Problem-Solving Jobs in Kent

Problem Solving
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 4 11
Rank change year-on-year -2 +7 +6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 257 242 195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 16.95% 22.14% 14.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.91% 23.16% 14.71%
Number of salaries quoted 177 66 52
10th Percentile £24,050 £26,250 £23,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £29,750 £26,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £39,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +7.59% +21.54%
75th Percentile £50,250 £59,688 £53,125
90th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £63,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,229 1,045 1,326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 81.07% 95.61% 96.58%
Number of salaries quoted 893 498 719
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,500 £27,400
25th Percentile £31,500 £35,000 £34,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.05% +5.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,125
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,795 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

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 21 May 2024.

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 21 May 2024. 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
Maidstone +17 35 £33,000 -34.65% 7
Tonbridge +1 17 £35,000 -
Gravesend -5 12 £50,723 -8.92% 6
Tunbridge Wells -14 12 £25,750 -15.57% 9
Chatham +21 11 £38,500 - 8
Sevenoaks +2 11 £40,000 -15.79% 3
West Malling -4 9 £45,000 - 1
Canterbury -2 7 £31,250 - 2
Dartford -14 6 £45,000 - 4
Rochester -5 5 £61,000 - 5
Stansted - 3 £44,500 - 2
Sittingbourne +9 1 £27,500 +17.02% 2
Aylesford - 1 £23,500 - 1
Broadstairs - 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 21 (8.17%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.95%) CMS
3 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 38 (14.79%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.28%) Simulink
3 9 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (2.72%) Stateflow
5 3 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.17%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 53 (20.62%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (16.34%) Azure
3 16 (6.23%) AWS
4 10 (3.89%) AWS Lambda
4 10 (3.89%) IaaS
4 10 (3.89%) PaaS
4 10 (3.89%) Serverless
5 8 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 7 (2.72%) Azure Functions
6 7 (2.72%) Entra ID
6 7 (2.72%) GCP
7 6 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (2.33%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.33%) SaaS
8 4 (1.56%) Nutanix
9 3 (1.17%) AWS CodePipeline
9 3 (1.17%) Azure App Service
9 3 (1.17%) GitHub
10 2 (0.78%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 33 (12.84%) Firewall
2 21 (8.17%) DHCP
2 21 (8.17%) DNS
3 16 (6.23%) WAN
4 11 (4.28%) 5G
5 9 (3.50%) 4G
5 9 (3.50%) MPLS
5 9 (3.50%) VPN
6 8 (3.11%) LAN
7 7 (2.72%) FTP
7 7 (2.72%) HTTP
7 7 (2.72%) J1939
8 6 (2.33%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.95%) VLAN
9 5 (1.95%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.78%) Broadband
11 1 (0.39%) SSL
11 1 (0.39%) VoIP
11 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (14.79%) Power Query
2 22 (8.56%) NoSQL
3 15 (5.84%) MongoDB
3 15 (5.84%) MySQL
3 15 (5.84%) Redis
3 15 (5.84%) SQL Server
4 14 (5.45%) Relational Database
5 10 (3.89%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (2.72%) BigQuery
6 7 (2.72%) DynamoDB
6 7 (2.72%) Looker
7 6 (2.33%) Power BI
8 5 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.95%) GIS
9 3 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.39%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (5.84%) Jenkins
1 15 (5.84%) Octopus Deploy
2 10 (3.89%) JIRA
3 5 (1.95%) Git
4 3 (1.17%) Babel
4 3 (1.17%) GitLab
4 3 (1.17%) webpack
5 1 (0.39%) eggPlant
General
1 118 (45.91%) Social Skills
2 96 (37.35%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (22.18%) Finance
4 16 (6.23%) Retail
5 11 (4.28%) Automotive
5 11 (4.28%) Marketing
6 10 (3.89%) Telecoms
7 7 (2.72%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.78%) Electronics
10 2 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.39%) Advertising
11 1 (0.39%) Banking
11 1 (0.39%) Law
11 1 (0.39%) Legal
11 1 (0.39%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.39%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 57 (22.18%) Analyst
2 41 (15.95%) Developer
3 28 (10.89%) Systems Engineer
4 25 (9.73%) 3rd Line Support
5 24 (9.34%) Support Analyst
