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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -8 0 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 169 298 355
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 9.02% 27.19% 23.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.41% 29.36% 27.97%
Number of salaries quoted 122 99 213
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,200 £25,800
25th Percentile £36,250 £29,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -16.67% +9.36%
75th Percentile £63,438 £58,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £72,375 £65,000 £69,750
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 1,362 1,015 1,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 72.68% 92.61% 84.10%
Number of salaries quoted 903 375 797
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £43,773 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.36% -2.73% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,750 £60,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £71,400 £77,500
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 22 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 22 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 -4 93 £54,750 +68.46% 45
Marlow -7 14 £40,000 +6.67% 1
Aylesbury +1 13 £47,500 +5.56% 3
Bletchley +1 11 £37,500 +29.31% 2
Buckingham +1 5 £40,000 - 2
High Wycombe -7 4 £33,250 -43.64% 9
Chesham -1 2 £42,500 -
Newport Pagnell -3 2 - -
Amersham +1 1 £26,000 -40.60% 2
Beaconsfield -1 1 £29,000 - 1
Gerrards Cross -3 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 11 (6.51%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (6.51%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.96%) Apache
3 4 (2.37%) nginx
4 1 (0.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Magento
1 2 (1.18%) Sage X3
1 2 (1.18%) SAP CO
1 2 (1.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 58 (34.32%) Azure
2 16 (9.47%) AWS
3 14 (8.28%) Entra ID
4 13 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (6.51%) Asana
5 11 (6.51%) Power Platform
5 11 (6.51%) Sprout Social
6 10 (5.92%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (5.92%) GCP
7 6 (3.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 5 (2.96%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.96%) Cloudflare
9 4 (2.37%) OneDrive
9 4 (2.37%) PaaS
10 3 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.78%) IaaS
10 3 (1.78%) SaaS
11 2 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.18%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 2 (1.18%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.10%) DNS
2 9 (5.33%) Firewall
3 5 (2.96%) SSL
3 5 (2.96%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.78%) LAN
4 3 (1.78%) VLAN
4 3 (1.78%) VPN
4 3 (1.78%) WAN
4 3 (1.78%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.78%) Wireless
5 2 (1.18%) Network Security
5 2 (1.18%) OSPF
5 2 (1.18%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.18%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (1.18%) WLAN
6 1 (0.59%) DHCP
6 1 (0.59%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.51%) Relational Database
2 8 (4.73%) SQL Server
3 7 (4.14%) Data Lake
4 6 (3.55%) Power BI
5 3 (1.78%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.18%) GIS
6 2 (1.18%) MySQL
6 2 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.59%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.59%) Metadata
7 1 (0.59%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.59%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.59%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.59%) Tableau
7 1 (0.59%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 8 (4.73%) JIRA
2 3 (1.78%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.18%) JUnit
3 2 (1.18%) Subversion
General
1 96 (56.80%) Social Skills
2 59 (34.91%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (14.79%) Finance
4 18 (10.65%) Manufacturing
5 16 (9.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (7.10%) Marketing
7 10 (5.92%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (5.33%) Public Sector
8 9 (5.33%) Retail
9 7 (4.14%) Law
9 7 (4.14%) Local Government
10 6 (3.55%) Electronics
10 6 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.78%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.78%) Legal
11 3 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.78%) Social Science
11 3 (1.78%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.59%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 28 (16.57%) Analyst
2 24 (14.20%) Senior
3 16 (9.47%) Developer
4 14 (8.28%) Architect
4 14 (8.28%) Support Engineer
5 13 (7.69%) Technical Support
6 12 (7.10%) Applications Support
6 12 (7.10%) Data Engineer
7 11 (6.51%) Social Media Executive
7 11 (6.51%) Support Analyst
8 10 (5.92%) Technical Engineer
8 10 (5.92%) Technical Support Engineer
9 8 (4.73%) Applications Support Analyst
9 8 (4.73%) Software Engineer
10 7 (4.14%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (4.14%) Business Developer
