Problem-Solving Jobs in Somerset

Problem Solving
South West > Somerset

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

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 16 11
Rank change year-on-year +13 -5 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 108 61 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 14.94% 10.61% 15.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.45% 11.69% 18.38%
Number of salaries quoted 70 26 69
10th Percentile £24,850 £26,250 £27,150
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,829 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +28.57%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,750 £59,031 -
South West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 528 522 555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 73.03% 90.78% 85.12%
Number of salaries quoted 423 324 350
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,825 £27,950
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,188 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £56,875 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £64,750 £70,420 £70,250
South West median annual salary £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.42%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Somerset

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Somerset

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Somerset

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Somerset over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Somerset

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 29 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
Bath +4 48 £47,500 -13.64% 19
Taunton +7 25 £33,000 -6.27% 8
Portishead - 6 £50,000 -
Weston-super-Mare +3 5 £35,000 - 2
Street +5 3 £35,750 - 64
Templecombe - 3 - - 1
Shepton Mallet - 3 £34,000 - 1
Yeovil -11 2 £42,500 +3.66% 3
Problem-Solving
South West

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.85%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.93%) JOnAS
2 1 (0.93%) Moodle
2 1 (0.93%) Skype for Business
2 1 (0.93%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (9.26%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.56%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.93%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.93%) iTrent
2 1 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 21 (19.44%) Azure
2 19 (17.59%) GCP
3 16 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (12.04%) AWS
5 8 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.70%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.78%) SaaS
8 2 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (1.85%) Azure Storage
8 2 (1.85%) Cloud Functions
8 2 (1.85%) dbt
8 2 (1.85%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.85%) Firebase
8 2 (1.85%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.93%) PaaS
9 1 (0.93%) Serverless
9 1 (0.93%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.41%) Network Security
2 7 (6.48%) LAN
3 6 (5.56%) OFDM
3 6 (5.56%) Remote Desktop
4 5 (4.63%) Wireless
5 3 (2.78%) BGP
5 3 (2.78%) Firewall
5 3 (2.78%) Internet
5 3 (2.78%) OSPF
6 2 (1.85%) DHCP
6 2 (1.85%) DNS
6 2 (1.85%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.85%) WAN
7 1 (0.93%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.93%) MPLS
7 1 (0.93%) Skype
7 1 (0.93%) VLAN
7 1 (0.93%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.89%) BigQuery
1 15 (13.89%) Looker
2 8 (7.41%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.70%) Power BI
3 4 (3.70%) Relational Database
3 4 (3.70%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.85%) Metabase
4 2 (1.85%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.85%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.85%) Redis
5 1 (0.93%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.93%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.78%) Git
2 1 (0.93%) gulp
2 1 (0.93%) webpack
General
1 53 (49.07%) Social Skills
2 41 (37.96%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (8.33%) Finance
4 8 (7.41%) Billing
4 8 (7.41%) Electronics
5 7 (6.48%) Law
6 5 (4.63%) Games
7 3 (2.78%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.78%) Legal
7 3 (2.78%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.78%) Marketing
7 3 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.85%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.85%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.93%) Back Office
9 1 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Military
9 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (12.96%) Developer
2 10 (9.26%) Analyst
2 10 (9.26%) Graduate
3 9 (8.33%) Engineering Manager
4 8 (7.41%) Data Manager
5 7 (6.48%) Data Engineer
5 7 (6.48%) Embedded Engineer
5 7 (6.48%) IT Manager
5 7 (6.48%) IT Support
5 7 (6.48%) Principal Data Engineer
5 7 (6.48%) Principal Engineer
6 6 (5.56%) 1st Line Support
6 6 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (5.56%) Consultant
6 6 (5.56%) DSP Engineer
6 6 (5.56%) Electronics Engineer
6 6 (5.56%) Platform Engineer
6 6 (5.56%) Service Desk Manager
6 6 (5.56%) Service Manager
7 5 (4.63%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.41%) Vue
2 7 (6.48%) CSS
2 7 (6.48%) HTML
2 7 (6.48%) Node.js
3 3 (2.78%) .NET
3 3 (2.78%) .NET Framework
3 3 (2.78%) ASP.NET Web API
3 3 (2.78%) React
4 2 (1.85%) D3.js
5 1 (0.93%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.93%) EDI
5 1 (0.93%) REST
5 1 (0.93%) SOAP
5 1 (0.93%) Web Services
5 1 (0.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.89%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (11.11%) Driving Licence
3 8 (7.41%) Algorithms
3 8 (7.41%) Product Ownership
4 6 (5.56%) FPGA
4 6 (5.56%) VHDL
5 5 (4.63%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.70%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.85%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.85%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.85%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.93%) BBC
8 1 (0.93%) Clustering
8 1 (0.93%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.93%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.93%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.93%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 15 (13.89%) Windows
2 6 (5.56%) Mac OS
3 4 (3.70%) Mac OS X
4 3 (2.78%) Linux
5 2 (1.85%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (26.85%) Customer Service
2 18 (16.67%) DevOps
3 16 (14.81%) Agile
3 16 (14.81%) Platform Engineering
4 15 (13.89%) Data Engineering
5 14 (12.96%) Line Management
5 14 (12.96%) Mentoring
6 13 (12.04%) Change Management
7 12 (11.11%) Business Strategy
7 12 (11.11%) SDLC
8 11 (10.19%) CI/CD
8 11 (10.19%) Data Science
9 10 (9.26%) Computer Science
9 10 (9.26%) Data Modelling
9 10 (9.26%) Process Improvement
9 10 (9.26%) Project Management
10 9 (8.33%) Decision-Making
10 9 (8.33%) ETL
10 9 (8.33%) Scrum
11 8 (7.41%) Backlog Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.04%) JavaScript
2 10 (9.26%) SQL
3 9 (8.33%) C++
4 8 (7.41%) C
4 8 (7.41%) Python
5 6 (5.56%) MATLAB
6 5 (4.63%) Java
7 4 (3.70%) C#
7 4 (3.70%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.85%) Embedded C
8 2 (1.85%) Embedded C++
8 2 (1.85%) Lisp
9 1 (0.93%) Bash
9 1 (0.93%) PHP
9 1 (0.93%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.93%) Scala
Qualifications
1 30 (27.78%) Degree
2 10 (9.26%) A+ Certification
3 9 (8.33%) Master's Degree
3 9 (8.33%) MCP
3 9 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (8.33%) Security Cleared
4 8 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (7.41%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.93%) BC Cleared
5 1 (0.93%) CCNP
5 1 (0.93%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.93%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.93%) HND
5 1 (0.93%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (12.04%) GDPR
2 11 (10.19%) QA
3 2 (1.85%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.93%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.93%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.78%) Docker
3 2 (1.85%) Firmware
3 2 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.93%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (4.63%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.93%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.93%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (0.93%) SCCM
2 1 (0.93%) WSUS
Vendors
1 27 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (15.74%) Google
3 3 (2.78%) SAP
3 3 (2.78%) Thales
4 2 (1.85%) Oracle
5 1 (0.93%) Cisco
5 1 (0.93%) Concur
5 1 (0.93%) Fujitsu
5 1 (0.93%) HP
5 1 (0.93%) Juniper
5 1 (0.93%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.93%) Workday