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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -7 +4 +13
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 108 71 113
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 7.69% 15.71% 13.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.89% 18.54% 17.47%
Number of salaries quoted 77 42 50
10th Percentile £24,500 £28,750 £27,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £34,125 £34,876
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -15.18% +1.82%
75th Percentile £45,000 £59,063 £70,000
90th Percentile £68,600 £65,000 £75,875
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £31,500 £41,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year -23.64% -8.33% -18.18%

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 992 383 647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 70.66% 84.73% 77.21%
Number of salaries quoted 675 245 388
10th Percentile £27,850 £27,000 £32,350
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,750 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% -10.87%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% -13.04%

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 21 August 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 (2.78%) CMS
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (12.96%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.85%) AutoCAD
3 2 (1.85%) Navisworks
3 2 (1.85%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (3.70%) SAP Business One
2 3 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.78%) Infor CloudSuite
2 3 (2.78%) Infor LN
2 3 (2.78%) Infor M3
2 3 (2.78%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.93%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (27.78%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (12.96%) Azure
3 12 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 4 (3.70%) OCI
5 3 (2.78%) AWS
5 3 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.78%) SaaS
5 3 (2.78%) Snowflake
6 2 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.85%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.85%) GitHub
7 1 (0.93%) GCP
7 1 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.93%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.56%) DHCP
1 6 (5.56%) DNS
1 6 (5.56%) Firewall
1 6 (5.56%) TCP/IP
2 5 (4.63%) VPN
3 4 (3.70%) VLAN
4 2 (1.85%) LAN
4 2 (1.85%) SMTP
4 2 (1.85%) SSH
4 2 (1.85%) SSL
4 2 (1.85%) WAN
5 1 (0.93%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.93%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.11%) Power BI
2 8 (7.41%) Electronic Patient Records
3 5 (4.63%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.93%) Metadata
5 1 (0.93%) MySQL
5 1 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.78%) Git
General
1 54 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 47 (43.52%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (22.22%) Manufacturing
4 15 (13.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (13.89%) Retail
5 14 (12.96%) Finance
6 8 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.70%) Dutch Language
8 4 (3.70%) Marketing
8 4 (3.70%) Portuguese Language
8 4 (3.70%) Spanish Language
9 3 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.78%) Law
10 2 (1.85%) Automotive
10 2 (1.85%) French Language
11 1 (0.93%) Banking
11 1 (0.93%) Military
11 1 (0.93%) Police
11 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (14.81%) Analyst
1 16 (14.81%) Consultant
2 12 (11.11%) IT Support
3 9 (8.33%) Data Analyst
3 9 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
3 9 (8.33%) IT Engineer
3 9 (8.33%) Senior
3 9 (8.33%) Support Technician
4 8 (7.41%) Presales Consultant
4 8 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
4 8 (7.41%) Senior Data Analyst
4 8 (7.41%) Service Desk Engineer
5 6 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Manager
6 5 (4.63%) Functional Consultant
6 5 (4.63%) IT Support Technician
6 5 (4.63%) IT Technician
6 5 (4.63%) Oracle Consultant
6 5 (4.63%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 4 (3.70%) Architect
7 4 (3.70%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.63%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.78%) .NET
2 3 (2.78%) EDI
3 2 (1.85%) JSON
3 2 (1.85%) Laravel
3 2 (1.85%) Middleware
4 1 (0.93%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.93%) Bootstrap
4 1 (0.93%) CSS
4 1 (0.93%) CSS3
4 1 (0.93%) Django
4 1 (0.93%) HTML
4 1 (0.93%) HTML5
4 1 (0.93%) jQuery
4 1 (0.93%) Kafka
4 1 (0.93%) NumPy
4 1 (0.93%) Pandas
4 1 (0.93%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.93%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.93%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (7.41%) NHS
2 8 (7.41%) Onboarding
2 8 (7.41%) SystemC
3 5 (4.63%) Driving Licence
4 3 (2.78%) FMCG
5 2 (1.85%) CSOC
5 2 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.85%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.93%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.93%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.93%) Replication
6 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.93%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 22 (20.37%) Windows
2 16 (14.81%) Windows Server
3 8 (7.41%) Windows 10
4 6 (5.56%) Linux
5 1 (0.93%) Debian
5 1 (0.93%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (25.93%) Customer Service
2 24 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 20 (18.52%) Decision-Making
4 16 (14.81%) Analytics
4 16 (14.81%) ERP
4 16 (14.81%) Roadmaps
5 15 (13.89%) Agile
6 13 (12.04%) Collaborative Working
7 12 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
7 12 (11.11%) CRM
7 12 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (10.19%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 11 (10.19%) Service Delivery
9 10 (9.26%) Analytical Thinking
9 10 (9.26%) Commercial Awareness
9 10 (9.26%) ITSM
10 8 (7.41%) Coaching
10 8 (7.41%) Data Modelling
10 8 (7.41%) Mentoring
10 8 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (22.22%) SQL
2 13 (12.04%) Python
3 6 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (2.78%) C#
4 3 (2.78%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.78%) VBA
5 2 (1.85%) Bash
5 2 (1.85%) PHP
6 1 (0.93%) C++
6 1 (0.93%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.93%) R
6 1 (0.93%) Ruby
6 1 (0.93%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (13.89%) Degree
2 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (1.85%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.85%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.93%) CCNA
4 1 (0.93%) CCNP
4 1 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.93%) CISSP
4 1 (0.93%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.93%) GCED
4 1 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (0.93%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.78%) Data Quality
1 3 (2.78%) SLA
2 2 (1.85%) ISO 19650
3 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (12.96%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.63%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.78%) Docker
4 2 (1.85%) Samba
4 2 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.93%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.85%) Ansible
1 2 (1.85%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.93%) Grafana
2 1 (0.93%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 33 (30.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.33%) Oracle
3 7 (6.48%) SAP
4 6 (5.56%) Databricks
5 5 (4.63%) VMware
6 3 (2.78%) Epicor
6 3 (2.78%) IFS
6 3 (2.78%) Infor
6 3 (2.78%) QAD
6 3 (2.78%) Sage
6 3 (2.78%) SYSPRO
7 1 (0.93%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.93%) Botify
7 1 (0.93%) Cisco
7 1 (0.93%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.93%) Screaming Frog
7 1 (0.93%) Yealink