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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 15 20
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 -4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 56 82 26
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 11.64% 11.53% 9.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.15% 14.04% 10.61%
Number of salaries quoted 32 23 22
10th Percentile £26,025 £30,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £38,251 £37,146
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £55,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% -6.38% +11.90%
75th Percentile £51,563 £63,750 £70,625
90th Percentile £52,500 £74,250 £77,500
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £36,500 £35,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year +4.29% -37.78% +7.14%

All Process and 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 426 584 245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 88.57% 82.14% 88.45%
Number of salaries quoted 260 296 203
10th Percentile £27,475 £33,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £41,250 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% -4.35% +1.77%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,875 £83,650
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £40,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.93% -1.82% -

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 November 2025.

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 1 (1.79%) IIS
1 1 (1.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (8.93%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 13 (23.21%) SaaS
2 7 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 3 (5.36%) PaaS
4 2 (3.57%) AWS
4 2 (3.57%) Azure
4 2 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.79%) OCI
5 1 (1.79%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.29%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (1.79%) Firewall
2 1 (1.79%) LAN
2 1 (1.79%) VPN
2 1 (1.79%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.71%) Power BI
2 3 (5.36%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.79%) Metadata
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle ODI
3 1 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 28 (50.00%) Retail
2 19 (33.93%) Social Skills
3 15 (26.79%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (26.79%) Manufacturing
4 9 (16.07%) Finance
5 6 (10.71%) Banking
6 4 (7.14%) Dutch Language
6 4 (7.14%) Finnish Language
6 4 (7.14%) Norwegian Language
7 3 (5.36%) Law
8 2 (3.57%) Advertising
9 1 (1.79%) Catalan Language
9 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (26.79%) Analyst
1 15 (26.79%) Trainer
2 14 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 13 (23.21%) 2nd Line Support
4 9 (16.07%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 8 (14.29%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 6 (10.71%) Lead
7 5 (8.93%) SAP Analyst
7 5 (8.93%) SAP Support
7 5 (8.93%) SAP Support Analyst
7 5 (8.93%) Systems Analyst
7 5 (8.93%) Systems Support
7 5 (8.93%) Systems Support Analyst
8 4 (7.14%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
8 4 (7.14%) Architect
8 4 (7.14%) ERP Analyst
8 4 (7.14%) ERP Support
8 4 (7.14%) SaaS Analyst
8 4 (7.14%) Software Analyst
8 4 (7.14%) Software Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.36%) .NET
2 2 (3.57%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (3.57%) XML
3 1 (1.79%) CSS
3 1 (1.79%) HTML
3 1 (1.79%) Middleware
3 1 (1.79%) REST
3 1 (1.79%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (26.79%) Robotics
2 8 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 5 (8.93%) iSeries
4 2 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.57%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.79%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (1.79%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.79%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.79%) Replication
5 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.57%) Windows
2 1 (1.79%) Linux
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (33.93%) Data Privacy
2 16 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 16 (28.57%) ERP
3 15 (26.79%) AI
3 15 (26.79%) Generative AI
3 15 (26.79%) LLM
3 15 (26.79%) Machine Learning
3 15 (26.79%) Red Team
4 14 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 13 (23.21%) Logistics
6 11 (19.64%) Mentoring
7 9 (16.07%) Analytical Thinking
7 9 (16.07%) CRM
7 9 (16.07%) Customer Service
8 8 (14.29%) E-Commerce
8 8 (14.29%) Roadmaps
9 7 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
10 6 (10.71%) Remediation Plan
11 5 (8.93%) Creative Problem-Solving
11 5 (8.93%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 22 (39.29%) SQL
2 13 (23.21%) C#
3 2 (3.57%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.79%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (26.79%) Degree
2 5 (8.93%) SC Cleared
2 5 (8.93%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.36%) HNC
4 2 (3.57%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.29%) QA
2 3 (5.36%) ISO 9001
3 2 (3.57%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.79%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (1.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.79%) Ansible
1 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (26.79%) Adobe
1 15 (26.79%) Databricks
1 15 (26.79%) Google
2 6 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.71%) SAP
3 4 (7.14%) Oracle