Problem-Solving Job Trends in Lincolnshire

Problem Solving
East Midlands > Lincolnshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lincolnshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 6 5
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 +21
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 58 34 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 22.48% 8.52% 22.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 26.01% 14.91% 24.39%
Number of salaries quoted 39 10 19
10th Percentile £26,253 £21,250 £23,288
25th Percentile £26,859 £26,313 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £27,250 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.09% -43.23% -40.00%
75th Percentile £38,375 £51,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £47,500 £57,750 £70,000
East Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -11.11% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 223 228 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 86.43% 57.14% 93.89%
Number of salaries quoted 158 141 74
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,000 £22,952
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £56,375
90th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £70,000
East Midlands median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.89% -14.29% +5.00%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Lincolnshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lincolnshire citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Lincolnshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Lincolnshire over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Lincolnshire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Lincolnshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Lincolnshire region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Grantham - 17 £30,000 - 4
Lincoln +5 14 £40,000 -27.27% 16
Grimsby -4 2 - - 7
Immingham - 1 £72,500 - 1
Louth - 1 £40,000 - 1
Skegness - 1 £32,500 -
Problem-Solving
East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lincolnshire 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 5 (8.62%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (12.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (12.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (6.90%) Magento
2 4 (6.90%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 18 (31.03%) SaaS
2 5 (8.62%) Azure
2 5 (8.62%) Entra ID
2 5 (8.62%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (8.62%) OneDrive
3 4 (6.90%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 14 (24.14%) Remote Desktop
2 5 (8.62%) Broadband
3 3 (5.17%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.45%) VPN
5 1 (1.72%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) MS Access
2 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Cucumber
1 2 (3.45%) JIRA
1 2 (3.45%) Robot Framework
2 1 (1.72%) Git
2 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 43 (74.14%) Social Skills
2 29 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (43.10%) Retail
4 7 (12.07%) Finance
4 7 (12.07%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (8.62%) Banking
5 5 (8.62%) Games
6 3 (5.17%) Marketing
7 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.72%) Billing
8 1 (1.72%) Electronics
8 1 (1.72%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.72%) Law
8 1 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 16 (27.59%) Support Technician
2 15 (25.86%) IT Support
3 14 (24.14%) 2nd Line Support
4 12 (20.69%) 2nd Line Support Technician
5 6 (10.34%) Applications Support
5 6 (10.34%) Applications Support Technician
6 5 (8.62%) Customer Service Advisor
6 5 (8.62%) IT Engineer
6 5 (8.62%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (8.62%) Support Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) 1st Line Support
7 4 (6.90%) 1st Line Support Technician
7 4 (6.90%) Consultant
7 4 (6.90%) SaaS Consultant
8 3 (5.17%) Implementation Consultant
9 2 (3.45%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 2 (3.45%) Analyst
9 2 (3.45%) Test Automation Engineer
9 2 (3.45%) Test Engineer
10 1 (1.72%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) Laravel
1 1 (1.72%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 20 (34.48%) Onboarding
2 10 (17.24%) Driving Licence
3 5 (8.62%) Cyber Security Posture
4 4 (6.90%) EPoS
5 2 (3.45%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.72%) Life Science
6 1 (1.72%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.72%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.52%) Windows
2 3 (5.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (60.34%) Customer Service
2 26 (44.83%) ERP
3 24 (41.38%) Mentoring
4 18 (31.03%) Data Privacy
4 18 (31.03%) E-Commerce
4 18 (31.03%) Logistics
5 15 (25.86%) CRM
6 14 (24.14%) Analytical Thinking
6 14 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (24.14%) Root Cause Analysis
7 8 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (12.07%) Data Cleansing
8 7 (12.07%) Procure-to-Pay
8 7 (12.07%) Time Management
8 7 (12.07%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (12.07%) Validation
9 6 (10.34%) Asset Management
9 6 (10.34%) Project Delivery
10 5 (8.62%) Strategic Roadmap
10 5 (8.62%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 16 (27.59%) SQL
2 14 (24.14%) C#
3 2 (3.45%) Bash
3 2 (3.45%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.45%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.45%) Python
4 1 (1.72%) PHP
4 1 (1.72%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (13.79%) Degree
2 5 (8.62%) DBS Check
2 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (17.24%) QA
2 9 (15.52%) GDPR
3 3 (5.17%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (18.97%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (25.86%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.07%) SAP
3 5 (8.62%) BT
3 5 (8.62%) Progress
4 3 (5.17%) Adobe
4 3 (5.17%) dotdigital
5 1 (1.72%) Salesforce