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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 9 7
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 390 285 309
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 20.04% 14.17% 17.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.54% 16.36% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 127 124 130
10th Percentile £27,680 £31,325 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,259 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £65,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.92% +27.45% +13.33%
75th Percentile £63,125 £82,500 £66,625
90th Percentile £75,500 £83,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -4.76%

All Process and 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 1,657 1,742 1,648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 85.15% 86.62% 90.65%
Number of salaries quoted 722 860 1,116
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,982 £48,750 £38,780
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £87,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,525 £54,763
% change year-on-year -11.54% +3.22% -0.43%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 -2 118 £65,000 -3.70% 38
Maidenhead -4 84 £21,500 -59.05% 18
Windsor +10 71 £45,500 -44.85% 9
Reading -8 35 £57,500 +27.78% 72
Hungerford +4 13 £41,000 -41.43%
Bracknell +20 10 £32,500 -10.96% 18
Ascot +1 4 £82,500 - 8
Wokingham - 4 £42,500 - 16
Thatcham - 2 £51,000 -
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 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.03%) Confluence
3 3 (0.77%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.51%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.51%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.26%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.26%) SAS
Applications
1 99 (25.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (8.21%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 75 (19.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.05%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 6 (1.54%) Oracle Assets
3 6 (1.54%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.54%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (1.54%) SAP CO
3 6 (1.54%) SAP FI
3 6 (1.54%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 113 (28.97%) Azure
2 69 (17.69%) Power Platform
3 42 (10.77%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (6.67%) AWS
5 19 (4.87%) GCP
5 19 (4.87%) SaaS
6 15 (3.85%) Collibra
6 15 (3.85%) Vertex AI
7 12 (3.08%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 4 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.03%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (1.03%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.03%) SonarCloud
9 3 (0.77%) Boomi
10 2 (0.51%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (0.51%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (0.51%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (0.51%) iPaaS
10 2 (0.51%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.59%) Firewall
2 10 (2.56%) WAN
3 9 (2.31%) LAN
4 5 (1.28%) DHCP
4 5 (1.28%) DNS
5 4 (1.03%) VoIP
5 4 (1.03%) Wireless
6 2 (0.51%) VPN
7 1 (0.26%) 5G
7 1 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.26%) MIMO
7 1 (0.26%) Network Security
7 1 (0.26%) NGN
7 1 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.26%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.26%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (17.69%) Power BI
2 66 (16.92%) Data Lake
3 63 (16.15%) SAP BW
4 16 (4.10%) Relational Database
5 15 (3.85%) Data Mining
6 4 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.03%) OLTP
7 3 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.51%) Metadata
8 2 (0.51%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.51%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.51%) SAP Data Services
8 2 (0.51%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.51%) Tableau
9 1 (0.26%) Big Data
9 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.26%) DTS
9 1 (0.26%) MySQL
9 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.15%) Git
2 4 (1.03%) JIRA
2 4 (1.03%) MSBuild
2 4 (1.03%) Octopus Deploy
2 4 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (1.03%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
General
1 277 (71.03%) Social Skills
2 135 (34.62%) Finance
3 118 (30.26%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (20.77%) Marketing
5 77 (19.74%) Manufacturing
6 41 (10.51%) Retail
7 33 (8.46%) Law
8 15 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.28%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.03%) French Language
11 4 (1.03%) Military
11 4 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.51%) Advertising
