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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 9 20
Rank change year-on-year +6 +11 -8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 73 147 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 28.74% 14.86% 11.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 30.29% 18.04% 11.88%
Number of salaries quoted 40 125 50
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,800 £21,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,900 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.25% +8.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £69,438 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,001 £80,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £49,500 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +28.57% -31.71%

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 241 815 960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 94.88% 82.41% 95.71%
Number of salaries quoted 144 618 396
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £76,563
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £51,422 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -6.51% +1.85% +2.86%

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 May 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 3 (4.11%) Apache
1 3 (4.11%) IIS
1 3 (4.11%) nginx
1 3 (4.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.74%) Adobe XD
2 2 (2.74%) Sketch
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.37%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.07%) Azure
2 9 (12.33%) SaaS
3 7 (9.59%) Google Workspace
4 6 (8.22%) AWS
5 3 (4.11%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (4.11%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.74%) Figma
7 1 (1.37%) Asana
7 1 (1.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.37%) GCP
7 1 (1.37%) GitHub
7 1 (1.37%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.85%) RS-485
2 3 (4.11%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (4.11%) DMARC
2 3 (4.11%) Firewall
2 3 (4.11%) SSL
3 1 (1.37%) MQTT
3 1 (1.37%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.37%) VPN
3 1 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.59%) Elasticsearch
1 7 (9.59%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (8.22%) SQL Server
3 4 (5.48%) Redis
4 1 (1.37%) Big Data
4 1 (1.37%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Jenkins
2 3 (4.11%) GitLab
2 3 (4.11%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (2.74%) Git
3 2 (2.74%) JIRA
3 2 (2.74%) Moq
3 2 (2.74%) SpecFlow
4 1 (1.37%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.37%) Selenium
General
1 53 (72.60%) Social Skills
2 15 (20.55%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (15.07%) Finance
4 10 (13.70%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (12.33%) Public Sector
6 7 (9.59%) Local Government
6 7 (9.59%) Manufacturing
7 6 (8.22%) Electronics
8 4 (5.48%) Law
9 3 (4.11%) Czech Language
9 3 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (4.11%) Marketing
9 3 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.74%) Military
10 2 (2.74%) Tech for Good
11 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (13.70%) Project Manager
2 9 (12.33%) Senior
3 7 (9.59%) Administrator
3 7 (9.59%) Delivery Project Manager
3 7 (9.59%) Help Desk Technician
3 7 (9.59%) IT Technician
3 7 (9.59%) Software Delivery Project Manager
3 7 (9.59%) Software Engineer
3 7 (9.59%) Software Project Manager
4 6 (8.22%) Electronics Engineer
4 6 (8.22%) Technical Manager
5 5 (6.85%) Developer
5 5 (6.85%) Senior Electronics Engineer
6 4 (5.48%) Applications Engineer
6 4 (5.48%) Support Engineer
6 4 (5.48%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (5.48%) Technical Support
6 4 (5.48%) Technical Support Engineer
7 3 (4.11%) IT Administrator
7 3 (4.11%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.59%) Node.js
2 5 (6.85%) .NET
2 5 (6.85%) CSS
2 5 (6.85%) REST
3 3 (4.11%) ASP.NET
3 3 (4.11%) HTML
3 3 (4.11%) JSON
3 3 (4.11%) PyTorch
3 3 (4.11%) SOAP
3 3 (4.11%) TensorFlow
3 3 (4.11%) XML
4 2 (2.74%) AngularJS
4 2 (2.74%) Flask
4 2 (2.74%) Keras
4 2 (2.74%) Matplotlib
4 2 (2.74%) OpenCV
4 2 (2.74%) Pandas
4 2 (2.74%) React
4 2 (2.74%) scikit-learn
4 2 (2.74%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.07%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (12.33%) Algorithms
3 7 (9.59%) Life Science
4 6 (8.22%) FPGA
5 5 (6.85%) Product Ownership
5 5 (6.85%) Verilog
6 4 (5.48%) Driving Licence
7 3 (4.11%) Data Centre
7 3 (4.11%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (2.74%) 3D Graphics
8 2 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.74%) Data Structures
8 2 (2.74%) Raspberry Pi
9 1 (1.37%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (1.37%) IoT
9 1 (1.37%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 14 (19.18%) Windows
2 10 (13.70%) Linux
3 3 (4.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (4.11%) Unix
4 2 (2.74%) Android
5 1 (1.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (26.03%) Computer Science
2 18 (24.66%) Continuous Improvement
3 17 (23.29%) Agile
3 17 (23.29%) Mathematics
3 17 (23.29%) Physics
4 15 (20.55%) Collaborative Working
4 15 (20.55%) Project Management
5 11 (15.07%) Artificial Intelligence
6 10 (13.70%) Software Engineering
7 8 (10.96%) Change Management
7 8 (10.96%) Machine Learning
7 8 (10.96%) PRINCE2
7 8 (10.96%) Service Delivery
7 8 (10.96%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (9.59%) Business Transformation
8 7 (9.59%) DevOps
8 7 (9.59%) Line Management
8 7 (9.59%) Mentoring
8 7 (9.59%) Process Improvement
8 7 (9.59%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 17 (23.29%) Python
2 10 (13.70%) C++
3 9 (12.33%) Java
3 9 (12.33%) JavaScript
4 7 (9.59%) C
5 5 (6.85%) Bash
5 5 (6.85%) SQL
6 4 (5.48%) C#
6 4 (5.48%) PowerShell
7 3 (4.11%) VBA
8 2 (2.74%) PHP
9 1 (1.37%) Rust
9 1 (1.37%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.37%) VC++
Qualifications
1 29 (39.73%) Degree
2 8 (10.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (9.59%) DBS Check
4 6 (8.22%) NVQ Level 3
4 6 (8.22%) NVQ Level 4
5 4 (5.48%) Master's Degree
6 3 (4.11%) PhD
7 1 (1.37%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.37%) CCNA
7 1 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.37%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.48%) QA
2 3 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.37%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.37%) ISO 13485
3 1 (1.37%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (19.18%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.48%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (5.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.11%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.37%) Docker
4 1 (1.37%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (1.37%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.11%) Ansible
2 3 (4.11%) Graylog
2 3 (4.11%) Nagios
2 3 (4.11%) Puppet
2 3 (4.11%) Rundeck
2 3 (4.11%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.37%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (17.81%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.96%) Google
3 7 (9.59%) Salesforce
4 6 (8.22%) EMC
5 4 (5.48%) Citrix
5 4 (5.48%) VMware
6 3 (4.11%) Cisco
6 3 (4.11%) Juniper
6 3 (4.11%) NetApp
6 3 (4.11%) Oracle
6 3 (4.11%) PagerDuty
6 3 (4.11%) Pure Storage
7 2 (2.74%) Adobe
8 1 (1.37%) IBM
8 1 (1.37%) SAP
8 1 (1.37%) ServiceNow