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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -8 0 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 175 291 279
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 8.74% 24.43% 22.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.38% 26.70% 26.40%
Number of salaries quoted 132 100 143
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £35,100
25th Percentile £36,063 £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 £60,000 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £65,000
South East median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £48,793
% change year-on-year - -12.90% -6.07%

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 1,414 1,090 1,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 70.63% 91.52% 83.96%
Number of salaries quoted 973 429 621
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,500
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 £66,250 £63,000 £63,750
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 27 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 27 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 -6 100 £50,000 -1.48% 44
Aylesbury - 15 £45,000 - 5
Bletchley +3 11 £30,000 +3.45% 4
Buckingham +1 6 £40,000 -
High Wycombe -3 6 £37,500 -36.44% 8
Marlow -11 4 £35,125 -6.33% 3
Newport Pagnell +3 2 - -
Chesham 0 2 £42,500 - 1
Amersham 0 2 £26,000 -35.00% 1
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 (8.57%) SharePoint
2 11 (6.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.86%) Apache
3 5 (2.86%) nginx
4 1 (0.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.71%) Magento
1 3 (1.71%) Sage X3
1 3 (1.71%) Shopify
2 2 (1.14%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 59 (33.71%) Azure
2 16 (9.14%) AWS
3 14 (8.00%) Entra ID
4 13 (7.43%) Power Platform
5 12 (6.86%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (6.29%) GCP
7 8 (4.57%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (3.43%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (3.43%) Cloudflare
9 5 (2.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (2.86%) SaaS
10 4 (2.29%) GitHub
10 4 (2.29%) OneDrive
10 4 (2.29%) PaaS
11 3 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.71%) IaaS
12 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.57%) Rubrik
12 1 (0.57%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.00%) DNS
2 9 (5.14%) Firewall
3 6 (3.43%) SSL
4 5 (2.86%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.71%) LAN
5 3 (1.71%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (1.71%) VLAN
5 3 (1.71%) VPN
5 3 (1.71%) WAN
5 3 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.71%) Wireless
6 2 (1.14%) Network Security
6 2 (1.14%) OSPF
6 2 (1.14%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.14%) WLAN
7 1 (0.57%) DHCP
7 1 (0.57%) Internet
7 1 (0.57%) SNMP
7 1 (0.57%) SSH
7 1 (0.57%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.57%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.00%) Relational Database
3 6 (3.43%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.29%) Power BI
5 3 (1.71%) GIS
5 3 (1.71%) MySQL
5 3 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.14%) Metadata
6 2 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.57%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.57%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.57%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (4.57%) JIRA
2 3 (1.71%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.14%) Git
3 2 (1.14%) JUnit
3 2 (1.14%) Subversion
4 1 (0.57%) GitLab
General
1 89 (50.86%) Social Skills
2 66 (37.71%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (16.57%) Finance
4 25 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 12 (6.86%) Retail
6 11 (6.29%) Public Sector
7 8 (4.57%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (4.00%) Local Government
9 6 (3.43%) Electronics
9 6 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (3.43%) Law
10 3 (1.71%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.71%) Legal
10 3 (1.71%) Social Science
10 3 (1.71%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.57%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.57%) Marketing
12 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (15.43%) Analyst
2 19 (10.86%) Developer
3 17 (9.71%) Senior
4 14 (8.00%) Architect
5 13 (7.43%) Support Engineer
5 13 (7.43%) Technical Support
6 12 (6.86%) Data Engineer
7 10 (5.71%) Applications Support
8 9 (5.14%) Business Developer
8 9 (5.14%) Software Engineer
8 9 (5.14%) Systems Developer
