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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 11 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +12
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 113 58 108
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 7.71% 12.42% 13.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.56% 14.08% 16.82%
Number of salaries quoted 81 34 25
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £29,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -21.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £63,875 £83,750
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £34,120 £38,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.38% -14.44% -10.00%

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 1,070 412 642
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 73.04% 88.22% 80.15%
Number of salaries quoted 767 251 316
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £28,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -22.02% -5.22%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £81,875
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 3 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 (2.65%) CMS
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (14.16%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.77%) AutoCAD
3 2 (1.77%) Navisworks
3 2 (1.77%) Revit
4 1 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (3.54%) SAP Business One
2 3 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.65%) Infor CloudSuite
2 3 (2.65%) Infor LN
2 3 (2.65%) Infor M3
2 3 (2.65%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.88%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (24.78%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (9.73%) Azure
3 6 (5.31%) Power Platform
4 5 (4.42%) OCI
5 3 (2.65%) AWS
5 3 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.65%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.65%) SaaS
6 2 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.77%) GitHub
7 1 (0.88%) GCP
7 1 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.88%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.88%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.88%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.88%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.31%) DHCP
1 6 (5.31%) DNS
1 6 (5.31%) TCP/IP
2 4 (3.54%) Firewall
2 4 (3.54%) VLAN
3 3 (2.65%) VPN
4 2 (1.77%) SMTP
4 2 (1.77%) SSH
4 2 (1.77%) SSL
5 1 (0.88%) Internet
5 1 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.08%) Electronic Patient Records
2 6 (5.31%) Power BI
3 5 (4.42%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.77%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.88%) Metadata
5 1 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Git
General
1 63 (55.75%) Social Skills
2 47 (41.59%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (22.12%) Manufacturing
4 17 (15.04%) Finance
5 13 (11.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (10.62%) Retail
7 6 (5.31%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.42%) Dutch Language
8 5 (4.42%) Marketing
8 5 (4.42%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.65%) French Language
11 2 (1.77%) Law
11 2 (1.77%) Portuguese Language
11 2 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.77%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.88%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.88%) Back Office
12 1 (0.88%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (15.04%) Consultant
2 14 (12.39%) Analyst
3 12 (10.62%) IT Support
3 12 (10.62%) Support Technician
4 8 (7.08%) Presales Consultant
5 7 (6.19%) Data Analyst
5 7 (6.19%) IT Engineer
5 7 (6.19%) Senior
6 6 (5.31%) Functional Consultant
6 6 (5.31%) IT Technician
6 6 (5.31%) Oracle Consultant
6 6 (5.31%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 6 (5.31%) Senior Analyst
6 6 (5.31%) Senior Data Analyst
6 6 (5.31%) Service Desk Engineer
7 5 (4.42%) Architect
7 5 (4.42%) Customer Service Representative
7 5 (4.42%) Delivery Manager
7 5 (4.42%) IT Support Technician
8 4 (3.54%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.31%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (4.42%) .NET
3 4 (3.54%) Django
4 3 (2.65%) Blazor
4 3 (2.65%) EDI
5 2 (1.77%) Middleware
5 2 (1.77%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.88%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.88%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (0.88%) Flask
6 1 (0.88%) Kafka
6 1 (0.88%) Laravel
6 1 (0.88%) LightGBM
6 1 (0.88%) NumPy
6 1 (0.88%) Pandas
6 1 (0.88%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.88%) REST
6 1 (0.88%) scikit-learn
6 1 (0.88%) SciPy
6 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.16%) Onboarding
2 10 (8.85%) Driving Licence
3 9 (7.96%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (7.08%) NHS
4 8 (7.08%) SystemC
5 4 (3.54%) FMCG
5 4 (3.54%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.65%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.65%) Robotics
7 2 (1.77%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.77%) Virtual Reality
8 1 (0.88%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.88%) Life Science
8 1 (0.88%) Replication
8 1 (0.88%) SCADA
8 1 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.88%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (19.47%) Windows
2 13 (11.50%) Windows Server
3 7 (6.19%) Linux
3 7 (6.19%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.88%) Debian
4 1 (0.88%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (26.55%) Customer Service
2 29 (25.66%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (16.81%) Decision-Making
4 17 (15.04%) ERP
5 15 (13.27%) Roadmaps
6 13 (11.50%) Analytics
7 12 (10.62%) Agile
8 11 (9.73%) Analytical Thinking
8 11 (9.73%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (9.73%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 11 (9.73%) Mentoring
9 10 (8.85%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (7.96%) Commercial Awareness
10 9 (7.96%) Data Analysis
10 9 (7.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 8 (7.08%) Actionable Insight
11 8 (7.08%) ITSM
11 8 (7.08%) Presales
11 8 (7.08%) Service Delivery
11 8 (7.08%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 19 (16.81%) SQL
2 14 (12.39%) Python
3 6 (5.31%) PowerShell
4 5 (4.42%) C#
5 3 (2.65%) VBA
6 2 (1.77%) Bash
6 2 (1.77%) C++
6 2 (1.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.88%) PHP
7 1 (0.88%) R
7 1 (0.88%) Ruby
7 1 (0.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (13.27%) Degree
2 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.77%) Master's Degree
3 2 (1.77%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.77%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.88%) CISSP
4 1 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.88%) GCED
4 1 (0.88%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.42%) SLA
2 2 (1.77%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.77%) ISO 19650
3 1 (0.88%) COSHH
3 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (12.39%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.42%) Docker
3 4 (3.54%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.77%) Samba
5 1 (0.88%) Firmware
5 1 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.54%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.77%) Ansible
2 2 (1.77%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.88%) Grafana
3 1 (0.88%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 39 (34.51%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.85%) Oracle
2 10 (8.85%) SAP
3 5 (4.42%) Cisco
3 5 (4.42%) VMware
4 4 (3.54%) Yealink
5 3 (2.65%) Epicor
5 3 (2.65%) IFS
5 3 (2.65%) Infor
5 3 (2.65%) QAD
5 3 (2.65%) Sage
5 3 (2.65%) SYSPRO
6 2 (1.77%) Apple
6 2 (1.77%) Databricks
6 2 (1.77%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.88%) Botify
7 1 (0.88%) Meraki
7 1 (0.88%) Samsung
7 1 (0.88%) Screaming Frog
7 1 (0.88%) TikTok