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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 7 8
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 147 54 69
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 13.23% 14.21% 9.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.77% 17.88% 16.12%
Number of salaries quoted 87 24 43
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,650 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £36,250 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £41,355 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.37% -12.94% +6.87%
75th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £53,000 £55,124 £85,000
South West median annual salary £45,000 £36,000 £52,837
% change year-on-year +25.00% -31.87% +5.67%

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 783 302 428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 70.48% 79.47% 58.55%
Number of salaries quoted 488 153 239
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,500 £29,542
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -13.46% +4.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £76,250
South West median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

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 17 September 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 17 September 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
Taunton 0 43 £42,500 +13.33% 7
Bath 0 39 £33,250 -33.50% 32
Weston-super-Mare +3 34 £30,500 -32.22% 1
Clevedon -1 20 £53,000 - 3
Portishead -6 5 £35,000 -15.37% 6
Bridgwater -6 4 £42,500 - 5
Yeovil -5 3 - - 27
Cheddar - 2 £40,000 - 1
Crewkerne - 1 £24,000 -
Street - 1 £47,500 - 32
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 32 (21.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (8.84%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.72%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.36%) AutoCAD
4 2 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.68%) EPLAN
5 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.68%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (2.72%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 48 (32.65%) Azure
2 39 (26.53%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (10.20%) AWS
4 10 (6.80%) GCP
5 6 (4.08%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.72%) GitHub
6 4 (2.72%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (2.72%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.68%) npm
7 1 (0.68%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.68%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.68%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (21.77%) DHCP
1 32 (21.77%) DNS
2 5 (3.40%) TCP/IP
2 5 (3.40%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (2.72%) Bluetooth
3 4 (2.72%) VPN
3 4 (2.72%) Wireless
4 2 (1.36%) Firewall
5 1 (0.68%) 5G
5 1 (0.68%) Broadband
5 1 (0.68%) LAN
5 1 (0.68%) Network Security
5 1 (0.68%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.68%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.68%) VoIP
5 1 (0.68%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (18.37%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (6.12%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.72%) Power BI
4 2 (1.36%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (1.36%) Metadata
5 1 (0.68%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 29 (19.73%) Git
2 25 (17.01%) Eclipse
2 25 (17.01%) Subversion
3 19 (12.93%) JUnit
4 4 (2.72%) GitLab
4 4 (2.72%) Jenkins
General
1 94 (63.95%) Social Skills
2 50 (34.01%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (9.52%) Manufacturing
4 12 (8.16%) Finance
5 11 (7.48%) Retail
6 10 (6.80%) Public Sector
7 9 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (4.08%) Aerospace
9 6 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (3.40%) Electronics
11 4 (2.72%) Legal
12 3 (2.04%) Law
13 1 (0.68%) Automotive
13 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.68%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.68%) Games
13 1 (0.68%) Police
13 1 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (25.17%) Developer
2 31 (21.09%) Analyst
3 27 (18.37%) Systems Engineer
4 26 (17.69%) Junior
4 26 (17.69%) Junior Developer
5 25 (17.01%) Java Developer
6 23 (15.65%) Junior Java Developer
7 19 (12.93%) Support Engineer
8 17 (11.56%) Technical Support
9 15 (10.20%) Support Analyst
10 10 (6.80%) Technical Engineer
10 10 (6.80%) Technical Support Engineer
11 9 (6.12%) Business Analyst
12 8 (5.44%) Applications Support
12 8 (5.44%) Applications Support Analyst
13 7 (4.76%) Technical Analyst
13 7 (4.76%) Technical Support Analyst
13 7 (4.76%) Test Engineer
14 6 (4.08%) Full-Stack Developer
15 5 (3.40%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (22.45%) React
2 29 (19.73%) RESTful
3 25 (17.01%) Jakarta EE
3 25 (17.01%) Struts
3 25 (17.01%) Web Services
4 7 (4.76%) .NET
5 5 (3.40%) Node.js
6 4 (2.72%) AngularJS
6 4 (2.72%) HTML
6 4 (2.72%) Spring
6 4 (2.72%) Spring Boot
6 4 (2.72%) Terraform
6 4 (2.72%) Vue
7 3 (2.04%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.04%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.68%) CSS
8 1 (0.68%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (18.37%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (8.84%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.44%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.40%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.72%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.72%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (2.72%) IoT
5 4 (2.72%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.68%) Acoustics
7 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.68%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.68%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.68%) NHS
7 1 (0.68%) PKI
7 1 (0.68%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.68%) Replication
7 1 (0.68%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 38 (25.85%) Windows
2 34 (23.13%) Linux
3 31 (21.09%) Windows Server
4 27 (18.37%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (4.08%) Unix
6 4 (2.72%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (27.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 37 (25.17%) Customer Service
3 31 (21.09%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 29 (19.73%) Customer Experience
4 29 (19.73%) Full-Stack Development
5 27 (18.37%) Computer Science
5 27 (18.37%) Email Filtering
5 27 (18.37%) Kalman Filter
5 27 (18.37%) Migration
5 27 (18.37%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 27 (18.37%) Web Filtering
6 22 (14.97%) Agile
7 19 (12.93%) Requirements Analysis
7 19 (12.93%) Technical Architecture
8 14 (9.52%) Project Delivery
8 14 (9.52%) Validation
9 12 (8.16%) Scrum
9 12 (8.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 11 (7.48%) DevOps
10 11 (7.48%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 32 (21.77%) Python
2 30 (20.41%) Java
3 27 (18.37%) JavaScript
4 25 (17.01%) C++
4 25 (17.01%) Perl
5 18 (12.24%) SQL
6 4 (2.72%) C#
6 4 (2.72%) VB
7 1 (0.68%) Bash
7 1 (0.68%) C
7 1 (0.68%) PHP
7 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.68%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.68%) R
7 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.68%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 43 (29.25%) Degree
2 42 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 34 (23.13%) SC Cleared
4 26 (17.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (4.76%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.04%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.36%) HNC
7 2 (1.36%) HND
8 1 (0.68%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.68%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (21.09%) Cyber Essentials
1 31 (21.09%) PCI DSS
2 7 (4.76%) Accessibility
3 6 (4.08%) QA
4 4 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.72%) WCAG
5 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
System Software
1 35 (23.81%) Active Directory
2 32 (21.77%) Hyper-V
3 27 (18.37%) Terminal Server
4 14 (9.52%) Docker
5 5 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (9.52%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.08%) SCCM
3 4 (2.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.68%) Ansible
4 1 (0.68%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (35.37%) Microsoft
2 32 (21.77%) VMware
3 28 (19.05%) Splunk
4 27 (18.37%) Brocade
4 27 (18.37%) Nimble Storage
4 27 (18.37%) SolarWinds
4 27 (18.37%) Tanium
4 27 (18.37%) Veeam
5 4 (2.72%) Adobe
5 4 (2.72%) OneLogin
5 4 (2.72%) Thales
5 4 (2.72%) YouTube
6 3 (2.04%) SAP
7 1 (0.68%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle
7 1 (0.68%) Tenable