Problem-Solving Jobs in Peterborough

Problem Solving
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Peterborough 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 5 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 +10 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 17 34 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Peterborough 18.68% 14.35% 13.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.32% 22.67% 13.93%
Number of salaries quoted 15 20 12
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 -
25th Percentile £33,064 £29,938 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £35,000 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +20.69% -46.05%
75th Percentile £60,704 £56,563 £40,875
90th Percentile £67,000 £68,000 £67,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £49,500 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +28.57% -31.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Peterborough

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 Peterborough.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 88 150 201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Peterborough 96.70% 63.29% 99.50%
Number of salaries quoted 62 110 108
10th Percentile £31,561 £25,675 £25,675
25th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +2.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £63,868 £57,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,400 £65,125 £69,125
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £51,422 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -6.51% +1.85% +2.86%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Peterborough

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Peterborough

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Peterborough

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Peterborough

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Peterborough over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Peterborough

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Peterborough 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 2 (11.76%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Adobe XD
1 2 (11.76%) Sketch
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.88%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) Figma
1 2 (11.76%) Google Analytics
1 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
1 2 (11.76%) Snowflake
2 1 (5.88%) AWS
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Firewall
1 3 (17.65%) Network Security
2 2 (11.76%) BGP
2 2 (11.76%) DNS
2 2 (11.76%) Ethernet
2 2 (11.76%) Internet
2 2 (11.76%) MPLS
2 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
2 2 (11.76%) VPLS
2 2 (11.76%) VSAN
3 1 (5.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (11.76%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) MS Access
2 1 (5.88%) MySQL
2 1 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
General
1 11 (64.71%) Social Skills
2 9 (52.94%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
4 2 (11.76%) Finance
4 2 (11.76%) Front Office
5 1 (5.88%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (17.65%) Customer Engineer
1 3 (17.65%) Customer Support Engineer
1 3 (17.65%) Senior
1 3 (17.65%) Support Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Administrator
2 2 (11.76%) Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) DBA
2 2 (11.76%) Designer
2 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Senior Designer
2 2 (11.76%) Senior UX Designer
2 2 (11.76%) UX Designer
3 1 (5.88%) Consultant
3 1 (5.88%) Performance Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) PHP Software Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) CSS
1 2 (11.76%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (11.76%) Data Centre
2 2 (11.76%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
1 2 (11.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
1 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Computer Science
2 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
3 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
3 3 (17.65%) Migration
4 2 (11.76%) Analytics
4 2 (11.76%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (11.76%) Change Management
4 2 (11.76%) Data Modelling
4 2 (11.76%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (11.76%) Data Security
4 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (11.76%) ETL
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (11.76%) ITIL
4 2 (11.76%) Patch Management
4 2 (11.76%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (11.76%) User Experience
4 2 (11.76%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) SQL
2 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
2 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.88%) Go
3 1 (5.88%) MATLAB
3 1 (5.88%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Degree
2 4 (23.53%) CCNA
2 4 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (23.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (11.76%) CCNP
3 2 (11.76%) DBS Check
3 2 (11.76%) MCP
3 2 (11.76%) MCSA
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.76%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 2 (11.76%) Firmware
2 2 (11.76%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (11.76%) VMware NSX
2 2 (11.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Dell DRAC
1 2 (11.76%) Failover Clustering
1 2 (11.76%) vCenter Server
1 2 (11.76%) vRealize
1 2 (11.76%) VxRail
1 2 (11.76%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Adobe
2 2 (11.76%) Cisco
2 2 (11.76%) Dell
2 2 (11.76%) EMC
2 2 (11.76%) Google
2 2 (11.76%) Isilon
2 2 (11.76%) McAfee
2 2 (11.76%) Nokia
2 2 (11.76%) Red Hat
2 2 (11.76%) SolarWinds
2 2 (11.76%) VMware
3 1 (5.88%) Citrix
3 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow