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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 10 8
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 +10
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 632 400 571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 14.37% 14.13% 16.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.92% 14.71% 18.06%
Number of salaries quoted 437 210 300
10th Percentile £24,750 £26,250 £23,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £32,625 £28,109
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% -4.34%
75th Percentile £53,000 £60,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £63,875
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%

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 3,526 2,720 3,161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 80.15% 96.08% 91.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,494 1,295 2,046
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,850 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,351 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,553 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £56,200 £65,000 £61,213
90th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +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 10 May 2024.

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 2024. 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 +8 183 £45,000 -17.43% 84
Leicestershire +8 168 £37,000 -12.94% 65
Derbyshire +8 125 £37,500 -11.76% 66
Northamptonshire +17 100 £41,250 -23.26% 70
Lincolnshire -8 53 £37,500 -25.37% 31
Rutland - 1 - - 2
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 29 (4.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (3.64%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.90%) IIS
4 10 (1.58%) WordPress
5 8 (1.27%) Apache
6 5 (0.79%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.63%) CMS
8 2 (0.32%) Confluence
8 2 (0.32%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.32%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.16%) Drupal
9 1 (0.16%) JBoss
9 1 (0.16%) Kentico
9 1 (0.16%) PrestaShop
9 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.16%) TYPO3
Applications
1 62 (9.81%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (6.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (2.06%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.63%) Sketch
6 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.16%) Autodesk Inventor
7 1 (0.16%) InDesign
7 1 (0.16%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 8 (1.27%) Misys Midas
2 7 (1.11%) Shopify
3 5 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.63%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.47%) iTrent
5 3 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.16%) Magento
7 1 (0.16%) Primavera
7 1 (0.16%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 126 (19.94%) Azure
2 82 (12.97%) AWS
3 69 (10.92%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (4.27%) GCP
5 20 (3.16%) Entra ID
6 18 (2.85%) SaaS
7 17 (2.69%) Power Platform
8 16 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (1.90%) WhatsApp
10 10 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (1.42%) Figma
12 8 (1.27%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (1.27%) Cloudflare
12 8 (1.27%) Google Workspace
13 7 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (0.95%) Google Sheets
15 5 (0.79%) Amazon S3
15 5 (0.79%) GitHub
15 5 (0.79%) Serverless
16 4 (0.63%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 45 (7.12%) Firewall
2 32 (5.06%) DNS
3 25 (3.96%) VPN
4 22 (3.48%) DHCP
4 22 (3.48%) TCP/IP
5 18 (2.85%) Network Security
6 14 (2.22%) SAN
7 13 (2.06%) Wireless
8 12 (1.90%) Internet
8 12 (1.90%) WAN
9 11 (1.74%) LAN
10 10 (1.58%) Broadband
11 6 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.79%) Hyperconnected
12 5 (0.79%) IPsec
12 5 (0.79%) SNMP
13 4 (0.63%) NAS
13 4 (0.63%) NetScaler
13 4 (0.63%) Remote Desktop
14 3 (0.47%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (10.76%) SQL Server
2 26 (4.11%) BigQuery
2 26 (4.11%) Looker
3 24 (3.80%) Tableau
4 20 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (2.85%) Relational Database
6 15 (2.37%) MySQL
7 14 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
7 14 (2.22%) MongoDB
7 14 (2.22%) Power BI
8 11 (1.74%) Oracle Database
9 8 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (1.11%) RDBMS
10 7 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (0.95%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.79%) Crystal Reports
12 5 (0.79%) MariaDB
12 5 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.47%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 34 (5.38%) Git
2 10 (1.58%) Team Foundation Server
3 8 (1.27%) JIRA
4 4 (0.63%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.47%) Appium
5 3 (0.47%) Gatling
5 3 (0.47%) GitLab
5 3 (0.47%) gulp
5 3 (0.47%) JBehave
5 3 (0.47%) JDeveloper
5 3 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.47%) JMeter
5 3 (0.47%) JUnit
5 3 (0.47%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.32%) Android Studio
6 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.16%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.16%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.16%) webpack
7 1 (0.16%) WiX
General
1 312 (49.37%) Social Skills
2 224 (35.44%) Analytical Skills
3 83 (13.13%) Retail
4 72 (11.39%) Finance
5 48 (7.59%) Manufacturing
6 39 (6.17%) Presentation Skills
7 36 (5.70%) Marketing
8 27 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (3.96%) Law
10 17 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (2.53%) Automotive
12 11 (1.74%) Games
12 11 (1.74%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.58%) Aerospace
13 10 (1.58%) Billing
13 10 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.42%) Legal