10 7 (4.14%) Graduate
10 7 (4.14%) Microsoft Engineer
10 7 (4.14%) SOC Analyst
10 7 (4.14%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.69%) REST
1 13 (7.69%) SOAP
2 10 (5.92%) HTML
2 10 (5.92%) Middleware
3 8 (4.73%) JSON
3 8 (4.73%) OAuth
3 8 (4.73%) XML
4 6 (3.55%) .NET
4 6 (3.55%) MFC
5 5 (2.96%) CSS
5 5 (2.96%) JWT
5 5 (2.96%) Kafka
5 5 (2.96%) OAuth2
5 5 (2.96%) ODBC
5 5 (2.96%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (2.37%) RESTful
6 4 (2.37%) Web Services
6 4 (2.37%) XML Messaging
7 3 (1.78%) SAML
7 3 (1.78%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.88%) Cloud Native
2 12 (7.10%) NHS
3 11 (6.51%) Product Ownership
3 11 (6.51%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (6.51%) Social Media
3 11 (6.51%) Video Editing
4 10 (5.92%) Driving Licence
5 8 (4.73%) Management Information System
5 8 (4.73%) Onboarding
6 7 (4.14%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (3.55%) Augmented Reality
7 6 (3.55%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.96%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (2.96%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (2.37%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.78%) CMDB
10 3 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.78%) TM Forum
11 2 (1.18%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 41 (24.26%) Windows
2 15 (8.88%) Linux
3 7 (4.14%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.96%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.59%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.59%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (27.22%) Analytics
2 44 (26.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 37 (21.89%) Agile
4 34 (20.12%) AI
5 31 (18.34%) DevOps
6 27 (15.98%) Decision-Making
6 27 (15.98%) ERP
7 26 (15.38%) Computer Science
8 24 (14.20%) Cybersecurity
9 23 (13.61%) CI/CD
10 21 (12.43%) ITIL
11 20 (11.83%) Data Modelling
12 19 (11.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 17 (10.06%) Customer-Centricity
14 16 (9.47%) Customer Service
14 16 (9.47%) Data Pipeline
14 16 (9.47%) Project Management
15 15 (8.88%) Software Engineering
16 14 (8.28%) Business Intelligence
16 14 (8.28%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 47 (27.81%) SQL
2 17 (10.06%) Python
3 13 (7.69%) PowerShell
4 12 (7.10%) C#
4 12 (7.10%) Java
5 9 (5.33%) C++
6 6 (3.55%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.37%) VB.NET
8 3 (1.78%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.18%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.18%) C
9 2 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.18%) Delphi
9 2 (1.18%) Pascal
9 2 (1.18%) R
9 2 (1.18%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.18%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.59%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 43 (25.44%) Degree
2 19 (11.24%) Security Cleared
3 18 (10.65%) SC Cleared
4 15 (8.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.55%) City & Guilds
5 6 (3.55%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (2.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (2.37%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.37%) HNC
7 4 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (1.78%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.78%) HND
8 3 (1.78%) ICAEW
9 2 (1.18%) CCNA
9 2 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.59%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (0.59%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.59%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.33%) SLA
2 8 (4.73%) QA
3 4 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.37%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.59%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.59%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (9.47%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.73%) Docker
3 5 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.37%) Squid
4 4 (2.37%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (2.37%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.78%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (5.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.55%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.96%) Graylog
4 4 (2.37%) Terraform
5 3 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.59%) Autotask
6 1 (0.59%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 61 (36.09%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.51%) Adobe
2 11 (6.51%) Hootsuite
2 11 (6.51%) Instagram
2 11 (6.51%) Wrike
3 6 (3.55%) Google
4 5 (2.96%) VMware
5 4 (2.37%) Databricks
5 4 (2.37%) SAP
5 4 (2.37%) Veeam
6 3 (1.78%) Aruba
6 3 (1.78%) Cisco
6 3 (1.78%) Oracle
6 3 (1.78%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.18%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.18%) Meraki
7 2 (1.18%) Ruckus Wireless
7 2 (1.18%) Sage
7 2 (1.18%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.18%) WatchGuard