Problem-Solving Jobs in Oxford

Problem Solving
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxford with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 9 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 +16
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 138 50 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 21.17% 10.68% 13.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 24.30% 11.36% 14.60%
Number of salaries quoted 90 30 31
10th Percentile £28,254 £26,025 £23,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £49,375 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £62,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.20% +31.58% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £82,188 £59,375
90th Percentile £73,750 £97,125 £63,750
Oxfordshire median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -22.73% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxford

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxford with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 568 440 493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 87.12% 94.02% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 424 262 290
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,800 £31,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £41,250 £38,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £80,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £49,881 £50,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.23% -8.18% +10.45%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxford.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Oxford

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Oxford

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Oxford.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Oxford

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Oxford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Oxford over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Oxford

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (7.25%) Apache
1 10 (7.25%) CMS
1 10 (7.25%) nginx
1 10 (7.25%) WordPress
2 6 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (5.07%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (5.07%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.62%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (2.90%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (2.90%) Adobe XD
3 4 (2.90%) InDesign
3 4 (2.90%) Photoshop
3 4 (2.90%) Sketch
4 2 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.72%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 4 (2.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.72%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 33 (23.91%) AWS
2 26 (18.84%) Azure
3 20 (14.49%) GCP
4 12 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (6.52%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (3.62%) Power Automate
7 4 (2.90%) Azure Storage
7 4 (2.90%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.90%) Figma
7 4 (2.90%) WhatsApp
8 3 (2.17%) Google Workspace
8 3 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.45%) SaaS
10 1 (0.72%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 21 (15.22%) DNS
2 20 (14.49%) Firewall
3 11 (7.97%) DHCP
4 10 (7.25%) SSL
5 8 (5.80%) VoIP
6 6 (4.35%) NAS
6 6 (4.35%) SAN
6 6 (4.35%) TCP/IP
6 6 (4.35%) VLAN
7 5 (3.62%) Internet
8 3 (2.17%) Wireless
9 2 (1.45%) 5G
9 2 (1.45%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (14.49%) BigQuery
1 20 (14.49%) Looker
2 16 (11.59%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (10.14%) MySQL
4 5 (3.62%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.17%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.45%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.45%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.72%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.72%) Spotfire
7 1 (0.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Git
1 1 (0.72%) IntelliJ
1 1 (0.72%) JIRA
General
1 80 (57.97%) Analytical Skills
2 62 (44.93%) Social Skills
3 17 (12.32%) Marketing
4 11 (7.97%) Pharmaceutical
5 10 (7.25%) Manufacturing
6 9 (6.52%) Billing
7 8 (5.80%) Finance
8 5 (3.62%) Electronics
8 5 (3.62%) Law
8 5 (3.62%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.90%) Publishing
10 2 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (14.49%) Developer
2 16 (11.59%) Analyst
2 16 (11.59%) Senior
3 10 (7.25%) Junior
3 10 (7.25%) Web Manager
4 9 (6.52%) Business Analyst
4 9 (6.52%) Computer Scientist
4 9 (6.52%) Operations Analyst
4 9 (6.52%) Operations Business Analyst
4 9 (6.52%) Research Scientist
5 8 (5.80%) Architect
5 8 (5.80%) Data Architect
5 8 (5.80%) Data Manager
5 8 (5.80%) Engineering Manager
6 7 (5.07%) IT Support
6 7 (5.07%) Web Developer
7 6 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support
7 6 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 6 (4.35%) Software Developer
7 6 (4.35%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.52%) .NET
2 4 (2.90%) CSS
2 4 (2.90%) HTML
3 2 (1.45%) .NET Core
3 2 (1.45%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.45%) Akka
3 2 (1.45%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.45%) JSON
3 2 (1.45%) React
4 1 (0.72%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.72%) Ember.js
4 1 (0.72%) IDoc
4 1 (0.72%) Node.js
4 1 (0.72%) RESTful
4 1 (0.72%) STL
4 1 (0.72%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 32 (23.19%) Algorithms
2 18 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (12.32%) Analytical Mindset
3 17 (12.32%) Data Structures
4 11 (7.97%) Biopharmaceutical
5 9 (6.52%) Product Ownership
5 9 (6.52%) Virtual Team
6 7 (5.07%) Management Information System
7 5 (3.62%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (3.62%) Molecular Biology
8 4 (2.90%) Driving Licence
8 4 (2.90%) Video Editing
9 3 (2.17%) Mobile App
9 3 (2.17%) Social Media
10 2 (1.45%) Life Science
10 2 (1.45%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.45%) Replication
11 1 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.72%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.49%) Windows
2 15 (10.87%) Linux
3 4 (2.90%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.90%) Mac OS
3 4 (2.90%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.45%) SUSE
4 2 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.72%) Android
5 1 (0.72%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (26.09%) Computer Science
2 31 (22.46%) Chemistry
3 30 (21.74%) Physics
4 25 (18.12%) Parallel Programming
5 24 (17.39%) DevOps
6 23 (16.67%) Data Modelling
7 20 (14.49%) Data Engineering
7 20 (14.49%) Platform Engineering
7 20 (14.49%) Project Management
8 19 (13.77%) Agile
8 19 (13.77%) Mathematics
8 19 (13.77%) Mentoring
9 18 (13.04%) OO
10 17 (12.32%) Complexity Analysis
10 17 (12.32%) ETL
10 17 (12.32%) OOD
11 15 (10.87%) Collaborative Working
12 13 (9.42%) Machine Learning
13 12 (8.70%) Project Delivery
14 11 (7.97%) Neuroscience
Programming Languages
1 35 (25.36%) Python
2 30 (21.74%) Fortran
3 18 (13.04%) C
4 14 (10.14%) C++
5 12 (8.70%) PHP
6 9 (6.52%) SQL
7 8 (5.80%) C#
8 7 (5.07%) JavaScript
9 5 (3.62%) Java
9 5 (3.62%) PowerShell
9 5 (3.62%) VB.NET
10 3 (2.17%) Scala
11 1 (0.72%) Ruby
11 1 (0.72%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.72%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 57 (41.30%) Degree
2 26 (18.84%) PhD
3 23 (16.67%) Master's Degree
4 8 (5.80%) MCSE
4 8 (5.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (4.35%) CCNA
5 6 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.45%) MBA
7 2 (1.45%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.45%) PMP
7 2 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.72%) ACCA
8 1 (0.72%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (15.22%) QA
2 11 (7.97%) GDPR
3 10 (7.25%) Data Quality
4 6 (4.35%) SLA
5 5 (3.62%) GxP
5 5 (3.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (2.17%) PMO
7 1 (0.72%) GAAP
7 1 (0.72%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.72%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (10.87%) Active Directory
2 13 (9.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (6.52%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.62%) vSphere
5 4 (2.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.72%) Docker
6 1 (0.72%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (2.17%) SCCM
3 2 (1.45%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 26 (18.84%) Microsoft
2 23 (16.67%) Google
3 13 (9.42%) VMware
4 6 (4.35%) SAP
5 4 (2.90%) Adobe
6 2 (1.45%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.45%) Veeam
6 2 (1.45%) Virgin Media
7 1 (0.72%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.72%) Siemens