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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 8 12
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 518 311 267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 25.35% 12.92% 13.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 28.46% 15.92% 14.01%
Number of salaries quoted 121 113 137
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £39,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £51,350 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.23% -10.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £69,203 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,500 £115,000
South East median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% -0.99% +1.00%

All Process and 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 1,820 1,954 1,906
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 89.08% 81.18% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 689 1,032 1,263
10th Percentile £26,750 £35,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £74,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £90,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving 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 2025.

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 2025. 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 -1 168 £42,500 -37.04% 211
Windsor +1 123 £29,500 -64.24% 7
Maidenhead -5 121 £21,500 - 9
Reading -5 54 £47,500 - 60
Hungerford - 11 £41,000 -
Bracknell +16 9 £67,500 +84.93% 11
Ascot +5 7 £82,500 - 2
Wokingham +1 3 £50,000 +17.65% 16
Thatcham - 2 £51,000 - 1
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (0.97%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.77%) CMS
4 2 (0.39%) Apache
4 2 (0.39%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.39%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.19%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.19%) Confluence
5 1 (0.19%) IIS
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 107 (20.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 72 (13.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.32%) NetSuite
3 11 (2.12%) Sage 200
3 11 (2.12%) Sage CRM
4 8 (1.54%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 6 (1.16%) Dynamics GP
5 6 (1.16%) Oracle Assets
5 6 (1.16%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (1.16%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (1.16%) SAP CO
5 6 (1.16%) SAP FI
5 6 (1.16%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.77%) Shopify
7 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 157 (30.31%) Azure
2 72 (13.90%) Power Platform
3 30 (5.79%) Vertex AI
4 25 (4.83%) AWS
5 24 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (4.44%) GCP
7 15 (2.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 15 (2.90%) Collibra
8 14 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
8 14 (2.70%) Salsify
8 14 (2.70%) SonarCloud
9 11 (2.12%) SaaS
10 10 (1.93%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (1.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (0.97%) IaaS
12 3 (0.58%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.58%) Boomi
12 3 (0.58%) iPaaS
12 3 (0.58%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.70%) DNS
2 11 (2.12%) VPN
3 10 (1.93%) DHCP
3 10 (1.93%) Firewall
4 7 (1.35%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.35%) VLAN
5 5 (0.97%) LAN
5 5 (0.97%) SAN
5 5 (0.97%) VoIP
5 5 (0.97%) WAN
6 4 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.39%) Broadband
7 2 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.19%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (19.69%) Data Lake
2 71 (13.71%) Power BI
3 63 (12.16%) SAP BW
4 36 (6.95%) Data Mining
5 15 (2.90%) Metadata
5 15 (2.90%) Relational Database
6 14 (2.70%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (1.35%) SQL Server
8 5 (0.97%) OLTP
9 4 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.39%) Big Data
10 2 (0.39%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.39%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.39%) Qlik Sense
11 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.19%) DTS
11 1 (0.19%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (5.79%) Git
2 14 (2.70%) MSBuild
2 14 (2.70%) Octopus Deploy
2 14 (2.70%) Team Foundation Server
2 14 (2.70%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.39%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.19%) GitLab
4 1 (0.19%) JIRA
4 1 (0.19%) MLflow
General
1 367 (70.85%) Social Skills
2 212 (40.93%) Analytical Skills
3 178 (34.36%) Finance
4 170 (32.82%) Law
5 100 (19.31%) Marketing
6 85 (16.41%) Manufacturing
7 76 (14.67%) Retail
8 42 (8.11%) Influencing Skills
9 19 (3.67%) Legal
10 12 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.54%) German Language
12 6 (1.16%) Advertising
13 5 (0.97%) Public Sector
