Problem-Solving Jobs in Essex

Problem Solving
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 71 188 178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 17.53% 21.51% 20.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.58% 26.40% 22.28%
Number of salaries quoted 45 149 84
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £30,375
25th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £43,750 £55,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £71,000 £72,500 £70,875
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% +5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 345 712 799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 85.19% 81.46% 93.56%
Number of salaries quoted 181 577 365
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,759 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Essex

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Essex

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Essex.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Essex

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Essex over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Essex

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Essex region over the 6 months to 7 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
Colchester +5 6 £27,500 -35.29% 17
Basildon 0 6 £32,500 -23.53% 22
Chelmsford -4 6 £65,000 +124.14% 31
Southend-on-Sea +2 5 £32,500 +35.42% 6
Tilbury -1 5 - -
Hockley - 4 - - 1
Epping - 4 £32,500 - 1
Harlow +2 2 - - 4
Saffron Walden +3 1 £55,000 +47.65% 9
Braintree 0 1 £35,000 +45.83% 5
Problem-Solving
East of England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 5 (7.04%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.82%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (2.82%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (5.63%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (2.82%) AutoCAD
2 2 (2.82%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (5.63%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.41%) Magento
2 1 (1.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 13 (18.31%) Azure
1 13 (18.31%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (7.04%) AWS
2 5 (7.04%) Entra ID
2 5 (7.04%) OneDrive
3 4 (5.63%) SaaS
4 3 (4.23%) dbt
4 3 (4.23%) Snowflake
5 2 (2.82%) Amazon S3
5 2 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (2.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 2 (2.82%) Serverless
6 1 (1.41%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.41%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (14.08%) LAN
1 10 (14.08%) WAN
2 6 (8.45%) Firewall
2 6 (8.45%) Intranet
3 5 (7.04%) Broadband
3 5 (7.04%) VLAN
3 5 (7.04%) VPN
4 3 (4.23%) Network Security
5 2 (2.82%) Internet
5 2 (2.82%) WLAN
6 1 (1.41%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.45%) MySQL
2 5 (7.04%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.82%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.82%) Oracle Database
3 2 (2.82%) RDBMS
3 2 (2.82%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.41%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (1.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (4.23%) LabVIEW
2 2 (2.82%) Git
2 2 (2.82%) Vite
2 2 (2.82%) webpack
General
1 55 (77.46%) Social Skills
2 17 (23.94%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (19.72%) Finance
4 6 (8.45%) Marketing
5 4 (5.63%) Billing
5 4 (5.63%) Electronics
5 4 (5.63%) Legal
6 3 (4.23%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.82%) Automotive
7 2 (2.82%) Law
7 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (16.90%) IT Support
2 11 (15.49%) Developer
2 11 (15.49%) Graduate
3 7 (9.86%) Analyst
4 6 (8.45%) Graduate Support Manager
4 6 (8.45%) IT Support Specialist
4 6 (8.45%) Lead
4 6 (8.45%) Support Engineer
4 6 (8.45%) Support Manager
4 6 (8.45%) Support Specialist
4 6 (8.45%) Technical Support
5 5 (7.04%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (7.04%) Graduate Developer
5 5 (7.04%) IT Graduate
5 5 (7.04%) Logistics Analyst
5 5 (7.04%) Logistics Specialist
5 5 (7.04%) Process Analyst
5 5 (7.04%) Team Leader
6 4 (5.63%) Support Team Leader
6 4 (5.63%) Technical Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (15.49%) .NET
1 11 (15.49%) CSS
2 9 (12.68%) ASP.NET
3 7 (9.86%) jQuery
4 6 (8.45%) HTML
5 5 (7.04%) Vue
6 4 (5.63%) AngularJS
7 3 (4.23%) Bootstrap
7 3 (4.23%) JSON
7 3 (4.23%) KnockoutJS
7 3 (4.23%) React
7 3 (4.23%) REST
7 3 (4.23%) Sass
8 2 (2.82%) .NET Core
8 2 (2.82%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (2.82%) CSS3
8 2 (2.82%) HTML5
8 2 (2.82%) Laravel
8 2 (2.82%) Node.js
9 1 (1.41%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.04%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.63%) Mobile App
3 3 (4.23%) Algorithms
3 3 (4.23%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.82%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.82%) Robotics
5 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.41%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.41%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 17 (23.94%) Windows
2 6 (8.45%) Windows 10
3 5 (7.04%) Linux
3 5 (7.04%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.41%) Android
4 1 (1.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (39.44%) Computer Science
2 13 (18.31%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (16.90%) Mentoring
4 11 (15.49%) ITIL
4 11 (15.49%) MVC
5 10 (14.08%) Customer Service
6 9 (12.68%) Coaching
6 9 (12.68%) Customer Experience
6 9 (12.68%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (11.27%) Agile
7 8 (11.27%) Network Management
7 8 (11.27%) Roadmaps
8 7 (9.86%) Data Privacy
8 7 (9.86%) High Availability
8 7 (9.86%) Process Improvement
9 6 (8.45%) Migration
9 6 (8.45%) OO
9 6 (8.45%) OOP
9 6 (8.45%) Service Delivery
9 6 (8.45%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.49%) C#
1 11 (15.49%) Python
1 11 (15.49%) SQL
2 9 (12.68%) Java
3 7 (9.86%) JavaScript
3 7 (9.86%) PHP
4 5 (7.04%) C++
5 1 (1.41%) MATLAB
5 1 (1.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (45.07%) Degree
2 25 (35.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (11.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (5.63%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.82%) CCNA
5 2 (2.82%) CCNP
5 2 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.82%) LPIC
5 2 (2.82%) MCP
5 2 (2.82%) MCSE
6 1 (1.41%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.41%) CISA
6 1 (1.41%) CISM
6 1 (1.41%) CISSP
6 1 (1.41%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.41%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.41%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.63%) SLA
2 3 (4.23%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.23%) QA
3 2 (2.82%) GDPR
3 2 (2.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.41%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (9.86%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (7.04%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.41%) Marathon
Vendors
1 15 (21.13%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.45%) Salesforce
2 6 (8.45%) VMware
3 5 (7.04%) Palo Alto
3 5 (7.04%) WatchGuard
4 3 (4.23%) Adobe
4 3 (4.23%) StreamSets
5 2 (2.82%) Cisco
5 2 (2.82%) Oracle
6 1 (1.41%) Informatica
6 1 (1.41%) WooCommerce