Problem-Solving Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Problem Solving
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 2 5
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 +1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 230 223 155
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 20.91% 21.48% 19.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.57% 24.64% 20.03%
Number of salaries quoted 95 84 97
10th Percentile £28,700 £33,600 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,750 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £46,787
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +17.55% -6.43%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £90,500
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 976 905 774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 88.73% 87.19% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 505 381 527
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,143 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £38,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £82,200
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Buckinghamshire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 6 November 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
Milton Keynes -7 47 £56,250 +17.19% 50
Amersham - 20 £40,000 - 6
Marlow +4 14 £37,500 -25.00% 11
Buckingham +6 12 - -
Beaconsfield -1 12 - - 1
Chalfont St Giles - 12 - - 2
Chesham - 12 - - 6
Bletchley -10 10 £27,500 -45.00% 13
Gerrards Cross -2 7 £57,500 -36.11% 8
Newport Pagnell - 3 - -
High Wycombe -4 1 - - 21
Olney - 1 - -
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 12 (5.22%) IIS
2 7 (3.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.04%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.43%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.43%) Appian
3 1 (0.43%) Confluence
3 1 (0.43%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.30%) Notion
4 1 (0.43%) Civil 3D
4 1 (0.43%) MicroStation
4 1 (0.43%) Navisworks
4 1 (0.43%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Loan IQ
1 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 38 (16.52%) Azure
2 12 (5.22%) Azure DevOps
2 12 (5.22%) Power Platform
3 11 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (3.04%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.04%) GCP
5 6 (2.61%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.30%) AWS
6 3 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (1.30%) Canva
6 3 (1.30%) ChatGPT
6 3 (1.30%) SaaS
6 3 (1.30%) Zapier
7 2 (0.87%) Contentsquare
7 2 (0.87%) Google Analytics
7 2 (0.87%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 2 (0.87%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.43%) Azure AI
8 1 (0.43%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.43%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.48%) Firewall
2 7 (3.04%) IP Telephony
3 3 (1.30%) VPN
4 2 (0.87%) DHCP
4 2 (0.87%) DNS
4 2 (0.87%) LAN
4 2 (0.87%) WAN
5 1 (0.43%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 12 (5.22%) Power BI
3 10 (4.35%) SQL Server
4 7 (3.04%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.74%) MySQL
6 4 (1.74%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.74%) Power Query
6 4 (1.74%) PowerPivot
7 3 (1.30%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.87%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.43%) GIS
9 1 (0.43%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.43%) Metadata
9 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (3.91%) JIRA
2 5 (2.17%) Git
3 4 (1.74%) Selenium
4 3 (1.30%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.30%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.43%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
General
1 114 (49.57%) Retail
2 108 (46.96%) Manufacturing
3 73 (31.74%) Social Skills
4 35 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (11.74%) Dutch Language
5 27 (11.74%) Finance
5 27 (11.74%) Finnish Language
5 27 (11.74%) Norwegian Language
6 13 (5.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.91%) Catalan Language
8 8 (3.48%) Law
8 8 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.04%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.17%) Marketing
11 4 (1.74%) Legal
12 3 (1.30%) Banking
13 2 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.43%) Advertising
14 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.43%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 108 (46.96%) Trainer
2 30 (13.04%) Analyst
3 17 (7.39%) Support Engineer
4 14 (6.09%) IT Support
4 14 (6.09%) Software Engineer
5 13 (5.65%) Applications Support
5 13 (5.65%) Support Analyst
6 12 (5.22%) Developer
6 12 (5.22%) IT Engineer
6 12 (5.22%) IT Support Engineer
6 12 (5.22%) Software Support Engineer
7 11 (4.78%) Technical Support
8 10 (4.35%) Senior
9 9 (3.91%) Support Technician
10 7 (3.04%) Applications Support Analyst
11 6 (2.61%) Cloud Engineer
11 6 (2.61%) Data Analyst
11 6 (2.61%) Lead
12 5 (2.17%) Digital Executive
12 5 (2.17%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.26%) .NET
2 14 (6.09%) .NET Framework
3 12 (5.22%) Entity Framework
3 12 (5.22%) WinForms
4 10 (4.35%) ASP.NET
5 7 (3.04%) REST
6 3 (1.30%) Playwright
6 3 (1.30%) RESTful
6 3 (1.30%) SOAP
7 2 (0.87%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (0.87%) Middleware
7 2 (0.87%) React
7 2 (0.87%) Spring
7 2 (0.87%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.87%) Visualforce
8 1 (0.43%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.43%) jQuery
8 1 (0.43%) JSON
8 1 (0.43%) JWT
8 1 (0.43%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 108 (46.96%) Robotics
2 11 (4.78%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 3 (1.30%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.30%) Midjourney
6 3 (1.30%) Social Media
7 2 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.87%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.87%) N-Tier
8 1 (0.43%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.43%) IBM Mainframe
8 1 (0.43%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.43%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.43%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (12.61%) Windows
2 8 (3.48%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.04%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.87%) Linux
4 2 (0.87%) Unix
5 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (50.87%) AI
2 109 (47.39%) Machine Learning
3 108 (46.96%) Generative AI
3 108 (46.96%) LLM
3 108 (46.96%) Red Team
4 81 (35.22%) Data Privacy
5 24 (10.43%) DevOps
6 23 (10.00%) Computer Science
7 22 (9.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (7.39%) Agile
9 15 (6.52%) Process Improvement
9 15 (6.52%) Software Engineering
10 14 (6.09%) CI/CD
11 13 (5.65%) Mentoring
11 13 (5.65%) Workflow
12 12 (5.22%) Business Intelligence
12 12 (5.22%) Data Analysis
13 11 (4.78%) Customer Service
13 11 (4.78%) SDLC
14 10 (4.35%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 37 (16.09%) SQL
2 21 (9.13%) C#
3 14 (6.09%) T-SQL
4 13 (5.65%) Python
5 11 (4.78%) Java
6 10 (4.35%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (1.74%) VBA
8 3 (1.30%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.87%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.87%) C
10 1 (0.43%) C++
10 1 (0.43%) PHP
10 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 146 (63.48%) Degree
2 22 (9.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (2.61%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.17%) ACCA
5 5 (2.17%) CIMA
5 5 (2.17%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.30%) AAT
6 3 (1.30%) HNC
7 2 (0.87%) CIPD
7 2 (0.87%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.87%) MCSE
7 2 (0.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.43%) CCNP
8 1 (0.43%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.43%) CISSP
8 1 (0.43%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.43%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.96%) QA
2 5 (2.17%) GDPR
3 4 (1.74%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.87%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.43%) ARP4754
6 1 (0.43%) ARP4761
6 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.43%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.43%) DO-254
System Software
1 10 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.04%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.43%) Docker
3 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (3.04%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (3.04%) Terraform
2 1 (0.43%) Control-M
2 1 (0.43%) Kibana
2 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 115 (50.00%) Google
2 109 (47.39%) Databricks
3 108 (46.96%) Adobe
4 38 (16.52%) Microsoft
5 12 (5.22%) Sage
5 12 (5.22%) Xamarin
6 7 (3.04%) Apple
7 5 (2.17%) SAP
7 5 (2.17%) Zoho
8 3 (1.30%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.30%) Oracle
8 3 (1.30%) YouTube
9 2 (0.87%) Cognos
9 2 (0.87%) IBM
9 2 (0.87%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.87%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.87%) VMware
10 1 (0.43%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.43%) Talend
10 1 (0.43%) TIBCO