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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 141 210 488
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 7.98% 27.70% 24.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.43% 29.49% 28.55%
Number of salaries quoted 99 120 230
10th Percentile £32,250 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,967 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.01% +13.26% +14.83%
75th Percentile £64,375 £63,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £76,000 £70,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -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 1,352 712 1,709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 76.51% 93.93% 87.19%
Number of salaries quoted 843 359 1,064
10th Percentile £30,050 £26,450 £28,325
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65,250 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £84,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 25 April 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 25 April 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 86 £60,000 - 38
Marlow -9 15 £32,500 +12.07%
Bletchley -3 12 £37,500 +7.14% 2
Aylesbury -2 7 £36,750 -26.50% 4
Newport Pagnell -13 2 - -
Beaconsfield -5 1 £29,000 -54.32%
Gerrards Cross -9 1 £37,000 -35.65%
High Wycombe -17 1 - - 10
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 4 (2.84%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.71%) Apache
3 1 (0.71%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (6.38%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 42 (29.79%) Azure
2 17 (12.06%) Power Platform
3 11 (7.80%) Asana
3 11 (7.80%) Sprout Social
4 10 (7.09%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (4.96%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 7 (4.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 6 (4.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 6 (4.26%) Power Automate
7 5 (3.55%) AWS
7 5 (3.55%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.55%) iPaaS
7 5 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (3.55%) SaaS
8 4 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (2.13%) Cloudflare
9 3 (2.13%) IaaS
9 3 (2.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.96%) DNS
2 3 (2.13%) DHCP
2 3 (2.13%) SSL
3 2 (1.42%) Firewall
3 2 (1.42%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.42%) VPN
4 1 (0.71%) 5G
4 1 (0.71%) Broadband
4 1 (0.71%) Internet
4 1 (0.71%) Intranet
4 1 (0.71%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.06%) Power BI
2 9 (6.38%) Relational Database
3 7 (4.96%) Data Lake
4 6 (4.26%) PowerPivot
5 5 (3.55%) NoSQL
5 5 (3.55%) Power Query
5 5 (3.55%) SQL Server
6 3 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.42%) Metadata
7 2 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.71%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.71%) GIS
8 1 (0.71%) MySQL
8 1 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.71%) Tableau
8 1 (0.71%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 8 (5.67%) JIRA
2 6 (4.26%) Git
3 2 (1.42%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.71%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.71%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.71%) GitLab
4 1 (0.71%) Selenium
4 1 (0.71%) WebDriver
General
1 97 (68.79%) Social Skills
2 43 (30.50%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (19.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (12.77%) Finance
5 15 (10.64%) Marketing
6 14 (9.93%) Law
7 12 (8.51%) Manufacturing
7 12 (8.51%) Public Sector
8 10 (7.09%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (4.96%) Electronics
10 6 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (3.55%) Retail
12 2 (1.42%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.71%) Automotive
13 1 (0.71%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 23 (16.31%) Developer
2 21 (14.89%) Analyst
3 19 (13.48%) Senior
4 18 (12.77%) Support Engineer
5 14 (9.93%) Technical Engineer
5 14 (9.93%) Technical Support
5 14 (9.93%) Technical Support Engineer
6 13 (9.22%) Architect
7 11 (7.80%) Social Media Executive
8 10 (7.09%) Business Developer
8 10 (7.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 10 (7.09%) Power BI Developer
9 9 (6.38%) Applications Architect
9 9 (6.38%) Applications Support
9 9 (6.38%) Data Engineer
9 9 (6.38%) Support Analyst
10 8 (5.67%) Business Intelligence Specialist
10 8 (5.67%) Integration Architect
10 8 (5.67%) Power BI Specialist
11 7 (4.96%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (15.60%) REST
2 17 (12.06%) Middleware
2 17 (12.06%) SOAP
3 14 (9.93%) .NET
4 10 (7.09%) JSON
4 10 (7.09%) XML
5 9 (6.38%) SAP CO-PA
6 7 (4.96%) Lightning Web Components
6 7 (4.96%) Visualforce
7 5 (3.55%) .NET Framework
8 4 (2.84%) React
9 3 (2.13%) ASP.NET
9 3 (2.13%) CSS
9 3 (2.13%) HTML
9 3 (2.13%) JWT
9 3 (2.13%) Kafka
9 3 (2.13%) OAuth
9 3 (2.13%) OAuth2
9 3 (2.13%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (1.42%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.51%) Social Media
2 11 (7.80%) Video Editing
3 9 (6.38%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (5.67%) Cloud Native
4 8 (5.67%) Onboarding
5 7 (4.96%) Augmented Reality
5 7 (4.96%) NHS
6 5 (3.55%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.84%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.13%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.13%) Driving Licence
8 3 (2.13%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.42%) AS400
9 2 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.42%) N-Tier
10 1 (0.71%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.71%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.71%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.64%) Windows
2 6 (4.26%) Linux
3 2 (1.42%) Unix
4 1 (0.71%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.71%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (29.79%) Analytics
2 35 (24.82%) Agile
2 35 (24.82%) DevOps
3 30 (21.28%) Computer Science
3 30 (21.28%) Continuous Improvement
4 27 (19.15%) Data Modelling
5 26 (18.44%) CI/CD
6 24 (17.02%) Decision-Making
7 20 (14.18%) Business Intelligence
7 20 (14.18%) CRM
8 18 (12.77%) Business Strategy
9 17 (12.06%) ETL
10 16 (11.35%) AI
11 15 (10.64%) Customer-Centricity
11 15 (10.64%) ERP
11 15 (10.64%) Project Management
12 14 (9.93%) Customer Service
12 14 (9.93%) Digital Marketing
12 14 (9.93%) Translating Business Requirements
13 13 (9.22%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 53 (37.59%) SQL
2 22 (15.60%) Python
3 19 (13.48%) Java
4 15 (10.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 8 (5.67%) C#
6 7 (4.96%) Apex Code
6 7 (4.96%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.55%) VBA
8 4 (2.84%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.42%) C
9 2 (1.42%) R
10 1 (0.71%) Bash
10 1 (0.71%) C++
10 1 (0.71%) PHP
10 1 (0.71%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.71%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (34.75%) Degree
2 16 (11.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (9.22%) SC Cleared
3 13 (9.22%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.67%) City & Guilds
5 6 (4.26%) ACCA
5 6 (4.26%) CIMA
6 5 (3.55%) HNC
7 3 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (2.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.42%) CIPD
8 2 (1.42%) HND
8 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.64%) QA
2 4 (2.84%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.13%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.71%) GDPR
4 1 (0.71%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (4.96%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.55%) Docker
3 2 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.71%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (3.55%) Kubernetes
1 5 (3.55%) Terraform
2 3 (2.13%) Graylog
3 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.71%) Ansible
4 1 (0.71%) Autotask
4 1 (0.71%) Control-M
4 1 (0.71%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.71%) Grafana
4 1 (0.71%) Kibana
4 1 (0.71%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 32 (22.70%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.35%) SAP
3 11 (7.80%) Adobe
3 11 (7.80%) Hootsuite
3 11 (7.80%) Instagram
3 11 (7.80%) Wrike
4 8 (5.67%) Salesforce
5 7 (4.96%) MuleSoft
6 4 (2.84%) Databricks
7 2 (1.42%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.71%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.71%) Google
8 1 (0.71%) Meraki
8 1 (0.71%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.71%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.71%) Sophos
8 1 (0.71%) Splunk
8 1 (0.71%) Workday
8 1 (0.71%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.71%) Zend