Problem-Solving Job Trends in Nottingham

Problem Solving
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Nottingham requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 3 9
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 +13
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 92 77 135
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 8.15% 21.57% 12.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.59% 25.16% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 73 36 79
10th Percentile £24,000 £31,500 £27,250
25th Percentile £26,000 £41,875 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £47,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.84% -2.06% -15.65%
75th Percentile £38,750 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £55,250 £65,000 £71,880
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £31,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -27.06% - -24.44%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 794 306 810
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 70.33% 85.71% 77.44%
Number of salaries quoted 509 181 566
10th Percentile £27,400 £25,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £28,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,500 £80,000 £73,750
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -13.64%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Nottingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Nottingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Nottingham over the 6 months to 24 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Nottingham

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham 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 7 (7.61%) CMS
2 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.09%) SAP CO
1 1 (1.09%) SAP FI
1 1 (1.09%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 24 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (13.04%) Azure
2 12 (13.04%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.26%) AWS
3 3 (3.26%) SaaS
3 3 (3.26%) Snowflake
4 2 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.17%) GitHub
5 1 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.09%) GCP
5 1 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.52%) Firewall
2 5 (5.43%) VPN
3 4 (4.35%) DHCP
3 4 (4.35%) DNS
3 4 (4.35%) TCP/IP
3 4 (4.35%) VLAN
4 2 (2.17%) LAN
4 2 (2.17%) SMTP
4 2 (2.17%) SSH
4 2 (2.17%) SSL
4 2 (2.17%) WAN
5 1 (1.09%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (13.04%) Power BI
2 4 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.17%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.09%) MySQL
4 1 (1.09%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.09%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.26%) Git
2 1 (1.09%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (46.74%) Social Skills
2 39 (42.39%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (18.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (15.22%) Manufacturing
5 11 (11.96%) Retail
6 9 (9.78%) Finance
6 9 (9.78%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (9.78%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.35%) Dutch Language
7 4 (4.35%) Law
7 4 (4.35%) Portuguese Language
7 4 (4.35%) Spanish Language
8 2 (2.17%) Automotive
8 2 (2.17%) French Language
8 2 (2.17%) Marketing
9 1 (1.09%) Banking
9 1 (1.09%) Police
9 1 (1.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (21.74%) Analyst
2 11 (11.96%) Senior
3 10 (10.87%) Support Technician
4 9 (9.78%) Data Analyst
4 9 (9.78%) IT Engineer
5 8 (8.70%) Delivery Manager
5 8 (8.70%) Senior Analyst
5 8 (8.70%) Senior Data Analyst
5 8 (8.70%) Service Desk Engineer
6 7 (7.61%) Products Support Technician
7 6 (6.52%) Business Intelligence Manager
8 5 (5.43%) Consultant
8 5 (5.43%) IT Support
8 5 (5.43%) Service Analyst
8 5 (5.43%) Service Desk Analyst
9 3 (3.26%) Field Engineer
9 3 (3.26%) IT Analyst
9 3 (3.26%) IT Support Technician
9 3 (3.26%) IT Technician
9 3 (3.26%) Service Desk Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.17%) .NET
1 2 (2.17%) JSON
1 2 (2.17%) Laravel
2 1 (1.09%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.09%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (1.09%) Bootstrap
2 1 (1.09%) CSS
2 1 (1.09%) CSS3
2 1 (1.09%) EDI
2 1 (1.09%) HTML
2 1 (1.09%) HTML5
2 1 (1.09%) jQuery
2 1 (1.09%) Kafka
2 1 (1.09%) Middleware
2 1 (1.09%) NumPy
2 1 (1.09%) Pandas
2 1 (1.09%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (1.09%) SAP ALE
2 1 (1.09%) scikit-learn
2 1 (1.09%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.78%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (7.61%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.17%) CSOC
3 2 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (2.17%) Replication
3 2 (2.17%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.09%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.09%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.09%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.09%) Legacy Code
4 1 (1.09%) SCADA
4 1 (1.09%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.13%) Windows
1 13 (14.13%) Windows Server
2 8 (8.70%) Windows 10
3 5 (5.43%) Linux
4 1 (1.09%) Debian
4 1 (1.09%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (28.26%) Customer Service
2 17 (18.48%) Analytics
3 15 (16.30%) Roadmaps
4 13 (14.13%) Decision-Making
5 12 (13.04%) Agile
5 12 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
6 11 (11.96%) CRM
6 11 (11.96%) ITSM
7 10 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (10.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (9.78%) Analytical Thinking
8 9 (9.78%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (9.78%) Service Delivery
9 8 (8.70%) Actionable Insight
9 8 (8.70%) Business Strategy
9 8 (8.70%) Case Management
9 8 (8.70%) Coaching
9 8 (8.70%) Data Analysis
9 8 (8.70%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 23 (25.00%) SQL
2 13 (14.13%) Python
3 6 (6.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (3.26%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.26%) VBA
5 2 (2.17%) Bash
5 2 (2.17%) C#
5 2 (2.17%) PHP
5 2 (2.17%) R
6 1 (1.09%) C++
6 1 (1.09%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.09%) Ruby
6 1 (1.09%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (20.65%) Degree
2 3 (3.26%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (2.17%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.17%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.09%) CCNA
4 1 (1.09%) CCNP
4 1 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.09%) CISSP
4 1 (1.09%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.09%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.09%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.26%) QA
2 2 (2.17%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.17%) SLA
3 1 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (14.13%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.43%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.17%) Docker
3 2 (2.17%) Samba
3 2 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.09%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.17%) Ansible
2 1 (1.09%) Grafana
2 1 (1.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.09%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.52%) Databricks
3 2 (2.17%) HubSpot
3 2 (2.17%) VMware
4 1 (1.09%) Oracle
4 1 (1.09%) SAP
4 1 (1.09%) ServiceNow