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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 178 295 293
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 8.98% 25.26% 23.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.64% 27.39% 27.59%
Number of salaries quoted 132 101 166
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £29,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -16.67% +8.43%
75th Percentile £60,313 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,375 £65,000 £65,000
South East median annual salary £43,000 £42,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year +1.18% -11.46% -6.66%

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 1,408 1,077 1,062
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 71.04% 92.21% 84.02%
Number of salaries quoted 962 415 642
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,950 £30,179
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £66,188 £63,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £77,950
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 20 August 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 20 August 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 -5 102 £50,000 -1.48% 58
Aylesbury - 14 £46,250 - 5
Bletchley +4 12 £30,000 +3.45% 3
Marlow -11 7 £40,000 +6.67% 5
Buckingham +1 6 £40,000 -
High Wycombe -2 6 £37,500 -36.44% 6
Newport Pagnell +3 2 - -
Amersham 0 2 £26,000 -35.00% 2
Chesham 0 2 £42,500 - 2
Beaconsfield -1 1 £29,000 -
Gerrards Cross -5 1 £37,000 -35.65% 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 15 (8.43%) SharePoint
2 11 (6.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.37%) Apache
4 5 (2.81%) nginx
5 1 (0.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.69%) Magento
1 3 (1.69%) Sage X3
1 3 (1.69%) Shopify
2 1 (0.56%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 61 (34.27%) Azure
2 16 (8.99%) AWS
3 15 (8.43%) Entra ID
4 13 (7.30%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (7.30%) Power Platform
5 11 (6.18%) GCP
6 9 (5.06%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (3.37%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (3.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (3.37%) Cloudflare
8 4 (2.25%) Asana
8 4 (2.25%) GitHub
8 4 (2.25%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.25%) PaaS
8 4 (2.25%) SaaS
8 4 (2.25%) Sprout Social
9 3 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.69%) IaaS
10 1 (0.56%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.87%) DNS
2 10 (5.62%) Firewall
3 6 (3.37%) SSL
4 5 (2.81%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.69%) LAN
5 3 (1.69%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (1.69%) VLAN
5 3 (1.69%) VPN
5 3 (1.69%) WAN
5 3 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.69%) Wireless
6 2 (1.12%) Network Security
6 2 (1.12%) OSPF
6 2 (1.12%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.12%) WLAN
7 1 (0.56%) DHCP
7 1 (0.56%) Internet
7 1 (0.56%) SNMP
7 1 (0.56%) SSH
7 1 (0.56%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.49%) Relational Database
1 8 (4.49%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.93%) Data Lake
3 4 (2.25%) Power BI
4 3 (1.69%) GIS
4 3 (1.69%) MySQL
4 3 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.12%) Metadata
5 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.56%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.56%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.56%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (4.49%) JIRA
2 3 (1.69%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.12%) Git
3 2 (1.12%) JUnit
3 2 (1.12%) Subversion
4 1 (0.56%) GitLab
General
1 93 (52.25%) Social Skills
2 66 (37.08%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (15.73%) Finance
4 24 (13.48%) Manufacturing
5 11 (6.18%) Public Sector
5 11 (6.18%) Retail
6 10 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.93%) Electronics
8 7 (3.93%) Local Government
9 6 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (3.37%) Law
10 5 (2.81%) Marketing
11 3 (1.69%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.69%) Legal
11 3 (1.69%) Social Science
11 3 (1.69%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.56%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 28 (15.73%) Analyst
2 21 (11.80%) Senior
3 19 (10.67%) Developer
4 14 (7.87%) Architect
5 13 (7.30%) Data Engineer
6 12 (6.74%) Support Engineer
6 12 (6.74%) Technical Support
7 11 (6.18%) Applications Support
8 9 (5.06%) Business Developer
8 9 (5.06%) Software Engineer
8 9 (5.06%) Support Analyst
8 9 (5.06%) Systems Developer
9 8 (4.49%) Graduate
9 8 (4.49%) SOC Analyst
9 8 (4.49%) Technical Engineer
9 8 (4.49%) Technical Support Engineer
10 7 (3.93%) Applications Support Analyst
10 7 (3.93%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (3.93%) Microsoft Engineer
10 7 (3.93%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.74%) HTML
1 12 (6.74%) REST
1 12 (6.74%) SOAP
2 9 (5.06%) Middleware
3 8 (4.49%) JSON
3 8 (4.49%) OAuth
3 8 (4.49%) XML
4 7 (3.93%) CSS
5 6 (3.37%) .NET
5 6 (3.37%) MFC
6 5 (2.81%) JWT
6 5 (2.81%) Kafka
6 5 (2.81%) OAuth2
6 5 (2.81%) ODBC
6 5 (2.81%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (2.81%) RESTful
6 5 (2.81%) Terraform
6 5 (2.81%) Web Services
7 4 (2.25%) AngularJS
7 4 (2.25%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.74%) Cloud Native
1 12 (6.74%) Management Information System
2 11 (6.18%) Driving Licence
2 11 (6.18%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.49%) NHS
4 8 (4.49%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.49%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (3.37%) Cyber Defence
5 6 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.81%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (2.25%) CMDB
7 4 (2.25%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.25%) EPoS
7 4 (2.25%) Social Media
7 4 (2.25%) Video Editing
8 3 (1.69%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 47 (26.40%) Windows
2 17 (9.55%) Linux
3 8 (4.49%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.37%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (30.90%) Continuous Improvement
2 41 (23.03%) Analytics
3 38 (21.35%) Agile
4 33 (18.54%) ERP
5 32 (17.98%) Computer Science
6 30 (16.85%) DevOps
7 29 (16.29%) AI
8 27 (15.17%) Cybersecurity
9 26 (14.61%) Decision-Making
10 24 (13.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 21 (11.80%) CI/CD
11 21 (11.80%) ITIL
12 18 (10.11%) Data Modelling
13 17 (9.55%) Software Engineering
14 16 (8.99%) Customer Service
15 15 (8.43%) Data Analysis
15 15 (8.43%) Mentoring
15 15 (8.43%) Service Management
15 15 (8.43%) Stakeholder Management
15 15 (8.43%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 45 (25.28%) SQL
2 17 (9.55%) Python
3 16 (8.99%) PowerShell
4 13 (7.30%) C#
5 12 (6.74%) Java
6 10 (5.62%) JavaScript
7 8 (4.49%) C++
8 4 (2.25%) VB.NET
9 3 (1.69%) C
9 3 (1.69%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.69%) TypeScript
10 2 (1.12%) Delphi
10 2 (1.12%) Pascal
11 1 (0.56%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.56%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.56%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 48 (26.97%) Degree
2 24 (13.48%) Security Cleared
3 23 (12.92%) SC Cleared
4 20 (11.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.93%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (3.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (2.81%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.81%) HNC
7 5 (2.81%) HND
7 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (2.25%) ICAEW
9 3 (1.69%) City & Guilds
9 3 (1.69%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.12%) CCNA
10 2 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.56%) GIAC
11 1 (0.56%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.62%) SLA
2 9 (5.06%) QA
3 5 (2.81%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.69%) GDPR
6 2 (1.12%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.56%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.56%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 17 (9.55%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.49%) Docker
3 6 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.81%) Squid
4 5 (2.81%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.25%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.69%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.56%) Firmware
7 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (6.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.37%) Graylog
3 5 (2.81%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.56%) Autotask
5 1 (0.56%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.56%) WMI
Vendors
1 70 (39.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.37%) Google
2 6 (3.37%) VMware
3 5 (2.81%) Veeam
4 4 (2.25%) Adobe
4 4 (2.25%) Hootsuite
4 4 (2.25%) Instagram
4 4 (2.25%) Oracle
4 4 (2.25%) Sage
4 4 (2.25%) SAP
4 4 (2.25%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.25%) Wrike
5 3 (1.69%) Aruba
5 3 (1.69%) Cisco
5 3 (1.69%) Databricks
6 2 (1.12%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.12%) Meraki
6 2 (1.12%) Ruckus Wireless
6 2 (1.12%) Splunk
6 2 (1.12%) WatchGuard