Problem-Solving Jobs in Birmingham

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 8 12
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 277 338 253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 18.78% 12.44% 12.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.91% 15.06% 13.23%
Number of salaries quoted 229 276 202
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,750 £34,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £70,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,391 2,245 1,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 94.31% 82.60% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 766 1,818 1,409
10th Percentile £34,814 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,250 £41,250 £43,036
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,538 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,964 £82,751
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% +6.00%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (8.30%) OpenEdge
2 11 (3.97%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.72%) CMS
4 2 (0.72%) SAS
5 1 (0.36%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.36%) IIS
5 1 (0.36%) Mule
5 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (6.86%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.08%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 35 (12.64%) NetSuite
2 18 (6.50%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (3.97%) Oracle Applications
4 9 (3.25%) Shopify
5 8 (2.89%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (1.81%) Dynamics NAV
7 5 (1.81%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.72%) Infor CloudSuite
8 2 (0.72%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
9 1 (0.36%) SAP CO
9 1 (0.36%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.36%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.36%) SAP HCM
9 1 (0.36%) SAP Payroll
9 1 (0.36%) SAP PS
9 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 74 (26.71%) Azure
2 27 (9.75%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (9.03%) Power Platform
4 23 (8.30%) AWS
5 21 (7.58%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (4.69%) Power Automate
7 12 (4.33%) PowerApps
8 11 (3.97%) Azure Data Factory
8 11 (3.97%) GCP
9 9 (3.25%) IaaS
9 9 (3.25%) PaaS
10 8 (2.89%) Miro
10 8 (2.89%) SaaS
10 8 (2.89%) Serverless
11 5 (1.81%) Boomi
11 5 (1.81%) SuccessFactors
12 3 (1.08%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.08%) Datadog
13 2 (0.72%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.22%) WAN
2 15 (5.42%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (3.97%) DNS
4 10 (3.61%) DHCP
4 10 (3.61%) Firewall
4 10 (3.61%) LAN
4 10 (3.61%) SD-WAN
4 10 (3.61%) VPN
5 7 (2.53%) Network Security
6 5 (1.81%) Internet
6 5 (1.81%) WLAN
7 4 (1.44%) HTTP
8 3 (1.08%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.72%) VLAN
10 1 (0.36%) BGP
10 1 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.36%) NAS
10 1 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.36%) SAN
10 1 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.66%) Power BI
2 17 (6.14%) SQL Server
3 13 (4.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (3.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (3.25%) Star Schema
7 6 (2.17%) MySQL
8 5 (1.81%) Oracle Database
8 5 (1.81%) Oracle Exadata
9 4 (1.44%) Looker
9 4 (1.44%) Tableau
10 3 (1.08%) MongoDB
10 3 (1.08%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.72%) Big Data
11 2 (0.72%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.72%) DB2
11 2 (0.72%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.72%) Metadata
11 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 13 (4.69%) Git
2 11 (3.97%) JIRA
3 9 (3.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (2.17%) NUnit
5 4 (1.44%) GitLab
5 4 (1.44%) JUnit
5 4 (1.44%) Selenium
6 3 (1.08%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.08%) Postman
7 2 (0.72%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.72%) ERwin
7 2 (0.72%) Mocha
7 2 (0.72%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.72%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.72%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.36%) Subversion
8 1 (0.36%) Vite
General
1 145 (52.35%) Social Skills
2 79 (28.52%) Analytical Skills
3 65 (23.47%) Finance
4 21 (7.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (6.50%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (4.33%) Law
6 12 (4.33%) Tech for Good
7 11 (3.97%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.89%) Marketing
9 6 (2.17%) Advertising
9 6 (2.17%) Banking
9 6 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.81%) Automotive
10 5 (1.81%) Electronics
10 5 (1.81%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.44%) Billing
11 4 (1.44%) Legal
12 2 (0.72%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 68 (24.55%) Developer
2 36 (13.00%) Consultant
3 29 (10.47%) IT Support
4 25 (9.03%) Analyst
5 23 (8.30%) OpenEdge Developer
5 23 (8.30%) Progress Developer
5 23 (8.30%) Senior
6 22 (7.94%) NetSuite Consultant
