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 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 2 17
Rank change year-on-year -13 +15 -12
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 46 53 36
As % of all permanent jobs in Lincolnshire 5.91% 22.55% 6.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.33% 26.37% 10.84%
Number of salaries quoted 40 32 26
10th Percentile £26,225 £24,461 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,000 £25,267 £26,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £27,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% -21.43% -27.08%
75th Percentile £48,750 £34,500 £42,500
90th Percentile £67,625 £46,625 £57,500
East Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £35,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.63% -11.25% -9.67%

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 493 201 332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 63.37% 85.53% 63.48%
Number of salaries quoted 331 140 276
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,250 £29,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -
75th Percentile £63,125 £55,000 £51,563
90th Percentile £85,000 £60,125 £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 27 July 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 27 July 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 £47,500 +81.87% 10
Scunthorpe +1 8 £45,000 +81.73% 5
Grimsby -1 2 £36,500 - 2
Spalding -9 1 £29,000 -
Immingham - 1 £67,500 - 1
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.17%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 1 (2.17%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 10 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (17.39%) Azure
3 4 (8.70%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.52%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.17%) AWS
6 1 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.04%) DNS
2 5 (10.87%) DHCP
2 5 (10.87%) VPN
2 5 (10.87%) Wireless
3 4 (8.70%) SD-WAN
3 4 (8.70%) TCP/IP
3 4 (8.70%) WAN
4 3 (6.52%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (2.17%) Ethernet
5 1 (2.17%) Firewall
5 1 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.22%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (4.35%) MySQL
3 1 (2.17%) Power BI
3 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 20 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.74%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (19.57%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (17.39%) Manufacturing
5 5 (10.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (8.70%) Electronics
7 3 (6.52%) Finance
7 3 (6.52%) Retail
8 1 (2.17%) Health Technology
8 1 (2.17%) Legal
8 1 (2.17%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (19.57%) Analyst
1 9 (19.57%) IT Support
2 8 (17.39%) Account Manager
2 8 (17.39%) Support Analyst
2 8 (17.39%) Support Technician
3 6 (13.04%) ERP Analyst
3 6 (13.04%) ERP Support
3 6 (13.04%) Report Analyst
4 5 (10.87%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (10.87%) IT Engineer
5 4 (8.70%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 4 (8.70%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
5 4 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support Technician
5 4 (8.70%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (8.70%) IT Support Technician
5 4 (8.70%) IT Technician
5 4 (8.70%) Support Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 3 (6.52%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (32.61%) Driving Licence
2 7 (15.22%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.35%) EPoS
4 1 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.17%) NHS
4 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (21.74%) Windows
2 3 (6.52%) Linux
3 2 (4.35%) Debian
4 1 (2.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (32.61%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (30.43%) ERP
3 10 (21.74%) Collaborative Culture
4 8 (17.39%) B2B
4 8 (17.39%) Customer Service
4 8 (17.39%) Customer-Centricity
5 6 (13.04%) Data Management
6 5 (10.87%) ITSM
6 5 (10.87%) Logistics
6 5 (10.87%) Mentoring
6 5 (10.87%) Problem Management
6 5 (10.87%) Process Improvement
6 5 (10.87%) Time Management
7 4 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (8.70%) Network Monitoring
7 4 (8.70%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (6.52%) Agile
8 3 (6.52%) Coaching
8 3 (6.52%) User Experience
9 2 (4.35%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.74%) SQL
2 2 (4.35%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.35%) Python
3 1 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2 (4.35%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.17%) GDPR
1 1 (2.17%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (10.87%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 7 (15.22%) Epicor
3 1 (2.17%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (2.17%) HP
3 1 (2.17%) iManage
3 1 (2.17%) Infor
3 1 (2.17%) Splunk