Problem-Solving Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Problem Solving
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 6 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +16
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 28 96 28
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 9.36% 22.17% 12.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.61% 23.59% 15.64%
Number of salaries quoted 16 65 19
10th Percentile £22,750 £32,030 £30,500
25th Percentile £27,250 £42,500 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.74% - -17.39%
75th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £80,625
90th Percentile £45,625 £76,000 £127,500
East of England median annual salary £35,000 £50,967 £42,500
% change year-on-year -31.33% +19.92% -15.00%

All Process & 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 222 407 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 74.25% 94.00% 82.11%
Number of salaries quoted 137 147 145
10th Percentile £27,250 £33,199 £25,700
25th Percentile £30,000 £43,750 £38,065
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £89,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

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 13 January 2026. 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 -4 8 £31,000 -38.00% 15
Bedford +5 5 £30,000 -40.57% 38
Leighton Buzzard -7 5 £42,500 -16.61%
Problem-Solving
East of England

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.57%) Confluence
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) Azure
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (21.43%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (21.43%) TCP/IP
2 3 (10.71%) Firewall
3 2 (7.14%) DHCP
3 2 (7.14%) DNS
4 1 (3.57%) LAN
4 1 (3.57%) Network Security
4 1 (3.57%) NGFW
4 1 (3.57%) VPN
4 1 (3.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle APEX
General
1 17 (60.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Italian Language
3 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Finance
4 2 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Retail
5 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.57%) Automotive
5 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Electronics
5 1 (3.57%) Legal
5 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.57%) Marketing
5 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (64.29%) Support Engineer
2 13 (46.43%) Technical Engineer
2 13 (46.43%) Technical Support
2 13 (46.43%) Technical Support Engineer
3 7 (25.00%) IT Support
4 5 (17.86%) IT Engineer
4 5 (17.86%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (3.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Administrator
6 1 (3.57%) Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Customer Executive
6 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365 Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM Architect
6 1 (3.57%) IT Support Technician
6 1 (3.57%) Project Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Support Technician
6 1 (3.57%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (3.57%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) CCTV
1 5 (17.86%) Driving Licence
1 5 (17.86%) Home Automation
1 5 (17.86%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (14.29%) Robotics
3 2 (7.14%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.57%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 16 (57.14%) Windows
2 2 (7.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.57%) Linux
3 1 (3.57%) Unix
3 1 (3.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Customer Service
2 6 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (21.43%) ERP
3 5 (17.86%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (17.86%) CRM
3 5 (17.86%) ITIL
3 5 (17.86%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
5 2 (7.14%) Agile
5 2 (7.14%) Asset Management
5 2 (7.14%) Computer Science
5 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (7.14%) Scrum
6 1 (3.57%) Client Onboarding
6 1 (3.57%) Malware Analysis
6 1 (3.57%) Patch Management
6 1 (3.57%) Regulatory Compliance
6 1 (3.57%) Ticket Management
6 1 (3.57%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) NVQ Level 4
2 3 (10.71%) Degree
3 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.57%) A+ Certification
4 1 (3.57%) CEH
4 1 (3.57%) CISA
4 1 (3.57%) CISM
4 1 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (3.57%) HNC
4 1 (3.57%) HND
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) GDPR
1 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.57%) NIST
1 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) CSIRT
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) Atlassian
2 1 (3.57%) Freshdesk
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle
2 1 (3.57%) SAP
2 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.57%) VMware