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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 8 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 220 261 414
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 9.94% 18.23% 14.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.52% 19.39% 16.68%
Number of salaries quoted 170 119 264
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,281 £37,875 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £65,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +58.54% -8.89%
75th Percentile £58,625 £83,750 £62,813
90th Percentile £75,000 - £71,250
South East median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.71% +13.26% -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 1,627 1,346 2,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 73.52% 93.99% 85.85%
Number of salaries quoted 992 496 1,880
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,375 £29,750
25th Percentile £39,539 £43,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £61,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% +11.36% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £87,625
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 1 April 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 1 April 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 -8 71 £47,500 -17.39% 38
Slough +1 38 £67,500 - 30
Hungerford 0 16 £49,000 -30.00% 1
Maidenhead -23 12 £43,750 -16.67% 6
Bracknell +1 11 £38,000 -24.00% 8
Wokingham -2 10 £48,885 -53.44% 15
Windsor 0 4 £70,000 +137.29% 1
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 8 (3.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.18%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.91%) SAS
4 1 (0.45%) CMS
Applications
1 22 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.27%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.45%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.45%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 60 (27.27%) Azure
2 42 (19.09%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (10.45%) AWS
3 23 (10.45%) Power Platform
4 17 (7.73%) GCP
5 15 (6.82%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (6.82%) Azure Logic Apps
6 13 (5.91%) SaaS
7 11 (5.00%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.27%) Google Workspace
8 5 (2.27%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.91%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.91%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.91%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.91%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.91%) Serverless
10 1 (0.45%) Asana
10 1 (0.45%) Canva
10 1 (0.45%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.45%) Firewall
2 10 (4.55%) DNS
3 8 (3.64%) WAN
3 8 (3.64%) Wireless
4 7 (3.18%) DHCP
5 6 (2.73%) LAN
6 4 (1.82%) VoIP
6 4 (1.82%) VPN
7 2 (0.91%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.91%) VLAN
7 2 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.45%) 5G
8 1 (0.45%) HTTP
8 1 (0.45%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.45%) MIMO
8 1 (0.45%) NGN
8 1 (0.45%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.45%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.45%) SMTP
8 1 (0.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.82%) OLTP
2 8 (3.64%) Power BI
3 4 (1.82%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.36%) MySQL
4 3 (1.36%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.36%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (0.91%) Metadata
5 2 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (5.45%) Git
2 8 (3.64%) GitLab
3 3 (1.36%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.91%) JIRA
5 1 (0.45%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.45%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.45%) SonarQube
General
1 77 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 75 (34.09%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (20.45%) Finance
4 11 (5.00%) Marketing
4 11 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
4 11 (5.00%) Telecoms
5 9 (4.09%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (4.09%) Retail
6 8 (3.64%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (1.82%) Local Government
8 3 (1.36%) Electronics
9 2 (0.91%) Legal
10 1 (0.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 44 (20.00%) Developer
2 43 (19.55%) Analyst
3 38 (17.27%) Senior
4 31 (14.09%) IT Support
5 19 (8.64%) Senior Developer
6 18 (8.18%) Oracle Developer
6 18 (8.18%) Senior Oracle Developer
7 15 (6.82%) PL/SQL Developer
7 15 (6.82%) Power Platform Developer
7 15 (6.82%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
7 15 (6.82%) Senior SQL Developer
7 15 (6.82%) SQL Developer
8 14 (6.36%) Report Analyst