8 9 (5.14%) Technical Engineer
8 9 (5.14%) Technical Support Engineer
9 8 (4.57%) Graduate
9 8 (4.57%) SOC Analyst
9 8 (4.57%) Support Analyst
10 7 (4.00%) Lead
10 7 (4.00%) Systems Engineer
11 6 (3.43%) Integration Architect
11 6 (3.43%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.86%) HTML
1 12 (6.86%) REST
1 12 (6.86%) SOAP
2 9 (5.14%) Middleware
3 8 (4.57%) JSON
3 8 (4.57%) OAuth
3 8 (4.57%) XML
4 7 (4.00%) CSS
5 6 (3.43%) .NET
5 6 (3.43%) MFC
6 5 (2.86%) JWT
6 5 (2.86%) Kafka
6 5 (2.86%) OAuth2
6 5 (2.86%) ODBC
6 5 (2.86%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (2.86%) RESTful
6 5 (2.86%) Terraform
6 5 (2.86%) Web Services
7 4 (2.29%) AngularJS
7 4 (2.29%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.86%) Cloud Native
1 12 (6.86%) Management Information System
2 11 (6.29%) Driving Licence
2 11 (6.29%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.57%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.57%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (4.00%) NHS
6 6 (3.43%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (3.43%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (2.29%) CMDB
8 4 (2.29%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.29%) EPoS
9 3 (1.71%) Freedom of Information
9 3 (1.71%) TM Forum
10 2 (1.14%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 46 (26.29%) Windows
2 17 (9.71%) Linux
3 8 (4.57%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (32.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 37 (21.14%) Agile
3 36 (20.57%) Analytics
4 34 (19.43%) ERP
5 31 (17.71%) Computer Science
6 28 (16.00%) DevOps
7 26 (14.86%) Cybersecurity
7 26 (14.86%) Decision-Making
8 25 (14.29%) AI
9 24 (13.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 20 (11.43%) CI/CD
10 20 (11.43%) ITIL
11 17 (9.71%) Data Modelling
11 17 (9.71%) Software Engineering
12 16 (9.14%) Customer Service
13 15 (8.57%) Mentoring
13 15 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (8.57%) Translating Business Requirements
14 14 (8.00%) Data Analysis
14 14 (8.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (24.57%) SQL
2 17 (9.71%) PowerShell
3 16 (9.14%) Python
4 13 (7.43%) C#
5 12 (6.86%) Java
6 11 (6.29%) JavaScript
7 8 (4.57%) C++
8 4 (2.29%) VB.NET
9 3 (1.71%) C
9 3 (1.71%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.71%) TypeScript
10 2 (1.14%) Delphi
10 2 (1.14%) Pascal
11 1 (0.57%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.57%) Ladder Logic
11 1 (0.57%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.57%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 49 (28.00%) Degree
2 24 (13.71%) Security Cleared
3 23 (13.14%) SC Cleared
4 19 (10.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (3.43%) HNC
6 6 (3.43%) HND
6 6 (3.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (2.86%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (2.29%) ICAEW
9 3 (1.71%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.14%) CCNA
10 2 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.14%) City & Guilds
10 2 (1.14%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.57%) CompTIA CySA+
11 1 (0.57%) GIAC
11 1 (0.57%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.71%) SLA
2 9 (5.14%) QA
3 5 (2.86%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.29%) GDPR
5 2 (1.14%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.57%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.57%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 16 (9.14%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.57%) Docker
3 6 (3.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.86%) Squid
4 5 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.14%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.57%) Firmware
7 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.43%) Graylog
3 5 (2.86%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.57%) Autotask
5 1 (0.57%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.57%) WMI
Vendors
1 69 (39.43%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.43%) Google
2 6 (3.43%) VMware
3 5 (2.86%) Sage
3 5 (2.86%) SAP
3 5 (2.86%) Veeam
4 4 (2.29%) Oracle
4 4 (2.29%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.71%) Aruba
5 3 (1.71%) Cisco
5 3 (1.71%) Databricks
6 2 (1.14%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.14%) Meraki
6 2 (1.14%) Ruckus Wireless
6 2 (1.14%) Splunk
6 2 (1.14%) WatchGuard
7 1 (0.57%) ConnectWise
7 1 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.57%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (0.57%) Nimble Storage