Problem-Solving Job Trends in Somerset

Problem Solving
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 15 10
Rank change year-on-year +11 -5 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 85 40 43
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 17.35% 6.04% 11.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.91% 10.20% 12.25%
Number of salaries quoted 41 20 29
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,125 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,813 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% +20.51%
75th Percentile £48,750 £85,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £56,250 - £68,000
South West median annual salary £37,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 388 392 351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 79.18% 59.21% 91.88%
Number of salaries quoted 200 171 268
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £28,268
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,503 £34,760
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +9.47% -5.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £61,875 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,970 £81,250 £70,000
South West median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Somerset

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Somerset over the 6 months to 13 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Somerset

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 13 November 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
Bath +1 38 £47,500 -20.83% 15
Taunton +7 18 £37,500 - 3
Weston-super-Mare - 12 £45,000 - 2
Clevedon - 10 - - 1
Portishead - 7 £41,355 -
Shepton Mallet - 6 £27,500 - 2
Street -10 3 £30,780 -35.20% 16
Yeovil - 2 - -
Bridgwater +9 1 - - 4
Wells - 1 £90,000 - 2
Problem-Solving
South West

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 41 (48.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (12.94%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (10.59%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.71%) AutoCAD
2 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.18%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.18%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 4 (4.71%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 45 (52.94%) Azure
2 41 (48.24%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (15.29%) Entra ID
4 5 (5.88%) AWS
4 5 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.53%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.35%) SaaS
7 1 (1.18%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 33 (38.82%) DNS
2 30 (35.29%) DHCP
3 10 (11.76%) Firewall
4 9 (10.59%) DKIM
4 9 (10.59%) DMARC
5 4 (4.71%) TCP/IP
6 3 (3.53%) Internet
7 1 (1.18%) Modbus
7 1 (1.18%) RS-485
7 1 (1.18%) VLAN
7 1 (1.18%) VPN
7 1 (1.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (35.29%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (5.88%) Power BI
3 1 (1.18%) MySQL
3 1 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (10.59%) Git
2 6 (7.06%) Xcode
General
1 65 (76.47%) Social Skills
2 41 (48.24%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (10.59%) Finance
4 7 (8.24%) Police
5 5 (5.88%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.71%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.71%) Legal
6 4 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.53%) Advertising
7 3 (3.53%) Games
7 3 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.18%) Back Office
8 1 (1.18%) Banking
8 1 (1.18%) Electronics
8 1 (1.18%) Law
8 1 (1.18%) Marketing
8 1 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.18%) Retail
8 1 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (36.47%) Systems Engineer
2 15 (17.65%) Analyst
3 9 (10.59%) Support Engineer
3 9 (10.59%) Technical Support
4 8 (9.41%) Developer
4 8 (9.41%) IT Support
4 8 (9.41%) Support Analyst
5 7 (8.24%) Technical Analyst
5 7 (8.24%) Technical Support Analyst
6 6 (7.06%) Applications Developer
6 6 (7.06%) IT Engineer
6 6 (7.06%) Mobile Applications Developer
6 6 (7.06%) Mobile Developer
7 5 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (5.88%) Junior
8 4 (4.71%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (4.71%) Account Manager
8 4 (4.71%) Senior
8 4 (4.71%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (4.71%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.06%) Flutter
1 6 (7.06%) React Native
1 6 (7.06%) RESTful
2 3 (3.53%) RESTEasy
3 2 (2.35%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (2.35%) SAML
4 1 (1.18%) CSS
4 1 (1.18%) HTML
4 1 (1.18%) HTML5
4 1 (1.18%) jQuery
4 1 (1.18%) Laravel
4 1 (1.18%) React
4 1 (1.18%) REST
4 1 (1.18%) Sass
4 1 (1.18%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 30 (35.29%) Legacy Systems
2 17 (20.00%) Driving Licence
3 10 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (10.59%) Onboarding
5 7 (8.24%) Management Information System
6 6 (7.06%) Mobile App
7 4 (4.71%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (3.53%) EPoS
9 2 (2.35%) CCTV
9 2 (2.35%) Client/Server
9 2 (2.35%) Life Science
9 2 (2.35%) Operational Technology
10 1 (1.18%) Derivative
10 1 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (1.18%) Omics
10 1 (1.18%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 46 (54.12%) Windows
2 43 (50.59%) Windows Server
3 32 (37.65%) Linux
4 30 (35.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (9.41%) Android
5 8 (9.41%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.18%) Debian
6 1 (1.18%) OpenWrt
6 1 (1.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (45.88%) Customer Service
2 33 (38.82%) Migration
3 32 (37.65%) Customer Experience
4 30 (35.29%) Email Filtering
4 30 (35.29%) Kalman Filter
4 30 (35.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 30 (35.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 30 (35.29%) Web Filtering
5 13 (15.29%) ITIL
6 10 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (11.76%) Process Improvement
7 8 (9.41%) Data Analysis
8 7 (8.24%) Line Management
9 6 (7.06%) Agile
9 6 (7.06%) Decision-Making
9 6 (7.06%) Mobile Application Development
10 5 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (5.88%) Change Management
10 5 (5.88%) ERP
10 5 (5.88%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.76%) PowerShell
2 6 (7.06%) SQL
2 6 (7.06%) Swift
3 2 (2.35%) PHP
3 2 (2.35%) Python
4 1 (1.18%) C#
4 1 (1.18%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.18%) R
4 1 (1.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (37.65%) SC Cleared
1 32 (37.65%) Security Cleared
2 13 (15.29%) Degree
3 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.35%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (2.35%) MCP
4 2 (2.35%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.18%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.18%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (35.29%) Cyber Essentials
1 30 (35.29%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.18%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.18%) PMO
System Software
1 43 (50.59%) Active Directory
2 30 (35.29%) Hyper-V
2 30 (35.29%) Terminal Server
3 1 (1.18%) Docker
3 1 (1.18%) iptables
Systems Management
1 12 (14.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.18%) Ansible
Vendors
1 50 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 32 (37.65%) Veeam
3 30 (35.29%) Brocade
3 30 (35.29%) Nimble Storage
3 30 (35.29%) SolarWinds
3 30 (35.29%) Splunk
3 30 (35.29%) Tanium
3 30 (35.29%) VMware
4 6 (7.06%) Xamarin
5 4 (4.71%) Oracle
6 3 (3.53%) Cisco
7 2 (2.35%) arcserve
8 1 (1.18%) Adobe
8 1 (1.18%) Databricks
8 1 (1.18%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.18%) MikroTik
8 1 (1.18%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.18%) WooCommerce