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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -8 0 +5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 153 299 444
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 8.45% 27.18% 24.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.48% 29.17% 29.38%
Number of salaries quoted 112 100 243
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,350 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £29,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.33% -16.67% +10.30%
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,750 £56,375
90th Percentile £71,250 £63,875 £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 1,333 1,025 1,511
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 73.65% 93.18% 84.79%
Number of salaries quoted 887 367 946
10th Percentile £30,000 £24,900 £28,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £30,625 £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 £58,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £71,500 £73,750
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 8 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 8 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 87 £57,000 +75.38% 41
Aylesbury +1 13 £47,500 +5.56% 5
Marlow -10 12 - - 2
Bletchley +1 10 £37,500 +29.31% 4
Buckingham +2 3 £40,000 - 3
High Wycombe -6 3 £37,500 -36.44% 12
Chesham -1 2 £42,500 -
Newport Pagnell -3 2 - -
Beaconsfield -1 1 £29,000 -
Gerrards Cross -2 1 £37,000 -35.65%
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 9 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (5.23%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.96%) Apache
4 2 (1.31%) nginx
5 1 (0.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.96%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 55 (35.95%) Azure
2 15 (9.80%) AWS
3 13 (8.50%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (7.84%) Entra ID
5 11 (7.19%) Asana
5 11 (7.19%) Sprout Social
6 10 (6.54%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (5.88%) GCP
8 8 (5.23%) Power Platform
9 6 (3.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (3.27%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (3.27%) Cloudflare
11 4 (2.61%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.96%) IaaS
12 3 (1.96%) iPaaS
12 3 (1.96%) PaaS
12 3 (1.96%) SaaS
12 3 (1.96%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 3 (1.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.54%) DNS
2 7 (4.58%) Firewall
3 5 (3.27%) SSL
3 5 (3.27%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.96%) LAN
4 3 (1.96%) VLAN
4 3 (1.96%) VPN
4 3 (1.96%) WAN
4 3 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.96%) Wireless
5 2 (1.31%) Network Security
5 2 (1.31%) OSPF
5 2 (1.31%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.31%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (1.31%) WLAN
6 1 (0.65%) DHCP
6 1 (0.65%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.54%) Relational Database
2 7 (4.58%) Data Lake
3 6 (3.92%) Power BI
3 6 (3.92%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.31%) GIS
5 2 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.65%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.65%) Metadata
6 1 (0.65%) MySQL
6 1 (0.65%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.65%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.65%) Tableau
6 1 (0.65%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 8 (5.23%) JIRA
2 2 (1.31%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.31%) JUnit
2 2 (1.31%) Subversion
General
1 91 (59.48%) Social Skills
2 55 (35.95%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (13.73%) Finance
4 17 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (8.50%) Manufacturing
6 11 (7.19%) Marketing
7 9 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (5.23%) Law
8 8 (5.23%) Public Sector
9 7 (4.58%) Electronics
9 7 (4.58%) Local Government
9 7 (4.58%) Retail
10 6 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.96%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.96%) Legal
11 3 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.96%) Social Science
12 2 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.65%) Automotive
13 1 (0.65%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 26 (16.99%) Analyst
2 22 (14.38%) Senior
3 15 (9.80%) Developer
4 14 (9.15%) Architect
4 14 (9.15%) Support Engineer
5 12 (7.84%) Data Engineer
6 11 (7.19%) Social Media Executive
6 11 (7.19%) Support Analyst
6 11 (7.19%) Technical Support
7 10 (6.54%) Technical Engineer
7 10 (6.54%) Technical Support Engineer
