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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 9 10
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +13
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 115 56 97
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 8.14% 12.20% 12.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.94% 13.83% 15.82%
Number of salaries quoted 80 32 22
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,750 £30,250
25th Percentile £28,875 £29,000 £38,001
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,470 £39,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% -32.17% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £70,313
90th Percentile £79,125 £65,000 £83,750
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £35,000 £36,750 £35,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -33.33%

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 1,051 405 613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 74.43% 88.24% 80.66%
Number of salaries quoted 760 251 298
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £33,926
25th Percentile £36,000 £28,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -27.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £83,750
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £50,000 £38,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +29.87% -23.00% -9.09%

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 15 October 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 3 (2.61%) CMS
2 2 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (12.17%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (6.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.74%) AutoCAD
3 2 (1.74%) Navisworks
3 2 (1.74%) Revit
4 1 (0.87%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (3.48%) SAP Business One
2 3 (2.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.61%) Infor CloudSuite
2 3 (2.61%) Infor LN
2 3 (2.61%) Infor M3
2 3 (2.61%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.87%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.87%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.87%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (19.13%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (8.70%) Azure
3 5 (4.35%) OCI
4 4 (3.48%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.61%) AWS
5 3 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.61%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.61%) SaaS
6 2 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.74%) GitHub
7 1 (0.87%) GCP
7 1 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.87%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.87%) Google Docs
7 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.87%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.87%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.87%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.87%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.22%) DHCP
1 6 (5.22%) DNS
1 6 (5.22%) TCP/IP
2 4 (3.48%) Firewall
2 4 (3.48%) VLAN
3 3 (2.61%) VPN
4 2 (1.74%) Internet
4 2 (1.74%) SMTP
4 2 (1.74%) SSH
4 2 (1.74%) SSL
5 1 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.96%) Electronic Patient Records
2 6 (5.22%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.61%) Power BI
4 2 (1.74%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.87%) Metadata
5 1 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.48%) Git
General
1 66 (57.39%) Social Skills
2 46 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (21.74%) Manufacturing
4 17 (14.78%) Finance
5 11 (9.57%) Retail
6 7 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (5.22%) Marketing
8 5 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.35%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.74%) Electronics
10 2 (1.74%) French Language
10 2 (1.74%) Law
11 1 (0.87%) Advertising
11 1 (0.87%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.87%) Games
11 1 (0.87%) Legal
11 1 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (14.78%) Consultant
2 14 (12.17%) Analyst
3 13 (11.30%) IT Support
4 12 (10.43%) Support Technician
5 8 (6.96%) Presales Consultant
5 8 (6.96%) Senior
6 7 (6.09%) Data Analyst
7 6 (5.22%) Architect
7 6 (5.22%) Functional Consultant
7 6 (5.22%) IT Technician
7 6 (5.22%) Oracle Consultant
7 6 (5.22%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 6 (5.22%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (5.22%) Senior Data Analyst
8 5 (4.35%) Customer Service Representative
8 5 (4.35%) IT Support Technician
8 5 (4.35%) Technical Specialist
9 4 (3.48%) .NET Architect
9 4 (3.48%) Delivery Manager
9 4 (3.48%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.09%) .NET
2 6 (5.22%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (4.35%) Django
3 5 (4.35%) Unreal Engine
4 4 (3.48%) Blazor
5 3 (2.61%) EDI
6 2 (1.74%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.74%) Middleware
7 1 (0.87%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (0.87%) Flask
7 1 (0.87%) Kafka
7 1 (0.87%) Laravel
7 1 (0.87%) LightGBM
7 1 (0.87%) NumPy
7 1 (0.87%) Pandas
7 1 (0.87%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.87%) REST
7 1 (0.87%) scikit-learn
7 1 (0.87%) SciPy
7 1 (0.87%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.91%) Onboarding
2 10 (8.70%) Driving Licence
2 10 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (6.96%) NHS
3 8 (6.96%) SystemC
4 5 (4.35%) Virtual Reality
5 4 (3.48%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (3.48%) FMCG
5 4 (3.48%) Robotics
5 4 (3.48%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (2.61%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.61%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.74%) Social Media
8 1 (0.87%) Analogue Electronics
8 1 (0.87%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.87%) Life Science
8 1 (0.87%) Replication
8 1 (0.87%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (14.78%) Windows
2 8 (6.96%) Linux
2 8 (6.96%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.74%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.87%) Debian
4 1 (0.87%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (26.96%) Continuous Improvement
2 25 (21.74%) Customer Service
3 18 (15.65%) ERP
4 17 (14.78%) Decision-Making
5 14 (12.17%) Roadmaps
6 12 (10.43%) Analytics
6 12 (10.43%) Mentoring
7 11 (9.57%) Agile
7 11 (9.57%) Analytical Thinking
7 11 (9.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 10 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (7.83%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (7.83%) Commercial Awareness
9 9 (7.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (6.96%) Actionable Insight
10 8 (6.96%) Critical Thinking
10 8 (6.96%) Logistics
10 8 (6.96%) Presales
10 8 (6.96%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 19 (16.52%) SQL
2 15 (13.04%) Python
3 7 (6.09%) C#
4 6 (5.22%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.61%) VBA
6 2 (1.74%) Bash
6 2 (1.74%) C++
6 2 (1.74%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.87%) PHP
7 1 (0.87%) R
7 1 (0.87%) Ruby
7 1 (0.87%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 11 (9.57%) Degree
2 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.61%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.74%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.74%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.87%) CISSP
5 1 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.87%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.87%) GCED
5 1 (0.87%) HNC
5 1 (0.87%) HND
5 1 (0.87%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.61%) SLA
2 2 (1.74%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.74%) ISO 19650
2 2 (1.74%) QA
3 1 (0.87%) COSHH
3 1 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (7.83%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.22%) Docker
3 4 (3.48%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.74%) Samba
5 1 (0.87%) Firmware
5 1 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (4.35%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.74%) Ansible
2 2 (1.74%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.87%) Grafana
3 1 (0.87%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 40 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.70%) Oracle
2 10 (8.70%) SAP
3 5 (4.35%) Cisco
3 5 (4.35%) VMware
4 4 (3.48%) Yealink
5 3 (2.61%) Epicor
5 3 (2.61%) IFS
5 3 (2.61%) Infor
5 3 (2.61%) QAD
5 3 (2.61%) Sage
5 3 (2.61%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.61%) SYSPRO
6 2 (1.74%) Apple
6 2 (1.74%) EMC
6 2 (1.74%) Google
6 2 (1.74%) Samsung
6 2 (1.74%) TikTok
7 1 (0.87%) Botify
7 1 (0.87%) Databricks