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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 412 631 406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 15.51% 14.35% 14.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.75% 17.92% 14.85%
Number of salaries quoted 226 436 212
10th Percentile £25,267 £24,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,480 £28,438 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £51,000 £53,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £61,875 £68,750 £69,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -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 2,460 3,521 2,734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 92.59% 80.08% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 987 2,493 1,301
10th Percentile £25,625 £25,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £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 10 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 10 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 +4 125 £40,000 -11.11% 96
Derbyshire +2 84 £31,500 -16.00% 74
Leicestershire -8 73 £43,000 +16.22% 70
Lincolnshire +6 68 £28,306 -24.52% 49
Northamptonshire -28 59 £40,101 -2.79% 70
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 14 (3.40%) CMS
1 14 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (3.16%) WordPress
3 11 (2.67%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.46%) IIS
5 2 (0.49%) SAS
6 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.24%) Strapi
Applications
1 24 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.40%) Simulink
4 9 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.97%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.97%) Trello
6 2 (0.49%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.24%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 14 (3.40%) Shopify
1 14 (3.40%) Teamcenter
2 8 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.73%) Infor CloudSuite
3 3 (0.73%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.49%) Magento
5 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.24%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.24%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.24%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 56 (13.59%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (13.11%) Azure
3 28 (6.80%) AWS
4 20 (4.85%) Power Platform
5 12 (2.91%) GitHub
5 12 (2.91%) Slack
5 12 (2.91%) Zapier
6 7 (1.70%) OneDrive
7 6 (1.46%) ChatGPT
8 5 (1.21%) SaaS
9 4 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (0.97%) Entra ID
9 4 (0.97%) IaaS
10 3 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.73%) PaaS
11 2 (0.49%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.49%) BigCommerce
11 2 (0.49%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.49%) GCP
12 1 (0.24%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.85%) VPN
2 17 (4.13%) TCP/IP
3 16 (3.88%) DHCP
3 16 (3.88%) DNS
4 14 (3.40%) Firewall
5 13 (3.16%) Broadband
6 11 (2.67%) Network Security
7 8 (1.94%) Internet
8 6 (1.46%) VoIP
9 5 (1.21%) SAN
9 5 (1.21%) WLAN
10 2 (0.49%) Intranet
10 2 (0.49%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.49%) Wireless
11 1 (0.24%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.24%) LTE
11 1 (0.24%) Modbus
11 1 (0.24%) Profibus
11 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.98%) SQL Server
2 24 (5.83%) MySQL
3 15 (3.64%) Power BI
3 15 (3.64%) Tableau
4 8 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.97%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.97%) FileMaker
6 4 (0.97%) Power Query
6 4 (0.97%) PowerPivot
7 3 (0.73%) MS Access
8 2 (0.49%) KDB
8 2 (0.49%) Kdb+
8 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 2 (0.49%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.24%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 29 (7.04%) Git
2 14 (3.40%) Rational DOORS
3 13 (3.16%) Cucumber
3 13 (3.16%) Robot Framework
4 9 (2.18%) JIRA
5 7 (1.70%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.73%) Postman
7 2 (0.49%) Babel
7 2 (0.49%) JMeter
7 2 (0.49%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.49%) Mocha
7 2 (0.49%) webpack
8 1 (0.24%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.24%) Subversion
8 1 (0.24%) Toad
General
1 192 (46.60%) Social Skills
2 97 (23.54%) Analytical Skills
3 96 (23.30%) Retail
4 78 (18.93%) Manufacturing
5 43 (10.44%) Finance
6 31 (7.52%) Electronics
7 29 (7.04%) Law
7 29 (7.04%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (5.83%) Dutch Language
8 24 (5.83%) Finnish Language
8 24 (5.83%) Norwegian Language
9 21 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (4.85%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (4.37%) Telecoms
12 14 (3.40%) Aerospace
13 12 (2.91%) Banking
14 10 (2.43%) Marketing
15 9 (2.18%) Games
16 8 (1.94%) Billing
17 6 (1.46%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 73 (17.72%) IT Support
2 72 (17.48%) Trainer
3 57 (13.83%) Analyst
4 46 (11.17%) Developer
5 27 (6.55%) Senior
6 26 (6.31%) 2nd Line Support
6 26 (6.31%) Support Engineer
7 19 (4.61%) Junior
