Problem-Solving Jobs in the East Midlands

Problem Solving
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 10 4 11
Rank change year-on-year -6 +7 -4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 336 623 424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 13.74% 14.38% 14.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.96% 17.78% 15.32%
Number of salaries quoted 218 438 226
10th Percentile £25,267 £24,675 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,413 £28,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -17.58% +13.75%
75th Percentile £51,188 £53,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £50,967 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.93% -9.09% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,246 3,504 2,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 91.86% 80.91% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 975 2,487 1,325
10th Percentile £25,625 £25,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £32,070 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the East Midlands 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
Nottinghamshire +3 98 £40,000 -13.04% 124
Leicestershire -7 78 £43,000 +17.81% 95
Lincolnshire +8 63 £27,903 -25.59% 48
Northamptonshire -24 53 £40,101 +0.25% 71
Derbyshire -8 41 £30,995 -17.35% 148
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 15 (4.46%) CMS
2 14 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.17%) WordPress
3 11 (3.27%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.79%) IIS
5 2 (0.60%) SAS
6 1 (0.30%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.30%) Strapi
Applications
1 24 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (4.17%) Simulink
4 9 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.19%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.19%) Trello
6 2 (0.60%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.30%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 14 (4.17%) Teamcenter
2 13 (3.87%) Shopify
3 8 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.89%) Infor CloudSuite
4 3 (0.89%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.30%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.30%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.30%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 55 (16.37%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (15.77%) Azure
3 28 (8.33%) AWS
4 20 (5.95%) Power Platform
5 13 (3.87%) GitHub
5 13 (3.87%) Slack
5 13 (3.87%) Zapier
6 7 (2.08%) OneDrive
7 6 (1.79%) ChatGPT
8 4 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (1.19%) Entra ID
9 3 (0.89%) IaaS
9 3 (0.89%) SaaS
10 2 (0.60%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.60%) GCP
10 2 (0.60%) PaaS
11 1 (0.30%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.30%) Serverless
11 1 (0.30%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.74%) Network Security
2 23 (6.85%) Internet
3 20 (5.95%) VPN
3 20 (5.95%) WLAN
4 17 (5.06%) DHCP
4 17 (5.06%) DNS
4 17 (5.06%) TCP/IP
5 14 (4.17%) Firewall
6 7 (2.08%) Broadband
7 6 (1.79%) VoIP
8 5 (1.49%) SAN
9 2 (0.60%) Intranet
9 2 (0.60%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.60%) Wireless
10 1 (0.30%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.30%) LTE
10 1 (0.30%) Modbus
10 1 (0.30%) Profibus
10 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (10.71%) SQL Server
2 25 (7.44%) MySQL
3 15 (4.46%) Power BI
3 15 (4.46%) Tableau
4 8 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.19%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.19%) FileMaker
6 4 (1.19%) MS Access
6 4 (1.19%) Power Query
6 4 (1.19%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.60%) KDB
7 2 (0.60%) Kdb+
7 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 2 (0.60%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 30 (8.93%) Git
2 14 (4.17%) Rational DOORS
3 13 (3.87%) Cucumber
3 13 (3.87%) Robot Framework
4 9 (2.68%) JIRA
5 7 (2.08%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.89%) Postman
7 2 (0.60%) Babel
7 2 (0.60%) JMeter
7 2 (0.60%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.60%) Mocha
7 2 (0.60%) webpack
8 1 (0.30%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.30%) Subversion
8 1 (0.30%) Toad
General
1 181 (53.87%) Social Skills
2 95 (28.27%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (11.90%) Finance
4 30 (8.93%) Electronics
4 30 (8.93%) Law
5 29 (8.63%) Presentation Skills
6 22 (6.55%) Retail
7 21 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (5.95%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (5.36%) Telecoms
10 14 (4.17%) Aerospace
11 11 (3.27%) Banking
12 10 (2.98%) Marketing
13 8 (2.38%) Billing
13 8 (2.38%) Games
14 7 (2.08%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.79%) Local Government
16 3 (0.89%) Legal
16 3 (0.89%) Public Sector
16 3 (0.89%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 87 (25.89%) IT Support
2 55 (16.37%) Analyst
3 48 (14.29%) Developer
4 39 (11.61%) Support Engineer
5 32 (9.52%) IT Engineer
6 27 (8.04%) IT Support Engineer
6 27 (8.04%) Senior
7 24 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
8 19 (5.65%) Junior
9 14 (4.17%) IT Analyst
