Problem-Solving Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Problem Solving
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 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 4 10 20
Rank change year-on-year +6 +10 -2
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 130 147 39
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 20.28% 13.65% 10.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.01% 15.87% 11.75%
Number of salaries quoted 60 47 34
10th Percentile £25,713 - £26,000
25th Percentile £28,688 £32,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £35,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% -37.78% +7.14%
75th Percentile £51,563 £58,625 £68,750
90th Percentile £53,951 £65,250 £76,750
East Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £35,750 £48,835
% change year-on-year -9.09% -26.79% -2.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 565 926 332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 88.14% 85.98% 90.96%
Number of salaries quoted 338 358 273
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £27,600
25th Percentile £28,750 £39,750 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £58,250 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,650 £81,250
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% -9.52% +5.00%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Nottinghamshire over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Nottinghamshire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 5 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Nottingham +4 56 £33,000 -40.00% 45
Mansfield +5 22 £39,449 - 12
Sutton-in-Ashfield +2 15 - - 3
Worksop +2 5 £25,750 -42.78%
Problem-Solving
East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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 6 (4.62%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.77%) IIS
2 1 (0.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.85%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.77%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.77%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.77%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.00%) SaaS
2 12 (9.23%) Power Platform
3 10 (7.69%) Azure
3 10 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (6.15%) AWS
5 7 (5.38%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.31%) PaaS
8 1 (0.77%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.77%) OCI
8 1 (0.77%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.15%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.77%) Firewall
2 1 (0.77%) LAN
2 1 (0.77%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.77%) VPN
2 1 (0.77%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.46%) Power BI
2 4 (3.08%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.54%) FileMaker
3 2 (1.54%) GIS
4 1 (0.77%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.77%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.77%) DTS
4 1 (0.77%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.77%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.77%) Metadata
4 1 (0.77%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.77%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.77%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (0.77%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.31%) Burp Suite
1 3 (2.31%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.77%) Visual Studio
General
1 80 (61.54%) Retail
2 61 (46.92%) Manufacturing
3 33 (25.38%) Social Skills
4 28 (21.54%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (12.31%) Dutch Language
5 16 (12.31%) Finnish Language
5 16 (12.31%) Norwegian Language
6 11 (8.46%) Finance
6 11 (8.46%) Law
7 6 (4.62%) Banking
8 4 (3.08%) Catalan Language
9 3 (2.31%) Automotive
9 3 (2.31%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.54%) Advertising
10 2 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.54%) Legal
10 2 (1.54%) Local Government
11 1 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 60 (46.15%) Trainer
2 20 (15.38%) Analyst
3 15 (11.54%) Support Analyst
4 13 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 10 (7.69%) IT Support
6 9 (6.92%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 8 (6.15%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 7 (5.38%) IT Engineer
8 7 (5.38%) IT Support Engineer
8 7 (5.38%) Support Engineer
8 7 (5.38%) Systems Support
9 6 (4.62%) Lead
9 6 (4.62%) Technical Support
10 5 (3.85%) SAP Analyst
10 5 (3.85%) SAP Support
10 5 (3.85%) SAP Support Analyst
10 5 (3.85%) Systems Analyst
10 5 (3.85%) Systems Support Analyst
10 5 (3.85%) Technical Engineer
10 5 (3.85%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.08%) .NET
2 3 (2.31%) REST
3 2 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.54%) XML
4 1 (0.77%) CSS
4 1 (0.77%) HTML
4 1 (0.77%) Middleware
4 1 (0.77%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 61 (46.92%) Robotics
2 15 (11.54%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (4.62%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.85%) iSeries
6 3 (2.31%) Analogue Electronics
6 3 (2.31%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.31%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.31%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (2.31%) Insider Threat
6 3 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.54%) Smartphone
7 2 (1.54%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.77%) Life Science
8 1 (0.77%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.77%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.77%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.08%) Windows
2 2 (1.54%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.77%) Linux
3 1 (0.77%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (48.46%) Red Team
2 60 (46.15%) AI
2 60 (46.15%) Generative AI
2 60 (46.15%) LLM
2 60 (46.15%) Machine Learning
3 52 (40.00%) Data Privacy
4 20 (15.38%) ERP
5 19 (14.62%) Mentoring
6 16 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (10.77%) Root Cause Analysis
8 13 (10.00%) Decision-Making
8 13 (10.00%) ITIL
8 13 (10.00%) Logistics
9 11 (8.46%) Customer Service
10 10 (7.69%) CRM
10 10 (7.69%) E-Commerce
11 9 (6.92%) Analytical Thinking
12 8 (6.15%) Roadmaps
12 8 (6.15%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (6.15%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (24.62%) SQL
2 14 (10.77%) C#
3 6 (4.62%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.54%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.54%) Python
5 1 (0.77%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.77%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 72 (55.38%) Degree
2 11 (8.46%) SC Cleared
2 11 (8.46%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (4.62%) CISSP
3 6 (4.62%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (3.85%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (2.31%) CCNA
5 3 (2.31%) CEH
5 3 (2.31%) CISM
5 3 (2.31%) CISMP
5 3 (2.31%) CREST Certified
5 3 (2.31%) GIAC
5 3 (2.31%) GPEN
5 3 (2.31%) HNC
5 3 (2.31%) MCP
5 3 (2.31%) MCSE
5 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.31%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (6.15%) QA
2 5 (3.85%) GDPR
3 3 (2.31%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (2.31%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.31%) NIST
4 2 (1.54%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (6.15%) Firmware
2 7 (5.38%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.31%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.31%) Nmap
3 1 (0.77%) Ansible
3 1 (0.77%) Terraform
Vendors
1 60 (46.15%) Adobe
1 60 (46.15%) Databricks
1 60 (46.15%) Google
2 14 (10.77%) Microsoft
3 8 (6.15%) Cisco
4 6 (4.62%) SAP
5 4 (3.08%) Oracle
6 2 (1.54%) Freshdesk
6 2 (1.54%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.54%) VMware
7 1 (0.77%) Capita
7 1 (0.77%) Civica
7 1 (0.77%) NEC
7 1 (0.77%) Salesforce