Problem-Solving Job Trends in Cheltenham

Problem Solving
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 19 22
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 +3
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 13 21 49
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 7.26% 13.64% 13.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.16% 14.58% 14.54%
Number of salaries quoted 8 11 18
10th Percentile £32,200 £38,750 £23,750
25th Percentile £35,313 £51,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £67,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.07% +39.18% -11.82%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £69,688
90th Percentile - £78,750 £88,750
Gloucestershire median annual salary £41,355 £65,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year -36.38% +38.30% -6.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 128 144 337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 71.51% 93.51% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 95 75 187
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,600 £36,850
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £82,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Cheltenham

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Infor CloudSuite
1 3 (23.08%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) AWS
1 2 (15.38%) Intacct
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) DHCP
1 1 (7.69%) DNS
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
1 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
2 3 (23.08%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (23.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (15.38%) MongoDB
3 2 (15.38%) MySQL
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Database
3 2 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (7.69%) Power BI
4 1 (7.69%) Power Query
4 1 (7.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Git
2 1 (7.69%) Bitbucket
2 1 (7.69%) GitLab
General
1 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.69%) Automotive
4 1 (7.69%) Electronics
4 1 (7.69%) Marketing
4 1 (7.69%) Military
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Developer
1 4 (30.77%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Accountant
3 2 (15.38%) Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) DBA
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle DBA
3 2 (15.38%) Systems Accountant
4 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Graduate Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Graduate Software Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Power BI Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) SQL Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) .NET
2 3 (23.08%) Web Services
3 1 (7.69%) .NET Framework
3 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET
3 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (7.69%) Blazor
3 1 (7.69%) CSS
3 1 (7.69%) CSS3
3 1 (7.69%) Entity Framework
3 1 (7.69%) HTML
3 1 (7.69%) HTML5
3 1 (7.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Clustering
1 2 (15.38%) Replication
2 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Linux
3 2 (15.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) ERP
2 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
3 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (23.08%) Project Management
4 2 (15.38%) Business Continuity
4 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
4 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (15.38%) Performance Management
5 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
5 1 (7.69%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
5 1 (7.69%) Data Analytics
5 1 (7.69%) Data Interpretation
5 1 (7.69%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (7.69%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (7.69%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (7.69%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 4 (30.77%) C#
2 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
3 3 (23.08%) Python
4 1 (7.69%) Bash
4 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
4 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) ACCA
2 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (15.38%) CIMA
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
1 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Data Guard
1 2 (15.38%) Nagios
2 1 (7.69%) Ansible
2 1 (7.69%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Infor
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle
3 2 (15.38%) Sage
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco
4 1 (7.69%) ConnectWise
4 1 (7.69%) Dell
4 1 (7.69%) HP
4 1 (7.69%) Juniper
4 1 (7.69%) SAP
4 1 (7.69%) Sophos
4 1 (7.69%) Veeam
4 1 (7.69%) VMware