8 8 (5.23%) Applications Support
8 8 (5.23%) Integration Architect
9 7 (4.58%) Applications Architect
9 7 (4.58%) Azure Engineer
9 7 (4.58%) Graduate
9 7 (4.58%) Microsoft Engineer
9 7 (4.58%) SOC Analyst
9 7 (4.58%) Software Engineer
9 7 (4.58%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.15%) REST
1 14 (9.15%) SOAP
2 13 (8.50%) Middleware
3 10 (6.54%) JSON
3 10 (6.54%) XML
4 6 (3.92%) MFC
4 6 (3.92%) OAuth
5 5 (3.27%) .NET
5 5 (3.27%) HTML
5 5 (3.27%) JWT
5 5 (3.27%) Kafka
5 5 (3.27%) OAuth2
5 5 (3.27%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (2.61%) RESTful
6 4 (2.61%) XML Messaging
7 3 (1.96%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (1.96%) ODBC
7 3 (1.96%) SAP CO-PA
7 3 (1.96%) Visualforce
7 3 (1.96%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.15%) Cloud Native
2 13 (8.50%) NHS
3 11 (7.19%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (7.19%) Social Media
3 11 (7.19%) Video Editing
4 9 (5.88%) Product Ownership
5 8 (5.23%) Driving Licence
6 7 (4.58%) Augmented Reality
6 7 (4.58%) Onboarding
6 7 (4.58%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (3.27%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (3.27%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.96%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (1.31%) AS400
10 2 (1.31%) Low-Code
10 2 (1.31%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.65%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (22.22%) Windows
2 13 (8.50%) Linux
3 4 (2.61%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.96%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.65%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (28.76%) Analytics
2 40 (26.14%) Agile
3 34 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (19.61%) DevOps
5 29 (18.95%) AI
6 25 (16.34%) Decision-Making
7 24 (15.69%) Computer Science
8 23 (15.03%) CI/CD
8 23 (15.03%) Cybersecurity
8 23 (15.03%) Data Modelling
9 20 (13.07%) ERP
10 19 (12.42%) ITIL
11 17 (11.11%) Customer-Centricity
11 17 (11.11%) Project Management
12 16 (10.46%) Data Pipeline
13 15 (9.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 14 (9.15%) Customer Service
14 14 (9.15%) Mentoring
14 14 (9.15%) Software Engineering
15 13 (8.50%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 46 (30.07%) SQL
2 17 (11.11%) Python
3 14 (9.15%) Java
4 11 (7.19%) C#
4 11 (7.19%) PowerShell
5 9 (5.88%) C++
6 4 (2.61%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.96%) Apex Code
7 3 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (1.96%) T-SQL
7 3 (1.96%) VB.NET
8 2 (1.31%) C
8 2 (1.31%) Delphi
8 2 (1.31%) Pascal
8 2 (1.31%) R
8 2 (1.31%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.65%) SOQL
9 1 (0.65%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 42 (27.45%) Degree
2 16 (10.46%) Security Cleared
3 15 (9.80%) SC Cleared
4 14 (9.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (4.58%) City & Guilds
6 6 (3.92%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (3.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (2.61%) HNC
9 3 (1.96%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.96%) HND
9 3 (1.96%) ICAEW
10 2 (1.31%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.31%) CCNA
10 2 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.31%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.65%) CompTIA CySA+
11 1 (0.65%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.65%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.54%) QA
2 7 (4.58%) SLA
3 4 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.61%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.65%) GDPR
System Software
1 14 (9.15%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.58%) Docker
3 4 (2.61%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.96%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.31%) Squid
5 2 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (5.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.92%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.27%) Graylog
4 4 (2.61%) Terraform
5 1 (0.65%) Autotask
5 1 (0.65%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.19%) Adobe
2 11 (7.19%) Hootsuite
2 11 (7.19%) Instagram
2 11 (7.19%) Wrike
3 6 (3.92%) Google
4 4 (2.61%) Databricks
5 3 (1.96%) Aruba
5 3 (1.96%) Cisco
5 3 (1.96%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.96%) SAP
5 3 (1.96%) VMware
6 2 (1.31%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.31%) Meraki
6 2 (1.31%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.31%) Ruckus Wireless
6 2 (1.31%) Splunk
6 2 (1.31%) Veeam
6 2 (1.31%) WatchGuard
7 1 (0.65%) Nimble Storage