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 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 11 5
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 +21
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 129 34 70
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 12.26% 9.88% 9.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.15% 12.32% 16.24%
Number of salaries quoted 87 24 47
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £26,875 £30,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £41,355 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.41% -12.94% +5.12%
75th Percentile £47,500 £49,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £53,000 £53,997 £72,500
South West median annual salary £45,000 £36,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -28.00% -1.93%

All Process & 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 752 276 431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 71.48% 80.23% 57.16%
Number of salaries quoted 465 161 313
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,000 £29,479
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,768 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £69,750
South West median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year +13.40% -11.01% -0.91%

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 August 2026.

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 August 2026. 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 +3 41 £32,500 -24.42% 8
Taunton -3 40 £43,750 +23.24% 1
Weston-super-Mare +7 34 £30,000 - 2
Clevedon - 16 £53,000 - 2
Bridgwater -4 4 £45,000 - 2
Portishead -10 4 £35,000 -15.37% 2
Crewkerne - 4 £24,000 -
Bruton - 1 £27,500 -
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 37 (28.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (5.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.10%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.78%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.78%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (2.33%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 51 (39.53%) Azure
2 43 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (10.08%) AWS
4 10 (7.75%) GCP
5 8 (6.20%) Entra ID
6 4 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.10%) GitHub
6 4 (3.10%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (3.10%) npm
7 3 (2.33%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.78%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (27.91%) DHCP
1 36 (27.91%) DNS
2 8 (6.20%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (4.65%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.10%) Bluetooth
4 4 (3.10%) Firewall
4 4 (3.10%) Wireless
5 3 (2.33%) VLAN
5 3 (2.33%) VPN
6 1 (0.78%) Broadband
6 1 (0.78%) LAN
6 1 (0.78%) Network Security
6 1 (0.78%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.78%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.78%) VoIP
6 1 (0.78%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (23.26%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (6.20%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.33%) Power BI
4 2 (1.55%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (1.55%) Metadata
5 1 (0.78%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 31 (24.03%) Git
2 24 (18.60%) Eclipse
2 24 (18.60%) Subversion
3 18 (13.95%) JUnit
4 4 (3.10%) GitLab
4 4 (3.10%) Jenkins
General
1 80 (62.02%) Social Skills
2 47 (36.43%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (6.98%) Public Sector
4 7 (5.43%) Finance
4 7 (5.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (4.65%) Retail
6 4 (3.10%) Electronics
7 3 (2.33%) Law
7 3 (2.33%) Legal
8 2 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.55%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.78%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.78%) Games
9 1 (0.78%) Marketing
9 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.78%) Police
9 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (27.13%) Developer
2 30 (23.26%) Systems Engineer
3 26 (20.16%) Analyst
4 25 (19.38%) Junior
4 25 (19.38%) Junior Developer
5 24 (18.60%) Java Developer
6 22 (17.05%) Junior Java Developer
7 16 (12.40%) Support Engineer
8 15 (11.63%) Technical Support
9 14 (10.85%) Support Analyst
10 8 (6.20%) Technical Engineer
10 8 (6.20%) Technical Support Engineer
11 7 (5.43%) Applications Support
11 7 (5.43%) Applications Support Analyst
11 7 (5.43%) Business Analyst
11 7 (5.43%) IT Support
11 7 (5.43%) Support Technician
11 7 (5.43%) Technical Analyst
11 7 (5.43%) Technical Support Analyst
12 6 (4.65%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (27.13%) React
2 28 (21.71%) RESTful
3 24 (18.60%) Jakarta EE
3 24 (18.60%) Struts
3 24 (18.60%) Web Services
4 8 (6.20%) Node.js
5 7 (5.43%) .NET
6 4 (3.10%) AngularJS
6 4 (3.10%) REST
6 4 (3.10%) Spring
6 4 (3.10%) Spring Boot
6 4 (3.10%) Vue
7 3 (2.33%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.33%) ARM Templates
7 3 (2.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (23.26%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (6.20%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.65%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.88%) Driving Licence
5 4 (3.10%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.10%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (3.10%) IoT
5 4 (3.10%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.33%) Digital Signage
6 3 (2.33%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.78%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.78%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.78%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.78%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.78%) Replication
7 1 (0.78%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 41 (31.78%) Windows
2 36 (27.91%) Linux
2 36 (27.91%) Windows Server
3 30 (23.26%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (4.65%) Unix
4 6 (4.65%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (26.36%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 33 (25.58%) Customer Service
2 33 (25.58%) Email Filtering
2 33 (25.58%) Kalman Filter
2 33 (25.58%) Web Filtering
3 32 (24.81%) Customer Experience
4 30 (23.26%) Migration
4 30 (23.26%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 28 (21.71%) Full-Stack Development
6 26 (20.16%) Computer Science
7 22 (17.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (13.95%) Requirements Analysis
8 18 (13.95%) Technical Architecture
9 14 (10.85%) Agile
10 13 (10.08%) Project Delivery
11 8 (6.20%) Business Strategy
11 8 (6.20%) DevOps
12 7 (5.43%) CI/CD
12 7 (5.43%) Cloud Security
12 7 (5.43%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 28 (21.71%) Java
1 28 (21.71%) JavaScript
1 28 (21.71%) Python
2 24 (18.60%) C++
2 24 (18.60%) Perl
3 15 (11.63%) SQL
4 4 (3.10%) TypeScript
5 3 (2.33%) C#
5 3 (2.33%) VB
6 1 (0.78%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.78%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (31.01%) Degree
2 38 (29.46%) Security Cleared
3 33 (25.58%) SC Cleared
4 25 (19.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.88%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.33%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.78%) HNC
7 1 (0.78%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (26.36%) Cyber Essentials
1 34 (26.36%) PCI DSS
2 5 (3.88%) QA
3 4 (3.10%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.10%) WCAG
4 1 (0.78%) Data Quality
System Software
1 38 (29.46%) Active Directory
2 33 (25.58%) Hyper-V
3 30 (23.26%) Terminal Server
4 13 (10.08%) Docker
5 3 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (10.08%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.65%) SCCM
3 3 (2.33%) Terraform
4 1 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.78%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 48 (37.21%) Microsoft
2 33 (25.58%) Veeam
2 33 (25.58%) VMware
3 30 (23.26%) Brocade
3 30 (23.26%) Nimble Storage
3 30 (23.26%) SolarWinds
3 30 (23.26%) Splunk
3 30 (23.26%) Tanium
4 4 (3.10%) Adobe
4 4 (3.10%) OneLogin
5 3 (2.33%) Apple
6 1 (0.78%) Oracle