Problem-Solving Jobs in Scotland

Problem Solving
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 8 6
Rank change year-on-year -14 -2 +10
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 699 595 1,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 12.27% 15.68% 18.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.97% 16.35% 19.96%
Number of salaries quoted 312 307 471
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,900 £28,159
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,750 £36,768
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,557 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% -9.42% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61,769 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £74,889 £77,715 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,004 3,640 5,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 87.82% 95.94% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,133 1,969 3,041
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,555 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,548 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Scotland

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Scotland

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Scotland

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Glasgow -22 385 £42,500 -15.84% 36
Edinburgh -1 160 £55,000 +15.79% 25
Aberdeen +12 32 £32,500 -38.10% 7
Lanarkshire +1 18 £50,000 +2.56% 30
Fife -1 18 £50,000 +26.58% 4
Stirling 0 12 £32,500 - 1
Renfrewshire -1 12 £43,750 - 5
West Lothian +3 11 £27,500 -3.51% 6
North Lanarkshire - 9 - - 6
Aberdeenshire -3 7 £30,000 +25.00% 10
Dundee -1 6 £45,000 -20.10% 3
Banffshire - 4 £22,000 -
South Lanarkshire +3 3 £40,000 - 1
West Dunbartonshire +1 3 £27,500 - 1
Falkirk 0 3 £50,000 - 1
Argyll and Bute - 3 - -
East Ayrshire - 3 £29,500 -
Perth and Kinross -1 2 £59,608 +32.46%
South Ayrshire - 1 £40,101 - 3
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £23,000 -
Problem-Solving
UK

