Problem-Solving Jobs in Shropshire

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Shropshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Shropshire 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 15 16
Rank change year-on-year +12 +1 +11
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 63 29 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Shropshire 20.93% 13.94% 10.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.51% 14.29% 11.62%
Number of salaries quoted 37 9 17
10th Percentile £25,750 £42,650 £34,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £43,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,072 £47,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.36% +10.59% +21.43%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £61,000 £66,250
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
Shropshire

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 Shropshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 247 203 198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Shropshire 82.06% 97.60% 92.52%
Number of salaries quoted 164 90 132
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,725 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,313 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £59,500 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.77% +30.77% +1.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,438 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £74,825
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Shropshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Shropshire

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Shropshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Shropshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Shropshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Shropshire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Telford +8 34 £36,250 -22.87% 23
Shrewsbury -2 12 £38,750 - 4
Bridgnorth - 12 £52,500 - 1
Shifnal - 4 - -
Problem-Solving
West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire 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 4 (6.35%) SharePoint
1 4 (6.35%) WordPress
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (34.92%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (7.94%) SAP ERP
2 4 (6.35%) Magento
3 2 (3.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (3.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.59%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 12 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (17.46%) Azure
3 9 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 5 (7.94%) WhatsApp
5 4 (6.35%) Google Ads
5 4 (6.35%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.59%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.35%) DHCP
1 4 (6.35%) DNS
1 4 (6.35%) Fibre Channel
1 4 (6.35%) LAN
1 4 (6.35%) Remote Desktop
1 4 (6.35%) SAN
1 4 (6.35%) WAN
2 1 (1.59%) Broadband
2 1 (1.59%) Firewall
2 1 (1.59%) VPN
2 1 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.70%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.94%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (3.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (3.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.59%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.59%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.59%) PowerCenter
5 1 (1.59%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (11.11%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.17%) Android Studio
3 1 (1.59%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.59%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.59%) JIRA
3 1 (1.59%) Toad
General
1 42 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 27 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (19.05%) Influencing Skills
3 12 (19.05%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (15.87%) Law
5 6 (9.52%) Legal
6 5 (7.94%) Manufacturing
6 5 (7.94%) Marketing
7 2 (3.17%) Finance
7 2 (3.17%) Retail
8 1 (1.59%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 18 (28.57%) Analyst
2 12 (19.05%) Product Analyst
2 12 (19.05%) Sales Analyst
3 9 (14.29%) Developer
3 9 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 9 (14.29%) IT Support
3 9 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
3 9 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) .NET Developer
5 5 (7.94%) Lead
6 4 (6.35%) Administrator
6 4 (6.35%) Business Analyst
6 4 (6.35%) E-Commerce Executive
6 4 (6.35%) Project Manager
6 4 (6.35%) Server Administrator
6 4 (6.35%) VMWare Administrator
7 2 (3.17%) Coordinator
7 2 (3.17%) Senior Manager
7 2 (3.17%) Support Technician
7 2 (3.17%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (15.87%) .NET
2 7 (11.11%) ASP.NET
3 6 (9.52%) XML
4 5 (7.94%) EDI
5 2 (3.17%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 1 (1.59%) Blazor
6 1 (1.59%) WinForms
6 1 (1.59%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (7.94%) Mobile App
2 5 (7.94%) SCADA
3 4 (6.35%) PKI
3 4 (6.35%) Social Media
4 3 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.17%) Data Structures
5 2 (3.17%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.17%) NHS
6 1 (1.59%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.59%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.59%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.59%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 16 (25.40%) Windows
2 5 (7.94%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.35%) CentOS
3 4 (6.35%) Linux
3 4 (6.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (6.35%) Ubuntu
4 2 (3.17%) Android
5 1 (1.59%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.59%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.59%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.59%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.59%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.98%) Continuous Improvement
1 17 (26.98%) Customer Service
2 13 (20.63%) Mathematics
3 12 (19.05%) Customer Requirements
3 12 (19.05%) Project Management
4 10 (15.87%) ERP
5 9 (14.29%) Break/Fix
5 9 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (14.29%) ITIL
6 8 (12.70%) Agile
7 7 (11.11%) Mentoring
7 7 (11.11%) Project Delivery
7 7 (11.11%) User Experience
8 6 (9.52%) Business Analysis
9 5 (7.94%) API Integration
9 5 (7.94%) Data Analysis
9 5 (7.94%) E-Commerce
9 5 (7.94%) Mobile Application Development
9 5 (7.94%) Test Automation
10 4 (6.35%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.63%) SQL
2 9 (14.29%) C#
3 4 (6.35%) Bash
3 4 (6.35%) PowerShell
4 3 (4.76%) VB
5 2 (3.17%) Java
6 1 (1.59%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.59%) Swift
6 1 (1.59%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 29 (46.03%) Degree
2 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.59%) DBS Check
2 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
2 1 (1.59%) MCSE
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (1.59%) PMI Certification
2 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.59%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (11.11%) QA
3 1 (1.59%) ITGC
3 1 (1.59%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (23.81%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.35%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (6.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (6.35%) VMware NSX
2 4 (6.35%) VMware Server
2 4 (6.35%) vSphere
3 2 (3.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (7.94%) Functional Safety
3 4 (6.35%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.59%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.11%) SAP
2 7 (11.11%) SYSPRO
3 5 (7.94%) Xamarin
4 4 (6.35%) Ahrefs
4 4 (6.35%) dotdigital
4 4 (6.35%) Google
4 4 (6.35%) VMware
5 1 (1.59%) Apple
5 1 (1.59%) Cisco
5 1 (1.59%) IBM
5 1 (1.59%) Informatica
5 1 (1.59%) Oracle
5 1 (1.59%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.59%) WatchGuard