8 14 (6.36%) Support Analyst
8 14 (6.36%) Support Engineer
9 13 (5.91%) IT Analyst
9 13 (5.91%) IT Support Analyst
10 10 (4.55%) Microsoft Engineer
10 10 (4.55%) Project Engineer
11 9 (4.09%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.64%) HTML
2 15 (6.82%) SOAP
2 15 (6.82%) XML
3 9 (4.09%) JSON
4 6 (2.73%) YAML
5 5 (2.27%) Jinja
6 4 (1.82%) Node.js
7 3 (1.36%) .NET
7 3 (1.36%) CSS
7 3 (1.36%) Next.js
7 3 (1.36%) OLE
7 3 (1.36%) SAPUI5
8 2 (0.91%) React
8 2 (0.91%) RESTful
8 2 (0.91%) Tailwind CSS
9 1 (0.45%) Express.js
9 1 (0.45%) Laravel
9 1 (0.45%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 1 (0.45%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 26 (11.82%) Onboarding
2 23 (10.45%) Driving Licence
3 15 (6.82%) Low-Code
4 10 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (4.09%) Client/Server
6 8 (3.64%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (3.18%) Life Science
8 6 (2.73%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.36%) Arduino
9 3 (1.36%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.36%) PMI
9 3 (1.36%) Raspberry Pi
9 3 (1.36%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.91%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 34 (15.45%) Windows
2 24 (10.91%) Linux
3 8 (3.64%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.45%) FreeBSD
4 1 (0.45%) OpenBSD
4 1 (0.45%) Unix
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (24.09%) Continuous Improvement
2 42 (19.09%) Customer Service
3 37 (16.82%) Cybersecurity
4 31 (14.09%) CI/CD
5 25 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
5 25 (11.36%) Decision-Making
6 24 (10.91%) DevOps
6 24 (10.91%) Validation
7 22 (10.00%) Agile
7 22 (10.00%) Software Testing
8 21 (9.55%) Mentoring
9 18 (8.18%) Data Governance
10 16 (7.27%) CRM
10 16 (7.27%) Deployment Automation
11 15 (6.82%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 15 (6.82%) Business Process Analysis
11 15 (6.82%) Computer Science
12 14 (6.36%) Collaborative Culture
12 14 (6.36%) Software Engineering
12 14 (6.36%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 36 (16.36%) Python
2 30 (13.64%) SQL
3 22 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 18 (8.18%) PL/SQL
5 17 (7.73%) C#
6 16 (7.27%) PowerShell
7 12 (5.45%) C
8 11 (5.00%) C++
9 9 (4.09%) Rust
10 7 (3.18%) Java
11 3 (1.36%) ABAP
11 3 (1.36%) Pascal
12 2 (0.91%) Bicep
12 2 (0.91%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.45%) Bash
13 1 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.45%) Perl
13 1 (0.45%) PHP
13 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (20.91%) Degree
2 22 (10.00%) ACCA
2 22 (10.00%) CIMA
3 9 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (4.09%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.73%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.27%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.82%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.82%) HND
7 3 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.36%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (1.36%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (1.36%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.91%) CCNA
8 2 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.91%) CISM
8 2 (0.91%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.91%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (0.91%) MCSE
8 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.82%) QA
2 7 (3.18%) GDPR
3 6 (2.73%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.27%) SLA
5 3 (1.36%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.91%) NIST
6 2 (0.91%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.91%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 32 (14.55%) Active Directory
2 17 (7.73%) Hyper-V
3 13 (5.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (4.55%) KVM
5 4 (1.82%) Docker
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.18%) Terraform
3 5 (2.27%) Ansible
4 4 (1.82%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.91%) Netcool
5 2 (0.91%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 2 (0.91%) SCCM
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.45%) Packer
6 1 (0.45%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 72 (32.73%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.55%) Oracle
3 13 (5.91%) VMware
4 8 (3.64%) Cisco
5 5 (2.27%) Adobe
5 5 (2.27%) Atlassian
5 5 (2.27%) Google
5 5 (2.27%) Red Hat
5 5 (2.27%) Workday
6 4 (1.82%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.36%) IBM
7 3 (1.36%) Motorola
7 3 (1.36%) SAP
7 3 (1.36%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.91%) Draytek
8 2 (0.91%) Meraki
8 2 (0.91%) Pega
8 2 (0.91%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.91%) Sophos
8 2 (0.91%) Yealink