9 14 (4.17%) Junior Systems Engineer
9 14 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
10 13 (3.87%) Test Automation Engineer
10 13 (3.87%) Test Engineer
11 12 (3.57%) 1st Line Support
11 12 (3.57%) Service Analyst
11 12 (3.57%) Service Desk Analyst
12 11 (3.27%) Data Analyst
13 10 (2.98%) Full-Stack Developer
13 10 (2.98%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.55%) CSS
2 20 (5.95%) HTML
3 14 (4.17%) .NET
4 13 (3.87%) Laravel
5 11 (3.27%) React
6 9 (2.68%) RESTful
7 7 (2.08%) Web Services
8 6 (1.79%) ASP.NET
8 6 (1.79%) jQuery
8 6 (1.79%) Material-UI
8 6 (1.79%) Spring
8 6 (1.79%) Spring Boot
9 4 (1.19%) REST
10 3 (0.89%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.89%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.89%) Blazor
10 3 (0.89%) Middleware
10 3 (0.89%) Node.js
10 3 (0.89%) SOAP
10 3 (0.89%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.01%) Driving Licence
2 18 (5.36%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (3.87%) Linux Command Line
4 10 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.08%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 6 (1.79%) Clustering
6 6 (1.79%) Credit Risk
7 5 (1.49%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.19%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.19%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (1.19%) Replication
9 3 (0.89%) Social Media
10 2 (0.60%) Analogue Electronics
10 2 (0.60%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (0.60%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (0.60%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.60%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 113 (33.63%) Windows
2 37 (11.01%) Linux
3 24 (7.14%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.17%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.79%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.79%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.89%) Android
7 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (22.32%) Customer Service
2 59 (17.56%) Computer Science
3 55 (16.37%) Mentoring
4 51 (15.18%) Project Management
5 48 (14.29%) ITIL
6 47 (13.99%) Mathematics
7 39 (11.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (9.52%) Full-Stack Development
9 31 (9.23%) Analytics
10 30 (8.93%) Agile
11 29 (8.63%) Decision-Making
12 28 (8.33%) Asset Management
13 27 (8.04%) Collaborative Working
13 27 (8.04%) Visualisation
14 25 (7.44%) Data Analysis
14 25 (7.44%) User Experience
15 24 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
16 20 (5.95%) Front End Development
16 20 (5.95%) IT Asset Management
16 20 (5.95%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (16.67%) Python
2 55 (16.37%) SQL
3 26 (7.74%) JavaScript
4 25 (7.44%) Java
5 21 (6.25%) PowerShell
6 18 (5.36%) PHP
7 17 (5.06%) C#
8 14 (4.17%) Bash
8 14 (4.17%) MATLAB
9 13 (3.87%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (1.49%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.19%) C++
12 4 (1.19%) VB
13 2 (0.60%) C
13 2 (0.60%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.30%) Ladder Logic
14 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.30%) SAPscript
14 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 105 (31.25%) Degree
2 40 (11.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (9.52%) DBS Check
4 29 (8.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (6.25%) MCSE
7 20 (5.95%) CCNA
7 20 (5.95%) CCNP
7 20 (5.95%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (5.95%) LPIC
7 20 (5.95%) MCP
8 17 (5.06%) Master's Degree
9 7 (2.08%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.19%) A+ Certification
11 3 (0.89%) MCSA
11 3 (0.89%) Security Cleared
12 2 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.60%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.60%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.55%) QA
2 10 (2.98%) GDPR
3 6 (1.79%) Actionable Recommendations
3 6 (1.79%) SLA
4 3 (0.89%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.60%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.60%) GRC
5 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.30%) NIST
6 1 (0.30%) PMBOK
System Software
1 49 (14.58%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.68%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.89%) Docker
5 2 (0.60%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.60%) Firmware
6 1 (0.30%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.79%) Microsoft Clustering
3 3 (0.89%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.60%) Terraform
5 1 (0.30%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.30%) SCCM
5 1 (0.30%) SCOM
5 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 99 (29.46%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.12%) Cisco
3 15 (4.46%) Databricks
4 14 (4.17%) IBM
5 13 (3.87%) SAP
5 13 (3.87%) WooCommerce
6 7 (2.08%) BT
7 6 (1.79%) Sage
7 6 (1.79%) VMware
8 5 (1.49%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.19%) Adobe
10 3 (0.89%) dotdigital
10 3 (0.89%) Infor
10 3 (0.89%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.60%) HP
11 2 (0.60%) Sophos
12 1 (0.30%) EMC
12 1 (0.30%) Google
12 1 (0.30%) Informatica
12 1 (0.30%) Oracle