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 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 +5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 237 365 395
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 8.50% 21.78% 12.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.90% 24.09% 15.38%
Number of salaries quoted 177 140 235
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,438 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -26.41%
75th Percentile £57,500 £75,000 £60,000
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% -13.46%

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 1,991 1,515 2,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 71.41% 90.39% 81.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,311 595 1,756
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,001 £57,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +5.50% -9.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,850 £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 29 June 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 29 June 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 77 £46,575 -15.32% 32
Slough +3 56 £45,000 -30.77% 13
Hungerford - 12 £49,000 -
Windsor +7 11 £35,000 +18.64% 5
Wokingham -4 9 £48,885 -2.23% 11
Bracknell -23 7 £40,000 -20.00% 4
Maidenhead -20 4 £42,500 +13.33% 7
Thatcham -1 3 - - 2
Ascot -3 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 13 (5.49%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.38%) 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 (8.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.84%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.69%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 61 (25.74%) Azure
2 34 (14.35%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (12.66%) AWS
4 26 (10.97%) Power Platform
5 18 (7.59%) GCP
6 11 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (4.22%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (3.38%) Google Workspace
9 6 (2.53%) Entra ID
10 5 (2.11%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.69%) Datadog
11 4 (1.69%) SaaS
11 4 (1.69%) 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%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.42%) Azure Machine Learning
13 1 (0.42%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (9.70%) Firewall
2 12 (5.06%) DNS
3 9 (3.80%) VPN
4 7 (2.95%) DHCP
5 6 (2.53%) VLAN
5 6 (2.53%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (2.11%) Network Security
6 5 (2.11%) SSL
6 5 (2.11%) VoIP
6 5 (2.11%) Wireless
7 4 (1.69%) WAN
8 3 (1.27%) 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 (6.75%) Power BI
2 15 (6.33%) OLTP
3 6 (2.53%) MySQL
4 5 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.27%) 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 (5.06%) Git
2 11 (4.64%) GitLab
3 6 (2.53%) JIRA
4 4 (1.69%) 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 97 (40.93%) Social Skills
2 93 (39.24%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (21.10%) Finance
4 18 (7.59%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (6.75%) Legal
5 16 (6.75%) Manufacturing
6 14 (5.91%) Telecoms
7 13 (5.49%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (4.22%) Electronics
9 8 (3.38%) Marketing
10 7 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.95%) Retail
11 6 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.53%) Law
12 4 (1.69%) Local Government
13 3 (1.27%) Advertising
14 2 (0.84%) Games
15 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.42%) Automotive
15 1 (0.42%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 45 (18.99%) Analyst
2 42 (17.72%) Developer
3 31 (13.08%) Senior
4 20 (8.44%) IT Support
5 18 (7.59%) Senior Developer
6 17 (7.17%) Oracle Developer
6 17 (7.17%) Senior Oracle Developer
7 16 (6.75%) SQL Developer
8 15 (6.33%) 1st Line Support
9 13 (5.49%) Lead
10 12 (5.06%) Business Analyst
10 12 (5.06%) PL/SQL Developer
10 12 (5.06%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
10 12 (5.06%) Senior SQL Developer
10 12 (5.06%) Support Engineer
11 11 (4.64%) Software Engineer
11 11 (4.64%) Support Analyst
12 10 (4.22%) Power Platform Developer
12 10 (4.22%) Report Analyst
13 9 (3.80%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.86%) HTML
2 16 (6.75%) SOAP
3 15 (6.33%) XML
4 9 (3.80%) JSON
5 6 (2.53%) YAML
6 5 (2.11%) CSS
6 5 (2.11%) Jinja
7 4 (1.69%) Middleware
7 4 (1.69%) Node.js
8 3 (1.27%) .NET
8 3 (1.27%) HTML5
8 3 (1.27%) Laravel
8 3 (1.27%) OLE
8 3 (1.27%) 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%) React
9 2 (0.84%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.86%) Onboarding
2 17 (7.17%) Driving Licence
3 13 (5.49%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.22%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (4.22%) Low-Code
5 9 (3.80%) Client/Server
5 9 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.11%) Smart Home
7 4 (1.69%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (1.69%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.27%) Arduino
8 3 (1.27%) Blog
8 3 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.27%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (1.27%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.84%) PMI
9 2 (0.84%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.42%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (12.24%) Windows
2 28 (11.81%) Linux
3 11 (4.64%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.69%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.27%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.27%) 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 67 (28.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 39 (16.46%) Customer Service
3 35 (14.77%) Cybersecurity
4 33 (13.92%) Collaborative Working
5 30 (12.66%) Business Intelligence
6 29 (12.24%) Decision-Making
7 24 (10.13%) CI/CD
8 21 (8.86%) DevOps
9 19 (8.02%) Line Management
9 19 (8.02%) Software Testing
10 18 (7.59%) Mentoring
10 18 (7.59%) Software Engineering
10 18 (7.59%) Validation
11 17 (7.17%) Business Analysis
12 16 (6.75%) Data Governance
12 16 (6.75%) Process Improvement
13 15 (6.33%) Computer Science
13 15 (6.33%) CRM
13 15 (6.33%) Project Delivery
14 14 (5.91%) CAPA
Programming Languages
1 39 (16.46%) Python
2 37 (15.61%) SQL
3 20 (8.44%) JavaScript
4 17 (7.17%) PL/SQL
4 17 (7.17%) PowerShell
5 15 (6.33%) C#
6 12 (5.06%) C
7 11 (4.64%) C++
7 11 (4.64%) Java
8 9 (3.80%) Rust
9 5 (2.11%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.27%) Pascal
10 3 (1.27%) PHP
10 3 (1.27%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.84%) Bash
12 1 (0.42%) ABAP
12 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.42%) Groovy
12 1 (0.42%) Perl
12 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 65 (27.43%) Degree
2 19 (8.02%) ACCA
3 18 (7.59%) CIMA
4 16 (6.75%) DBS Check
5 13 (5.49%) Security Cleared
6 12 (5.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.95%) SC Cleared
8 6 (2.53%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (2.11%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.69%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (1.69%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.27%) CISM
12 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.84%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.84%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.42%) CompTIA CySA+
13 1 (0.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (11.81%) QA
2 16 (6.75%) Accessibility
3 14 (5.91%) Good Clinical Practice
4 8 (3.38%) GDPR
5 6 (2.53%) Data Quality
6 5 (2.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 5 (2.11%) GLP
6 5 (2.11%) GMP
6 5 (2.11%) GxP
7 4 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.27%) NIST
8 3 (1.27%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.27%) SLA
8 3 (1.27%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.42%) COBIT
9 1 (0.42%) COSO
9 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.42%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (7.59%) Hyper-V
1 18 (7.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (5.91%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.22%) KVM
4 5 (2.11%) ClearTrust
5 4 (1.69%) Docker
6 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.42%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (2.53%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (1.69%) 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 (23.63%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.86%) Oracle
3 18 (7.59%) VMware
4 12 (5.06%) Google
5 9 (3.80%) Cisco
6 6 (2.53%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.11%) IBM
7 5 (2.11%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.11%) Veeam
8 4 (1.69%) Apple
8 4 (1.69%) Datto
8 4 (1.69%) Sage
8 4 (1.69%) SonicWALL
9 3 (1.27%) Aruba
9 3 (1.27%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.27%) Juniper
9 3 (1.27%) Motorola
10 2 (0.84%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.84%) Informatica
10 2 (0.84%) SAP