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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 3 8
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 +2
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 311 452 318
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 8.87% 24.31% 13.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.51% 27.56% 16.17%
Number of salaries quoted 227 122 115
10th Percentile £29,500 £26,325 £32,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year - -17.23% -6.64%
75th Percentile £56,000 £69,152 £80,625
90th Percentile £68,000 £83,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £41,585 £41,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.40% -16.50% -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 2,486 1,640 1,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 70.87% 88.22% 81.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,670 683 1,016
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,800 £35,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,982 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -18.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £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 25 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 25 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 +3 114 £50,000 +11.11% 147
Slough -5 44 £45,000 +5.88% 75
Windsor -1 14 £35,000 +18.64% 18
Wokingham -3 12 £66,250 +32.50% 21
Maidenhead -15 9 £28,500 +32.56% 18
Bracknell -13 8 £43,750 -45.31% 37
Thatcham +3 3 - - 4
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 25 (8.04%) SharePoint
2 20 (6.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.96%) Confluence
4 2 (0.64%) Gentran
5 1 (0.32%) Apache
5 1 (0.32%) CMS
5 1 (0.32%) IIS
5 1 (0.32%) SAS
5 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (9.65%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (8.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.57%) AutoCAD
3 8 (2.57%) Revit
4 4 (1.29%) Mathematica
5 3 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.32%) Mathcad
6 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.32%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (4.82%) NetSuite
2 7 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.93%) Shopify
4 2 (0.64%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.32%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 49 (15.76%) Azure
2 41 (13.18%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (10.93%) Power Platform
4 21 (6.75%) AWS
4 21 (6.75%) Entra ID
4 21 (6.75%) Google Workspace
5 7 (2.25%) GCP
6 5 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.29%) Datadog
7 4 (1.29%) SaaS
8 3 (0.96%) Anthropic Claude
8 3 (0.96%) Azure AI
8 3 (0.96%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 3 (0.96%) Azure Machine Learning
8 3 (0.96%) GitHub
8 3 (0.96%) GitHub Copilot
8 3 (0.96%) Power Automate
8 3 (0.96%) Serverless
8 3 (0.96%) WeChat
9 2 (0.64%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.75%) DNS
2 20 (6.43%) Firewall
3 18 (5.79%) DHCP
3 18 (5.79%) VoIP
4 16 (5.14%) VPN
5 13 (4.18%) VLAN
5 13 (4.18%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (3.54%) SSL
7 8 (2.57%) Network Security
8 7 (2.25%) LAN
8 7 (2.25%) WAN
9 4 (1.29%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.96%) 5G
10 3 (0.96%) Wireless
11 1 (0.32%) 4G
11 1 (0.32%) Diameter Protocol
11 1 (0.32%) DNSSEC
11 1 (0.32%) RS-485
11 1 (0.32%) Software-Defined Radio
11 1 (0.32%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (10.29%) Power BI
2 7 (2.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (1.93%) OLTP
4 4 (1.29%) MySQL
4 4 (1.29%) Tableau
5 3 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.96%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.64%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.64%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.64%) Power Query
6 2 (0.64%) Redis
7 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.32%) IBM InfoSphere
7 1 (0.32%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (3.22%) JIRA
2 5 (1.61%) Git
2 5 (1.61%) GitLab
3 3 (0.96%) Selenium
4 2 (0.64%) Mocha
4 2 (0.64%) Terragrunt
4 2 (0.64%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.32%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.32%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.32%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.32%) JMeter
5 1 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.32%) SonarQube
General
1 166 (53.38%) Social Skills
2 76 (24.44%) Analytical Skills
3 65 (20.90%) Finance
4 34 (10.93%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (8.36%) Manufacturing
6 23 (7.40%) Retail
7 22 (7.07%) Legal
8 20 (6.43%) Electronics
9 14 (4.50%) Aerospace
9 14 (4.50%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (3.86%) Marketing
11 9 (2.89%) Advertising
12 8 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (2.25%) Billing
13 7 (2.25%) Law
13 7 (2.25%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.96%) Mandarin Language
15 3 (0.96%) Military
16 2 (0.64%) Games
Job Titles
1 63 (20.26%) Analyst
2 39 (12.54%) Support Analyst
3 36 (11.58%) Senior
4 29 (9.32%) IT Support
5 26 (8.36%) Support Engineer
6 24 (7.72%) Developer
7 19 (6.11%) IT Engineer
8 18 (5.79%) Business Systems Analyst
8 18 (5.79%) Systems Analyst
9 17 (5.47%) Business Support Analyst
9 17 (5.47%) IT Support Engineer
