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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 8 5
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 438 302 339
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 23.11% 13.67% 17.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.81% 16.55% 19.22%
Number of salaries quoted 121 112 134
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,600 £28,290
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,013 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.40% +19.05% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £82,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £102,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -

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 1,697 1,825 1,764
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 89.55% 82.58% 92.36%
Number of salaries quoted 689 923 1,116
10th Percentile £27,500 £35,850 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £69,840 £80,000 £71,563
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,250
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

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 22 October 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 22 October 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 -2 144 £42,500 -37.04% 350
Maidenhead -4 95 £21,500 -54.01% 11
Windsor +9 89 £47,000 -43.03% 11
Reading -2 47 £42,500 -3.79% 64
Hungerford - 11 £41,000 -
Ascot +1 7 £82,500 - 7
Wokingham +4 5 £50,000 -27.27% 13
Bracknell +15 4 £60,000 +64.38% 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 11 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.91%) Confluence
2 4 (0.91%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.68%) CMS
4 2 (0.46%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.46%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.23%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 105 (23.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (5.94%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 75 (17.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.74%) NetSuite
3 11 (2.51%) Sage 200
3 11 (2.51%) Sage CRM
4 8 (1.83%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 6 (1.37%) Oracle Assets
5 6 (1.37%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (1.37%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (1.37%) SAP CO
5 6 (1.37%) SAP FI
5 6 (1.37%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.91%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.68%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 148 (33.79%) Azure
2 70 (15.98%) Power Platform
3 30 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (6.16%) AWS
5 17 (3.88%) GCP
6 15 (3.42%) Collibra
6 15 (3.42%) Vertex AI
7 14 (3.20%) SaaS
7 14 (3.20%) Salsify
8 9 (2.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 9 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (2.05%) Azure Service Bus
8 9 (2.05%) SonarCloud
9 6 (1.37%) Entra ID
10 4 (0.91%) IaaS
11 3 (0.68%) Amazon S3
11 3 (0.68%) Boomi
11 3 (0.68%) iPaaS
11 3 (0.68%) Serverless
12 2 (0.46%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.97%) Firewall
2 10 (2.28%) DNS
3 7 (1.60%) DHCP
4 6 (1.37%) WAN
5 5 (1.14%) LAN
6 4 (0.91%) SAN
6 4 (0.91%) VPN
7 3 (0.68%) VoIP
8 2 (0.46%) Broadband
8 2 (0.46%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.46%) Wireless
9 1 (0.23%) 5G
9 1 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.23%) MIMO
9 1 (0.23%) Network Security
9 1 (0.23%) NGN
9 1 (0.23%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (23.29%) Data Lake
2 69 (15.75%) Power BI
3 63 (14.38%) SAP BW
4 15 (3.42%) Data Mining
4 15 (3.42%) Metadata
5 14 (3.20%) Relational Database
6 9 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (1.37%) OLTP
8 3 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.68%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.46%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.23%) Big Data
10 1 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.23%) DTS
10 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.23%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.23%) SAP Data Services
10 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (5.94%) Git
2 9 (2.05%) MSBuild
2 9 (2.05%) Octopus Deploy
2 9 (2.05%) Team Foundation Server
2 9 (2.05%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.91%) JIRA
4 2 (0.46%) Jenkins
General
1 338 (77.17%) Social Skills
2 172 (39.27%) Analytical Skills
3 144 (32.88%) Finance
4 98 (22.37%) Marketing
5 86 (19.63%) Law
5 86 (19.63%) Manufacturing
6 50 (11.42%) Retail
7 44 (10.05%) Influencing Skills
8 18 (4.11%) Legal
9 12 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.83%) German Language
11 6 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.14%) Advertising
