Problem-Solving Jobs in Essex

Problem Solving
East of England > Essex

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 4 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +23
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 188 182 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 21.44% 21.36% 22.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 26.26% 22.81% 23.16%
Number of salaries quoted 149 88 106
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,875 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £40,000 £28,745
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +18.75% +7.93%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,313 £54,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £67,500
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £48,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -11.46% +10.34% -3.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 716 798 911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 81.64% 93.66% 97.33%
Number of salaries quoted 581 366 431
10th Percentile £25,759 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,610 £48,350
Median % change year-on-year -5.48% -1.53% +1.79%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,625 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -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 28 April 2024.

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 28 April 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
Basildon +5 29 £42,500 +54.55% 17
Chelmsford +4 29 £29,000 -38.95% 10
Colchester +7 20 £45,000 -30.77% 7
Brentwood +4 15 £26,750 - 5
Harlow -7 12 £59,500 +19.00% 5
Tilbury +1 11 - - 3
Harwich +4 9 £45,000 -
Ongar - 8 £55,000 -
Saffron Walden - 8 £37,250 - 5
Thurrock - 6 £27,000 -
Dunmow - 4 £65,000 - 1
Witham +6 3 £30,000 -50.82% 1
Loughton +2 3 £32,500 +1.56%
Maldon - 3 £80,000 - 1
Braintree +2 2 £24,000 -58.26% 3
Southend-on-Sea +12 1 £24,000 -56.36%
Wickford -6 1 £40,000 -
Grays -9 1 £27,000 - 1
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 8 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.60%) CMS
4 1 (0.53%) IIS
Applications
1 29 (15.43%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (9.04%) AutoCAD
2 17 (9.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.72%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.06%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.06%) CINEMA 4D
4 2 (1.06%) InDesign
4 2 (1.06%) Photoshop
4 2 (1.06%) SketchUp
5 1 (0.53%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (0.53%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.53%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.53%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 30 (15.96%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (10.64%) AWS
2 20 (10.64%) Azure
3 12 (6.38%) Power Platform
4 8 (4.26%) Amazon EC2
4 8 (4.26%) GCP
5 6 (3.19%) SaaS
6 5 (2.66%) OneDrive
7 4 (2.13%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.53%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.53%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.53%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.53%) AWS CodePipeline
8 1 (0.53%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.53%) ChatGPT
8 1 (0.53%) GitHub
8 1 (0.53%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.53%) Serverless
8 1 (0.53%) Veeva
8 1 (0.53%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.32%) DHCP
1 10 (5.32%) DNS
2 8 (4.26%) VoIP
3 7 (3.72%) Firewall
3 7 (3.72%) Internet
4 6 (3.19%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (2.66%) Broadband
5 5 (2.66%) VSAN
6 4 (2.13%) 5G
6 4 (2.13%) Ethernet
7 3 (1.60%) VPN
7 3 (1.60%) Wireless
8 2 (1.06%) Network Security
8 2 (1.06%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (1.06%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.53%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.98%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.38%) Power BI
3 11 (5.85%) MySQL
4 7 (3.72%) Big Data
5 6 (3.19%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (3.19%) MongoDB
5 6 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.66%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.60%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.60%) Looker
8 1 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.53%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.53%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.53%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.53%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 3 (1.60%) Git
2 2 (1.06%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.53%) GitLab
3 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.53%) Selenium
3 1 (0.53%) WebDriver
General
1 106 (56.38%) Social Skills
2 46 (24.47%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (16.49%) Manufacturing
4 21 (11.17%) Finance
5 16 (8.51%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (7.45%) Marketing
7 13 (6.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (6.38%) Retail
9 8 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.66%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.60%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.60%) French Language
12 3 (1.60%) Italian Language
13 2 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.53%) Billing
14 1 (0.53%) Dutch Language
14 1 (0.53%) German Language
14 1 (0.53%) Law
14 1 (0.53%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 34 (18.09%) Analyst
2 25 (13.30%) IT Support
3 22 (11.70%) Developer
3 22 (11.70%) Senior
4 14 (7.45%) Support Technician
5 13 (6.91%) IT Analyst
5 13 (6.91%) IT Engineer
5 13 (6.91%) IT Technician
6 12 (6.38%) IT Support Technician
7 11 (5.85%) Project Manager
7 11 (5.85%) Senior Manager
7 11 (5.85%) Senior Project Manager
7 11 (5.85%) Support Engineer
8 10 (5.32%) .NET Developer
8 10 (5.32%) IT Support Engineer
8 10 (5.32%) Software Engineer
9 9 (4.79%) Field Engineer
9 9 (4.79%) Field Service Engineer
9 9 (4.79%) IT Assistant
10 8 (4.26%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.38%) .NET
2 11 (5.85%) Node.js
3 10 (5.32%) .NET Framework
3 10 (5.32%) Entity Framework
3 10 (5.32%) React
4 9 (4.79%) .NET Core
4 9 (4.79%) ASP.NET
4 9 (4.79%) ASP.NET MVC
4 9 (4.79%) CSS
4 9 (4.79%) HTML
5 7 (3.72%) AngularJS
5 7 (3.72%) REST
5 7 (3.72%) SOAP
5 7 (3.72%) Vue
6 6 (3.19%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (2.13%) PyTorch
7 4 (2.13%) TensorFlow
8 3 (1.60%) jQuery
8 3 (1.60%) RESTful
9 2 (1.06%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 23 (12.23%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (5.85%) Management Information System
2 11 (5.85%) Onboarding
3 10 (5.32%) Driving Licence
4 9 (4.79%) EPoS
5 8 (4.26%) LIMS
5 8 (4.26%) NHS
6 7 (3.72%) Educational Technology
6 7 (3.72%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (3.72%) Smartcard
7 6 (3.19%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (3.19%) FMCG
8 5 (2.66%) Clustering
8 5 (2.66%) Operational Technology
9 4 (2.13%) Algorithms
9 4 (2.13%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (2.13%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.13%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.06%) IoT
10 2 (1.06%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 63 (33.51%) Windows
2 23 (12.23%) Windows 10
3 20 (10.64%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.72%) Android
5 4 (2.13%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.06%) Linux
6 2 (1.06%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (15.96%) Customer Service
2 25 (13.30%) Mentoring
2 25 (13.30%) Project Management
3 22 (11.70%) ERP
4 21 (11.17%) ITIL
5 19 (10.11%) Decision-Making
5 19 (10.11%) Time Management
6 18 (9.57%) CRM
7 15 (7.98%) Agile
7 15 (7.98%) Coaching
7 15 (7.98%) Collaborative Culture
8 14 (7.45%) Computer Science
8 14 (7.45%) Logistics
8 14 (7.45%) Operations Management
9 13 (6.91%) Analytics
9 13 (6.91%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (6.91%) Data Analysis
9 13 (6.91%) Software Engineering
10 12 (6.38%) IT Strategy
10 12 (6.38%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 34 (18.09%) SQL
2 23 (12.23%) JavaScript
3 15 (7.98%) C#
4 13 (6.91%) Python
5 8 (4.26%) TypeScript
6 6 (3.19%) Java
7 2 (1.06%) Bash
7 2 (1.06%) Ruby
8 1 (0.53%) PHP
Qualifications
1 45 (23.94%) Degree
2 9 (4.79%) A+ Certification
2 9 (4.79%) Master's Degree
3 8 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (3.19%) HNC
4 6 (3.19%) HND
5 5 (2.66%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.66%) PMP
6 4 (2.13%) MBA
7 3 (1.60%) CCNA
7 3 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.06%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.06%) CISSP
8 2 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.06%) MCSE
9 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.53%) CWNA
9 1 (0.53%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.53%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.38%) GDPR
2 11 (5.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (5.85%) SLA
3 7 (3.72%) QA
3 7 (3.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.53%) HIPAA
System Software
1 28 (14.89%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.26%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.66%) Firmware
4 5 (2.66%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.60%) Docker
6 2 (1.06%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (1.06%) vSphere
7 1 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (2.66%) Failover Clustering
2 4 (2.13%) Ansible
3 3 (1.60%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (1.60%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.06%) WSUS
5 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 65 (34.57%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.77%) VMware
3 16 (8.51%) Google
4 10 (5.32%) Dell
5 9 (4.79%) HP
5 9 (4.79%) IBM
5 9 (4.79%) SAP
5 9 (4.79%) Siemens
6 4 (2.13%) Meraki
6 4 (2.13%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.13%) Virgin Media
7 3 (1.60%) Adobe
8 2 (1.06%) Mitel
8 2 (1.06%) NetApp
8 2 (1.06%) Veeam
9 1 (0.53%) Cisco
9 1 (0.53%) Citrix
9 1 (0.53%) Databricks
9 1 (0.53%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.53%) SonicWALL