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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 +6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,286 1,238 1,426
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 8.47% 21.72% 14.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.14% 25.59% 18.25%
Number of salaries quoted 906 711 552
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,563 £29,000 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% -15.56% -8.16%
75th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £59,125
90th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -4.55%

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 10,596 4,837 7,814
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.82% 84.86% 77.72%
Number of salaries quoted 7,552 2,895 4,114
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 9 September 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 9 September 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 -8 711 £42,500 -3.41% 651
East Midlands -9 573 £41,000 +17.14% 386
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 67 (5.21%) SharePoint
2 42 (3.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.17%) IIS
4 9 (0.70%) Confluence
5 5 (0.39%) CMS
5 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.31%) CICS
6 4 (0.31%) SAS
7 3 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.23%) WordPress
8 2 (0.16%) Documentum
9 1 (0.078%) Apache
9 1 (0.078%) Appian
9 1 (0.078%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.078%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.078%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.078%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.078%) Tomcat
Applications
1 113 (8.79%) Microsoft Office
2 84 (6.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (0.70%) Simulink
5 6 (0.47%) Fusion 360
6 5 (0.39%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.23%) Revit
9 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.16%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.16%) Navisworks
9 2 (0.16%) OrCAD
10 1 (0.078%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.078%) Autodesk Inventor
10 1 (0.078%) CorelDRAW
10 1 (0.078%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.078%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.078%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 19 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (1.09%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 12 (0.93%) SAP Business One
5 11 (0.86%) Shopify
6 10 (0.78%) NetSuite
7 9 (0.70%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 7 (0.54%) Sage X3
9 5 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
9 5 (0.39%) Magento
9 5 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
9 5 (0.39%) Sage 50
9 5 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.31%) Line 50
11 3 (0.23%) Infor CloudSuite
11 3 (0.23%) Infor LN
11 3 (0.23%) Infor M3
11 3 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
11 3 (0.23%) SAP ERP
12 2 (0.16%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 253 (19.67%) Microsoft 365
2 233 (18.12%) Azure
3 128 (9.95%) Power Platform
4 87 (6.77%) AWS
5 86 (6.69%) Entra ID
6 54 (4.20%) SaaS
7 36 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
8 34 (2.64%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (1.94%) Power Automate
10 19 (1.48%) GitHub
11 18 (1.40%) PowerApps
12 17 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
12 17 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
13 16 (1.24%) GCP
14 15 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
15 14 (1.09%) OneDrive
16 13 (1.01%) Google Workspace
16 13 (1.01%) Serverless
17 12 (0.93%) PaaS
18 10 (0.78%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 71 (5.52%) DNS
2 65 (5.05%) Firewall
3 57 (4.43%) DHCP
4 55 (4.28%) VPN
5 50 (3.89%) TCP/IP
6 34 (2.64%) Wireless
7 32 (2.49%) VLAN
8 26 (2.02%) LAN
8 26 (2.02%) WAN
9 25 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
10 19 (1.48%) Network Security
11 17 (1.32%) VoIP
12 8 (0.62%) Internet
12 8 (0.62%) MQTT
