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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -8 -1 +5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 135 233 404
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 9.34% 24.60% 25.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.70% 25.77% 29.11%
Number of salaries quoted 105 93 159
10th Percentile £30,500 £42,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £50,967 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +43.75% -16.88%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £56,375
90th Percentile £69,500 £76,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% -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 1,154 904 1,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 79.81% 95.46% 89.09%
Number of salaries quoted 698 358 842
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,522
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,833 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 18 February 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 18 February 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 -8 73 £60,000 - 38
Bletchley -1 16 £37,500 -30.23% 3
Marlow -6 13 £32,500 -35.62% 3
Amersham +3 2 £30,750 -51.56%
Aylesbury -6 1 £48,500 -3.00%
High Wycombe -12 1 - - 6
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 (8.89%) IIS
2 1 (0.74%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.74%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.74%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (6.67%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.74%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.74%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 32 (23.70%) Azure
2 19 (14.07%) Power Platform
3 14 (10.37%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (6.67%) Power Automate
5 8 (5.93%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 8 (5.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 6 (4.44%) Asana
6 6 (4.44%) GCP
6 6 (4.44%) Sprout Social
7 5 (3.70%) iPaaS
8 4 (2.96%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.96%) SaaS
9 3 (2.22%) AWS
9 3 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.74%) Amazon SageMaker
10 1 (0.74%) Azure AI
10 1 (0.74%) Boomi
10 1 (0.74%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.74%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.48%) DHCP
1 2 (1.48%) DNS
1 2 (1.48%) VPN
2 1 (0.74%) 5G
2 1 (0.74%) Broadband
2 1 (0.74%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (14.07%) Power BI
2 12 (8.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 10 (7.41%) SQL Server
4 7 (5.19%) Power Query
4 7 (5.19%) PowerPivot
5 6 (4.44%) NoSQL
6 5 (3.70%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.48%) MySQL
8 2 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.74%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.74%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.74%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.74%) Metadata
9 1 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.74%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 7 (5.19%) Git
2 3 (2.22%) Cypress.io
2 3 (2.22%) JIRA
2 3 (2.22%) Selenium
2 3 (2.22%) WebDriver
3 2 (1.48%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.74%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.74%) GitLab
General
1 95 (70.37%) Social Skills
2 33 (24.44%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (22.96%) Finance
4 27 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (11.11%) Law
6 14 (10.37%) Public Sector
7 12 (8.89%) Manufacturing
7 12 (8.89%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (7.41%) Marketing
9 7 (5.19%) Retail
10 5 (3.70%) Electronics
10 5 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.96%) Legal
12 2 (1.48%) Banking
13 1 (0.74%) Automotive
13 1 (0.74%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 28 (20.74%) Developer
2 24 (17.78%) Support Engineer
3 17 (12.59%) Senior
4 15 (11.11%) Analyst
5 14 (10.37%) IT Support
5 14 (10.37%) Software Engineer
6 12 (8.89%) IT Engineer
6 12 (8.89%) IT Support Engineer
6 12 (8.89%) Software Support Engineer
7 11 (8.15%) Technical Engineer
7 11 (8.15%) Technical Support
7 11 (8.15%) Technical Support Engineer
8 10 (7.41%) Business Developer
8 10 (7.41%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 10 (7.41%) Power BI Developer
9 9 (6.67%) Applications Support
10 8 (5.93%) Business Intelligence Specialist
10 8 (5.93%) Data Analyst
10 8 (5.93%) Power BI Specialist
10 8 (5.93%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (20.74%) .NET
2 20 (14.81%) REST
3 17 (12.59%) .NET Framework
4 13 (9.63%) SOAP
5 12 (8.89%) Entity Framework
5 12 (8.89%) Middleware
5 12 (8.89%) WinForms
6 10 (7.41%) ASP.NET
7 9 (6.67%) SAP CO-PA
8 8 (5.93%) Lightning Web Components
8 8 (5.93%) Visualforce
9 5 (3.70%) JSON
9 5 (3.70%) XML
10 4 (2.96%) CSS
10 4 (2.96%) React
11 3 (2.22%) HTML
11 3 (2.22%) Playwright
12 2 (1.48%) Laravel
13 1 (0.74%) CSS3
13 1 (0.74%) GStreamer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.63%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (5.19%) Social Media
3 6 (4.44%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.44%) Video Editing
4 5 (3.70%) Augmented Reality
4 5 (3.70%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.70%) NHS
5 4 (2.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.48%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.48%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.74%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.74%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.74%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.74%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (0.74%) IoT
7 1 (0.74%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.74%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.74%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 18 (13.33%) Windows
2 5 (3.70%) Linux
3 4 (2.96%) Unix
4 1 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (26.67%) Computer Science
2 33 (24.44%) Agile
3 28 (20.74%) DevOps
4 26 (19.26%) Analytics
5 25 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (17.04%) Business Intelligence
6 23 (17.04%) Decision-Making
7 16 (11.85%) Customer-Centricity
7 16 (11.85%) Data Modelling
7 16 (11.85%) Project Management
8 15 (11.11%) AI
8 15 (11.11%) CRM
9 14 (10.37%) Business Strategy
9 14 (10.37%) Data Analysis
9 14 (10.37%) Software Engineering
10 13 (9.63%) Customer Service
10 13 (9.63%) Translating Business Requirements
10 13 (9.63%) Visualisation
11 12 (8.89%) Data Analytics
11 12 (8.89%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 49 (36.30%) SQL
2 24 (17.78%) C#
3 18 (13.33%) Java
4 17 (12.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 17 (12.59%) Python
5 12 (8.89%) T-SQL
6 9 (6.67%) JavaScript
7 8 (5.93%) Apex Code
8 7 (5.19%) VBA
9 2 (1.48%) C
9 2 (1.48%) C++
9 2 (1.48%) PHP
9 2 (1.48%) R
9 2 (1.48%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.74%) Bash
10 1 (0.74%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 54 (40.00%) Degree
2 25 (18.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (7.41%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.41%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.93%) ACCA
4 8 (5.93%) CIMA
5 6 (4.44%) City & Guilds
6 5 (3.70%) HNC
7 3 (2.22%) AAT
7 3 (2.22%) CIPD
8 2 (1.48%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.33%) QA
2 5 (3.70%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.96%) GDPR
4 2 (1.48%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (2.22%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.22%) Docker
2 1 (0.74%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (2.22%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.48%) Terraform
3 1 (0.74%) Ansible
3 1 (0.74%) Control-M
3 1 (0.74%) Grafana
3 1 (0.74%) Kibana
3 1 (0.74%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 20 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 19 (14.07%) SAP
3 12 (8.89%) Sage
3 12 (8.89%) Xamarin
4 9 (6.67%) MuleSoft
4 9 (6.67%) Salesforce
5 6 (4.44%) Adobe
5 6 (4.44%) Google
5 6 (4.44%) Hootsuite
5 6 (4.44%) Instagram
5 6 (4.44%) Wrike
6 5 (3.70%) Zoho
7 2 (1.48%) Databricks
7 2 (1.48%) IBM
7 2 (1.48%) Oracle
7 2 (1.48%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.48%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.48%) Workday
8 1 (0.74%) Jitterbit
8 1 (0.74%) SnapLogic