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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 1 7
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 +14
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 162 148 165
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 9.66% 22.98% 13.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.42% 26.48% 17.15%
Number of salaries quoted 120 75 57
10th Percentile £24,948 £26,250 £29,200
25th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.82% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £46,743 £51,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £63,500 £72,750
East Midlands median annual salary £41,000 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +17.14% -12.50% -11.11%

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 1,207 559 962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 71.97% 86.80% 81.04%
Number of salaries quoted 855 358 457
10th Percentile £27,440 £26,208 £32,000
25th Percentile £34,760 £28,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £38,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% -23.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £42,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -6.67% -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 8 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 8 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 -7 114 £35,000 -26.32% 88
Mansfield -1 21 £31,000 -1.59% 7
Worksop -4 8 £27,125 +5.34% 3
Sutton-in-Ashfield -7 2 £42,500 - 4
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 (1.85%) CMS
2 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (15.43%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (9.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.23%) AutoCAD
3 2 (1.23%) Navisworks
3 2 (1.23%) Revit
Business Applications
1 9 (5.56%) SAP Business One
2 3 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.85%) Infor CloudSuite
2 3 (1.85%) Infor LN
2 3 (1.85%) Infor M3
2 3 (1.85%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.62%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 49 (30.25%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (17.90%) Azure
3 12 (7.41%) AWS
3 12 (7.41%) Power Platform
4 5 (3.09%) Entra ID
4 5 (3.09%) OCI
5 4 (2.47%) SaaS
6 3 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.23%) GitHub
7 2 (1.23%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.62%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.62%) GCP
8 1 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.62%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.62%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.88%) DHCP
1 16 (9.88%) DNS
1 16 (9.88%) Firewall
1 16 (9.88%) TCP/IP
2 13 (8.02%) VLAN
3 6 (3.70%) VoIP
3 6 (3.70%) VPN
4 3 (1.85%) LAN
4 3 (1.85%) WAN
5 2 (1.23%) SMTP
5 2 (1.23%) SSH
5 2 (1.23%) SSL
5 2 (1.23%) Wireless
6 1 (0.62%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.41%) Power BI
2 8 (4.94%) Electronic Patient Records
3 7 (4.32%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.47%) DTS
5 3 (1.85%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.62%) Metadata
7 1 (0.62%) MySQL
7 1 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.09%) VersionOne
2 4 (2.47%) Burp Suite
2 4 (2.47%) Git
2 4 (2.47%) Metasploit
General
1 92 (56.79%) Social Skills
2 67 (41.36%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (19.75%) Manufacturing
4 25 (15.43%) Retail
5 20 (12.35%) Finance
6 17 (10.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (6.79%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.09%) Marketing
8 5 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.47%) Automotive
9 4 (2.47%) Dutch Language
9 4 (2.47%) Portuguese Language
9 4 (2.47%) Spanish Language
10 3 (1.85%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.85%) Law
11 2 (1.23%) French Language
12 1 (0.62%) German Language
12 1 (0.62%) Legal
12 1 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (16.67%) IT Support
2 25 (15.43%) Support Technician
3 22 (13.58%) Analyst
4 20 (12.35%) IT Technician
5 19 (11.73%) IT Support Technician
6 17 (10.49%) Consultant
7 14 (8.64%) Senior
8 13 (8.02%) Senior Analyst
9 12 (7.41%) Data Analyst
9 12 (7.41%) Delivery Manager
9 12 (7.41%) IT Engineer
10 9 (5.56%) Senior Data Analyst
11 8 (4.94%) Presales Consultant
11 8 (4.94%) Security Specialist
11 8 (4.94%) Service Desk Engineer
11 8 (4.94%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
12 6 (3.70%) Business Intelligence Manager
12 6 (3.70%) Functional Consultant
12 6 (3.70%) Oracle Consultant
12 6 (3.70%) Oracle Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.70%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (3.09%) .NET
3 3 (1.85%) Django
3 3 (1.85%) EDI
4 2 (1.23%) Blazor
4 2 (1.23%) Laravel
4 2 (1.23%) Middleware
4 2 (1.23%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.62%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.62%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.62%) CSS3
5 1 (0.62%) Flask
5 1 (0.62%) HTML5
5 1 (0.62%) Kafka
5 1 (0.62%) LightGBM
5 1 (0.62%) Pandas
5 1 (0.62%) REST
5 1 (0.62%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.62%) SciPy
5 1 (0.62%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.35%) Onboarding
2 14 (8.64%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (7.41%) Management Information System
4 10 (6.17%) Driving Licence
5 8 (4.94%) NHS
5 8 (4.94%) SystemC
6 5 (3.09%) Robotics
6 5 (3.09%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.47%) Insider Threat
8 3 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.85%) FMCG
8 3 (1.85%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.23%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.62%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.62%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.62%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 38 (23.46%) Windows
2 28 (17.28%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.94%) Windows 10
4 7 (4.32%) Linux
5 1 (0.62%) Debian
5 1 (0.62%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
2 40 (24.69%) Customer Service
3 32 (19.75%) Decision-Making
4 28 (17.28%) Roadmaps
5 27 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
6 26 (16.05%) Cybersecurity
6 26 (16.05%) Service Delivery
7 23 (14.20%) ERP
8 22 (13.58%) Mentoring
9 21 (12.96%) Analytics
10 19 (11.73%) Agile
11 17 (10.49%) Risk Management
12 13 (8.02%) Analytical Thinking
12 13 (8.02%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 13 (8.02%) Project Delivery
13 12 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
13 12 (7.41%) CRM
14 11 (6.79%) Coaching
14 11 (6.79%) ITSM
14 11 (6.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 39 (24.07%) SQL
2 17 (10.49%) Python
3 12 (7.41%) VBA
4 8 (4.94%) PowerShell
5 6 (3.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (3.09%) C#
7 2 (1.23%) Bash
7 2 (1.23%) PHP
8 1 (0.62%) C++
8 1 (0.62%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.62%) R
8 1 (0.62%) Ruby
8 1 (0.62%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.62%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 22 (13.58%) Degree
2 10 (6.17%) SC Cleared
2 10 (6.17%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.09%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (3.09%) CISSP
4 4 (2.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (2.47%) CCSP
4 4 (2.47%) CISM
4 4 (2.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.62%) CCNA
5 1 (0.62%) CCNP
5 1 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.62%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.62%) GCED
5 1 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.62%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (0.62%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.62%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.26%) SLA
2 5 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (3.09%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (2.47%) GRC
4 2 (1.23%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 29 (17.90%) Active Directory
2 14 (8.64%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.47%) Docker
4 3 (1.85%) Firmware
5 2 (1.23%) Samba
5 2 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.62%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (2.47%) Nmap
2 3 (1.85%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.23%) Ansible
3 2 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.62%) Grafana
4 1 (0.62%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 58 (35.80%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.02%) SAP
3 10 (6.17%) Oracle
4 6 (3.70%) Databricks
5 5 (3.09%) Cisco
5 5 (3.09%) ESET
5 5 (3.09%) VMware
6 4 (2.47%) Sage
7 3 (1.85%) Epicor
7 3 (1.85%) IFS
7 3 (1.85%) Infor
7 3 (1.85%) QAD
7 3 (1.85%) SYSPRO
7 3 (1.85%) Yealink
8 2 (1.23%) Apple
8 2 (1.23%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.62%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.62%) Citrix
9 1 (0.62%) DevExpress
9 1 (0.62%) Screaming Frog