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 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 4 8
Rank change year-on-year -7 +4 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 80 76 135
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 7.56% 23.60% 15.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.81% 27.05% 19.04%
Number of salaries quoted 65 34 84
10th Percentile £24,000 £33,000 £27,550
25th Percentile £28,000 £42,500 £31,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £47,500 £49,250
Median % change year-on-year -33.68% -3.55% -14.35%
75th Percentile £38,750 £61,250 £69,063
90th Percentile £53,625 £65,000 £71,208
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £31,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -22.50% -11.11% -21.74%

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 740 281 709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 69.94% 87.27% 79.84%
Number of salaries quoted 466 163 510
10th Percentile £27,813 £24,649 £31,000
25th Percentile £34,130 £28,750 £38,750
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 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £65,000 £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 28 May 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 (8.75%) CMS
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.25%) SAP CO
1 1 (1.25%) SAP FI
1 1 (1.25%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 20 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (13.75%) Azure
2 11 (13.75%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.75%) AWS
3 3 (3.75%) SaaS
3 3 (3.75%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.25%) GCP
4 1 (1.25%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.75%) Firewall
2 2 (2.50%) DHCP
2 2 (2.50%) DNS
2 2 (2.50%) LAN
2 2 (2.50%) VPN
2 2 (2.50%) WAN
3 1 (1.25%) HTTP
3 1 (1.25%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.25%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.25%) VLAN
3 1 (1.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.75%) Power BI
2 5 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (3.75%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.50%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.25%) MySQL
5 1 (1.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.75%) Git
2 1 (1.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 38 (47.50%) Analytical Skills
2 36 (45.00%) Social Skills
3 16 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (16.25%) Manufacturing
5 9 (11.25%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (11.25%) Retail
6 8 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (8.75%) Finance
7 7 (8.75%) Law
8 4 (5.00%) Dutch Language
8 4 (5.00%) Portuguese Language
8 4 (5.00%) Spanish Language
9 3 (3.75%) Marketing
10 2 (2.50%) Automotive
10 2 (2.50%) French Language
11 1 (1.25%) Banking
11 1 (1.25%) Games
11 1 (1.25%) Police
Job Titles
1 19 (23.75%) Analyst
2 9 (11.25%) IT Engineer
2 9 (11.25%) Senior
3 8 (10.00%) Service Desk Engineer
3 8 (10.00%) Support Technician
4 7 (8.75%) Delivery Manager
4 7 (8.75%) Products Support Technician
5 6 (7.50%) Business Intelligence Manager
5 6 (7.50%) Data Analyst
5 6 (7.50%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (7.50%) Senior Data Analyst
6 5 (6.25%) Junior
6 5 (6.25%) Junior Analyst
6 5 (6.25%) Junior Support Analyst
6 5 (6.25%) Oracle Analyst
6 5 (6.25%) Oracle Payroll Analyst
6 5 (6.25%) Oracle Payroll Support
6 5 (6.25%) Oracle Support Analyst
6 5 (6.25%) Support Analyst
7 4 (5.00%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.75%) Laravel
2 2 (2.50%) .NET
2 2 (2.50%) CSS
2 2 (2.50%) HTML
2 2 (2.50%) JSON
3 1 (1.25%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.25%) Bootstrap
3 1 (1.25%) CSS3
3 1 (1.25%) EDI
3 1 (1.25%) HTML5
3 1 (1.25%) jQuery
3 1 (1.25%) Kafka
3 1 (1.25%) Node.js
3 1 (1.25%) NumPy
3 1 (1.25%) React
3 1 (1.25%) REST
3 1 (1.25%) SAP ALE
3 1 (1.25%) scikit-learn
3 1 (1.25%) SciPy
3 1 (1.25%) Yii
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (8.75%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.50%) CSOC
3 2 (2.50%) Replication
3 2 (2.50%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.25%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.25%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.25%) Legacy Code
4 1 (1.25%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.50%) Windows
1 10 (12.50%) Windows Server
2 8 (10.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (28.75%) Customer Service
2 14 (17.50%) Analytics
3 12 (15.00%) Roadmaps
4 11 (13.75%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (13.75%) ITSM
4 11 (13.75%) Process Improvement
5 10 (12.50%) Agile
5 10 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
5 10 (12.50%) CRM
5 10 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 8 (10.00%) Analytical Thinking
6 8 (10.00%) Case Management
6 8 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (10.00%) Service Delivery
6 8 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (8.75%) Coaching
7 7 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (8.75%) Data Modelling
7 7 (8.75%) Data Strategy
7 7 (8.75%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 23 (28.75%) SQL
2 9 (11.25%) Python
3 6 (7.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (2.50%) C#
4 2 (2.50%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.50%) PHP
4 2 (2.50%) R
5 1 (1.25%) C++
5 1 (1.25%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.25%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.25%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (23.75%) Degree
2 2 (2.50%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (2.50%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.25%) CCNA
3 1 (1.25%) CCNP
3 1 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.25%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.25%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (1.25%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.00%) QA
2 2 (2.50%) SLA
3 1 (1.25%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (13.75%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.50%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.25%) Docker
3 1 (1.25%) Firmware
3 1 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 13 (16.25%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.50%) Databricks
3 5 (6.25%) Oracle
4 2 (2.50%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.25%) SAP
5 1 (1.25%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.25%) VMware