Problem-Solving Jobs in Birmingham

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 11 18
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 +1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 341 257 341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 12.65% 12.61% 10.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.26% 13.17% 10.91%
Number of salaries quoted 279 207 253
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,520 £29,800
25th Percentile £35,750 £34,375 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £58,750 £66,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £73,750
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +2.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,235 1,952 3,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 82.93% 95.78% 97.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,816 1,428 2,403
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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 16 April 2024.

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 44 (12.90%) SharePoint
2 19 (5.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.52%) WordPress
4 6 (1.76%) IIS
5 3 (0.88%) IBM Notes
6 2 (0.59%) Confluence
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.29%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 37 (10.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (4.99%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.35%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.17%) CANalyzer
4 4 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.17%) Trello
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.29%) InVision
5 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.29%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.29%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 16 (4.69%) NetSuite
2 7 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.76%) Shopify
4 4 (1.17%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.59%) Misys Midas
5 2 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.29%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 74 (21.70%) Microsoft 365
2 69 (20.23%) Azure
3 61 (17.89%) Power Platform
4 39 (11.44%) AWS
5 26 (7.62%) GCP
6 23 (6.74%) Entra ID
7 17 (4.99%) SaaS
8 9 (2.64%) Google Drive
9 8 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (2.35%) OneDrive
10 7 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.05%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.76%) Amazon S3
11 6 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.47%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (1.47%) Matillion
12 5 (1.47%) PowerApps
13 4 (1.17%) Google Docs
13 4 (1.17%) Snowflake
13 4 (1.17%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 39 (11.44%) Firewall
2 36 (10.56%) WAN
3 26 (7.62%) LAN
4 16 (4.69%) Intranet
5 13 (3.81%) TCP/IP
6 11 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
7 10 (2.93%) iSCSI
8 9 (2.64%) DNS
8 9 (2.64%) PBX
9 8 (2.35%) DHCP
10 6 (1.76%) Fibre Channel
10 6 (1.76%) SD-WAN
10 6 (1.76%) Wireless
11 5 (1.47%) VLAN
11 5 (1.47%) VoIP
12 4 (1.17%) Ethernet
12 4 (1.17%) SAN
12 4 (1.17%) SNMP
12 4 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (17.89%) Power BI
2 21 (6.16%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (5.57%) Looker
3 19 (5.57%) SQL Server
4 17 (4.99%) Tableau
5 14 (4.11%) BigQuery
6 13 (3.81%) MySQL
7 7 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (1.76%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.47%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.17%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.17%) InterSystems Cache
10 4 (1.17%) Metadata
10 4 (1.17%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.17%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.17%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.88%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (4.99%) Git
2 6 (1.76%) Octopus Deploy
2 6 (1.76%) TeamCity
3 5 (1.47%) JIRA
4 4 (1.17%) CANoe
4 4 (1.17%) Postman
5 3 (0.88%) GitLab
6 2 (0.59%) gulp
7 1 (0.29%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 207 (60.70%) Social Skills
2 117 (34.31%) Analytical Skills
3 85 (24.93%) Finance
4 27 (7.92%) Retail
5 25 (7.33%) Marketing
6 23 (6.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (5.87%) Local Government
8 15 (4.40%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.81%) Fire and Rescue
9 13 (3.81%) Public Sector
10 12 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (3.23%) Telecoms
12 8 (2.35%) Billing
12 8 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.17%) Automotive
15 4 (1.17%) Banking
15 4 (1.17%) French Language
15 4 (1.17%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 54 (15.84%) Senior
2 40 (11.73%) Developer
3 38 (11.14%) IT Manager
4 36 (10.56%) Lead
5 31 (9.09%) Consultant
6 24 (7.04%) Analyst
7 22 (6.45%) Functional Consultant
8 19 (5.57%) Administrator
9 18 (5.28%) Senior Consultant
10 17 (4.99%) Senior Functional Consultant
11 16 (4.69%) IT Support
11 16 (4.69%) NetSuite Consultant
