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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 9 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 273 202 409
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 12.90% 14.97% 15.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.67% 15.73% 17.84%
Number of salaries quoted 165 105 258
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £42,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £65,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +52.94% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £83,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 - £77,500
South East median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% -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 1,638 1,284 2,293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 77.37% 95.18% 86.27%
Number of salaries quoted 877 523 1,740
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £88,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 5 March 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 5 March 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 0 59 £48,750 -11.36% 59
Slough -2 59 £67,500 - 23
Maidenhead -15 32 £43,750 -20.45% 6
Windsor - 25 £70,000 - 3
Hungerford +1 16 £49,000 -30.00%
Bracknell +10 11 £38,000 +8.57% 6
Wokingham +2 7 £48,885 -53.44% 13
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 11 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.10%) Confluence
4 2 (0.73%) SAS
5 1 (0.37%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.37%) CMS
Applications
1 29 (10.62%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.83%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.73%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 42 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.10%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 3 (1.10%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (1.10%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.10%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 59 (21.61%) Azure
2 49 (17.95%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 20 (7.33%) AWS
5 15 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (5.49%) Azure Logic Apps
6 14 (5.13%) Entra ID
6 14 (5.13%) GCP
7 13 (4.76%) Collibra
8 12 (4.40%) SaaS
9 5 (1.83%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.73%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.73%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 1 (0.37%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.37%) Boomi
11 1 (0.37%) GitHub
11 1 (0.37%) iPaaS
11 1 (0.37%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.37%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.06%) Firewall
2 10 (3.66%) DNS
3 8 (2.93%) WAN
3 8 (2.93%) Wireless
4 7 (2.56%) DHCP
5 6 (2.20%) LAN
6 4 (1.47%) VoIP
6 4 (1.47%) VPN
7 2 (0.73%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.73%) VLAN
7 2 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.37%) 5G
8 1 (0.37%) HTTP
8 1 (0.37%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.37%) MIMO
8 1 (0.37%) NGN
8 1 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.37%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.37%) SMTP
8 1 (0.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.13%) OLTP
2 6 (2.20%) Power BI
3 4 (1.47%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.10%) Metadata
4 3 (1.10%) MySQL
4 3 (1.10%) SAP Data Services
4 3 (1.10%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.73%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (2.93%) Git
2 4 (1.47%) GitLab
2 4 (1.47%) JIRA
3 2 (0.73%) Rational DOORS
General
1 140 (51.28%) Social Skills
2 103 (37.73%) Finance
3 95 (34.80%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (12.45%) Manufacturing
4 34 (12.45%) Marketing
5 12 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (4.03%) Retail
7 9 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.56%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.10%) Electronics
10 3 (1.10%) Legal
10 3 (1.10%) Local Government
11 2 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.37%) Law
12 1 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 98 (35.90%) Senior
2 74 (27.11%) Analyst
3 38 (13.92%) Developer
4 33 (12.09%) IT Support
5 31 (11.36%) Senior Analyst
6 27 (9.89%) Lead
6 27 (9.89%) SAP Analyst
7 19 (6.96%) Senior Manager
8 18 (6.59%) Senior Developer
8 18 (6.59%) Support Analyst
9 17 (6.23%) IT Analyst
