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

6 months to
13 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 178 295 302
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 9.10% 25.95% 23.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.65% 28.15% 28.07%
Number of salaries quoted 131 101 176
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £35,250
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 £61,250 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £65,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -7.77%

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 1,407 1,048 1,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 71.90% 92.17% 84.13%
Number of salaries quoted 956 403 659
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,850 £30,829
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,300 £78,150
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

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 13 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 13 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 £50,250 -4.29% 88
Bletchley +3 14 £37,500 +29.31% 3
Aylesbury - 13 £47,500 - 6
Marlow -12 9 £40,000 +6.67% 10
Buckingham +1 6 £40,000 -
High Wycombe -4 6 £37,500 -36.44% 10
Newport Pagnell +1 2 - -
Amersham 0 2 £26,000 -40.60% 6
Chesham 0 2 £42,500 - 2
Beaconsfield -1 1 £29,000 - 1
Gerrards Cross -3 1 £37,000 -35.65% 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 14 (7.87%) SharePoint
2 11 (6.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.37%) Apache
4 5 (2.81%) nginx
5 1 (0.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.69%) Magento
1 3 (1.69%) Sage X3
1 3 (1.69%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 60 (33.71%) Azure
2 16 (8.99%) AWS
3 14 (7.87%) Entra ID
4 13 (7.30%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (6.74%) Power Platform
6 10 (5.62%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (5.62%) GCP
7 6 (3.37%) Asana
7 6 (3.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (3.37%) Sprout Social
8 5 (2.81%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.81%) Cloudflare
9 4 (2.25%) OneDrive
9 4 (2.25%) PaaS
10 3 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.69%) IaaS
10 3 (1.69%) SaaS
11 2 (1.12%) GitHub
11 2 (1.12%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 2 (1.12%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.30%) DNS
2 10 (5.62%) Firewall
3 5 (2.81%) SSL
3 5 (2.81%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.69%) LAN
4 3 (1.69%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (1.69%) VLAN
4 3 (1.69%) VPN
4 3 (1.69%) WAN
4 3 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.69%) Wireless
5 2 (1.12%) Network Security
5 2 (1.12%) OSPF
5 2 (1.12%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.12%) WLAN
6 1 (0.56%) DHCP
6 1 (0.56%) Internet
6 1 (0.56%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.06%) Relational Database
2 7 (3.93%) Data Lake
2 7 (3.93%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.25%) Power BI
4 3 (1.69%) GIS
4 3 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.12%) Metadata
5 2 (1.12%) MySQL
5 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.56%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.56%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.56%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.56%) Tableau
6 1 (0.56%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 8 (4.49%) JIRA
2 3 (1.69%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.12%) JUnit
3 2 (1.12%) Subversion
4 1 (0.56%) Git
4 1 (0.56%) GitLab
General
1 94 (52.81%) Social Skills
2 63 (35.39%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (14.61%) Finance
4 23 (12.92%) Manufacturing
5 13 (7.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (6.74%) Public Sector
7 11 (6.18%) Retail
8 9 (5.06%) Electronics
9 8 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (3.93%) Law
10 7 (3.93%) Local Government
10 7 (3.93%) Marketing
11 6 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.69%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.69%) Legal
12 3 (1.69%) Social Science
12 3 (1.69%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.56%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 28 (15.73%) Analyst
2 22 (12.36%) Senior
3 18 (10.11%) Developer
4 14 (7.87%) Architect
4 14 (7.87%) Support Engineer
4 14 (7.87%) Technical Support
5 13 (7.30%) Data Engineer
6 12 (6.74%) Applications Support
7 10 (5.62%) Support Analyst
7 10 (5.62%) Technical Engineer
7 10 (5.62%) Technical Support Engineer
8 8 (4.49%) Applications Support Analyst
8 8 (4.49%) Business Developer
8 8 (4.49%) Graduate
8 8 (4.49%) Software Engineer
8 8 (4.49%) Systems Developer
