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 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -6 +2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 57 151 65
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 8.93% 17.02% 16.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.11% 18.11% 18.90%
Number of salaries quoted 51 55 52
10th Percentile £25,375 - £24,200
25th Percentile £28,625 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £50,670
Median % change year-on-year - -30.93% -3.49%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £53,951 £61,500 £71,250
East Midlands median annual salary £33,000 £35,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -24.74% -9.52%

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 513 834 344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 80.41% 94.02% 86.87%
Number of salaries quoted 335 308 283
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,188 £37,767
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,750 £81,386 £75,000
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £47,592 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.70% -4.82% -4.76%

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 28 December 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 28 December 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 -9 32 £35,000 -37.50% 91
Worksop +3 5 £25,750 -
Mansfield +2 4 £39,449 -1.38% 6
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 5 (8.77%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (14.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.26%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 15 (26.32%) SaaS
2 11 (19.30%) Azure
3 10 (17.54%) AWS
4 8 (14.04%) Entra ID
4 8 (14.04%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (10.53%) Power Platform
6 5 (8.77%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (5.26%) PaaS
8 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.75%) OCI
8 1 (1.75%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.04%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (3.51%) HTTP
3 1 (1.75%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.77%) Power BI
2 4 (7.02%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (3.51%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.75%) GIS
4 1 (1.75%) Metadata
4 1 (1.75%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (1.75%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.75%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 5 (8.77%) Burp Suite
1 5 (8.77%) Metasploit
2 2 (3.51%) Git
General
1 32 (56.14%) Social Skills
2 24 (42.11%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (33.33%) Retail
4 12 (21.05%) Law
5 4 (7.02%) Finance
6 3 (5.26%) Automotive
7 2 (3.51%) Games
7 2 (3.51%) Local Government
7 2 (3.51%) Marketing
7 2 (3.51%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.75%) Banking
8 1 (1.75%) Legal
8 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 19 (33.33%) Analyst
2 16 (28.07%) Support Analyst
3 13 (22.81%) 2nd Line Support
4 11 (19.30%) IT Support
5 10 (17.54%) Support Engineer
6 9 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 8 (14.04%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 8 (14.04%) IT Engineer
7 8 (14.04%) IT Support Engineer
8 7 (12.28%) Technical Engineer
8 7 (12.28%) Technical Support
8 7 (12.28%) Technical Support Engineer
9 6 (10.53%) Systems Support
10 5 (8.77%) Security Specialist
10 5 (8.77%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
11 4 (7.02%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
11 4 (7.02%) ERP Analyst
11 4 (7.02%) ERP Support
11 4 (7.02%) Oracle Payroll Analyst
11 4 (7.02%) Oracle Payroll Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.26%) .NET
1 3 (5.26%) REST
2 2 (3.51%) CSS
2 2 (3.51%) Deno
2 2 (3.51%) HTML
2 2 (3.51%) Laravel
2 2 (3.51%) Node.js
2 2 (3.51%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (3.51%) React
2 2 (3.51%) Tailwind CSS
2 2 (3.51%) Vue
2 2 (3.51%) Yii
3 1 (1.75%) Middleware
3 1 (1.75%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (28.07%) Onboarding
2 8 (14.04%) Security Posture
3 7 (12.28%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (8.77%) Insider Threat
4 5 (8.77%) iSeries
5 4 (7.02%) Driving Licence
6 3 (5.26%) Smartphone
7 2 (3.51%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.75%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (1.75%) Life Science
8 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.75%) Robotics
8 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.26%) Windows
1 3 (5.26%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.75%) Linux
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (28.07%) Mentoring
2 14 (24.56%) ERP
3 13 (22.81%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (22.81%) ITIL
4 11 (19.30%) Decision-Making
4 11 (19.30%) Logistics
5 10 (17.54%) Customer Service
5 10 (17.54%) E-Commerce
6 9 (15.79%) Analytical Thinking
6 9 (15.79%) CRM
6 9 (15.79%) Process Improvement
6 9 (15.79%) Root Cause Analysis
7 8 (14.04%) Data Privacy
7 8 (14.04%) Information Security
7 8 (14.04%) Vulnerability Management
8 6 (10.53%) Security Management
8 6 (10.53%) Software Engineering
8 6 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (10.53%) Validation
9 5 (8.77%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (52.63%) SQL
2 11 (19.30%) C#
3 6 (10.53%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.51%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.51%) PHP
4 2 (3.51%) Python
4 2 (3.51%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.75%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (22.81%) SC Cleared
1 13 (22.81%) Security Cleared
2 10 (17.54%) Degree
3 8 (14.04%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (14.04%) CISSP
3 8 (14.04%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (8.77%) AWS Certification
4 5 (8.77%) CCNA
4 5 (8.77%) CEH
4 5 (8.77%) CISMP
4 5 (8.77%) CREST Certified
4 5 (8.77%) GIAC
4 5 (8.77%) GPEN
4 5 (8.77%) MCP
4 5 (8.77%) MCSE
4 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (8.77%) OSCP
5 3 (5.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (5.26%) CISM
6 2 (3.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.79%) QA
2 8 (14.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (8.77%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (7.02%) GDPR
5 3 (5.26%) NIST
6 2 (3.51%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (14.04%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.77%) Firmware
3 3 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (8.77%) Nmap
2 1 (1.75%) Ansible
2 1 (1.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (28.07%) Microsoft
2 10 (17.54%) Cisco
3 8 (14.04%) Oracle
4 4 (7.02%) SAP
5 3 (5.26%) Freshdesk
5 3 (5.26%) ServiceNow
5 3 (5.26%) VMware