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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 931 1,118 1,998
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 7.61% 22.46% 14.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.96% 25.25% 18.38%
Number of salaries quoted 694 631 1,198
10th Percentile £26,276 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,531 £30,250 £28,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -15.09%
75th Percentile £55,627 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,125 £67,500 £69,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £49,919
% change year-on-year -5.00% +0.16% -9.24%

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 8,494 4,427 10,872
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.45% 88.95% 79.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,902 2,507 7,620
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,275 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.64% +3.16% -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 10 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 10 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 -9 530 £42,500 -10.53% 243
East Midlands -8 398 £35,000 -6.67% 164
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 58 (6.23%) SharePoint
2 42 (4.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.18%) CMS
4 6 (0.64%) 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 (0.32%) WordPress
8 2 (0.21%) Confluence
9 1 (0.11%) Appian
9 1 (0.11%) Drupal
9 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 75 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (6.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.50%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.54%) Fusion 360
7 4 (0.43%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 11 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.97%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 9 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.75%) iTrent
3 7 (0.75%) SAP Business One
4 5 (0.54%) Magento
4 5 (0.54%) Q-Pulse
4 5 (0.54%) Shopify
5 4 (0.43%) Line 50
5 4 (0.43%) Sage 50
5 4 (0.43%) Sage X3
6 3 (0.32%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 2 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.11%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.11%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 199 (21.37%) Microsoft 365
2 166 (17.83%) Azure
3 80 (8.59%) Power Platform
4 78 (8.38%) AWS
5 66 (7.09%) Entra ID
6 29 (3.11%) Serverless
7 28 (3.01%) SaaS
8 24 (2.58%) Amazon S3
9 23 (2.47%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (1.61%) Power Automate
12 13 (1.40%) Google Workspace
12 13 (1.40%) OneDrive
13 12 (1.29%) PowerApps
14 10 (1.07%) GCP
14 10 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
15 9 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
16 8 (0.86%) Amazon Cognito
16 8 (0.86%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 55 (5.91%) DNS
2 53 (5.69%) Firewall
3 51 (5.48%) VPN
4 48 (5.16%) DHCP
5 33 (3.54%) WAN
6 28 (3.01%) TCP/IP
7 27 (2.90%) Wireless
8 23 (2.47%) VLAN
9 21 (2.26%) LAN
10 20 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (1.72%) Internet
11 16 (1.72%) SD-WAN
12 14 (1.50%) VoIP
13 11 (1.18%) Network Security
14 8 (0.86%) MQTT
15 5 (0.54%) Skype
16 4 (0.43%) Bluetooth
16 4 (0.43%) LoRaWAN
17 3 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
17 3 (0.32%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (7.63%) Power BI
2 30 (3.22%) SQL Server
3 18 (1.93%) Power Query
3 18 (1.93%) Tableau
4 16 (1.72%) MySQL
5 14 (1.50%) Amazon Redshift
6 12 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (0.97%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.86%) DynamoDB
9 7 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (0.75%) Star Schema
10 6 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.54%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.54%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.43%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.43%) FileMaker
12 4 (0.43%) Neo4j
12 4 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (2.15%) Git
2 14 (1.50%) JIRA
3 8 (0.86%) JUnit
4 7 (0.75%) Maven
4 7 (0.75%) Mockito
5 6 (0.64%) Burp Suite
5 6 (0.64%) Metasploit
6 5 (0.54%) Subversion
6 5 (0.54%) VersionOne
7 3 (0.32%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.21%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.21%) XCUITest
9 1 (0.11%) Bugzilla
9 1 (0.11%) Carbide.c++
9 1 (0.11%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.11%) Postman
9 1 (0.11%) Yeoman
General
1 424 (45.54%) Social Skills
2 290 (31.15%) Analytical Skills
3 161 (17.29%) Finance
4 111 (11.92%) Manufacturing
5 60 (6.44%) Organisational Skills
6 54 (5.80%) Retail
7 48 (5.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 39 (4.19%) Marketing
9 35 (3.76%) Legal
10 34 (3.65%) Law
11 28 (3.01%) Public Sector
12 26 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (2.58%) Electronics
14 18 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
15 17 (1.83%) Automotive
16 13 (1.40%) Banking
17 12 (1.29%) Telecoms
18 11 (1.18%) Investment Banking
19 9 (0.97%) Advertising
20 8 (0.86%) Games
Job Titles
1 151 (16.22%) Analyst
2 138 (14.82%) Support Engineer
3 114 (12.24%) IT Support
4 89 (9.56%) Senior
5 84 (9.02%) IT Engineer
6 80 (8.59%) Developer
7 67 (7.20%) Technical Support
8 66 (7.09%) IT Support Engineer
9 61 (6.55%) Technical Engineer
9 61 (6.55%) Technical Support Engineer
10 53 (5.69%) Support Technician
11 48 (5.16%) Lead