12 2 (0.51%) Electronics
12 2 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.51%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.26%) Humanities
Job Titles
1 152 (38.97%) Senior
2 129 (33.08%) Analyst
3 109 (27.95%) Lead
4 59 (15.13%) Senior Analyst
5 57 (14.62%) SAP Analyst
6 36 (9.23%) Report Analyst
7 30 (7.69%) IT Support
8 29 (7.44%) Business Intelligence Lead
9 28 (7.18%) Sustainability Analyst
10 24 (6.15%) Developer
10 24 (6.15%) Support Analyst
11 22 (5.64%) Senior Manager
12 18 (4.62%) Senior Developer
13 17 (4.36%) IT Analyst
14 16 (4.10%) IT Support Analyst
15 15 (3.85%) Data Model Manager
15 15 (3.85%) Full-Stack Developer
15 15 (3.85%) Support Engineer
16 14 (3.59%) Full-Stack Web Developer
16 14 (3.59%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.64%) HTML
2 19 (4.87%) CSS
2 19 (4.87%) Node.js
3 17 (4.36%) React
4 15 (3.85%) RESTful
5 8 (2.05%) XML
6 6 (1.54%) EDI
6 6 (1.54%) REST
7 5 (1.28%) .NET
8 4 (1.03%) ASP.NET
8 4 (1.03%) Bootstrap
8 4 (1.03%) gRPC
8 4 (1.03%) JSON
8 4 (1.03%) SOAP
9 2 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.51%) Kafka
9 2 (0.51%) Mustache
9 2 (0.51%) SAPUI5
9 2 (0.51%) Spring
9 2 (0.51%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.72%) Analytical Mindset
2 28 (7.18%) Data Centre
3 24 (6.15%) Onboarding
4 21 (5.38%) Driving Licence
5 16 (4.10%) Algorithms
6 7 (1.79%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.54%) FMCG
7 6 (1.54%) Life Science
8 4 (1.03%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.77%) SCADA
10 2 (0.51%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.51%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.51%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.51%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.72%) Windows
2 6 (1.54%) Linux
3 4 (1.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (30.51%) Analytics
2 105 (26.92%) Data Modelling
3 102 (26.15%) ERP
4 99 (25.38%) SAP Implementation
5 85 (21.79%) Quality Management
6 76 (19.49%) Business Intelligence
7 75 (19.23%) Incident Management
8 65 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
9 62 (15.90%) Data Cleansing
10 61 (15.64%) Data Management
11 60 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 60 (15.38%) Logistics
12 59 (15.13%) Translating Business Requirements
13 58 (14.87%) Architectural Design
13 58 (14.87%) User Acceptance Testing
14 57 (14.62%) Data Collection
14 57 (14.62%) Decision Quality
14 57 (14.62%) Impact Analysis
15 56 (14.36%) Agile
16 50 (12.82%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 33 (8.46%) SQL
2 22 (5.64%) JavaScript
3 13 (3.33%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.54%) Java
5 4 (1.03%) C#
5 4 (1.03%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.77%) Python
7 2 (0.51%) ABAP
7 2 (0.51%) C++
8 1 (0.26%) Bicep
8 1 (0.26%) R
8 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 135 (34.62%) Degree
2 5 (1.28%) SC Cleared
2 5 (1.28%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.03%) CIMA
3 4 (1.03%) CISA
3 4 (1.03%) CISM
3 4 (1.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 3 (0.77%) A+ Certification
4 3 (0.77%) ACCA
4 3 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.77%) MCSE
4 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.51%) CISSP
5 2 (0.51%) HND
5 2 (0.51%) ISTQB
5 2 (0.51%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 2 (0.51%) NVQ Level 3
5 2 (0.51%) OCP
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.26%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (24.10%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.62%) QA
3 7 (1.79%) GDPR
4 4 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.77%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.77%) SLA
6 1 (0.26%) GRC
6 1 (0.26%) GxP
6 1 (0.26%) PMO
6 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 31 (7.95%) Active Directory
2 23 (5.90%) Docker
3 3 (0.77%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (4.62%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.28%) Terraform
4 3 (0.77%) Ansible
5 1 (0.26%) Grafana
5 1 (0.26%) Netcool
5 1 (0.26%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 1 (0.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 168 (43.08%) SAP
2 70 (17.95%) Microsoft
3 19 (4.87%) Google
4 15 (3.85%) OpenAI
4 15 (3.85%) Oracle
5 8 (2.05%) JD Edwards
6 6 (1.54%) Cisco
7 5 (1.28%) Draytek
7 5 (1.28%) Meraki
7 5 (1.28%) Sophos
7 5 (1.28%) Workday
8 4 (1.03%) Adobe
8 4 (1.03%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.03%) IBM
9 3 (0.77%) Databricks
9 3 (0.77%) Dell
10 2 (0.51%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.51%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.51%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.51%) VMware