Problem-Solving Jobs in the East of England

Problem Solving
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 3 5 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +12
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 390 1,101 918
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 19.42% 19.19% 16.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.90% 20.30% 17.07%
Number of salaries quoted 220 407 380
10th Percentile £26,000 £24,679 £22,000
25th Percentile £30,594 £31,250 £27,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £59,625
90th Percentile £78,875 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% +2.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,866 5,423 5,377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 92.93% 94.51% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,293 2,536 2,782
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £37,500 £34,472
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,607 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.72% +13.76% +1.05%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £75,000
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 of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the East of England

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the East of England

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the East of England

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England 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
Cambridgeshire +5 155 £40,000 -8.57% 160
Hertfordshire +4 119 £48,750 -7.14% 104
Essex 0 59 £38,500 -3.75% 55
Bedfordshire -2 21 £40,000 -30.43% 51
Suffolk -1 19 £44,500 -38.19% 28
Norfolk +4 17 £35,500 -11.96% 28
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 16 (4.10%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.28%) Confluence
3 3 (0.77%) SAS
4 2 (0.51%) IIS
4 2 (0.51%) Moodle
4 2 (0.51%) nginx
4 2 (0.51%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 32 (8.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (6.92%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.05%) InDesign
3 8 (2.05%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.26%) Simulink
4 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.79%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.03%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.51%) Demantra
4 2 (0.51%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.51%) Oracle ASCP
4 2 (0.51%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.26%) iTrent
5 1 (0.26%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 47 (12.05%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (8.72%) Azure
3 32 (8.21%) AWS
4 22 (5.64%) Power Platform
5 20 (5.13%) SaaS
6 14 (3.59%) Entra ID
7 11 (2.82%) Cloud Computing
7 11 (2.82%) GitHub
7 11 (2.82%) Serverless
8 9 (2.31%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.77%) Azure Pipelines
11 3 (0.77%) GCP
11 3 (0.77%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.77%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.51%) AWS IoT
12 2 (0.51%) WhatsApp
13 1 (0.26%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (6.41%) Firewall
1 25 (6.41%) Internet
2 14 (3.59%) WAN
3 12 (3.08%) LAN
4 11 (2.82%) Wireless
5 9 (2.31%) DNS
5 9 (2.31%) Network Security
6 7 (1.79%) BGP
6 7 (1.79%) HTTP
6 7 (1.79%) OSPF
6 7 (1.79%) SAN
7 6 (1.54%) Cisco IOS
7 6 (1.54%) DMVPN
7 6 (1.54%) EIGRP
7 6 (1.54%) Junos
7 6 (1.54%) MPLS
7 6 (1.54%) Multicast
7 6 (1.54%) NX-OS
7 6 (1.54%) Spanning Tree
8 5 (1.28%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.21%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.64%) Power BI
3 15 (3.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (2.82%) MySQL
5 7 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.28%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.03%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.03%) Oracle Database 12c
7 4 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (0.77%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.77%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.51%) GIS
9 2 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.51%) Tableau
10 1 (0.26%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.26%) Looker
10 1 (0.26%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 13 (3.33%) Git
1 13 (3.33%) Jenkins
2 11 (2.82%) Maven
3 9 (2.31%) JIRA
4 7 (1.79%) IntelliJ
5 3 (0.77%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.77%) Selenium
6 2 (0.51%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.51%) Bitbucket Server
6 2 (0.51%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.51%) JMeter
6 2 (0.51%) Serenity BDD
6 2 (0.51%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.51%) Subversion
7 1 (0.26%) Crucible
7 1 (0.26%) Gerrit
7 1 (0.26%) Hudson
7 1 (0.26%) MSI
General
1 215 (55.13%) Social Skills
2 115 (29.49%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (16.41%) Finance
4 40 (10.26%) Electronics
5 33 (8.46%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (7.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 28 (7.18%) Marketing
7 25 (6.41%) Manufacturing
8 18 (4.62%) Automotive
8 18 (4.62%) Multimedia
8 18 (4.62%) Retail
9 16 (4.10%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (3.59%) Law
11 9 (2.31%) Advertising
11 9 (2.31%) Publishing
12 8 (2.05%) Military
