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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 +5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 175 294 313
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 9.10% 26.80% 23.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.62% 29.05% 28.51%
Number of salaries quoted 129 99 180
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,200 £36,175
25th Percentile £36,250 £29,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -16.67% +8.43%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,500 £65,000 £65,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -7.50%

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 1,387 1,012 1,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 72.09% 92.25% 83.82%
Number of salaries quoted 937 391 680
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £30,914
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £43,773 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.94% -2.73% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £71,500 £77,550
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,198
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.21% -5.10%

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 August 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 6 August 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 -4 99 £50,500 +4.12% 66
Aylesbury 0 13 £47,500 - 5
Bletchley +3 11 £37,500 +29.31% 2
Marlow -10 10 £40,000 +6.67% 4
Buckingham +1 6 £40,000 -
High Wycombe -3 6 £37,500 -36.44% 6
Amersham 0 2 £26,000 -40.60% 4
Chesham 0 2 £42,500 - 2
Newport Pagnell -3 2 - -
Beaconsfield -1 1 £29,000 - 1
Gerrards Cross -2 1 £37,000 -35.65% 2
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 13 (7.43%) SharePoint
2 11 (6.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.43%) Apache
4 5 (2.86%) nginx
5 1 (0.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.71%) Magento
1 3 (1.71%) Sage X3
1 3 (1.71%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 60 (34.29%) Azure
2 16 (9.14%) AWS
3 14 (8.00%) Entra ID
4 13 (7.43%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (6.29%) Power Platform
6 10 (5.71%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (5.71%) GCP
7 7 (4.00%) Asana
7 7 (4.00%) Sprout Social
8 6 (3.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (2.86%) Cloudflare
10 4 (2.29%) OneDrive
10 4 (2.29%) PaaS
11 3 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.71%) IaaS
11 3 (1.71%) SaaS
12 2 (1.14%) GitHub
12 2 (1.14%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 2 (1.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.43%) DNS
2 10 (5.71%) Firewall
3 5 (2.86%) SSL
3 5 (2.86%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.71%) LAN
4 3 (1.71%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (1.71%) VLAN
4 3 (1.71%) VPN
4 3 (1.71%) WAN
4 3 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.71%) Wireless
5 2 (1.14%) Network Security
5 2 (1.14%) OSPF
5 2 (1.14%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.14%) WLAN
6 1 (0.57%) DHCP
6 1 (0.57%) Internet
6 1 (0.57%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.71%) Relational Database
2 7 (4.00%) Data Lake
2 7 (4.00%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.29%) Power BI
4 3 (1.71%) GIS
4 3 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.14%) Metadata
5 2 (1.14%) MySQL
5 2 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.57%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.57%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.57%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.57%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.57%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.57%) Tableau
6 1 (0.57%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 9 (5.14%) JIRA
2 3 (1.71%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.14%) JUnit
3 2 (1.14%) Subversion
4 1 (0.57%) Git
4 1 (0.57%) GitLab
General
1 93 (53.14%) Social Skills
2 61 (34.86%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (14.86%) Finance
4 21 (12.00%) Manufacturing
5 13 (7.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (6.29%) Public Sector
7 10 (5.71%) Retail
8 8 (4.57%) Marketing
8 8 (4.57%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (4.00%) Electronics
9 7 (4.00%) Law
9 7 (4.00%) Local Government
10 6 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.71%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.71%) Legal
11 3 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.71%) Social Science
11 3 (1.71%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.57%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 29 (16.57%) Analyst
2 22 (12.57%) Senior
3 17 (9.71%) Developer
4 14 (8.00%) Architect
5 13 (7.43%) Applications Support
5 13 (7.43%) Data Engineer
5 13 (7.43%) Support Engineer
5 13 (7.43%) Technical Support
6 11 (6.29%) Support Analyst
7 9 (5.14%) Applications Support Analyst
