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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 7 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 221 265 414
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 9.67% 18.51% 14.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.29% 19.79% 16.43%
Number of salaries quoted 173 122 261
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,025 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £65,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +54.76% -6.67%
75th Percentile £58,750 £83,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 - £71,250
South East median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.71% +13.26% -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 1,663 1,339 2,520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 72.75% 93.51% 85.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,020 503 1,904
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £79,375 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £95,000 £88,375
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -8 73 £50,000 -16.67% 38
Slough -2 41 £67,500 - 30
Hungerford 0 16 £49,000 -30.00% 1
Bracknell 0 13 £40,000 -20.00% 8
Maidenhead -22 11 £42,500 -19.05% 6
Wokingham -3 9 £48,885 -53.44% 15
Windsor +2 4 £70,000 +137.29% 1
Ascot -2 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 7 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.90%) Gentran
2 2 (0.90%) SAS
3 1 (0.45%) CMS
Applications
1 20 (9.05%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (7.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.26%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.45%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.45%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 58 (26.24%) Azure
2 39 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (10.41%) AWS
3 23 (10.41%) Power Platform
4 17 (7.69%) GCP
5 15 (6.79%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (6.79%) Azure Logic Apps
6 13 (5.88%) SaaS
7 9 (4.07%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.26%) Google Workspace
8 5 (2.26%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.90%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.90%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.90%) Serverless
10 1 (0.45%) Asana
10 1 (0.45%) Canva
10 1 (0.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.41%) Firewall
2 10 (4.52%) DNS
3 8 (3.62%) WAN
4 7 (3.17%) DHCP
4 7 (3.17%) Wireless
5 6 (2.71%) LAN
6 4 (1.81%) VoIP
6 4 (1.81%) VPN
7 2 (0.90%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.90%) VLAN
7 2 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.45%) 5G
8 1 (0.45%) HTTP
8 1 (0.45%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.45%) MIMO
8 1 (0.45%) NGN
8 1 (0.45%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.45%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.45%) SMTP
8 1 (0.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.33%) OLTP
2 8 (3.62%) Power BI
3 4 (1.81%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.36%) MySQL
4 3 (1.36%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.36%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (0.90%) Metadata
5 2 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (5.43%) Git
2 8 (3.62%) GitLab
3 4 (1.81%) JIRA
4 3 (1.36%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.45%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.45%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.45%) SonarQube
General
1 78 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
2 77 (34.84%) Social Skills
3 48 (21.72%) Finance
4 13 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (4.98%) Marketing
6 10 (4.52%) Telecoms
7 9 (4.07%) Manufacturing
7 9 (4.07%) Retail
8 8 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.81%) Local Government
10 3 (1.36%) Electronics
10 3 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.90%) Law
11 2 (0.90%) Legal
Job Titles
1 45 (20.36%) Analyst
2 43 (19.46%) Developer
3 37 (16.74%) Senior
4 29 (13.12%) IT Support
5 18 (8.14%) Senior Developer
6 17 (7.69%) Oracle Developer
6 17 (7.69%) Senior Oracle Developer
7 15 (6.79%) Power Platform Developer
8 14 (6.33%) PL/SQL Developer
8 14 (6.33%) Report Analyst
8 14 (6.33%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
8 14 (6.33%) Senior SQL Developer
8 14 (6.33%) SQL Developer
9 13 (5.88%) Support Engineer
10 12 (5.43%) Support Analyst
11 11 (4.98%) IT Analyst
11 11 (4.98%) IT Support Analyst
12 9 (4.07%) Microsoft Engineer
12 9 (4.07%) Project Engineer
