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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 +5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 180 288 309
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 9.06% 23.94% 25.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.90% 26.25% 29.51%
Number of salaries quoted 137 99 122
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £35,125
25th Percentile £35,500 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -16.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £59,875
90th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £67,250
South East median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -15.00% -2.91%

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 1,395 1,097 1,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 70.21% 91.19% 84.78%
Number of salaries quoted 967 433 553
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £31,050
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% -12.04%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £80,000
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 3 September 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 3 September 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 -6 98 £50,000 -4.76% 69
Aylesbury - 16 £42,500 - 10
Bletchley +6 10 £30,000 +7.14% 5
Buckingham +1 7 £40,000 - 2
High Wycombe -2 7 £37,500 -36.44% 14
Marlow -12 5 £30,250 -19.33% 10
Newport Pagnell +3 2 - -
Chesham 0 2 £42,500 - 2
Amersham 0 2 £26,000 -35.00% 3
Beaconsfield -1 1 £29,000 -
Gerrards Cross -5 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 16 (8.89%) SharePoint
2 12 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.78%) Apache
3 5 (2.78%) nginx
4 1 (0.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.67%) Magento
1 3 (1.67%) Sage X3
1 3 (1.67%) Shopify
2 2 (1.11%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 60 (33.33%) Azure
2 16 (8.89%) AWS
3 14 (7.78%) Entra ID
4 13 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (7.22%) Power Platform
5 11 (6.11%) GCP
6 7 (3.89%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (3.33%) Cloudflare
8 5 (2.78%) OneDrive
8 5 (2.78%) SaaS
9 4 (2.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (2.22%) GitHub
9 4 (2.22%) PaaS
10 3 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.67%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.67%) IaaS
11 1 (0.56%) iPaaS
11 1 (0.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 1 (0.56%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.78%) DNS
2 9 (5.00%) Firewall
3 6 (3.33%) SSL
4 5 (2.78%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.22%) VLAN
5 4 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.67%) LAN
6 3 (1.67%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (1.67%) VPN
6 3 (1.67%) WAN
6 3 (1.67%) Wireless
7 2 (1.11%) Network Security
7 2 (1.11%) OSPF
7 2 (1.11%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.11%) SNMP
7 2 (1.11%) WLAN
8 1 (0.56%) DHCP
8 1 (0.56%) Internet
8 1 (0.56%) NGN
8 1 (0.56%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.44%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.89%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.78%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.22%) Power BI
5 3 (1.67%) GIS
5 3 (1.67%) MySQL
5 3 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.11%) Metadata
6 2 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.56%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.56%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.56%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (5.00%) JIRA
2 3 (1.67%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.11%) Git
3 2 (1.11%) JUnit
3 2 (1.11%) Subversion
4 1 (0.56%) GitLab
General
1 92 (51.11%) Social Skills
2 66 (36.67%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (16.67%) Finance
4 26 (14.44%) Manufacturing
5 13 (7.22%) Retail
6 11 (6.11%) Public Sector
7 9 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.89%) Local Government
10 6 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (3.33%) Law
11 5 (2.78%) Electronics
12 3 (1.67%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.67%) Legal
12 3 (1.67%) Social Science
12 3 (1.67%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.11%) Advertising
13 2 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.56%) Marketing
14 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (15.56%) Analyst
2 19 (10.56%) Developer
3 17 (9.44%) Senior
4 14 (7.78%) Architect
5 13 (7.22%) Support Engineer
5 13 (7.22%) Technical Support
6 11 (6.11%) Data Engineer
7 10 (5.56%) Applications Support
7 10 (5.56%) Software Engineer
8 9 (5.00%) Business Developer
8 9 (5.00%) Support Analyst
8 9 (5.00%) Systems Developer
8 9 (5.00%) Technical Engineer
8 9 (5.00%) Technical Support Engineer
9 8 (4.44%) Graduate
9 8 (4.44%) SOC Analyst
10 7 (3.89%) Lead
10 7 (3.89%) Service Analyst
10 7 (3.89%) Systems Engineer
11 6 (3.33%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.67%) HTML
1 12 (6.67%) REST
1 12 (6.67%) SOAP
2 9 (5.00%) Middleware
3 8 (4.44%) JSON
3 8 (4.44%) OAuth
3 8 (4.44%) XML
4 7 (3.89%) CSS
5 6 (3.33%) .NET
5 6 (3.33%) MFC
6 5 (2.78%) JWT
6 5 (2.78%) Kafka
6 5 (2.78%) OAuth2
6 5 (2.78%) ODBC
6 5 (2.78%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (2.78%) RESTful
6 5 (2.78%) Terraform
6 5 (2.78%) Web Services
7 4 (2.22%) AngularJS
7 4 (2.22%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.67%) Cloud Native
1 12 (6.67%) Driving Licence
1 12 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 11 (6.11%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.44%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
5 6 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.33%) NHS
6 5 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (2.22%) CMDB
7 4 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.22%) EPoS
7 4 (2.22%) Freedom of Information
8 3 (1.67%) TM Forum
8 3 (1.67%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 47 (26.11%) Windows
2 18 (10.00%) Linux
3 8 (4.44%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.33%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (31.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 37 (20.56%) Agile
3 35 (19.44%) Analytics
4 34 (18.89%) ERP
5 32 (17.78%) Computer Science
6 27 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (15.00%) DevOps
7 26 (14.44%) AI
7 26 (14.44%) Decision-Making
8 24 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 21 (11.67%) ITIL
10 20 (11.11%) CI/CD
11 18 (10.00%) Software Engineering
12 17 (9.44%) Customer Service
13 16 (8.89%) Data Modelling
14 15 (8.33%) Mentoring
14 15 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
14 15 (8.33%) Translating Business Requirements
15 14 (7.78%) Service Management
15 14 (7.78%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 42 (23.33%) SQL
2 17 (9.44%) PowerShell
3 16 (8.89%) Python
4 13 (7.22%) C#
5 12 (6.67%) Java
6 11 (6.11%) JavaScript
7 9 (5.00%) C++
8 4 (2.22%) C
8 4 (2.22%) VB.NET
9 3 (1.67%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.67%) TypeScript
10 2 (1.11%) Delphi
10 2 (1.11%) Ladder Logic
10 2 (1.11%) Pascal
11 1 (0.56%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.56%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.56%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 51 (28.33%) Degree
2 24 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 23 (12.78%) SC Cleared
4 20 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.89%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (3.33%) HNC
6 6 (3.33%) HND
6 6 (3.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (2.78%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (2.22%) ICAEW
9 3 (1.67%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.11%) CCNA
10 2 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.11%) City & Guilds
10 2 (1.11%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.11%) NVQ Level 3
11 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.56%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.56%) SLA
2 9 (5.00%) QA
3 5 (2.78%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.78%) GDPR
3 5 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.11%) Accessibility
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 (8.89%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.44%) Docker
3 6 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.78%) Squid
4 5 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.11%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (1.11%) Firmware
5 2 (1.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.33%) Graylog
3 5 (2.78%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.56%) Autotask
5 1 (0.56%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.56%) WMI
Vendors
1 71 (39.44%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.33%) Google
2 6 (3.33%) VMware
3 5 (2.78%) Sage
3 5 (2.78%) SAP
3 5 (2.78%) Veeam
4 4 (2.22%) Oracle
4 4 (2.22%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.67%) Aruba
5 3 (1.67%) Cisco
5 3 (1.67%) Databricks
6 2 (1.11%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.11%) Meraki
6 2 (1.11%) Ruckus Wireless
6 2 (1.11%) Splunk
6 2 (1.11%) WatchGuard
7 1 (0.56%) BMC
7 1 (0.56%) EMC
7 1 (0.56%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.56%) Sophos