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 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 9 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 377 236 335
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 18.97% 13.79% 16.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.93% 14.93% 18.95%
Number of salaries quoted 133 106 160
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £41,572 £30,281
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £67,500 £48,250
Median % change year-on-year -37.04% +39.90% +11.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £83,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 - £77,750
South East median annual salary £41,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.95% +5.00% -8.11%

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 1,644 1,581 1,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.74% 92.40% 89.07%
Number of salaries quoted 746 699 1,233
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £39,380
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -7.56%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,125 £92,750 £87,400
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 -2 112 £67,500 - 142
Maidenhead -3 76 £45,000 -14.29% 6
Windsor +11 67 £58,500 -29.09% 5
Reading -3 38 £54,500 +9.00% 66
Hungerford +2 16 £41,000 -41.43% 1
Bracknell +21 10 £42,500 +18.88% 12
Wokingham +4 4 £42,500 -59.52% 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 12 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.80%) Confluence
2 3 (0.80%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.53%) SAS
3 2 (0.53%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.27%) Anypoint
Applications
1 98 (25.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (7.96%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.80%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.53%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 74 (19.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.12%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 6 (1.59%) Oracle Assets
3 6 (1.59%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.59%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (1.59%) SAP CO
3 6 (1.59%) SAP FI
3 6 (1.59%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 114 (30.24%) Azure
2 76 (20.16%) Power Platform
3 41 (10.88%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (6.63%) AWS
5 20 (5.31%) GCP
5 20 (5.31%) SaaS
6 15 (3.98%) Collibra
7 12 (3.18%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (1.06%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.80%) Boomi
11 2 (0.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.53%) iPaaS
12 1 (0.27%) Asana
12 1 (0.27%) Canva
12 1 (0.27%) Figma
12 1 (0.27%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.27%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.27%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.71%) Firewall
2 7 (1.86%) WAN
3 6 (1.59%) DNS
3 6 (1.59%) LAN
4 5 (1.33%) DHCP
5 4 (1.06%) VoIP
5 4 (1.06%) Wireless
6 2 (0.53%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.53%) VPN
7 1 (0.27%) 5G
7 1 (0.27%) MIMO
7 1 (0.27%) NGN
7 1 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.27%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (18.57%) Power BI
2 63 (16.71%) Data Lake
2 63 (16.71%) SAP BW
3 14 (3.71%) Relational Database
4 9 (2.39%) OLTP
5 2 (0.53%) Metadata
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.53%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (0.53%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (0.53%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.53%) Tableau
6 1 (0.27%) Big Data
6 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.27%) MySQL
6 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (4.77%) Git
2 3 (0.80%) JIRA
3 1 (0.27%) GitLab
3 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
General
1 254 (67.37%) Social Skills
2 142 (37.67%) Finance
3 106 (28.12%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (20.95%) Marketing
5 73 (19.36%) Manufacturing
6 24 (6.37%) Retail
7 15 (3.98%) Law
8 13 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.59%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.06%) Electronics
10 4 (1.06%) French Language
10 4 (1.06%) Military
11 3 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.53%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.27%) Legal
13 1 (0.27%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 142 (37.67%) Senior
2 131 (34.75%) Analyst
3 92 (24.40%) Lead
4 60 (15.92%) Senior Analyst