12 9 (4.07%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.14%) HTML
2 14 (6.33%) SOAP
2 14 (6.33%) XML
3 9 (4.07%) JSON
4 6 (2.71%) YAML
5 5 (2.26%) Jinja
6 4 (1.81%) Node.js
7 3 (1.36%) .NET
7 3 (1.36%) CSS
7 3 (1.36%) Next.js
7 3 (1.36%) OLE
7 3 (1.36%) SAPUI5
8 2 (0.90%) EDI
8 2 (0.90%) React
8 2 (0.90%) RESTful
8 2 (0.90%) Tailwind CSS
9 1 (0.45%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.45%) LangChain
9 1 (0.45%) PyTorch
9 1 (0.45%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.22%) Onboarding
2 20 (9.05%) Driving Licence
3 15 (6.79%) Low-Code
4 10 (4.52%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (4.07%) Client/Server
6 8 (3.62%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (3.17%) Life Science
8 6 (2.71%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.36%) Arduino
9 3 (1.36%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.36%) PMI
9 3 (1.36%) Raspberry Pi
9 3 (1.36%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.36%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.90%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 32 (14.48%) Windows
2 24 (10.86%) Linux
3 8 (3.62%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.45%) FreeBSD
4 1 (0.45%) OpenBSD
4 1 (0.45%) Unix
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (24.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 42 (19.00%) Customer Service
3 35 (15.84%) Cybersecurity
4 31 (14.03%) CI/CD
5 26 (11.76%) Decision-Making
6 25 (11.31%) Business Intelligence
7 24 (10.86%) DevOps
7 24 (10.86%) Validation
8 22 (9.95%) Mentoring
8 22 (9.95%) Software Testing
9 21 (9.50%) Agile
10 18 (8.14%) Data Governance
11 17 (7.69%) Computer Science
11 17 (7.69%) Software Engineering
12 16 (7.24%) CRM
12 16 (7.24%) Deployment Automation
13 15 (6.79%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 15 (6.79%) Business Process Analysis
14 14 (6.33%) Collaborative Culture
15 13 (5.88%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 38 (17.19%) Python
2 30 (13.57%) SQL
3 22 (9.95%) JavaScript
4 19 (8.60%) C#
5 17 (7.69%) PL/SQL
6 15 (6.79%) PowerShell
7 12 (5.43%) C
8 11 (4.98%) C++
9 9 (4.07%) Java
9 9 (4.07%) Rust
10 3 (1.36%) ABAP
10 3 (1.36%) Pascal
11 2 (0.90%) Bicep
11 2 (0.90%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.45%) Bash
12 1 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.45%) Groovy
12 1 (0.45%) Perl
12 1 (0.45%) PHP
12 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 47 (21.27%) Degree
2 23 (10.41%) ACCA
2 23 (10.41%) CIMA
3 11 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.62%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.26%) DBS Check
5 5 (2.26%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.81%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.36%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (1.36%) CISM
7 3 (1.36%) HND
7 3 (1.36%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (1.36%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.90%) CCNA
8 2 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.90%) HNC
8 2 (0.90%) MCSE
8 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.45%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.69%) QA
2 8 (3.62%) GDPR
3 7 (3.17%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.81%) SLA
5 3 (1.36%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.36%) NIST
5 3 (1.36%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.36%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 30 (13.57%) Active Directory
2 17 (7.69%) Hyper-V
3 13 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (4.52%) KVM
5 4 (1.81%) Docker
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (4.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.17%) Terraform
3 5 (2.26%) Ansible
4 4 (1.81%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.90%) Netcool
5 2 (0.90%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 2 (0.90%) SCCM
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.45%) Packer
6 1 (0.45%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 69 (31.22%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.50%) Oracle
3 13 (5.88%) VMware
4 7 (3.17%) Cisco
5 5 (2.26%) Adobe
5 5 (2.26%) Atlassian
5 5 (2.26%) Google
5 5 (2.26%) IBM
5 5 (2.26%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.81%) HubSpot
6 4 (1.81%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.81%) Workday
7 3 (1.36%) Motorola
7 3 (1.36%) SAP
8 2 (0.90%) Databricks
8 2 (0.90%) Draytek
8 2 (0.90%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.90%) Sophos
8 2 (0.90%) UiPath
8 2 (0.90%) Yealink