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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 8 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 376 253 312
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 18.69% 14.37% 16.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.45% 15.64% 18.74%
Number of salaries quoted 129 112 138
10th Percentile £27,960 £32,563 £27,350
25th Percentile £31,375 £42,191 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £67,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.04% +35.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £82,500 £66,625
90th Percentile £75,250 £83,750 £83,000
South East median annual salary £41,000 £51,484 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.36% +2.97% -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 1,675 1,618 1,665
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 83.25% 91.88% 90.34%
Number of salaries quoted 761 753 1,160
10th Percentile £28,750 £37,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -7.56%
75th Percentile £69,840 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £92,000 £88,075
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £54,073
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.34% -1.69%

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 23 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 23 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 -2 112 £66,250 -1.85% 296
Maidenhead -3 77 £33,250 -36.67% 8
Windsor +10 65 £45,500 -44.85% 8
Reading -3 38 £56,000 +17.89% 148
Hungerford +2 14 £41,000 -41.43% 1
Bracknell +25 10 £42,500 +18.88% 8
Wokingham - 4 £42,500 - 11
Ascot -1 2 £82,500 - 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 12 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.80%) Confluence
2 3 (0.80%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.53%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.53%) SAS
3 2 (0.53%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.27%) Anypoint
Applications
1 98 (26.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (8.24%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.80%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.53%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 74 (19.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 6 (1.60%) Oracle Assets
3 6 (1.60%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.60%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (1.60%) SAP CO
3 6 (1.60%) SAP FI
3 6 (1.60%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 116 (30.85%) Azure
2 75 (19.95%) Power Platform
3 43 (11.44%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (7.18%) AWS
5 20 (5.32%) GCP
5 20 (5.32%) SaaS
6 15 (3.99%) Collibra
7 12 (3.19%) Entra ID
8 7 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.06%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.80%) Boomi
12 2 (0.53%) Amazon ECS
12 2 (0.53%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (0.53%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.53%) Amazon SQS
12 2 (0.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.53%) iPaaS
12 2 (0.53%) Serverless
12 2 (0.53%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.99%) Firewall
2 7 (1.86%) WAN
3 6 (1.60%) DNS
3 6 (1.60%) LAN
4 5 (1.33%) DHCP
5 4 (1.06%) VoIP
5 4 (1.06%) Wireless
6 2 (0.53%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.53%) VPN
7 1 (0.27%) 5G
7 1 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.27%) MIMO
7 1 (0.27%) Network Security
7 1 (0.27%) NGN
7 1 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.27%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (18.62%) Power BI
2 63 (16.76%) Data Lake
2 63 (16.76%) SAP BW
3 16 (4.26%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.86%) OLTP
5 3 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.53%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.53%) Metadata
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.53%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (0.53%) SAP Data Services
6 2 (0.53%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.53%) Tableau
7 1 (0.27%) Big Data
7 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.27%) DTS
7 1 (0.27%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 22 (5.85%) Git
2 3 (0.80%) JIRA
3 2 (0.53%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.53%) MSBuild
3 2 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.53%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.27%) GitLab
General
1 258 (68.62%) Social Skills
2 139 (36.97%) Finance
3 103 (27.39%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (21.01%) Marketing
5 73 (19.41%) Manufacturing
6 26 (6.91%) Retail
7 17 (4.52%) Law
8 15 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.60%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.06%) Electronics
