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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 1 7
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 +13
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 175 140 175
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 10.01% 21.67% 14.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.70% 24.78% 17.40%
Number of salaries quoted 127 70 51
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,200 -
25th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £38,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.58% -20.62% -7.62%
75th Percentile £45,872 £51,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £64,500 £61,250 £75,000
East Midlands median annual salary £41,500 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +18.57% -12.50% -13.51%

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 1,277 565 1,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 73.01% 87.46% 82.66%
Number of salaries quoted 911 362 438
10th Percentile £27,400 £26,208 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £38,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% -23.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £77,500
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +20.48% -7.78% -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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -3 121 £35,000 -26.32% 106
Mansfield -1 22 £31,000 -1.59% 7
Worksop -2 8 £27,125 +5.34% 7
Sutton-in-Ashfield -7 2 £42,500 - 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 3 (1.71%) CMS
1 3 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (15.43%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (9.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.14%) AutoCAD
3 2 (1.14%) Navisworks
3 2 (1.14%) Revit
4 1 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (5.14%) SAP Business One
2 5 (2.86%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.71%) Infor CloudSuite
3 3 (1.71%) Infor LN
3 3 (1.71%) Infor M3
3 3 (1.71%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.57%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.57%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.57%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 50 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (17.71%) Azure
3 12 (6.86%) AWS
3 12 (6.86%) Power Platform
4 7 (4.00%) SaaS
5 6 (3.43%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.86%) OCI
7 3 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.14%) GitHub
8 2 (1.14%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.57%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.57%) GCP
9 1 (0.57%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.57%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.57%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.71%) DHCP
1 17 (9.71%) DNS
2 16 (9.14%) TCP/IP
3 15 (8.57%) Firewall
4 13 (7.43%) VLAN
5 6 (3.43%) VoIP
6 5 (2.86%) VPN
7 2 (1.14%) LAN
7 2 (1.14%) SMTP
7 2 (1.14%) SSH
7 2 (1.14%) SSL
7 2 (1.14%) WAN
7 2 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.86%) Power BI
2 8 (4.57%) Electronic Patient Records
2 8 (4.57%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.29%) DTS
4 3 (1.71%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.14%) MySQL
6 1 (0.57%) Metadata
6 1 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.86%) VersionOne
2 4 (2.29%) Burp Suite
2 4 (2.29%) Git
2 4 (2.29%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.57%) Postman
General
1 98 (56.00%) Social Skills
2 71 (40.57%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (19.43%) Manufacturing
4 27 (15.43%) Retail
5 22 (12.57%) Finance
6 16 (9.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (6.29%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.86%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.29%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.29%) Dutch Language
10 4 (2.29%) Marketing
10 4 (2.29%) Portuguese Language
10 4 (2.29%) Spanish Language
11 3 (1.71%) Automotive
11 3 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.71%) Law
12 2 (1.14%) French Language
12 2 (1.14%) German Language
13 1 (0.57%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 27 (15.43%) IT Support
2 26 (14.86%) Support Technician
3 23 (13.14%) Analyst
4 21 (12.00%) IT Technician
5 19 (10.86%) IT Support Technician
6 18 (10.29%) Consultant
7 15 (8.57%) Senior
8 13 (7.43%) Senior Analyst
9 12 (6.86%) Data Analyst
9 12 (6.86%) Delivery Manager
9 12 (6.86%) IT Engineer
10 9 (5.14%) Senior Data Analyst
11 8 (4.57%) Presales Consultant
11 8 (4.57%) Security Specialist
11 8 (4.57%) Service Desk Engineer
11 8 (4.57%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
12 6 (3.43%) Business Intelligence Manager
12 6 (3.43%) Functional Consultant
12 6 (3.43%) Oracle Consultant
12 6 (3.43%) Oracle Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.43%) .NET
1 6 (3.43%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.29%) EDI
3 3 (1.71%) Django
4 2 (1.14%) Blazor
4 2 (1.14%) CSS
4 2 (1.14%) CSS3
4 2 (1.14%) HTML
4 2 (1.14%) HTML5
4 2 (1.14%) JSON
4 2 (1.14%) Laravel
4 2 (1.14%) Middleware
4 2 (1.14%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (1.14%) REST
5 1 (0.57%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.57%) Flask
5 1 (0.57%) Kafka
5 1 (0.57%) LightGBM
5 1 (0.57%) Pandas
5 1 (0.57%) React
Miscellaneous
1 26 (14.86%) Onboarding
2 14 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (7.43%) Driving Licence
4 12 (6.86%) Management Information System
5 8 (4.57%) NHS
5 8 (4.57%) SystemC
6 5 (2.86%) Robotics
6 5 (2.86%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.29%) Insider Threat
7 4 (2.29%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.71%) FMCG
9 2 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.57%) Analogue Electronics
10 1 (0.57%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.57%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.57%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 39 (22.29%) Windows
2 28 (16.00%) Windows Server
3 9 (5.14%) Windows 10
4 7 (4.00%) Linux
5 1 (0.57%) Debian
5 1 (0.57%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (26.29%) Customer Service
2 45 (25.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 32 (18.29%) Decision-Making
4 28 (16.00%) Roadmaps
5 26 (14.86%) Cybersecurity
6 25 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
6 25 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 23 (13.14%) ERP
8 22 (12.57%) Mentoring
9 21 (12.00%) Analytics
10 19 (10.86%) Agile
11 17 (9.71%) Risk Management
12 13 (7.43%) Analytical Thinking
12 13 (7.43%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 13 (7.43%) Project Delivery
12 13 (7.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 12 (6.86%) Business Intelligence
13 12 (6.86%) ITSM
14 11 (6.29%) Actionable Insight
14 11 (6.29%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 39 (22.29%) SQL
2 17 (9.71%) Python
3 12 (6.86%) VBA
4 9 (5.14%) PowerShell
5 6 (3.43%) C#
5 6 (3.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.14%) Bash
6 2 (1.14%) C++
6 2 (1.14%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.14%) PHP
7 1 (0.57%) R
7 1 (0.57%) Ruby
7 1 (0.57%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.57%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 23 (13.14%) Degree
2 10 (5.71%) SC Cleared
2 10 (5.71%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.86%) CISSP
4 4 (2.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (2.29%) CCSP
4 4 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (2.29%) CISM
4 4 (2.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 4 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.57%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.57%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.57%) GCED
5 1 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.57%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.57%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (0.57%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.57%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.57%) SLA
2 5 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (2.86%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (2.29%) GRC
4 2 (1.14%) ISO 19650
5 1 (0.57%) COSHH
System Software
1 30 (17.14%) Active Directory
2 14 (8.00%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.29%) Docker
4 3 (1.71%) Firmware
5 2 (1.14%) Samba
5 2 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.57%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (2.29%) Nmap
2 3 (1.71%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.14%) Ansible
3 2 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.57%) Grafana
4 1 (0.57%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 62 (35.43%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.71%) SAP
3 10 (5.71%) Oracle
4 7 (4.00%) Cisco
5 6 (3.43%) Databricks
5 6 (3.43%) VMware
6 5 (2.86%) ESET
7 4 (2.29%) Sage
7 4 (2.29%) Yealink
8 3 (1.71%) Epicor
8 3 (1.71%) IFS
8 3 (1.71%) Infor
8 3 (1.71%) QAD
8 3 (1.71%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.71%) SYSPRO
9 2 (1.14%) Apple
10 1 (0.57%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.57%) Citrix
10 1 (0.57%) EMC
10 1 (0.57%) Meraki