8 16 (3.88%) IT Engineer
8 16 (3.88%) Systems Engineer
9 14 (3.40%) IT Analyst
9 14 (3.40%) Junior Systems Engineer
9 14 (3.40%) Test Engineer
10 13 (3.16%) Lead
10 13 (3.16%) Service Analyst
10 13 (3.16%) Service Desk Analyst
10 13 (3.16%) Test Automation Engineer
11 12 (2.91%) 1st Line Support
11 12 (2.91%) IT Support Engineer
12 11 (2.67%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (5.10%) CSS
2 19 (4.61%) HTML
3 15 (3.64%) .NET
4 12 (2.91%) Laravel
5 11 (2.67%) React
6 9 (2.18%) RESTful
7 7 (1.70%) Web Services
8 6 (1.46%) ASP.NET
8 6 (1.46%) jQuery
8 6 (1.46%) Material-UI
8 6 (1.46%) Spring
8 6 (1.46%) Spring Boot
9 5 (1.21%) REST
10 4 (0.97%) SOAP
11 3 (0.73%) .NET Core
11 3 (0.73%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.73%) Middleware
11 3 (0.73%) Node.js
11 3 (0.73%) WPF
11 3 (0.73%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 72 (17.48%) Robotics
2 23 (5.58%) Driving Licence
3 18 (4.37%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (3.16%) Linux Command Line
5 9 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.94%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.70%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 6 (1.46%) Clustering
8 6 (1.46%) Credit Risk
9 4 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.97%) Product Ownership
9 4 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (0.97%) Replication
10 3 (0.73%) Analogue Electronics
10 3 (0.73%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (0.73%) Social Media
11 2 (0.49%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.49%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 98 (23.79%) Windows
2 23 (5.58%) Windows Server
3 21 (5.10%) Linux
4 15 (3.64%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.46%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.46%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.73%) Android
7 2 (0.49%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (20.63%) Artificial Intelligence
2 78 (18.93%) Customer Service
3 74 (17.96%) Machine Learning
4 73 (17.72%) Generative AI
4 73 (17.72%) LLM
5 72 (17.48%) Red Team
6 51 (12.38%) Project Management
7 50 (12.14%) Data Privacy
8 49 (11.89%) Computer Science
9 47 (11.41%) Mathematics
9 47 (11.41%) Mentoring
10 42 (10.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 33 (8.01%) ITIL
12 31 (7.52%) Analytics
12 31 (7.52%) Full-Stack Development
13 30 (7.28%) Agile
13 30 (7.28%) Decision-Making
14 28 (6.80%) Collaborative Working
15 27 (6.55%) Visualisation
16 25 (6.07%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 55 (13.35%) SQL
2 54 (13.11%) Python
3 26 (6.31%) JavaScript
4 24 (5.83%) Java
5 20 (4.85%) PowerShell
6 17 (4.13%) C#
6 17 (4.13%) PHP
7 14 (3.40%) MATLAB
8 13 (3.16%) Bash
8 13 (3.16%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (1.21%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.97%) C++
12 3 (0.73%) VB
13 2 (0.49%) C
13 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.24%) Ladder Logic
14 1 (0.24%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.24%) SAPscript
14 1 (0.24%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 167 (40.53%) Degree
2 32 (7.77%) DBS Check
3 30 (7.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 29 (7.04%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (4.13%) Master's Degree
6 10 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.70%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.70%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (1.46%) MCSE
9 5 (1.21%) A+ Certification
9 5 (1.21%) CCNA
9 5 (1.21%) CCNP
9 5 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.21%) LPIC
9 5 (1.21%) MCP
10 3 (0.73%) MCSA
11 2 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.49%) MCDST
11 2 (0.49%) Security Cleared
12 1 (0.24%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.34%) QA
2 10 (2.43%) GDPR
3 6 (1.46%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (1.21%) SLA
5 3 (0.73%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.49%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.49%) GRC
6 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.24%) NIST
7 1 (0.24%) PMBOK
System Software
1 49 (11.89%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.18%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.73%) Docker
4 3 (0.73%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.73%) Firmware
5 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Clustering
3 3 (0.73%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.73%) Terraform
4 1 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.24%) SCCM
4 1 (0.24%) SCOM
4 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 88 (21.36%) Databricks
2 86 (20.87%) Microsoft
3 76 (18.45%) Adobe
4 73 (17.72%) Google
5 19 (4.61%) Cisco
6 14 (3.40%) IBM
7 13 (3.16%) SAP
8 12 (2.91%) WooCommerce
9 7 (1.70%) BT
10 6 (1.46%) Sage
10 6 (1.46%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.46%) VMware
11 3 (0.73%) dotdigital
11 3 (0.73%) Infor
11 3 (0.73%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.49%) HP
12 2 (0.49%) Sophos
13 1 (0.24%) Informatica
13 1 (0.24%) Oracle
13 1 (0.24%) Zoho