Problem-Solving Jobs in Reading

Problem Solving
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +22
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 274 227 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 15.99% 14.07% 13.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.10% 14.54% 15.00%
Number of salaries quoted 165 115 114
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,500 £29,525
25th Percentile £30,000 £34,875 £36,347
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £59,000 £76,875 £66,250
90th Percentile £73,500 £112,500 £76,750
Berkshire median annual salary £40,000 £48,425 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.40% -11.95% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,514 1,561 1,607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 88.33% 96.78% 92.57%
Number of salaries quoted 924 818 921
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,380 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £54,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.22% - +4.55%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Reading

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Reading

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Reading over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Reading

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 22 (8.03%) WebLogic
2 5 (1.82%) Apache
3 4 (1.46%) Confluence
4 2 (0.73%) JBoss
4 2 (0.73%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 52 (18.98%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.46%) Sketch
5 3 (1.09%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 4 (1.46%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (1.09%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.73%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.36%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 37 (13.50%) Azure
2 16 (5.84%) OCI
3 10 (3.65%) IaaS
3 10 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (2.92%) SaaS
5 6 (2.19%) AWS
5 6 (2.19%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.82%) Amazon S3
6 5 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.82%) Serverless
7 4 (1.46%) Figma
7 4 (1.46%) Heroku
7 4 (1.46%) Miro
8 3 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.73%) GitHub
9 2 (0.73%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.73%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.36%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.36%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.03%) Firewall
2 13 (4.74%) DNS
3 12 (4.38%) DHCP
3 12 (4.38%) LAN
3 12 (4.38%) SAN
4 5 (1.82%) Internet
4 5 (1.82%) IPsec
4 5 (1.82%) SNMP
4 5 (1.82%) VPN
5 4 (1.46%) OSPF
5 4 (1.46%) Wireless
6 2 (0.73%) 5G
6 2 (0.73%) Broadband
6 2 (0.73%) Network Security
6 2 (0.73%) VLAN
7 1 (0.36%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.85%) Elasticsearch
2 13 (4.74%) Relational Database
3 11 (4.01%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.19%) Power BI
6 5 (1.82%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.09%) MySQL
7 3 (1.09%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.09%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.73%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.36%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.36%) MS Access
9 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (5.47%) Git
2 12 (4.38%) JIRA
3 10 (3.65%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.82%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.46%) Subversion
6 3 (1.09%) IntelliJ
6 3 (1.09%) JDeveloper
7 2 (0.73%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.73%) Bitbucket Server
7 2 (0.73%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.73%) GitLab
7 2 (0.73%) JMeter
7 2 (0.73%) JUnit
7 2 (0.73%) Postman
7 2 (0.73%) Selenium
7 2 (0.73%) Serenity BDD
8 1 (0.36%) Gradle
8 1 (0.36%) Hudson
8 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 174 (63.50%) Social Skills
2 76 (27.74%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (15.33%) Organisational Skills
4 35 (12.77%) Finance
5 27 (9.85%) Public Sector
6 25 (9.12%) Police
7 19 (6.93%) Back Office
8 11 (4.01%) Legal
9 8 (2.92%) Marketing
10 7 (2.55%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.82%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.82%) Law
12 4 (1.46%) Automotive
12 4 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.46%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.09%) Multimedia
13 3 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.09%) Retail
14 2 (0.73%) Billing
Job Titles
1 76 (27.74%) Senior
2 37 (13.50%) Analyst
3 27 (9.85%) Consultant
3 27 (9.85%) Support Analyst
4 24 (8.76%) Applications Support
5 23 (8.39%) Applications Support Analyst
5 23 (8.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 23 (8.39%) Senior Applications Support
6 22 (8.03%) Senior Analyst
6 22 (8.03%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
6 22 (8.03%) Senior Support Analyst