10 4 (1.06%) French Language
10 4 (1.06%) Military
10 4 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.53%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.27%) Humanities
13 1 (0.27%) Legal
13 1 (0.27%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 140 (37.23%) Senior
2 129 (34.31%) Analyst
3 94 (25.00%) Lead
4 60 (15.96%) Senior Analyst
5 57 (15.16%) SAP Analyst
6 37 (9.84%) Report Analyst
7 33 (8.78%) Developer
8 29 (7.71%) Business Intelligence Lead
8 29 (7.71%) IT Support
9 28 (7.45%) Sustainability Analyst
10 23 (6.12%) Senior Manager
11 21 (5.59%) Senior Developer
11 21 (5.59%) Support Analyst
12 17 (4.52%) IT Analyst
13 16 (4.26%) IT Support Analyst
14 15 (3.99%) Data Model Manager
14 15 (3.99%) Full-Stack Developer
14 15 (3.99%) Support Engineer
15 14 (3.72%) Full-Stack Web Developer
15 14 (3.72%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.12%) HTML
2 19 (5.05%) Node.js
3 17 (4.52%) CSS
3 17 (4.52%) React
4 15 (3.99%) RESTful
5 9 (2.39%) XML
6 7 (1.86%) SOAP
7 6 (1.60%) EDI
8 4 (1.06%) REST
9 3 (0.80%) .NET
10 2 (0.53%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.53%) Bootstrap
10 2 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (0.53%) JSON
10 2 (0.53%) Kafka
10 2 (0.53%) Mustache
10 2 (0.53%) SAPUI5
10 2 (0.53%) Spring
10 2 (0.53%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.53%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.71%) Analytical Mindset
2 27 (7.18%) Data Centre
3 26 (6.91%) Onboarding
4 22 (5.85%) Driving Licence
5 7 (1.86%) Life Science
6 6 (1.60%) FMCG
7 5 (1.33%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.33%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.06%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.80%) Algorithms
9 3 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.53%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.53%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.53%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.53%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.53%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 30 (7.98%) Windows
2 7 (1.86%) Linux
3 4 (1.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (28.19%) Data Modelling
2 104 (27.66%) Analytics
3 102 (27.13%) ERP
4 99 (26.33%) SAP Implementation
5 85 (22.61%) Quality Management
6 78 (20.74%) Business Intelligence
7 63 (16.76%) Technical Leadership
8 62 (16.49%) Data Cleansing
8 62 (16.49%) Incident Management
9 61 (16.22%) Data Management
10 59 (15.69%) Logistics
10 59 (15.69%) Translating Business Requirements
11 58 (15.43%) Architectural Design
11 58 (15.43%) Continuous Improvement
11 58 (15.43%) User Acceptance Testing
12 57 (15.16%) Data Collection
12 57 (15.16%) Decision Quality
12 57 (15.16%) Impact Analysis
13 47 (12.50%) Customer Service
13 47 (12.50%) Master Data Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (9.57%) SQL
2 25 (6.65%) JavaScript
3 13 (3.46%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.66%) Python
5 7 (1.86%) C#
5 7 (1.86%) PL/SQL
6 6 (1.60%) Java
7 2 (0.53%) ABAP
7 2 (0.53%) C++
8 1 (0.27%) Bicep
8 1 (0.27%) R
8 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 135 (35.90%) Degree
2 6 (1.60%) Security Cleared
3 5 (1.33%) CIMA
3 5 (1.33%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.06%) ACCA
4 4 (1.06%) CISA
4 4 (1.06%) CISM
4 4 (1.06%) HND
4 4 (1.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 3 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.80%) MCSE
5 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.53%) CISSP
6 2 (0.53%) HNC
6 2 (0.53%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.53%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 2 (0.53%) OCP
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.27%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.05%) QA
3 5 (1.33%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.33%) GDPR
4 4 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.80%) SLA
6 1 (0.27%) GRC
6 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 32 (8.51%) Active Directory
2 21 (5.59%) Docker
3 3 (0.80%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (5.05%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.33%) Terraform
4 3 (0.80%) Ansible
5 2 (0.53%) SCCM
6 1 (0.27%) Grafana
6 1 (0.27%) Netcool
6 1 (0.27%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 167 (44.41%) SAP
2 64 (17.02%) Microsoft
3 18 (4.79%) Oracle
4 8 (2.13%) JD Edwards
5 6 (1.60%) Cisco
5 6 (1.60%) Google
6 5 (1.33%) Adobe
6 5 (1.33%) Draytek
6 5 (1.33%) Meraki
6 5 (1.33%) Sophos
6 5 (1.33%) Workday
7 4 (1.06%) Atlassian
7 4 (1.06%) Databricks
7 4 (1.06%) IBM
8 3 (0.80%) Dell
9 2 (0.53%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.53%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.53%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.53%) VMware
9 2 (0.53%) Yealink