9 17 (6.23%) IT Support Analyst
9 17 (6.23%) Oracle Developer
9 17 (6.23%) Senior Oracle Developer
10 16 (5.86%) Support Engineer
11 15 (5.49%) Power Platform Developer
12 14 (5.13%) PL/SQL Developer
12 14 (5.13%) Report Analyst
12 14 (5.13%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
12 14 (5.13%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.59%) HTML
2 14 (5.13%) SOAP
2 14 (5.13%) XML
3 5 (1.83%) JSON
4 4 (1.47%) Node.js
5 3 (1.10%) CSS
5 3 (1.10%) EDI
5 3 (1.10%) SAPUI5
6 2 (0.73%) .NET
6 2 (0.73%) Jinja
6 2 (0.73%) Next.js
6 2 (0.73%) OLE
6 2 (0.73%) React
6 2 (0.73%) RESTful
6 2 (0.73%) Tailwind CSS
6 2 (0.73%) YAML
7 1 (0.37%) Express.js
7 1 (0.37%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.37%) Sequelize
7 1 (0.37%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.26%) Driving Licence
2 27 (9.89%) Onboarding
3 23 (8.42%) Analytical Mindset
4 22 (8.06%) Data Centre
5 15 (5.49%) Low-Code
6 7 (2.56%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.56%) Life Science
6 7 (2.56%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.20%) Client/Server
7 6 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.10%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.10%) FMCG
8 3 (1.10%) PMI
8 3 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.73%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.73%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.37%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 38 (13.92%) Windows
2 16 (5.86%) Linux
3 8 (2.93%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.37%) FreeBSD
4 1 (0.37%) OpenBSD
4 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (26.74%) Continuous Improvement
2 44 (16.12%) Customer Service
3 43 (15.75%) Cybersecurity
4 39 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
5 36 (13.19%) ERP
5 36 (13.19%) Technical Leadership
6 35 (12.82%) Logistics
7 31 (11.36%) Project Management
8 30 (10.99%) Architectural Design
8 30 (10.99%) Change Management
8 30 (10.99%) Data Management
9 29 (10.62%) Analytics
9 29 (10.62%) CI/CD
9 29 (10.62%) Data Collection
9 29 (10.62%) Incident Management
10 27 (9.89%) Impact Analysis
10 27 (9.89%) Quality Management
10 27 (9.89%) Stakeholder Management
10 27 (9.89%) Translating Business Requirements
10 27 (9.89%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 29 (10.62%) Python
1 29 (10.62%) SQL
2 22 (8.06%) JavaScript
3 18 (6.59%) PowerShell
4 17 (6.23%) PL/SQL
5 16 (5.86%) C#
6 8 (2.93%) C++
7 6 (2.20%) C
7 6 (2.20%) Java
7 6 (2.20%) Rust
8 3 (1.10%) ABAP
9 2 (0.73%) Bicep
10 1 (0.37%) Bash
10 1 (0.37%) PHP
10 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (19.78%) Degree
2 20 (7.33%) CIMA
3 19 (6.96%) ACCA
4 9 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.83%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.47%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.47%) HND
7 3 (1.10%) MCSE
7 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.10%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (1.10%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.10%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.73%) CCNA
8 2 (0.73%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (0.73%) CISA
8 2 (0.73%) CISM
8 2 (0.73%) CISSP
8 2 (0.73%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.73%) OCP
8 2 (0.73%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.40%) QA
2 6 (2.20%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.83%) SLA
4 4 (1.47%) GDPR
5 3 (1.10%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 36 (13.19%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.13%) Hyper-V
3 9 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.56%) KVM
5 4 (1.47%) Docker
6 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.56%) Terraform
3 4 (1.47%) Ansible
3 4 (1.47%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.73%) Netcool
4 2 (0.73%) Netcool/OMNIbus
4 2 (0.73%) SCCM
5 1 (0.37%) Grafana
5 1 (0.37%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 81 (29.67%) Microsoft
2 43 (15.75%) SAP
3 23 (8.42%) Oracle
4 9 (3.30%) VMware
5 7 (2.56%) Cisco
6 6 (2.20%) Workday
7 5 (1.83%) Adobe
7 5 (1.83%) Atlassian
7 5 (1.83%) Google
8 4 (1.47%) Draytek
8 4 (1.47%) Meraki
8 4 (1.47%) Sophos
9 3 (1.10%) HubSpot
9 3 (1.10%) IBM
9 3 (1.10%) JD Edwards
9 3 (1.10%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.73%) Blue Prism
10 2 (0.73%) Informatica
10 2 (0.73%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.73%) Salesforce