Problem-Solving Job Trends in Glasgow

Problem Solving
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 8 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 -7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 96 117 119
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 12.73% 13.33% 15.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.84% 14.98% 16.30%
Number of salaries quoted 55 50 86
10th Percentile £23,277 £30,475 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% -15.24% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,125 £67,500
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -33.00% - -16.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 606 781 730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 80.37% 88.95% 96.82%
Number of salaries quoted 341 393 464
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £29,300
25th Percentile £32,851 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -4.55%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

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

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Glasgow

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 (4.17%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.08%) Camunda
2 2 (2.08%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.08%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (1.04%) Apache
3 1 (1.04%) FileNet
3 1 (1.04%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.04%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.04%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (2.08%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 18 (18.75%) AWS
2 10 (10.42%) Azure
3 4 (4.17%) GitHub
3 4 (4.17%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.13%) Amazon S3
4 3 (3.13%) GCP
4 3 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.13%) SaaS
5 2 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (2.08%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.08%) Serverless
6 1 (1.04%) Amazon Bedrock
6 1 (1.04%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.04%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.04%) Amazon EMR
6 1 (1.04%) Amazon MSK
6 1 (1.04%) Amazon SageMaker
6 1 (1.04%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.13%) SAN
2 2 (2.08%) ATM
2 2 (2.08%) DHCP
2 2 (2.08%) DNS
2 2 (2.08%) Firewall
2 2 (2.08%) LAN
2 2 (2.08%) Network Security
2 2 (2.08%) Softphone
2 2 (2.08%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.08%) VPN
2 2 (2.08%) WAN
2 2 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.21%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.17%) Big Data
2 4 (4.17%) Power BI
3 3 (3.13%) Amazon Athena
3 3 (3.13%) Apache Hive
3 3 (3.13%) Tableau
4 2 (2.08%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (2.08%) Apache Iceberg
4 2 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (2.08%) DynamoDB
4 2 (2.08%) Hadoop
4 2 (2.08%) HBase
4 2 (2.08%) Metadata
4 2 (2.08%) Oracle BI EE
4 2 (2.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (2.08%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.08%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.04%) Apache Hudi
Development Applications
1 5 (5.21%) Git
2 4 (4.17%) JIRA
2 4 (4.17%) Maven
3 3 (3.13%) Jenkins
3 3 (3.13%) JUnit
4 2 (2.08%) Gradle
5 1 (1.04%) Subversion
General
1 38 (39.58%) Social Skills
2 31 (32.29%) Analytical Skills
2 31 (32.29%) Finance
3 18 (18.75%) Law
4 17 (17.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 10 (10.42%) Banking
7 7 (7.29%) Marketing
8 6 (6.25%) Fire and Rescue
9 5 (5.21%) General Ledger
10 4 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (4.17%) Private Banking
11 3 (3.13%) Legal
12 2 (2.08%) Manufacturing
13 1 (1.04%) Electronics
13 1 (1.04%) Front Office
13 1 (1.04%) Games
13 1 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (1.04%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 15 (15.63%) Architect
2 13 (13.54%) Firmware Architect
2 13 (13.54%) Software Engineer
3 12 (12.50%) Senior
4 10 (10.42%) Analyst
4 10 (10.42%) Lead
5 8 (8.33%) Developer
5 8 (8.33%) Java Engineer
6 7 (7.29%) Applications Support
6 7 (7.29%) Java Software Engineer
7 6 (6.25%) IT Engineer
7 6 (6.25%) Java Developer
7 6 (6.25%) Trainee
8 5 (5.21%) Field Engineer
8 5 (5.21%) Field Service Engineer
8 5 (5.21%) Full-Stack Developer
8 5 (5.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 5 (5.21%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 4 (4.17%) Senior Manager
9 4 (4.17%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (10.42%) Spring
2 5 (5.21%) React
2 5 (5.21%) RESTful
3 4 (4.17%) Hibernate
3 4 (4.17%) Kafka
3 4 (4.17%) REST
3 4 (4.17%) Spring Boot
4 2 (2.08%) AngularJS
4 2 (2.08%) HTML
4 2 (2.08%) Hugging Face
4 2 (2.08%) JDBC
4 2 (2.08%) JPA
4 2 (2.08%) OpenAPI
4 2 (2.08%) SOAP
4 2 (2.08%) Swagger
4 2 (2.08%) WSDL
5 1 (1.04%) AWS CDK
5 1 (1.04%) LangChain
5 1 (1.04%) PyTorch
5 1 (1.04%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.42%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (8.33%) Driving Licence
3 5 (5.21%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (5.21%) Cloud Native
4 4 (4.17%) Data Centre
4 4 (4.17%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.13%) Algorithms
5 3 (3.13%) Smartphone
6 2 (2.08%) CCTV
6 2 (2.08%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.08%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.04%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.04%) Derivative
7 1 (1.04%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.04%) Equities
7 1 (1.04%) Life Science
7 1 (1.04%) PMI
7 1 (1.04%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.25%) Windows
2 2 (2.08%) Android
2 2 (2.08%) Unix
2 2 (2.08%) Windows Server
2 2 (2.08%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (27.08%) Continuous Improvement
2 19 (19.79%) Agile
3 17 (17.71%) Mentoring
4 16 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 15 (15.63%) AI
6 13 (13.54%) Decision-Making
6 13 (13.54%) SDLC
7 11 (11.46%) Analytics
7 11 (11.46%) CI/CD
8 10 (10.42%) Project Management
9 9 (9.38%) Computer Science
9 9 (9.38%) Operational Stability
10 8 (8.33%) Machine Learning
11 7 (7.29%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (7.29%) Full-Stack Development
11 7 (7.29%) Mathematics
11 7 (7.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (7.29%) Visualisation
12 6 (6.25%) ERP
13 5 (5.21%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 17 (17.71%) C++
2 15 (15.63%) SQL
3 13 (13.54%) Java
4 7 (7.29%) Python
5 4 (4.17%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (2.08%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.04%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (21.88%) Degree
2 6 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (5.21%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (4.17%) Master's Degree
5 3 (3.13%) A+ Certification
5 3 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (3.13%) CCNA
5 3 (3.13%) MCSE
5 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.13%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (2.08%) CCIE
6 2 (2.08%) HND
6 2 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (2.08%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.04%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.04%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.04%) CIPD
7 1 (1.04%) PMP
7 1 (1.04%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.38%) QA
2 4 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.08%) SLA
4 1 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 17 (17.71%) Firmware
2 9 (9.38%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (6.25%) Active Directory
4 2 (2.08%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 5 (5.21%) Kubernetes
1 5 (5.21%) Terraform
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.04%) Grafana
3 1 (1.04%) Netcool
3 1 (1.04%) Netcool/OMNIbus
3 1 (1.04%) SCCM
3 1 (1.04%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 10 (10.42%) Oracle
2 7 (7.29%) Cisco
3 5 (5.21%) Dell
3 5 (5.21%) Infor
4 4 (4.17%) Databricks
5 3 (3.13%) Dynatrace
5 3 (3.13%) Microsoft
5 3 (3.13%) Splunk
6 2 (2.08%) Alteryx
6 2 (2.08%) Cloudera
6 2 (2.08%) HP
6 2 (2.08%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.04%) IBM
7 1 (1.04%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.04%) SAP