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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 4 10
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 -9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 67 35 26
As % of all permanent jobs in Lincolnshire 16.54% 16.75% 11.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.33% 22.15% 14.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59 14 21
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,625 £32,250
25th Percentile £28,000 £30,188 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £42,625 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.62% +13.67% -40.00%
75th Percentile £40,000 £70,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £45,000 £73,375 £62,500
East Midlands median annual salary £33,000 £35,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -15.88% -19.05%

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 300 158 178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 74.07% 75.60% 75.42%
Number of salaries quoted 195 82 164
10th Percentile £26,000 £35,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £40,000 £31,250
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 £55,000 £53,813
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £48,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.05% -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 21 January 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 21 January 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 - 19 £30,000 - 1
Lincoln -4 13 £37,500 -21.05% 39
Grimsby -4 9 £28,000 -33.92% 3
Scunthorpe +6 3 £27,000 -1.82% 1
Immingham - 1 £72,500 -
Louth - 1 £40,000 -
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 5 (7.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (11.94%) iTrent
2 4 (5.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (4.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 28 (41.79%) SaaS
2 14 (20.90%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (14.93%) Azure
3 10 (14.93%) Entra ID
4 5 (7.46%) OneDrive
5 4 (5.97%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (5.97%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.49%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 29 (43.28%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (2.99%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.49%) DHCP
3 1 (1.49%) DNS
3 1 (1.49%) Network Security
3 1 (1.49%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.49%) VPN
3 1 (1.49%) WAN
3 1 (1.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) MySQL
1 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 31 (46.27%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (11.94%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.48%) Finance
6 2 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.49%) Automotive
7 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Law
7 1 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 28 (41.79%) 2nd Line Support
2 19 (28.36%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 17 (25.37%) IT Support
4 12 (17.91%) Administrator
4 12 (17.91%) Support Technician
5 10 (14.93%) Analyst
5 10 (14.93%) IT Engineer
5 10 (14.93%) IT Support Engineer
5 10 (14.93%) Support Analyst
5 10 (14.93%) Support Engineer
6 9 (13.43%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
6 9 (13.43%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 9 (13.43%) 2nd Line Support Technician
6 9 (13.43%) ERP Analyst
6 9 (13.43%) ERP Support
6 9 (13.43%) SaaS Analyst
6 9 (13.43%) Software Analyst
6 9 (13.43%) Software Support Analyst
7 8 (11.94%) Systems Administrator
8 6 (8.96%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) Laravel
1 1 (1.49%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 28 (41.79%) Onboarding
2 6 (8.96%) Driving Licence
3 5 (7.46%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (1.49%) EPoS
4 1 (1.49%) Life Science
4 1 (1.49%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.49%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 12 (17.91%) Windows
2 7 (10.45%) Linux
3 1 (1.49%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (50.75%) Customer Service
2 33 (49.25%) ERP
3 32 (47.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 32 (47.76%) CRM
4 31 (46.27%) Mentoring
5 29 (43.28%) Logistics
6 28 (41.79%) Analytical Thinking
6 28 (41.79%) Data Privacy
6 28 (41.79%) E-Commerce
6 28 (41.79%) Root Cause Analysis
7 11 (16.42%) Project Delivery
8 6 (8.96%) Data Cleansing
8 6 (8.96%) Software Engineering
9 5 (7.46%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (7.46%) Data Protection
9 5 (7.46%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 5 (7.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (7.46%) IT Strategy
9 5 (7.46%) Network Management
9 5 (7.46%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 30 (44.78%) SQL
2 28 (41.79%) C#
3 1 (1.49%) PHP
3 1 (1.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (10.45%) Degree
2 5 (7.46%) DBS Check
2 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.49%) CIPD
3 1 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (37.31%) QA
2 5 (7.46%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (7.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.49%) Nagios
Vendors
1 16 (23.88%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.46%) Progress
3 4 (5.97%) SAP
4 1 (1.49%) Cisco
4 1 (1.49%) Epicor
4 1 (1.49%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.49%) TP-LINK
4 1 (1.49%) Workday