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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 2 14
Rank change year-on-year -12 +12 -8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 54 66 36
As % of all permanent jobs in Lincolnshire 6.44% 25.10% 7.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.55% 28.95% 12.16%
Number of salaries quoted 45 42 23
10th Percentile £26,100 £24,461 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,563 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £30,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -14.29% -36.36%
75th Percentile £53,750 £37,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £47,500 £57,500
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% -13.51%

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 512 228 296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 61.10% 86.69% 61.03%
Number of salaries quoted 367 157 228
10th Percentile £28,150 £25,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £29,000 £31,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £50,313
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £57,500
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -14.29%

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 24 August 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 24 August 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
Lincoln -22 16 £30,000 +11.24% 15
Scunthorpe -1 10 £45,000 +81.73% 5
Grimsby -2 2 £38,750 - 3
Immingham -2 1 £67,500 -6.90%
Spalding -7 1 £29,000 - 2
Barton-upon-Humber - 1 £48,500 -
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 1 (1.85%) SAS
1 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.85%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 1 (1.85%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.67%) Azure
2 8 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (12.96%) Power Platform
4 4 (7.41%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.85%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (1.85%) AWS
6 1 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.85%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.41%) DNS
2 3 (5.56%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (5.56%) VPN
2 3 (5.56%) Wireless
3 2 (3.70%) DHCP
3 2 (3.70%) Ethernet
3 2 (3.70%) Firewall
4 1 (1.85%) Modbus
4 1 (1.85%) Network Security
4 1 (1.85%) PBX
4 1 (1.85%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.85%) SSL
4 1 (1.85%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.85%) VLAN
4 1 (1.85%) VoIP
4 1 (1.85%) WAN
4 1 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (20.37%) Crystal Reports
2 5 (9.26%) Power BI
2 5 (9.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (7.41%) GIS
3 4 (7.41%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.85%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.85%) DTS
4 1 (1.85%) SQL Server
General
1 21 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 13 (24.07%) Manufacturing
3 12 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (9.26%) Finance
6 4 (7.41%) Electronics
6 4 (7.41%) Social Housing
7 3 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.85%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.85%) Legal
8 1 (1.85%) Military
8 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (22.22%) Analyst
2 9 (16.67%) Support Analyst
3 6 (11.11%) ERP Analyst
3 6 (11.11%) ERP Support
3 6 (11.11%) IT Support
3 6 (11.11%) Report Analyst
4 5 (9.26%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (9.26%) IT Engineer
4 5 (9.26%) Support Technician
5 4 (7.41%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 4 (7.41%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
5 4 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support Technician
5 4 (7.41%) Account Manager
5 4 (7.41%) Data Manager
5 4 (7.41%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) Performance Manager
5 4 (7.41%) Senior
5 4 (7.41%) Support Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 3 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.41%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.52%) Driving Licence
2 5 (9.26%) Management Information System
3 4 (7.41%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.70%) Robotics
5 1 (1.85%) FMCG
5 1 (1.85%) iPad
5 1 (1.85%) NHS
5 1 (1.85%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.96%) Windows
2 3 (5.56%) Linux
3 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (29.63%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (22.22%) Customer Service
2 12 (22.22%) ERP
3 7 (12.96%) Collaborative Culture
4 6 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (11.11%) Data Management
4 6 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 6 (11.11%) Mentoring
5 5 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (9.26%) Time Management
6 4 (7.41%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (7.41%) Agile
6 4 (7.41%) B2B
6 4 (7.41%) Benchmarking
6 4 (7.41%) Customer-Centricity
6 4 (7.41%) Dashboard Development
6 4 (7.41%) Line Management
6 4 (7.41%) Quality Management
6 4 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (7.41%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 16 (29.63%) SQL
2 2 (3.70%) Ladder Logic
2 2 (3.70%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.70%) Python
3 1 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 6 (11.11%) Degree
2 3 (5.56%) HNC
3 2 (3.70%) DBS Check
3 2 (3.70%) HND
4 1 (1.85%) City & Guilds
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.85%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.11%) GDPR
2 4 (7.41%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.85%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.85%) GMP
3 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.85%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.96%) Epicor
3 4 (7.41%) Oracle
4 2 (3.70%) Siemens
5 1 (1.85%) Adobe
5 1 (1.85%) Allen-Bradley
5 1 (1.85%) Avaya
5 1 (1.85%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.85%) Google
5 1 (1.85%) HP
5 1 (1.85%) iManage
5 1 (1.85%) Infor
5 1 (1.85%) Sage
5 1 (1.85%) SAP
5 1 (1.85%) Splunk