Problem-Solving Jobs in Oxfordshire

Problem Solving
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 4 18
Rank change year-on-year -9 +14 -6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 91 301 169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 12.20% 17.92% 11.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.96% 22.41% 11.69%
Number of salaries quoted 39 229 79
10th Percentile £25,750 £24,750 £22,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £29,750 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% - -22.73%
75th Percentile £66,250 £60,000 £62,110
90th Percentile £71,950 £68,750 £76,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 702 1,343 1,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 94.10% 79.94% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 328 1,075 761
10th Percentile £32,175 £28,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £73,250 £80,000
South East median annual salary £56,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -9.09% -

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Oxfordshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Oxfordshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Oxfordshire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Oxford -7 27 £37,250 -29.05% 53
Banbury +6 7 £27,500 +10.00% 1
Thame +1 6 £60,000 +166.67% 3
Witney +13 5 £70,000 +118.75% 7
Kidlington +6 2 - - 2
Bicester +3 2 £130,000 +225.00% 9
Chinnor - 2 - -
Wantage - 2 £71,000 - 3
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 4 (4.40%) CMS
1 4 (4.40%) Kentico
2 2 (2.20%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.10%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (1.10%) Sitefinity
3 1 (1.10%) Umbraco
Applications
1 19 (20.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.10%) Blender
3 1 (1.10%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 12 (13.19%) Shopify
2 1 (1.10%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 16 (17.58%) AWS
2 13 (14.29%) Azure
3 12 (13.19%) Google Ads
3 12 (13.19%) Google Analytics
3 12 (13.19%) Google Tag Manager
4 9 (9.89%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (7.69%) GCP
6 3 (3.30%) BigCommerce
6 3 (3.30%) ClickUp
6 3 (3.30%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (3.30%) Kontent
6 3 (3.30%) SaaS
6 3 (3.30%) Storyblok
7 2 (2.20%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.20%) Serverless
8 1 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.10%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.10%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 21 (23.08%) TCP/IP
2 14 (15.38%) VPN
3 12 (13.19%) DNS
4 8 (8.79%) DHCP
5 7 (7.69%) SNMP
6 2 (2.20%) Firewall
6 2 (2.20%) LAN
6 2 (2.20%) WAN
7 1 (1.10%) 4G
7 1 (1.10%) 5G
7 1 (1.10%) ADSL
7 1 (1.10%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.30%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.20%) Power BI
3 1 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.10%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.10%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (9.89%) Cucumber
1 9 (9.89%) Robot Framework
2 7 (7.69%) Git
3 4 (4.40%) JIRA
4 1 (1.10%) Babel
4 1 (1.10%) Vite
4 1 (1.10%) webpack
General
1 64 (70.33%) Social Skills
2 24 (26.37%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (18.68%) Marketing
4 13 (14.29%) Retail
5 11 (12.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (9.89%) Telecoms
7 8 (8.79%) Finance
8 7 (7.69%) Manufacturing
9 5 (5.49%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (2.20%) Health Technology
12 1 (1.10%) Automotive
12 1 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.10%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (16.48%) Support Engineer
2 14 (15.38%) IT Support
3 11 (12.09%) IT Engineer
3 11 (12.09%) PPC Executive
4 9 (9.89%) IT Support Engineer
4 9 (9.89%) Test Automation Engineer
4 9 (9.89%) Test Engineer
5 8 (8.79%) Field Engineer
5 8 (8.79%) Field Service Engineer
6 7 (7.69%) Technical Manager
7 4 (4.40%) Developer
7 4 (4.40%) Project Manager
7 4 (4.40%) Senior
7 4 (4.40%) Web Manager
8 3 (3.30%) CMS Project Manager
8 3 (3.30%) Financial Controller
8 3 (3.30%) Help Desk Support
8 3 (3.30%) Technical Project Manager
8 3 (3.30%) Web Project Manager
9 2 (2.20%) Business Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.40%) REST
2 2 (2.20%) CSS
2 2 (2.20%) CSS3
2 2 (2.20%) FHIR
2 2 (2.20%) HTML
2 2 (2.20%) HTML5
2 2 (2.20%) JSON
2 2 (2.20%) React
2 2 (2.20%) RESTful
2 2 (2.20%) SOAP
2 2 (2.20%) XML
3 1 (1.10%) .NET
3 1 (1.10%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.10%) Enzyme
3 1 (1.10%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.10%) Jest
3 1 (1.10%) MobX
3 1 (1.10%) Next.js
3 1 (1.10%) Redux
3 1 (1.10%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.89%) Driving Licence
1 9 (9.89%) Linux Command Line
2 7 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 6 (6.59%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.40%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.40%) Virtual Team
5 3 (3.30%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.10%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.10%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.10%) Legacy Code
6 1 (1.10%) Robotics
6 1 (1.10%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 26 (28.57%) Windows
2 12 (13.19%) Linux
3 7 (7.69%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.10%) Android
4 1 (1.10%) OpenBSD
4 1 (1.10%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.10%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.10%) Windows Vista
4 1 (1.10%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (18.68%) Customer Service
2 15 (16.48%) Coaching
2 15 (16.48%) Data Privacy
2 15 (16.48%) Mentoring
3 14 (15.38%) Analytics
4 12 (13.19%) Agile
4 12 (13.19%) Commercial Awareness
4 12 (13.19%) Digital Marketing
4 12 (13.19%) Marketing Strategy
4 12 (13.19%) Pay per click
4 12 (13.19%) Test Automation
4 12 (13.19%) Time Management
5 11 (12.09%) Process Improvement
6 10 (10.99%) DevOps
7 9 (9.89%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (9.89%) System Testing
7 9 (9.89%) Test Management
8 8 (8.79%) Change Management
8 8 (8.79%) Project Delivery
9 7 (7.69%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 17 (18.68%) Python
2 15 (16.48%) JavaScript
3 10 (10.99%) Bash
3 10 (10.99%) PowerShell
4 5 (5.49%) SQL
5 2 (2.20%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.10%) PHP
Qualifications
1 25 (27.47%) Degree
2 11 (12.09%) MCP
3 10 (10.99%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (7.69%) A+ Certification
5 6 (6.59%) Security Cleared
6 5 (5.49%) Master's Degree
7 4 (4.40%) NVQ Level 3
7 4 (4.40%) NVQ Level 4
7 4 (4.40%) SC Cleared
8 3 (3.30%) ACCA
8 3 (3.30%) CIMA
8 3 (3.30%) DV Cleared
8 3 (3.30%) MCSA
8 3 (3.30%) MCSE
9 2 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.10%) CCNA
10 1 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (1.10%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (1.10%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.89%) QA
2 2 (2.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 2 (2.20%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.20%) Good Clinical Practice
3 1 (1.10%) GDPR
3 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.10%) NIST
3 1 (1.10%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.10%) PMBOK
3 1 (1.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (8.79%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.40%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (3.30%) PaperCut
2 1 (1.10%) Ansible
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (36.26%) Microsoft
2 19 (20.88%) Google
3 11 (12.09%) Pinterest
3 11 (12.09%) TikTok
4 2 (2.20%) Cisco
4 2 (2.20%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.10%) Alias
5 1 (1.10%) Datto
5 1 (1.10%) Meraki
5 1 (1.10%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.10%) Optimizely
5 1 (1.10%) Sitecore
5 1 (1.10%) Sophos
5 1 (1.10%) WatchGuard