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 69 (9.87%) Apache Spark
2 40 (5.72%) Apache
3 18 (2.58%) FileNet
4 17 (2.43%) Cloud Foundry
5 16 (2.29%) Confluence
6 10 (1.43%) SharePoint
7 9 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.72%) IIS
9 4 (0.57%) WildFly
10 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.29%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.14%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 16 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (1.57%) Sketch
4 10 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.43%) InVision
5 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.14%) Simulink
6 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.86%) Endur
3 4 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.57%) iTrent
4 2 (0.29%) Maximo
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.14%) Primavera
5 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 176 (25.18%) AWS
2 111 (15.88%) Azure
3 52 (7.44%) GCP
4 50 (7.15%) Microsoft 365
5 42 (6.01%) Power Platform
6 39 (5.58%) Cloud Computing
7 33 (4.72%) Amazon S3
8 21 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (2.43%) Figma
10 16 (2.29%) Miro
10 16 (2.29%) SaaS
11 14 (2.00%) Entra ID
12 11 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (1.29%) BlazeMeter
14 8 (1.14%) Google Docs
14 8 (1.14%) Heroku
15 5 (0.72%) Slack
16 4 (0.57%) Amazon SQS
16 4 (0.57%) Lucidchart
16 4 (0.57%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.86%) Firewall
1 27 (3.86%) Network Security
2 21 (3.00%) VPN
3 17 (2.43%) Kerberos
4 15 (2.15%) Internet
4 15 (2.15%) WAN
5 13 (1.86%) LAN
6 12 (1.72%) IPsec
6 12 (1.72%) VoIP
6 12 (1.72%) Wireless
7 11 (1.57%) SAN
8 10 (1.43%) SNMP
8 10 (1.43%) TCP/IP
9 8 (1.14%) DNS
10 7 (1.00%) NAS
11 5 (0.72%) DHCP
11 5 (0.72%) RS-232
12 4 (0.57%) IMAP
12 4 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.57%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (14.74%) NoSQL
2 59 (8.44%) Big Data
3 36 (5.15%) Power BI
4 34 (4.86%) Elasticsearch
5 30 (4.29%) Hadoop
6 25 (3.58%) SQL Server
7 21 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (2.72%) MySQL
9 18 (2.58%) Apache Cassandra
9 18 (2.58%) Relational Database
10 17 (2.43%) Amazon Aurora
10 17 (2.43%) BigQuery
10 17 (2.43%) CockroachDB
10 17 (2.43%) Looker
11 16 (2.29%) MS Access
12 14 (2.00%) MongoDB
13 9 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
13 9 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (0.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (5.15%) JIRA
2 28 (4.01%) Maven
3 20 (2.86%) JUnit
4 19 (2.72%) Jenkins
5 15 (2.15%) LabVIEW
6 11 (1.57%) GitLab
7 9 (1.29%) Cucumber
7 9 (1.29%) Cypress.io
7 9 (1.29%) Git
7 9 (1.29%) Gradle
7 9 (1.29%) JMeter
8 8 (1.14%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.43%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
General
1 296 (42.35%) Finance
1 296 (42.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 234 (33.48%) Law
3 228 (32.62%) Social Skills
4 167 (23.89%) Analytical Skills
5 131 (18.74%) Marketing
6 65 (9.30%) Legal
7 48 (6.87%) Banking
8 35 (5.01%) Investment Banking
9 34 (4.86%) Influencing Skills
10 27 (3.86%) Manufacturing
11 19 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (2.43%) Electronics
14 16 (2.29%) Public Sector
14 16 (2.29%) Publishing
15 14 (2.00%) Retail
16 12 (1.72%) Telecoms
17 8 (1.14%) Aviation
18 7 (1.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 225 (32.19%) Software Engineer
2 139 (19.89%) Lead
3 133 (19.03%) Senior
4 102 (14.59%) Senior Software Engineer
5 96 (13.73%) Lead Software Engineer
6 72 (10.30%) Developer
7 69 (9.87%) Java Engineer
7 69 (9.87%) Java Software Engineer
8 63 (9.01%) Analyst
9 55 (7.87%) Big Data Engineer
9 55 (7.87%) Big Data Software Engineer
9 55 (7.87%) Scala Engineer
9 55 (7.87%) Scala Software Engineer
10 53 (7.58%) AWS Engineer
10 53 (7.58%) AWS Software Engineer
11 50 (7.15%) Lead Java Engineer
11 50 (7.15%) Senior Java Engineer
11 50 (7.15%) Senior Java Software Engineer
12 38 (5.44%) Administrator
13 29 (4.15%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (10.59%) Spring
2 69 (9.87%) React
3 47 (6.72%) .NET
4 41 (5.87%) Kafka
5 40 (5.72%) GraphQL
6 36 (5.15%) AngularJS
6 36 (5.15%) HTML
7 30 (4.29%) Spring Boot
8 29 (4.15%) CSS
9 27 (3.86%) REST
10 26 (3.72%) Node.js
11 24 (3.43%) OAuth
12 21 (3.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 20 (2.86%) JSON
14 18 (2.58%) Hibernate
14 18 (2.58%) J2EE
14 18 (2.58%) JMS
