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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 +6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 210 304 378
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 8.20% 19.14% 13.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.56% 20.67% 15.53%
Number of salaries quoted 164 127 249
10th Percentile £28,700 £27,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,938 £37,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +42.86% -18.21%
75th Percentile £59,688 £83,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £75,000 - £71,250
South East median annual salary £46,663 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.68% +11.11% -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 1,817 1,471 2,434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 70.92% 92.63% 85.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,168 533 1,803
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £70,625
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% 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 15 May 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 15 May 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 -12 76 £47,500 -20.83% 39
Slough +2 47 £67,500 - 16
Hungerford - 16 £49,000 - 1
Bracknell -11 13 £42,500 -15.00% 9
Wokingham -3 9 £48,885 -53.44% 8
Maidenhead -25 5 £42,500 -26.09% 4
Windsor +1 3 £70,000 +137.29% 21
Ascot -1 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 7 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.95%) CMS
3 2 (0.95%) Gentran
3 2 (0.95%) SAS
4 1 (0.48%) Apache
4 1 (0.48%) IIS
4 1 (0.48%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (8.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.38%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.48%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 54 (25.71%) Azure
2 26 (12.38%) AWS
2 26 (12.38%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (11.43%) Power Platform
4 19 (9.05%) GCP
5 15 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
6 7 (3.33%) SaaS
7 6 (2.86%) Google Workspace
8 5 (2.38%) OpenShift
9 4 (1.90%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.43%) Datadog
11 2 (0.95%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.95%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.95%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.95%) Serverless
12 1 (0.48%) Canva
12 1 (0.48%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 21 (10.00%) Firewall
2 10 (4.76%) DNS
3 7 (3.33%) VPN
4 6 (2.86%) WAN
5 5 (2.38%) LAN
5 5 (2.38%) Wireless
6 4 (1.90%) DHCP
7 3 (1.43%) Network Security
7 3 (1.43%) VLAN
7 3 (1.43%) VoIP
7 3 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.95%) HTTP
8 2 (0.95%) SSL
8 2 (0.95%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.48%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.48%) SMTP
9 1 (0.48%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.10%) OLTP
2 9 (4.29%) Power BI
3 5 (2.38%) MySQL
4 3 (1.43%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.95%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.48%) IBM InfoSphere
6 1 (0.48%) Metadata
6 1 (0.48%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (5.71%) Git
2 10 (4.76%) GitLab
3 4 (1.90%) JIRA
3 4 (1.90%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.48%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.48%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.48%) SonarQube
General
1 82 (39.05%) Analytical Skills
2 68 (32.38%) Social Skills
3 55 (26.19%) Finance
4 14 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (4.76%) Telecoms
6 9 (4.29%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (4.29%) Marketing
7 7 (3.33%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.38%) Retail
10 4 (1.90%) Legal
10 4 (1.90%) Local Government
11 3 (1.43%) Electronics
12 2 (0.95%) Law
13 1 (0.48%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.48%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 48 (22.86%) Developer
2 39 (18.57%) Analyst
3 35 (16.67%) Senior
4 21 (10.00%) Senior Developer
5 20 (9.52%) Oracle Developer
5 20 (9.52%) Senior Oracle Developer
6 18 (8.57%) IT Support
7 16 (7.62%) PL/SQL Developer
7 16 (7.62%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
7 16 (7.62%) Senior SQL Developer
7 16 (7.62%) SQL Developer
8 15 (7.14%) Power Platform Developer
9 14 (6.67%) Report Analyst
10 9 (4.29%) Business Analyst
10 9 (4.29%) Lead
10 9 (4.29%) Software Engineer
10 9 (4.29%) Support Engineer
11 8 (3.81%) 1st Line Support
11 8 (3.81%) Financial Analyst
11 8 (3.81%) Procurement Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (10.48%) HTML
2 18 (8.57%) SOAP
3 17 (8.10%) XML
4 10 (4.76%) JSON
5 6 (2.86%) YAML
6 5 (2.38%) Jinja
7 4 (1.90%) CSS
7 4 (1.90%) Middleware
8 3 (1.43%) .NET
8 3 (1.43%) Laravel
8 3 (1.43%) Next.js
8 3 (1.43%) OLE
8 3 (1.43%) REST
8 3 (1.43%) RESTful
9 2 (0.95%) EDI
9 2 (0.95%) Node.js
9 2 (0.95%) React
9 2 (0.95%) Tailwind CSS
10 1 (0.48%) CodeIgniter
10 1 (0.48%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.48%) Onboarding
2 15 (7.14%) Low-Code
3 12 (5.71%) Driving Licence
3 12 (5.71%) Management Information System
4 11 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (4.29%) Client/Server
7 5 (2.38%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.43%) Arduino
8 3 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.43%) Life Science
8 3 (1.43%) PMI
8 3 (1.43%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (1.43%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.95%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.95%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.95%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 25 (11.90%) Linux
2 20 (9.52%) Windows
3 8 (3.81%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.48%) FreeBSD
4 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.48%) OpenBSD
4 1 (0.48%) Unix
4 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (29.52%) Continuous Improvement
2 34 (16.19%) Customer Service
3 31 (14.76%) Cybersecurity
3 31 (14.76%) Decision-Making
4 30 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 26 (12.38%) Business Intelligence
5 26 (12.38%) DevOps
6 24 (11.43%) Software Testing
6 24 (11.43%) Validation
7 21 (10.00%) Data Governance
7 21 (10.00%) Mentoring
8 18 (8.57%) Agile
8 18 (8.57%) Software Engineering
9 16 (7.62%) Computer Science
9 16 (7.62%) Deployment Automation
10 15 (7.14%) Business Process Analysis
11 14 (6.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 14 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
12 13 (6.19%) Collaborative Culture
12 13 (6.19%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 40 (19.05%) Python
2 32 (15.24%) SQL
3 23 (10.95%) JavaScript
4 20 (9.52%) PL/SQL
5 19 (9.05%) C#
6 13 (6.19%) PowerShell
7 12 (5.71%) C
8 10 (4.76%) C++
9 9 (4.29%) Rust
10 8 (3.81%) Java
11 3 (1.43%) Pascal
11 3 (1.43%) PHP
12 2 (0.95%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.48%) ABAP
13 1 (0.48%) Bash
13 1 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.48%) Groovy
13 1 (0.48%) Perl
13 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.48%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (23.81%) Degree
2 23 (10.95%) ACCA
3 22 (10.48%) CIMA
4 12 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (5.24%) DBS Check
5 11 (5.24%) Security Cleared
6 6 (2.86%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.90%) Chartered Engineer
7 4 (1.90%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.43%) CISM
8 3 (1.43%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (1.43%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.95%) HNC
9 2 (0.95%) HND
10 1 (0.48%) CCIE
10 1 (0.48%) CCNA
10 1 (0.48%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.05%) QA
2 9 (4.29%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.33%) GDPR
4 5 (2.38%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.38%) SLA
5 3 (1.43%) NIST
5 3 (1.43%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.43%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.95%) Good Clinical Practice
7 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.48%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (7.62%) Hyper-V
2 15 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.76%) KVM
4 3 (1.43%) Docker
5 2 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.48%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (2.38%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.90%) Terraform
3 3 (1.43%) Ansible
4 2 (0.95%) SCCM
5 1 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.48%) Kibana
5 1 (0.48%) Netcool
5 1 (0.48%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.48%) Packer
5 1 (0.48%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 55 (26.19%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.43%) Oracle
3 15 (7.14%) VMware
4 8 (3.81%) Google
5 6 (2.86%) Cisco
6 5 (2.38%) IBM
6 5 (2.38%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.43%) Adobe
7 3 (1.43%) Databricks
7 3 (1.43%) Motorola
7 3 (1.43%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.95%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.95%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.95%) Informatica
8 2 (0.95%) Logitech
8 2 (0.95%) SAP
8 2 (0.95%) Veeam
8 2 (0.95%) Yealink
9 1 (0.48%) Datto
9 1 (0.48%) Zscaler