12 8 (2.05%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.79%) Aviation
13 7 (1.79%) Games
14 6 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 81 (20.77%) Analyst
2 45 (11.54%) Senior
3 27 (6.92%) Support Analyst
3 27 (6.92%) Support Engineer
4 26 (6.67%) IT Support
5 22 (5.64%) Developer
5 22 (5.64%) IT Engineer
6 19 (4.87%) Software Engineer
7 18 (4.62%) IT Support Engineer
7 18 (4.62%) Lead
8 16 (4.10%) Development Manager
9 15 (3.85%) Field Engineer
10 14 (3.59%) Consultant
11 12 (3.08%) Applications Support
11 12 (3.08%) Delivery Manager
11 12 (3.08%) Graduate
11 12 (3.08%) Graphics Engineer
11 12 (3.08%) IT Analyst
12 11 (2.82%) Administrator
12 11 (2.82%) Performance Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.87%) OpenGL
1 19 (4.87%) OpenGL ES
1 19 (4.87%) Vulkan
2 18 (4.62%) Direct3D
3 14 (3.59%) CSS
3 14 (3.59%) HTML
4 11 (2.82%) JSON
5 10 (2.56%) XML
6 9 (2.31%) AngularJS
6 9 (2.31%) SOAP
7 8 (2.05%) React
7 8 (2.05%) REST
8 7 (1.79%) EDI
8 7 (1.79%) J2EE
8 7 (1.79%) jOOQ
8 7 (1.79%) React Native
8 7 (1.79%) Redux
8 7 (1.79%) Vue
9 6 (1.54%) .NET
10 5 (1.28%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 58 (14.87%) Self-Motivation
2 25 (6.41%) Driving Licence
3 23 (5.90%) Smartphone
4 21 (5.38%) IoT
5 19 (4.87%) Life Science
5 19 (4.87%) Mali
6 18 (4.62%) 3D Graphics
7 15 (3.85%) Onboarding
8 14 (3.59%) Virtual Team
9 10 (2.56%) Data Centre
10 9 (2.31%) Algorithms
11 8 (2.05%) Management Information System
11 8 (2.05%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (2.05%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.79%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 6 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (1.54%) EPoS
14 5 (1.28%) Blockchain
14 5 (1.28%) Client/Server
14 5 (1.28%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 55 (14.10%) Windows
2 25 (6.41%) Android
3 23 (5.90%) Windows Server
4 20 (5.13%) Windows 10
5 18 (4.62%) Linux
6 16 (4.10%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.28%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (20.26%) Customer Service
2 49 (12.56%) Process Improvement
3 44 (11.28%) Computer Science
4 40 (10.26%) Agile
5 35 (8.97%) Project Delivery
5 35 (8.97%) Project Management
6 34 (8.72%) Machine Learning
7 33 (8.46%) Mentoring
8 29 (7.44%) Data Analysis
9 28 (7.18%) Decision-Making
9 28 (7.18%) Time Management
10 27 (6.92%) Stakeholder Management
11 26 (6.67%) Presales
11 26 (6.67%) Prototyping
11 26 (6.67%) Software Engineering
12 25 (6.41%) Mathematics
13 24 (6.15%) Business Development
13 24 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (6.15%) Cybersecurity
14 22 (5.64%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 47 (12.05%) SQL
2 37 (9.49%) Python
3 30 (7.69%) C++
4 27 (6.92%) C
5 19 (4.87%) JavaScript
6 16 (4.10%) Java
7 13 (3.33%) Bash
8 12 (3.08%) C#
9 6 (1.54%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.28%) Go
10 5 (1.28%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.28%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.28%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.77%) Ada
11 3 (0.77%) PHP
12 2 (0.51%) Perl
12 2 (0.51%) R
12 2 (0.51%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.26%) Ruby
13 1 (0.26%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 139 (35.64%) Degree
2 36 (9.23%) Security Cleared
3 34 (8.72%) Master's Degree
4 27 (6.92%) DBS Check
5 25 (6.41%) SC Cleared
6 21 (5.38%) PhD
7 12 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (2.82%) AAT
8 11 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (2.05%) ACCA
10 8 (2.05%) CCNA
10 8 (2.05%) CIMA
10 8 (2.05%) CISM
10 8 (2.05%) CISSP
11 4 (1.03%) CASP
11 4 (1.03%) CEH
11 4 (1.03%) CRISC
12 3 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.77%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.38%) QA
2 15 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (3.33%) NIST
4 12 (3.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (2.56%) GDPR
5 10 (2.56%) SLA
6 4 (1.03%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.03%) GxP
6 4 (1.03%) ISO 31000
6 4 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 4 (1.03%) NCSC
6 4 (1.03%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.77%) ISO 14001
7 3 (0.77%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.51%) PMO
9 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.26%) GRC
9 1 (0.26%) JTAG
System Software
1 58 (14.87%) Active Directory
2 19 (4.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.85%) Docker
4 11 (2.82%) Hyper-V
5 9 (2.31%) Firmware
6 3 (0.77%) DFS Replication
6 3 (0.77%) vSphere
7 2 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (2.05%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.54%) Ansible
3 4 (1.03%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (1.03%) Oracle RMAN
3 4 (1.03%) Terraform
4 3 (0.77%) Puppet
5 2 (0.51%) SCCM
6 1 (0.26%) Fluentd
6 1 (0.26%) logstash
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 100 (25.64%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.38%) VMware
3 15 (3.85%) Cisco
4 14 (3.59%) ServiceNow
5 12 (3.08%) Google
6 11 (2.82%) Apple
6 11 (2.82%) Oracle
7 9 (2.31%) Adobe
8 8 (2.05%) Citrix
8 8 (2.05%) Juniper
8 8 (2.05%) Veeam
9 7 (1.79%) Intel
9 7 (1.79%) SAP
9 7 (1.79%) YouTube
10 6 (1.54%) Computacenter
10 6 (1.54%) IBM
11 5 (1.28%) HP
12 4 (1.03%) Dell
13 3 (0.77%) Ericsson
13 3 (0.77%) Siemens