Problem-Solving Jobs in Somerset

Problem Solving
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 3 17
Rank change year-on-year -15 +14 -6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 37 110 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 10.03% 15.09% 10.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.60% 20.60% 11.49%
Number of salaries quoted 27 72 26
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £28,500 £30,829
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £45,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £47,000 £55,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £72,500 £59,031
South West median annual salary £40,101 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.58% -5.00% +5.26%

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 349 534 531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 94.58% 73.25% 91.08%
Number of salaries quoted 168 431 330
10th Percentile £32,125 £26,500 £27,975
25th Percentile £37,574 £32,500 £34,788
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,342 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.43% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,000 £59,594
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,600
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.16% -3.81% +5.00%

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

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Somerset

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Somerset over the 6 months to 2 May 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 2 May 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
Yeovil +5 14 £40,101 -5.65% 9
Bath -9 8 £44,000 -7.37% 50
Portishead +6 6 £26,000 -48.00% 6
Clevedon - 2 - - 3
Shepton Mallet +5 1 £27,000 -20.59%
Taunton -4 1 £50,000 +51.52% 1
Frome - 1 £41,500 - 2
Glastonbury - 1 £40,000 -
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 4 (10.81%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.70%) CMS
3 1 (2.70%) Confluence
3 1 (2.70%) Drupal
3 1 (2.70%) IIS
3 1 (2.70%) Joomla!
3 1 (2.70%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (18.92%) Simulink
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.70%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.70%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (18.92%) Teamcenter
2 1 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 11 (29.73%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (21.62%) Azure
3 2 (5.41%) AWS
3 2 (5.41%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.41%) Power Automate
3 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.41%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (2.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.70%) GCP
4 1 (2.70%) Lucidchart
4 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.51%) Firewall
2 3 (8.11%) DNS
2 3 (8.11%) WAN
3 2 (5.41%) DHCP
3 2 (5.41%) Intranet
3 2 (5.41%) LAN
3 2 (5.41%) VLAN
3 2 (5.41%) VPN
4 1 (2.70%) IPsec
4 1 (2.70%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.70%) SSH
4 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.70%) VoIP
4 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.70%) MySQL
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle Database
1 1 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (18.92%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (5.41%) JIRA
3 1 (2.70%) Git
General
1 19 (51.35%) Social Skills
2 15 (40.54%) Electronics
3 7 (18.92%) Aerospace
4 6 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Finance
5 3 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.41%) Police
6 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (2.70%) Health Technology
7 1 (2.70%) Local Government
7 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.70%) Marketing
7 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (32.43%) Junior
2 7 (18.92%) Junior Systems Engineer
2 7 (18.92%) Systems Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Analyst
3 6 (16.22%) Senior
4 5 (13.51%) Support Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Junior Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Junior Support Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Electrical Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Support Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) IT Support
6 3 (8.11%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Software Assurance Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) IT Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) IT Manager
7 2 (5.41%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) SharePoint Developer
7 2 (5.41%) SharePoint Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) .NET
1 1 (2.70%) .NET Core
1 1 (2.70%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.70%) AngularJS
1 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET
1 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 1 (2.70%) CSS
1 1 (2.70%) HTML
1 1 (2.70%) Node.js
1 1 (2.70%) React
1 1 (2.70%) RESTful
1 1 (2.70%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.70%) CCTV
3 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.70%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.70%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.70%) Legacy Code
3 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.70%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (32.43%) Windows
2 4 (10.81%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.41%) Linux
3 2 (5.41%) Mac OS
3 2 (5.41%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.70%) Android
4 1 (2.70%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.70%) Solaris
4 1 (2.70%) Unix
4 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (29.73%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (27.03%) Systems Engineering
3 8 (21.62%) Decision-Making
3 8 (21.62%) Project Management
4 7 (18.92%) Computer Science
4 7 (18.92%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 7 (18.92%) Mathematics
4 7 (18.92%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 7 (18.92%) Physics
4 7 (18.92%) PLM
4 7 (18.92%) SysML
4 7 (18.92%) UML
5 4 (10.81%) Customer-Centricity
5 4 (10.81%) ITIL
5 4 (10.81%) Workflow
6 3 (8.11%) Customer Service
6 3 (8.11%) Software Assurance
6 3 (8.11%) Software Engineering
7 2 (5.41%) Line Management
7 2 (5.41%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.92%) MATLAB
2 4 (10.81%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.70%) Bash
3 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.70%) PHP
3 1 (2.70%) Python
3 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (37.84%) BPSS Clearance
1 14 (37.84%) Degree
2 4 (10.81%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.70%) NVQ Level 3
3 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) ISO 14001
1 1 (2.70%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (16.22%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.41%) Hyper-V
2 2 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.70%) Docker
3 1 (2.70%) LXC
3 1 (2.70%) Samba
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.70%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (2.70%) Puppet
2 1 (2.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (43.24%) Microsoft
2 7 (18.92%) IBM
3 3 (8.11%) Google
4 2 (5.41%) VMware
5 1 (2.70%) Oracle
5 1 (2.70%) SAP
5 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.70%) Xero