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 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 4 3
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 205 267 279
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 9.82% 21.69% 23.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.16% 23.63% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 158 86 94
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £29,325
25th Percentile £35,500 £31,563 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -25.00% +16.57%
75th Percentile £58,500 £56,563 £64,688
90th Percentile £71,250 £62,500 £73,500
South East median annual salary £41,500 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.22% -18.00% -

All Process & 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 1,448 1,130 1,035
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 69.38% 91.80% 87.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,003 444 417
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.22% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £74,850 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 8 October 2026.

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 8 October 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
Milton Keynes -2 88 £50,500 -3.81% 102
Bletchley +10 22 £35,000 +27.27%
Aylesbury - 15 £40,000 - 9
Buckingham +1 7 £40,000 - 1
High Wycombe - 7 £37,500 - 25
Marlow -10 5 £30,250 -19.33% 8
Amersham 0 4 £35,000 -12.50% 1
Chesham +1 2 £42,500 - 2
Newport Pagnell 0 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 23 (11.22%) SharePoint
2 17 (8.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.44%) Apache
3 5 (2.44%) nginx
4 1 (0.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.49%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.49%) S-PLUS
4 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.46%) FastStats
1 3 (1.46%) FastStats PeopleStage
1 3 (1.46%) Magento
1 3 (1.46%) NetSuite
1 3 (1.46%) Sage X3
1 3 (1.46%) Shopify
2 1 (0.49%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 53 (25.85%) Azure
2 18 (8.78%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (7.32%) AWS
4 14 (6.83%) Entra ID
5 11 (5.37%) GCP
5 11 (5.37%) Power Platform
6 10 (4.88%) OneDrive
7 6 (2.93%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (2.93%) Cloudflare
8 4 (1.95%) GitHub
9 3 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.46%) SaaS
10 1 (0.49%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.49%) PaaS
10 1 (0.49%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.49%) Salesforce Einstein
10 1 (0.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.34%) DNS
2 8 (3.90%) Firewall
3 6 (2.93%) SSL
4 5 (2.44%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.95%) WAN
6 3 (1.46%) LAN
6 3 (1.46%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.46%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (1.46%) VLAN
6 3 (1.46%) VPN
6 3 (1.46%) Wireless
6 3 (1.46%) WLAN
7 2 (0.98%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.98%) Network Security
7 2 (0.98%) OSPF
7 2 (0.98%) SNMP
8 1 (0.49%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.49%) NGN
8 1 (0.49%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.41%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.44%) GIS
3 3 (1.46%) Geospatial Data
3 3 (1.46%) MySQL
3 3 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.46%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.98%) Power BI
4 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.49%) Metadata
5 1 (0.49%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.49%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (2.44%) JIRA
2 3 (1.46%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.98%) Git
3 2 (0.98%) JUnit
3 2 (0.98%) Subversion
4 1 (0.49%) GitLab
General
1 112 (54.63%) Social Skills
2 67 (32.68%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (17.56%) Manufacturing
4 34 (16.59%) Finance
5 18 (8.78%) Organisational Skills
6 17 (8.29%) Retail
7 14 (6.83%) Public Sector
8 11 (5.37%) Electronics
9 7 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.41%) Local Government
10 6 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.44%) Marketing
12 4 (1.95%) Advertising
13 3 (1.46%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.46%) Automotive
13 3 (1.46%) Law
13 3 (1.46%) Legal
13 3 (1.46%) Social Science
13 3 (1.46%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (13.66%) Analyst
2 24 (11.71%) Senior
3 19 (9.27%) Developer
4 18 (8.78%) Technical Support
5 16 (7.80%) Support Engineer
6 14 (6.83%) Technical Engineer
6 14 (6.83%) Technical Support Engineer
7 12 (5.85%) Service Analyst
8 11 (5.37%) Coordinator
8 11 (5.37%) Support Analyst
9 9 (4.39%) Architect
9 9 (4.39%) Business Developer
9 9 (4.39%) Lead
9 9 (4.39%) Software Engineer
9 9 (4.39%) Systems Developer
10 8 (3.90%) Applications Support
10 8 (3.90%) SOC Analyst
11 7 (3.41%) Graduate
11 7 (3.41%) Systems Engineer
12 6 (2.93%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.85%) HTML
2 10 (4.88%) REST
2 10 (4.88%) SOAP
3 7 (3.41%) CSS
3 7 (3.41%) Middleware
3 7 (3.41%) OAuth
4 6 (2.93%) .NET
4 6 (2.93%) JSON
4 6 (2.93%) MFC
4 6 (2.93%) XML
5 5 (2.44%) ODBC
5 5 (2.44%) Web Services
6 4 (1.95%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.95%) JWT
6 4 (1.95%) Kafka
6 4 (1.95%) OAuth2
6 4 (1.95%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (1.95%) React
6 4 (1.95%) RESTful
7 3 (1.46%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.27%) Management Information System
2 15 (7.32%) Driving Licence
3 10 (4.88%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (4.39%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.90%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (3.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 6 (2.93%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.93%) NHS
6 6 (2.93%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.44%) EPoS
8 4 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.95%) CMDB
8 4 (1.95%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.95%) Freedom of Information
9 3 (1.46%) Lidar
9 3 (1.46%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 45 (21.95%) Windows
2 20 (9.76%) Linux
3 7 (3.41%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.93%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.49%) Android
5 1 (0.49%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (33.17%) Continuous Improvement
2 33 (16.10%) Agile
3 32 (15.61%) Computer Science
4 30 (14.63%) ERP
5 29 (14.15%) Analytics
5 29 (14.15%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (14.15%) Decision-Making
6 27 (13.17%) AI
7 25 (12.20%) ITIL
7 25 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 22 (10.73%) Customer Service
8 22 (10.73%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (8.29%) Collaborative Working
9 17 (8.29%) Mentoring
9 17 (8.29%) Service Delivery
9 17 (8.29%) Translating Business Requirements
10 16 (7.80%) Validation
11 15 (7.32%) CRM
11 15 (7.32%) Software Engineering
11 15 (7.32%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 32 (15.61%) SQL
2 18 (8.78%) PowerShell
3 13 (6.34%) C#
3 13 (6.34%) Python
4 12 (5.85%) JavaScript
5 10 (4.88%) Java
6 9 (4.39%) C++
7 5 (2.44%) Ladder Logic
8 4 (1.95%) C
8 4 (1.95%) VB.NET
9 3 (1.46%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.46%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.98%) Delphi
10 2 (0.98%) Pascal
11 1 (0.49%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.49%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 57 (27.80%) Degree
2 24 (11.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (10.73%) Security Cleared
4 21 (10.24%) SC Cleared
5 11 (5.37%) HNC
6 8 (3.90%) HND
7 7 (3.41%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (2.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (2.44%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (2.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.95%) City & Guilds
10 4 (1.95%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.95%) ICAEW
10 4 (1.95%) NVQ Level 3
11 3 (1.46%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.98%) CCNA
12 2 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.49%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.49%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.39%) Data Quality
1 9 (4.39%) SLA
2 8 (3.90%) QA
3 5 (2.44%) GDPR
3 5 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.46%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.49%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 16 (7.80%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.88%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (3.41%) Docker
4 6 (2.93%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (2.44%) Squid
5 5 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.98%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.98%) Firmware
6 2 (0.98%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.93%) Graylog
3 4 (1.95%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.98%) Grafana
5 2 (0.98%) Nagios
5 2 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.49%) WMI
Vendors
1 75 (36.59%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.41%) SAP
3 6 (2.93%) Google
3 6 (2.93%) Sage
3 6 (2.93%) VMware
4 5 (2.44%) Veeam
5 4 (1.95%) Cisco
5 4 (1.95%) Oracle
5 4 (1.95%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.46%) Apteco
6 3 (1.46%) Aruba
6 3 (1.46%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.98%) Ruckus Wireless
7 2 (0.98%) Siemens
7 2 (0.98%) SolidFire
7 2 (0.98%) WatchGuard
8 1 (0.49%) Apple
8 1 (0.49%) BMC
8 1 (0.49%) EMC
8 1 (0.49%) Salesforce