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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 4 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 -10
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 67 33 31
As % of all permanent jobs in Lincolnshire 14.73% 16.92% 9.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.24% 21.85% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58 13 26
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,500 -
25th Percentile £28,000 £27,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +6.67% -34.78%
75th Percentile £38,750 £72,500 £51,750
90th Percentile £45,000 £73,500 £62,500
East Midlands median annual salary £34,000 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -2.86% -12.50% -23.81%

All Process & 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 331 151 248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 72.75% 77.44% 74.70%
Number of salaries quoted 210 78 232
10th Percentile £26,450 £34,250 £28,165
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,688 £34,834
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +18.75% -36.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £58,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £58,625
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -9.52%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend 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 11 February 2026.

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 11 February 2026. 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 - 16 £30,000 -
Grimsby -4 12 £28,000 -33.92% 3
Lincoln -8 10 £37,500 -6.25% 5
Scunthorpe +4 3 £27,000 -1.82% 2
Problem-Solving
East Midlands

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (14.93%) iTrent
2 4 (5.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (4.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 25 (37.31%) SaaS
2 15 (22.39%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (11.94%) Azure
3 8 (11.94%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.97%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (5.97%) Power Platform
5 3 (4.48%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.49%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 27 (40.30%) Remote Desktop
2 5 (7.46%) TCP/IP
3 4 (5.97%) DHCP
3 4 (5.97%) DNS
3 4 (5.97%) SD-WAN
3 4 (5.97%) VPN
3 4 (5.97%) WAN
3 4 (5.97%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.97%) MySQL
2 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Git
1 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 51 (76.12%) Social Skills
2 32 (47.76%) Retail
3 30 (44.78%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (11.94%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.48%) Finance
7 2 (2.99%) Automotive
7 2 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.49%) Law
8 1 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 25 (37.31%) 2nd Line Support
2 19 (28.36%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 15 (22.39%) IT Support
4 14 (20.90%) Administrator
5 11 (16.42%) Support Technician
6 10 (14.93%) Analyst
6 10 (14.93%) Support Analyst
6 10 (14.93%) Systems Administrator
7 9 (13.43%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
7 9 (13.43%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 9 (13.43%) ERP Analyst
7 9 (13.43%) ERP Support
7 9 (13.43%) SaaS Analyst
7 9 (13.43%) Software Analyst
7 9 (13.43%) Software Support Analyst
8 8 (11.94%) IT Engineer
8 8 (11.94%) IT Support Engineer
8 8 (11.94%) Support Engineer
9 6 (8.96%) 2nd Line Support Technician
9 6 (8.96%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) Laravel
1 1 (1.49%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 27 (40.30%) Onboarding
2 7 (10.45%) Driving Licence
3 4 (5.97%) EPoS
4 3 (4.48%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.49%) Life Science
5 1 (1.49%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 15 (22.39%) Windows
2 10 (14.93%) Linux
3 4 (5.97%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (49.25%) ERP
2 32 (47.76%) Customer Service
3 31 (46.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (43.28%) CRM
4 29 (43.28%) Logistics
5 28 (41.79%) Mentoring
6 27 (40.30%) Root Cause Analysis
7 25 (37.31%) Analytical Thinking
7 25 (37.31%) Data Privacy
7 25 (37.31%) E-Commerce
8 8 (11.94%) Project Delivery
9 7 (10.45%) Time Management
10 6 (8.96%) Data Cleansing
10 6 (8.96%) Software Engineering
11 5 (7.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 5 (7.46%) Process Improvement
12 4 (5.97%) Collaborative Working
12 4 (5.97%) ITSM
12 4 (5.97%) Network Monitoring
13 3 (4.48%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 27 (40.30%) SQL
2 25 (37.31%) C#
3 1 (1.49%) PHP
3 1 (1.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (5.97%) Degree
2 3 (4.48%) DBS Check
2 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.99%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.49%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (37.31%) QA
2 3 (4.48%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (4.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.99%) Nagios
Vendors
1 17 (25.37%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.97%) SAP
3 3 (4.48%) Progress
4 2 (2.99%) Cisco
4 2 (2.99%) Epicor
4 2 (2.99%) SolarWinds
4 2 (2.99%) TP-LINK
5 1 (1.49%) Workday