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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 1 6
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 +1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 119 254 151
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 10.70% 23.72% 18.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.46% 26.43% 18.88%
Number of salaries quoted 94 100 96
10th Percentile £28,400 £34,625 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £44,375 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £46,550
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +23.52% -3.27%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,813 £58,125
90th Percentile £65,000 £76,000 £90,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -2.91%

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 955 961 800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 85.88% 89.73% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 564 419 550
10th Percentile £29,300 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,000 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £81,325
South East median annual salary £49,000 £56,500 £54,763
% change year-on-year -13.27% +3.17% -0.43%

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 26 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 26 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 -5 52 £55,000 +4.76% 60
Marlow -3 11 £37,500 -25.00% 1
Bletchley -9 10 £27,500 -48.84% 12
Amersham +3 8 £40,000 -47.37%
Gerrards Cross -5 3 £60,000 -33.33%
Newport Pagnell -13 2 - -
Olney +2 1 - -
High Wycombe -9 1 - - 13
Chalfont St Giles - 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 (10.08%) IIS
2 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.36%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.84%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.84%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.84%) Appian
3 1 (0.84%) Confluence
3 1 (0.84%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.04%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.52%) Notion
4 1 (0.84%) Civil 3D
4 1 (0.84%) MicroStation
4 1 (0.84%) Navisworks
4 1 (0.84%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 1 (0.84%) Loan IQ
1 1 (0.84%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.84%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 34 (28.57%) Azure
2 12 (10.08%) Azure DevOps
2 12 (10.08%) Power Platform
3 9 (7.56%) Power Automate
4 8 (6.72%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.88%) GCP
6 4 (3.36%) Entra ID
6 4 (3.36%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 4 (3.36%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 3 (2.52%) AWS
7 3 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (2.52%) Canva
7 3 (2.52%) ChatGPT
7 3 (2.52%) SaaS
7 3 (2.52%) Zapier
8 1 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.84%) Boomi
8 1 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.84%) GitHub
8 1 (0.84%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.20%) Firewall
2 4 (3.36%) IP Telephony
3 3 (2.52%) VPN
4 2 (1.68%) DHCP
4 2 (1.68%) DNS
4 2 (1.68%) LAN
4 2 (1.68%) WAN
5 1 (0.84%) 5G
5 1 (0.84%) Broadband
5 1 (0.84%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 12 (10.08%) Power BI
3 10 (8.40%) SQL Server
4 7 (5.88%) Power Query
4 7 (5.88%) PowerPivot
5 5 (4.20%) NoSQL
5 5 (4.20%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (3.36%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (3.36%) MySQL
7 3 (2.52%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.68%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.84%) GIS
9 1 (0.84%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.84%) Metadata
9 1 (0.84%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (7.56%) JIRA
2 6 (5.04%) Git
3 4 (3.36%) Selenium
4 3 (2.52%) Cypress.io
4 3 (2.52%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.84%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.84%) Jenkins
General
1 74 (62.18%) Social Skills
2 22 (18.49%) Finance
3 17 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (13.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (9.24%) Law
6 10 (8.40%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (8.40%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.36%) Legal
8 3 (2.52%) Marketing
8 3 (2.52%) Retail
9 2 (1.68%) Banking
9 2 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.84%) Advertising
10 1 (0.84%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 27 (22.69%) Analyst
2 18 (15.13%) Support Engineer
3 16 (13.45%) Developer
4 14 (11.76%) IT Support
4 14 (11.76%) Software Engineer
5 13 (10.92%) Applications Support
