Problem-Solving Job Trends in Berkshire

Problem Solving
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 3 8
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 296 493 311
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 8.70% 25.00% 12.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.31% 28.14% 15.83%
Number of salaries quoted 220 124 113
10th Percentile £29,500 £26,475 £32,625
25th Percentile £36,363 £28,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year - -17.23% -10.70%
75th Percentile £57,500 £70,340 £71,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £83,750 £83,500
South East median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -15.00% -0.99%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,405 1,752 1,965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 70.67% 88.84% 81.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,617 694 1,041
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,825 £35,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Berkshire over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Berkshire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Reading 0 108 £50,000 - 160
Slough -4 46 £45,000 +5.88% 83
Windsor 0 14 £35,000 +18.64% 16
Wokingham -5 9 £66,250 +32.50% 16
Maidenhead -15 9 £28,500 +32.56% 17
Bracknell -13 7 £47,500 -29.63% 27
Thatcham +1 3 - - 2
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 24 (8.11%) SharePoint
2 19 (6.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.01%) Confluence
4 2 (0.68%) Gentran
5 1 (0.34%) Apache
5 1 (0.34%) CMS
5 1 (0.34%) IIS
5 1 (0.34%) SAS
5 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (9.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (8.78%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.70%) AutoCAD
3 8 (2.70%) Revit
4 3 (1.01%) Mathematica
5 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.34%) Mathcad
6 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.34%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (4.73%) NetSuite
2 6 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.69%) Shopify
4 2 (0.68%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.34%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 50 (16.89%) Azure
2 40 (13.51%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (11.82%) Power Platform
4 22 (7.43%) AWS
5 20 (6.76%) Entra ID
5 20 (6.76%) Google Workspace
6 7 (2.36%) GCP
7 5 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.35%) Datadog
9 3 (1.01%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (1.01%) Azure AI
9 3 (1.01%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 3 (1.01%) Azure Machine Learning
9 3 (1.01%) GitHub
9 3 (1.01%) GitHub Copilot
9 3 (1.01%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.01%) Serverless
9 3 (1.01%) WeChat
10 2 (0.68%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.68%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.09%) DNS
2 20 (6.76%) Firewall
3 18 (6.08%) DHCP
4 17 (5.74%) VoIP
5 16 (5.41%) VPN
6 13 (4.39%) VLAN
6 13 (4.39%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (3.72%) SSL
8 7 (2.36%) Network Security
9 6 (2.03%) LAN
9 6 (2.03%) WAN
10 4 (1.35%) TCP/IP
11 3 (1.01%) 5G
11 3 (1.01%) Wireless
12 1 (0.34%) 3G
12 1 (0.34%) 4G
12 1 (0.34%) DNSSEC
12 1 (0.34%) Ethernet
12 1 (0.34%) HTTP
12 1 (0.34%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (11.15%) Power BI
2 7 (2.36%) OLTP
2 7 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.35%) MySQL
3 4 (1.35%) Tableau
4 3 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.01%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.68%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.68%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.68%) Power Query
5 2 (0.68%) Redis
6 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.34%) IBM InfoSphere
6 1 (0.34%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.04%) JIRA
2 5 (1.69%) Git
2 5 (1.69%) GitLab
3 3 (1.01%) Selenium
4 2 (0.68%) Mocha
4 2 (0.68%) Terragrunt
4 2 (0.68%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.34%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.34%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.34%) JMeter
5 1 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.34%) SonarQube
General
1 160 (54.05%) Social Skills
2 76 (25.68%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (20.61%) Finance
4 32 (10.81%) Organisational Skills
5 23 (7.77%) Manufacturing
6 22 (7.43%) Legal
7 21 (7.09%) Retail
8 19 (6.42%) Electronics
9 13 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (3.72%) Aerospace
10 11 (3.72%) Marketing
11 8 (2.70%) Advertising
11 8 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.70%) Telecoms
12 7 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (2.03%) Law
14 5 (1.69%) Billing
15 3 (1.01%) Mandarin Language
15 3 (1.01%) Military
16 2 (0.68%) Games
Job Titles
1 61 (20.61%) Analyst
2 37 (12.50%) Support Analyst
3 36 (12.16%) Senior
4 28 (9.46%) IT Support
5 25 (8.45%) Developer
6 22 (7.43%) Support Engineer
7 17 (5.74%) Business Systems Analyst
7 17 (5.74%) IT Engineer
7 17 (5.74%) Systems Analyst
8 16 (5.41%) Business Support Analyst
8 16 (5.41%) Systems Support
8 16 (5.41%) Systems Support Analyst
9 15 (5.07%) Applications Support
9 15 (5.07%) Applications Support Analyst
9 15 (5.07%) IT Support Engineer
