Problem-Solving Job Trends in England

Problem Solving
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 4 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 +6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 7,114 8,087 13,516
As % of all permanent jobs in England 8.28% 19.36% 14.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.23% 21.22% 17.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5,104 4,612 8,356
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £33,474
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £88,225 £84,964
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £49,107
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.82% -10.72%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 63,352 38,114 76,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.77% 91.23% 82.25%
Number of salaries quoted 44,748 21,402 54,898
10th Percentile £30,775 £28,898 £29,605
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,927 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £72,761
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in England

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in England

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 3 July 2026. 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
London -6 1,996 £70,000 +7.69% 1,282
North of England -8 1,462 £44,000 +3.53% 695
South East -4 1,356 £45,000 +5.88% 834
Midlands -7 1,002 £42,000 -1.18% 454
North West -6 768 £45,000 -2.17% 383
South West -6 652 £44,000 +17.33% 338
West Midlands -9 567 £42,500 -5.56% 247
East of England -3 561 £44,750 +27.86% 289
Yorkshire -12 511 £42,500 +21.43% 219
East Midlands -10 432 £35,000 -4.11% 208
North East -16 183 £50,000 +25.00% 110
Problem-Solving
UK

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 399 (5.61%) SharePoint
2 387 (5.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 78 (1.10%) Confluence
4 66 (0.93%) CMS
5 52 (0.73%) Apache
6 39 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
7 38 (0.53%) Apache Spark
8 37 (0.52%) IIS
9 33 (0.46%) WordPress
10 17 (0.24%) SAS
11 15 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
12 11 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 10 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
13 10 (0.14%) WebLogic
13 10 (0.14%) WebSphere
14 8 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2007
14 8 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
15 7 (0.098%) nginx
15 7 (0.098%) OpenEdge
16 6 (0.084%) Moodle
Applications
1 444 (6.24%) Microsoft Office
2 396 (5.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 71 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
5 33 (0.46%) MS Visio
6 27 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
7 15 (0.21%) Chatbot
8 10 (0.14%) AutoCAD
9 9 (0.13%) Simulink
9 9 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
10 8 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 8 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
10 8 (0.11%) Trello
11 5 (0.070%) Fusion 360
11 5 (0.070%) Lightworks
11 5 (0.070%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.042%) Autodesk Inventor
12 3 (0.042%) Blender
12 3 (0.042%) Maya
12 3 (0.042%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 79 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 64 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 41 (0.58%) NetSuite
4 22 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 20 (0.28%) Shopify
6 16 (0.22%) Magento
7 15 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
8 14 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
8 14 (0.20%) SAP ERP
9 13 (0.18%) iTrent
10 11 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 11 (0.15%) Maximo
11 10 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
11 10 (0.14%) Elite 3E
12 9 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
12 9 (0.13%) SAP Business One
12 9 (0.13%) Workday HCM
13 8 (0.11%) Sage 50
13 8 (0.11%) SAP CO
14 7 (0.098%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 1,545 (21.72%) Azure
2 1,154 (16.22%) Microsoft 365
3 911 (12.81%) AWS
4 552 (7.76%) Power Platform
5 336 (4.72%) SaaS
6 329 (4.62%) Entra ID
7 324 (4.55%) GCP
8 179 (2.52%) Serverless
9 162 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
10 153 (2.15%) GitHub
11 143 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
12 135 (1.90%) Power Automate
13 117 (1.64%) PowerApps
14 98 (1.38%) OneDrive
15 95 (1.34%) Amazon S3
16 78 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
17 77 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
18 76 (1.07%) PaaS
