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 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 238 368 402
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 8.50% 21.85% 12.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.91% 24.24% 15.58%
Number of salaries quoted 179 143 236
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,840 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,875 £32,000 £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 £55,875 £74,375 £62,813
90th Percentile £72,500 £83,750 £71,250
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -12.37%

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 1,998 1,518 2,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 71.38% 90.14% 81.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,316 615 1,762
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £39,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,001 £57,500 £54,995
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -5.99%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £86,250 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £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 2 July 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 2 July 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 -11 77 £46,575 -15.32% 48
Slough +3 57 £45,000 -30.77% 17
Hungerford - 12 £49,000 -
Windsor +8 11 £35,000 +18.64% 7
Wokingham -4 9 £48,885 -2.23% 12
Bracknell -21 7 £40,000 -20.00% 7
Maidenhead -20 4 £42,500 +36.00% 8
Thatcham 0 3 - - 2
Ascot -3 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 13 (5.46%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.84%) CMS
3 2 (0.84%) Confluence
3 2 (0.84%) Gentran
4 1 (0.42%) Apache
4 1 (0.42%) IIS
4 1 (0.42%) SAS
4 1 (0.42%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (8.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.84%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.68%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 60 (25.21%) Azure
2 34 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (12.61%) AWS
4 25 (10.50%) Power Platform
5 18 (7.56%) GCP
6 10 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (3.78%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (3.36%) Google Workspace
9 6 (2.52%) Entra ID
10 5 (2.10%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.68%) Datadog
11 4 (1.68%) SaaS
11 4 (1.68%) Serverless
12 2 (0.84%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.84%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.84%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.84%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.42%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.42%) Collibra
13 1 (0.42%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 23 (9.66%) Firewall
2 12 (5.04%) DNS
3 9 (3.78%) VPN
4 7 (2.94%) DHCP
5 6 (2.52%) VLAN
5 6 (2.52%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (2.10%) Network Security
6 5 (2.10%) SSL
6 5 (2.10%) VoIP
6 5 (2.10%) Wireless
7 4 (1.68%) WAN
8 3 (1.26%) LAN
9 2 (0.84%) HTTP
9 2 (0.84%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.42%) DNSSEC
10 1 (0.42%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.42%) SMTP
10 1 (0.42%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.42%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.72%) Power BI
2 15 (6.30%) OLTP
3 6 (2.52%) MySQL
4 5 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.26%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.84%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.84%) Redis
6 2 (0.84%) Tableau
7 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.42%) IBM InfoSphere
7 1 (0.42%) Metadata
7 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.42%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.42%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (5.04%) Git
2 11 (4.62%) GitLab
3 6 (2.52%) JIRA
4 3 (1.26%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.84%) Mocha
5 2 (0.84%) Selenium
6 1 (0.42%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.42%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.42%) SonarQube
General
1 98 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 93 (39.08%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (21.01%) Finance
4 19 (7.98%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (6.72%) Legal
5 16 (6.72%) Manufacturing
6 14 (5.88%) Telecoms
7 13 (5.46%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (4.62%) Electronics
9 8 (3.36%) Marketing
10 7 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.52%) Law
11 6 (2.52%) Retail
12 4 (1.68%) Advertising
12 4 (1.68%) Local Government
13 2 (0.84%) Games
14 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.42%) Automotive
14 1 (0.42%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 47 (19.75%) Analyst
2 40 (16.81%) Developer
3 30 (12.61%) Senior
4 21 (8.82%) IT Support
5 17 (7.14%) Senior Developer
6 16 (6.72%) Oracle Developer
6 16 (6.72%) Senior Oracle Developer
6 16 (6.72%) SQL Developer
7 15 (6.30%) 1st Line Support
8 13 (5.46%) Business Analyst
8 13 (5.46%) Lead
8 13 (5.46%) Support Analyst
9 12 (5.04%) PL/SQL Developer
9 12 (5.04%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
9 12 (5.04%) Senior SQL Developer
9 12 (5.04%) Support Engineer
10 11 (4.62%) Software Engineer
11 10 (4.20%) Report Analyst
11 10 (4.20%) Test Engineer
12 9 (3.78%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.40%) HTML
2 16 (6.72%) SOAP
3 15 (6.30%) XML
4 8 (3.36%) JSON
5 6 (2.52%) YAML
6 5 (2.10%) CSS
6 5 (2.10%) Jinja
7 4 (1.68%) Middleware
7 4 (1.68%) Node.js
8 3 (1.26%) .NET
8 3 (1.26%) HTML5
8 3 (1.26%) Laravel
8 3 (1.26%) REST
9 2 (0.84%) EDI
9 2 (0.84%) Express.js
9 2 (0.84%) Jest
9 2 (0.84%) Next.js
9 2 (0.84%) OLE
9 2 (0.84%) React
9 2 (0.84%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.82%) Onboarding
2 17 (7.14%) Driving Licence
3 13 (5.46%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.20%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (3.78%) Client/Server
5 9 (3.78%) Low-Code
6 8 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.10%) Smart Home
8 4 (1.68%) Blog
8 4 (1.68%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.68%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.68%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.26%) Arduino
9 3 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.26%) Raspberry Pi
9 3 (1.26%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.84%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.42%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.42%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 29 (12.18%) Windows
2 28 (11.76%) Linux
3 11 (4.62%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.68%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.26%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.26%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.42%) FreeBSD
6 1 (0.42%) OpenBSD
6 1 (0.42%) Unix
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 39 (16.39%) Customer Service
3 35 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
4 34 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 30 (12.61%) Business Intelligence
6 29 (12.18%) Decision-Making
7 23 (9.66%) CI/CD
8 20 (8.40%) DevOps
9 19 (7.98%) Line Management
10 18 (7.56%) Business Analysis
10 18 (7.56%) Software Testing
11 17 (7.14%) Mentoring
11 17 (7.14%) Process Improvement
11 17 (7.14%) Software Engineering
11 17 (7.14%) Validation
12 15 (6.30%) Computer Science
12 15 (6.30%) CRM
12 15 (6.30%) Data Governance
12 15 (6.30%) Project Delivery
13 14 (5.88%) CAPA
Programming Languages
1 38 (15.97%) Python
2 36 (15.13%) SQL
3 18 (7.56%) JavaScript
4 17 (7.14%) PowerShell
5 16 (6.72%) PL/SQL
6 14 (5.88%) C#
7 12 (5.04%) C
8 11 (4.62%) C++
9 10 (4.20%) Java
10 9 (3.78%) Rust
11 5 (2.10%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.26%) Pascal
12 3 (1.26%) PHP
12 3 (1.26%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.84%) Bash
14 1 (0.42%) Bicep
14 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.42%) Groovy
14 1 (0.42%) Korn
14 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 64 (26.89%) Degree
2 19 (7.98%) ACCA
3 18 (7.56%) CIMA
4 16 (6.72%) DBS Check
5 14 (5.88%) Security Cleared
6 12 (5.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.94%) SC Cleared
8 6 (2.52%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (2.10%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (1.68%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.68%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.26%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (1.26%) CISM
12 2 (0.84%) CISA
12 2 (0.84%) CRISC
12 2 (0.84%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (11.76%) QA
2 16 (6.72%) Accessibility
3 14 (5.88%) Good Clinical Practice
4 8 (3.36%) GDPR
5 6 (2.52%) Data Quality
6 5 (2.10%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 5 (2.10%) GLP
6 5 (2.10%) GMP
6 5 (2.10%) GxP
7 4 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.26%) NIST
8 3 (1.26%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.26%) SLA
8 3 (1.26%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.84%) COBIT
9 2 (0.84%) COSO
9 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.42%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (7.56%) Hyper-V
1 18 (7.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (5.88%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.20%) KVM
4 5 (2.10%) ClearTrust
5 4 (1.68%) Docker
6 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.42%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (2.52%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.68%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (1.68%) Terraform
4 2 (0.84%) Ansible
5 1 (0.42%) Kibana
5 1 (0.42%) Netcool
5 1 (0.42%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.42%) Packer
5 1 (0.42%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 56 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.40%) Oracle
3 18 (7.56%) VMware
4 12 (5.04%) Google
5 9 (3.78%) Cisco
6 6 (2.52%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.10%) IBM
7 5 (2.10%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.10%) Veeam
8 4 (1.68%) Apple
8 4 (1.68%) Datto
8 4 (1.68%) Sage
8 4 (1.68%) SonicWALL
9 3 (1.26%) Aruba
9 3 (1.26%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.26%) Juniper
9 3 (1.26%) Motorola
10 2 (0.84%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.84%) Informatica
10 2 (0.84%) SAP