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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 5 1
Rank change year-on-year -6 -4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 146 171 480
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 9.38% 21.01% 26.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.96% 21.98% 30.36%
Number of salaries quoted 110 99 223
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £47,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,250 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.35% +27.78% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £70,125 £76,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £43,500 £50,967 £45,000
% change year-on-year -14.65% +13.26% -14.29%

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 1,221 778 1,581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 78.42% 95.58% 88.42%
Number of salaries quoted 751 349 1,000
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,833 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,673 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.77% +13.35% -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 March 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 March 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 75 £60,000 - 33
Bletchley 0 18 £37,500 -6.25% 1
Marlow -6 18 £32,500 -35.00% 3
Aylesbury -6 2 £48,500 -3.00% 2
Beaconsfield -4 1 £29,000 -54.32% 1
High Wycombe -13 1 - - 7
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 (8.22%) IIS
2 1 (0.68%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.68%) Apache
2 1 (0.68%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.68%) SAS
2 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (6.16%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.68%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 34 (23.29%) Azure
2 17 (11.64%) Power Platform
3 14 (9.59%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (7.53%) Asana
4 11 (7.53%) Sprout Social
5 8 (5.48%) Power Automate
5 8 (5.48%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 8 (5.48%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 6 (4.11%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (4.11%) GCP
7 5 (3.42%) iPaaS
7 5 (3.42%) SaaS
8 4 (2.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.05%) AWS
9 3 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.37%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.68%) Amazon SageMaker
11 1 (0.68%) Boomi
11 1 (0.68%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.05%) DHCP
1 3 (2.05%) DNS
2 2 (1.37%) Firewall
2 2 (1.37%) VPN
3 1 (0.68%) 5G
3 1 (0.68%) Broadband
3 1 (0.68%) Intranet
3 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.68%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.64%) Power BI
2 12 (8.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (6.16%) SQL Server
4 7 (4.79%) Power Query
4 7 (4.79%) PowerPivot
4 7 (4.79%) Relational Database
5 6 (4.11%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.74%) Data Lake
7 3 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.68%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.68%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.68%) Metadata
9 1 (0.68%) MySQL
9 1 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.68%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 7 (4.79%) Git
2 5 (3.42%) JIRA
3 2 (1.37%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.37%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.37%) Selenium
3 2 (1.37%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.68%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.68%) GitLab
General
1 103 (70.55%) Social Skills
2 31 (21.23%) Analytical Skills
2 31 (21.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 30 (20.55%) Finance
4 15 (10.27%) Law
4 15 (10.27%) Marketing
5 13 (8.90%) Public Sector
6 12 (8.22%) Manufacturing
7 11 (7.53%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (4.79%) Electronics
9 6 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (4.11%) Retail
10 4 (2.74%) Legal
11 2 (1.37%) Banking
12 1 (0.68%) Automotive
12 1 (0.68%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 29 (19.86%) Support Engineer
2 26 (17.81%) Developer
3 21 (14.38%) Senior
4 17 (11.64%) Analyst
5 15 (10.27%) IT Support
5 15 (10.27%) Technical Engineer
5 15 (10.27%) Technical Support
5 15 (10.27%) Technical Support Engineer
6 14 (9.59%) Software Engineer
7 13 (8.90%) IT Engineer
7 13 (8.90%) IT Support Engineer
8 12 (8.22%) Software Support Engineer
9 11 (7.53%) Applications Support
9 11 (7.53%) Social Media Executive
10 10 (6.85%) Business Developer
10 10 (6.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 10 (6.85%) Power BI Developer
11 8 (5.48%) Business Intelligence Specialist
11 8 (5.48%) Data Analyst
11 8 (5.48%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (18.49%) .NET
2 19 (13.01%) REST
3 17 (11.64%) .NET Framework
4 13 (8.90%) SOAP
5 12 (8.22%) Entity Framework
5 12 (8.22%) Middleware
5 12 (8.22%) WinForms
6 9 (6.16%) ASP.NET
6 9 (6.16%) SAP CO-PA
7 8 (5.48%) Lightning Web Components
7 8 (5.48%) Visualforce
8 5 (3.42%) JSON
8 5 (3.42%) XML
9 4 (2.74%) React
10 3 (2.05%) CSS
10 3 (2.05%) HTML
11 2 (1.37%) Laravel
11 2 (1.37%) Playwright
12 1 (0.68%) Ember.js
12 1 (0.68%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.22%) Social Media
2 11 (7.53%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (7.53%) Video Editing
3 7 (4.79%) Augmented Reality
3 7 (4.79%) NHS
3 7 (4.79%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.42%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.37%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.37%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.68%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.68%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.68%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (0.68%) IoT
7 1 (0.68%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.68%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.68%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 21 (14.38%) Windows
2 4 (2.74%) Linux
3 3 (2.05%) Unix
4 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (25.34%) Computer Science
2 35 (23.97%) Analytics
3 34 (23.29%) DevOps
4 32 (21.92%) Agile
5 24 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (15.75%) Decision-Making
7 21 (14.38%) Business Intelligence
7 21 (14.38%) Customer-Centricity
8 20 (13.70%) Data Modelling
9 19 (13.01%) AI
9 19 (13.01%) Project Management
10 16 (10.96%) CI/CD
11 15 (10.27%) Business Strategy
11 15 (10.27%) CRM
11 15 (10.27%) Customer Service
11 15 (10.27%) Data Analysis
11 15 (10.27%) ETL
11 15 (10.27%) Software Engineering
12 14 (9.59%) Digital Marketing
13 12 (8.22%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 55 (37.67%) SQL
2 22 (15.07%) C#
3 20 (13.70%) Python
4 17 (11.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 16 (10.96%) Java
6 12 (8.22%) T-SQL
7 9 (6.16%) JavaScript
8 8 (5.48%) Apex Code
9 7 (4.79%) VBA
10 2 (1.37%) C
10 2 (1.37%) R
10 2 (1.37%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.68%) Bash
11 1 (0.68%) C++
11 1 (0.68%) PHP
11 1 (0.68%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 56 (38.36%) Degree
2 24 (16.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (6.16%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.16%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.48%) ACCA
4 8 (5.48%) CIMA
4 8 (5.48%) City & Guilds
5 6 (4.11%) HNC
6 3 (2.05%) AAT
6 3 (2.05%) CIPD
7 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.68%) HND
8 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.96%) QA
2 4 (2.74%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.37%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.37%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (2.74%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.05%) Docker
3 1 (0.68%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (2.05%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.37%) Terraform
3 1 (0.68%) Ansible
3 1 (0.68%) Autotask
3 1 (0.68%) Control-M
3 1 (0.68%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.68%) Grafana
3 1 (0.68%) Kibana
3 1 (0.68%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 23 (15.75%) Microsoft
2 19 (13.01%) SAP
3 12 (8.22%) Sage
3 12 (8.22%) Xamarin
4 11 (7.53%) Adobe
4 11 (7.53%) Hootsuite
4 11 (7.53%) Instagram
4 11 (7.53%) Wrike
5 9 (6.16%) MuleSoft
5 9 (6.16%) Salesforce
6 6 (4.11%) Google
7 5 (3.42%) Zoho
8 2 (1.37%) Databricks
8 2 (1.37%) IBM
8 2 (1.37%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.37%) Workday
9 1 (0.68%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.68%) IFS
9 1 (0.68%) NVIDIA
9 1 (0.68%) Talend