9 17 (5.47%) Lead
9 17 (5.47%) Systems Support
9 17 (5.47%) Systems Support Analyst
10 15 (4.82%) Applications Support
10 15 (4.82%) Applications Support Analyst
11 13 (4.18%) Business Analyst
12 12 (3.86%) Test Engineer
13 11 (3.54%) Senior IT Support
13 11 (3.54%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.22%) HTML
2 7 (2.25%) SOAP
2 7 (2.25%) XML
3 6 (1.93%) Node.js
4 5 (1.61%) .NET
5 4 (1.29%) JSON
5 4 (1.29%) Middleware
5 4 (1.29%) Terraform
6 3 (0.96%) CSS
6 3 (0.96%) FastAPI
6 3 (0.96%) HTML5
6 3 (0.96%) Model Context Protocol
6 3 (0.96%) React
6 3 (0.96%) REST
7 2 (0.64%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.64%) EDI
7 2 (0.64%) Express.js
7 2 (0.64%) Jest
7 2 (0.64%) Laravel
7 2 (0.64%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 41 (13.18%) Driving Licence
2 23 (7.40%) Data Centre
3 22 (7.07%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.22%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.93%) Smart Home
7 5 (1.61%) Blog
7 5 (1.61%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (1.29%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.29%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.29%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.29%) Synthetic Data
9 3 (0.96%) AI Agents
9 3 (0.96%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (0.96%) e-Learning
9 3 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.96%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.64%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.64%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (0.64%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 39 (12.54%) Windows
2 23 (7.40%) Windows Server
3 21 (6.75%) Linux
4 15 (4.82%) Mac OS
5 9 (2.89%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (2.25%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.96%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.32%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (22.83%) Continuous Improvement
2 62 (19.94%) Customer Service
3 46 (14.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 45 (14.47%) Collaborative Working
5 42 (13.50%) Business Intelligence
6 39 (12.54%) Process Improvement
7 35 (11.25%) CRM
8 30 (9.65%) Cybersecurity
9 29 (9.32%) AI
10 28 (9.00%) Project Delivery
11 27 (8.68%) Agile
11 27 (8.68%) Project Management
12 26 (8.36%) Decision-Making
13 24 (7.72%) Business Analysis
14 23 (7.40%) Kalman Filter
15 21 (6.75%) ITIL
16 20 (6.43%) Data Privacy
16 20 (6.43%) Mentoring
16 20 (6.43%) Preventative Maintenance
17 19 (6.11%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 47 (15.11%) SQL
2 33 (10.61%) Python
3 24 (7.72%) Java
4 20 (6.43%) PowerShell
5 16 (5.14%) C++
6 14 (4.50%) JavaScript
7 11 (3.54%) TypeScript
8 8 (2.57%) C#
9 7 (2.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (1.93%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.61%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.29%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.64%) Bash
13 2 (0.64%) C
13 2 (0.64%) PHP
14 1 (0.32%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.32%) Groovy
14 1 (0.32%) Perl
14 1 (0.32%) R
14 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 75 (24.12%) Degree
2 23 (7.40%) DBS Check
2 23 (7.40%) Security Cleared
3 19 (6.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (4.82%) Network+ Certification
5 12 (3.86%) CompTIA Security+
5 12 (3.86%) SC Cleared
6 11 (3.54%) HNC
6 11 (3.54%) HND
7 10 (3.22%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.25%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.29%) A+ Certification
9 4 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.29%) PhD
10 3 (0.96%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.64%) Chartered Engineer
11 2 (0.64%) CIMA
11 2 (0.64%) CRISC
11 2 (0.64%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.97%) QA
2 27 (8.68%) Accessibility
3 18 (5.79%) Good Clinical Practice
4 16 (5.14%) Data Quality
5 11 (3.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (3.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (2.57%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 8 (2.57%) GDPR
6 8 (2.57%) GLP
6 8 (2.57%) GMP
6 8 (2.57%) GxP
7 4 (1.29%) PMO
8 3 (0.96%) SLA
9 2 (0.64%) COBIT
9 2 (0.64%) COSO
9 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 1 (0.32%) NIST
10 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 23 (7.40%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.50%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.61%) ClearTrust
5 3 (0.96%) Docker
5 3 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.64%) Firmware
7 1 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (6.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (3.54%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (1.61%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.64%) Ansible
5 1 (0.32%) BMC PATROL
5 1 (0.32%) Kibana
5 1 (0.32%) Packer
Vendors
1 75 (24.12%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.68%) Google
3 19 (6.11%) Apple
4 17 (5.47%) VMware
5 14 (4.50%) Sage
5 14 (4.50%) Salesforce
6 13 (4.18%) CA Agile Central
7 11 (3.54%) Cisco
7 11 (3.54%) Datto
7 11 (3.54%) SonicWALL
7 11 (3.54%) Veeam
8 10 (3.22%) Oracle
9 8 (2.57%) Thales
10 6 (1.93%) HubSpot
11 5 (1.61%) EMC
11 5 (1.61%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.29%) ConnectWise
12 4 (1.29%) IBM
13 3 (0.96%) Juniper
13 3 (0.96%) SAP