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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 9 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 307 215 407
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 14.88% 14.50% 15.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.89% 15.36% 18.13%
Number of salaries quoted 164 98 249
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,425 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £45,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £67,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +58.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,813 £83,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 - £78,000
South East median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% -14.29%

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 1,625 1,400 2,245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 78.77% 94.40% 86.75%
Number of salaries quoted 834 554 1,701
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £64,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.48% +17.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £88,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 19 February 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 19 February 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 -3 73 £67,500 - 16
Reading -2 55 £48,750 -11.36% 48
Maidenhead -12 44 £43,750 -20.45% 3
Windsor +5 37 £70,000 -15.15% 5
Hungerford +2 17 £49,000 -30.00%
Bracknell +16 10 £40,250 +15.00% 6
Wokingham +4 6 £45,692 -56.48% 15
Ascot -1 1 - - 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 12 (3.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.61%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.98%) Confluence
4 2 (0.65%) SAS
5 1 (0.33%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.33%) CMS
5 1 (0.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 35 (11.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (9.45%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.30%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.65%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 51 (16.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.98%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 3 (0.98%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (0.98%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.98%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 76 (24.76%) Azure
2 49 (15.96%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (12.70%) Power Platform
4 19 (6.19%) AWS
5 16 (5.21%) Collibra
6 15 (4.89%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (4.89%) Azure Logic Apps
7 14 (4.56%) Entra ID
7 14 (4.56%) SaaS
8 13 (4.23%) GCP
9 5 (1.63%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.65%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.33%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.33%) Copilot Studio
11 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.33%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.33%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.33%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.33%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.84%) Firewall
2 10 (3.26%) DNS
3 8 (2.61%) WAN
3 8 (2.61%) Wireless
4 7 (2.28%) DHCP
5 6 (1.95%) LAN
6 4 (1.30%) VoIP
6 4 (1.30%) VPN
7 2 (0.65%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.65%) VLAN
7 2 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.33%) 5G
8 1 (0.33%) HTTP
8 1 (0.33%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.33%) MIMO
8 1 (0.33%) NGN
8 1 (0.33%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.33%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.33%) SMTP
8 1 (0.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.82%) Power BI
2 18 (5.86%) Data Lake
2 18 (5.86%) SAP BW
3 13 (4.23%) OLTP
4 6 (1.95%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.98%) Metadata
5 3 (0.98%) SAP Data Services
6 2 (0.65%) MySQL
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.65%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.28%) Git
2 4 (1.30%) JIRA
3 3 (0.98%) GitLab
4 2 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
General
1 166 (54.07%) Social Skills
2 118 (38.44%) Finance
3 103 (33.55%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (13.36%) Manufacturing
4 41 (13.36%) Marketing
5 15 (4.89%) Retail
6 14 (4.56%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.28%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.30%) Electronics
10 3 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.98%) Legal
11 2 (0.65%) French Language
11 2 (0.65%) Local Government
11 2 (0.65%) Military
12 1 (0.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.33%) Law