14 9 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.42%) Public Sector
15 7 (1.11%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 81 (12.82%) Analyst
2 61 (9.65%) Lead
3 56 (8.86%) Support Engineer
4 55 (8.70%) Developer
5 49 (7.75%) Senior
6 39 (6.17%) IT Support
7 33 (5.22%) Architect
8 32 (5.06%) IT Engineer
9 30 (4.75%) Applications Support
10 27 (4.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 25 (3.96%) Data Analyst
12 24 (3.80%) Applications Engineer
12 24 (3.80%) Applications Support Engineer
13 22 (3.48%) IT Manager
14 21 (3.32%) Consultant
15 19 (3.01%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 18 (2.85%) IT Technician
17 17 (2.69%) Junior
17 17 (2.69%) Solutions Architect
17 17 (2.69%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (6.01%) .NET
2 29 (4.59%) HTML
3 22 (3.48%) React
4 16 (2.53%) REST
5 15 (2.37%) CSS
6 14 (2.22%) Node.js
7 13 (2.06%) AngularJS
7 13 (2.06%) ASP.NET
7 13 (2.06%) Laravel
8 9 (1.42%) ATL
8 9 (1.42%) Web Services
9 8 (1.27%) HTML5
9 8 (1.27%) jQuery
10 7 (1.11%) CSS3
11 6 (0.95%) ASP.NET MVC
11 6 (0.95%) Express.js
11 6 (0.95%) RabbitMQ
11 6 (0.95%) Tailwind CSS
11 6 (0.95%) Twig
11 6 (0.95%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 77 (12.18%) Self-Motivation
2 40 (6.33%) Management Information System
3 35 (5.54%) Driving Licence
4 21 (3.32%) Onboarding
5 18 (2.85%) Product Ownership
6 16 (2.53%) Taxonomies
7 15 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (2.22%) CCTV
8 14 (2.22%) Data Centre
9 10 (1.58%) Cyber Threat
9 10 (1.58%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.42%) Clustering
11 7 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (0.95%) FMCG
13 5 (0.79%) Augmented Reality
13 5 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (0.79%) Virtual Reality
14 4 (0.63%) Fibre Optics
14 4 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
14 4 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 109 (17.25%) Windows
2 66 (10.44%) Windows Server
3 44 (6.96%) Linux
4 9 (1.42%) Mac OS
5 8 (1.27%) Unix
5 8 (1.27%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.95%) Android
7 5 (0.79%) CentOS
7 5 (0.79%) Data ONTAP
7 5 (0.79%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.63%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.63%) SUSE
8 4 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.32%) AIX
9 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.16%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.16%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (14.24%) Customer Service
2 89 (14.08%) Agile
3 86 (13.61%) Project Management
4 66 (10.44%) DevOps
5 65 (10.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 59 (9.34%) Mentoring
7 50 (7.91%) Business Strategy
8 48 (7.59%) Actionable Insight
8 48 (7.59%) Analytics
8 48 (7.59%) ERP
9 47 (7.44%) Mathematics
10 44 (6.96%) Process Improvement
11 43 (6.80%) Data Analysis
12 42 (6.65%) Root Cause Analysis
12 42 (6.65%) Service Management
13 41 (6.49%) Cybersecurity
14 40 (6.33%) ITIL
15 39 (6.17%) Computer Science
16 38 (6.01%) Decision-Making
17 37 (5.85%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 122 (19.30%) SQL
2 62 (9.81%) Python
3 49 (7.75%) C#
4 39 (6.17%) JavaScript
5 25 (3.96%) PHP
6 21 (3.32%) Java
7 15 (2.37%) TypeScript
8 14 (2.22%) PowerShell
9 11 (1.74%) Bash
9 11 (1.74%) C
10 9 (1.42%) C++
11 8 (1.27%) Rust
12 7 (1.11%) Ruby
13 5 (0.79%) Bicep
13 5 (0.79%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.63%) Go
14 4 (0.63%) Perl
15 3 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.47%) MATLAB
15 3 (0.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 119 (18.83%) Degree
2 32 (5.06%) DBS Check
3 26 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (4.11%) Security Cleared
4 21 (3.32%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (1.74%) CISSP
7 10 (1.58%) CISM
7 10 (1.58%) HNC
8 7 (1.11%) ISEB
8 7 (1.11%) ISTQB
9 6 (0.95%) A+ Certification
9 6 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (0.95%) MCP
10 5 (0.79%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.79%) CCNA
10 5 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.79%) OCA
10 5 (0.79%) OCP
10 5 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (6.33%) QA
2 33 (5.22%) GDPR
3 28 (4.43%) SLA
4 13 (2.06%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.11%) PMO
6 6 (0.95%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.63%) WCAG
8 3 (0.47%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.16%) NCSC
10 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 73 (11.55%) Active Directory
2 24 (3.80%) Hyper-V
3 23 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.22%) Docker
5 5 (0.79%) Firmware
5 5 (0.79%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.47%) vSphere
7 2 (0.32%) pfSense
7 2 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (1.90%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.42%) Microsoft Clustering
4 6 (0.95%) Ansible
4 6 (0.95%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.79%) Data Guard
5 5 (0.79%) Oracle RMAN
5 5 (0.79%) vCenter Server
5 5 (0.79%) WSUS
6 4 (0.63%) SCOM
7 3 (0.47%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.47%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.32%) Terraform
9 1 (0.16%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.16%) Grafana
9 1 (0.16%) Puppet
Vendors
1 149 (23.58%) Microsoft
2 41 (6.49%) Google
3 28 (4.43%) VMware
4 20 (3.16%) Veeam
5 19 (3.01%) Databricks
5 19 (3.01%) SAP
6 16 (2.53%) Oracle
7 14 (2.22%) Cisco
8 12 (1.90%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.42%) Red Hat
10 8 (1.27%) Acronis
10 8 (1.27%) Meraki
11 7 (1.11%) Minitab
11 7 (1.11%) Palo Alto
12 6 (0.95%) Dell
12 6 (0.95%) JDA
12 6 (0.95%) WooCommerce
13 5 (0.79%) Citrix
13 5 (0.79%) HP
13 5 (0.79%) SolidFire