14 18 (2.58%) jQuery
14 18 (2.58%) Spring Integration
15 11 (1.57%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 71 (10.16%) Cloud Native
2 36 (5.15%) Algorithms
3 34 (4.86%) Onboarding
4 32 (4.58%) Management Information System
5 31 (4.43%) Product Ownership
6 29 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (4.01%) Public Cloud
8 17 (2.43%) Driving Licence
9 15 (2.15%) Data Centre
9 15 (2.15%) Distributed Applications
10 12 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.29%) Market Risk
11 9 (1.29%) Operational Technology
12 6 (0.86%) Credit Risk
12 6 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (0.86%) Video\Live Streaming
13 5 (0.72%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.72%) PMI
14 4 (0.57%) Data Structures
14 4 (0.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 59 (8.44%) Windows
2 57 (8.15%) Linux
3 25 (3.58%) Unix
4 20 (2.86%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.43%) Data ONTAP
6 8 (1.14%) Android
7 7 (1.00%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.86%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.57%) AIX
9 4 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.57%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (45.06%) Agile
2 259 (37.05%) Software Engineering
3 211 (30.19%) SDLC
4 160 (22.89%) Operational Stability
5 149 (21.32%) Decision-Making
6 125 (17.88%) CI/CD
7 118 (16.88%) Artificial Intelligence
8 115 (16.45%) Machine Learning
9 113 (16.17%) Computer Science
10 98 (14.02%) Continuous Improvement
11 96 (13.73%) Tech Ops
12 80 (11.44%) Risk Management
13 69 (9.87%) Project Management
14 56 (8.01%) DevOps
15 55 (7.87%) ETL
16 51 (7.30%) Mentoring
17 49 (7.01%) Scrum
18 47 (6.72%) Mathematics
19 45 (6.44%) Coaching
20 44 (6.29%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 232 (33.19%) SQL
2 200 (28.61%) Java
3 143 (20.46%) Python
4 80 (11.44%) C#
5 62 (8.87%) JavaScript
6 60 (8.58%) Scala
7 39 (5.58%) TypeScript
8 37 (5.29%) C++
9 32 (4.58%) C
10 20 (2.86%) T-SQL
11 15 (2.15%) Groovy
12 11 (1.57%) Bash
13 10 (1.43%) Kotlin
13 10 (1.43%) PowerShell
14 8 (1.14%) PL/SQL
14 8 (1.14%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.86%) GLSL
15 6 (0.86%) PHP
16 5 (0.72%) VB
17 4 (0.57%) Go
Qualifications
1 126 (18.03%) Degree
2 30 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (3.72%) Security Cleared
4 22 (3.15%) SC Cleared
5 20 (2.86%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.00%) PMI Certification
8 6 (0.86%) ACCA
8 6 (0.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 6 (0.86%) CISM
8 6 (0.86%) CISSP
9 5 (0.72%) HND
10 4 (0.57%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.57%) PMP
11 3 (0.43%) CFA
11 3 (0.43%) CIMA
11 3 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.43%) OCP
11 3 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (0.43%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.15%) QA
2 19 (2.72%) Data Quality
3 17 (2.43%) GDPR
4 11 (1.57%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.57%) IFRS
4 11 (1.57%) WCAG
5 10 (1.43%) GAAP
5 10 (1.43%) NIST
5 10 (1.43%) Solvency II
6 6 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.57%) DICOM
7 4 (0.57%) Disclosure Scotland
7 4 (0.57%) HL7
7 4 (0.57%) ISO 13485
7 4 (0.57%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.43%) NCSC
9 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.29%) ITGC
9 2 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 30 (4.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (3.86%) Active Directory
3 21 (3.00%) Docker
4 6 (0.86%) Firmware
5 5 (0.72%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.72%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.57%) vSphere
7 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 75 (10.73%) Kubernetes
2 40 (5.72%) Terraform
3 16 (2.29%) Ansible
4 10 (1.43%) Prometheus
4 10 (1.43%) vCenter Server
5 7 (1.00%) ZABBIX
6 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.14%) Galera Cluster
8 1 (0.14%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.14%) Nessus
8 1 (0.14%) SCCM
8 1 (0.14%) VxRail
Vendors
1 76 (10.87%) Microsoft
2 49 (7.01%) Google
3 37 (5.29%) Oracle
4 35 (5.01%) VMware
5 32 (4.58%) Databricks
6 14 (2.00%) Cisco
7 11 (1.57%) NetApp
7 11 (1.57%) Palo Alto
8 10 (1.43%) Red Hat
8 10 (1.43%) SolidFire
9 9 (1.29%) TOWER Software
10 7 (1.00%) Mitel
10 7 (1.00%) SAP
11 6 (0.86%) Dell
11 6 (0.86%) OpenLink
11 6 (0.86%) Twitter
12 4 (0.57%) BeyondTrust
12 4 (0.57%) CyberArk
12 4 (0.57%) Sybase
13 3 (0.43%) MuleSoft