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 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 7 9
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 57 57 112
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 7.05% 16.76% 15.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.68% 18.87% 18.89%
Number of salaries quoted 48 26 89
10th Percentile £24,500 £41,250 £28,050
25th Percentile £26,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.68% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £37,500 £59,688 £68,750
90th Percentile £51,188 £68,750 £70,000
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £46,094
% change year-on-year -12.50% -13.22% -13.44%

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 589 302 593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 72.81% 88.82% 83.29%
Number of salaries quoted 360 193 459
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,649 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,474 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,750 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £75,000
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -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 5 April 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 4 (7.02%) CMS
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (14.04%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) SAP CO
1 1 (1.75%) SAP FI
1 1 (1.75%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (19.30%) SaaS
2 8 (14.04%) Power Platform
3 7 (12.28%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (10.53%) Azure
5 2 (3.51%) AWS
5 2 (3.51%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.75%) OCI
6 1 (1.75%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.77%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (3.51%) Firewall
2 2 (3.51%) HTTP
2 2 (3.51%) LAN
2 2 (3.51%) VPN
2 2 (3.51%) WAN
3 1 (1.75%) DHCP
3 1 (1.75%) DNS
3 1 (1.75%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.04%) Power BI
2 5 (8.77%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.51%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.75%) MySQL
5 1 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Git
2 1 (1.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 28 (49.12%) Social Skills
2 27 (47.37%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (19.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (19.30%) Retail
4 7 (12.28%) Law
5 6 (10.53%) Manufacturing
6 5 (8.77%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (8.77%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (7.02%) Marketing
8 3 (5.26%) Finance
8 3 (5.26%) Portuguese Language
8 3 (5.26%) Spanish Language
9 2 (3.51%) Automotive
9 2 (3.51%) Dutch Language
9 2 (3.51%) Games
Job Titles
1 19 (33.33%) Analyst
2 9 (15.79%) Support Analyst
3 5 (8.77%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 5 (8.77%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (8.77%) Junior
3 5 (8.77%) Junior Analyst
3 5 (8.77%) Junior Support Analyst
3 5 (8.77%) Oracle Analyst
3 5 (8.77%) Oracle Payroll Analyst
3 5 (8.77%) Oracle Payroll Support
3 5 (8.77%) Oracle Support Analyst
4 4 (7.02%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
4 4 (7.02%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 4 (7.02%) ERP Analyst
4 4 (7.02%) ERP Support
4 4 (7.02%) IT Engineer
4 4 (7.02%) Products Support Technician
4 4 (7.02%) SaaS Analyst
4 4 (7.02%) Senior
4 4 (7.02%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.26%) CSS
1 3 (5.26%) HTML
1 3 (5.26%) Laravel
2 2 (3.51%) Deno
2 2 (3.51%) JSON
2 2 (3.51%) Node.js
2 2 (3.51%) React
2 2 (3.51%) REST
2 2 (3.51%) Tailwind CSS
2 2 (3.51%) Vue
2 2 (3.51%) Yii
3 1 (1.75%) .NET
3 1 (1.75%) Bootstrap
3 1 (1.75%) CSS3
3 1 (1.75%) EDI
3 1 (1.75%) HTML5
3 1 (1.75%) jQuery
3 1 (1.75%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.77%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.51%) CSOC
2 2 (3.51%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (1.75%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.75%) Replication
3 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.75%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.75%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.77%) Windows
1 5 (8.77%) Windows Server
2 4 (7.02%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.51%) Linux
4 1 (1.75%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (29.82%) Customer Service
2 15 (26.32%) CRM
3 11 (19.30%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (19.30%) Process Improvement
4 9 (15.79%) Mentoring
5 8 (14.04%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (14.04%) E-Commerce
5 8 (14.04%) ERP
6 7 (12.28%) Analytics
6 7 (12.28%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (12.28%) Service Delivery
6 7 (12.28%) Validation
7 6 (10.53%) B2B
7 6 (10.53%) ITSM
7 6 (10.53%) Roadmaps
7 6 (10.53%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (8.77%) Agile
8 5 (8.77%) Data Modelling
8 5 (8.77%) Logistics
8 5 (8.77%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (35.09%) SQL
2 6 (10.53%) C#
3 4 (7.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (5.26%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.26%) PHP
4 3 (5.26%) Python
5 2 (3.51%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.75%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (19.30%) Degree
2 2 (3.51%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (3.51%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.51%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.75%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.75%) CCNA
3 1 (1.75%) CCNP
3 1 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.75%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (1.75%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.79%) QA
2 1 (1.75%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.75%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.75%) Firmware
2 1 (1.75%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) Ansible
1 1 (1.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (10.53%) Oracle
2 4 (7.02%) Databricks
3 3 (5.26%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.51%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.75%) SAP
5 1 (1.75%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.75%) VMware