6 12 (10.08%) IT Engineer
6 12 (10.08%) IT Support Engineer
6 12 (10.08%) Senior
6 12 (10.08%) Software Support Engineer
7 9 (7.56%) Data Analyst
7 9 (7.56%) Support Analyst
7 9 (7.56%) Technical Support
8 7 (5.88%) Applications Support Analyst
8 7 (5.88%) Financial Analyst
9 6 (5.04%) Senior Developer
9 6 (5.04%) Support Technician
10 5 (4.20%) Support Specialist
10 5 (4.20%) Technical Engineer
10 5 (4.20%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (18.49%) .NET
2 15 (12.61%) .NET Framework
3 12 (10.08%) Entity Framework
3 12 (10.08%) WinForms
4 10 (8.40%) ASP.NET
4 10 (8.40%) REST
5 5 (4.20%) SOAP
6 4 (3.36%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (3.36%) Middleware
6 4 (3.36%) Visualforce
7 3 (2.52%) Playwright
7 3 (2.52%) RESTful
8 2 (1.68%) React
8 2 (1.68%) Spring
8 2 (1.68%) Spring Boot
9 1 (0.84%) CSS
9 1 (0.84%) JSON
9 1 (0.84%) Kafka
9 1 (0.84%) Web Services
9 1 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.56%) Onboarding
2 8 (6.72%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.36%) Social Media
3 4 (3.36%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 3 (2.52%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.52%) Midjourney
5 2 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.68%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.68%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.84%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.84%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.84%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (0.84%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.84%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 26 (21.85%) Windows
2 5 (4.20%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.36%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.68%) Linux
4 2 (1.68%) Unix
5 1 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (20.17%) Continuous Improvement
1 24 (20.17%) DevOps
2 22 (18.49%) Computer Science
3 19 (15.97%) Agile
4 15 (12.61%) Software Engineering
5 14 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
5 14 (11.76%) CI/CD
5 14 (11.76%) Data Analysis
6 13 (10.92%) Mentoring
7 11 (9.24%) Customer Service
7 11 (9.24%) SDLC
8 10 (8.40%) Decision-Making
8 10 (8.40%) Process Improvement
8 10 (8.40%) Software Testing
8 10 (8.40%) Workflow
9 9 (7.56%) AI
9 9 (7.56%) Project Management
10 8 (6.72%) Data Management
10 8 (6.72%) Technology Strategy
11 7 (5.88%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 40 (33.61%) SQL
2 22 (18.49%) C#
3 15 (12.61%) Python
4 14 (11.76%) T-SQL
5 12 (10.08%) Java
6 7 (5.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 7 (5.88%) PowerShell
6 7 (5.88%) VBA
7 5 (4.20%) JavaScript
8 4 (3.36%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.68%) C
10 1 (0.84%) C++
10 1 (0.84%) PHP
10 1 (0.84%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 42 (35.29%) Degree
2 21 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (8.40%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (6.72%) ACCA
4 8 (6.72%) CIMA
4 8 (6.72%) Security Cleared
5 7 (5.88%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.36%) HNC
7 3 (2.52%) AAT
7 3 (2.52%) CIPD
8 2 (1.68%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.68%) MCSE
8 2 (1.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.84%) CCNP
9 1 (0.84%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.84%) City & Guilds
9 1 (0.84%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.84%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.45%) QA
2 5 (4.20%) GDPR
3 4 (3.36%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.68%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.84%) ARP4754
5 1 (0.84%) ARP4761
5 1 (0.84%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.84%) DO-254
System Software
1 7 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.36%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.84%) Docker
3 1 (0.84%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (4.20%) Terraform
2 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.84%) Control-M
3 1 (0.84%) Kibana
3 1 (0.84%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 31 (26.05%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.08%) Sage
2 12 (10.08%) Xamarin
3 8 (6.72%) SAP
4 5 (4.20%) Google
4 5 (4.20%) MuleSoft
4 5 (4.20%) Zoho
5 4 (3.36%) Apple
5 4 (3.36%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.52%) Oracle
6 3 (2.52%) YouTube
7 2 (1.68%) Cognos
7 2 (1.68%) IBM
7 2 (1.68%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.68%) VMware
8 1 (0.84%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.84%) Cisco
8 1 (0.84%) Dell
8 1 (0.84%) Software AG
8 1 (0.84%) TIBCO