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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 6 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +11
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 54 72 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 14.32% 9.85% 10.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.94% 16.82% 11.19%
Number of salaries quoted 24 44 34
10th Percentile £26,650 £25,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £29,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,355 £47,500 £44,445
Median % change year-on-year -12.94% +6.87% +11.11%
75th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £59,688
90th Percentile £55,124 £85,000 £67,500
South West median annual salary £36,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -31.43% +5.00% +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 301 428 402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 79.84% 58.55% 93.06%
Number of salaries quoted 152 244 276
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,262 £29,500
25th Percentile £32,188 £35,955 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% +3.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £62,813
90th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £72,500
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

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -6 25 £50,000 - 29
Weston-super-Mare 0 8 £45,000 +28.57% 3
Portishead - 8 £41,355 - 2
Shepton Mallet +3 6 £26,000 - 2
Taunton -4 6 £37,500 +212.50% 8
Clevedon - 6 - - 3
Yeovil +7 3 - - 1
Bridgwater +7 1 - - 5
Problem-Solving
South West

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 18 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.85%) Confluence
2 1 (1.85%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (5.56%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.85%) Adobe XD
4 1 (1.85%) Elementor
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.85%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.85%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 22 (40.74%) Azure
2 19 (35.19%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (7.41%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.56%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.56%) SaaS
5 1 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.85%) AWS
5 1 (1.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.85%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 19 (35.19%) DNS
2 18 (33.33%) DHCP
3 3 (5.56%) Internet
4 1 (1.85%) Firewall
4 1 (1.85%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.85%) VPN
4 1 (1.85%) WAN
4 1 (1.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (33.33%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (7.41%) Power BI
3 1 (1.85%) MySQL
3 1 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.85%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Git
2 2 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 40 (74.07%) Social Skills
2 27 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (14.81%) Police
4 6 (11.11%) Finance
4 6 (11.11%) Manufacturing
5 4 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (5.56%) Games
6 3 (5.56%) Legal
6 3 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.70%) Electronics
7 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.70%) Marketing
8 1 (1.85%) Back Office
8 1 (1.85%) Banking
8 1 (1.85%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.85%) Law
8 1 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.85%) Retail
8 1 (1.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (35.19%) Systems Engineer
2 6 (11.11%) Analyst
3 5 (9.26%) Junior
3 5 (9.26%) Senior
3 5 (9.26%) Support Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) IT Support
5 3 (5.56%) Developer
5 3 (5.56%) IT Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Junior Analyst
5 3 (5.56%) Monitoring Analyst
5 3 (5.56%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Technical Support
5 3 (5.56%) Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (3.70%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (3.70%) IT Support Specialist
6 2 (3.70%) Senior Support Engineer
6 2 (3.70%) Senior Technical Support
6 2 (3.70%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (3.70%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.56%) RESTEasy
2 2 (3.70%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (3.70%) SAML
3 1 (1.85%) .NET
3 1 (1.85%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.85%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.85%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.85%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (1.85%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 1 (1.85%) CSS
3 1 (1.85%) HTML
3 1 (1.85%) HTML5
3 1 (1.85%) jQuery
3 1 (1.85%) Laravel
3 1 (1.85%) React
3 1 (1.85%) REST
3 1 (1.85%) RESTful
3 1 (1.85%) Sass
3 1 (1.85%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
2 11 (20.37%) Driving Licence
3 6 (11.11%) Management Information System
4 5 (9.26%) Onboarding
4 5 (9.26%) Renewable Energy
4 5 (9.26%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.70%) Life Science
6 1 (1.85%) CCTV
6 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.85%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.85%) Omics
6 1 (1.85%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.85%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.85%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (42.59%) Windows
2 21 (38.89%) Windows Server
3 19 (35.19%) Linux
4 18 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (3.70%) Android
5 2 (3.70%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (38.89%) Customer Service
2 20 (37.04%) Customer Experience
3 18 (33.33%) Email Filtering
3 18 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
3 18 (33.33%) Migration
3 18 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 18 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 18 (33.33%) Web Filtering
4 9 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (14.81%) Line Management
6 7 (12.96%) Data Analysis
6 7 (12.96%) Decision-Making
7 6 (11.11%) Process Improvement
8 5 (9.26%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (9.26%) Change Management
8 5 (9.26%) ERP
8 5 (9.26%) High Availability
8 5 (9.26%) Logistics
9 4 (7.41%) Business Continuity
9 4 (7.41%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.26%) SQL
2 2 (3.70%) PHP
2 2 (3.70%) Python
3 1 (1.85%) C#
3 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.85%) R
3 1 (1.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (37.04%) SC Cleared
1 20 (37.04%) Security Cleared
2 7 (12.96%) Degree
3 2 (3.70%) NVQ Level 3
4 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.85%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.85%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 18 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.85%) Accessibility
System Software
1 21 (38.89%) Active Directory
2 19 (35.19%) Hyper-V
3 18 (33.33%) Terminal Server
4 1 (1.85%) Docker
4 1 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (51.85%) Microsoft
2 19 (35.19%) VMware
3 18 (33.33%) Brocade
3 18 (33.33%) Nimble Storage
3 18 (33.33%) SolarWinds
3 18 (33.33%) Splunk
3 18 (33.33%) Tanium
3 18 (33.33%) Veeam
4 4 (7.41%) Oracle
5 1 (1.85%) Adobe
5 1 (1.85%) Databricks
5 1 (1.85%) Google
5 1 (1.85%) SAP
5 1 (1.85%) WooCommerce
5 1 (1.85%) Xero