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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 245 371 335
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 8.09% 20.84% 12.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.42% 23.53% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 188 139 155
10th Percentile £29,125 £26,975 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -26.83%
75th Percentile £57,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £83,750 £76,161
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -9.57% -8.47%

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 2,145 1,577 2,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 70.84% 88.60% 81.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,436 675 1,353
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,065 £56,252
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% -5.67% -0.48%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £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 30 July 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 30 July 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 -10 79 £47,500 -9.52% 45
Slough +3 57 £45,000 +5.88% 15
Windsor +5 13 £35,000 +18.64% 15
Wokingham -1 12 £48,885 -2.23% 6
Hungerford -1 6 £49,000 +19.51%
Bracknell -24 6 £43,750 -12.50% 7
Maidenhead -17 5 £28,500 +22.58% 9
Thatcham 0 3 - - 2
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 (5.31%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.82%) Confluence
3 2 (0.82%) Gentran
4 1 (0.41%) Apache
4 1 (0.41%) CMS
4 1 (0.41%) IIS
4 1 (0.41%) SAS
4 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (9.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (5.31%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.82%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.82%) Revit
4 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.45%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 51 (20.82%) Azure
2 31 (12.65%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (11.02%) AWS
4 24 (9.80%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.90%) GCP
6 10 (4.08%) Google Workspace
7 8 (3.27%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.04%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.63%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.63%) Datadog
10 4 (1.63%) Serverless
11 3 (1.22%) WeChat
12 2 (0.82%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.82%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.82%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.82%) SaaS
13 1 (0.41%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.41%) GitHub
13 1 (0.41%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.76%) Firewall
2 12 (4.90%) DNS
3 10 (4.08%) VPN
4 8 (3.27%) DHCP
4 8 (3.27%) VoIP
5 7 (2.86%) SSL
5 7 (2.86%) VLAN
5 7 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (2.04%) Network Security
7 3 (1.22%) LAN
7 3 (1.22%) WAN
8 2 (0.82%) HTTP
8 2 (0.82%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.41%) DNSSEC
9 1 (0.41%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.41%) SMTP
9 1 (0.41%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.41%) Wireless
9 1 (0.41%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.16%) Power BI
2 12 (4.90%) OLTP
3 7 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (2.45%) MySQL
5 5 (2.04%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.63%) Tableau
7 3 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.82%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.82%) Redis
9 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.41%) IBM InfoSphere
9 1 (0.41%) Power Query
9 1 (0.41%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (4.90%) Git
2 10 (4.08%) GitLab
3 6 (2.45%) JIRA
4 3 (1.22%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.82%) Mocha
5 2 (0.82%) Selenium
5 2 (0.82%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
General
1 115 (46.94%) Social Skills
2 88 (35.92%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (21.63%) Finance
4 24 (9.80%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (8.16%) Legal
5 20 (8.16%) Manufacturing
6 14 (5.71%) Electronics
6 14 (5.71%) Telecoms
7 13 (5.31%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.45%) Law
10 6 (2.45%) Marketing
11 5 (2.04%) Advertising
11 5 (2.04%) Retail
12 4 (1.63%) Local Government
13 3 (1.22%) Mandarin Language
14 2 (0.82%) Games
15 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.41%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 48 (19.59%) Analyst
2 32 (13.06%) Developer
3 26 (10.61%) IT Support
3 26 (10.61%) Senior
4 20 (8.16%) Support Analyst
5 17 (6.94%) Lead
6 16 (6.53%) Applications Support
7 15 (6.12%) Applications Support Analyst
8 14 (5.71%) Support Engineer
9 13 (5.31%) Business Analyst
9 13 (5.31%) Senior Developer
9 13 (5.31%) SQL Developer
10 12 (4.90%) 1st Line Support
10 12 (4.90%) Oracle Developer
10 12 (4.90%) Senior Oracle Developer
10 12 (4.90%) Test Engineer
