Problem-Solving Job Trends in Exeter

Problem Solving
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Exeter requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 6 3
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 42 36 31
As % of all permanent jobs in Exeter 19.35% 16.14% 30.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.73% 20.11% 31.31%
Number of salaries quoted 36 24 29
10th Percentile £24,938 £26,829 £23,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £27,598 £26,677
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,250 £39,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% -1.88% +4.61%
75th Percentile £42,500 £46,563 £43,750
90th Percentile £57,252 £49,250 -
Devon median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -5.88% +11.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 177 179 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Exeter 81.57% 80.27% 97.06%
Number of salaries quoted 127 112 79
10th Percentile £24,800 £27,598 £24,146
25th Percentile £26,875 £34,404 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £43,491 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.78% +2.33% +8.17%
75th Percentile £48,750 £60,313 £55,062
90th Percentile £58,750 £72,250 £66,750
Devon median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +2.22% +12.50%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Exeter

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Exeter

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Exeter

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Exeter over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Exeter

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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 4 (9.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (16.67%) Azure
3 5 (11.90%) AWS
4 4 (9.52%) Power Automate
4 4 (9.52%) Power Platform
4 4 (9.52%) PowerApps
5 2 (4.76%) Azure App Service
5 2 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.76%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.76%) SaaS
5 2 (4.76%) Serverless
6 1 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.38%) Figma
6 1 (2.38%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.14%) SAN
2 1 (2.38%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.90%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.52%) Power BI
3 2 (4.76%) MySQL
4 1 (2.38%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Visual Studio
2 3 (7.14%) Git
3 1 (2.38%) Bitbucket
3 1 (2.38%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 24 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 10 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (21.43%) Finance
4 8 (19.05%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (7.14%) Legal
5 3 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.38%) Back Office
6 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (33.33%) Developer
2 10 (23.81%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (14.29%) Analyst
3 6 (14.29%) Software Developer
4 5 (11.90%) .NET Developer
4 5 (11.90%) Business Analyst
4 5 (11.90%) IT Support
5 4 (9.52%) .NET Software Developer
5 4 (9.52%) C# .NET Developer
5 4 (9.52%) C# Developer
5 4 (9.52%) C# Software Developer
5 4 (9.52%) IT Support Technician
5 4 (9.52%) IT Technician
5 4 (9.52%) Power Platform Developer
5 4 (9.52%) Support Technician
6 3 (7.14%) Field Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Field Service Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Junior
6 3 (7.14%) Junior Analyst
6 3 (7.14%) Junior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (19.05%) .NET
2 6 (14.29%) .NET Framework
2 6 (14.29%) CSS
2 6 (14.29%) HTML
3 5 (11.90%) Entity Framework
4 4 (9.52%) Autofac
5 3 (7.14%) .NET Core
5 3 (7.14%) React
6 2 (4.76%) Blazor
6 2 (4.76%) Symfony
7 1 (2.38%) AngularJS
7 1 (2.38%) ARM Templates
7 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET
7 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (2.38%) Flutter
7 1 (2.38%) LESS
7 1 (2.38%) Qt
7 1 (2.38%) Razor View Engine
7 1 (2.38%) Sass
7 1 (2.38%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (9.52%) Onboarding
1 4 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.14%) Smartphone
3 2 (4.76%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.38%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (2.38%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.38%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.90%) Apple iOS
1 5 (11.90%) Windows
2 4 (9.52%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.38%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.19%) Mentoring
2 10 (23.81%) ITIL
2 10 (23.81%) Service Delivery
3 9 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (19.05%) Agile
5 7 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
6 5 (11.90%) Analytics
6 5 (11.90%) Business Analytics
6 5 (11.90%) CI/CD
6 5 (11.90%) Dashboard Development
6 5 (11.90%) Data Analysis
6 5 (11.90%) DevOps
6 5 (11.90%) Economics
6 5 (11.90%) MVC
6 5 (11.90%) Project Management
7 4 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (9.52%) Data Visualisation
7 4 (9.52%) Dependency Injection
7 4 (9.52%) Migration
7 4 (9.52%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.05%) JavaScript
2 5 (11.90%) C#
2 5 (11.90%) SQL
3 2 (4.76%) PHP
4 1 (2.38%) Bicep
4 1 (2.38%) Kotlin
4 1 (2.38%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.38%) Python
4 1 (2.38%) Swift
4 1 (2.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (30.95%) Microsoft Certification
1 13 (30.95%) Network+ Certification
2 10 (23.81%) MCITP
3 6 (14.29%) Degree
4 5 (11.90%) Master's Degree
5 3 (7.14%) A+ Certification
5 3 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (7.14%) CCNA
5 3 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (7.14%) MCSE
6 1 (2.38%) CEH
6 1 (2.38%) CISM
6 1 (2.38%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (23.81%) SLA
2 3 (7.14%) Accessibility
3 2 (4.76%) QA
4 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.38%) NIST
4 1 (2.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.52%) Apple
3 3 (7.14%) Dell