5 57 (15.12%) SAP Analyst
6 39 (10.34%) Report Analyst
7 36 (9.55%) Developer
8 29 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Lead
9 28 (7.43%) Sustainability Analyst
10 27 (7.16%) IT Support
11 25 (6.63%) Senior Developer
12 23 (6.10%) Senior Manager
13 21 (5.57%) Support Analyst
14 17 (4.51%) IT Analyst
15 16 (4.24%) IT Support Analyst
16 15 (3.98%) Data Model Manager
16 15 (3.98%) Full-Stack Developer
16 15 (3.98%) Support Engineer
17 14 (3.71%) Full-Stack Web Developer
17 14 (3.71%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.63%) HTML
2 17 (4.51%) Node.js
3 15 (3.98%) CSS
3 15 (3.98%) React
3 15 (3.98%) RESTful
4 9 (2.39%) SOAP
4 9 (2.39%) XML
5 6 (1.59%) EDI
6 2 (0.53%) JSON
6 2 (0.53%) SAPUI5
7 1 (0.27%) .NET
7 1 (0.27%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.27%) Express.js
7 1 (0.27%) Flash
7 1 (0.27%) Next.js
7 1 (0.27%) OLE
7 1 (0.27%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.27%) Sequelize
7 1 (0.27%) Tailwind CSS
7 1 (0.27%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 27 (7.16%) Data Centre
3 26 (6.90%) Onboarding
4 21 (5.57%) Driving Licence
5 7 (1.86%) Life Science
6 6 (1.59%) FMCG
6 6 (1.59%) Low-Code
6 6 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.33%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.06%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.53%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.53%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.53%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.53%) PMI
10 2 (0.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.27%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.27%) Cyber Defence
11 1 (0.27%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 28 (7.43%) Windows
2 6 (1.59%) Linux
3 4 (1.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (28.12%) Data Modelling
2 102 (27.06%) Analytics
2 102 (27.06%) ERP
3 99 (26.26%) SAP Implementation
4 85 (22.55%) Quality Management
5 80 (21.22%) Business Intelligence
6 63 (16.71%) Technical Leadership
7 62 (16.45%) Data Cleansing
8 61 (16.18%) Data Management
9 60 (15.92%) Incident Management
10 59 (15.65%) Architectural Design
10 59 (15.65%) Continuous Improvement
10 59 (15.65%) Logistics
10 59 (15.65%) Translating Business Requirements
11 58 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
12 57 (15.12%) Data Collection
12 57 (15.12%) Decision Quality
12 57 (15.12%) Impact Analysis
13 47 (12.47%) Master Data Management
14 45 (11.94%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 38 (10.08%) SQL
2 24 (6.37%) JavaScript
3 13 (3.45%) PowerShell
4 11 (2.92%) PL/SQL
4 11 (2.92%) Python
5 6 (1.59%) C#
5 6 (1.59%) Java
6 2 (0.53%) ABAP
6 2 (0.53%) C++
7 1 (0.27%) Bicep
7 1 (0.27%) R
7 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 138 (36.60%) Degree
2 7 (1.86%) CIMA
3 6 (1.59%) ACCA
3 6 (1.59%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.33%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.06%) CISA
5 4 (1.06%) CISM
5 4 (1.06%) HND
5 4 (1.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 3 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.80%) MCSE
6 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.53%) CISSP
7 2 (0.53%) HNC
7 2 (0.53%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.53%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 2 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (0.53%) OCP
7 2 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.53%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (24.93%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.04%) QA
3 5 (1.33%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.80%) GDPR
5 3 (0.80%) SLA
6 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 31 (8.22%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.51%) Docker
3 3 (0.80%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (4.51%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.33%) Terraform
4 3 (0.80%) Ansible
5 2 (0.53%) SCCM
6 1 (0.27%) Grafana
6 1 (0.27%) Netcool
6 1 (0.27%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 167 (44.30%) SAP
2 62 (16.45%) Microsoft
3 22 (5.84%) Oracle
4 8 (2.12%) JD Edwards
5 6 (1.59%) Cisco
6 5 (1.33%) Adobe
6 5 (1.33%) Draytek
6 5 (1.33%) Meraki
6 5 (1.33%) Sophos
6 5 (1.33%) Workday
7 4 (1.06%) Atlassian
7 4 (1.06%) Databricks
7 4 (1.06%) Google
7 4 (1.06%) IBM
8 3 (0.80%) Dell
9 2 (0.53%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.53%) Logitech
9 2 (0.53%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.53%) VMware
9 2 (0.53%) Yealink