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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 173 296 328
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 9.17% 26.67% 24.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.70% 28.82% 28.67%
Number of salaries quoted 128 98 194
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,050 £35,000
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% +10.30%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £57,250
90th Percentile £71,625 £65,000 £65,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -9.57% -8.47%

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 1,362 1,027 1,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 72.18% 92.52% 83.81%
Number of salaries quoted 910 382 719
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,075 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £43,773 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.94% -2.73% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,188 £60,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £71,350 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 29 July 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 29 July 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 99 £50,750 +56.15% 43
Aylesbury 0 13 £47,500 +5.56% 3
Bletchley +1 10 £37,500 +29.31% 2
Marlow -9 10 £40,000 +6.67% 2
Buckingham +1 6 £40,000 -
High Wycombe -3 5 £37,500 -36.44% 8
Amersham +1 2 £26,000 -40.60% 1
Chesham 0 2 £42,500 - 3
Newport Pagnell -1 2 - -
Beaconsfield -1 1 £29,000 - 1
Gerrards Cross -2 1 £37,000 -35.65% 2
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 13 (7.51%) SharePoint
2 11 (6.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.47%) Apache
4 5 (2.89%) nginx
5 1 (0.58%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.73%) Magento
1 3 (1.73%) Sage X3
1 3 (1.73%) Shopify
2 1 (0.58%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 61 (35.26%) Azure
2 16 (9.25%) AWS
3 14 (8.09%) Entra ID
4 13 (7.51%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (6.94%) Power Platform
6 11 (6.36%) Azure Data Factory
7 10 (5.78%) GCP
8 7 (4.05%) Asana
8 7 (4.05%) Sprout Social
9 6 (3.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (2.89%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (2.89%) Cloudflare
11 4 (2.31%) OneDrive
11 4 (2.31%) PaaS
12 3 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.73%) IaaS
12 3 (1.73%) SaaS
13 2 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (1.16%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 2 (1.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.51%) DNS
2 10 (5.78%) Firewall
3 5 (2.89%) SSL
3 5 (2.89%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.73%) LAN
4 3 (1.73%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (1.73%) VLAN
4 3 (1.73%) VPN
4 3 (1.73%) WAN
4 3 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.73%) Wireless
5 2 (1.16%) Network Security
5 2 (1.16%) OSPF
5 2 (1.16%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.16%) WLAN
6 1 (0.58%) DHCP
6 1 (0.58%) Internet
6 1 (0.58%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.36%) Relational Database
2 8 (4.62%) SQL Server
3 7 (4.05%) Data Lake
4 5 (2.89%) Power BI
5 3 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.73%) GIS
5 3 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.16%) Metadata
6 2 (1.16%) MySQL
6 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.58%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.58%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.58%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.58%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.58%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.58%) Tableau
7 1 (0.58%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 9 (5.20%) JIRA
2 3 (1.73%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.16%) JUnit
3 2 (1.16%) Subversion
4 1 (0.58%) Git
4 1 (0.58%) GitLab
General
1 94 (54.34%) Social Skills
2 61 (35.26%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (15.61%) Finance
4 21 (12.14%) Manufacturing
5 13 (7.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (5.78%) Public Sector
6 10 (5.78%) Retail
7 9 (5.20%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (4.62%) Marketing
9 7 (4.05%) Law
9 7 (4.05%) Local Government
10 6 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.89%) Electronics
12 3 (1.73%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.73%) Legal
12 3 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.73%) Social Science
12 3 (1.73%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.58%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 29 (16.76%) Analyst
2 20 (11.56%) Senior
3 18 (10.40%) Developer
4 14 (8.09%) Architect
4 14 (8.09%) Data Engineer
5 13 (7.51%) Applications Support
5 13 (7.51%) Support Engineer
5 13 (7.51%) Technical Support
6 11 (6.36%) Support Analyst
7 9 (5.20%) Applications Support Analyst
