Problem-Solving Job Trends in the Channel Islands

Problem Solving
UK > Channel Islands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Channel Islands requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 4 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 6 8 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Channel Islands 54.55% 22.86% 14.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 54.55% 29.63% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 1
10th Percentile £55,000 - -
25th Percentile £68,125 £22,500 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £60,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +27.66% -37.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £62,500 £49,500
90th Percentile £91,875 - -
UK median annual salary £46,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.38% -4.55% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Channel Islands

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 the Channel Islands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11 27 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Channel Islands 100.00% 77.14% 71.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11 13 5
10th Percentile £34,000 £27,000 £44,700
25th Percentile £53,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £90,625 £62,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £64,900 £109,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the Channel Islands

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the Channel Islands

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the Channel Islands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Channel Islands citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Channel Islands citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the Channel Islands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the Channel Islands over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the Channel Islands

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the Channel Islands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Channel Islands region over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. 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
Jersey -1 5 £80,000 +33.33%
Guernsey - 2 £80,000 -
Problem-Solving
UK

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Channel Islands 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) EIGRP
1 1 (16.67%) OSPF
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) VLAN
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Legal
2 3 (50.00%) Marketing
3 2 (33.33%) Law
3 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Data Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Business Transformation
1 5 (83.33%) Regulatory Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 3 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (50.00%) Natural Language Processing
2 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Business Development
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Project Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISM
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
1 2 (33.33%) CRISC
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) GDPR
2 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (50.00%) SOC 2
3 2 (33.33%) COBIT
3 2 (33.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) Veritas