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 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 380 219 370
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 18.98% 13.39% 16.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.30% 14.43% 18.43%
Number of salaries quoted 145 103 206
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,625 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £43,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £67,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +58.82% -1.73%
75th Percentile £62,500 £83,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 - £80,000
South East median annual salary £41,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -21.90% +10.53% -13.64%

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 1,631 1,518 2,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 81.47% 92.84% 87.99%
Number of salaries quoted 763 634 1,462
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,750 £30,388
25th Percentile £35,500 £47,500 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £95,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

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 22 January 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 22 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
Slough -1 109 £67,500 - 184
Maidenhead -5 70 £45,000 -14.29% 3
Windsor +7 63 £58,500 -29.09% 1
Reading -3 47 £53,500 +7.00% 60
Hungerford +2 18 £41,000 -41.43% 6
Bracknell +24 10 £40,250 +12.59% 9
Wokingham +3 4 £42,500 -59.52% 13
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 12 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.05%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.79%) Confluence
4 2 (0.53%) SAS
5 1 (0.26%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.26%) CMS
5 1 (0.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 97 (25.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (8.16%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.05%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.53%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 74 (19.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.11%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 6 (1.58%) Oracle Assets
3 6 (1.58%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.58%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (1.58%) SAP CO
3 6 (1.58%) SAP FI
3 6 (1.58%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 114 (30.00%) Azure
2 80 (21.05%) Power Platform
3 46 (12.11%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (5.53%) SaaS
5 16 (4.21%) AWS
5 16 (4.21%) Collibra
6 13 (3.42%) Entra ID
7 12 (3.16%) GCP
8 10 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (1.32%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.79%) Boomi
11 2 (0.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.53%) iPaaS
11 2 (0.53%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.26%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.26%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.26%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.74%) Firewall
2 9 (2.37%) DNS
3 8 (2.11%) WAN
4 7 (1.84%) DHCP
4 7 (1.84%) Wireless
5 6 (1.58%) LAN
6 4 (1.05%) VoIP
7 3 (0.79%) VPN
8 2 (0.53%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.26%) 5G
9 1 (0.26%) MIMO
9 1 (0.26%) NGN
9 1 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.26%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.26%) VLAN
9 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (18.42%) Power BI
2 63 (16.58%) Data Lake
2 63 (16.58%) SAP BW
3 14 (3.68%) Relational Database
4 11 (2.89%) OLTP
5 3 (0.79%) Metadata
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.53%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (0.53%) SAP Data Services
6 2 (0.53%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.26%) Big Data
7 1 (0.26%) MySQL
7 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.05%) Git
2 3 (0.79%) JIRA
3 2 (0.53%) GitLab
4 1 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
General
1 240 (63.16%) Social Skills
2 145 (38.16%) Finance
3 113 (29.74%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (18.68%) Manufacturing
5 64 (16.84%) Marketing
6 24 (6.32%) Retail
7 13 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.32%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.05%) French Language
10 4 (1.05%) Military
11 3 (0.79%) Electronics
11 3 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.53%) Legal
13 1 (0.26%) Law
13 1 (0.26%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 136 (35.79%) Analyst
2 132 (34.74%) Senior
3 91 (23.95%) Lead
4 61 (16.05%) Senior Analyst
5 57 (15.00%) SAP Analyst
6 42 (11.05%) Report Analyst
7 29 (7.63%) Business Intelligence Lead
8 28 (7.37%) Developer
8 28 (7.37%) IT Support
8 28 (7.37%) Sustainability Analyst
9 23 (6.05%) Senior Manager
10 22 (5.79%) Support Analyst
11 17 (4.47%) IT Analyst
12 16 (4.21%) IT Support Analyst
12 16 (4.21%) Support Engineer
13 15 (3.95%) Data Model Manager
14 13 (3.42%) Oracle Developer
14 13 (3.42%) Senior Developer
14 13 (3.42%) Senior Oracle Developer
15 12 (3.16%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.42%) HTML
2 11 (2.89%) SOAP
2 11 (2.89%) XML
3 6 (1.58%) EDI
4 3 (0.79%) Node.js
5 2 (0.53%) JSON
5 2 (0.53%) SAPUI5
6 1 (0.26%) .NET
6 1 (0.26%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.26%) CSS
6 1 (0.26%) Express.js
6 1 (0.26%) LangChain
6 1 (0.26%) Next.js
6 1 (0.26%) OLE
6 1 (0.26%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.26%) RESTful
6 1 (0.26%) Semantic Kernel
6 1 (0.26%) Sequelize
6 1 (0.26%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (0.26%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.63%) Analytical Mindset
1 29 (7.63%) Onboarding
2 27 (7.11%) Data Centre
3 24 (6.32%) Driving Licence
4 10 (2.63%) Low-Code
5 7 (1.84%) Life Science
6 6 (1.58%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.58%) FMCG
6 6 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.05%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.05%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.79%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.79%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.53%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.53%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.53%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.53%) PMI
9 2 (0.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.95%) Windows
2 13 (3.42%) Linux
3 7 (1.84%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (27.89%) Data Modelling
2 101 (26.58%) Analytics
2 101 (26.58%) ERP
3 99 (26.05%) SAP Implementation
4 85 (22.37%) Quality Management
5 83 (21.84%) Business Intelligence
6 69 (18.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 63 (16.58%) Data Cleansing
7 63 (16.58%) Technical Leadership
8 61 (16.05%) Data Management
9 59 (15.53%) Architectural Design
9 59 (15.53%) Incident Management
9 59 (15.53%) Logistics
9 59 (15.53%) Translating Business Requirements
10 57 (15.00%) Data Collection
10 57 (15.00%) Decision Quality
10 57 (15.00%) Impact Analysis
10 57 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
11 47 (12.37%) Customer Service
11 47 (12.37%) Master Data Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (10.53%) SQL
2 19 (5.00%) Python
3 16 (4.21%) PowerShell
4 14 (3.68%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.42%) PL/SQL
6 10 (2.63%) C#
7 6 (1.58%) C++
7 6 (1.58%) Java
8 4 (1.05%) C
8 4 (1.05%) Rust
9 2 (0.53%) ABAP
9 2 (0.53%) Bicep
10 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 145 (38.16%) Degree
2 10 (2.63%) CIMA
3 9 (2.37%) ACCA
4 7 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (1.84%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.32%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.05%) CISA
6 4 (1.05%) CISM
6 4 (1.05%) HND
6 4 (1.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (0.79%) MCSE
7 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.53%) CCNA
8 2 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.53%) CISSP
8 2 (0.53%) HNC
8 2 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.53%) OCP
8 2 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.53%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.37%) QA
3 4 (1.05%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.05%) GDPR
3 4 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.79%) SLA
5 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 36 (9.47%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.63%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.05%) KVM
5 3 (0.79%) Docker
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 14 (3.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.58%) Terraform
3 4 (1.05%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.79%) Ansible
5 2 (0.53%) SCCM
6 1 (0.26%) Grafana
6 1 (0.26%) Netcool
6 1 (0.26%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 166 (43.68%) SAP
2 72 (18.95%) Microsoft
3 24 (6.32%) Oracle
4 8 (2.11%) JD Edwards
5 6 (1.58%) VMware
6 5 (1.32%) Adobe
6 5 (1.32%) Atlassian
6 5 (1.32%) Cisco
6 5 (1.32%) Google
6 5 (1.32%) Workday
7 4 (1.05%) Databricks
7 4 (1.05%) Draytek
7 4 (1.05%) IBM
7 4 (1.05%) Meraki
7 4 (1.05%) Sophos
8 3 (0.79%) Dell
8 3 (0.79%) HubSpot
8 3 (0.79%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.53%) Logitech
9 2 (0.53%) Yealink