Problem-Solving Job Trends in the Midlands

Problem Solving
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -12 +3 +2
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 923 1,171 1,787
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 7.17% 23.46% 13.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.06% 26.22% 17.36%
Number of salaries quoted 689 612 1,197
10th Percentile £26,460 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,625 £30,750 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -15.79%
75th Percentile £55,627 £58,938 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £69,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% -10.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,175 4,466 10,293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 71.32% 89.46% 79.37%
Number of salaries quoted 5,867 2,454 7,471
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,891 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £49,300 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +3.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 June 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
West Midlands -23 529 £42,500 -10.53% 270
East Midlands -9 391 £35,000 -9.09% 167
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 55 (5.96%) SharePoint
2 40 (4.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.19%) CMS
4 6 (0.65%) IIS
5 5 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.54%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.33%) WordPress
8 2 (0.22%) Confluence
9 1 (0.11%) Appian
9 1 (0.11%) Drupal
9 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 71 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 58 (6.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.84%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.54%) Fusion 360
5 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.43%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.11%) Abaqus
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Sketch
7 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 12 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.98%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 8 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.76%) iTrent
4 7 (0.76%) SAP Business One
5 5 (0.54%) Magento
5 5 (0.54%) Q-Pulse
5 5 (0.54%) Shopify
6 4 (0.43%) Line 50
6 4 (0.43%) Sage 50
6 4 (0.43%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.33%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 2 (0.22%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.11%) Exchequer
9 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.11%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 197 (21.34%) Microsoft 365
2 160 (17.33%) Azure
3 80 (8.67%) Power Platform
4 77 (8.34%) AWS
5 64 (6.93%) Entra ID
6 29 (3.14%) Serverless
7 27 (2.93%) SaaS
8 24 (2.60%) Amazon S3
9 23 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
10 20 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
11 16 (1.73%) Power Automate
12 13 (1.41%) Google Workspace
12 13 (1.41%) OneDrive
12 13 (1.41%) PowerApps
13 11 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (1.08%) GCP
15 8 (0.87%) Amazon Cognito
15 8 (0.87%) Amazon EventBridge
15 8 (0.87%) Amazon SQS
15 8 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 55 (5.96%) DNS
2 49 (5.31%) Firewall
3 48 (5.20%) DHCP
3 48 (5.20%) VPN
4 35 (3.79%) WAN
5 27 (2.93%) Wireless
6 26 (2.82%) TCP/IP
7 22 (2.38%) LAN
8 21 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
9 20 (2.17%) VLAN
10 19 (2.06%) Internet
11 16 (1.73%) SD-WAN
12 14 (1.52%) VoIP
13 11 (1.19%) Network Security
14 8 (0.87%) MQTT
15 5 (0.54%) Bluetooth
15 5 (0.54%) Skype
16 4 (0.43%) LoRaWAN
17 3 (0.33%) Remote Desktop
17 3 (0.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (7.58%) Power BI
2 30 (3.25%) SQL Server
3 19 (2.06%) Tableau
4 18 (1.95%) Power Query
5 16 (1.73%) MySQL
6 14 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
7 13 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 11 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
9 9 (0.98%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.87%) DynamoDB
11 7 (0.76%) Star Schema
12 6 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.54%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.54%) NoSQL
14 4 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.43%) Data Mining
14 4 (0.43%) FileMaker
14 4 (0.43%) Neo4j
14 4 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (1.95%) Git
2 14 (1.52%) JIRA
3 8 (0.87%) JUnit
4 7 (0.76%) Maven
4 7 (0.76%) Mockito
5 6 (0.65%) Subversion
6 5 (0.54%) Burp Suite
6 5 (0.54%) Metasploit
6 5 (0.54%) VersionOne
7 3 (0.33%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.22%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.22%) XCUITest
9 1 (0.11%) Appium
9 1 (0.11%) Bugzilla
9 1 (0.11%) GitLab
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.11%) Postman
9 1 (0.11%) TestRail
General
1 412 (44.64%) Social Skills
2 292 (31.64%) Analytical Skills
3 161 (17.44%) Finance
4 105 (11.38%) Manufacturing
5 59 (6.39%) Organisational Skills
6 51 (5.53%) Retail
7 50 (5.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 37 (4.01%) Law
8 37 (4.01%) Marketing
9 35 (3.79%) Legal
10 28 (3.03%) Public Sector
11 26 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
12 24 (2.60%) Electronics
13 19 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
14 17 (1.84%) Automotive
15 13 (1.41%) Banking
16 12 (1.30%) Telecoms
17 11 (1.19%) Investment Banking
18 9 (0.98%) Advertising
19 8 (0.87%) Games
Job Titles
1 154 (16.68%) Analyst
2 138 (14.95%) Support Engineer
3 115 (12.46%) IT Support
4 91 (9.86%) Senior
5 87 (9.43%) IT Engineer
6 77 (8.34%) Developer
