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 6 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 1 10
Rank change year-on-year -4 +9 +10
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 129 156 186
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 10.57% 29.94% 13.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.95% 33.55% 17.60%
Number of salaries quoted 98 67 116
10th Percentile £24,500 £29,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.06% - -26.09%
75th Percentile £43,563 £51,250 £61,500
90th Percentile £54,828 £65,000 £70,000
East Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -16.67%

All Process & 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 863 465 1,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 70.68% 89.25% 78.47%
Number of salaries quoted 554 272 753
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,000 £27,050
25th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £71,250
East Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -14.29%

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 6 June 2026.

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 6 June 2026. 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 -7 83 £30,000 -36.84% 42
Mansfield -1 29 £31,000 -1.59% 7
Worksop - 3 £28,000 -
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 10 (7.75%) CMS
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (14.73%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (7.75%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (3.88%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.78%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.78%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.78%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 32 (24.81%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (16.28%) Azure
3 11 (8.53%) AWS
3 11 (8.53%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.33%) Snowflake
5 2 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.55%) SaaS
6 1 (0.78%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.78%) GCP
6 1 (0.78%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.98%) Firewall
2 7 (5.43%) DHCP
2 7 (5.43%) DNS
3 6 (4.65%) TCP/IP
3 6 (4.65%) VLAN
3 6 (4.65%) VoIP
4 3 (2.33%) LAN
4 3 (2.33%) VPN
4 3 (2.33%) WAN
5 1 (0.78%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.53%) Power BI
2 4 (3.10%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.33%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.55%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.78%) DTS
5 1 (0.78%) MySQL
5 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (4.65%) Burp Suite
1 6 (4.65%) Metasploit
2 5 (3.88%) VersionOne
3 2 (1.55%) Git
4 1 (0.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 73 (56.59%) Social Skills
2 59 (45.74%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (16.28%) Retail
4 18 (13.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (11.63%) Manufacturing
6 13 (10.08%) Finance
7 12 (9.30%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (4.65%) Law
10 5 (3.88%) Marketing
11 4 (3.10%) Dutch Language
11 4 (3.10%) Legal
11 4 (3.10%) Portuguese Language
11 4 (3.10%) Spanish Language
12 3 (2.33%) Games
13 2 (1.55%) Automotive
13 2 (1.55%) French Language
14 1 (0.78%) Advertising
14 1 (0.78%) Banking
14 1 (0.78%) Police
Job Titles
1 25 (19.38%) Analyst
2 18 (13.95%) IT Support
2 18 (13.95%) Support Technician
3 14 (10.85%) Senior
4 12 (9.30%) IT Technician
5 11 (8.53%) Data Analyst
5 11 (8.53%) Delivery Manager
5 11 (8.53%) IT Support Technician
5 11 (8.53%) Senior Analyst
6 9 (6.98%) IT Engineer
6 9 (6.98%) Senior Data Analyst
7 8 (6.20%) Security Specialist
7 8 (6.20%) Service Desk Engineer
7 8 (6.20%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
8 7 (5.43%) Products Support Technician
9 6 (4.65%) Business Intelligence Manager
9 6 (4.65%) Customer Executive
9 6 (4.65%) Customer Service Executive
9 6 (4.65%) IT Manager
10 5 (3.88%) IT Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.33%) .NET
2 2 (1.55%) JSON
2 2 (1.55%) Laravel
3 1 (0.78%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.78%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (0.78%) Bootstrap
3 1 (0.78%) CSS
3 1 (0.78%) CSS3
3 1 (0.78%) EDI
3 1 (0.78%) HTML
3 1 (0.78%) HTML5
3 1 (0.78%) jQuery
3 1 (0.78%) Kafka
3 1 (0.78%) LightGBM
3 1 (0.78%) NumPy
3 1 (0.78%) Pandas
3 1 (0.78%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.78%) SAP ALE
3 1 (0.78%) SciPy
3 1 (0.78%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.30%) Onboarding
2 11 (8.53%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.65%) Insider Threat
3 6 (4.65%) Security Posture
4 3 (2.33%) Algorithms
4 3 (2.33%) Driving Licence
4 3 (2.33%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.55%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.55%) CSOC
5 2 (1.55%) Replication
5 2 (1.55%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.78%) iSeries
6 1 (0.78%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.78%) PMI
6 1 (0.78%) Robotics
6 1 (0.78%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 17 (13.18%) Windows
1 17 (13.18%) Windows Server
2 8 (6.20%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (27.91%) Customer Service
2 24 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
2 24 (18.60%) Roadmaps
3 23 (17.83%) Decision-Making
4 22 (17.05%) Service Delivery
5 19 (14.73%) Analytics
5 19 (14.73%) Collaborative Working
6 17 (13.18%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (12.40%) ITSM
8 14 (10.85%) Actionable Insight
8 14 (10.85%) Agile
9 12 (9.30%) Analytical Thinking
9 12 (9.30%) Time Management
10 11 (8.53%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (8.53%) Business Strategy
10 11 (8.53%) Coaching
10 11 (8.53%) Data Analysis
10 11 (8.53%) Mentoring
10 11 (8.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 10 (7.75%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 32 (24.81%) SQL
2 14 (10.85%) Python
3 6 (4.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 6 (4.65%) VBA
4 3 (2.33%) C#
5 2 (1.55%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.55%) R
6 1 (0.78%) C++
6 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.78%) PHP
6 1 (0.78%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.78%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 26 (20.16%) Degree
2 10 (7.75%) SC Cleared
2 10 (7.75%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.43%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (4.65%) CISSP
4 6 (4.65%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (3.88%) CCNA
6 4 (3.10%) CEH
6 4 (3.10%) CISMP
6 4 (3.10%) CREST Certified
6 4 (3.10%) GIAC
6 4 (3.10%) GPEN
6 4 (3.10%) MCSE
6 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 4 (3.10%) OSCP
7 2 (1.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (1.55%) CCSP
7 2 (1.55%) CISM
7 2 (1.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.43%) SLA
2 4 (3.10%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (3.10%) QA
3 2 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.55%) GRC
3 2 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.78%) Data Quality
System Software
1 17 (13.18%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.43%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.78%) Docker
3 1 (0.78%) Firmware
3 1 (0.78%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.65%) Nmap
Vendors
1 30 (23.26%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.65%) Databricks
2 6 (4.65%) SAP
3 5 (3.88%) ESET
4 4 (3.10%) Cisco
4 4 (3.10%) Oracle
5 3 (2.33%) Botify
5 3 (2.33%) Google
6 2 (1.55%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.78%) Citrix
7 1 (0.78%) DevExpress
7 1 (0.78%) Sage
7 1 (0.78%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.78%) VMware