Problem-Solving Jobs in the South West

Problem Solving
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 16 18
Rank change year-on-year +8 +2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,334 870 1,062
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.58% 12.42% 13.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.33% 13.14% 14.08%
Number of salaries quoted 796 426 551
10th Percentile £25,875 £27,875 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,875 £34,750 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,938 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £79,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,698 6,620 7,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.16% 94.53% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5,535 3,691 4,984
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,892
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the South West

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the South West.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the South West

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the South West

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the South West 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
Bristol +8 424 £52,500 -10.02% 169
Gloucestershire +14 244 £46,750 -13.02% 82
Dorset +20 240 £45,000 -14.29% 37
Wiltshire +3 146 £43,500 -11.22% 49
Devon +5 128 £40,000 +2.56% 68
Somerset +13 107 £45,000 +9.09% 123
Cornwall 0 30 £38,750 -13.89% 15
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 26 (1.95%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.27%) Apache
4 14 (1.05%) Confluence
5 7 (0.52%) SAS
6 6 (0.45%) CMS
6 6 (0.45%) WordPress
7 5 (0.37%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.37%) NServiceBus
7 5 (0.37%) Oracle Application Server
8 4 (0.30%) IIS
8 4 (0.30%) Site Server
8 4 (0.30%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.22%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.15%) JBoss
10 2 (0.15%) nginx
10 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.075%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.075%) JOnAS
Applications
1 100 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
2 79 (5.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 68 (5.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.75%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.45%) Oracle Smart View
5 6 (0.45%) SOLIDWORKS
5 6 (0.45%) Trello
6 5 (0.37%) GNU Octave
6 5 (0.37%) OrCAD
7 4 (0.30%) Sketch
8 3 (0.22%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.075%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.075%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 6 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.45%) HFM
1 6 (0.45%) Hyperion Planning
2 3 (0.22%) Shopify
3 2 (0.15%) Magento
4 1 (0.075%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.075%) iTrent
4 1 (0.075%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.075%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.075%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 217 (16.27%) Azure
2 144 (10.79%) AWS
3 95 (7.12%) GCP
4 81 (6.07%) Azure DevOps
5 67 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
6 60 (4.50%) Power Platform
7 37 (2.77%) SaaS
8 22 (1.65%) GitHub
9 18 (1.35%) Entra ID
9 18 (1.35%) Serverless
10 13 (0.97%) Power Automate
11 11 (0.82%) npm
12 10 (0.75%) OneDrive
13 9 (0.67%) Amazon S3
14 8 (0.60%) Snowflake
15 7 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
15 7 (0.52%) Figma
16 6 (0.45%) OCI
16 6 (0.45%) PowerApps
17 5 (0.37%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 52 (3.90%) Firewall
2 49 (3.67%) WAN
3 32 (2.40%) 5G
4 31 (2.32%) SD-WAN
5 27 (2.02%) Network Security
5 27 (2.02%) TCP/IP
6 25 (1.87%) DNS
6 25 (1.87%) Internet
7 22 (1.65%) LAN
8 21 (1.57%) VPN
9 18 (1.35%) Wireless
10 16 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
11 15 (1.12%) DHCP
12 11 (0.82%) Ethernet
12 11 (0.82%) RS-232
13 10 (0.75%) HTTP
14 9 (0.67%) VoIP
14 9 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
15 8 (0.60%) IPsec
