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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 1 9
Rank change year-on-year -4 +8 +13
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 143 155 184
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 11.11% 28.86% 12.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.54% 32.49% 16.24%
Number of salaries quoted 112 68 115
10th Percentile £24,500 £29,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £29,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.06% - -24.44%
75th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £58,418 £65,000 £70,000
East Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -14.77%

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 920 477 1,133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 71.48% 88.83% 77.34%
Number of salaries quoted 599 281 802
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £27,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £71,125
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -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 20 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 20 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 93 £30,000 -36.84% 36
Mansfield -1 29 £31,000 -1.59% 4
Worksop - 4 £28,000 - 1
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 (6.99%) CMS
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (14.69%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (3.50%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.70%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.70%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.70%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.70%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 36 (25.17%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (18.18%) Azure
3 14 (9.79%) AWS
4 13 (9.09%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.10%) SaaS
5 3 (2.10%) Snowflake
6 2 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.40%) GitHub
7 1 (0.70%) GCP
7 1 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.39%) Firewall
2 9 (6.29%) DHCP
2 9 (6.29%) DNS
2 9 (6.29%) TCP/IP
2 9 (6.29%) VLAN
3 6 (4.20%) VoIP
3 6 (4.20%) VPN
4 3 (2.10%) LAN
4 3 (2.10%) WAN
5 2 (1.40%) SMTP
5 2 (1.40%) SSH
5 2 (1.40%) SSL
6 1 (0.70%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.09%) Power BI
2 4 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.80%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.40%) DTS
3 2 (1.40%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.40%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.70%) MySQL
4 1 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (4.90%) Burp Suite
1 7 (4.90%) Metasploit
2 5 (3.50%) VersionOne
3 3 (2.10%) Git
4 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 80 (55.94%) Social Skills
2 63 (44.06%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (17.48%) Retail
4 18 (12.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (11.89%) Manufacturing
6 13 (9.09%) Finance
7 12 (8.39%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (6.29%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.50%) Law
9 5 (3.50%) Marketing
10 4 (2.80%) Dutch Language
10 4 (2.80%) Legal
10 4 (2.80%) Portuguese Language
10 4 (2.80%) Spanish Language
11 3 (2.10%) Games
12 2 (1.40%) Automotive
12 2 (1.40%) French Language
13 1 (0.70%) Advertising
13 1 (0.70%) Banking
13 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (18.88%) Analyst
2 20 (13.99%) IT Support
2 20 (13.99%) Support Technician
3 15 (10.49%) Senior
4 14 (9.79%) IT Technician
5 13 (9.09%) Data Analyst
5 13 (9.09%) IT Support Technician
6 12 (8.39%) Senior Analyst
7 11 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
7 11 (7.69%) Security Specialist
7 11 (7.69%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
8 10 (6.99%) Senior Data Analyst
9 9 (6.29%) IT Engineer
10 8 (5.59%) Service Desk Engineer
11 7 (4.90%) Products Support Technician
12 6 (4.20%) Business Intelligence Manager
12 6 (4.20%) Customer Executive
12 6 (4.20%) Customer Service Executive
12 6 (4.20%) IT Manager
13 5 (3.50%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.10%) .NET
2 2 (1.40%) JSON
2 2 (1.40%) Laravel
2 2 (1.40%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.70%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.70%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (0.70%) Bootstrap
3 1 (0.70%) CSS
3 1 (0.70%) CSS3
3 1 (0.70%) EDI
3 1 (0.70%) HTML
3 1 (0.70%) HTML5
3 1 (0.70%) jQuery
3 1 (0.70%) Kafka
3 1 (0.70%) Middleware
3 1 (0.70%) NumPy
3 1 (0.70%) Pandas
3 1 (0.70%) SAP ALE
3 1 (0.70%) SciPy
3 1 (0.70%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.79%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (8.39%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.90%) Insider Threat
3 7 (4.90%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.50%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.10%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.10%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.40%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.40%) CSOC
6 2 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.40%) Replication
6 2 (1.40%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.70%) iSeries
7 1 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.70%) PMI
7 1 (0.70%) Robotics
7 1 (0.70%) SCADA
7 1 (0.70%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 20 (13.99%) Windows
1 20 (13.99%) Windows Server
2 8 (5.59%) Windows 10
3 5 (3.50%) Linux
4 1 (0.70%) Debian
4 1 (0.70%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (26.57%) Customer Service
2 28 (19.58%) Decision-Making
3 27 (18.88%) Roadmaps
4 25 (17.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 23 (16.08%) Service Delivery
6 22 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
7 21 (14.69%) Analytics
7 21 (14.69%) Collaborative Working
8 16 (11.19%) ITSM
9 14 (9.79%) Actionable Insight
9 14 (9.79%) Agile
10 13 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
10 13 (9.09%) Mentoring
11 12 (8.39%) Analytical Thinking
11 12 (8.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 11 (7.69%) Business Strategy
12 11 (7.69%) Coaching
12 11 (7.69%) Offensive Security
12 11 (7.69%) Threat Intelligence
12 11 (7.69%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (23.08%) SQL
2 16 (11.19%) Python
3 8 (5.59%) VBA
4 6 (4.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (2.80%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.10%) C#
7 2 (1.40%) Bash
7 2 (1.40%) PHP
7 2 (1.40%) R
8 1 (0.70%) C++
8 1 (0.70%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.70%) Ruby
8 1 (0.70%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.70%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 27 (18.88%) Degree
2 13 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 13 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.59%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (5.59%) CISSP
4 6 (4.20%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (2.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (2.80%) CCNA
5 4 (2.80%) CCSP
5 4 (2.80%) CISM
5 4 (2.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 3 (2.10%) CEH
6 3 (2.10%) CISMP
6 3 (2.10%) CREST Certified
6 3 (2.10%) GIAC
6 3 (2.10%) GPEN
6 3 (2.10%) MCSE
6 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 3 (2.10%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.59%) SLA
2 5 (3.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (2.80%) GRC
3 4 (2.80%) QA
4 3 (2.10%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.40%) Data Quality
System Software
1 19 (13.29%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.99%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.40%) Docker
3 2 (1.40%) Samba
3 2 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.70%) Firmware
4 1 (0.70%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (4.90%) Nmap
2 2 (1.40%) Ansible
3 1 (0.70%) Grafana
3 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.70%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (23.78%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.20%) Databricks
2 6 (4.20%) SAP
3 5 (3.50%) ESET
4 3 (2.10%) Botify
4 3 (2.10%) Cisco
4 3 (2.10%) Google
5 2 (1.40%) HubSpot
5 2 (1.40%) Oracle
5 2 (1.40%) VMware
6 1 (0.70%) Citrix
6 1 (0.70%) DevExpress
6 1 (0.70%) Sage
6 1 (0.70%) ServiceNow