19 74 (1.04%) AWS Lambda
20 71 (1.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 485 (6.82%) Firewall
2 422 (5.93%) DNS
3 365 (5.13%) DHCP
4 304 (4.27%) VPN
5 237 (3.33%) TCP/IP
5 237 (3.33%) WAN
6 222 (3.12%) Wi-Fi
7 219 (3.08%) LAN
8 172 (2.42%) Broadband
9 147 (2.07%) VLAN
9 147 (2.07%) Wireless
10 107 (1.50%) Network Security
11 106 (1.49%) VoIP
12 56 (0.79%) SD-WAN
13 50 (0.70%) Internet
14 46 (0.65%) BGP
15 44 (0.62%) OSPF
16 41 (0.58%) SAN
17 39 (0.55%) HTTP
18 30 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 441 (6.20%) Power BI
2 325 (4.57%) SQL Server
3 137 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
4 106 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
5 105 (1.48%) Tableau
6 104 (1.46%) MySQL
7 100 (1.41%) NoSQL
7 100 (1.41%) Relational Database
8 99 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
9 86 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 79 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 57 (0.80%) Power Query
12 55 (0.77%) MongoDB
13 51 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
14 49 (0.69%) Big Data
15 44 (0.62%) Data Lake
16 37 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
17 33 (0.46%) DynamoDB
18 31 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
18 31 (0.44%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 288 (4.05%) Git
2 215 (3.02%) JIRA
3 102 (1.43%) GitLab
3 102 (1.43%) Jenkins
4 28 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
5 26 (0.37%) Cucumber
6 24 (0.34%) Selenium
7 22 (0.31%) JUnit
8 21 (0.30%) Cypress.io
8 21 (0.30%) Eclipse
8 21 (0.30%) Subversion
9 19 (0.27%) Visual Studio
10 17 (0.24%) Chocolatey
10 17 (0.24%) SonarQube
11 16 (0.22%) Claude Code
11 16 (0.22%) Maven
12 14 (0.20%) Burp Suite
12 14 (0.20%) Metasploit
12 14 (0.20%) Postman
12 14 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 3,362 (47.26%) Social Skills
2 2,038 (28.65%) Analytical Skills
3 1,375 (19.33%) Finance
4 446 (6.27%) Organisational Skills
5 439 (6.17%) Manufacturing
6 376 (5.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 342 (4.81%) Law
8 329 (4.62%) Retail
9 303 (4.26%) Marketing
10 286 (4.02%) Legal
11 284 (3.99%) Public Sector
12 267 (3.75%) Banking
13 159 (2.24%) Telecoms
14 137 (1.93%) Electronics
14 137 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
15 134 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
16 115 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
17 100 (1.41%) Aerospace
18 95 (1.34%) Advertising
19 82 (1.15%) Games
Job Titles
1 919 (12.92%) Analyst
2 862 (12.12%) Senior
3 725 (10.19%) IT Support
4 685 (9.63%) Developer
5 613 (8.62%) Support Engineer
6 435 (6.11%) IT Engineer
7 430 (6.04%) Lead
8 336 (4.72%) IT Support Engineer
9 315 (4.43%) Consultant
10 271 (3.81%) Support Analyst
11 253 (3.56%) Software Engineer
12 251 (3.53%) Support Technician
13 236 (3.32%) Systems Engineer
14 235 (3.30%) Architect
15 210 (2.95%) Technical Support
16 197 (2.77%) IT Technician
17 176 (2.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 171 (2.40%) Administrator
18 171 (2.40%) Data Engineer
19 168 (2.36%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 288 (4.05%) .NET
2 278 (3.91%) React
3 216 (3.04%) HTML
4 205 (2.88%) REST
5 177 (2.49%) CSS
6 148 (2.08%) Node.js
7 142 (2.00%) RESTful
8 107 (1.50%) SOAP
9 101 (1.42%) Middleware
10 88 (1.24%) JSON
11 84 (1.18%) Spring
11 84 (1.18%) Vue
12 83 (1.17%) AngularJS
13 69 (0.97%) XML
14 68 (0.96%) Web Services
15 67 (0.94%) Kafka
16 60 (0.84%) OAuth
17 56 (0.79%) gRPC
18 53 (0.75%) Spring Boot
19 51 (0.72%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 435 (6.11%) Driving Licence
2 422 (5.93%) Onboarding
3 348 (4.89%) Self-Motivation
4 275 (3.87%) Cloud Native
5 259 (3.64%) Management Information System
6 192 (2.70%) Product Ownership
7 173 (2.43%) Data Centre
8 171 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
9 148 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
10 122 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
11 103 (1.45%) Security Posture
12 90 (1.27%) Mobile App
13 89 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
14 87 (1.22%) Data Structures
15 80 (1.12%) Social Media
16 78 (1.10%) Algorithms
17 70 (0.98%) Low-Code
18 69 (0.97%) Public Cloud
19 65 (0.91%) Virtual Team
20 63 (0.89%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1,140 (16.02%) Windows
2 496 (6.97%) Windows Server
3 483 (6.79%) Linux
4 178 (2.50%) Windows 10
5 122 (1.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 114 (1.60%) Android
7 93 (1.31%) Apple iOS
7 93 (1.31%) Mac OS
8 62 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
