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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 +6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 160 299 388
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 8.72% 27.56% 23.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.93% 29.69% 27.36%
Number of salaries quoted 117 99 240
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,200 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £29,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -16.67% +10.30%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £56,313
90th Percentile £71,750 £64,000 £70,000
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 1,341 1,007 1,418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 73.12% 92.81% 84.10%
Number of salaries quoted 887 365 916
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £30,000 £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 £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £70,750 £74,375
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 15 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 15 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 -9 89 £57,000 +75.38% 52
Marlow -8 14 £40,000 +6.67% 2
Aylesbury +1 13 £47,500 +5.56% 6
Bletchley +1 11 £37,500 +29.31% 3
Buckingham +1 4 £40,000 - 2
High Wycombe -6 4 £33,250 -43.64% 27
Chesham -1 2 £42,500 -
Newport Pagnell -4 2 - -
Beaconsfield -1 1 £29,000 -
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 10 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (6.25%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.88%) Apache
3 2 (1.25%) nginx
4 1 (0.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.25%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.63%) Magento
2 1 (0.63%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 55 (34.38%) Azure
2 15 (9.38%) AWS
3 13 (8.13%) Entra ID
3 13 (8.13%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (6.88%) Asana
4 11 (6.88%) Sprout Social
5 10 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
6 9 (5.63%) GCP
6 9 (5.63%) Power Platform
7 6 (3.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 5 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (3.13%) Cloudflare
9 4 (2.50%) OneDrive
9 4 (2.50%) PaaS
10 3 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.88%) IaaS
10 3 (1.88%) SaaS
10 3 (1.88%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 3 (1.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 2 (1.25%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.25%) DNS
2 7 (4.38%) Firewall
3 5 (3.13%) SSL
3 5 (3.13%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.88%) LAN
4 3 (1.88%) VLAN
4 3 (1.88%) VPN
4 3 (1.88%) WAN
4 3 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.88%) Wireless
5 2 (1.25%) Network Security
5 2 (1.25%) OSPF
5 2 (1.25%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.25%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (1.25%) WLAN
6 1 (0.63%) DHCP
6 1 (0.63%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.25%) Relational Database
2 8 (5.00%) SQL Server
3 7 (4.38%) Data Lake
4 5 (3.13%) Power BI
5 3 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.25%) GIS
6 2 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.63%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.63%) Metadata
7 1 (0.63%) MySQL
7 1 (0.63%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.63%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.63%) Tableau
7 1 (0.63%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 8 (5.00%) JIRA
2 2 (1.25%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.25%) JUnit
2 2 (1.25%) Subversion
General
1 93 (58.13%) Social Skills
2 55 (34.38%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (13.75%) Finance
4 17 (10.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (8.75%) Manufacturing
6 11 (6.88%) Marketing
7 10 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (5.00%) Law
8 8 (5.00%) Public Sector
9 7 (4.38%) Electronics
9 7 (4.38%) Local Government
9 7 (4.38%) Retail
10 6 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.88%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.88%) Legal
11 3 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.88%) Social Science
12 2 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.25%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.63%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 26 (16.25%) Analyst
2 21 (13.13%) Senior
3 16 (10.00%) Developer
4 14 (8.75%) Architect
4 14 (8.75%) Support Engineer
5 12 (7.50%) Data Engineer
5 12 (7.50%) Technical Support
6 11 (6.88%) Applications Support
6 11 (6.88%) Social Media Executive
6 11 (6.88%) Support Analyst
7 10 (6.25%) Technical Engineer
7 10 (6.25%) Technical Support Engineer
8 7 (4.38%) Applications Support Analyst
8 7 (4.38%) Azure Engineer
8 7 (4.38%) Graduate
8 7 (4.38%) Integration Architect
8 7 (4.38%) Microsoft Engineer
8 7 (4.38%) SOC Analyst
8 7 (4.38%) Software Engineer
8 7 (4.38%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.75%) REST
1 14 (8.75%) SOAP
2 12 (7.50%) Middleware
3 9 (5.63%) JSON
3 9 (5.63%) XML
4 7 (4.38%) .NET
4 7 (4.38%) HTML
4 7 (4.38%) OAuth
5 6 (3.75%) MFC
6 5 (3.13%) JWT
6 5 (3.13%) Kafka
6 5 (3.13%) OAuth2
6 5 (3.13%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (2.50%) ODBC
7 4 (2.50%) RESTful
7 4 (2.50%) XML Messaging
8 3 (1.88%) CSS
8 3 (1.88%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (1.88%) Visualforce
8 3 (1.88%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.75%) Cloud Native
2 13 (8.13%) NHS
3 11 (6.88%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (6.88%) Social Media
3 11 (6.88%) Video Editing
4 10 (6.25%) Product Ownership
5 8 (5.00%) Driving Licence
5 8 (5.00%) Onboarding
6 7 (4.38%) Augmented Reality
6 7 (4.38%) Management Information System
6 7 (4.38%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.25%) CMDB
10 2 (1.25%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.25%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 38 (23.75%) Windows
2 13 (8.13%) Linux
3 5 (3.13%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.88%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (28.13%) Analytics
2 39 (24.38%) Agile
3 38 (23.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 31 (19.38%) AI
4 31 (19.38%) DevOps
5 25 (15.63%) Computer Science
5 25 (15.63%) Decision-Making
5 25 (15.63%) ERP
6 23 (14.38%) CI/CD
6 23 (14.38%) Cybersecurity
7 22 (13.75%) Data Modelling
8 20 (12.50%) ITIL
9 17 (10.63%) Customer Service
9 17 (10.63%) Customer-Centricity
9 17 (10.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 16 (10.00%) Data Pipeline
10 16 (10.00%) Project Management
11 14 (8.75%) Mentoring
11 14 (8.75%) Software Engineering
12 13 (8.13%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 47 (29.38%) SQL
2 17 (10.63%) Python
3 13 (8.13%) Java
4 12 (7.50%) C#
4 12 (7.50%) PowerShell
5 9 (5.63%) C++
6 5 (3.13%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.50%) VB.NET
8 3 (1.88%) Apex Code
8 3 (1.88%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.25%) C
9 2 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.25%) Delphi
9 2 (1.25%) Pascal
9 2 (1.25%) R
9 2 (1.25%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.63%) SOQL
10 1 (0.63%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 44 (27.50%) Degree
2 16 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 15 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (9.38%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.38%) City & Guilds
5 6 (3.75%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (3.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (2.50%) HNC
8 3 (1.88%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.88%) HND
8 3 (1.88%) ICAEW
9 2 (1.25%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.25%) CCNA
9 2 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.25%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.63%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (0.63%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.63%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.63%) QA
2 8 (5.00%) SLA
3 4 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.50%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.63%) GDPR
System Software
1 15 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.38%) Docker
3 4 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.88%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.25%) Squid
5 2 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.75%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.13%) Graylog
4 4 (2.50%) Terraform
5 2 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.63%) Autotask
6 1 (0.63%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 57 (35.63%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.88%) Adobe
2 11 (6.88%) Hootsuite
2 11 (6.88%) Instagram
2 11 (6.88%) Wrike
3 6 (3.75%) Google
4 4 (2.50%) Databricks
5 3 (1.88%) Aruba
5 3 (1.88%) Cisco
5 3 (1.88%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.88%) SAP
5 3 (1.88%) VMware
6 2 (1.25%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.25%) Meraki
6 2 (1.25%) Oracle
6 2 (1.25%) Ruckus Wireless
6 2 (1.25%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.25%) Splunk
6 2 (1.25%) Veeam
6 2 (1.25%) WatchGuard