7 9 (5.20%) Technical Engineer
7 9 (5.20%) Technical Support Engineer
8 8 (4.62%) Business Developer
8 8 (4.62%) Software Engineer
9 7 (4.05%) Azure Engineer
9 7 (4.05%) Graduate
9 7 (4.05%) Microsoft Engineer
9 7 (4.05%) Social Media Executive
9 7 (4.05%) Systems Developer
9 7 (4.05%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.51%) REST
1 13 (7.51%) SOAP
2 11 (6.36%) HTML
3 10 (5.78%) Middleware
4 8 (4.62%) JSON
4 8 (4.62%) OAuth
4 8 (4.62%) XML
5 6 (3.47%) .NET
5 6 (3.47%) CSS
5 6 (3.47%) MFC
6 5 (2.89%) JWT
6 5 (2.89%) Kafka
6 5 (2.89%) OAuth2
6 5 (2.89%) ODBC
6 5 (2.89%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (2.89%) RESTful
6 5 (2.89%) Web Services
7 4 (2.31%) React
7 4 (2.31%) XML Messaging
8 3 (1.73%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.67%) Cloud Native
2 12 (6.94%) Driving Licence
3 11 (6.36%) NHS
3 11 (6.36%) Product Ownership
3 11 (6.36%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (5.78%) Management Information System
5 8 (4.62%) Onboarding
6 7 (4.05%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (4.05%) Social Media
6 7 (4.05%) Video Editing
7 6 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.89%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.89%) Augmented Reality
8 5 (2.89%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (2.89%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (1.73%) CMDB
9 3 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.73%) TM Forum
10 2 (1.16%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 42 (24.28%) Windows
2 16 (9.25%) Linux
3 8 (4.62%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.47%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (27.75%) Continuous Improvement
2 45 (26.01%) Analytics
3 39 (22.54%) Agile
4 33 (19.08%) AI
5 32 (18.50%) DevOps
6 30 (17.34%) ERP
7 29 (16.76%) Decision-Making
8 28 (16.18%) Computer Science
9 24 (13.87%) CI/CD
9 24 (13.87%) Cybersecurity
10 21 (12.14%) Data Modelling
10 21 (12.14%) ITIL
10 21 (12.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 17 (9.83%) Data Pipeline
12 16 (9.25%) Software Engineering
13 15 (8.67%) Business Intelligence
13 15 (8.67%) Customer Service
13 15 (8.67%) Data Analysis
14 14 (8.09%) Mentoring
14 14 (8.09%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 49 (28.32%) SQL
2 18 (10.40%) Python
3 13 (7.51%) PowerShell
4 12 (6.94%) C#
4 12 (6.94%) Java
5 9 (5.20%) C++
6 7 (4.05%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.31%) VB.NET
8 3 (1.73%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.16%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.16%) C
9 2 (1.16%) Delphi
9 2 (1.16%) Pascal
9 2 (1.16%) R
9 2 (1.16%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.16%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.58%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 45 (26.01%) Degree
2 21 (12.14%) Security Cleared
3 20 (11.56%) SC Cleared
4 18 (10.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.47%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (2.89%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.89%) City & Guilds
6 5 (2.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (2.31%) HNC
7 4 (2.31%) ICAEW
8 3 (1.73%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.73%) HND
9 2 (1.16%) CCNA
9 2 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.58%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (0.58%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.58%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.78%) SLA
2 9 (5.20%) QA
3 5 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.31%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.16%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.58%) GDPR
6 1 (0.58%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.58%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 16 (9.25%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.62%) Docker
3 6 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.89%) Squid
4 5 (2.89%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.31%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.73%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (6.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.47%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.89%) Graylog
4 4 (2.31%) Terraform
5 3 (1.73%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.58%) Autotask
6 1 (0.58%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 63 (36.42%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.05%) Adobe
2 7 (4.05%) Hootsuite
2 7 (4.05%) Instagram
2 7 (4.05%) Wrike
3 6 (3.47%) Google
3 6 (3.47%) VMware
4 5 (2.89%) Databricks
4 5 (2.89%) Veeam
5 4 (2.31%) Oracle
5 4 (2.31%) SAP
6 3 (1.73%) Aruba
6 3 (1.73%) Cisco
6 3 (1.73%) Sage
6 3 (1.73%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.16%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.16%) Meraki
7 2 (1.16%) Ruckus Wireless
7 2 (1.16%) Splunk
7 2 (1.16%) WatchGuard