Problem-Solving Jobs in Kent

Problem Solving
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 6 5
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 95 242 245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 13.49% 16.33% 21.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.20% 19.85% 22.37%
Number of salaries quoted 56 165 74
10th Percentile £25,250 £23,600 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,500 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -13.04% +2.22%
75th Percentile £43,938 £52,945 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,808 £62,500 £72,125
South East median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 625 1,219 1,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 88.78% 82.25% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 305 893 540
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,050 £27,425
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Kent

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Kent

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Kent over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Kent

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Kent region over the 6 months to 1 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
Rochester -17 19 £40,101 -34.26% 9
Sevenoaks +3 8 - - 1
Chatham +7 7 £25,500 -32.89% 2
Snodland - 7 £32,500 -
Canterbury +11 6 - - 4
Maidstone 0 6 £85,000 +157.58% 13
Dartford +7 5 £45,000 - 17
Westgate-on-Sea - 5 £29,500 -
Sittingbourne +3 4 £30,000 +9.09% 3
Folkestone - 2 £67,500 -
Gravesend +2 1 £70,615 +39.22% 1
Tunbridge Wells +2 1 £34,000 +33.33% 1
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 2 (2.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (7.37%) Simulink
2 6 (6.32%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (7.37%) Teamcenter
2 4 (4.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.05%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.32%) AWS
1 6 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (3.16%) Azure
4 1 (1.05%) AWS IoT
4 1 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.05%) GCP
4 1 (1.05%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.37%) Wireless
2 1 (1.05%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.05%) Firewall
2 1 (1.05%) MQTT
2 1 (1.05%) Network Security
2 1 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.05%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.47%) MySQL
2 1 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (8.42%) Git
2 7 (7.37%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (2.11%) JIRA
4 1 (1.05%) GitLab
4 1 (1.05%) Jenkins
General
1 58 (61.05%) Social Skills
2 19 (20.00%) Electronics
3 18 (18.95%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (10.53%) Aerospace
5 8 (8.42%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (8.42%) Finance
6 7 (7.37%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (7.37%) Retail
7 6 (6.32%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.11%) Automotive
8 2 (2.11%) Marketing
8 2 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.05%) Advertising
9 1 (1.05%) Avionics
9 1 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.05%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (26.32%) Analyst
2 18 (18.95%) IT Support
3 17 (17.89%) IT Analyst
4 16 (16.84%) IT Support Analyst
4 16 (16.84%) Junior
4 16 (16.84%) Support Analyst
5 11 (11.58%) Developer
6 10 (10.53%) Senior
7 9 (9.47%) Technical Support
8 8 (8.42%) IT Assistant
8 8 (8.42%) IT Support Assistant
8 8 (8.42%) Junior Developer
8 8 (8.42%) Support Assistant
8 8 (8.42%) Systems Engineer
9 7 (7.37%) Junior Systems Engineer
9 7 (7.37%) PHP Developer
9 7 (7.37%) Technical Advisor
9 7 (7.37%) Technical Support Advisor
10 6 (6.32%) Junior PHP Developer
10 6 (6.32%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.58%) HTML
2 10 (10.53%) CSS
3 7 (7.37%) RESTful
4 6 (6.32%) LAMP
4 6 (6.32%) Web Services
5 3 (3.16%) Laravel
6 2 (2.11%) CakePHP
7 1 (1.05%) .NET
7 1 (1.05%) AngularJS
7 1 (1.05%) CodeIgniter
7 1 (1.05%) JSON
7 1 (1.05%) pytest
7 1 (1.05%) React
7 1 (1.05%) Symfony
7 1 (1.05%) Vue
7 1 (1.05%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.26%) Driving Licence
1 5 (5.26%) IoT
2 2 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.05%) CCTV
3 1 (1.05%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.05%) Cyberattack
3 1 (1.05%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (1.05%) FMCG
3 1 (1.05%) PMI
3 1 (1.05%) Social Media
3 1 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.53%) Windows
2 2 (2.11%) Linux
3 1 (1.05%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
2 17 (17.89%) Customer Service
2 17 (17.89%) Project Management
3 12 (12.63%) Systems Engineering
4 10 (10.53%) Computer Science
5 9 (9.47%) Coaching
5 9 (9.47%) E-Commerce
5 9 (9.47%) Mathematics
6 8 (8.42%) Decision-Making
7 7 (7.37%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 7 (7.37%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 7 (7.37%) MVC
7 7 (7.37%) Physics
7 7 (7.37%) PLM
7 7 (7.37%) Service Delivery
7 7 (7.37%) SysML
7 7 (7.37%) UML
8 6 (6.32%) OOP
8 6 (6.32%) Process Improvement
8 6 (6.32%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.53%) JavaScript
2 9 (9.47%) PHP
3 8 (8.42%) MATLAB
4 2 (2.11%) C
4 2 (2.11%) C#
4 2 (2.11%) C++
5 1 (1.05%) Embedded C
5 1 (1.05%) Embedded C++
5 1 (1.05%) Java
5 1 (1.05%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (21.05%) Degree
2 18 (18.95%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (9.47%) DBS Check
4 6 (6.32%) NVQ Level 3
4 6 (6.32%) NVQ Level 4
5 4 (4.21%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.11%) A+ Certification
6 2 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.11%) MCP
6 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.11%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.05%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.05%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (1.05%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (1.05%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.05%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.05%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.26%) SLA
2 3 (3.16%) GDPR
2 3 (3.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.11%) QA
4 1 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.05%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (1.05%) COSHH
4 1 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.05%) ISO 26262
4 1 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.05%) NIST
4 1 (1.05%) PMBOK
System Software
1 2 (2.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.05%) Functional Safety
1 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.05%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.37%) IBM
3 6 (6.32%) BT
4 4 (4.21%) SAP
5 3 (3.16%) Twitter
6 2 (2.11%) Cisco
6 2 (2.11%) Meraki
7 1 (1.05%) Google