Problem-Solving Jobs in Birmingham

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 8 12 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 +2
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 338 259 330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 12.48% 12.84% 10.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.11% 13.41% 10.81%
Number of salaries quoted 275 208 242
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £29,775
25th Percentile £35,750 £34,250 £31,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £46,111
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +13.86% -2.92%
75th Percentile £58,750 £66,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £73,625
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,237 1,932 3,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 82.58% 95.79% 97.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,808 1,423 2,308
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.49%
75th Percentile £69,829 £71,250 £70,875
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,700 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

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

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 45 (13.31%) SharePoint
2 19 (5.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.55%) WordPress
4 6 (1.78%) IIS
5 3 (0.89%) IBM Notes
6 2 (0.59%) Confluence
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.30%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 37 (10.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (5.92%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.37%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.18%) CANalyzer
4 4 (1.18%) Trello
5 3 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.30%) InVision
6 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.30%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.30%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 14 (4.14%) NetSuite
2 7 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.78%) Shopify
4 4 (1.18%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.59%) Misys Midas
5 2 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.30%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 71 (21.01%) Azure
1 71 (21.01%) Microsoft 365
2 62 (18.34%) Power Platform
3 39 (11.54%) AWS
4 26 (7.69%) GCP
5 25 (7.40%) Entra ID
6 17 (5.03%) SaaS
7 9 (2.66%) Google Drive
8 8 (2.37%) OneDrive
9 7 (2.07%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.78%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.48%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.48%) Matillion
11 5 (1.48%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.18%) Google Docs
12 4 (1.18%) Snowflake
12 4 (1.18%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 39 (11.54%) Firewall
2 34 (10.06%) WAN
3 24 (7.10%) LAN
4 16 (4.73%) Intranet
5 13 (3.85%) TCP/IP
6 11 (3.25%) Intrusion Detection
7 10 (2.96%) iSCSI
8 9 (2.66%) DNS
9 8 (2.37%) DHCP
9 8 (2.37%) PBX
10 6 (1.78%) Fibre Channel
10 6 (1.78%) SD-WAN
11 5 (1.48%) VLAN
11 5 (1.48%) VoIP
12 4 (1.18%) Ethernet
12 4 (1.18%) SAN
12 4 (1.18%) SNMP
12 4 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (1.18%) Wireless
13 3 (0.89%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (18.34%) Power BI
2 22 (6.51%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (5.62%) Looker
3 19 (5.62%) SQL Server
4 17 (5.03%) Tableau
5 14 (4.14%) BigQuery
6 10 (2.96%) MySQL
7 6 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (1.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.48%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.18%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.18%) InterSystems Cache
9 4 (1.18%) Metadata
9 4 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.18%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.18%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.89%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.89%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 14 (4.14%) Git
2 6 (1.78%) Octopus Deploy
2 6 (1.78%) TeamCity
3 5 (1.48%) JIRA
4 4 (1.18%) CANoe
4 4 (1.18%) Postman
5 3 (0.89%) GitLab
6 2 (0.59%) gulp
7 1 (0.30%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 206 (60.95%) Social Skills
2 115 (34.02%) Analytical Skills
3 79 (23.37%) Finance
4 28 (8.28%) Retail
5 26 (7.69%) Marketing
6 22 (6.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (4.44%) Manufacturing
8 12 (3.55%) Local Government
8 12 (3.55%) Telecoms
9 11 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (3.25%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.07%) Fire and Rescue
11 6 (1.78%) Billing
11 6 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.18%) Automotive
12 4 (1.18%) French Language
12 4 (1.18%) Law
12 4 (1.18%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 51 (15.09%) Senior
2 40 (11.83%) Developer
3 38 (11.24%) IT Manager
4 35 (10.36%) Lead
5 29 (8.58%) Analyst
5 29 (8.58%) Consultant
6 20 (5.92%) Functional Consultant
7 19 (5.62%) Administrator
8 17 (5.03%) IT Support
9 16 (4.73%) Senior Consultant
10 15 (4.44%) Architect
10 15 (4.44%) Project Manager
10 15 (4.44%) Senior Functional Consultant
