Problem-Solving Jobs in the East of England

Problem Solving
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 3 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 -5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 684 1,002 556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.90% 15.47% 13.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.77% 20.00% 14.32%
Number of salaries quoted 389 635 274
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,600 £24,225
25th Percentile £27,500 £30,687 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £60,078
90th Percentile £66,000 £74,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £46,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.00% -9.09% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,460 5,009 3,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 90.53% 77.36% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,689 3,687 1,909
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,500 £33,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,760 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.38% -12.00% +4.17%

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 10 July 2025.

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 10 July 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
Hertfordshire +3 169 £42,500 -6.59% 161
Cambridgeshire +1 144 £32,500 -29.73% 185
Suffolk -3 136 £30,000 -25.00% 35
Essex -1 119 £32,500 -18.75% 88
Norfolk -6 66 £40,101 -6.74% 53
Bedfordshire -15 48 £45,000 +20.00% 58
East Anglia -1 4 £57,500 -35.75% 44
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 24 (3.51%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.49%) IIS
3 10 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.32%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.58%) IBM Domino
6 2 (0.29%) CMS
6 2 (0.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.15%) Apache
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.15%) SAS
7 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 51 (7.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (7.31%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.90%) Simulink
4 5 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.29%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.29%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.75%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.88%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.29%) C-CURE
3 2 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 150 (21.93%) Azure
2 73 (10.67%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (7.75%) Power Platform
4 46 (6.73%) AWS
5 32 (4.68%) AWS Lambda
5 32 (4.68%) Serverless
6 31 (4.53%) GCP
6 31 (4.53%) SaaS
7 27 (3.95%) Entra ID
8 21 (3.07%) Power Automate
9 12 (1.75%) Snowflake
10 10 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.17%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (1.17%) OneDrive
12 5 (0.73%) Amazon S3
12 5 (0.73%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.58%) dbt
14 3 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (0.44%) OCI
14 3 (0.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 96 (14.04%) Broadband
2 27 (3.95%) VPN
3 21 (3.07%) Firewall
4 19 (2.78%) TCP/IP
5 18 (2.63%) LAN
6 14 (2.05%) WAN
7 13 (1.90%) DNS
8 11 (1.61%) DHCP
9 9 (1.32%) DMARC
9 9 (1.32%) SSL
10 8 (1.17%) SD-WAN
10 8 (1.17%) VLAN
11 7 (1.02%) FTP
11 7 (1.02%) VoIP
12 6 (0.88%) Ethernet
12 6 (0.88%) Intranet
12 6 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.73%) ADSL2+
13 5 (0.73%) G.fast
13 5 (0.73%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (7.60%) Power BI
2 37 (5.41%) SQL Server
3 18 (2.63%) MySQL
4 17 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.90%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (1.46%) Redis
7 6 (0.88%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.88%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.58%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.44%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.29%) Big Data
10 2 (0.29%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.15%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (2.49%) Git
1 17 (2.49%) JIRA
2 15 (2.19%) Cucumber
2 15 (2.19%) Rational DOORS
2 15 (2.19%) Robot Framework
3 7 (1.02%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.44%) GitLab
4 3 (0.44%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.29%) Moq
5 2 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.29%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.29%) Vite
5 2 (0.29%) webpack
6 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.15%) NUnit
6 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 406 (59.36%) Social Skills
2 192 (28.07%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (10.38%) Finance
4 56 (8.19%) Electronics
5 45 (6.58%) Marketing
6 37 (5.41%) Manufacturing
7 29 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (4.09%) Aerospace
9 27 (3.95%) Games
10 26 (3.80%) Telecoms
11 25 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 23 (3.36%) Law
12 23 (3.36%) Legal
13 18 (2.63%) Aviation
14 14 (2.05%) Billing
15 13 (1.90%) Czech Language
15 13 (1.90%) Local Government
16 9 (1.32%) Automotive
16 9 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (1.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 88 (12.87%) Analyst
1 88 (12.87%) Senior