7 20 (7.30%) Software Engineer
8 16 (5.84%) Developer
8 16 (5.84%) Support Engineer
9 15 (5.47%) Architect
9 15 (5.47%) Desktop Support
10 14 (5.11%) ICT Consultant
10 14 (5.11%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (4.74%) Hardware Engineer
11 13 (4.74%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (10.22%) Spring
2 24 (8.76%) J2EE
2 24 (8.76%) Java EE
3 17 (6.20%) .NET
4 7 (2.55%) AngularJS
4 7 (2.55%) ASP.NET
4 7 (2.55%) Node.js
5 6 (2.19%) HTML
5 6 (2.19%) OpenMP
5 6 (2.19%) React
6 5 (1.82%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (1.82%) RESTful
6 5 (1.82%) Web Services
6 5 (1.82%) YAML
7 4 (1.46%) 802.1X
7 4 (1.46%) Express.js
8 3 (1.09%) JSON
8 3 (1.09%) REST
8 3 (1.09%) SOAP
9 2 (0.73%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.12%) Data Centre
2 23 (8.39%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (7.30%) Driving Licence
4 11 (4.01%) Algorithms
5 10 (3.65%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (3.28%) Fibre Optics
7 6 (2.19%) CUDA
8 4 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.46%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.46%) Replication
9 3 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.73%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.73%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.36%) CCTV
11 1 (0.36%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.36%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.36%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 67 (24.45%) Windows
2 55 (20.07%) Windows 10
3 43 (15.69%) Windows 7
4 33 (12.04%) Unix
5 29 (10.58%) Linux
6 28 (10.22%) Windows Server 2012
6 28 (10.22%) Windows Server 2016
6 28 (10.22%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (4.38%) Windows Server
7 12 (4.38%) Windows XP
8 6 (2.19%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.82%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (29.20%) ITIL
2 72 (26.28%) Customer Service
3 65 (23.72%) Actionable Insight
4 34 (12.41%) Asset Management
4 34 (12.41%) Decision-Making
5 32 (11.68%) Containerisation
5 32 (11.68%) Service Management
6 29 (10.58%) Agile
6 29 (10.58%) Project Management
6 29 (10.58%) Roadmaps
7 27 (9.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 27 (9.85%) Mentoring
8 25 (9.12%) Break/Fix
8 25 (9.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (9.12%) Software Engineering
9 24 (8.76%) Incident Management
9 24 (8.76%) Service Delivery
10 22 (8.03%) Enterprise Architecture
10 22 (8.03%) Information Management
10 22 (8.03%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (13.87%) Java
2 35 (12.77%) PowerShell
3 29 (10.58%) Python
4 22 (8.03%) Shell Script
5 20 (7.30%) C#
5 20 (7.30%) SQL
6 16 (5.84%) C++
7 12 (4.38%) Bash
7 12 (4.38%) Fortran
8 10 (3.65%) C
9 9 (3.28%) JavaScript
9 9 (3.28%) Perl
9 9 (3.28%) T-SQL
10 7 (2.55%) Ruby
11 4 (1.46%) VB.NET
12 3 (1.09%) Go
13 2 (0.73%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.73%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.73%) PHP
14 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 155 (56.57%) Security Cleared
2 102 (37.23%) SC Cleared
3 75 (27.37%) Degree
4 54 (19.71%) DV Cleared
5 23 (8.39%) HNC
6 17 (6.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (5.47%) A+ Certification
7 15 (5.47%) DBS Check
8 14 (5.11%) MCP
9 13 (4.74%) CCNA
9 13 (4.74%) CCNP
9 13 (4.74%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (4.01%) PhD
11 10 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (3.28%) Master's Degree
13 6 (2.19%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.73%) MBA
15 1 (0.36%) MCDST
15 1 (0.36%) Postgraduate
15 1 (0.36%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (18.61%) SLA
2 8 (2.92%) QA
3 6 (2.19%) GDPR
4 4 (1.46%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.46%) WCAG
5 3 (1.09%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.09%) PMO
6 1 (0.36%) GRC
System Software
1 44 (16.06%) Active Directory
2 33 (12.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (6.57%) Firmware
4 15 (5.47%) KVM
5 13 (4.74%) Docker
6 12 (4.38%) Hyper-V
6 12 (4.38%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 53 (19.34%) SCCM
2 22 (8.03%) OpenSSO
2 22 (8.03%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (6.20%) vCenter Server
4 13 (4.74%) Kubernetes
5 12 (4.38%) EMC NetWorker
5 12 (4.38%) NetBackup
5 12 (4.38%) SCOM
5 12 (4.38%) WSUS
6 11 (4.01%) Ansible
7 5 (1.82%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 125 (45.62%) Microsoft
2 44 (16.06%) Oracle
3 33 (12.04%) VMware
4 25 (9.12%) HP
5 22 (8.03%) Remedy
6 18 (6.57%) Palo Alto
7 16 (5.84%) Extreme Networks
7 16 (5.84%) Juniper
8 13 (4.74%) Cisco
9 12 (4.38%) 3PAR
9 12 (4.38%) Dell
9 12 (4.38%) EMC
9 12 (4.38%) Symantec
9 12 (4.38%) Veeam
10 5 (1.82%) NetApp
10 5 (1.82%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.82%) SolidFire
11 3 (1.09%) Siemens
12 2 (0.73%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.73%) SAP