Problem-Solving Jobs in Cambridge

Problem Solving
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 8 14
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 -4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 84 151 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 29.68% 14.38% 12.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 31.46% 17.95% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 60 116 61
10th Percentile - £32,250 £21,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £37,375 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -42.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £46,250 £67,500 £63,000
90th Percentile £68,500 £80,001 £77,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £32,500 £45,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year -27.78% +16.88% -18.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 267 841 795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 94.35% 80.10% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 172 653 341
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £43,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £88,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +6.80%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Cambridge

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cambridge.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Cambridge

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cambridge over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Cambridge

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (7.14%) IIS
1 6 (7.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 29 (34.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.19%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 38 (45.24%) Azure
2 22 (26.19%) Power Platform
3 8 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 6 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
4 6 (7.14%) Power Automate
5 4 (4.76%) AWS
6 3 (3.57%) SaaS
7 2 (2.38%) GCP
7 2 (2.38%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.19%) Asana
8 1 (1.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.19%) GitHub
8 1 (1.19%) npm
8 1 (1.19%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.14%) DMARC
1 6 (7.14%) SSL
2 1 (1.19%) MQTT
2 1 (1.19%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.19%) VPN
2 1 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (26.19%) Power BI
2 11 (13.10%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (10.71%) SQL Server
4 7 (8.33%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (5.95%) Redis
6 1 (1.19%) Big Data
6 1 (1.19%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.57%) Git
2 2 (2.38%) JIRA
2 2 (2.38%) Moq
2 2 (2.38%) SpecFlow
General
1 40 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 23 (27.38%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (17.86%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (16.67%) Finance
5 9 (10.71%) Legal
6 6 (7.14%) Czech Language
6 6 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (5.95%) Law
8 4 (4.76%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.38%) Local Government
9 2 (2.38%) Military
9 2 (2.38%) Tech for Good
10 1 (1.19%) Electronics
10 1 (1.19%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.19%) Marketing
10 1 (1.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (22.62%) Analyst
2 15 (17.86%) Support Analyst
3 10 (11.90%) Coordinator
4 8 (9.52%) Project Engineer
4 8 (9.52%) Software Engineer
5 7 (8.33%) Administrator
5 7 (8.33%) Systems Analyst
6 6 (7.14%) Developer
6 6 (7.14%) IT Administrator
6 6 (7.14%) IT Support
7 5 (5.95%) Applications Engineer
7 5 (5.95%) Business Support Analyst
7 5 (5.95%) Support Engineer
7 5 (5.95%) Systems Support
7 5 (5.95%) Systems Support Analyst
7 5 (5.95%) Technical Engineer
7 5 (5.95%) Technical Support
7 5 (5.95%) Technical Support Engineer
8 4 (4.76%) Graduate
8 4 (4.76%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.52%) Node.js
1 8 (9.52%) REST
2 6 (7.14%) JSON
2 6 (7.14%) SOAP
2 6 (7.14%) XML
3 5 (5.95%) .NET
4 3 (3.57%) ASP.NET
4 3 (3.57%) PyTorch
4 3 (3.57%) React
4 3 (3.57%) TensorFlow
5 2 (2.38%) AngularJS
5 2 (2.38%) CSS
5 2 (2.38%) jQuery
5 2 (2.38%) OpenGL
5 2 (2.38%) scikit-learn
5 2 (2.38%) Swagger
6 1 (1.19%) Flask
6 1 (1.19%) OAuth2
6 1 (1.19%) OpenCV
6 1 (1.19%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.48%) Driving Licence
2 10 (11.90%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (9.52%) Operational Technology
3 8 (9.52%) SCADA
4 6 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (4.76%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.38%) 3D Graphics
6 2 (2.38%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.38%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.38%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.19%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (1.19%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.19%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.19%) FPGA
7 1 (1.19%) IoT
7 1 (1.19%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.71%) Windows
2 7 (8.33%) Linux
3 6 (7.14%) Unix
4 2 (2.38%) Android
5 1 (1.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (34.52%) Customer Service
2 26 (30.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 24 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 22 (26.19%) Data Analysis
5 21 (25.00%) Analytics
5 21 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 21 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (25.00%) Process Improvement
6 20 (23.81%) Data Analytics
6 20 (23.81%) Project Management
7 15 (17.86%) Agile
7 15 (17.86%) Artificial Intelligence
8 13 (15.48%) CRM
8 13 (15.48%) Physics
9 12 (14.29%) Mathematics
9 12 (14.29%) Software Engineering
10 10 (11.90%) Collaborative Culture
10 10 (11.90%) Machine Learning
10 10 (11.90%) Project Delivery
11 8 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.05%) Python
2 14 (16.67%) Java
3 10 (11.90%) JavaScript
4 8 (9.52%) SQL
5 7 (8.33%) PowerShell
6 6 (7.14%) VBA
7 5 (5.95%) C++
8 4 (4.76%) C#
9 2 (2.38%) C
9 2 (2.38%) PHP
9 2 (2.38%) TypeScript
10 1 (1.19%) Bash
10 1 (1.19%) Rust
10 1 (1.19%) VC++
Qualifications
1 34 (40.48%) Degree
2 22 (26.19%) DBS Check
3 8 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (4.76%) Master's Degree
4 4 (4.76%) PhD
5 1 (1.19%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.19%) CCNA
5 1 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.19%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.57%) QA
3 1 (1.19%) ISO 13485
3 1 (1.19%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 9 (10.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.19%) Docker
2 1 (1.19%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.19%) Firmware
2 1 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.14%) Oracle
3 3 (3.57%) Google
4 2 (2.38%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.19%) Citrix
5 1 (1.19%) EMC
5 1 (1.19%) SAP
5 1 (1.19%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.19%) VMware