2 48 (7.02%) Support Analyst
3 45 (6.58%) Lead
4 42 (6.14%) Support Engineer
5 39 (5.70%) 1st Line Support
5 39 (5.70%) Developer
6 38 (5.56%) IT Support
7 37 (5.41%) Technical Support
8 30 (4.39%) Applications Support
8 30 (4.39%) Coordinator
9 29 (4.24%) Technical Engineer
10 28 (4.09%) Administrator
10 28 (4.09%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 25 (3.65%) Systems Engineer
12 24 (3.51%) Support Technician
12 24 (3.51%) Team Leader
12 24 (3.51%) Technical Support Engineer
13 21 (3.07%) Graduate
14 19 (2.78%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.97%) CSS
2 30 (4.39%) .NET
3 27 (3.95%) GraphQL
4 26 (3.80%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 26 (3.80%) WebGL
5 24 (3.51%) ASP.NET
5 24 (3.51%) HTML
6 16 (2.34%) jQuery
7 15 (2.19%) JSON
7 15 (2.19%) REST
8 13 (1.90%) XML
9 12 (1.75%) Node.js
9 12 (1.75%) React
10 11 (1.61%) HTML5
11 10 (1.46%) SOAP
12 9 (1.32%) CSS3
13 8 (1.17%) .NET Core
13 8 (1.17%) AngularJS
13 8 (1.17%) PySpark
13 8 (1.17%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 76 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (3.95%) Driving Licence
3 26 (3.80%) Animation
3 26 (3.80%) Management Information System
4 24 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (2.19%) Linux Command Line
5 15 (2.19%) Onboarding
6 13 (1.90%) Algorithms
7 12 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.46%) SCADA
9 9 (1.32%) Operational Technology
10 6 (0.88%) Data Centre
10 6 (0.88%) IoT
11 5 (0.73%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.73%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.73%) Wiki
12 4 (0.58%) Robotics
12 4 (0.58%) Social Media
13 3 (0.44%) Cyber Threat
13 3 (0.44%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 91 (13.30%) Windows
2 35 (5.12%) Linux
3 25 (3.65%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.05%) Windows 10
5 9 (1.32%) Unix
6 5 (0.73%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.44%) Android
8 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (19.59%) Mentoring
2 125 (18.27%) Computer Science
3 116 (16.96%) Customer Service
4 102 (14.91%) Agile
5 95 (13.89%) Project Management
6 89 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 62 (9.06%) Business Intelligence
7 62 (9.06%) Roadmaps
8 61 (8.92%) Business Enablement
9 59 (8.63%) Artificial Intelligence
10 58 (8.48%) Stakeholder Management
11 56 (8.19%) ERP
12 55 (8.04%) Process Improvement
13 49 (7.16%) High Availability
14 48 (7.02%) ITIL
15 47 (6.87%) Machine Learning
16 46 (6.73%) Product Management
17 43 (6.29%) Technology Enablement
18 42 (6.14%) Collaborative Working
18 42 (6.14%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 96 (14.04%) Python
2 82 (11.99%) SQL
3 52 (7.60%) JavaScript
4 44 (6.43%) Java
5 37 (5.41%) PowerShell
6 31 (4.53%) C#
6 31 (4.53%) TypeScript
7 26 (3.80%) HLSL
8 21 (3.07%) PHP
9 18 (2.63%) Bash
10 17 (2.49%) C++
11 14 (2.05%) MATLAB
12 11 (1.61%) T-SQL
13 9 (1.32%) VBA
14 4 (0.58%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.44%) C
16 2 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.29%) Go
17 1 (0.15%) Bicep
17 1 (0.15%) Rust
Qualifications
1 249 (36.40%) Degree
2 96 (14.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 36 (5.26%) DBS Check
4 33 (4.82%) Master's Degree
5 31 (4.53%) PhD
6 26 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 23 (3.36%) A+ Certification
8 22 (3.22%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (2.92%) PMP
10 17 (2.49%) CBAP
10 17 (2.49%) PMI Certification
11 15 (2.19%) Security Cleared
12 12 (1.75%) SC Cleared
13 7 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
14 5 (0.73%) Azure Certification
15 4 (0.58%) HNC
16 3 (0.44%) HND
17 2 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 2 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
18 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.31%) QA
2 16 (2.34%) SLA
3 12 (1.75%) GDPR
4 9 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.17%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.58%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.58%) NEBOSH
7 2 (0.29%) GRC
8 1 (0.15%) COBIT
8 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.15%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 59 (8.63%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.90%) Hyper-V
2 13 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.61%) Docker
4 5 (0.73%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 5 (0.73%) Firmware
5 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.29%) vSphere
6 1 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (3.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (1.17%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.73%) Terraform
6 2 (0.29%) Ansible
6 2 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.29%) Rancher
6 2 (0.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 125 (18.27%) Microsoft
2 44 (6.43%) YouTube
3 18 (2.63%) VMware
4 16 (2.34%) Oracle
5 15 (2.19%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.90%) Citrix
6 13 (1.90%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.75%) IBM
7 12 (1.75%) Sophos
8 10 (1.46%) Google
8 10 (1.46%) IFS
9 9 (1.32%) Intel
10 7 (1.02%) Cisco
11 5 (0.73%) BroadSoft
11 5 (0.73%) HP
11 5 (0.73%) Manugistics
11 5 (0.73%) Palo Alto
11 5 (0.73%) Polycom
11 5 (0.73%) WatchGuard
11 5 (0.73%) Yealink