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 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 11 11
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 46 54 99
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 6.33% 15.00% 14.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.35% 16.36% 17.74%
Number of salaries quoted 41 21 83
10th Percentile £24,500 £40,000 £27,450
25th Percentile £26,000 £43,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £37,500 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £48,750 £72,500 £70,000
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £44,009
% change year-on-year -12.50% -9.11% -16.17%

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 551 330 558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 75.79% 91.67% 84.04%
Number of salaries quoted 328 188 447
10th Percentile £26,443 £24,649 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,438 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £75,000
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -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 22 March 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 4 (8.70%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) SAP CO
1 1 (2.17%) SAP FI
1 1 (2.17%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (28.26%) SaaS
2 3 (6.52%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.35%) AWS
3 2 (4.35%) Azure
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.17%) OCI
4 1 (2.17%) PaaS
4 1 (2.17%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.22%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (4.35%) HTTP
3 1 (2.17%) Firewall
3 1 (2.17%) LAN
3 1 (2.17%) Unified Communications
3 1 (2.17%) VPN
3 1 (2.17%) WAN
3 1 (2.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.87%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (6.52%) Power BI
2 3 (6.52%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.17%) MySQL
4 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Git
2 1 (2.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 23 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (19.57%) Retail
4 7 (15.22%) Law
5 6 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (10.87%) Manufacturing
7 4 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (6.52%) Finance
8 3 (6.52%) Marketing
9 2 (4.35%) Games
9 2 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (2.17%) Automotive
10 1 (2.17%) Portuguese Language
10 1 (2.17%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 18 (39.13%) Analyst
2 9 (19.57%) Support Analyst
3 7 (15.22%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 7 (15.22%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (10.87%) Junior
4 5 (10.87%) Junior Analyst
4 5 (10.87%) Junior Support Analyst
4 5 (10.87%) Oracle Analyst
4 5 (10.87%) Oracle Payroll Analyst
4 5 (10.87%) Oracle Payroll Support
4 5 (10.87%) Oracle Support Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) ERP Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) ERP Support
5 4 (8.70%) Products Support Technician
5 4 (8.70%) SaaS Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) Software Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) Software Support Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) CSS
1 3 (6.52%) HTML
1 3 (6.52%) Laravel
2 2 (4.35%) .NET
2 2 (4.35%) Deno
2 2 (4.35%) Node.js
2 2 (4.35%) React
2 2 (4.35%) REST
2 2 (4.35%) Tailwind CSS
2 2 (4.35%) Vue
2 2 (4.35%) Yii
3 1 (2.17%) Bootstrap
3 1 (2.17%) CSS3
3 1 (2.17%) EDI
3 1 (2.17%) HTML5
3 1 (2.17%) jQuery
3 1 (2.17%) JSON
3 1 (2.17%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.22%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.35%) CSOC
2 2 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (4.35%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.17%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.17%) Replication
3 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.17%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) Linux
1 1 (2.17%) Oracle Linux
1 1 (2.17%) Windows
1 1 (2.17%) Windows 10
1 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.26%) Continuous Improvement
1 13 (28.26%) CRM
1 13 (28.26%) Customer Service
2 10 (21.74%) E-Commerce
2 10 (21.74%) Mentoring
3 9 (19.57%) ERP
4 8 (17.39%) Process Improvement
5 7 (15.22%) Analytical Thinking
5 7 (15.22%) Data Privacy
5 7 (15.22%) Logistics
5 7 (15.22%) Root Cause Analysis
5 7 (15.22%) Validation
6 5 (10.87%) Data Validation
6 5 (10.87%) End-to-End Testing
6 5 (10.87%) Software Engineering
6 5 (10.87%) System Testing
7 4 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (8.70%) Roadmaps
7 4 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (8.70%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 18 (39.13%) SQL
2 9 (19.57%) C#
3 3 (6.52%) JavaScript
3 3 (6.52%) PHP
4 2 (4.35%) Python
4 2 (4.35%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (2.17%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (17.39%) Degree
2 2 (4.35%) AWS Certification
2 2 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (4.35%) SC Cleared
2 2 (4.35%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.17%) CCNA
3 1 (2.17%) CCNP
3 1 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.17%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (2.17%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (23.91%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) Ansible
1 1 (2.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (13.04%) Oracle
2 2 (4.35%) HubSpot
3 1 (2.17%) Databricks
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.17%) SAP
3 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow