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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -9 0 +5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 144 300 532
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 8.02% 27.15% 26.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.88% 28.96% 31.00%
Number of salaries quoted 107 101 246
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £29,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.33% -16.67% +10.30%
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,750 £55,313
90th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £69,375
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -12.37%

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 1,323 1,036 1,716
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 73.66% 93.76% 85.08%
Number of salaries quoted 887 361 984
10th Percentile £30,000 £24,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,750 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £73,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

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 1 July 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 1 July 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 -10 85 £57,000 +18.75% 39
Aylesbury +1 13 £47,500 +5.56% 4
Marlow -10 12 - - 5
Bletchley 0 10 £37,500 +29.31% 4
Chesham -1 2 £42,500 -
Newport Pagnell -2 2 - -
High Wycombe -7 2 £37,500 -36.44% 11
Buckingham +1 1 £40,000 - 3
Beaconsfield -1 1 £29,000 -
Gerrards Cross -2 1 £37,000 -35.65%
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 9 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.69%) Apache
3 1 (0.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.47%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 53 (36.81%) Azure
2 15 (10.42%) AWS
3 13 (9.03%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (8.33%) Entra ID
5 11 (7.64%) Asana
5 11 (7.64%) Sprout Social
6 10 (6.94%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (6.25%) GCP
8 8 (5.56%) Power Platform
9 6 (4.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (3.47%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (3.47%) Cloudflare
11 4 (2.78%) iPaaS
11 4 (2.78%) OneDrive
12 3 (2.08%) IaaS
12 3 (2.08%) PaaS
12 3 (2.08%) SaaS
13 2 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (1.39%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 2 (1.39%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.56%) DNS
2 5 (3.47%) Firewall
2 5 (3.47%) SSL
2 5 (3.47%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.08%) LAN
3 3 (2.08%) VLAN
3 3 (2.08%) VPN
3 3 (2.08%) WAN
3 3 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (2.08%) Wireless
4 2 (1.39%) Network Security
4 2 (1.39%) OSPF
4 2 (1.39%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.39%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (1.39%) WLAN
5 1 (0.69%) DHCP
5 1 (0.69%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.94%) Relational Database
2 8 (5.56%) Power BI
3 7 (4.86%) Data Lake
4 5 (3.47%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.39%) GIS
6 2 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.69%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.69%) Metadata
7 1 (0.69%) MySQL
7 1 (0.69%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.69%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.69%) Tableau
7 1 (0.69%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 8 (5.56%) JIRA
2 2 (1.39%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.39%) JUnit
2 2 (1.39%) Subversion
General
1 85 (59.03%) Social Skills
2 54 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (13.19%) Finance
4 17 (11.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (7.64%) Marketing
6 9 (6.25%) Manufacturing
7 8 (5.56%) Law
7 8 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (5.56%) Public Sector
8 7 (4.86%) Electronics
8 7 (4.86%) Local Government
9 6 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (3.47%) Retail
11 4 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (2.08%) Aerospace
12 3 (2.08%) Social Science
13 2 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.39%) Legal
14 1 (0.69%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.69%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 26 (18.06%) Analyst
2 21 (14.58%) Senior
3 15 (10.42%) Developer
4 14 (9.72%) Architect
5 13 (9.03%) Support Engineer
6 12 (8.33%) Data Engineer
7 11 (7.64%) Social Media Executive
7 11 (7.64%) Support Analyst
8 10 (6.94%) Technical Engineer
8 10 (6.94%) Technical Support
8 10 (6.94%) Technical Support Engineer
9 9 (6.25%) Integration Architect
10 8 (5.56%) Applications Architect
11 7 (4.86%) Applications Support
11 7 (4.86%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (4.86%) Graduate
11 7 (4.86%) Microsoft Engineer
11 7 (4.86%) SOC Analyst
12 6 (4.17%) Azure Data Engineer
12 6 (4.17%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.03%) Middleware
1 13 (9.03%) REST
1 13 (9.03%) SOAP
2 11 (7.64%) JSON
2 11 (7.64%) XML
3 6 (4.17%) MFC
4 5 (3.47%) JWT
4 5 (3.47%) Kafka
4 5 (3.47%) OAuth
4 5 (3.47%) OAuth2
4 5 (3.47%) RabbitMQ
4 5 (3.47%) SAP CO-PA
5 4 (2.78%) .NET
5 4 (2.78%) HTML
5 4 (2.78%) RESTful
5 4 (2.78%) XML Messaging
6 3 (2.08%) ODBC
7 2 (1.39%) React
7 2 (1.39%) Visualforce
7 2 (1.39%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.72%) Cloud Native
2 13 (9.03%) NHS
3 11 (7.64%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (7.64%) Social Media
3 11 (7.64%) Video Editing
4 8 (5.56%) Product Ownership
5 7 (4.86%) Augmented Reality
5 7 (4.86%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (4.17%) Driving Licence
6 6 (4.17%) Onboarding
7 5 (3.47%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (2.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (1.39%) AS400
10 2 (1.39%) Low-Code
10 2 (1.39%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.69%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.69%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (21.53%) Windows
2 10 (6.94%) Linux
3 2 (1.39%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.69%) Unix
4 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (30.56%) Analytics
2 41 (28.47%) Agile
3 29 (20.14%) DevOps
4 28 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 26 (18.06%) AI
5 26 (18.06%) Decision-Making
6 24 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 24 (16.67%) Data Modelling
7 23 (15.97%) CI/CD
7 23 (15.97%) Cybersecurity
8 19 (13.19%) ERP
9 18 (12.50%) ITIL
10 17 (11.81%) Customer-Centricity
10 17 (11.81%) Project Management
11 16 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
12 14 (9.72%) CRM
12 14 (9.72%) Mentoring
13 13 (9.03%) Data Security
13 13 (9.03%) Software Engineering
13 13 (9.03%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 47 (32.64%) SQL
2 17 (11.81%) Python
3 14 (9.72%) Java
4 11 (7.64%) PowerShell
5 10 (6.94%) C#
6 9 (6.25%) C++
7 5 (3.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (2.08%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.39%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.39%) C
9 2 (1.39%) Delphi
9 2 (1.39%) Pascal
9 2 (1.39%) R
9 2 (1.39%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.39%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.69%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 42 (29.17%) Degree
2 14 (9.72%) Computer Science Degree
2 14 (9.72%) Security Cleared
3 13 (9.03%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.86%) City & Guilds
5 6 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (3.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (2.08%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.08%) HNC
7 3 (2.08%) ICAEW
8 2 (1.39%) CCNA
8 2 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.39%) HND
8 2 (1.39%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.69%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.69%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.69%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.64%) QA
2 6 (4.17%) SLA
3 4 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.78%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.69%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.69%) GDPR
System Software
1 14 (9.72%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.86%) Docker
3 4 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (2.08%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.17%) Kubernetes
1 6 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.47%) Graylog
3 4 (2.78%) Terraform
4 1 (0.69%) Autotask
4 1 (0.69%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 48 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.64%) Adobe
2 11 (7.64%) Hootsuite
2 11 (7.64%) Instagram
2 11 (7.64%) Wrike
3 6 (4.17%) Google
4 5 (3.47%) SAP
5 4 (2.78%) Databricks
6 3 (2.08%) Aruba
6 3 (2.08%) Cisco
7 2 (1.39%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.39%) Meraki
7 2 (1.39%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.39%) Ruckus Wireless
7 2 (1.39%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.39%) Splunk
7 2 (1.39%) WatchGuard
8 1 (0.69%) ConnectWise
8 1 (0.69%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (0.69%) NVIDIA