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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 4 28
Rank change year-on-year -9 +24 -16
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 42 101 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 11.54% 10.87% 6.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.13% 17.72% 7.52%
Number of salaries quoted 30 71 30
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £24,850
25th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £28,630
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £45,000 £44,445
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% +1.25% +8.40%
75th Percentile £44,938 £54,375 £57,500
90th Percentile £51,992 £72,500 £62,500
South West median annual salary £32,500 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -32.29% -4.00% +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 320 570 505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 87.91% 61.36% 90.83%
Number of salaries quoted 190 434 349
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,063 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,125 £57,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £72,500
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%

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 6 July 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 6 July 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 +11 14 £40,101 -5.65% 7
Bath -7 9 £43,000 -9.47% 143
Portishead +7 7 £41,355 -17.29% 3
Shepton Mallet +7 6 £26,000 -23.53%
Taunton -5 2 £35,500 +1.43% 14
Frome - 1 £41,500 -
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 3 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.76%) WordPress
3 1 (2.38%) CMS
3 1 (2.38%) Confluence
3 1 (2.38%) Drupal
3 1 (2.38%) Joomla!
Applications
1 7 (16.67%) Simulink
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (2.38%) Adobe XD
4 1 (2.38%) Elementor
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (16.67%) Teamcenter
2 2 (4.76%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (2.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (16.67%) Azure
3 2 (4.76%) AWS
3 2 (4.76%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.76%) Power Automate
3 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.76%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (2.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.38%) Figma
4 1 (2.38%) GCP
4 1 (2.38%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.14%) Firewall
1 3 (7.14%) Internet
2 2 (4.76%) DNS
2 2 (4.76%) Intranet
2 2 (4.76%) VPN
2 2 (4.76%) WAN
3 1 (2.38%) DHCP
3 1 (2.38%) LAN
3 1 (2.38%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.38%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.38%) VLAN
3 1 (2.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) MySQL
1 2 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.38%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (7.14%) Git
3 2 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 25 (59.52%) Social Skills
2 15 (35.71%) Electronics
3 7 (16.67%) Aerospace
4 6 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (9.52%) Police
6 3 (7.14%) Finance
6 3 (7.14%) Games
6 3 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.76%) Marketing
8 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.38%) Health Technology
8 1 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (35.71%) Junior
2 8 (19.05%) Analyst
2 8 (19.05%) Senior
3 7 (16.67%) Junior Systems Engineer
3 7 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 7 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
4 6 (14.29%) Developer
4 6 (14.29%) Junior Analyst
5 4 (9.52%) Senior Electrical Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) IT Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) IT Support
6 3 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Junior Support Analyst
6 3 (7.14%) Monitoring Analyst
6 3 (7.14%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Software Assurance Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Support Analyst
6 3 (7.14%) Technical Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Technical Support
6 3 (7.14%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) RESTEasy
2 2 (4.76%) CSS
2 2 (4.76%) HTML
2 2 (4.76%) React
3 1 (2.38%) .NET
3 1 (2.38%) .NET Core
3 1 (2.38%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.38%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 1 (2.38%) HTML5
3 1 (2.38%) jQuery
3 1 (2.38%) Laravel
3 1 (2.38%) Node.js
3 1 (2.38%) REST
3 1 (2.38%) RESTful
3 1 (2.38%) Sass
3 1 (2.38%) Tailwind CSS
3 1 (2.38%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.43%) Driving Licence
2 5 (11.90%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (7.14%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.38%) CCTV
5 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.38%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.38%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.38%) Legacy Code
5 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.38%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.38%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (26.19%) Windows
2 5 (11.90%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.76%) Android
3 2 (4.76%) Apple iOS
3 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.38%) Linux
4 1 (2.38%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (23.81%) Systems Engineering
3 8 (19.05%) Computer Science
3 8 (19.05%) Decision-Making
4 7 (16.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 7 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 7 (16.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 7 (16.67%) Physics
4 7 (16.67%) PLM
4 7 (16.67%) Project Management
4 7 (16.67%) SysML
4 7 (16.67%) UML
5 4 (9.52%) Customer Service
5 4 (9.52%) Line Management
6 3 (7.14%) Change Management
6 3 (7.14%) Clean Code
6 3 (7.14%) Customer-Centricity
6 3 (7.14%) Quality Management
6 3 (7.14%) Software Assurance
6 3 (7.14%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (16.67%) MATLAB
2 3 (7.14%) PHP
2 3 (7.14%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.38%) Python
4 1 (2.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 12 (28.57%) Degree
3 4 (9.52%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.76%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (2.38%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (11.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.76%) Hyper-V
2 2 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (30.95%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.67%) IBM
3 3 (7.14%) Google
4 2 (4.76%) Oracle
4 2 (4.76%) VMware
5 1 (2.38%) Adobe
5 1 (2.38%) SAP
5 1 (2.38%) WooCommerce
5 1 (2.38%) Xero