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 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 4 7
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 +6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 232 364 408
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 8.50% 22.02% 12.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.95% 24.20% 15.58%
Number of salaries quoted 177 141 246
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -24.72%
75th Percentile £57,500 £75,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £73,500 £83,750 £71,250
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -13.46%

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 1,941 1,504 2,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 71.07% 90.99% 81.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,281 578 1,797
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.48% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £84,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% +1.20% -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 23 June 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 23 June 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 -10 77 £46,575 -15.32% 32
Slough +2 54 £45,000 -30.77% 16
Hungerford - 13 £49,000 -
Windsor +5 11 £35,000 +18.64% 5
Wokingham -4 9 £48,885 -2.23% 9
Bracknell -27 7 £40,000 -20.00% 4
Maidenhead -19 4 £42,500 +13.33% 4
Thatcham -1 2 - - 4
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 12 (5.17%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.86%) CMS
3 2 (0.86%) Confluence
3 2 (0.86%) Gentran
4 1 (0.43%) Apache
4 1 (0.43%) IIS
4 1 (0.43%) SAS
4 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (7.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.86%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.29%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 59 (25.43%) Azure
2 33 (14.22%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (12.07%) AWS
4 23 (9.91%) Power Platform
5 18 (7.76%) GCP
6 11 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (4.31%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (3.45%) Google Workspace
9 6 (2.59%) Entra ID
10 5 (2.16%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.72%) Datadog
11 4 (1.72%) SaaS
11 4 (1.72%) Serverless
12 2 (0.86%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.86%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.86%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.86%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.43%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.43%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 23 (9.91%) Firewall
2 12 (5.17%) DNS
3 9 (3.88%) VPN
4 7 (3.02%) DHCP
5 6 (2.59%) VLAN
5 6 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (2.16%) Network Security
6 5 (2.16%) SSL
6 5 (2.16%) VoIP
6 5 (2.16%) Wireless
7 4 (1.72%) WAN
8 3 (1.29%) LAN
9 2 (0.86%) HTTP
9 2 (0.86%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.43%) DNSSEC
10 1 (0.43%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.43%) SMTP
10 1 (0.43%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.90%) OLTP
2 13 (5.60%) Power BI
3 6 (2.59%) MySQL
4 4 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.29%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.86%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.86%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.86%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.86%) Redis
7 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.43%) IBM InfoSphere
7 1 (0.43%) Metadata
7 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.43%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (5.17%) Git
2 11 (4.74%) GitLab
3 6 (2.59%) JIRA
4 4 (1.72%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.86%) Mocha
5 2 (0.86%) Selenium
6 1 (0.43%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.43%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.43%) SonarQube
General
1 93 (40.09%) Social Skills
2 92 (39.66%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (21.55%) Finance
4 16 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (6.03%) Legal
5 14 (6.03%) Telecoms
6 13 (5.60%) Manufacturing
7 12 (5.17%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.88%) Electronics
9 8 (3.45%) Marketing
9 8 (3.45%) Retail
10 7 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.16%) Law
12 4 (1.72%) Local Government
13 3 (1.29%) Advertising
14 2 (0.86%) Games
15 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.43%) Automotive
15 1 (0.43%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 44 (18.97%) Analyst
2 43 (18.53%) Developer
3 33 (14.22%) Senior
4 20 (8.62%) Senior Developer
5 19 (8.19%) IT Support
5 19 (8.19%) Oracle Developer
5 19 (8.19%) Senior Oracle Developer
6 16 (6.90%) SQL Developer
7 14 (6.03%) 1st Line Support
8 13 (5.60%) PL/SQL Developer
8 13 (5.60%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
8 13 (5.60%) Senior SQL Developer
9 12 (5.17%) Business Analyst
9 12 (5.17%) Lead
10 11 (4.74%) Report Analyst
10 11 (4.74%) Software Engineer
10 11 (4.74%) Support Engineer