7 19 (6.86%) Support Engineer
8 15 (5.42%) Lead
8 15 (5.42%) SQL Developer
9 14 (5.05%) Functional Consultant
10 12 (4.33%) 3rd Line Support
10 12 (4.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 12 (4.33%) Power BI Developer
11 11 (3.97%) Architect
11 11 (3.97%) Business Analyst
12 10 (3.61%) Administrator
12 10 (3.61%) Programme Manager
12 10 (3.61%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.94%) .NET
2 14 (5.05%) Middleware
2 14 (5.05%) Oracle Fusion
3 10 (3.61%) .NET Core
3 10 (3.61%) HTML
4 9 (3.25%) React
5 8 (2.89%) XML
6 7 (2.53%) Entity Framework
6 7 (2.53%) Node.js
6 7 (2.53%) Restlet
6 7 (2.53%) SOAP
7 6 (2.17%) AngularJS
7 6 (2.17%) Jest
8 5 (1.81%) .NET Framework
8 5 (1.81%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 4 (1.44%) CSS
9 4 (1.44%) Sass
10 3 (1.08%) ASP.NET
10 3 (1.08%) jQuery
10 3 (1.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.50%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (4.69%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.25%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (3.25%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.25%) Mobile App
4 7 (2.53%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.17%) Taxonomies
6 5 (1.81%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.81%) IoT
6 5 (1.81%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 5 (1.81%) SCADA
7 3 (1.08%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.08%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.72%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.72%) CUDA
8 2 (0.72%) Educational Technology
8 2 (0.72%) SIMD
9 1 (0.36%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 35 (12.64%) Windows
2 15 (5.42%) Linux
3 10 (3.61%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.25%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.53%) Unix
5 7 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.81%) Android
6 5 (1.81%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (18.41%) CRM
2 46 (16.61%) Collaborative Working
3 43 (15.52%) Agile
4 40 (14.44%) Project Management
5 33 (11.91%) Migration
5 33 (11.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 31 (11.19%) Decision-Making
6 31 (11.19%) ERP
7 30 (10.83%) Analytics
7 30 (10.83%) Business Intelligence
7 30 (10.83%) Data Migration
7 30 (10.83%) Roadmaps
8 26 (9.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (9.03%) Customer Service
9 25 (9.03%) Requirements Gathering
10 24 (8.66%) Mentoring
11 22 (7.94%) DevOps
11 22 (7.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 21 (7.58%) Computer Science
13 19 (6.86%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 52 (18.77%) SQL
2 25 (9.03%) C#
3 21 (7.58%) JavaScript
4 10 (3.61%) TypeScript
5 6 (2.17%) Python
6 5 (1.81%) Java
6 5 (1.81%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.44%) C++
7 4 (1.44%) PHP
7 4 (1.44%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.44%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.72%) Bash
8 2 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.36%) ABAP
9 1 (0.36%) Dart
9 1 (0.36%) Go
9 1 (0.36%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.36%) Objective-C
9 1 (0.36%) R
9 1 (0.36%) Swift
Qualifications
1 36 (13.00%) Degree
2 16 (5.78%) Computer Science Degree
2 16 (5.78%) Security Cleared
3 13 (4.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (3.97%) MCP
5 7 (2.53%) CCNA
5 7 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (2.53%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.17%) A+ Certification
6 6 (2.17%) MCSA
7 5 (1.81%) CCNP
7 5 (1.81%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.81%) LPIC
7 5 (1.81%) MCSE
7 5 (1.81%) OCA
7 5 (1.81%) OCP
7 5 (1.81%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (1.08%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.08%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.33%) QA
2 11 (3.97%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.17%) GDPR
4 4 (1.44%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.44%) PMO
5 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.36%) NIST
5 1 (0.36%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (5.78%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.17%) Docker
3 4 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.08%) LXC
5 2 (0.72%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.36%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (2.17%) Terraform
2 5 (1.81%) Oracle RMAN
3 3 (1.08%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.72%) Grafana
4 2 (0.72%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.36%) SCCM
Vendors
1 63 (22.74%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.30%) Progress
3 21 (7.58%) Oracle
3 21 (7.58%) Salesforce
4 10 (3.61%) Cisco
5 7 (2.53%) SAP
5 7 (2.53%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.17%) Google
7 5 (1.81%) Dell
7 5 (1.81%) Rockwell
7 5 (1.81%) Siemens
8 4 (1.44%) Databricks
8 4 (1.44%) Okta
8 4 (1.44%) VMware
9 2 (0.72%) Infor
9 2 (0.72%) Juniper
9 2 (0.72%) Sybase
10 1 (0.36%) Aruba
10 1 (0.36%) HP
10 1 (0.36%) Veeam