9 7 (3.93%) Azure Engineer
9 7 (3.93%) Microsoft Engineer
9 7 (3.93%) SOC Analyst
9 7 (3.93%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.30%) REST
1 13 (7.30%) SOAP
2 11 (6.18%) HTML
3 10 (5.62%) Middleware
4 8 (4.49%) JSON
4 8 (4.49%) OAuth
4 8 (4.49%) XML
5 6 (3.37%) .NET
5 6 (3.37%) CSS
5 6 (3.37%) MFC
6 5 (2.81%) JWT
6 5 (2.81%) Kafka
6 5 (2.81%) OAuth2
6 5 (2.81%) ODBC
6 5 (2.81%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (2.81%) RESTful
6 5 (2.81%) Web Services
7 4 (2.25%) React
7 4 (2.25%) XML Messaging
8 3 (1.69%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.87%) Cloud Native
2 12 (6.74%) Driving Licence
3 11 (6.18%) Management Information System
3 11 (6.18%) Product Ownership
4 10 (5.62%) NHS
4 10 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (4.49%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.93%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (3.37%) Social Media
7 6 (3.37%) Video Editing
8 5 (2.81%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.81%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (2.25%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (2.25%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (2.25%) EPoS
10 3 (1.69%) CMDB
10 3 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 46 (25.84%) Windows
2 16 (8.99%) Linux
3 8 (4.49%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.37%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (29.21%) Continuous Improvement
2 43 (24.16%) Analytics
3 38 (21.35%) Agile
4 32 (17.98%) AI
5 31 (17.42%) DevOps
5 31 (17.42%) ERP
6 30 (16.85%) Computer Science
7 27 (15.17%) Decision-Making
8 26 (14.61%) Cybersecurity
9 23 (12.92%) CI/CD
10 22 (12.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 20 (11.24%) Data Modelling
11 20 (11.24%) ITIL
12 17 (9.55%) Customer Service
13 16 (8.99%) Data Pipeline
13 16 (8.99%) Software Engineering
14 15 (8.43%) Data Analysis
14 15 (8.43%) Translating Business Requirements
15 14 (7.87%) Mentoring
15 14 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (25.84%) SQL
2 17 (9.55%) Python
3 13 (7.30%) PowerShell
4 12 (6.74%) C#
4 12 (6.74%) Java
5 9 (5.06%) C++
6 7 (3.93%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.25%) VB.NET
8 3 (1.69%) C
8 3 (1.69%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.12%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.12%) Delphi
9 2 (1.12%) Pascal
9 2 (1.12%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.12%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.56%) R
10 1 (0.56%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 46 (25.84%) Degree
2 23 (12.92%) Security Cleared
3 22 (12.36%) SC Cleared
4 19 (10.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.37%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (3.37%) HNC
6 5 (2.81%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.81%) City & Guilds
6 5 (2.81%) HND
6 5 (2.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (2.25%) ICAEW
8 3 (1.69%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.12%) CCNA
9 2 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.56%) GIAC
10 1 (0.56%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.62%) SLA
2 9 (5.06%) QA
3 5 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.25%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.12%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.12%) GDPR
6 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.56%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.56%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 16 (8.99%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.49%) Docker
3 6 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.81%) Squid
4 5 (2.81%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.25%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.69%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.56%) Firmware
7 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (6.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.37%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.81%) Graylog
4 4 (2.25%) Terraform
5 3 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.56%) Autotask
6 1 (0.56%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 66 (37.08%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.37%) Adobe
2 6 (3.37%) Google
2 6 (3.37%) Hootsuite
2 6 (3.37%) Instagram
2 6 (3.37%) VMware
2 6 (3.37%) Wrike
3 5 (2.81%) Veeam
4 4 (2.25%) Databricks
4 4 (2.25%) Oracle
5 3 (1.69%) Aruba
5 3 (1.69%) Cisco
5 3 (1.69%) Sage
5 3 (1.69%) SAP
5 3 (1.69%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.12%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.12%) Meraki
6 2 (1.12%) Ruckus Wireless
6 2 (1.12%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.12%) WatchGuard