Problem-Solving Jobs in Plymouth

Problem Solving
Devon > Plymouth

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Plymouth 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 10 21
Rank change year-on-year +8 +11 +5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 29 28 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Plymouth 36.25% 13.27% 5.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 39.19% 15.91% 6.31%
Number of salaries quoted 16 27 5
10th Percentile £24,296 £23,085 £38,000
25th Percentile - £30,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.10% -16.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £26,919 £45,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £32,500 £57,005 £50,500
Devon median annual salary £31,500 £38,750 £39,000
% change year-on-year -18.71% -0.64% -13.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Plymouth

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 Plymouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 74 176 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Plymouth 92.50% 83.41% 88.10%
Number of salaries quoted 42 146 62
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £33,875
25th Percentile £25,267 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.59% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £61,500 £55,000 £52,313
90th Percentile £64,895 £61,250 £59,125
Devon median annual salary £33,500 £42,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year -21.18% -1.16% -4.44%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Plymouth

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Plymouth

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Plymouth

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Plymouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Plymouth over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Plymouth

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Plymouth 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 3 (10.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) Azure
1 3 (10.34%) Entra ID
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (10.34%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 21 (72.41%) Broadband
2 3 (10.34%) DHCP
2 3 (10.34%) DNS
2 3 (10.34%) IPsec
2 3 (10.34%) LAN
2 3 (10.34%) VLAN
2 3 (10.34%) VPN
2 3 (10.34%) WAN
2 3 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
General
1 21 (72.41%) Banking
1 21 (72.41%) Games
2 4 (13.79%) Finance
2 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.90%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (72.41%) Customer Service Advisor
2 3 (10.34%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 3 (10.34%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (10.34%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (10.34%) Support Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) IT Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) IT Support
3 2 (6.90%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Electrical Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Lead
4 1 (3.45%) Service Desk Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Service Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Robotics
1 4 (13.79%) SCADA
2 3 (10.34%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
1 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (79.31%) Customer Service
2 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
2 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (13.79%) Data Collection
2 4 (13.79%) Mentoring
2 4 (13.79%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (6.90%) Agile
3 2 (6.90%) ITIL
4 1 (3.45%) CAD
4 1 (3.45%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (3.45%) Degree
1 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
1 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.90%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 21 (72.41%) BT
2 2 (6.90%) VMware
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft