Problem-Solving Job Trends in Hillingdon

Problem Solving
West London > Hillingdon

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hillingdon requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 4 1
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 35 9 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Hillingdon 23.49% 21.95% 36.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.93% 22.50% 37.14%
Number of salaries quoted 34 8 9
10th Percentile £39,825 £49,900 £25,000
25th Percentile £46,000 £53,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £57,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.26% +53.33% -31.82%
75th Percentile £67,813 £61,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £64,250 £67,500
West London median annual salary £47,000 £51,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.29% +7.89% +14.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 135 40 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hillingdon 90.60% 97.56% 97.22%
Number of salaries quoted 90 26 27
10th Percentile £31,250 £20,898 £24,384
25th Percentile £40,813 £45,000 £25,126
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £50,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +33.33% -28.57%
75th Percentile £68,750 £58,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £76,000 £63,750 £67,500
West London median annual salary £47,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.00% -9.09% -

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Hillingdon

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Hillingdon

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Hillingdon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Hillingdon over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Hillingdon

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Hillingdon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Uxbridge +2 25 £47,000 -18.26% 12
West Drayton +1 10 £67,500 +36.36%
Problem-Solving
West London

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (31.43%) Azure
2 3 (8.57%) AWS
3 2 (5.71%) Serverless
4 1 (2.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (2.86%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Functions
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (2.86%) Copilot Studio
4 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (2.86%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.86%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) Firewall
1 1 (2.86%) Network Security
1 1 (2.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (37.14%) SQL Server
2 10 (28.57%) Relational Database
3 9 (25.71%) Metadata
3 9 (25.71%) Oracle Database
4 2 (5.71%) MongoDB
5 1 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (2.86%) Big Data
5 1 (2.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 2 (5.71%) Git
1 2 (5.71%) GitLab
1 2 (5.71%) Maven
1 2 (5.71%) Subversion
General
1 28 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 23 (65.71%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.71%) Aviation
3 2 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Legal
4 1 (2.86%) Marketing
4 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Data Engineer
2 8 (22.86%) IT Manager
2 8 (22.86%) IT Security Manager
2 8 (22.86%) Security Manager
3 5 (14.29%) Developer
4 4 (11.43%) Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Senior
4 4 (11.43%) Senior Developer
5 3 (8.57%) Applications Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Graduate
5 3 (8.57%) Graduate Applications Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Software Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Support Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Applications Support
7 1 (2.86%) Applications Support Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Network Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Security Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Technical Support
7 1 (2.86%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.14%) CSS
1 6 (17.14%) HTML
2 5 (14.29%) jQuery
3 4 (11.43%) XML
3 4 (11.43%) XSL
4 2 (5.71%) AngularJS
4 2 (5.71%) EDI
4 2 (5.71%) Ionic Framework
4 2 (5.71%) REST
4 2 (5.71%) Spring
4 2 (5.71%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 4 (11.43%) W3C
3 2 (5.71%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.71%) Replication
4 1 (2.86%) AS400
4 1 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.86%) FMCG
4 1 (2.86%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.71%) Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Windows
2 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (31.43%) Computer Science
3 10 (28.57%) Data Security
3 10 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
3 10 (28.57%) Incident Response
4 9 (25.71%) Agile
4 9 (25.71%) Analytics
4 9 (25.71%) Data Engineering
4 9 (25.71%) Data Governance
4 9 (25.71%) Data Management
4 9 (25.71%) Data Pipeline
4 9 (25.71%) Data Protection
4 9 (25.71%) Data Strategy
4 9 (25.71%) ETL
4 9 (25.71%) Information Security
4 9 (25.71%) Information Security Management
4 9 (25.71%) ISMS
4 9 (25.71%) Master Data Management
4 9 (25.71%) Risk Management
4 9 (25.71%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.71%) Java
2 2 (5.71%) Shell Script
2 2 (5.71%) SQL
3 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (68.57%) Degree
2 17 (48.57%) CISSP
3 9 (25.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (25.71%) MCSE
3 9 (25.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (25.71%) OCP
3 9 (25.71%) Oracle Certification
4 8 (22.86%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (40.00%) GDPR
2 9 (25.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (22.86%) ISAE 3402
4 3 (8.57%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.86%) NIST
5 1 (2.86%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Ansible
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (37.14%) Oracle
2 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.86%) Infor
3 1 (2.86%) SEEBURGER
3 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow