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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 10 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 +24
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 106 29 102
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 11.24% 11.60% 10.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.04% 12.83% 17.50%
Number of salaries quoted 77 24 72
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,875 £30,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £41,355 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -26.25% -10.58% +2.78%
75th Percentile £47,500 £49,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £53,000 £53,997 £72,500
South West median annual salary £44,000 £37,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +17.33% -21.05% -6.15%

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 705 226 583
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 74.76% 90.40% 62.22%
Number of salaries quoted 405 154 438
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,650 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,625 £34,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £57,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £51,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +7.84% -1.92% -3.70%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 +4 37 £33,250 -22.67% 9
Taunton -3 25 £32,500 -8.45% 9
Weston-super-Mare - 23 £30,000 - 1
Clevedon - 13 £53,000 -
Bridgwater - 7 £45,000 -
Crewkerne - 4 £24,000 -
Portishead -7 1 £54,498 +31.78%
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 35 (33.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.77%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.94%) Sage 200
1 1 (0.94%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 43 (40.57%) Azure
2 39 (36.79%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (8.49%) AWS
4 8 (7.55%) GCP
5 5 (4.72%) Entra ID
5 5 (4.72%) npm
6 2 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.89%) GitHub
6 2 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.94%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (29.25%) DHCP
1 31 (29.25%) DNS
2 10 (9.43%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (5.66%) Firewall
4 4 (3.77%) Bluetooth
4 4 (3.77%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.77%) VLAN
4 4 (3.77%) Wireless
5 2 (1.89%) LAN
6 1 (0.94%) Broadband
6 1 (0.94%) Network Security
6 1 (0.94%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.94%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.94%) VoIP
6 1 (0.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (25.47%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.77%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.94%) Power BI
3 1 (0.94%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 22 (20.75%) Git
2 14 (13.21%) Eclipse
2 14 (13.21%) Subversion
3 8 (7.55%) JUnit
4 2 (1.89%) GitLab
4 2 (1.89%) Jenkins
General
1 55 (51.89%) Social Skills
2 39 (36.79%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (11.32%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.66%) Retail
5 5 (4.72%) Finance
5 5 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.72%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.77%) Advertising
6 4 (3.77%) Electronics
7 1 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.94%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (0.94%) Games
7 1 (0.94%) Legal
7 1 (0.94%) Marketing
7 1 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.94%) Police
7 1 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (25.47%) Systems Engineer
2 25 (23.58%) Developer
3 20 (18.87%) Analyst
4 17 (16.04%) Junior
4 17 (16.04%) Junior Developer
5 15 (14.15%) Technical Support
6 14 (13.21%) Java Developer
6 14 (13.21%) Junior Java Developer
6 14 (13.21%) Support Analyst
7 10 (9.43%) Support Engineer
8 8 (7.55%) IT Support
8 8 (7.55%) Support Technician
8 8 (7.55%) Technical Engineer
8 8 (7.55%) Technical Support Engineer
9 7 (6.60%) Consultant
9 7 (6.60%) Technical Analyst
9 7 (6.60%) Technical Consultant
9 7 (6.60%) Technical Support Analyst
10 5 (4.72%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 5 (4.72%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (22.64%) React
2 16 (15.09%) RESTful
3 14 (13.21%) J2EE
3 14 (13.21%) Struts
3 14 (13.21%) Web Services
4 7 (6.60%) Node.js
5 5 (4.72%) .NET
5 5 (4.72%) REST
6 3 (2.83%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.89%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.89%) ARM Templates
7 2 (1.89%) Spring
7 2 (1.89%) Spring Boot
7 2 (1.89%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 27 (25.47%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (8.49%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.77%) Digital Signage
3 4 (3.77%) Educational Technology
3 4 (3.77%) IoT
4 3 (2.83%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.89%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.89%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.89%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.94%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.94%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.94%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.94%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 33 (31.13%) Linux
2 32 (30.19%) Windows
3 31 (29.25%) Windows Server
4 27 (25.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (5.66%) Unix
6 4 (3.77%) Mac OS
6 4 (3.77%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (29.25%) Email Filtering
1 31 (29.25%) Kalman Filter
1 31 (29.25%) Web Filtering
2 30 (28.30%) Customer Service
3 29 (27.36%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 28 (26.42%) Customer Experience
5 27 (25.47%) Migration
5 27 (25.47%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 16 (15.09%) Computer Science
6 16 (15.09%) Full-Stack Development
7 14 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (7.55%) Requirements Analysis
8 8 (7.55%) Technical Architecture
9 7 (6.60%) Agile
9 7 (6.60%) Cloud Security
10 6 (5.66%) Project Delivery
10 6 (5.66%) Regression Testing
10 6 (5.66%) Requirements Gathering
10 6 (5.66%) SDLC
10 6 (5.66%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 19 (17.92%) JavaScript
2 16 (15.09%) Java
2 16 (15.09%) Python
3 14 (13.21%) C++
3 14 (13.21%) Perl
4 8 (7.55%) SQL
5 5 (4.72%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.83%) C#
7 1 (0.94%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.94%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.94%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (28.30%) Security Cleared
2 29 (27.36%) SC Cleared
3 28 (26.42%) Degree
4 15 (14.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.89%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.94%) CEH
6 1 (0.94%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.94%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (29.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 30 (28.30%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.89%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.89%) WCAG
4 1 (0.94%) COBIT
4 1 (0.94%) GDPR
4 1 (0.94%) NIST
4 1 (0.94%) QA
4 1 (0.94%) SOC 2
System Software
1 37 (34.91%) Active Directory
2 27 (25.47%) Hyper-V
2 27 (25.47%) Terminal Server
3 10 (9.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (9.43%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.89%) SCCM
3 2 (1.89%) Terraform
4 1 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.94%) CASB
4 1 (0.94%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 44 (41.51%) Microsoft
2 31 (29.25%) Veeam
3 27 (25.47%) Brocade
3 27 (25.47%) Nimble Storage
3 27 (25.47%) SolarWinds
3 27 (25.47%) Splunk
3 27 (25.47%) Tanium
3 27 (25.47%) VMware
4 4 (3.77%) Adobe
4 4 (3.77%) Apple
5 2 (1.89%) OneLogin
6 1 (0.94%) Freshdesk
6 1 (0.94%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.94%) Oracle
6 1 (0.94%) Sage
6 1 (0.94%) Tenable