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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 6 19
Rank change year-on-year +5 +13 -1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 140 178 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 21.67% 14.58% 9.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 24.87% 17.62% 10.27%
Number of salaries quoted 70 54 35
10th Percentile £26,200 - £26,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £27,089
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £47,344 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.68% -5.31% -4.76%
75th Percentile £51,250 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £61,250 £73,875 £76,500
East Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -11.11% -

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 563 1,010 370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 87.15% 82.72% 92.04%
Number of salaries quoted 361 442 299
10th Percentile £26,208 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £28,750 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £83,750
East Midlands median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.89% -14.29% +5.00%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +1 62 £47,500 -17.39% 55
Mansfield +8 28 £31,500 - 12
Sutton-in-Ashfield +4 15 - - 1
Worksop +1 5 £25,750 -42.78% 3
Problem-Solving
East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottinghamshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (8.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 12 (8.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.71%) IIS
2 1 (0.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 13 (9.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (7.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.57%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.71%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.71%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.71%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.71%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 1 (0.71%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.71%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 20 (14.29%) Azure
1 20 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (12.86%) Power Platform
3 6 (4.29%) OneDrive
4 5 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (3.57%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.86%) ChatGPT
6 2 (1.43%) SaaS
7 1 (0.71%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.71%) PaaS
7 1 (0.71%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.00%) Firewall
2 6 (4.29%) DHCP
2 6 (4.29%) DNS
2 6 (4.29%) Network Security
2 6 (4.29%) VoIP
3 1 (0.71%) LAN
3 1 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.71%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.71%) VPN
3 1 (0.71%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.14%) Power BI
2 9 (6.43%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (2.86%) FileMaker
4 4 (2.86%) MySQL
5 2 (1.43%) GIS
5 2 (1.43%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.71%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.71%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.71%) DTS
6 1 (0.71%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.71%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 67 (47.86%) Retail
2 62 (44.29%) Manufacturing
3 37 (26.43%) Social Skills
4 28 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (11.43%) Dutch Language
5 16 (11.43%) Finance
5 16 (11.43%) Finnish Language
5 16 (11.43%) Norwegian Language
6 15 (10.71%) Law
7 7 (5.00%) Banking
8 4 (2.86%) Catalan Language
9 3 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.43%) Advertising
10 2 (1.43%) Legal
11 1 (0.71%) Automotive
11 1 (0.71%) Marketing
11 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.71%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 60 (42.86%) Trainer
2 20 (14.29%) Analyst
3 17 (12.14%) IT Support
4 16 (11.43%) Support Analyst
5 15 (10.71%) Developer
6 11 (7.86%) 2nd Line Support
7 10 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 7 (5.00%) Full-Stack Developer
8 7 (5.00%) Lead
9 6 (4.29%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 6 (4.29%) IT Support Specialist
9 6 (4.29%) Support Specialist
9 6 (4.29%) Systems Analyst
9 6 (4.29%) Technical Support
10 5 (3.57%) 1st Line Support
10 5 (3.57%) 1st Line Support Analyst
10 5 (3.57%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
10 5 (3.57%) SAP Support
10 5 (3.57%) Support Engineer
10 5 (3.57%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.86%) Material-UI
1 4 (2.86%) REST
1 4 (2.86%) RESTful
1 4 (2.86%) Spring
1 4 (2.86%) Spring Boot
1 4 (2.86%) Web Services
2 3 (2.14%) React
3 2 (1.43%) .NET
3 2 (1.43%) XML
4 1 (0.71%) CSS
4 1 (0.71%) HTML
4 1 (0.71%) Middleware
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 61 (43.57%) Robotics
2 6 (4.29%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (3.57%) iSeries
3 5 (3.57%) Replication
4 4 (2.86%) Analogue Electronics
4 4 (2.86%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (2.14%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.14%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.71%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.71%) Life Science
6 1 (0.71%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.71%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.00%) Windows
2 6 (4.29%) Windows 7
2 6 (4.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (47.86%) Artificial Intelligence
2 60 (42.86%) Generative AI
2 60 (42.86%) LLM
2 60 (42.86%) Machine Learning
2 60 (42.86%) Red Team
3 45 (32.14%) Data Privacy
4 18 (12.86%) Customer Service
5 16 (11.43%) ERP
6 12 (8.57%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (8.57%) ITIL
6 12 (8.57%) Logistics
7 11 (7.86%) Critical Thinking
7 11 (7.86%) Mentoring
7 11 (7.86%) Software Engineering
8 9 (6.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (6.43%) Data Analysis
8 9 (6.43%) Decision-Making
8 9 (6.43%) Migration
9 8 (5.71%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 8 (5.71%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 31 (22.14%) SQL
2 12 (8.57%) PowerShell
3 7 (5.00%) Java
4 5 (3.57%) C#
5 3 (2.14%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.43%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.71%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 66 (47.14%) Degree
2 6 (4.29%) Azure Certification
3 5 (3.57%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.57%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.86%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.14%) HNC
6 2 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.00%) GDPR
2 5 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.14%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.71%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.71%) QA
System Software
1 17 (12.14%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.43%) Firmware
3 6 (4.29%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.86%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 60 (42.86%) Adobe
1 60 (42.86%) Databricks
1 60 (42.86%) Google
2 26 (18.57%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.29%) Sage
3 6 (4.29%) SAP
4 5 (3.57%) Cisco
5 2 (1.43%) Oracle
6 1 (0.71%) Capita
6 1 (0.71%) Civica
6 1 (0.71%) Infor
6 1 (0.71%) NEC
6 1 (0.71%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.71%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.71%) Snow