13 7 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
13 7 (0.54%) Remote Desktop
13 7 (0.54%) Wireshark
14 6 (0.47%) Modbus
14 6 (0.47%) SSL
15 5 (0.39%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (9.25%) Power BI
2 51 (3.97%) SQL Server
3 28 (2.18%) Relational Database
4 27 (2.10%) Tableau
5 23 (1.79%) Power Query
6 22 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (1.32%) MySQL
9 16 (1.24%) Electronic Patient Records
10 15 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
11 13 (1.01%) Data Mining
12 11 (0.86%) Crystal Reports
13 10 (0.78%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.54%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.54%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
14 7 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
15 6 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
16 5 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 47 (3.65%) Git
2 34 (2.64%) JIRA
3 24 (1.87%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.54%) Cucumber
4 7 (0.54%) Eclipse
4 7 (0.54%) Postman
5 6 (0.47%) GitLab
5 6 (0.47%) JMeter
5 6 (0.47%) Maven
5 6 (0.47%) Selenium
5 6 (0.47%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.39%) JUnit
6 5 (0.39%) LabVIEW
6 5 (0.39%) VersionOne
6 5 (0.39%) Zephyr
7 4 (0.31%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.31%) Metasploit
8 3 (0.23%) Mockito
8 3 (0.23%) Subversion
9 2 (0.16%) Ant
General
1 651 (50.62%) Social Skills
2 378 (29.39%) Analytical Skills
3 213 (16.56%) Finance
4 202 (15.71%) Manufacturing
5 89 (6.92%) Organisational Skills
6 88 (6.84%) Retail
7 70 (5.44%) Marketing
8 55 (4.28%) Public Sector
9 50 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 44 (3.42%) Law
11 40 (3.11%) Electronics
11 40 (3.11%) Legal
12 30 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
13 27 (2.10%) Automotive
14 20 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
15 17 (1.32%) Telecoms
16 11 (0.86%) Banking
17 10 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
18 8 (0.62%) Fire and Rescue
18 8 (0.62%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 181 (14.07%) Analyst
2 140 (10.89%) IT Support
3 128 (9.95%) Support Engineer
4 117 (9.10%) Developer
5 100 (7.78%) Senior
6 77 (5.99%) Consultant
6 77 (5.99%) Lead
7 76 (5.91%) Technical Support
8 75 (5.83%) IT Engineer
9 65 (5.05%) Support Analyst
9 65 (5.05%) Technical Engineer
10 63 (4.90%) Technical Support Engineer
11 57 (4.43%) Support Technician
12 53 (4.12%) IT Support Engineer
13 49 (3.81%) IT Technician
14 44 (3.42%) IT Manager
15 41 (3.19%) IT Support Technician
16 38 (2.95%) Data Analyst
17 34 (2.64%) Senior Analyst
18 33 (2.57%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (4.20%) REST
2 45 (3.50%) .NET
3 39 (3.03%) React
4 28 (2.18%) Spring
5 25 (1.94%) Spring Boot
6 23 (1.79%) Node.js
6 23 (1.79%) SOAP
7 19 (1.48%) CSS
7 19 (1.48%) HTML
8 17 (1.32%) Terraform
9 16 (1.24%) RESTful
10 14 (1.09%) AngularJS
10 14 (1.09%) Playwright
11 12 (0.93%) ISPF
11 12 (0.93%) JSON
12 11 (0.86%) EDI
12 11 (0.86%) Middleware
13 10 (0.78%) SAP Fiori
13 10 (0.78%) XML
14 9 (0.70%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 144 (11.20%) Driving Licence
2 90 (7.00%) Onboarding
3 75 (5.83%) Management Information System
4 63 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
5 36 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
6 32 (2.49%) Robotics
7 28 (2.18%) NHS
8 20 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
9 19 (1.48%) IoT
10 18 (1.40%) Data Centre
11 17 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
11 17 (1.32%) SystemC
11 17 (1.32%) Virtual Team
12 16 (1.24%) Legacy Applications
13 15 (1.17%) SCADA
14 13 (1.01%) CMDB
14 13 (1.01%) Data Structures
14 13 (1.01%) Mainframe
15 12 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (0.93%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 229 (17.81%) Windows
2 83 (6.45%) Windows Server
3 80 (6.22%) Linux
4 44 (3.42%) Windows 10
5 18 (1.40%) Android
6 14 (1.09%) Apple iOS
7 10 (0.78%) Unix
8 9 (0.70%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.47%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.39%) OpenVMS
11 4 (0.31%) FreeRTOS
11 4 (0.31%) VMS
12 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.16%) Debian
13 2 (0.16%) Solaris
14 1 (0.078%) CentOS
14 1 (0.078%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (29.63%) Continuous Improvement
2 249 (19.36%) Customer Service
3 178 (13.84%) Decision-Making
4 164 (12.75%) Agile
5 162 (12.60%) Analytics
6 135 (10.50%) Mentoring
7 131 (10.19%) ERP
8 126 (9.80%) Business Intelligence
9 123 (9.56%) Collaborative Working
10 114 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
11 98 (7.62%) AI
11 98 (7.62%) Stakeholder Management
12 97 (7.54%) ITIL
13 96 (7.47%) Service Delivery
14 94 (7.31%) Roadmaps
15 91 (7.08%) Project Delivery
16 84 (6.53%) CRM
16 84 (6.53%) Project Management
17 77 (5.99%) Collaborative Culture
17 77 (5.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 206 (16.02%) SQL
2 90 (7.00%) Python
3 69 (5.37%) Java
4 53 (4.12%) PowerShell
5 50 (3.89%) JavaScript
6 38 (2.95%) C#
7 30 (2.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 23 (1.79%) TypeScript
9 22 (1.71%) Ladder Logic
10 21 (1.63%) C
11 15 (1.17%) Embedded C
12 13 (1.01%) C++
12 13 (1.01%) VBA
13 12 (0.93%) Bash
13 12 (0.93%) COBOL
13 12 (0.93%) JCL
13 12 (0.93%) PHP
14 9 (0.70%) ABAP
14 9 (0.70%) MATLAB
15 8 (0.62%) R
Qualifications
1 195 (15.16%) Degree
2 98 (7.62%) Security Cleared
3 81 (6.30%) SC Cleared
4 31 (2.41%) HND
5 28 (2.18%) HNC
6 26 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (1.87%) Azure Certification
8 21 (1.63%) DBS Check
9 19 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (1.24%) PMI Certification
11 13 (1.01%) CCNA
12 12 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (0.86%) CISSP
13 11 (0.86%) NVQ Level 4
14 8 (0.62%) City & Guilds
14 8 (0.62%) PMP
15 7 (0.54%) ACCA
15 7 (0.54%) CIMA
15 7 (0.54%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (0.47%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (4.74%) Data Quality
2 52 (4.04%) GDPR
3 48 (3.73%) QA
4 41 (3.19%) SLA
5 39 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
6 34 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 22 (1.71%) Accessibility
8 21 (1.63%) ISO 9001
9 9 (0.70%) ISO 14001
9 9 (0.70%) NIST
10 7 (0.54%) GRC
10 7 (0.54%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.31%) GMP
12 4 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.23%) AQAP
13 3 (0.23%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.23%) ISO 26262
13 3 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 158 (12.29%) Active Directory
2 51 (3.97%) Hyper-V
3 30 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (2.02%) Docker
5 20 (1.56%) Firmware
6 13 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (0.86%) Embedded Firmware
8 8 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.62%) vSphere
9 2 (0.16%) Samba
9 2 (0.16%) XenApp
10 1 (0.078%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.078%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 48 (3.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (1.79%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.78%) SCCM
4 8 (0.62%) Ansible
5 6 (0.47%) Functional Safety
5 6 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.39%) Grafana
7 4 (0.31%) BMC PATROL
7 4 (0.31%) Galera Cluster
7 4 (0.31%) Nmap
7 4 (0.31%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.31%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.23%) Control-M
8 3 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.23%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.23%) Puppet
8 3 (0.23%) WhatsUp Gold
9 2 (0.16%) WSUS
10 1 (0.078%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.078%) Nagios
Vendors
1 394 (30.64%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.13%) SAP
3 40 (3.11%) VMware
4 34 (2.64%) Cisco
5 33 (2.57%) Oracle
6 30 (2.33%) Workday
7 29 (2.26%) ServiceNow
8 23 (1.79%) Sage
8 23 (1.79%) Salesforce
9 21 (1.63%) Google
9 21 (1.63%) IBM
10 17 (1.32%) Cognos
11 15 (1.17%) Databricks
12 14 (1.09%) Allen-Bradley
13 12 (0.93%) Apple
13 12 (0.93%) HubSpot
14 11 (0.86%) JD Edwards
14 11 (0.86%) Sophos
15 10 (0.78%) Dell
15 10 (0.78%) Epicor