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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 4 9
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 +11
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 84 78 133
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 7.94% 23.71% 14.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.37% 27.18% 18.22%
Number of salaries quoted 66 35 82
10th Percentile £24,000 £31,200 £27,350
25th Percentile £28,000 £41,250 £31,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,750 £47,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.26% -2.06% -15.65%
75th Percentile £38,750 £61,250 £69,688
90th Percentile £52,813 £65,000 £71,553
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £31,000 £41,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -24.85% -2.94% -26.09%

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 739 287 730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 69.85% 87.23% 79.18%
Number of salaries quoted 466 166 523
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,649 £30,200
25th Percentile £35,000 £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 £67,500 £60,938 £64,375
90th Percentile £85,000 £66,250 £75,000
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -15.79% -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 3 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 (8.33%) CMS
2 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (17.86%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.19%) SAP CO
1 1 (1.19%) SAP FI
1 1 (1.19%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 21 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (13.10%) Azure
2 11 (13.10%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.57%) AWS
3 3 (3.57%) Snowflake
4 2 (2.38%) SaaS
5 1 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.19%) GCP
5 1 (1.19%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.76%) Firewall
2 3 (3.57%) DHCP
2 3 (3.57%) DNS
3 2 (2.38%) LAN
3 2 (2.38%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.38%) VLAN
3 2 (2.38%) VPN
3 2 (2.38%) WAN
4 1 (1.19%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.10%) Power BI
2 5 (5.95%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.38%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.19%) MySQL
5 1 (1.19%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Git
2 1 (1.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 41 (48.81%) Analytical Skills
2 38 (45.24%) Social Skills
3 17 (20.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (15.48%) Manufacturing
5 9 (10.71%) Influencing Skills
5 9 (10.71%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (10.71%) Retail
6 8 (9.52%) Finance
7 7 (8.33%) Law
8 4 (4.76%) Dutch Language
8 4 (4.76%) Portuguese Language
8 4 (4.76%) Spanish Language
9 2 (2.38%) Automotive
9 2 (2.38%) French Language
9 2 (2.38%) Marketing
10 1 (1.19%) Banking
10 1 (1.19%) Police
Job Titles
1 21 (25.00%) Analyst
2 10 (11.90%) Senior
3 9 (10.71%) IT Engineer
3 9 (10.71%) Support Technician
4 8 (9.52%) Data Analyst
4 8 (9.52%) Delivery Manager
4 8 (9.52%) Service Desk Engineer
5 7 (8.33%) Products Support Technician
5 7 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
5 7 (8.33%) Senior Data Analyst
6 6 (7.14%) Business Intelligence Manager
7 5 (5.95%) Junior
7 5 (5.95%) Junior Analyst
7 5 (5.95%) Junior Support Analyst
7 5 (5.95%) Oracle Analyst
7 5 (5.95%) Oracle Payroll Analyst
7 5 (5.95%) Oracle Payroll Support
7 5 (5.95%) Oracle Support Analyst
7 5 (5.95%) Support Analyst
8 4 (4.76%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.38%) .NET
1 2 (2.38%) JSON
1 2 (2.38%) Laravel
2 1 (1.19%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.19%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (1.19%) Bootstrap
2 1 (1.19%) CSS
2 1 (1.19%) CSS3
2 1 (1.19%) EDI
2 1 (1.19%) HTML
2 1 (1.19%) HTML5
2 1 (1.19%) jQuery
2 1 (1.19%) Kafka
2 1 (1.19%) LightGBM
2 1 (1.19%) NumPy
2 1 (1.19%) Pandas
2 1 (1.19%) SAP ALE
2 1 (1.19%) scikit-learn
2 1 (1.19%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.38%) CSOC
3 2 (2.38%) Replication
3 2 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.19%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.19%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.19%) Legacy Code
4 1 (1.19%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 11 (13.10%) Windows
1 11 (13.10%) Windows Server
2 8 (9.52%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.19%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (27.38%) Customer Service
2 16 (19.05%) Analytics
3 14 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 12 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 11 (13.10%) Agile
5 11 (13.10%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (13.10%) Collaborative Working
5 11 (13.10%) ITSM
5 11 (13.10%) Process Improvement
6 10 (11.90%) CRM
7 9 (10.71%) Analytical Thinking
7 9 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (9.52%) Business Strategy
8 8 (9.52%) Case Management
8 8 (9.52%) Coaching
8 8 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (9.52%) Data Analysis
8 8 (9.52%) Service Delivery
9 7 (8.33%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (29.76%) SQL
2 11 (13.10%) Python
3 6 (7.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (2.38%) C#
4 2 (2.38%) R
4 2 (2.38%) VBA
5 1 (1.19%) C++
5 1 (1.19%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.19%) PHP
5 1 (1.19%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (22.62%) Degree
2 2 (2.38%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (2.38%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.38%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.19%) CCNA
3 1 (1.19%) CCNP
3 1 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.19%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (1.19%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.19%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.76%) QA
2 2 (2.38%) SLA
3 1 (1.19%) Data Quality
System Software
1 12 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.57%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.19%) Docker
3 1 (1.19%) Firmware
3 1 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.14%) Databricks
3 5 (5.95%) Oracle
4 2 (2.38%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.19%) SAP
5 1 (1.19%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.19%) VMware