10 14 (4.73%) Lead
11 13 (4.39%) Business Analyst
12 12 (4.05%) Test Engineer
13 11 (3.72%) Senior IT Engineer
13 11 (3.72%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.72%) HTML
2 8 (2.70%) SOAP
2 8 (2.70%) XML
3 5 (1.69%) .NET
3 5 (1.69%) Node.js
4 4 (1.35%) Middleware
4 4 (1.35%) Terraform
5 3 (1.01%) CSS
5 3 (1.01%) FastAPI
5 3 (1.01%) HTML5
5 3 (1.01%) JSON
5 3 (1.01%) Model Context Protocol
5 3 (1.01%) React
5 3 (1.01%) REST
6 2 (0.68%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.68%) EDI
6 2 (0.68%) Express.js
6 2 (0.68%) Jest
6 2 (0.68%) Laravel
6 2 (0.68%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 40 (13.51%) Driving Licence
2 23 (7.77%) Data Centre
3 21 (7.09%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.04%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.03%) Smart Home
6 5 (1.69%) Blog
6 5 (1.69%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (1.35%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.35%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.01%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.01%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.01%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.01%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.01%) Synthetic Data
8 3 (1.01%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.68%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.68%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 37 (12.50%) Windows
2 23 (7.77%) Linux
3 22 (7.43%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.73%) Mac OS
5 9 (3.04%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (2.36%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.01%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.34%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (22.64%) Continuous Improvement
2 60 (20.27%) Customer Service
3 45 (15.20%) Collaborative Working
4 42 (14.19%) Business Intelligence
5 41 (13.85%) Stakeholder Management
6 37 (12.50%) Process Improvement
7 32 (10.81%) CRM
8 31 (10.47%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (9.12%) AI
10 26 (8.78%) Agile
11 25 (8.45%) Project Delivery
12 24 (8.11%) Project Management
13 23 (7.77%) Business Analysis
14 22 (7.43%) Decision-Making
14 22 (7.43%) Kalman Filter
15 21 (7.09%) ITIL
16 20 (6.76%) Data Privacy
16 20 (6.76%) Mentoring
17 19 (6.42%) Analytics
17 19 (6.42%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 46 (15.54%) SQL
2 30 (10.14%) Python
3 22 (7.43%) Java
4 21 (7.09%) PowerShell
5 13 (4.39%) C++
5 13 (4.39%) JavaScript
6 9 (3.04%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.36%) C#
7 7 (2.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (2.36%) PL/SQL
8 5 (1.69%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.01%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.68%) Bash
10 2 (0.68%) C
10 2 (0.68%) PHP
11 1 (0.34%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.34%) Groovy
11 1 (0.34%) Pascal
11 1 (0.34%) Perl
11 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 75 (25.34%) Degree
2 23 (7.77%) DBS Check
3 21 (7.09%) Security Cleared
4 19 (6.42%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (5.07%) Network+ Certification
6 12 (4.05%) CompTIA Security+
7 11 (3.72%) SC Cleared
8 10 (3.38%) Azure Certification
8 10 (3.38%) HNC
8 10 (3.38%) HND
9 6 (2.03%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.35%) A+ Certification
10 4 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.01%) ACCA
11 3 (1.01%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (1.01%) PhD
12 2 (0.68%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.68%) CRISC
12 2 (0.68%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.47%) QA
2 27 (9.12%) Accessibility
3 18 (6.08%) Good Clinical Practice
4 16 (5.41%) Data Quality
5 11 (3.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (3.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (3.04%) GDPR
7 8 (2.70%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 8 (2.70%) GLP
7 8 (2.70%) GMP
7 8 (2.70%) GxP
8 3 (1.01%) PMO
8 3 (1.01%) SLA
9 2 (0.68%) COBIT
9 2 (0.68%) COSO
9 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.68%) NIST
9 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.68%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (7.09%) Active Directory
2 18 (6.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.39%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.69%) ClearTrust
5 3 (1.01%) Docker
5 3 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.68%) Firmware
7 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (6.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (3.72%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (1.69%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.68%) Ansible
5 1 (0.34%) BMC PATROL
5 1 (0.34%) Kibana
5 1 (0.34%) Packer
Vendors
1 70 (23.65%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.78%) Google
3 18 (6.08%) Apple
3 18 (6.08%) VMware
4 14 (4.73%) Sage
5 13 (4.39%) CA Agile Central
5 13 (4.39%) Salesforce
6 11 (3.72%) Cisco
6 11 (3.72%) Datto
6 11 (3.72%) Oracle
6 11 (3.72%) SonicWALL
6 11 (3.72%) Veeam
7 6 (2.03%) HubSpot
7 6 (2.03%) Thales
8 5 (1.69%) EMC
8 5 (1.69%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.35%) ConnectWise
9 4 (1.35%) IBM
10 3 (1.01%) Juniper
10 3 (1.01%) OpenAI