12 15 (4.40%) Project Manager
13 14 (4.11%) Architect
14 13 (3.81%) Applications Support
14 13 (3.81%) Support Engineer
14 13 (3.81%) Systems Administrator
15 12 (3.52%) IT Administrator
15 12 (3.52%) IT Systems Administrator
15 12 (3.52%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.87%) HTML
2 16 (4.69%) CSS
3 12 (3.52%) .NET
3 12 (3.52%) AngularJS
4 8 (2.35%) ASP.NET
4 8 (2.35%) jQuery
4 8 (2.35%) React
5 7 (2.05%) .NET Core
5 7 (2.05%) RESTful
6 6 (1.76%) Express.js
7 5 (1.47%) Kafka
7 5 (1.47%) Node.js
8 4 (1.17%) JSON
8 4 (1.17%) MEAN Stack
8 4 (1.17%) MERN Stack
8 4 (1.17%) Spring
8 4 (1.17%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.17%) Vue
8 4 (1.17%) Web Services
9 3 (0.88%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.90%) Self-Motivation
2 25 (7.33%) Management Information System
3 18 (5.28%) Product Ownership
4 17 (4.99%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (3.81%) Mobile App
5 13 (3.81%) Replication
5 13 (3.81%) Wiki
6 11 (3.23%) AS400
6 11 (3.23%) iSeries
7 10 (2.93%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.93%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.64%) NHS
9 7 (2.05%) Driving Licence
9 7 (2.05%) Housing Association
10 6 (1.76%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.47%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.47%) Smartphone
11 5 (1.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (1.17%) Photography
12 4 (1.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 61 (17.89%) Windows
2 29 (8.50%) Windows 10
3 14 (4.11%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.93%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (2.35%) VMS
6 7 (2.05%) Windows 7
7 6 (1.76%) Linux
8 5 (1.47%) Android
8 5 (1.47%) Unix
9 3 (0.88%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.59%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (23.46%) Agile
2 56 (16.42%) Project Management
3 55 (16.13%) Business Intelligence
4 53 (15.54%) Mentoring
5 47 (13.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (12.02%) ITIL
7 38 (11.14%) Data Governance
8 36 (10.56%) SDLC
9 34 (9.97%) Service Delivery
10 33 (9.68%) Analytics
10 33 (9.68%) Computer Science
11 32 (9.38%) User Experience
12 27 (7.92%) Customer Service
13 26 (7.62%) Decision-Making
13 26 (7.62%) DevOps
14 24 (7.04%) CRM
14 24 (7.04%) Line Management
14 24 (7.04%) Software Engineering
14 24 (7.04%) Visualisation
15 23 (6.74%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (20.23%) SQL
2 27 (7.92%) Python
3 21 (6.16%) JavaScript
4 16 (4.69%) PowerShell
5 14 (4.11%) C#
6 12 (3.52%) Java
7 11 (3.23%) Perl
7 11 (3.23%) RPG
7 11 (3.23%) RPG IV
7 11 (3.23%) RPG/400
8 9 (2.64%) PHP
9 8 (2.35%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.76%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.17%) C
12 2 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.59%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.59%) R
12 2 (0.59%) Swift
13 1 (0.29%) Ruby
13 1 (0.29%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 57 (16.72%) Degree
2 22 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (2.64%) DBS Check
5 8 (2.35%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.05%) ACCA
6 7 (2.05%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.76%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.17%) MBA
8 4 (1.17%) MCSE
8 4 (1.17%) Security Cleared
9 3 (0.88%) APMP
9 3 (0.88%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.59%) PMP
10 2 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.29%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.29%) CCIE
11 1 (0.29%) CCNP
11 1 (0.29%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.92%) GDPR
2 21 (6.16%) Cyber Essentials
3 20 (5.87%) QA
4 17 (4.99%) Data Quality
5 11 (3.23%) Accessibility
6 10 (2.93%) SLA
7 7 (2.05%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (2.05%) GAAP
7 7 (2.05%) IFRS
8 5 (1.47%) NIST
9 4 (1.17%) ISO 26262
10 2 (0.59%) PMO
11 1 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 41 (12.02%) Active Directory
2 23 (6.74%) Hyper-V
3 20 (5.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.93%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.76%) NFS
6 4 (1.17%) pfSense
7 3 (0.88%) Docker
7 3 (0.88%) vSphere
8 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (4.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (3.23%) SCCM
3 10 (2.93%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.47%) Terraform
5 1 (0.29%) Icinga
5 1 (0.29%) Nagios
Vendors
1 82 (24.05%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.38%) Google
3 27 (7.92%) VMware
4 16 (4.69%) Sophos
5 15 (4.40%) Cisco
5 15 (4.40%) Veeam
6 13 (3.81%) IBM
7 9 (2.64%) Xero
8 7 (2.05%) CA
9 6 (1.76%) Brocade
9 6 (1.76%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.47%) Adobe
10 5 (1.47%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.47%) Meraki
11 4 (1.17%) Dell
11 4 (1.17%) InterSystems
11 4 (1.17%) QNAP
11 4 (1.17%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.17%) SAP
11 4 (1.17%) Zerto