Problem-Solving Jobs in Hertfordshire

Problem Solving
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 8 10
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 193 239 282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 23.57% 12.14% 14.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 24.87% 15.01% 15.69%
Number of salaries quoted 134 183 96
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,198 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £46,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.80% -16.36% +29.41%
75th Percentile £76,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile - £68,750 £77,500
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
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 776 1,592 1,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 94.75% 80.89% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 453 1,259 774
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,809 £30,363
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,000 £75,000 £80,875
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 Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 5 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
Stevenage +12 30 £42,000 -16.00% 26
Watford -7 19 £49,000 +8.89% 45
Hemel Hempstead +7 16 £55,000 -8.33% 26
Hatfield +13 11 £47,500 +35.71% 14
Letchworth +1 8 £63,484 +144.17%
Broxbourne - 7 £35,000 -
Harpenden - 7 £85,000 -
Hitchin +12 6 £47,984 -26.18% 3
Bishop's Stortford +6 6 £63,484 -31.37% 2
St Albans +11 5 £55,000 -13.73% 6
Borehamwood +7 5 £55,000 +10.00% 2
Royston -2 5 £63,484 +33.65% 2
Buntingford - 5 £50,967 -
Potters Bar +5 4 £63,484 +135.12% 3
Hertford +5 4 £63,484 +118.91% 4
Hoddesdon +4 4 £63,484 +65.97%
Welwyn Garden City +3 4 £63,484 +71.58% 4
Rickmansworth 0 4 £63,484 +144.17% 3
Abbots Langley 0 4 £63,484 -5.95% 1
Berkhamsted - 4 £63,484 -
Tring - 4 £63,484 -
Ware - 3 £63,484 -
Baldock - 3 £63,484 -
Sawbridgeworth - 3 £63,484 -
Problem-Solving
East of England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 13 (6.74%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.63%) IIS
3 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.04%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.52%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.52%) CMS
4 1 (0.52%) Confluence
4 1 (0.52%) Documentum
Applications
1 9 (4.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.04%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (1.04%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (1.04%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.52%) LabWindows
2 1 (0.52%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.52%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 67 (34.72%) Power Platform
2 18 (9.33%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (7.25%) Azure
4 8 (4.15%) AWS
5 7 (3.63%) SaaS
6 5 (2.59%) Power Automate
7 3 (1.55%) Amazon S3
7 3 (1.55%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (1.55%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.55%) Serverless
8 2 (1.04%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (1.04%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.04%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.04%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.52%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.52%) Amazon EMR
9 1 (0.52%) AWS CodePipeline
9 1 (0.52%) Figma
9 1 (0.52%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.63%) Firewall
1 7 (3.63%) FTP
2 6 (3.11%) WAN
3 5 (2.59%) BGP
3 5 (2.59%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.59%) VLAN
3 5 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (2.59%) Wireshark
4 4 (2.07%) EIGRP
4 4 (2.07%) Network Security
4 4 (2.07%) OSPF
4 4 (2.07%) SD-WAN
4 4 (2.07%) Spanning Tree
4 4 (2.07%) Unified Communications
4 4 (2.07%) VoIP
4 4 (2.07%) VPN
5 3 (1.55%) DNS
6 2 (1.04%) DHCP
6 2 (1.04%) LAN
6 2 (1.04%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (33.68%) Power BI
2 50 (25.91%) Geospatial Data
2 50 (25.91%) GIS
2 50 (25.91%) Power Query
3 10 (5.18%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.55%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.04%) Big Data
5 2 (1.04%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.52%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.52%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.52%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 3 (1.55%) Artifactory
2 3 (1.55%) Git
2 3 (1.55%) GitLab
3 2 (1.04%) Cucumber
3 2 (1.04%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.04%) Robot Framework
3 2 (1.04%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.52%) ClearCase
4 1 (0.52%) ClearQuest
4 1 (0.52%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.52%) JIRA
4 1 (0.52%) Log4j
4 1 (0.52%) Subversion
General
1 108 (55.96%) Social Skills
2 78 (40.41%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (24.35%) Influencing Skills
4 15 (7.77%) Local Government
5 11 (5.70%) Finance
6 10 (5.18%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.59%) Retail
8 4 (2.07%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.07%) Aviation
8 4 (2.07%) Marketing
9 3 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.04%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.52%) Advertising
11 1 (0.52%) Back Office
11 1 (0.52%) Electronics
11 1 (0.52%) Games
11 1 (0.52%) Law
11 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (30.57%) Analyst
2 47 (24.35%) Business Change Analyst
2 47 (24.35%) Change Analyst
3 19 (9.84%) Senior
4 13 (6.74%) Applications Support
5 12 (6.22%) Support Engineer
6 7 (3.63%) Applications Engineer
6 7 (3.63%) Applications Support Engineer
6 7 (3.63%) IT Support
6 7 (3.63%) Senior Applications Engineer
6 7 (3.63%) Senior Applications Support
6 7 (3.63%) Senior Support Engineer
6 7 (3.63%) Technical Engineer
6 7 (3.63%) Technical Support
7 6 (3.11%) Coordinator
7 6 (3.11%) ERP Support
7 6 (3.11%) Support Analyst
8 5 (2.59%) Architect
8 5 (2.59%) Technical Support Engineer
9 4 (2.07%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.07%) RESTful
2 3 (1.55%) React
3 2 (1.04%) .NET
3 2 (1.04%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.04%) CSS
3 2 (1.04%) HTML
3 2 (1.04%) Restlet
3 2 (1.04%) SOAP
3 2 (1.04%) Spring
4 1 (0.52%) Akka
4 1 (0.52%) Bootstrap
4 1 (0.52%) CSS3
4 1 (0.52%) HTML5
4 1 (0.52%) Node.js
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.52%) SAML
4 1 (0.52%) Sass
4 1 (0.52%) ServiceStack
4 1 (0.52%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.52%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (25.91%) Algorithms
2 9 (4.66%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (2.07%) EPoS
4 3 (1.55%) IoT
4 3 (1.55%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.04%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.52%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.52%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.52%) FPGA
6 1 (0.52%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.52%) Online Games
6 1 (0.52%) Robotics
6 1 (0.52%) Verilog
6 1 (0.52%) VHDL
6 1 (0.52%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 22 (11.40%) Windows
2 10 (5.18%) Linux
3 8 (4.15%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.07%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.04%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.52%) CentOS
6 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.52%) Rocky
6 1 (0.52%) SUSE
6 1 (0.52%) Unix
6 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (34.20%) Business Intelligence
2 62 (32.12%) Collaborative Working
3 60 (31.09%) Service Delivery
4 58 (30.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 56 (29.02%) Data Management
6 52 (26.94%) Actionable Insight
6 52 (26.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 50 (25.91%) Asset Management
7 50 (25.91%) Strategic Planning
8 49 (25.39%) Change Management
8 49 (25.39%) Workshop Facilitation
9 48 (24.87%) Use Case
10 47 (24.35%) Business Analysis
10 47 (24.35%) Business Case
10 47 (24.35%) MoSCoW
10 47 (24.35%) Strategic Thinking
11 20 (10.36%) ITIL
12 14 (7.25%) ERP
12 14 (7.25%) Project Management
13 12 (6.22%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 70 (36.27%) SQL
2 11 (5.70%) PowerShell
3 8 (4.15%) Python
4 7 (3.63%) JavaScript
4 7 (3.63%) T-SQL
5 6 (3.11%) Bash
6 3 (1.55%) C#
6 3 (1.55%) Java
7 2 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.04%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.52%) C
Qualifications
1 47 (24.35%) CBAP
2 27 (13.99%) Degree
3 7 (3.63%) Security Cleared
4 6 (3.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 6 (3.11%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.07%) HNC
7 3 (1.55%) HND
7 3 (1.55%) PMP
8 2 (1.04%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.52%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.70%) QA
2 8 (4.15%) SLA
3 2 (1.04%) GDPR
4 1 (0.52%) COBIT
4 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.52%) GRC
4 1 (0.52%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.52%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (3.11%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.59%) Docker
3 4 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.55%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (2.07%) Kubernetes
1 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.55%) Ansible
3 2 (1.04%) Rancher
4 1 (0.52%) Autotask
4 1 (0.52%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.52%) Puppet
4 1 (0.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (14.51%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.59%) SolarWinds
3 4 (2.07%) BroadSoft
3 4 (2.07%) Cisco
3 4 (2.07%) Fortinet
3 4 (2.07%) HP
3 4 (2.07%) Polycom
3 4 (2.07%) VMware
3 4 (2.07%) Yealink
4 3 (1.55%) Dell
4 3 (1.55%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.04%) Mitel
5 2 (1.04%) Oracle
5 2 (1.04%) Pure Storage
5 2 (1.04%) Red Box
5 2 (1.04%) SAP
5 2 (1.04%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.52%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.52%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (0.52%) WatchGuard