) Driving Licence
12 59 (1.24%) IoT
13 54 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
14 45 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
15 43 (0.90%) Virtual Team
16 42 (0.88%) Life Science
17 38 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
18 37 (0.78%) PropTech
19 34 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 516 (10.82%) Windows
2 367 (7.69%) Linux
3 196 (4.11%) Windows Server
4 116 (2.43%) Apple iOS
5 108 (2.26%) Android
6 73 (1.53%) Windows 10
7 54 (1.13%) Data ONTAP
8 42 (0.88%) Unix
9 38 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
10 28 (0.59%) AIX
11 21 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
11 21 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
12 18 (0.38%) Mac OS
12 18 (0.38%) Windows 8
13 15 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
14 13 (0.27%) CentOS
15 12 (0.25%) Windows 7
16 11 (0.23%) VMS
17 10 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 10 (0.21%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,207 (25.30%) Agile
2 683 (14.32%) Software Engineering
3 590 (12.37%) Analytics
4 577 (12.09%) DevOps
5 549 (11.51%) Project Management
6 543 (11.38%) Computer Science
7 496 (10.40%) Mentoring
8 495 (10.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 477 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
10 421 (8.82%) Customer Service
11 418 (8.76%) Decision-Making
12 363 (7.61%) Data Analysis
13 354 (7.42%) CI/CD
14 345 (7.23%) Stakeholder Management
14 345 (7.23%) User Experience
15 343 (7.19%) Business Intelligence
16 338 (7.08%) Full Stack Development
17 317 (6.64%) Roadmaps
17 317 (6.64%) Visualisation
18 299 (6.27%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 958 (20.08%) SQL
2 917 (19.22%) Python
3 564 (11.82%) JavaScript
4 562 (11.78%) C#
5 404 (8.47%) Java
6 229 (4.80%) TypeScript
7 160 (3.35%) C
8 145 (3.04%) PHP
9 133 (2.79%) C++
10 124 (2.60%) PowerShell
11 115 (2.41%) Bash
12 106 (2.22%) T-SQL
13 92 (1.93%) Go
14 49 (1.03%) R
15 45 (0.94%) Ruby
16 44 (0.92%) Perl
16 44 (0.92%) Scala
17 37 (0.78%) VB
18 36 (0.75%) PL/SQL
19 32 (0.67%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1,237 (25.93%) Degree
2 555 (11.63%) Security Cleared
3 350 (7.34%) SC Cleared
4 347 (7.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 290 (6.08%) DBS Check
6 127 (2.66%) Master's Degree
7 101 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 83 (1.74%) DV Cleared
9 80 (1.68%) CISSP
10 72 (1.51%) AWS Certification
11 71 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
12 68 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
13 64 (1.34%) PMI Certification
14 60 (1.26%) Azure Certification
15 50 (1.05%) CCNA
16 38 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
17 37 (0.78%) CEH
18 36 (0.75%) MCSE
19 34 (0.71%) ACCA
19 34 (0.71%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 337 (7.06%) QA
2 126 (2.64%) Data Quality
3 114 (2.39%) SLA
4 95 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 76 (1.59%) GDPR
6 70 (1.47%) Accessibility
7 45 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
7 45 (0.94%) NIST
8 32 (0.67%) PCI DSS
9 28 (0.59%) ISO 9001
10 27 (0.57%) NCSC
11 25 (0.52%) IFRS
12 22 (0.46%) SOC 2
13 20 (0.42%) Software Quality Assurance
14 18 (0.38%) PMO
15 15 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 11 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
16 11 (0.23%) GRC
16 11 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 11 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 332 (6.96%) Docker
2 276 (5.78%) Active Directory
3 166 (3.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 73 (1.53%) Hyper-V
5 41 (0.86%) Firmware
6 38 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
7 31 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
8 21 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
9 12 (0.25%) vSphere
10 11 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
10 11 (0.23%) Terminal Services
11 9 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
12 7 (0.15%) KVM
12 7 (0.15%) NFS
13 3 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.042%) DFS Replication
14 2 (0.042%) Kamailio
14 2 (0.042%) Varnish
14 2 (0.042%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.021%) Snort
Systems Management
1 282 (5.91%) Kubernetes
2 190 (3.98%) Terraform
3 134 (2.81%) Ansible
4 78 (1.63%) Prometheus
5 77 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 75 (1.57%) vCenter Server
7 37 (0.78%) Puppet
8 35 (0.73%) Grafana
9 34 (0.71%) SCCM
10 22 (0.46%) SCOM
11 16 (0.34%) Progress Chef
12 12 (0.25%) Consul
13 11 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 11 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
14 10 (0.21%) Nagios
14 10 (0.21%) ZABBIX
15 9 (0.19%) Data Guard
15 9 (0.19%) Graphite
15 9 (0.19%) HAProxy
15 9 (0.19%) Packer
Vendors
1 1,052 (22.05%) Microsoft
2 216 (4.53%) VMware
3 182 (3.81%) Google
4 169 (3.54%) Databricks
5 160 (3.35%) Oracle
6 142 (2.98%) SAP
7 90 (1.89%) Cisco
8 77 (1.61%) ServiceNow
9 76 (1.59%) Palo Alto
10 68 (1.43%) Salesforce
11 65 (1.36%) Red Hat
12 55 (1.15%) NetApp
13 54 (1.13%) SolidFire
14 51 (1.07%) Adobe
15 42 (0.88%) IBM
16 38 (0.80%) Meraki
17 36 (0.75%) Splunk
18 34 (0.71%) Dell
19 28 (0.59%) Xilinx
20 27 (0.57%) Facebook