12 5 (1.14%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.91%) French Language
13 4 (0.91%) Military
13 4 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.46%) Electronics
15 2 (0.46%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 197 (44.98%) Senior
2 125 (28.54%) Analyst
3 108 (24.66%) Lead
4 57 (13.01%) SAP Analyst
4 57 (13.01%) Senior Analyst
5 34 (7.76%) Report Analyst
6 33 (7.53%) Senior Manager
7 29 (6.62%) Business Intelligence Lead
8 28 (6.39%) Sustainability Analyst
9 23 (5.25%) Developer
10 20 (4.57%) IT Support
10 20 (4.57%) Senior Developer
10 20 (4.57%) Support Analyst
10 20 (4.57%) Technical Support
11 18 (4.11%) Support Specialist
12 15 (3.42%) Data Model Manager
12 15 (3.42%) Full-Stack Developer
13 14 (3.20%) Full-Stack Web Developer
13 14 (3.20%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 14 (3.20%) Senior Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.62%) HTML
2 23 (5.25%) CSS
3 18 (4.11%) Node.js
4 17 (3.88%) React
5 16 (3.65%) XML
6 14 (3.20%) RESTful
7 12 (2.74%) REST
8 10 (2.28%) .NET
8 10 (2.28%) JSON
9 9 (2.05%) ASP.NET
9 9 (2.05%) Bootstrap
9 9 (2.05%) gRPC
10 7 (1.60%) SOAP
11 6 (1.37%) EDI
12 4 (0.91%) SAML
13 2 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
13 2 (0.46%) Kafka
13 2 (0.46%) Mustache
13 2 (0.46%) Spring
13 2 (0.46%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 73 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 28 (6.39%) Data Centre
3 19 (4.34%) Management Information System
4 16 (3.65%) Algorithms
4 16 (3.65%) Driving Licence
5 15 (3.42%) Onboarding
6 14 (3.20%) Taxonomies
7 13 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.60%) PKI
9 6 (1.37%) FMCG
10 5 (1.14%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.68%) SCADA
11 3 (0.68%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.46%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.46%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (0.46%) Marketing Technology
13 1 (0.23%) Contactless
13 1 (0.23%) Low-Code
13 1 (0.23%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.31%) Windows
2 8 (1.83%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.91%) Linux
4 1 (0.23%) Android
4 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (38.36%) Analytics
2 115 (26.26%) ERP
3 105 (23.97%) Agile
3 105 (23.97%) Data Modelling
4 99 (22.60%) SAP Implementation
5 85 (19.41%) Business Intelligence
5 85 (19.41%) Quality Management
6 76 (17.35%) Data Management
7 75 (17.12%) Incident Management
8 73 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
8 73 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
9 71 (16.21%) Architectural Design
9 71 (16.21%) Data Collection
9 71 (16.21%) Decision Quality
10 70 (15.98%) Technical Leadership
11 69 (15.75%) Roadmaps
12 66 (15.07%) Continuous Improvement
13 64 (14.61%) Logistics
14 62 (14.16%) Data Cleansing
15 60 (13.70%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 49 (11.19%) SQL
2 28 (6.39%) JavaScript
3 9 (2.05%) C#
4 7 (1.60%) PowerShell
5 6 (1.37%) PL/SQL
6 5 (1.14%) Java
7 4 (0.91%) Python
8 1 (0.23%) ABAP
8 1 (0.23%) Bash
8 1 (0.23%) Bicep
8 1 (0.23%) R
Qualifications
1 140 (31.96%) Degree
2 9 (2.05%) SC Cleared
2 9 (2.05%) Security Cleared
3 7 (1.60%) A+ Certification
4 5 (1.14%) Azure Certification
4 5 (1.14%) CCNA
4 5 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (0.91%) CCNP
5 4 (0.91%) CISA
5 4 (0.91%) CISM
5 4 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 4 (0.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.46%) HND
7 2 (0.46%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 2 (0.46%) MCP
7 2 (0.46%) MCSA
7 2 (0.46%) MCSE
7 2 (0.46%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (23.97%) Data Quality
2 16 (3.65%) QA
3 12 (2.74%) GDPR
4 5 (1.14%) SLA
5 4 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.46%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.46%) GxP
7 1 (0.23%) GRC
7 1 (0.23%) PMO
7 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 28 (6.39%) Docker
2 24 (5.48%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.05%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.60%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (4.34%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.91%) Terraform
4 2 (0.46%) Ansible
5 1 (0.23%) Grafana
5 1 (0.23%) Netcool
5 1 (0.23%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 168 (38.36%) SAP
2 61 (13.93%) Microsoft
3 17 (3.88%) Google
3 17 (3.88%) Oracle
4 15 (3.42%) OpenAI
5 11 (2.51%) Sage
6 8 (1.83%) JD Edwards
6 8 (1.83%) VMware
7 4 (0.91%) Cisco
7 4 (0.91%) IBM
7 4 (0.91%) Veeam
7 4 (0.91%) Workday
8 3 (0.68%) Dell
8 3 (0.68%) Draytek
8 3 (0.68%) Meraki
8 3 (0.68%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.68%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.68%) Sophos
9 2 (0.46%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.46%) Databricks