10 15 (4.44%) Support Engineer
11 14 (4.14%) NetSuite Consultant
12 13 (3.85%) Applications Support
12 13 (3.85%) Systems Administrator
13 12 (3.55%) IT Administrator
13 12 (3.55%) IT Systems Administrator
14 11 (3.25%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.03%) HTML
2 13 (3.85%) CSS
3 12 (3.55%) .NET
4 9 (2.66%) AngularJS
5 8 (2.37%) ASP.NET
5 8 (2.37%) jQuery
6 7 (2.07%) .NET Core
7 5 (1.48%) Kafka
7 5 (1.48%) React
8 4 (1.18%) JSON
8 4 (1.18%) RESTful
8 4 (1.18%) Spring
8 4 (1.18%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.18%) Vue
8 4 (1.18%) Web Services
9 3 (0.89%) Express.js
9 3 (0.89%) GraphQL
9 3 (0.89%) OAuth
9 3 (0.89%) OpenID
9 3 (0.89%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 41 (12.13%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (6.51%) Management Information System
3 18 (5.33%) Product Ownership
4 15 (4.44%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (4.44%) Replication
5 13 (3.85%) Mobile App
5 13 (3.85%) Wiki
6 11 (3.25%) AS400
6 11 (3.25%) iSeries
7 10 (2.96%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.96%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.07%) NHS
9 5 (1.48%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.48%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.48%) Housing Association
9 5 (1.48%) Smartphone
9 5 (1.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 4 (1.18%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.18%) Infotainment
10 4 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 58 (17.16%) Windows
2 30 (8.88%) Windows 10
3 16 (4.73%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.55%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (2.37%) VMS
6 6 (1.78%) Linux
6 6 (1.78%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.59%) Android
7 2 (0.59%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.59%) Unix
7 2 (0.59%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (21.30%) Agile
2 57 (16.86%) Business Intelligence
3 54 (15.98%) Project Management
4 50 (14.79%) Mentoring
5 49 (14.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 40 (11.83%) Data Governance
7 37 (10.95%) ITIL
8 36 (10.65%) SDLC
9 35 (10.36%) Analytics
10 33 (9.76%) Computer Science
11 32 (9.47%) Customer Service
11 32 (9.47%) User Experience
12 29 (8.58%) Service Delivery
13 27 (7.99%) Decision-Making
14 25 (7.40%) CRM
14 25 (7.40%) DevOps
15 24 (7.10%) Data Modelling
15 24 (7.10%) Visualisation
16 23 (6.80%) Data Analysis
16 23 (6.80%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (21.01%) SQL
2 28 (8.28%) Python
3 21 (6.21%) JavaScript
4 15 (4.44%) PowerShell
5 14 (4.14%) C#
6 12 (3.55%) Java
7 11 (3.25%) Perl
7 11 (3.25%) RPG
7 11 (3.25%) RPG IV
7 11 (3.25%) RPG/400
8 9 (2.66%) PHP
9 8 (2.37%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.78%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.18%) C
12 2 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.59%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.59%) R
12 2 (0.59%) Swift
13 1 (0.30%) ABAP
13 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 60 (17.75%) Degree
2 22 (6.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.96%) DBS Check
3 10 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (2.37%) Azure Certification
5 7 (2.07%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.48%) ACCA
7 4 (1.18%) MBA
7 4 (1.18%) MCSE
7 4 (1.18%) Security Cleared
8 3 (0.89%) APMP
8 3 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.89%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.59%) PMP
9 2 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.30%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.30%) CCIE
10 1 (0.30%) CCNP
10 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.99%) GDPR
2 20 (5.92%) QA
3 19 (5.62%) Data Quality
4 18 (5.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (3.25%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.07%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (2.07%) SLA
7 5 (1.48%) GAAP
7 5 (1.48%) IFRS
8 4 (1.18%) ISO 26262
9 2 (0.59%) NIST
9 2 (0.59%) PMO
10 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 40 (11.83%) Active Directory
2 25 (7.40%) Hyper-V
3 22 (6.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.55%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.78%) NFS
6 4 (1.18%) pfSense
7 3 (0.89%) Docker
7 3 (0.89%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (4.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.55%) SCCM
3 10 (2.96%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.18%) Terraform
5 1 (0.30%) Icinga
5 1 (0.30%) Nagios
Vendors
1 76 (22.49%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.47%) Google
3 29 (8.58%) VMware
4 17 (5.03%) Cisco
4 17 (5.03%) Veeam
5 16 (4.73%) Sophos
6 13 (3.85%) IBM
7 9 (2.66%) Xero
8 7 (2.07%) Meraki
9 6 (1.78%) Brocade
9 6 (1.78%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.48%) Adobe
10 5 (1.48%) CA
10 5 (1.48%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.48%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.48%) SAP
11 4 (1.18%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.18%) Dell
11 4 (1.18%) InterSystems
11 4 (1.18%) Jaspersoft