7 9 (5.14%) Technical Engineer
7 9 (5.14%) Technical Support Engineer
8 8 (4.57%) Graduate
8 8 (4.57%) Software Engineer
9 7 (4.00%) Azure Engineer
9 7 (4.00%) Business Developer
9 7 (4.00%) Microsoft Engineer
9 7 (4.00%) SOC Analyst
9 7 (4.00%) Systems Developer
9 7 (4.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.43%) REST
1 13 (7.43%) SOAP
2 11 (6.29%) HTML
3 10 (5.71%) Middleware
4 8 (4.57%) JSON
4 8 (4.57%) OAuth
4 8 (4.57%) XML
5 6 (3.43%) .NET
5 6 (3.43%) CSS
5 6 (3.43%) MFC
6 5 (2.86%) JWT
6 5 (2.86%) Kafka
6 5 (2.86%) OAuth2
6 5 (2.86%) ODBC
6 5 (2.86%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (2.86%) RESTful
6 5 (2.86%) Web Services
7 4 (2.29%) React
7 4 (2.29%) XML Messaging
8 3 (1.71%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.00%) Cloud Native
2 12 (6.86%) Driving Licence
3 11 (6.29%) Product Ownership
3 11 (6.29%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (5.71%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.71%) NHS
5 8 (4.57%) Onboarding
6 7 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (4.00%) Social Media
6 7 (4.00%) Video Editing
7 6 (3.43%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.86%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (2.29%) Augmented Reality
10 3 (1.71%) CMDB
10 3 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.71%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 44 (25.14%) Windows
2 16 (9.14%) Linux
3 8 (4.57%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.43%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.57%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 43 (24.57%) Analytics
3 38 (21.71%) Agile
4 32 (18.29%) AI
5 31 (17.71%) DevOps
6 30 (17.14%) ERP
7 28 (16.00%) Computer Science
8 27 (15.43%) Decision-Making
9 25 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
10 23 (13.14%) CI/CD
11 21 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 20 (11.43%) Data Modelling
12 20 (11.43%) ITIL
13 16 (9.14%) Data Pipeline
13 16 (9.14%) Software Engineering
14 15 (8.57%) Customer Service
14 15 (8.57%) Data Analysis
15 14 (8.00%) Mentoring
15 14 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
15 14 (8.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 47 (26.86%) SQL
2 17 (9.71%) Python
3 13 (7.43%) PowerShell
4 12 (6.86%) C#
4 12 (6.86%) Java
5 9 (5.14%) C++
6 7 (4.00%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.29%) VB.NET
8 3 (1.71%) C
8 3 (1.71%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.14%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.14%) Delphi
9 2 (1.14%) Pascal
9 2 (1.14%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.14%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.57%) R
10 1 (0.57%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 45 (25.71%) Degree
2 22 (12.57%) Security Cleared
3 21 (12.00%) SC Cleared
4 18 (10.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.43%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (2.86%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.86%) HNC
6 5 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (2.29%) City & Guilds
7 4 (2.29%) HND
7 4 (2.29%) ICAEW
8 3 (1.71%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.14%) CCNA
9 2 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.14%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.57%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (0.57%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.57%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.71%) SLA
2 9 (5.14%) QA
3 5 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.29%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.14%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.57%) GDPR
6 1 (0.57%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.57%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 16 (9.14%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.57%) Docker
3 6 (3.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.86%) Squid
4 5 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.71%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.57%) Firmware
7 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (6.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.43%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.86%) Graylog
4 4 (2.29%) Terraform
5 3 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.57%) Autotask
6 1 (0.57%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 64 (36.57%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.00%) Adobe
2 7 (4.00%) Hootsuite
2 7 (4.00%) Instagram
2 7 (4.00%) Wrike
3 6 (3.43%) Google
3 6 (3.43%) VMware
4 5 (2.86%) Veeam
5 4 (2.29%) Databricks
5 4 (2.29%) Oracle
6 3 (1.71%) Aruba
6 3 (1.71%) Cisco
6 3 (1.71%) Sage
6 3 (1.71%) SAP
6 3 (1.71%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.14%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.14%) Meraki
7 2 (1.14%) Ruckus Wireless
7 2 (1.14%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.14%) WatchGuard