12 1 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 112 (36.48%) Senior
2 92 (29.97%) Analyst
3 45 (14.66%) Lead
4 37 (12.05%) Developer
4 37 (12.05%) Senior Analyst
5 33 (10.75%) SAP Analyst
6 31 (10.10%) IT Support
7 25 (8.14%) Report Analyst
8 22 (7.17%) Senior Manager
9 19 (6.19%) Support Analyst
10 18 (5.86%) IT Analyst
11 17 (5.54%) IT Support Analyst
11 17 (5.54%) Senior Developer
12 16 (5.21%) Oracle Developer
12 16 (5.21%) Senior Oracle Developer
13 15 (4.89%) Data Model Manager
13 15 (4.89%) Power Platform Developer
13 15 (4.89%) Support Engineer
14 13 (4.23%) Microsoft Engineer
14 13 (4.23%) Senior SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.21%) HTML
2 13 (4.23%) SOAP
2 13 (4.23%) XML
3 4 (1.30%) JSON
3 4 (1.30%) Node.js
4 3 (0.98%) EDI
4 3 (0.98%) SAPUI5
5 2 (0.65%) CSS
5 2 (0.65%) Next.js
5 2 (0.65%) OLE
5 2 (0.65%) React
5 2 (0.65%) RESTful
5 2 (0.65%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (0.33%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.33%) LangChain
6 1 (0.33%) Laravel
6 1 (0.33%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.33%) Semantic Kernel
6 1 (0.33%) Sequelize
6 1 (0.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.45%) Analytical Mindset
2 28 (9.12%) Data Centre
3 27 (8.79%) Driving Licence
3 27 (8.79%) Onboarding
4 15 (4.89%) Low-Code
5 7 (2.28%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.28%) Life Science
6 6 (1.95%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.63%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (0.98%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.98%) FMCG
8 3 (0.98%) PMI
8 3 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.65%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.65%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.33%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 37 (12.05%) Windows
2 15 (4.89%) Linux
3 8 (2.61%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.33%) FreeBSD
4 1 (0.33%) OpenBSD
4 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (24.10%) Continuous Improvement
2 57 (18.57%) ERP
3 54 (17.59%) SAP Implementation
4 53 (17.26%) Analytics
5 44 (14.33%) Customer Service
6 43 (14.01%) Cybersecurity
7 42 (13.68%) Technical Leadership
8 41 (13.36%) Logistics
9 40 (13.03%) Business Intelligence
9 40 (13.03%) Data Modelling
10 39 (12.70%) Quality Management
11 36 (11.73%) Architectural Design
11 36 (11.73%) Change Management
11 36 (11.73%) Data Management
11 36 (11.73%) Project Management
12 35 (11.40%) Data Collection
12 35 (11.40%) Incident Management
13 33 (10.75%) Impact Analysis
13 33 (10.75%) Translating Business Requirements
13 33 (10.75%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 29 (9.45%) SQL
2 27 (8.79%) Python
3 21 (6.84%) JavaScript
4 18 (5.86%) PowerShell
5 16 (5.21%) PL/SQL
6 15 (4.89%) C#
7 7 (2.28%) C++
8 6 (1.95%) Java
9 5 (1.63%) C
9 5 (1.63%) Rust
10 3 (0.98%) ABAP
11 2 (0.65%) Bicep
12 1 (0.33%) Bash
12 1 (0.33%) PHP
12 1 (0.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 80 (26.06%) Degree
2 19 (6.19%) CIMA
3 18 (5.86%) ACCA
4 8 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.63%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.30%) HND
7 3 (0.98%) CISA
7 3 (0.98%) CISM
7 3 (0.98%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (0.98%) MCSE
7 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.98%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (0.98%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.98%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.65%) CCNA
8 2 (0.65%) CISSP
8 2 (0.65%) HNC
8 2 (0.65%) OCP
8 2 (0.65%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.45%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.58%) QA
3 4 (1.30%) GDPR
3 4 (1.30%) SLA
4 3 (0.98%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 36 (11.73%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.23%) Hyper-V
3 8 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.95%) KVM
5 4 (1.30%) Docker
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (4.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.28%) Terraform
3 4 (1.30%) Ansible
3 4 (1.30%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.65%) Netcool
4 2 (0.65%) Netcool/OMNIbus
4 2 (0.65%) SCCM
5 1 (0.33%) Grafana
5 1 (0.33%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 81 (26.38%) Microsoft
2 77 (25.08%) SAP
3 22 (7.17%) Oracle
4 8 (2.61%) VMware
5 6 (1.95%) Cisco
5 6 (1.95%) Workday
6 5 (1.63%) Adobe
6 5 (1.63%) Atlassian
6 5 (1.63%) Google
7 4 (1.30%) Draytek
7 4 (1.30%) Meraki
7 4 (1.30%) Sophos
8 3 (0.98%) HubSpot
8 3 (0.98%) IBM
8 3 (0.98%) JD Edwards
8 3 (0.98%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.65%) Blue Prism
9 2 (0.65%) Databricks
9 2 (0.65%) UiPath
9 2 (0.65%) Yealink