Problem-Solving Job Trends in Castleford

Problem Solving
West Yorkshire > Castleford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Castleford requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 3 7
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 +5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Castleford 33.33% 27.27% 25.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 33.33% 27.27% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £28,000
25th Percentile £26,500 - £28,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 - £30,000
75th Percentile £27,500 - £33,000
90th Percentile - - £34,200
West Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Castleford

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 Castleford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3 11 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Castleford 100.00% 100.00% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 6
10th Percentile £16,500 - £28,375
25th Percentile £20,250 - £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £30,000 £35,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -16.08% -4.67%
75th Percentile £42,500 - £38,563
90th Percentile £51,500 - £40,875
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £56,318
% change year-on-year +6.48% -4.12% +2.40%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Castleford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Castleford.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Castleford

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Castleford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Castleford citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Castleford citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Castleford 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst