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 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 +6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 219 261 420
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 9.95% 18.38% 14.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.28% 19.41% 17.09%
Number of salaries quoted 169 118 266
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,688 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £64,500 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.23% +53.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £58,250 £83,750 £63,438
90th Percentile £75,000 - £73,125
South East median annual salary £45,000 £50,484 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.86% +12.19% -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 1,649 1,345 2,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 74.89% 94.72% 85.82%
Number of salaries quoted 960 498 1,864
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £39,280 £44,625 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £88,375
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 26 March 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 26 March 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 -7 69 £47,500 -13.64% 38
Slough -3 37 £67,500 - 30
Hungerford 0 16 £49,000 -30.00% 1
Maidenhead -28 12 £43,750 -16.67% 6
Bracknell +3 11 £38,000 -24.00% 8
Wokingham -2 10 £48,885 -53.44% 15
Windsor -12 4 £70,000 +137.29% 1
Ascot -2 1 - -
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 9 (4.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.20%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.91%) SAS
4 1 (0.46%) CMS
4 1 (0.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (10.96%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.28%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.46%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.46%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 60 (27.40%) Azure
2 43 (19.63%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (10.05%) AWS
3 22 (10.05%) Power Platform
4 17 (7.76%) GCP
5 15 (6.85%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (6.85%) Azure Logic Apps
6 13 (5.94%) SaaS
7 12 (5.48%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.28%) Google Workspace
8 5 (2.28%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.91%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.46%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.46%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.46%) Asana
10 1 (0.46%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.46%) Datadog
10 1 (0.46%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.46%) PaaS
10 1 (0.46%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.50%) Firewall
2 10 (4.57%) DNS
3 8 (3.65%) WAN
3 8 (3.65%) Wireless
4 7 (3.20%) DHCP
5 6 (2.74%) LAN
6 4 (1.83%) VoIP
6 4 (1.83%) VPN
7 2 (0.91%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.91%) VLAN
7 2 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.46%) 5G
8 1 (0.46%) HTTP
8 1 (0.46%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.46%) MIMO
8 1 (0.46%) NGN
8 1 (0.46%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.46%) SMTP
8 1 (0.46%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.85%) OLTP
2 7 (3.20%) Power BI
3 3 (1.37%) MySQL
3 3 (1.37%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.37%) SAP Data Services
3 3 (1.37%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.91%) Metadata
4 2 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (4.57%) Git
2 7 (3.20%) GitLab
3 3 (1.37%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.91%) JIRA
General
1 76 (34.70%) Social Skills
2 75 (34.25%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (20.55%) Finance
4 12 (5.48%) Telecoms
5 11 (5.02%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (4.57%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (4.57%) Marketing
7 9 (4.11%) Retail
8 8 (3.65%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.83%) Local Government
10 3 (1.37%) Electronics
11 2 (0.91%) Legal
Job Titles
1 44 (20.09%) Analyst
2 43 (19.63%) Developer
3 38 (17.35%) Senior
4 32 (14.61%) IT Support
5 19 (8.68%) Senior Developer
6 18 (8.22%) Oracle Developer
6 18 (8.22%) Senior Oracle Developer
7 15 (6.85%) PL/SQL Developer
7 15 (6.85%) Power Platform Developer
7 15 (6.85%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
7 15 (6.85%) Senior SQL Developer
7 15 (6.85%) SQL Developer
7 15 (6.85%) Support Analyst
7 15 (6.85%) Support Engineer
8 14 (6.39%) IT Analyst
8 14 (6.39%) IT Support Analyst
8 14 (6.39%) Report Analyst
9 11 (5.02%) Microsoft Engineer
