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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -10 0 +5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 137 289 534
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 7.86% 27.21% 25.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.59% 28.61% 30.15%
Number of salaries quoted 101 94 239
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,650 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £29,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £38,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -15.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £64,250 £58,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £64,625 £70,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -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 1,294 1,010 1,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 74.20% 95.10% 85.19%
Number of salaries quoted 865 330 1,025
10th Percentile £30,250 £24,750 £28,350
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £73,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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 10 June 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 10 June 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 -7 84 £59,250 -1.25% 46
Aylesbury +1 13 £47,500 - 2
Marlow -10 12 - - 5
Bletchley -4 7 £37,500 +29.31% 4
Newport Pagnell +1 2 - - 1
Chesham -2 2 £42,500 -
Beaconsfield -1 1 £29,000 -
Gerrards Cross -3 1 £37,000 -35.65% 1
High Wycombe -13 1 £37,500 -36.44% 4
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 6 (4.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (4.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.73%) Apache
2 1 (0.73%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (5.11%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 48 (35.04%) Azure
2 12 (8.76%) AWS
2 12 (8.76%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (8.03%) Asana
3 11 (8.03%) Sprout Social
4 10 (7.30%) Azure Data Factory
5 9 (6.57%) Power Platform
6 7 (5.11%) Entra ID
7 6 (4.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 5 (3.65%) GCP
8 5 (3.65%) iPaaS
9 4 (2.92%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (2.92%) Cloudflare
9 4 (2.92%) OneDrive
10 3 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (2.19%) IaaS
10 3 (2.19%) PaaS
10 3 (2.19%) SaaS
10 3 (2.19%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 3 (2.19%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.11%) DNS
2 5 (3.65%) Firewall
2 5 (3.65%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.92%) SSL
4 3 (2.19%) LAN
4 3 (2.19%) VLAN
4 3 (2.19%) VPN
4 3 (2.19%) WAN
4 3 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.19%) Wireless
5 2 (1.46%) Network Security
5 2 (1.46%) OSPF
5 2 (1.46%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.46%) WLAN
6 1 (0.73%) DHCP
6 1 (0.73%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.57%) Power BI
1 9 (6.57%) Relational Database
2 7 (5.11%) Data Lake
3 3 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.19%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.46%) GIS
4 2 (1.46%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.73%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.73%) Metadata
5 1 (0.73%) MySQL
5 1 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.73%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.73%) Tableau
5 1 (0.73%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 8 (5.84%) JIRA
2 2 (1.46%) Git
2 2 (1.46%) JUnit
3 1 (0.73%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.73%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.73%) Selenium
3 1 (0.73%) Subversion
3 1 (0.73%) WebDriver
General
1 86 (62.77%) Social Skills
2 53 (38.69%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (13.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (13.14%) Finance
5 14 (10.22%) Marketing
6 10 (7.30%) Law
6 10 (7.30%) Public Sector
7 8 (5.84%) Manufacturing
7 8 (5.84%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (5.11%) Electronics
9 6 (4.38%) Retail
10 5 (3.65%) Local Government
10 5 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (2.19%) Aerospace
12 3 (2.19%) Social Science
13 1 (0.73%) Automotive
13 1 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.73%) Legal
13 1 (0.73%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 26 (18.98%) Analyst
2 17 (12.41%) Developer
2 17 (12.41%) Senior
3 15 (10.95%) Architect
4 12 (8.76%) Support Analyst
4 12 (8.76%) Support Engineer
5 11 (8.03%) Social Media Executive
6 10 (7.30%) Integration Architect
6 10 (7.30%) Technical Engineer
6 10 (7.30%) Technical Support
6 10 (7.30%) Technical Support Engineer
7 9 (6.57%) Applications Architect
7 9 (6.57%) Data Engineer
8 8 (5.84%) Applications Support
9 7 (5.11%) Applications Support Analyst
9 7 (5.11%) Azure Engineer
9 7 (5.11%) Business Developer
9 7 (5.11%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 7 (5.11%) Business Intelligence Specialist
9 7 (5.11%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.68%) REST
2 15 (10.95%) Middleware
2 15 (10.95%) SOAP
3 12 (8.76%) JSON
3 12 (8.76%) XML
4 7 (5.11%) SAP CO-PA
5 5 (3.65%) JWT
5 5 (3.65%) Kafka
5 5 (3.65%) OAuth
5 5 (3.65%) OAuth2
5 5 (3.65%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (2.92%) .NET
6 4 (2.92%) MFC
6 4 (2.92%) RESTful
6 4 (2.92%) XML Messaging
7 3 (2.19%) CSS
7 3 (2.19%) HTML
7 3 (2.19%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (2.19%) Visualforce
8 2 (1.46%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.76%) Cloud Native
2 11 (8.03%) NHS
2 11 (8.03%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (8.03%) Social Media
2 11 (8.03%) Video Editing
3 8 (5.84%) Product Ownership
4 7 (5.11%) Augmented Reality
4 7 (5.11%) Onboarding
5 6 (4.38%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (3.65%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.92%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.92%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.46%) AS400
9 2 (1.46%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.46%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.73%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.73%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (17.52%) Windows
2 10 (7.30%) Linux
3 2 (1.46%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.73%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.73%) Unix
4 1 (0.73%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (31.39%) Analytics
2 41 (29.93%) Agile
3 29 (21.17%) Computer Science
3 29 (21.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 28 (20.44%) DevOps
5 25 (18.25%) Data Modelling
6 23 (16.79%) CI/CD
6 23 (16.79%) Decision-Making
7 22 (16.06%) AI
8 21 (15.33%) Cybersecurity
9 19 (13.87%) CRM
10 18 (13.14%) Customer-Centricity
10 18 (13.14%) ERP
10 18 (13.14%) ITIL
11 16 (11.68%) Project Management
12 14 (10.22%) Business Strategy
12 14 (10.22%) ETL
13 13 (9.49%) Data Pipeline
13 13 (9.49%) Digital Marketing
14 12 (8.76%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 45 (32.85%) SQL
2 17 (12.41%) Python
3 16 (11.68%) Java
4 7 (5.11%) C#
4 7 (5.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 6 (4.38%) C++
5 6 (4.38%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.19%) Apex Code
6 3 (2.19%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.46%) R
8 1 (0.73%) C
8 1 (0.73%) Delphi
8 1 (0.73%) Pascal
8 1 (0.73%) PHP
8 1 (0.73%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 46 (33.58%) Degree
2 17 (12.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (9.49%) Security Cleared
4 12 (8.76%) SC Cleared
5 7 (5.11%) City & Guilds
6 5 (3.65%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (2.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (2.19%) DBS Check
8 3 (2.19%) HNC
8 3 (2.19%) ICAEW
9 2 (1.46%) CCNA
9 2 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.46%) HND
9 2 (1.46%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.73%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (0.73%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.73%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.22%) QA
2 6 (4.38%) SLA
3 5 (3.65%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.92%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.46%) GDPR
7 1 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 9 (6.57%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.38%) Docker
3 4 (2.92%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (2.19%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.38%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.92%) Graylog
3 4 (2.92%) Terraform
4 1 (0.73%) Autotask
4 1 (0.73%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 42 (30.66%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.03%) Adobe
2 11 (8.03%) Hootsuite
2 11 (8.03%) Instagram
2 11 (8.03%) Wrike
3 8 (5.84%) SAP
4 4 (2.92%) Databricks
4 4 (2.92%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.19%) Aruba
5 3 (2.19%) Cisco
5 3 (2.19%) Google
5 3 (2.19%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.46%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.46%) Meraki
6 2 (1.46%) Ruckus Wireless
6 2 (1.46%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.46%) Splunk
6 2 (1.46%) WatchGuard
7 1 (0.73%) Nimble Storage
7 1 (0.73%) Workday