Problem-Solving Jobs in Bedfordshire

Problem Solving
East of England > Bedfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 37 8
Rank change year-on-year +35 -29 +6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 91 55 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 20.68% 7.52% 18.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 26.69% 7.75% 19.40%
Number of salaries quoted 54 18 51
10th Percentile £28,650 £22,675 £21,000
25th Percentile £30,781 £48,750 £25,971
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £59,250 £40,128
Median % change year-on-year -38.82% +47.65% -17.69%
75th Percentile £60,938 £82,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £50,000
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £47,750 £44,250
% change year-on-year -10.99% +7.91% -1.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 341 710 567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 77.50% 97.13% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 241 325 297
10th Percentile £25,000 £35,764 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £46,180 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +19.39% -2.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £88,750 £69,250
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Bedfordshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Bedfordshire.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Bedfordshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Bedfordshire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Bedford +32 38 £35,000 +29.63% 6
Luton +23 37 £60,000 -29.41% 16
Leighton Buzzard +2 4 £32,500 -38.10% 2
Henlow - 1 - -
Problem-Solving
East of England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 5 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (5.49%) WordPress
2 4 (4.40%) Apache
3 3 (3.30%) Skype for Business
4 2 (2.20%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.10%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (10.99%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (8.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.30%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (3.30%) Adobe XD
4 2 (2.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.09%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (7.69%) AWS
2 7 (7.69%) Azure
3 5 (5.49%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.40%) Amazon S3
4 4 (4.40%) Snowflake
5 3 (3.30%) Serverless
5 3 (3.30%) WhatsApp
6 2 (2.20%) Mimecast
6 2 (2.20%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.10%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.19%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.30%) Skype
2 3 (3.30%) WebEx
3 2 (2.20%) Ethernet
3 2 (2.20%) Firewall
4 1 (1.10%) LAN
4 1 (1.10%) WAN
4 1 (1.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.49%) Power BI
2 4 (4.40%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (4.40%) GIS
2 4 (4.40%) Spatial Data
2 4 (4.40%) Triplestore
3 3 (3.30%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.20%) MySQL
5 1 (1.10%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.10%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (1.10%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (10.99%) LabVIEW
2 2 (2.20%) Git
3 1 (1.10%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.10%) JIRA
General
1 47 (51.65%) Social Skills
2 31 (34.07%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (27.47%) Finance
4 13 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 9 (9.89%) Aerospace
6 8 (8.79%) Electronics
7 6 (6.59%) Law
8 4 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (4.40%) Local Government
8 4 (4.40%) Manufacturing
8 4 (4.40%) Retail
9 2 (2.20%) Aviation
9 2 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.20%) Legal
9 2 (2.20%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.20%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (16.48%) Developer
1 15 (16.48%) IT Support
2 11 (12.09%) Consultant
2 11 (12.09%) Managing Consultant
2 11 (12.09%) Security Consultant
3 10 (10.99%) Project Manager
4 8 (8.79%) Analyst
4 8 (8.79%) Data Engineer
5 7 (7.69%) Architect
6 6 (6.59%) IT Analyst
7 5 (5.49%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (5.49%) Support Analyst
8 4 (4.40%) Data Science Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Graduate
8 4 (4.40%) Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (4.40%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 4 (4.40%) IT Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Security Architect
8 4 (4.40%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.59%) JSON
2 5 (5.49%) CSS
2 5 (5.49%) HTML
3 4 (4.40%) RESTful
3 4 (4.40%) XML
4 2 (2.20%) Ajax
4 2 (2.20%) jQuery
4 2 (2.20%) MACH
4 2 (2.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (18.68%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (16.48%) Management Information System
3 11 (12.09%) Operational Technology
4 6 (6.59%) Driving Licence
4 6 (6.59%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (6.59%) Smartphone
5 5 (5.49%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (5.49%) Mobile App
6 4 (4.40%) Clustering
6 4 (4.40%) Data Structures
6 4 (4.40%) Linked Data
6 4 (4.40%) PMI
6 4 (4.40%) Reference Data
7 2 (2.20%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.20%) Life Science
8 1 (1.10%) Blockchain
8 1 (1.10%) BYOD
8 1 (1.10%) Social Network
8 1 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (17.58%) Windows
2 6 (6.59%) Windows 10
3 5 (5.49%) Linux
4 3 (3.30%) Mac OS X
5 2 (2.20%) Android
6 1 (1.10%) VMS
6 1 (1.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (23.08%) Risk Management
2 19 (20.88%) Change Management
3 17 (18.68%) Agile
4 16 (17.58%) Computer Science
4 16 (17.58%) Software Engineering
5 15 (16.48%) Project Management
5 15 (16.48%) Security Architecture
6 14 (15.38%) Line Management
7 13 (14.29%) Data Analysis
7 13 (14.29%) Project Delivery
8 12 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (12.09%) Architectural Patterns
9 11 (12.09%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (12.09%) Mentoring
10 9 (9.89%) Systems Engineering
11 8 (8.79%) Data Modelling
11 8 (8.79%) ITSM
11 8 (8.79%) Refactoring
11 8 (8.79%) Service Management
12 7 (7.69%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.89%) SQL
2 5 (5.49%) JavaScript
2 5 (5.49%) PHP
3 4 (4.40%) SPARQL
4 2 (2.20%) MATLAB
4 2 (2.20%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (38.46%) Degree
2 26 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 15 (16.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (12.09%) CASP
4 11 (12.09%) CEH
4 11 (12.09%) CISM
4 11 (12.09%) CISSP
4 11 (12.09%) CRISC
4 11 (12.09%) SC Cleared
5 5 (5.49%) Master's Degree
6 4 (4.40%) PMI Certification
7 3 (3.30%) A+ Certification
7 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.10%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.10%) HND
8 1 (1.10%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.09%) NCSC
2 6 (6.59%) SLA
3 2 (2.20%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.20%) GDPR
4 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (10.99%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.59%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.30%) SCCM
3 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (21.98%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.59%) Adobe
2 6 (6.59%) ServiceNow
3 5 (5.49%) Apple
4 4 (4.40%) HubSpot
5 3 (3.30%) Cisco
5 3 (3.30%) Google
5 3 (3.30%) WooCommerce
6 2 (2.20%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.20%) SAP
7 1 (1.10%) Bloomberg
7 1 (1.10%) Citrix
7 1 (1.10%) Freshdesk
7 1 (1.10%) Informatica
7 1 (1.10%) Oracle