9 11 (5.02%) Project Engineer
10 10 (4.57%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.68%) HTML
2 15 (6.85%) SOAP
2 15 (6.85%) XML
3 8 (3.65%) JSON
4 5 (2.28%) Jinja
4 5 (2.28%) YAML
5 4 (1.83%) Node.js
6 3 (1.37%) .NET
6 3 (1.37%) CSS
6 3 (1.37%) Next.js
6 3 (1.37%) OLE
6 3 (1.37%) SAPUI5
7 2 (0.91%) React
7 2 (0.91%) RESTful
7 2 (0.91%) Tailwind CSS
8 1 (0.46%) Express.js
8 1 (0.46%) Laravel
8 1 (0.46%) Oracle GoldenGate
8 1 (0.46%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.46%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.33%) Onboarding
2 24 (10.96%) Driving Licence
3 15 (6.85%) Low-Code
4 9 (4.11%) Client/Server
4 9 (4.11%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (3.65%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.20%) Life Science
6 7 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.74%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.37%) Arduino
8 3 (1.37%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.37%) PMI
8 3 (1.37%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.91%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 35 (15.98%) Windows
2 23 (10.50%) Linux
3 8 (3.65%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.46%) FreeBSD
4 1 (0.46%) OpenBSD
4 1 (0.46%) Unix
4 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (24.20%) Continuous Improvement
2 42 (19.18%) Customer Service
3 38 (17.35%) Cybersecurity
4 30 (13.70%) CI/CD
5 23 (10.50%) Business Intelligence
5 23 (10.50%) Decision-Making
5 23 (10.50%) DevOps
5 23 (10.50%) Validation
6 22 (10.05%) Agile
6 22 (10.05%) Software Testing
7 20 (9.13%) Mentoring
8 17 (7.76%) Data Governance
9 16 (7.31%) Computer Science
10 15 (6.85%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 15 (6.85%) Business Process Analysis
10 15 (6.85%) CRM
10 15 (6.85%) Deployment Automation
11 14 (6.39%) Collaborative Culture
11 14 (6.39%) Customer-Centricity
11 14 (6.39%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 35 (15.98%) Python
2 28 (12.79%) SQL
3 22 (10.05%) JavaScript
4 18 (8.22%) PL/SQL
5 17 (7.76%) C#
5 17 (7.76%) PowerShell
6 12 (5.48%) C
7 11 (5.02%) C++
8 9 (4.11%) Rust
9 6 (2.74%) Java
10 3 (1.37%) ABAP
10 3 (1.37%) Pascal
11 2 (0.91%) Bicep
11 2 (0.91%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.46%) Bash
12 1 (0.46%) Korn
12 1 (0.46%) PHP
12 1 (0.46%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 47 (21.46%) Degree
2 22 (10.05%) ACCA
2 22 (10.05%) CIMA
3 10 (4.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.65%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.74%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.83%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.83%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.83%) HND
7 3 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.37%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (1.37%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (1.37%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.91%) CCNA
8 2 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.91%) CISM
8 2 (0.91%) HNC
8 2 (0.91%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.91%) MCSE
8 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.39%) QA
2 7 (3.20%) GDPR
3 6 (2.74%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.28%) SLA
5 3 (1.37%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.91%) NIST
6 2 (0.91%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.91%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.46%) PMO
System Software
1 33 (15.07%) Active Directory
2 17 (7.76%) Hyper-V
3 13 (5.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (4.57%) KVM
5 3 (1.37%) Docker
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.46%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (5.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.74%) Terraform
3 4 (1.83%) Ansible
4 3 (1.37%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.91%) Netcool
5 2 (0.91%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 2 (0.91%) SCCM
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.46%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 74 (33.79%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.13%) Oracle
3 13 (5.94%) VMware
4 8 (3.65%) Cisco
5 5 (2.28%) Adobe
5 5 (2.28%) Atlassian
5 5 (2.28%) Google
5 5 (2.28%) Red Hat
5 5 (2.28%) Workday
6 4 (1.83%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.37%) Motorola
7 3 (1.37%) SAP
7 3 (1.37%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.91%) Blue Prism
8 2 (0.91%) Draytek
8 2 (0.91%) IBM
8 2 (0.91%) Meraki
8 2 (0.91%) Pega
8 2 (0.91%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.91%) Sophos