9 44 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 44 (0.62%) Unix
10 31 (0.44%) CentOS
10 31 (0.44%) Ubuntu
11 29 (0.41%) VMS
12 21 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
13 16 (0.22%) Windows 7
14 14 (0.20%) Debian
14 14 (0.20%) Mac OS X
15 7 (0.098%) FreeRTOS
15 7 (0.098%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,501 (21.10%) Continuous Improvement
2 1,110 (15.60%) Agile
3 1,054 (14.82%) Customer Service
4 802 (11.27%) AI
5 797 (11.20%) Mentoring
6 782 (10.99%) CI/CD
7 759 (10.67%) Decision-Making
8 669 (9.40%) Analytics
9 659 (9.26%) DevOps
10 635 (8.93%) Software Engineering
11 624 (8.77%) Stakeholder Management
12 593 (8.34%) ITIL
13 572 (8.04%) Cybersecurity
14 549 (7.72%) Roadmaps
15 526 (7.39%) Computer Science
16 504 (7.08%) Business Intelligence
17 486 (6.83%) Project Management
18 469 (6.59%) Collaborative Working
19 442 (6.21%) Coaching
20 429 (6.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1,115 (15.67%) SQL
2 1,078 (15.15%) Python
3 481 (6.76%) JavaScript
4 380 (5.34%) C#
5 357 (5.02%) Java
6 346 (4.86%) PowerShell
7 221 (3.11%) TypeScript
8 172 (2.42%) Bash
9 169 (2.38%) C++
10 95 (1.34%) PHP
11 91 (1.28%) Go
12 66 (0.93%) C
13 64 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 60 (0.84%) T-SQL
15 55 (0.77%) Scala
16 45 (0.63%) Rust
17 43 (0.60%) PL/SQL
18 41 (0.58%) R
19 36 (0.51%) Kotlin
20 35 (0.49%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1,123 (15.79%) Degree
2 583 (8.20%) Security Cleared
3 395 (5.55%) SC Cleared
4 268 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 229 (3.22%) DBS Check
6 196 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 127 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
8 126 (1.77%) CISSP
9 122 (1.71%) DV Cleared
10 112 (1.57%) Azure Certification
11 110 (1.55%) Master's Degree
12 84 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
13 77 (1.08%) PMI Certification
14 76 (1.07%) CCNA
15 74 (1.04%) PMP
16 71 (1.00%) ACCA
17 69 (0.97%) A+ Certification
18 66 (0.93%) CIMA
19 63 (0.89%) CCNP
19 63 (0.89%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 390 (5.48%) QA
2 343 (4.82%) Data Quality
3 295 (4.15%) GDPR
4 208 (2.92%) SLA
5 200 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 193 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 170 (2.39%) Accessibility
8 150 (2.11%) NIST
8 150 (2.11%) PCI DSS
9 57 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 50 (0.70%) PMO
11 36 (0.51%) ISO 9001
12 33 (0.46%) SOC 2
13 32 (0.45%) GRC
14 28 (0.39%) COBIT
15 21 (0.30%) GMP
16 18 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 16 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
18 15 (0.21%) IFRS
19 14 (0.20%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 785 (11.03%) Active Directory
2 325 (4.57%) Docker
3 259 (3.64%) Hyper-V
4 232 (3.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 63 (0.89%) Terminal Server
6 49 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
7 37 (0.52%) Firmware
8 33 (0.46%) vSphere
9 30 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
10 16 (0.22%) KVM
11 14 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
12 11 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
13 10 (0.14%) IAG
14 7 (0.098%) VMware NSX
14 7 (0.098%) VMware Workstation
14 7 (0.098%) XenApp
15 5 (0.070%) ClearTrust
16 4 (0.056%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.056%) Virtual Servers
17 3 (0.042%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 328 (4.61%) Terraform
2 284 (3.99%) Kubernetes
3 269 (3.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 159 (2.24%) Ansible
5 98 (1.38%) Grafana
6 80 (1.12%) SCCM
7 59 (0.83%) Prometheus
8 34 (0.48%) Nagios
9 32 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
10 21 (0.30%) FortiGate
11 18 (0.25%) Kibana
12 17 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
13 16 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 14 (0.20%) Argo
14 14 (0.20%) Autotask
14 14 (0.20%) Puppet
15 13 (0.18%) vCenter Server
16 12 (0.17%) logstash
16 12 (0.17%) Proxmox
17 11 (0.15%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 2,008 (28.23%) Microsoft
2 336 (4.72%) VMware
3 179 (2.52%) Google
4 178 (2.50%) Oracle
5 167 (2.35%) SAP
6 152 (2.14%) Cisco
7 150 (2.11%) Salesforce
8 138 (1.94%) ServiceNow
9 123 (1.73%) SolarWinds
10 122 (1.71%) Veeam
11 114 (1.60%) Splunk
12 107 (1.50%) Databricks
13 79 (1.11%) Apple
14 67 (0.94%) Tanium
15 64 (0.90%) Nimble Storage
16 63 (0.89%) Brocade
17 59 (0.83%) Dell
18 57 (0.80%) Adobe
18 57 (0.80%) Sage
19 56 (0.79%) Red Hat