15 8 (0.60%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (5.32%) SQL Server
2 66 (4.95%) BigQuery
3 65 (4.87%) Looker
4 52 (3.90%) Power BI
5 51 (3.82%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (2.47%) Tableau
7 32 (2.40%) Relational Database
8 27 (2.02%) MongoDB
9 24 (1.80%) MySQL
10 17 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
11 16 (1.20%) Big Data
11 16 (1.20%) NoSQL
12 15 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 11 (0.82%) Star Schema
14 9 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
15 8 (0.60%) RDBMS
15 8 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 7 (0.52%) Data Hub
16 7 (0.52%) Metadata
17 6 (0.45%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 85 (6.37%) Git
2 49 (3.67%) JIRA
3 28 (2.10%) LabVIEW
4 21 (1.57%) Visual Studio
5 16 (1.20%) Rational Rhapsody
6 14 (1.05%) Selenium
7 13 (0.97%) Cucumber
7 13 (0.97%) Jenkins
7 13 (0.97%) Rational DOORS
8 11 (0.82%) Storybook
9 8 (0.60%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.45%) IntelliJ
11 5 (0.37%) Eclipse
11 5 (0.37%) NetBeans
11 5 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
12 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
13 3 (0.22%) JDeveloper
13 3 (0.22%) webpack
14 2 (0.15%) Maven
14 2 (0.15%) Metasploit
General
1 627 (47.00%) Social Skills
2 441 (33.06%) Analytical Skills
3 287 (21.51%) Finance
4 157 (11.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 143 (10.72%) Law
6 142 (10.64%) Banking
7 114 (8.55%) Retail
8 107 (8.02%) Investment Banking
9 85 (6.37%) Presentation Skills
10 69 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
11 64 (4.80%) Marketing
12 55 (4.12%) Electronics
13 54 (4.05%) Legal
14 45 (3.37%) Telecoms
15 41 (3.07%) Manufacturing
16 38 (2.85%) Billing
17 34 (2.55%) Aerospace
18 31 (2.32%) Public Sector
19 27 (2.02%) Military
20 24 (1.80%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 223 (16.72%) Developer
2 211 (15.82%) Senior
3 151 (11.32%) Analyst
4 107 (8.02%) Software Engineer
5 73 (5.47%) Software Developer
6 67 (5.02%) Lead
7 66 (4.95%) Senior Developer
8 58 (4.35%) Architect
9 55 (4.12%) Support Engineer
10 52 (3.90%) Project Manager
11 51 (3.82%) IT Support
12 50 (3.75%) Data Manager
13 44 (3.30%) IT Technician
14 42 (3.15%) Systems Engineer
15 41 (3.07%) Consultant
15 41 (3.07%) Engineering Manager
16 39 (2.92%) Technical Support
17 36 (2.70%) .NET Developer
18 35 (2.62%) Senior Software Engineer
19 34 (2.55%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (8.25%) .NET
2 100 (7.50%) React
3 87 (6.52%) HTML
4 80 (6.00%) CSS
5 79 (5.92%) AngularJS
6 44 (3.30%) Node.js
7 42 (3.15%) Vue
8 37 (2.77%) .NET Framework
9 31 (2.32%) RESTful
10 27 (2.02%) ASP.NET
11 26 (1.95%) .NET Core
12 25 (1.87%) Spring
13 21 (1.57%) Entity Framework
14 19 (1.42%) SOAP
15 17 (1.27%) Laravel
16 16 (1.20%) LESS
16 16 (1.20%) Web Services
16 16 (1.20%) XML
17 14 (1.05%) Sass
17 14 (1.05%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 156 (11.69%) Self-Motivation
2 67 (5.02%) Product Ownership
3 55 (4.12%) Driving Licence
4 52 (3.90%) Management Information System
5 42 (3.15%) Onboarding
6 29 (2.17%) Algorithms
7 28 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
8 26 (1.95%) Mobile App
9 23 (1.72%) GNSS
10 22 (1.65%) Robotics
11 21 (1.57%) Derivative
11 21 (1.57%) FPGA
12 20 (1.50%) Credit Risk
13 18 (1.35%) Data Centre
14 17 (1.27%) Virtual Team
15 15 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
16 13 (0.97%) VHDL
17 12 (0.90%) Replication
18 11 (0.82%) Analogue Electronics
19 9 (0.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 209 (15.67%) Windows
2 118 (8.85%) Linux
3 43 (3.22%) Windows 10
4 40 (3.00%) Apple iOS
5 39 (2.92%) Windows Server
6 33 (2.47%) Unix
7 19 (1.42%) Android
8 13 (0.97%) Mac OS
9 11 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 11 (0.82%) Ubuntu
10 8 (0.60%) Debian
10 8 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (0.52%) AIX
12 6 (0.45%) CentOS
12 6 (0.45%) VMS
13 5 (0.37%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.30%) Data ONTAP
14 4 (0.30%) Kali Linux
15 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
15 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (22.94%) Agile
2 195 (14.62%) Software Engineering
3 193 (14.47%) Project Management
4 180 (13.49%) DevOps
5 173 (12.97%) Mentoring
6 171 (12.82%) Customer Service
7 144 (10.79%) Computer Science
8 121 (9.07%) Analytics
9 118 (8.85%) Test Automation
10 107 (8.02%) CI/CD
11 93 (6.97%) Decision-Making
11 93 (6.97%) Full Stack Development
12 92 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
12 92 (6.90%) ITIL
12 92 (6.90%) SDLC
13 85 (6.37%) Collaborative Working
13 85 (6.37%) Scrum
13 85 (6.37%) User Experience
14 81 (6.07%) Change Management
15 77 (5.77%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 193 (14.47%) Python
2 172 (12.89%) JavaScript
3 152 (11.39%) C#
4 138 (10.34%) SQL
5 134 (10.04%) Java
6 66 (4.95%) C++
7 55 (4.12%) TypeScript
8 54 (4.05%) C
9 42 (3.15%) PHP
10 37 (2.77%) MATLAB
11 28 (2.10%) PowerShell
12 23 (1.72%) R
13 18 (1.35%) T-SQL
13 18 (1.35%) VB
14 17 (1.27%) Bash
15 12 (0.90%) Scala
16 11 (0.82%) Perl
17 10 (0.75%) Ada
17 10 (0.75%) Swift
18 9 (0.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 387 (29.01%) Degree
2 194 (14.54%) Security Cleared
3 90 (6.75%) SC Cleared
4 54 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 48 (3.60%) Master's Degree
6 38 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 35 (2.62%) A+ Certification
8 30 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 29 (2.17%) DV Cleared
10 26 (1.95%) DBS Check
11 25 (1.87%) HND
12 23 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (1.27%) CISSP
13 17 (1.27%) HNC
14 14 (1.05%) MCP
15 13 (0.97%) AWS Certification
15 13 (0.97%) OSCP
16 12 (0.90%) CCNA
17 11 (0.82%) CCNP
17 11 (0.82%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (8.62%) QA
2 45 (3.37%) GDPR
3 44 (3.30%) Data Quality
4 26 (1.95%) SLA
5 23 (1.72%) PMO
6 14 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
7 13 (0.97%) NIST
8 12 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (0.75%) ISO 9001
10 9 (0.67%) IEC 61508
11 8 (0.60%) Accessibility
12 7 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 12207
13 6 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 6 (0.45%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.45%) SEPA
14 5 (0.37%) TARGET2
14 5 (0.37%) TickIT
14 5 (0.37%) WCAG
15 4 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 86 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 53 (3.97%) Docker
3 40 (3.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.87%) Firmware
5 19 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (1.12%) Embedded Firmware
7 11 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (0.52%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.37%) vSphere
10 3 (0.22%) KVM
11 2 (0.15%) Apache Flume
11 2 (0.15%) NFS
11 2 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.075%) Kamailio
12 1 (0.075%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.075%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 50 (3.75%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.50%) Ansible
3 16 (1.20%) Terraform
4 12 (0.90%) SCCM
5 7 (0.52%) WSUS
6 6 (0.45%) Puppet
7 5 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
7 5 (0.37%) Graphite
7 5 (0.37%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.37%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.22%) Nagios
9 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.15%) CASB
9 2 (0.15%) Grafana
9 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.15%) Nmap
10 1 (0.075%) Consul
10 1 (0.075%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.075%) Packer
10 1 (0.075%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 288 (21.59%) Microsoft
2 91 (6.82%) Google
3 45 (3.37%) VMware
4 39 (2.92%) Oracle
5 24 (1.80%) Cisco
6 18 (1.35%) IBM
7 16 (1.20%) Apple
7 16 (1.20%) Salesforce
7 16 (1.20%) Xamarin
8 11 (0.82%) Alteryx
8 11 (0.82%) Sophos
9 10 (0.75%) Adobe
9 10 (0.75%) Palo Alto
9 10 (0.75%) Red Hat
10 9 (0.67%) Databricks
10 9 (0.67%) UiPath
10 9 (0.67%) Veeam
11 8 (0.60%) Atlassian
12 7 (0.52%) Altera
12 7 (0.52%) SAP