11 11 (4.49%) IT Analyst
11 11 (4.49%) IT Support Analyst
12 10 (4.08%) Auditor
12 10 (4.08%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.53%) HTML
2 13 (5.31%) SOAP
3 12 (4.90%) XML
4 7 (2.86%) JSON
5 6 (2.45%) YAML
6 5 (2.04%) CSS
6 5 (2.04%) Jinja
7 4 (1.63%) Middleware
8 3 (1.22%) .NET
8 3 (1.22%) HTML5
8 3 (1.22%) Laravel
8 3 (1.22%) Node.js
8 3 (1.22%) REST
9 2 (0.82%) EDI
9 2 (0.82%) Express.js
9 2 (0.82%) Jest
9 2 (0.82%) Next.js
9 2 (0.82%) OLE
9 2 (0.82%) React
9 2 (0.82%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.57%) Onboarding
2 20 (8.16%) Driving Licence
3 13 (5.31%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.49%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.45%) Smart Home
7 5 (2.04%) Blog
7 5 (2.04%) Client/Server
7 5 (2.04%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.63%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.22%) Arduino
9 3 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.22%) Raspberry Pi
9 3 (1.22%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.22%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.82%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.20%) Windows
2 24 (9.80%) Linux
3 10 (4.08%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.45%) Mac OS
5 5 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.63%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.22%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.41%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.41%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.41%) Unix
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (26.94%) Continuous Improvement
2 43 (17.55%) Customer Service
3 38 (15.51%) Collaborative Working
4 31 (12.65%) Business Intelligence
5 29 (11.84%) Cybersecurity
6 26 (10.61%) Decision-Making
7 25 (10.20%) Process Improvement
8 22 (8.98%) Business Analysis
9 20 (8.16%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (7.35%) CAPA
10 18 (7.35%) CI/CD
10 18 (7.35%) Line Management
10 18 (7.35%) Project Delivery
10 18 (7.35%) Software Engineering
10 18 (7.35%) Validation
11 16 (6.53%) DevOps
11 16 (6.53%) Mentoring
12 15 (6.12%) CRM
12 15 (6.12%) ITIL
12 15 (6.12%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 37 (15.10%) SQL
2 34 (13.88%) Python
3 15 (6.12%) JavaScript
3 15 (6.12%) PowerShell
4 12 (4.90%) Java
4 12 (4.90%) PL/SQL
5 10 (4.08%) C++
6 9 (3.67%) C#
7 8 (3.27%) C
8 6 (2.45%) TypeScript
9 5 (2.04%) Rust
9 5 (2.04%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.22%) Pascal
10 3 (1.22%) PHP
11 2 (0.82%) Bash
11 2 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.41%) Groovy
12 1 (0.41%) Korn
12 1 (0.41%) Perl
12 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 62 (25.31%) Degree
2 19 (7.76%) DBS Check
3 14 (5.71%) Security Cleared
4 13 (5.31%) ACCA
5 12 (4.90%) CIMA
6 9 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (3.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.86%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (2.86%) Network+ Certification
7 7 (2.86%) SC Cleared
8 6 (2.45%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.63%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.22%) Chartered Engineer
10 3 (1.22%) CISM
11 2 (0.82%) CISA
11 2 (0.82%) CISSP
11 2 (0.82%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (0.82%) HNC
11 2 (0.82%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (12.65%) QA
2 20 (8.16%) Accessibility
3 18 (7.35%) Good Clinical Practice
4 9 (3.67%) GDPR
5 8 (3.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 8 (3.27%) GLP
5 8 (3.27%) GMP
5 8 (3.27%) GxP
6 6 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (2.45%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.04%) SLA
8 3 (1.22%) NIST
8 3 (1.22%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.22%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.82%) COBIT
9 2 (0.82%) COSO
9 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.41%) GAAP
10 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (6.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (4.90%) Hyper-V
3 11 (4.49%) Active Directory
4 6 (2.45%) KVM
5 5 (2.04%) ClearTrust
6 4 (1.63%) Docker
7 2 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.45%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.04%) Terraform
4 2 (0.82%) Ansible
5 1 (0.41%) Kibana
5 1 (0.41%) Netcool
5 1 (0.41%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.41%) Packer
5 1 (0.41%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 52 (21.22%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.94%) Oracle
3 16 (6.53%) VMware
4 14 (5.71%) Google
5 11 (4.49%) Cisco
6 7 (2.86%) Apple
6 7 (2.86%) Sage
7 6 (2.45%) Datto
7 6 (2.45%) SonicWALL
7 6 (2.45%) Veeam
8 5 (2.04%) IBM
8 5 (2.04%) Red Hat
8 5 (2.04%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.22%) Aruba
9 3 (1.22%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.22%) Juniper
9 3 (1.22%) Motorola
10 2 (0.82%) CA Agile Central
10 2 (0.82%) Databricks
11 1 (0.41%) ConnectWise