Problem-Solving Jobs in Leicestershire

Problem Solving
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire 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 15 9 18
Rank change year-on-year -6 +9 -13
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 77 168 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 10.94% 15.53% 14.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.72% 17.50% 15.03%
Number of salaries quoted 39 104 39
10th Percentile £26,239 £25,113 £32,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £37,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.22% -12.94% +34.92%
75th Percentile £56,250 £48,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,878 £58,750 £57,000
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% +12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 657 960 772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 93.32% 88.72% 97.72%
Number of salaries quoted 168 531 252
10th Percentile £25,675 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £46,875
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +10.29%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £44,225 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.75% -11.55% +5.26%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Leicestershire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Leicestershire

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

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

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Leicestershire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Leicestershire 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
Leicester +3 22 £45,000 +12.59% 55
Lutterworth -18 5 - - 2
Hinckley -26 4 - - 1
Market Harborough +6 3 £45,000 +80.00% 7
Ashby-de-la-Zouch +1 2 - - 2
Coalville +5 1 - - 5
Wigston +3 1 - -
Problem-Solving
East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 6 (7.79%) IIS
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (5.19%) MS Visio
2 4 (5.19%) Trello
3 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.60%) EngageOne
4 2 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (22.08%) Azure
2 12 (15.58%) AWS
3 7 (9.09%) Power Platform
4 5 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.60%) IaaS
5 2 (2.60%) PaaS
6 1 (1.30%) BrowserStack
6 1 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.30%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.30%) Sauce Labs
6 1 (1.30%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (23.38%) Internet
2 17 (22.08%) Network Security
2 17 (22.08%) WLAN
3 6 (7.79%) Firewall
3 6 (7.79%) VPN
4 5 (6.49%) SAN
5 3 (3.90%) DHCP
5 3 (3.90%) DNS
6 1 (1.30%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.88%) SQL Server
2 6 (7.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (5.19%) Data Lake
3 4 (5.19%) Power BI
3 4 (5.19%) Power Query
3 4 (5.19%) PowerPivot
4 1 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.19%) JIRA
2 3 (3.90%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.60%) JMeter
3 2 (2.60%) LoadRunner
3 2 (2.60%) Postman
4 1 (1.30%) Git
4 1 (1.30%) SpecFlow
General
1 30 (38.96%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 18 (23.38%) Law
4 12 (15.58%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (7.79%) Retail
7 2 (2.60%) Automotive
7 2 (2.60%) Billing
7 2 (2.60%) Finance
7 2 (2.60%) Games
7 2 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.60%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 30 (38.96%) IT Support
2 25 (32.47%) Support Engineer
3 18 (23.38%) IT Engineer
3 18 (23.38%) IT Support Engineer
4 7 (9.09%) Analyst
4 7 (9.09%) Applications Support
5 6 (7.79%) Project Engineer
5 6 (7.79%) Senior
6 5 (6.49%) Applications Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) Applications Support Engineer
7 4 (5.19%) Developer
7 4 (5.19%) Implementation Engineer
7 4 (5.19%) Software Implementation Engineer
8 3 (3.90%) Data Engineer
8 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Developer
8 3 (3.90%) Senior Developer
8 3 (3.90%) Senior Microsoft Developer
9 2 (2.60%) Data Analyst
9 2 (2.60%) Service Desk Manager
9 2 (2.60%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.19%) .NET
2 3 (3.90%) Blazor
2 3 (3.90%) Middleware
2 3 (3.90%) WPF
3 2 (2.60%) Playwright
3 2 (2.60%) REST
3 2 (2.60%) SOAP
3 2 (2.60%) Swagger
3 2 (2.60%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (23.38%) Driving Licence
2 12 (15.58%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (7.79%) Clustering
4 3 (3.90%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.30%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.30%) Blog
5 1 (1.30%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.30%) Insider Threat
5 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.30%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 40 (51.95%) Windows
2 19 (24.68%) Linux
3 7 (9.09%) Windows Server
4 3 (3.90%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.60%) Android
6 1 (1.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (27.27%) ITIL
2 18 (23.38%) Computer Science
3 17 (22.08%) Asset Management
3 17 (22.08%) IT Asset Management
3 17 (22.08%) Mentoring
3 17 (22.08%) Network Management
4 12 (15.58%) Line Management
4 12 (15.58%) Mathematics
5 10 (12.99%) SDLC
6 9 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (11.69%) Customer Requirements
7 8 (10.39%) Process Improvement
8 6 (7.79%) High Availability
8 6 (7.79%) Service Management
9 5 (6.49%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (6.49%) Data Analysis
9 5 (6.49%) Data Management
9 5 (6.49%) Patch Management
9 5 (6.49%) Project Management
9 5 (6.49%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 15 (19.48%) SQL
2 9 (11.69%) Python
3 8 (10.39%) T-SQL
4 5 (6.49%) C#
5 4 (5.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (3.90%) JavaScript
6 3 (3.90%) VB
7 2 (2.60%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (27.27%) Degree
2 19 (24.68%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (22.08%) CCNA
3 17 (22.08%) CCNP
3 17 (22.08%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (22.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (22.08%) LPIC
3 17 (22.08%) MCP
3 17 (22.08%) MCSE
4 2 (2.60%) A+ Certification
4 2 (2.60%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.30%) MCDST
5 1 (1.30%) MCSA
5 1 (1.30%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.19%) SLA
2 3 (3.90%) QA
3 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.30%) GRC
3 1 (1.30%) ISO 14001
3 1 (1.30%) ISO 9000
3 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.30%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (3.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.30%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Clustering
2 2 (2.60%) Terraform
3 1 (1.30%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (1.30%) SCCM
3 1 (1.30%) SCOM
Vendors
1 37 (48.05%) Microsoft
2 17 (22.08%) Cisco
3 6 (7.79%) Databricks
4 2 (2.60%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.60%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.30%) HP
5 1 (1.30%) SAP
5 1 (1.30%) Sophos
5 1 (1.30%) VMware