6 21 (8.17%) Senior
7 20 (7.78%) Data Analyst
8 19 (7.39%) Coordinator
8 19 (7.39%) Data Coordinator
9 16 (6.23%) .NET Developer
9 16 (6.23%) Lead
10 15 (5.84%) C# .NET Developer
10 15 (5.84%) C# Developer
10 15 (5.84%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 14 (5.45%) 1st Line Support
11 14 (5.45%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
11 14 (5.45%) Help Desk Analyst
12 12 (4.67%) 1st Line Support Analyst
12 12 (4.67%) Help Desk Support
12 12 (4.67%) Help Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (12.84%) .NET
2 15 (5.84%) MSMQ
2 15 (5.84%) RabbitMQ
2 15 (5.84%) REST
3 13 (5.06%) RESTful
4 11 (4.28%) AngularJS
5 9 (3.50%) CSS
5 9 (3.50%) HTML
6 8 (3.11%) Web Services
7 7 (2.72%) .NET Framework
7 7 (2.72%) gRPC
8 6 (2.33%) CSS3
8 6 (2.33%) HTML5
9 4 (1.56%) .NET Core
9 4 (1.56%) ASP.NET
9 4 (1.56%) Vue
10 3 (1.17%) ASP.NET Core
10 3 (1.17%) Blazor
10 3 (1.17%) NgRx
10 3 (1.17%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 80 (31.13%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (8.95%) Management Information System
3 14 (5.45%) Algorithms
4 13 (5.06%) IoT
5 12 (4.67%) Client/Server
5 12 (4.67%) Driving Licence
6 10 (3.89%) Cloud Native
7 9 (3.50%) ARM Cortex
7 9 (3.50%) Security Posture
8 8 (3.11%) Cyber Security Posture
8 8 (3.11%) Embedded Systems
9 7 (2.72%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.56%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.17%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (1.17%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.17%) Replication
12 2 (0.78%) Clustering
12 2 (0.78%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 52 (20.23%) Windows
2 15 (5.84%) Windows 10
3 12 (4.67%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.11%) Android
4 8 (3.11%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.17%) Linux
5 3 (1.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (28.02%) Customer Service
2 60 (23.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 53 (20.62%) Data Management
4 46 (17.90%) CRM
5 35 (13.62%) Project Management
6 30 (11.67%) Agile
7 29 (11.28%) Cybersecurity
8 28 (10.89%) Microservices
9 26 (10.12%) ITIL
9 26 (10.12%) Performance Optimisation
10 25 (9.73%) CI/CD
10 25 (9.73%) Mentoring
11 23 (8.95%) Process Improvement
12 22 (8.56%) Design Patterns
13 21 (8.17%) Computer Science
13 21 (8.17%) DevOps
14 19 (7.39%) MVC
15 18 (7.00%) Strategic Planning
15 18 (7.00%) Validation
16 16 (6.23%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (12.84%) C#
2 14 (5.45%) SQL
3 12 (4.67%) JavaScript
3 12 (4.67%) MATLAB
4 8 (3.11%) C
5 6 (2.33%) Python
6 3 (1.17%) C++
6 3 (1.17%) Java
6 3 (1.17%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.78%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.39%) PHP
Qualifications
1 54 (21.01%) Degree
2 24 (9.34%) Security Cleared
3 19 (7.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (7.39%) Master's Degree
4 15 (5.84%) DBS Check
4 15 (5.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (5.45%) MCSE
6 13 (5.06%) CCNP
6 13 (5.06%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (4.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (4.67%) CTC Cleared
8 4 (1.56%) CESG Certified Professional
8 4 (1.56%) EMC Certification
9 2 (0.78%) HNC
9 2 (0.78%) MBA
10 1 (0.39%) CISA
10 1 (0.39%) CISM
10 1 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.39%) MCSA
10 1 (0.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (11.67%) GDPR
2 16 (6.23%) SLA
3 15 (5.84%) QA
4 11 (4.28%) Automotive SPICE
4 11 (4.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (4.28%) ISO 26262
5 10 (3.89%) COSHH
5 10 (3.89%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.17%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.17%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.39%) NCSC
7 1 (0.39%) NIST
7 1 (0.39%) PMO
System Software
1 37 (14.40%) Active Directory
2 19 (7.39%) Docker
2 19 (7.39%) Hyper-V
3 7 (2.72%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (7.00%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.28%) Functional Safety
3 10 (3.89%) FortiGate
4 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 78 (30.35%) Microsoft
2 38 (14.79%) Salesforce
3 30 (11.67%) Cisco
4 13 (5.06%) Darktrace
5 12 (4.67%) WatchGuard
6 11 (4.28%) VMware
7 10 (3.89%) Meraki
8 9 (3.50%) Google
8 9 (3.50%) HP
8 9 (3.50%) Mitel
8 9 (3.50%) NEC
8 9 (3.50%) Ribbon
9 5 (1.95%) Oracle
10 4 (1.56%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.56%) EMC
10 4 (1.56%) F5
10 4 (1.56%) Fortinet
11 3 (1.17%) Facebook
11 3 (1.17%) Instagram
12 2 (0.78%) Virgin Media