12 36 (3.87%) Data Analyst
12 36 (3.87%) Support Analyst
13 35 (3.76%) IT Technician
14 32 (3.44%) IT Support Technician
15 31 (3.33%) Consultant
15 31 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
16 30 (3.22%) IT Manager
17 27 (2.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (4.62%) React
2 28 (3.01%) Node.js
2 28 (3.01%) REST
3 23 (2.47%) CSS
3 23 (2.47%) HTML
4 17 (1.83%) .NET
5 13 (1.40%) Spring
6 11 (1.18%) AngularJS
7 10 (1.07%) RESTful
7 10 (1.07%) Spring Boot
8 6 (0.64%) Middleware
9 5 (0.54%) EDI
10 4 (0.43%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.43%) ASP.NET
10 4 (0.43%) ASP.NET Core
10 4 (0.43%) JSON
10 4 (0.43%) SOAP
11 3 (0.32%) OAuth
11 3 (0.32%) SAP Fiori
11 3 (0.32%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 91 (9.77%) Driving Licence
2 50 (5.37%) Onboarding
3 46 (4.94%) Management Information System
4 40 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (1.61%) Social Media
6 12 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (1.29%) Security Posture
7 11 (1.18%) IoT
7 11 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (0.97%) Data Centre
9 9 (0.97%) FMCG
9 9 (0.97%) Replication
9 9 (0.97%) Virtual Team
10 8 (0.86%) iSeries
10 8 (0.86%) Mobile App
10 8 (0.86%) SCADA
11 7 (0.75%) Data Structures
11 7 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 153 (16.43%) Windows
2 59 (6.34%) Windows Server
3 53 (5.69%) Linux
4 48 (5.16%) Windows 10
5 10 (1.07%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.97%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.86%) Android
8 6 (0.64%) Debian
9 5 (0.54%) CentOS
9 5 (0.54%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.43%) FreeRTOS
10 4 (0.43%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.43%) Unix
10 4 (0.43%) VMS
11 3 (0.32%) SUSE
12 2 (0.21%) OpenVMS
12 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (23.63%) Continuous Improvement
2 156 (16.76%) Customer Service
3 125 (13.43%) Decision-Making
4 121 (13.00%) Agile
5 105 (11.28%) Analytics
6 100 (10.74%) Mentoring
7 98 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
8 86 (9.24%) ITIL
9 80 (8.59%) ERP
10 79 (8.49%) Service Delivery
11 75 (8.06%) Cybersecurity
12 72 (7.73%) Business Intelligence
13 70 (7.52%) Roadmaps
14 66 (7.09%) AI
14 66 (7.09%) Process Improvement
15 57 (6.12%) Computer Science
15 57 (6.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 54 (5.80%) Coaching
16 54 (5.80%) CRM
17 49 (5.26%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 148 (15.90%) SQL
2 80 (8.59%) Python
3 40 (4.30%) PowerShell
4 32 (3.44%) Java
5 28 (3.01%) JavaScript
6 21 (2.26%) C#
6 21 (2.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (1.83%) TypeScript
8 15 (1.61%) Ladder Logic
9 14 (1.50%) Bash
10 12 (1.29%) PHP
10 12 (1.29%) VBA
11 11 (1.18%) C
12 8 (0.86%) C++
12 8 (0.86%) PL/SQL
12 8 (0.86%) R
13 7 (0.75%) RPG
13 7 (0.75%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.64%) Go
15 4 (0.43%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 131 (14.07%) Degree
2 67 (7.20%) Security Cleared
3 52 (5.59%) SC Cleared
4 33 (3.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (3.11%) DBS Check
6 22 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (1.93%) CISSP
8 16 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
9 13 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.18%) A+ Certification
11 10 (1.07%) ACCA
11 10 (1.07%) CIMA
11 10 (1.07%) PMI Certification
12 9 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (0.97%) CCNA
13 8 (0.86%) Azure Certification
13 8 (0.86%) PMP
14 7 (0.75%) CISA
14 7 (0.75%) MCSE
14 7 (0.75%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (4.30%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.08%) QA
3 34 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 29 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials
5 27 (2.90%) GDPR
6 22 (2.36%) NIST
6 22 (2.36%) SLA
7 14 (1.50%) Accessibility
8 12 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (1.07%) ISO 9001
10 9 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (0.97%) ISO 14001
11 7 (0.75%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 5 (0.54%) COSHH
13 5 (0.54%) GMP
13 5 (0.54%) GRC
14 4 (0.43%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 115 (12.35%) Active Directory
2 29 (3.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (2.79%) Hyper-V
4 23 (2.47%) Docker
5 10 (1.07%) vSphere
6 8 (0.86%) Firmware
7 4 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.11%) Samba
10 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 39 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (2.36%) Kubernetes
3 15 (1.61%) Terraform
4 8 (0.86%) Ansible
5 6 (0.64%) Nmap
6 5 (0.54%) Grafana
6 5 (0.54%) Nagios
7 4 (0.43%) Functional Safety
7 4 (0.43%) Galera Cluster
7 4 (0.43%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.43%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.32%) SCCM
8 3 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.21%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.21%) Puppet
10 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 248 (26.64%) Microsoft
2 37 (3.97%) VMware
3 33 (3.54%) SAP
4 29 (3.11%) Cisco
5 24 (2.58%) Oracle
6 17 (1.83%) Sage
7 16 (1.72%) Google
7 16 (1.72%) IBM
8 14 (1.50%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.29%) Cognos
9 12 (1.29%) Dell
9 12 (1.29%) Workday
10 11 (1.18%) SolarWinds
11 10 (1.07%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.97%) Databricks
13 8 (0.86%) HP
13 8 (0.86%) Meraki
14 7 (0.75%) Apple
14 7 (0.75%) Red Hat
15 6 (0.64%) Avaya