11 10 (4.31%) Power Platform Developer
11 10 (4.31%) Support Analyst
12 8 (3.45%) Logistics Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.91%) HTML
2 17 (7.33%) SOAP
3 16 (6.90%) XML
4 10 (4.31%) JSON
5 6 (2.59%) YAML
6 5 (2.16%) CSS
6 5 (2.16%) Jinja
7 4 (1.72%) Middleware
7 4 (1.72%) Node.js
8 3 (1.29%) .NET
8 3 (1.29%) HTML5
8 3 (1.29%) Laravel
8 3 (1.29%) OLE
8 3 (1.29%) REST
9 2 (0.86%) EDI
9 2 (0.86%) Express.js
9 2 (0.86%) Jest
9 2 (0.86%) Next.js
9 2 (0.86%) React
9 2 (0.86%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.19%) Onboarding
2 16 (6.90%) Driving Licence
3 13 (5.60%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.31%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (4.31%) Low-Code
4 10 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.88%) Client/Server
6 4 (1.72%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (1.72%) Smart Home
7 3 (1.29%) Arduino
7 3 (1.29%) Blog
7 3 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.29%) PMI
7 3 (1.29%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (1.29%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.86%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.86%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.43%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 28 (12.07%) Windows
2 27 (11.64%) Linux
3 11 (4.74%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.72%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.86%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.86%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.43%) FreeBSD
6 1 (0.43%) OpenBSD
6 1 (0.43%) Unix
6 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (28.02%) Continuous Improvement
2 38 (16.38%) Customer Service
3 35 (15.09%) Cybersecurity
4 31 (13.36%) Collaborative Working
5 29 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 28 (12.07%) Business Intelligence
7 24 (10.34%) CI/CD
8 21 (9.05%) DevOps
8 21 (9.05%) Software Testing
9 19 (8.19%) Mentoring
10 18 (7.76%) Line Management
10 18 (7.76%) Software Engineering
10 18 (7.76%) Validation
11 16 (6.90%) Business Analysis
11 16 (6.90%) Data Governance
12 15 (6.47%) Computer Science
12 15 (6.47%) Project Delivery
13 14 (6.03%) CRM
13 14 (6.03%) Process Improvement
14 12 (5.17%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (16.38%) Python
2 36 (15.52%) SQL
3 21 (9.05%) JavaScript
4 19 (8.19%) PL/SQL
5 16 (6.90%) PowerShell
6 15 (6.47%) C#
7 12 (5.17%) C
7 12 (5.17%) Java
8 11 (4.74%) C++
9 9 (3.88%) Rust
10 4 (1.72%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.29%) Pascal
11 3 (1.29%) PHP
11 3 (1.29%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.86%) Bash
13 1 (0.43%) ABAP
13 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.43%) Groovy
13 1 (0.43%) Korn
13 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 65 (28.02%) Degree
2 20 (8.62%) ACCA
3 19 (8.19%) CIMA
4 16 (6.90%) DBS Check
5 13 (5.60%) Security Cleared
6 12 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.02%) SC Cleared
8 6 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (2.16%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.16%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.72%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (1.72%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.29%) CISM
11 3 (1.29%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (1.29%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.86%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.43%) CREST Certified
13 1 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (11.21%) QA
2 14 (6.03%) Accessibility
3 12 (5.17%) Good Clinical Practice
4 8 (3.45%) GDPR
5 6 (2.59%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.72%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.72%) GLP
6 4 (1.72%) GMP
6 4 (1.72%) GxP
7 3 (1.29%) NIST
7 3 (1.29%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.29%) SLA
7 3 (1.29%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.43%) COBIT
8 1 (0.43%) COSO
8 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.43%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (7.76%) Hyper-V
1 18 (7.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (5.60%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.31%) KVM
4 5 (2.16%) ClearTrust
5 4 (1.72%) Docker
6 2 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (2.59%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (1.72%) Terraform
4 2 (0.86%) Ansible
5 1 (0.43%) Kibana
5 1 (0.43%) Netcool
5 1 (0.43%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.43%) Packer
5 1 (0.43%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 55 (23.71%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.91%) Oracle
3 18 (7.76%) VMware
4 12 (5.17%) Google
5 9 (3.88%) Cisco
6 5 (2.16%) IBM
6 5 (2.16%) Red Hat
6 5 (2.16%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.16%) Veeam
7 4 (1.72%) Apple
7 4 (1.72%) Datto
7 4 (1.72%) SonicWALL
8 3 (1.29%) Motorola
8 3 (1.29%) Sage
9 2 (0.86%) Aruba
9 2 (0.86%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.86%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.86%) Informatica
9 2 (0.86%) Juniper
9 2 (0.86%) SAP