7 68 (7.37%) IT Support Engineer
8 65 (7.04%) Technical Support
9 59 (6.39%) Technical Engineer
9 59 (6.39%) Technical Support Engineer
10 52 (5.63%) Support Technician
11 51 (5.53%) Lead
12 39 (4.23%) Support Analyst
13 36 (3.90%) Data Analyst
14 34 (3.68%) IT Technician
15 33 (3.58%) Senior Analyst
16 32 (3.47%) Consultant
17 31 (3.36%) IT Support Technician
18 28 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 28 (3.03%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (4.66%) React
2 27 (2.93%) Node.js
2 27 (2.93%) REST
3 23 (2.49%) CSS
3 23 (2.49%) HTML
4 17 (1.84%) .NET
5 13 (1.41%) Spring
6 11 (1.19%) AngularJS
7 10 (1.08%) RESTful
7 10 (1.08%) Spring Boot
8 6 (0.65%) EDI
9 4 (0.43%) .NET Framework
9 4 (0.43%) ASP.NET
9 4 (0.43%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (0.43%) JSON
9 4 (0.43%) Middleware
10 3 (0.33%) Laravel
10 3 (0.33%) Playwright
10 3 (0.33%) SOAP
11 2 (0.22%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 94 (10.18%) Driving Licence
2 46 (4.98%) Management Information System
2 46 (4.98%) Onboarding
3 40 (4.33%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (1.95%) Social Media
5 16 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (1.19%) IoT
7 11 (1.19%) Security Posture
8 10 (1.08%) FMCG
8 10 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.08%) Virtual Team
9 9 (0.98%) Data Centre
10 8 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (0.87%) iSeries
10 8 (0.87%) Mobile App
10 8 (0.87%) Product Ownership
10 8 (0.87%) Replication
11 7 (0.76%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 151 (16.36%) Windows
2 57 (6.18%) Windows Server
3 49 (5.31%) Linux
4 45 (4.88%) Windows 10
5 9 (0.98%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.98%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.76%) Android
7 6 (0.65%) Debian
8 5 (0.54%) CentOS
8 5 (0.54%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.43%) FreeRTOS
9 4 (0.43%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.43%) Unix
9 4 (0.43%) VMS
10 3 (0.33%) SUSE
11 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
2 154 (16.68%) Customer Service
3 125 (13.54%) Agile
4 123 (13.33%) Decision-Making
5 104 (11.27%) Analytics
6 97 (10.51%) Mentoring
7 96 (10.40%) Collaborative Working
8 85 (9.21%) ITIL
9 77 (8.34%) ERP
10 75 (8.13%) Service Delivery
11 71 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
11 71 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
12 69 (7.48%) Roadmaps
13 68 (7.37%) Process Improvement
14 66 (7.15%) AI
15 56 (6.07%) Computer Science
16 54 (5.85%) Coaching
16 54 (5.85%) CRM
17 53 (5.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 50 (5.42%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 148 (16.03%) SQL
2 79 (8.56%) Python
3 36 (3.90%) PowerShell
4 31 (3.36%) Java
5 28 (3.03%) JavaScript
6 21 (2.28%) C#
6 21 (2.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (1.84%) TypeScript
8 14 (1.52%) Ladder Logic
9 13 (1.41%) Bash
10 12 (1.30%) PHP
11 11 (1.19%) C
12 10 (1.08%) VBA
13 8 (0.87%) C++
13 8 (0.87%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.87%) R
13 8 (0.87%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.76%) RPG
15 6 (0.65%) Go
16 4 (0.43%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 130 (14.08%) Degree
2 64 (6.93%) Security Cleared
3 49 (5.31%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 31 (3.36%) DBS Check
6 23 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (1.73%) CISSP
8 15 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
9 13 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.19%) A+ Certification
11 10 (1.08%) ACCA
11 10 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.08%) CCNA
11 10 (1.08%) CIMA
11 10 (1.08%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.87%) PMP
13 7 (0.76%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.76%) CISA
13 7 (0.76%) MCSE
13 7 (0.76%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (4.44%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.12%) QA
3 31 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (2.93%) GDPR
5 24 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
6 21 (2.28%) NIST
6 21 (2.28%) SLA
7 13 (1.41%) Accessibility
8 11 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (0.98%) ISO 14001
9 9 (0.98%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 6 (0.65%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.54%) COSHH
11 5 (0.54%) GMP
11 5 (0.54%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.43%) GRC
12 4 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 113 (12.24%) Active Directory
2 27 (2.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (2.38%) Docker
4 21 (2.28%) Hyper-V
5 10 (1.08%) vSphere
6 8 (0.87%) Firmware
7 4 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 37 (4.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (2.17%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.52%) Terraform
4 7 (0.76%) Ansible
5 5 (0.54%) Nagios
5 5 (0.54%) Nmap
6 4 (0.43%) Functional Safety
6 4 (0.43%) Galera Cluster
6 4 (0.43%) Grafana
6 4 (0.43%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.33%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.33%) SCCM
7 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.22%) Puppet
9 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 241 (26.11%) Microsoft
2 35 (3.79%) VMware
3 32 (3.47%) SAP
4 31 (3.36%) Cisco
5 27 (2.93%) Oracle
6 17 (1.84%) Sage
7 16 (1.73%) Google
7 16 (1.73%) IBM
8 14 (1.52%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.30%) Cognos
9 12 (1.30%) Dell
9 12 (1.30%) Workday
10 11 (1.19%) ServiceNow
10 11 (1.19%) SolarWinds
11 9 (0.98%) Databricks
11 9 (0.98%) Meraki
12 8 (0.87%) HP
13 6 (0.65%) Apple
13 6 (0.65%) Avaya
13 6 (0.65%) McAfee