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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 8
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 -6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 64 35 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Lincolnshire 16.84% 16.59% 11.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.07% 22.29% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 57 14 17
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,625 £31,850
25th Percentile £28,000 £30,188 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £42,625 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.62% +16.78% -41.60%
75th Percentile £40,000 £61,875 £58,750
90th Percentile £45,000 £72,500 £64,000
East Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £35,750 £45,500
% change year-on-year -2.10% -21.43% -13.33%

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 290 157 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 76.32% 74.41% 76.73%
Number of salaries quoted 192 81 111
10th Percentile £26,000 £35,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £40,000 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,750 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.63% +11.76% -32.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £56,000
90th Percentile £64,625 £65,000 £62,500
East Midlands median annual salary £44,500 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.18% -2.00% -4.76%

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 7 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 7 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 - 22 £30,000 -
Lincoln -2 13 £37,500 -21.05% 18
Grimsby -5 5 £28,000 -33.92% 2
Scunthorpe +6 3 £27,000 -1.82% 1
Immingham - 1 £72,500 - 1
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 (7.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (4.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (7.81%) iTrent
2 4 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (4.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 31 (48.44%) SaaS
2 13 (20.31%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (15.63%) Azure
3 10 (15.63%) Entra ID
4 5 (7.81%) OneDrive
5 4 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 31 (48.44%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (1.56%) Network Security
2 1 (1.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Git
1 1 (1.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 49 (76.56%) Social Skills
2 34 (53.13%) Analytical Skills
2 34 (53.13%) Retail
3 8 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (4.69%) Finance
5 1 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 31 (48.44%) 2nd Line Support
2 19 (29.69%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 17 (26.56%) IT Support
4 15 (23.44%) Support Technician
5 12 (18.75%) 2nd Line Support Technician
6 10 (15.63%) Analyst
6 10 (15.63%) IT Engineer
6 10 (15.63%) IT Support Engineer
6 10 (15.63%) Support Analyst
6 10 (15.63%) Support Engineer
7 9 (14.06%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
7 9 (14.06%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 9 (14.06%) Administrator
7 9 (14.06%) ERP Analyst
7 9 (14.06%) ERP Support
7 9 (14.06%) SaaS Analyst
7 9 (14.06%) Software Analyst
7 9 (14.06%) Software Support Analyst
8 6 (9.38%) Applications Support
8 6 (9.38%) Applications Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.56%) Laravel
1 1 (1.56%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 31 (48.44%) Onboarding
2 5 (7.81%) Cyber Security Posture
2 5 (7.81%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.56%) Life Science
3 1 (1.56%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.56%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 11 (17.19%) Windows
2 6 (9.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (56.25%) Customer Service
2 35 (54.69%) Continuous Improvement
2 35 (54.69%) CRM
2 35 (54.69%) ERP
3 34 (53.13%) Mentoring
4 31 (48.44%) Analytical Thinking
4 31 (48.44%) Data Privacy
4 31 (48.44%) E-Commerce
4 31 (48.44%) Logistics
4 31 (48.44%) Root Cause Analysis
5 11 (17.19%) Project Delivery
6 6 (9.38%) Data Cleansing
6 6 (9.38%) Software Engineering
7 5 (7.81%) Data Protection
7 5 (7.81%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 5 (7.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (7.81%) IT Strategy
7 5 (7.81%) Network Management
7 5 (7.81%) Strategic Roadmap
7 5 (7.81%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 33 (51.56%) SQL
2 31 (48.44%) C#
3 1 (1.56%) PHP
3 1 (1.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (9.38%) Degree
2 5 (7.81%) DBS Check
2 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (39.06%) QA
2 5 (7.81%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (7.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (23.44%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.81%) Progress
3 3 (4.69%) SAP