14 4 (0.77%) Electronics
14 4 (0.77%) French Language
14 4 (0.77%) Military
14 4 (0.77%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 219 (42.28%) Senior
2 191 (36.87%) Lead
3 116 (22.39%) Analyst
4 55 (10.62%) SAP Analyst
4 55 (10.62%) Senior Analyst
5 34 (6.56%) Report Analyst
6 33 (6.37%) Senior Manager
7 29 (5.60%) Business Intelligence Lead
8 28 (5.41%) Sustainability Analyst
9 23 (4.44%) Developer
10 21 (4.05%) Technical Support
11 19 (3.67%) Senior Developer
12 18 (3.47%) Architect
12 18 (3.47%) Support Specialist
13 16 (3.09%) Full-Stack Developer
14 15 (2.90%) Data Model Manager
15 14 (2.70%) 1st Line Support
15 14 (2.70%) Senior Web Developer
15 14 (2.70%) Technical Architect
15 14 (2.70%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (6.37%) HTML
2 28 (5.41%) CSS
3 20 (3.86%) XML
4 18 (3.47%) Node.js
4 18 (3.47%) React
5 17 (3.28%) REST
6 15 (2.90%) .NET
6 15 (2.90%) JSON
7 14 (2.70%) ASP.NET
7 14 (2.70%) Bootstrap
7 14 (2.70%) gRPC
7 14 (2.70%) RESTful
8 6 (1.16%) EDI
8 6 (1.16%) SOAP
9 5 (0.97%) SAML
10 3 (0.58%) Kafka
11 2 (0.39%) AngularJS
11 2 (0.39%) Mustache
11 2 (0.39%) Spring
11 2 (0.39%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 73 (14.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 39 (7.53%) Algorithms
3 29 (5.60%) Data Centre
4 20 (3.86%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.90%) Onboarding
6 14 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.70%) Taxonomies
7 10 (1.93%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.54%) PKI
9 6 (1.16%) FMCG
10 4 (0.77%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.58%) SCADA
11 3 (0.58%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.39%) Client/Server
12 2 (0.39%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.39%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (0.39%) Marketing Technology
13 1 (0.19%) Clustering
13 1 (0.19%) Cyber Defence
13 1 (0.19%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.60%) Windows
2 12 (2.32%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.35%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.58%) Android
4 3 (0.58%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.39%) Linux
6 1 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (37.64%) Analytics
2 140 (27.03%) Agile
3 114 (22.01%) ERP
4 112 (21.62%) SAP Implementation
5 108 (20.85%) Roadmaps
6 105 (20.27%) Data Modelling
7 95 (18.34%) Incident Management
8 94 (18.15%) Continuous Improvement
9 88 (16.99%) Business Intelligence
10 87 (16.80%) Technical Leadership
11 86 (16.60%) Change Management
12 84 (16.22%) Strategic Thinking
13 83 (16.02%) Quality Management
14 81 (15.64%) Data Science
14 81 (15.64%) Machine Learning
15 75 (14.48%) Actionable Insight
15 75 (14.48%) Data Management
15 75 (14.48%) DevOps
16 72 (13.90%) Business Transformation
16 72 (13.90%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 55 (10.62%) SQL
2 32 (6.18%) JavaScript
3 14 (2.70%) C#
4 6 (1.16%) Python
5 5 (0.97%) Java
5 5 (0.97%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.77%) C++
7 3 (0.58%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.39%) R
9 1 (0.19%) Bash
Qualifications
1 144 (27.80%) Degree
2 17 (3.28%) PMI Certification
2 17 (3.28%) PMP
3 10 (1.93%) SC Cleared
3 10 (1.93%) Security Cleared
4 8 (1.54%) A+ Certification
5 5 (0.97%) Azure Certification
5 5 (0.97%) CCNA
5 5 (0.97%) CCNP
5 5 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (0.77%) CISA
6 4 (0.77%) CISM
6 4 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.77%) DBS Check
6 4 (0.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 4 (0.77%) MCP
7 3 (0.58%) MCSA
8 2 (0.39%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (20.27%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.28%) GDPR
3 14 (2.70%) QA
4 6 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.97%) SLA
6 3 (0.58%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.39%) GxP
8 1 (0.19%) GRC
8 1 (0.19%) PMO
8 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 34 (6.56%) Docker
2 20 (3.86%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.12%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.19%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 20 (3.86%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.39%) Terraform
4 1 (0.19%) Ansible
4 1 (0.19%) Argo
4 1 (0.19%) Grafana
4 1 (0.19%) Kubeflow
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 197 (38.03%) SAP
2 76 (14.67%) Microsoft
3 30 (5.79%) Google
3 30 (5.79%) OpenAI
4 18 (3.47%) IBM
5 17 (3.28%) Oracle
5 17 (3.28%) Workday
6 15 (2.90%) Concur
7 12 (2.32%) VMware
8 11 (2.12%) Databricks
8 11 (2.12%) Sage
9 8 (1.54%) JD Edwards
10 5 (0.97%) Veeam
11 4 (0.77%) Dell
12 3 (0.58%) Apple
12 3 (0.58%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.58%) SonicWALL
13 1 (0.19%) Draytek
13 1 (0.19%) IFS
13 1 (0.19%) Infor