Problem-Solving Jobs in the East Midlands

Problem Solving
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 6 7 12
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 +18
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 285 549 443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 16.29% 18.34% 12.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.39% 19.42% 13.39%
Number of salaries quoted 138 321 298
10th Percentile £23,175 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -7.64%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% +2.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,639 2,827 3,308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 93.66% 94.42% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,030 1,723 2,146
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £38,750 £35,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,125 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.25% +11.11% +3.45%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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 December 2023.

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 December 2023. 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
Leicestershire -2 130 £37,500 -11.76% 44
Northamptonshire +4 48 £60,000 +33.33% 33
Nottinghamshire +1 45 £55,000 +4.76% 52
Derbyshire -4 39 £25,500 -49.00% 38
Lincolnshire +1 15 £42,500 -32.00% 44
Rutland - 4 £36,000 -
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 7 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.75%) Confluence
2 5 (1.75%) JBoss
2 5 (1.75%) Red Hat Fuse
3 4 (1.40%) OpenEdge
3 4 (1.40%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.70%) SAS
4 2 (0.70%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.35%) CMS
5 1 (0.35%) Kentico
5 1 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.35%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.35%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 31 (10.88%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 29 (10.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.70%) Simulink
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.70%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.70%) SAP MDM
4 1 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.35%) Magento
4 1 (0.35%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 68 (23.86%) Azure
2 21 (7.37%) Serverless
3 20 (7.02%) AWS
4 18 (6.32%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (6.32%) Cloud Computing
5 16 (5.61%) Power Platform
6 14 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (3.86%) GitHub
8 7 (2.46%) GCP
8 7 (2.46%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.40%) Rubrik
10 3 (1.05%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 3 (1.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (1.05%) SaaS
11 2 (0.70%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.70%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.70%) PaaS
11 2 (0.70%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.56%) DNS
2 10 (3.51%) WAN
3 8 (2.81%) DHCP
3 8 (2.81%) Wireless
4 7 (2.46%) TCP/IP
5 6 (2.11%) Firewall
5 6 (2.11%) Internet
5 6 (2.11%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.75%) Broadband
6 5 (1.75%) Network Security
7 4 (1.40%) 5G
7 4 (1.40%) HTTP
7 4 (1.40%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.40%) LAN
7 4 (1.40%) SMTP
8 2 (0.70%) VLAN
8 2 (0.70%) VoIP
8 2 (0.70%) VPN
8 2 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.35%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.37%) SQL Server
2 15 (5.26%) Relational Database
3 12 (4.21%) Oracle Database
4 10 (3.51%) NoSQL
4 10 (3.51%) Power BI
4 10 (3.51%) RDBMS
5 9 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.40%) MySQL
6 4 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.05%) Big Data
7 3 (1.05%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 3 (1.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.70%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.70%) JasperReports
8 2 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 39 (13.68%) Git
2 15 (5.26%) JIRA
3 7 (2.46%) Rational DOORS
4 6 (2.11%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.75%) IntelliJ
6 2 (0.70%) eggPlant
6 2 (0.70%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.70%) Maven
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.70%) Selenium
6 2 (0.70%) VectorCAST
7 1 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.35%) webpack
General
1 137 (48.07%) Social Skills
2 48 (16.84%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (8.42%) Manufacturing
4 21 (7.37%) Finance
5 18 (6.32%) Retail
6 14 (4.91%) Police
7 12 (4.21%) Public Sector
8 11 (3.86%) Electronics
9 9 (3.16%) Aerospace
9 9 (3.16%) Law
10 7 (2.46%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.75%) Agrochemical
12 5 (1.75%) Marketing
12 5 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.75%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.40%) Aviation
14 3 (1.05%) Automotive
14 3 (1.05%) Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (17.19%) Developer
2 33 (11.58%) Senior
3 28 (9.82%) Architect
4 27 (9.47%) Software Engineer
