Problem-Solving Jobs in Bedfordshire

Problem Solving
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 2 36
Rank change year-on-year -12 +34 -29
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 87 90 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 16.54% 20.50% 7.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.40% 26.32% 7.98%
Number of salaries quoted 50 53 19
10th Percentile £29,850 £28,600 £22,950
25th Percentile £33,199 £31,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -37.50% +59.73%
75th Percentile £66,000 £61,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% +9.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Problem-Solving falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 500 342 689
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 95.06% 77.90% 97.18%
Number of salaries quoted 117 241 318
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £35,764
25th Percentile £42,500 £32,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £76,000 £91,250 £88,750
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -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 4 May 2025.

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 4 May 2025. 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
Luton +2 27 £50,000 -16.67% 44
Bedford -4 10 £50,967 +45.62% 26
Dunstable - 10 £50,000 -
Biggleswade - 4 £63,484 - 1
Shefford - 4 £63,484 -
Arlesey - 4 £63,484 -
Leighton Buzzard -3 3 £63,484 +95.33%
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 9 (10.34%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (16.09%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 18 (20.69%) Power Platform
2 16 (18.39%) Azure
3 14 (16.09%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (13.79%) Entra ID
5 8 (9.20%) AWS
6 7 (8.05%) SaaS
7 5 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (5.75%) GitHub
8 2 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.30%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (2.30%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.30%) PaaS
8 2 (2.30%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.15%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (18.39%) VPN
2 15 (17.24%) TCP/IP
3 10 (11.49%) DHCP
3 10 (11.49%) DNS
4 6 (6.90%) Firewall
4 6 (6.90%) SD-WAN
5 2 (2.30%) VoIP
6 1 (1.15%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (20.69%) Power BI
2 16 (18.39%) Geospatial Data
2 16 (18.39%) GIS
2 16 (18.39%) Power Query
3 9 (10.34%) SQL Server
4 5 (5.75%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (5.75%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (5.75%) NoSQL
4 5 (5.75%) Redis
5 2 (2.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (14.94%) Cucumber
1 13 (14.94%) JIRA
1 13 (14.94%) Robot Framework
2 11 (12.64%) Git
3 5 (5.75%) Bitbucket
General
1 60 (68.97%) Social Skills
2 30 (34.48%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (16.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (16.09%) Influencing Skills
4 13 (14.94%) Telecoms
5 5 (5.75%) Automotive
6 4 (4.60%) Finance
7 2 (2.30%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.15%) Aviation
8 1 (1.15%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (26.44%) Analyst
2 14 (16.09%) Business Change Analyst
2 14 (16.09%) Change Analyst
3 13 (14.94%) Test Automation Engineer
3 13 (14.94%) Test Engineer
4 11 (12.64%) Developer
5 7 (8.05%) IT Support
6 6 (6.90%) Senior
6 6 (6.90%) Senior Developer
7 5 (5.75%) Administrator
7 5 (5.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (5.75%) Service Desk Administrator
7 5 (5.75%) Service Desk Assistant
7 5 (5.75%) Support Analyst
7 5 (5.75%) Support Engineer
8 4 (4.60%) .NET Developer
8 4 (4.60%) AWS Engineer
8 4 (4.60%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.60%) Cloud Developer
8 4 (4.60%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (12.64%) .NET
1 11 (12.64%) .NET Framework
2 10 (11.49%) ASP.NET
2 10 (11.49%) ASP.NET Core
2 10 (11.49%) CSS
2 10 (11.49%) CSS3
2 10 (11.49%) Entity Framework
2 10 (11.49%) HTML
2 10 (11.49%) HTML5
3 6 (6.90%) .NET Core
3 6 (6.90%) RESTful
4 5 (5.75%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (5.75%) LESS
4 5 (5.75%) LINQ
4 5 (5.75%) MassTransit
4 5 (5.75%) RabbitMQ
4 5 (5.75%) Sass
4 5 (5.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (18.39%) Algorithms
2 13 (14.94%) Linux Command Line
3 6 (6.90%) Data Centre
4 4 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.30%) Client/Server
5 2 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 34 (39.08%) Windows
2 21 (24.14%) Linux
3 7 (8.05%) Windows Server
4 5 (5.75%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.30%) SUSE
5 2 (2.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (20.69%) DevOps
2 17 (19.54%) Mentoring
2 17 (19.54%) Service Delivery
3 16 (18.39%) Actionable Insight
3 16 (18.39%) Asset Management
3 16 (18.39%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (18.39%) Change Management
3 16 (18.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (18.39%) Data Management
3 16 (18.39%) Strategic Planning
4 15 (17.24%) ITIL
5 14 (16.09%) Business Analysis
5 14 (16.09%) Business Case
5 14 (16.09%) Collaborative Working
5 14 (16.09%) MoSCoW
5 14 (16.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 14 (16.09%) Strategic Thinking
5 14 (16.09%) Test Automation
5 14 (16.09%) Use Case
5 14 (16.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 23 (26.44%) SQL
2 18 (20.69%) JavaScript
3 13 (14.94%) Bash
3 13 (14.94%) PowerShell
3 13 (14.94%) Python
4 11 (12.64%) C#
5 10 (11.49%) T-SQL
6 5 (5.75%) C
6 5 (5.75%) C++
6 5 (5.75%) Java
6 5 (5.75%) Objective-C
6 5 (5.75%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (19.54%) Degree
2 14 (16.09%) CBAP
3 8 (9.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (8.05%) A+ Certification
5 3 (3.45%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.30%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.30%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.15%) CCSP
7 1 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.15%) CISM
7 1 (1.15%) CISSP
7 1 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.15%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.94%) QA
2 4 (4.60%) SLA
3 1 (1.15%) GDPR
3 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.15%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (17.24%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.75%) Docker
3 2 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (6.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 6 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.30%) SCCM
2 2 (2.30%) SCOM
Vendors
1 24 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.20%) Citrix
3 7 (8.05%) ServiceNow
4 5 (5.75%) Xamarin
5 2 (2.30%) Ab Initio
5 2 (2.30%) arcserve
5 2 (2.30%) Aruba
5 2 (2.30%) Avaya
5 2 (2.30%) BMC
5 2 (2.30%) Cisco
5 2 (2.30%) Freshdesk
5 2 (2.30%) Linksys
5 2 (2.30%) Remedy
5 2 (2.30%) VMware
6 1 (1.15%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.15%) Oracle
6 1 (1.15%) SAP