Problem-Solving Jobs in Devon

Problem Solving
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Devon 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 1 6 10
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 0
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 167 131 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 36.95% 15.54% 13.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 39.67% 20.93% 14.50%
Number of salaries quoted 73 53 51
10th Percentile - £23,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £28,500 £30,932
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £40,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.25% +2.56% -13.33%
75th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £54,175 £57,500
South West median annual salary £40,101 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.58% -5.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 421 626 531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 93.14% 74.26% 92.03%
Number of salaries quoted 201 459 356
10th Percentile £25,087 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £30,625 £30,983
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.18% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,625
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.16% -3.81% +5.00%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Devon

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Devon

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Devon

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Devon

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

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Devon

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Devon region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Paignton +1 48 - - 1
Exeter +18 33 £33,250 -27.68% 150
Plymouth +8 29 £25,087 -35.26% 133
Tavistock - 12 £25,087 -
Ivybridge - 10 £25,087 -
Barnstaple +2 5 - -
Torquay - 2 £32,500 - 1
Problem-Solving
South West

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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 (1.80%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.60%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 11 (6.59%) Azure
1 11 (6.59%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (2.99%) GitHub
3 3 (1.80%) AWS
3 3 (1.80%) Entra ID
3 3 (1.80%) OneDrive
3 3 (1.80%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (0.60%) Amazon S3
4 1 (0.60%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.60%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.60%) SaaS
4 1 (0.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 55 (32.93%) Broadband
2 15 (8.98%) WAN
3 12 (7.19%) 5G
3 12 (7.19%) SD-WAN
4 8 (4.79%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (1.80%) DHCP
5 3 (1.80%) DNS
5 3 (1.80%) IPsec
5 3 (1.80%) LAN
5 3 (1.80%) VLAN
5 3 (1.80%) VPN
5 3 (1.80%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.80%) Power BI
2 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.60%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 20 (11.98%) JIRA
2 4 (2.40%) Git
2 4 (2.40%) LabVIEW
3 2 (1.20%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.60%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.60%) Postman
4 1 (0.60%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.60%) Selenium
4 1 (0.60%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.60%) WebDriver
General
1 77 (46.11%) Social Skills
2 55 (32.93%) Banking
2 55 (32.93%) Games
3 44 (26.35%) Presentation Skills
4 31 (18.56%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (13.77%) Electronics
6 20 (11.98%) Finance
7 15 (8.98%) Manufacturing
8 10 (5.99%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (4.79%) Retail
10 2 (1.20%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.60%) Marketing
11 1 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (32.93%) Customer Service Advisor
2 28 (16.77%) Technical Support
3 24 (14.37%) Senior
3 24 (14.37%) Support Engineer
4 20 (11.98%) Technical Engineer
4 20 (11.98%) Technical Support Engineer
5 13 (7.78%) 2nd Line Support
5 13 (7.78%) Support Technician
6 9 (5.39%) Analyst
6 9 (5.39%) Lead
7 8 (4.79%) FPGA Engineer
7 8 (4.79%) Project Leader
7 8 (4.79%) Senior FPGA Engineer
7 8 (4.79%) Senior Project Leader
7 8 (4.79%) Senior VHDL Engineer
7 8 (4.79%) Software Project Leader
7 8 (4.79%) Technical Leader
7 8 (4.79%) Technical Project Leader
7 8 (4.79%) VHDL Engineer
8 6 (3.59%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.40%) pytest
2 3 (1.80%) .NET
3 2 (1.20%) Playwright
3 2 (1.20%) React
4 1 (0.60%) CSS
4 1 (0.60%) CSS3
4 1 (0.60%) HTML
4 1 (0.60%) HTML5
4 1 (0.60%) Jest
4 1 (0.60%) Next.js
4 1 (0.60%) REST
4 1 (0.60%) RESTful
4 1 (0.60%) Symfony
4 1 (0.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.77%) Satnav
2 16 (9.58%) GNSS
3 12 (7.19%) Self-Driving Car
3 12 (7.19%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.79%) FPGA
4 8 (4.79%) MicroBlaze
4 8 (4.79%) VHDL
5 4 (2.40%) Robotics
5 4 (2.40%) SCADA
6 3 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.80%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.80%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.20%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.20%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.60%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.60%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.60%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.60%) Social Media
8 1 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (17.37%) Linux
2 25 (14.97%) Windows
3 4 (2.40%) Unix
4 3 (1.80%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.60%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (45.51%) Customer Service
2 40 (23.95%) B2B
3 34 (20.36%) Test Automation
4 21 (12.57%) Computer Science
5 20 (11.98%) CRM
5 20 (11.98%) Scenario Testing
6 17 (10.18%) Creative Thinking
7 16 (9.58%) Defect Tracking
7 16 (9.58%) Innovative Thinking
7 16 (9.58%) Requirements Analysis
8 15 (8.98%) Mentoring
8 15 (8.98%) Service Management
9 14 (8.38%) Agile
10 12 (7.19%) ITIL
10 12 (7.19%) Test Assurance
11 11 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (5.39%) Product Management
12 9 (5.39%) Programme Management
12 9 (5.39%) Software Engineering
13 8 (4.79%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.19%) MATLAB
2 8 (4.79%) C
2 8 (4.79%) C++
2 8 (4.79%) Perl
2 8 (4.79%) Tcl
2 8 (4.79%) VB
3 7 (4.19%) Python
4 4 (2.40%) C#
4 4 (2.40%) SQL
5 3 (1.80%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.20%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.60%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.60%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.60%) PHP
7 1 (0.60%) Swift
Qualifications
1 45 (26.95%) Degree
2 24 (14.37%) HND
3 22 (13.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (9.58%) HNC
5 13 (7.78%) A+ Certification
6 9 (5.39%) MCITP
6 9 (5.39%) Network+ Certification
7 6 (3.59%) NVQ Level 3
7 6 (3.59%) NVQ Level 4
8 5 (2.99%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.60%) CEH
9 1 (0.60%) CISM
9 1 (0.60%) CISSP
9 1 (0.60%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.60%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.60%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.60%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.58%) PMO
2 9 (5.39%) SLA
3 1 (0.60%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.60%) GDPR
3 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.60%) QA
System Software
1 12 (7.19%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.79%) Embedded Firmware
2 8 (4.79%) Firmware
3 2 (1.20%) Docker
3 2 (1.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 55 (32.93%) BT
2 21 (12.57%) Microsoft
3 20 (11.98%) Salesforce
4 8 (4.79%) Altera
4 8 (4.79%) Green Hills
4 8 (4.79%) Xilinx
5 2 (1.20%) VMware
6 1 (0.60%) Cisco
6 1 (0.60%) SAP
6 1 (0.60%) Telcordia