5 25 (8.77%) Analyst
6 23 (8.07%) Solutions Architect
7 20 (7.02%) IT Support
7 20 (7.02%) Presales Solution Architect
8 18 (6.32%) Java Engineer
8 18 (6.32%) Java Software Engineer
9 17 (5.96%) Cloud Engineer
10 16 (5.61%) Azure Engineer
11 15 (5.26%) Lead
12 14 (4.91%) Senior Developer
13 11 (3.86%) IT Manager
14 9 (3.16%) Design Engineer
15 7 (2.46%) DBA
16 6 (2.11%) Administrator
16 6 (2.11%) Systems Engineer
16 6 (2.11%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.47%) React
2 20 (7.02%) Spring
3 19 (6.67%) Node.js
4 17 (5.96%) CSS
5 16 (5.61%) .NET
5 16 (5.61%) HTML
6 14 (4.91%) RESTful
7 12 (4.21%) XML
8 11 (3.86%) J2EE
8 11 (3.86%) REST
8 11 (3.86%) Ruby on Rails
9 9 (3.16%) AngularJS
9 9 (3.16%) JSON
9 9 (3.16%) Web Services
10 7 (2.46%) Kafka
10 7 (2.46%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (1.75%) Hibernate
11 5 (1.75%) JPA
11 5 (1.75%) SOAP
11 5 (1.75%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 50 (17.54%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (9.47%) Taxonomies
3 22 (7.72%) Management Information System
4 12 (4.21%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.46%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.11%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.75%) Life Science
7 5 (1.75%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.40%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.40%) FPGA
8 4 (1.40%) GNSS
8 4 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.40%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.40%) Tandem
8 4 (1.40%) Verilog
8 4 (1.40%) VHDL
9 3 (1.05%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.70%) NHS
10 2 (0.70%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.53%) Windows
2 14 (4.91%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.56%) Linux
4 9 (3.16%) Android
5 7 (2.46%) Unix
6 6 (2.11%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.05%) Mac OS
8 3 (1.05%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.70%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (26.32%) Actionable Insight
2 69 (24.21%) Agile
3 50 (17.54%) DevOps
4 43 (15.09%) Mentoring
5 42 (14.74%) Software Engineering
5 42 (14.74%) Validation
6 34 (11.93%) Analytics
7 33 (11.58%) Business Strategy
7 33 (11.58%) Decision-Making
7 33 (11.58%) E-Commerce
8 31 (10.88%) Computer Science
9 30 (10.53%) Process Improvement
10 29 (10.18%) Continuous Integration
10 29 (10.18%) Data Management
11 28 (9.82%) Information Management
11 28 (9.82%) Time Management
12 27 (9.47%) Coaching
12 27 (9.47%) Data Cleansing
12 27 (9.47%) Data Validation
12 27 (9.47%) Electronic Trading
Programming Languages
1 49 (17.19%) Python
2 40 (14.04%) SQL
3 36 (12.63%) Java
3 36 (12.63%) JavaScript
4 30 (10.53%) C#
5 18 (6.32%) Ruby
6 17 (5.96%) PowerShell
7 8 (2.81%) Perl
8 7 (2.46%) Bash
8 7 (2.46%) Bicep
8 7 (2.46%) Go
8 7 (2.46%) TypeScript
9 6 (2.11%) C
10 4 (1.40%) ABAP
10 4 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (1.40%) OpenEdge ABL
10 4 (1.40%) Progress 4GL
10 4 (1.40%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.05%) Ada
11 3 (1.05%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 70 (24.56%) Security Cleared
2 69 (24.21%) SC Cleared
3 59 (20.70%) Degree
4 16 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.16%) Chartered Engineer
5 9 (3.16%) HND
6 8 (2.81%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.11%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.11%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.40%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.40%) OCA
8 4 (1.40%) OCP
8 4 (1.40%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.70%) MCP
9 2 (0.70%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.35%) CCNA
10 1 (0.35%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.26%) QA
2 6 (2.11%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.75%) DO-178B
3 5 (1.75%) GDPR
3 5 (1.75%) GxP
3 5 (1.75%) IEC 61508
3 5 (1.75%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.05%) GRC
6 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.70%) NCSC
6 2 (0.70%) PMO
7 1 (0.35%) COBIT
7 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.35%) NIST
7 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (8.42%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.96%) Docker
3 9 (3.16%) Firmware
4 5 (1.75%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 15 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.21%) Terraform
3 3 (1.05%) Ansible
3 3 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.70%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 84 (29.47%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.37%) Oracle
3 7 (2.46%) SAP
3 7 (2.46%) VMware
4 6 (2.11%) Google
5 4 (1.40%) Isilon
5 4 (1.40%) Mentor Graphics
5 4 (1.40%) Progress
5 4 (1.40%) Rackspace
5 4 (1.40%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.40%) Xilinx
6 2 (0.70%) Apple
6 2 (0.70%) Cadence
7 1 (0.35%) Adobe
7 1 (0.35%) Cisco
7 1 (0.35%) Informatica
7 1 (0.35%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.35%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.35%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.35%) Talend