Problem-Solving Jobs in the South East

Problem Solving
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 9 14
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 2,791 2,161 2,600
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.81% 14.33% 13.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.83% 15.16% 13.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,744 1,081 1,508
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,463 £36,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £65,875
90th Percentile £72,500 £84,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,075 14,250 18,615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.77% 94.50% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 9,899 8,257 12,075
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the South East

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the South East.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the South East

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the South East

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Thames Valley +6 1,203 £42,920 -4.62% 343
Hampshire +12 514 £50,000 - 213
Surrey +2 499 £47,500 -20.83% 101
Buckinghamshire +7 487 £45,000 +13.38% 104
Berkshire +5 417 £40,000 -21.57% 141
Oxfordshire +15 299 £42,500 +0.59% 100
Kent -1 240 £40,000 -13.04% 69
West Sussex +8 160 £60,000 +9.09% 55
East Sussex +5 118 £52,500 - 30
Sussex +1 38 £50,000 - 1
Middlesex -6 12 £32,000 -60.62% 5
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 86 (3.08%) SharePoint
2 80 (2.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 45 (1.61%) CMS
4 31 (1.11%) Apache
5 23 (0.82%) WebLogic
6 22 (0.79%) WordPress
7 21 (0.75%) Confluence
7 21 (0.75%) OpenStack
8 13 (0.47%) nginx
9 8 (0.29%) Drupal
10 7 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 7 (0.25%) Tomcat
11 6 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
12 5 (0.18%) Joomla!
13 4 (0.14%) Apache Spark
14 3 (0.11%) Orchard CMS
14 3 (0.11%) SAS
14 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
15 2 (0.072%) IIS
15 2 (0.072%) JBoss
Applications
1 279 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 203 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
5 27 (0.97%) Simulink
6 22 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
7 20 (0.72%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.36%) Chatbot
9 8 (0.29%) Sketch
10 7 (0.25%) Stateflow
11 5 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 5 (0.18%) Adobe XD
11 5 (0.18%) Photoshop
12 4 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
12 4 (0.14%) InDesign
13 3 (0.11%) ProjectWise
13 3 (0.11%) Siemens NX
14 2 (0.072%) AutoCAD
14 2 (0.072%) SOLIDWORKS
14 2 (0.072%) Trello
Business Applications
1 38 (1.36%) Siebel CRM
2 32 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (0.64%) NetSuite
4 13 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
5 11 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
7 5 (0.18%) Magento
7 5 (0.18%) Odoo
7 5 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.14%) SAP IS-U
9 3 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.11%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.11%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
9 3 (0.11%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
10 2 (0.072%) Remedy ITSM
10 2 (0.072%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (0.072%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 493 (17.66%) Azure
2 326 (11.68%) Microsoft 365
3 270 (9.67%) AWS
4 120 (4.30%) SaaS
5 106 (3.80%) GCP
6 74 (2.65%) Power Platform
7 68 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
8 55 (1.97%) IaaS
9 51 (1.83%) Serverless
10 48 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
11 46 (1.65%) GitHub
12 44 (1.58%) Entra ID
13 42 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
14 39 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
15 28 (1.00%) Amazon S3
16 27 (0.97%) Power Automate
17 23 (0.82%) Mimecast
18 22 (0.79%) PaaS
19 20 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
20 19 (0.68%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 211 (7.56%) Firewall
2 124 (4.44%) DNS
3 90 (3.22%) DHCP
4 74 (2.65%) Wireless
5 66 (2.36%) TCP/IP
6 64 (2.29%) LAN
7 53 (1.90%) VPN
8 46 (1.65%) WAN
9 44 (1.58%) VoIP
10 34 (1.22%) Internet
10 34 (1.22%) SAN
11 31 (1.11%) VLAN
12 27 (0.97%) Network Security
13 23 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
14 22 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
15 21 (0.75%) 5G
15 21 (0.75%) Broadband
16 16 (0.57%) 4G
16 16 (0.57%) Unified Communications
17 14 (0.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (3.80%) SQL Server
2 89 (3.19%) MySQL
3 84 (3.01%) BigQuery
3 84 (3.01%) Looker
4 73 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
5 51 (1.83%) Relational Database
6 46 (1.65%) Power BI
7 43 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
8 40 (1.43%) Power Query
9 39 (1.40%) MongoDB
10 33 (1.18%) NoSQL
11 30 (1.07%) Oracle BI EE
11 30 (1.07%) Siebel EIM
12 26 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
13 19 (0.68%) DynamoDB
14 18 (0.64%) Tableau
15 16 (0.57%) Redis
16 14 (0.50%) OLTP
17 11 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 125 (4.48%) Git
2 118 (4.23%) Jenkins
3 98 (3.51%) JIRA
4 46 (1.65%) GitLab
5 24 (0.86%) Ant
6 22 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
6 22 (0.79%) Visual Studio
7 21 (0.75%) Subversion
8 17 (0.61%) Selenium
9 13 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
10 12 (0.43%) Maven
11 11 (0.39%) Cucumber
11 11 (0.39%) JMeter
12 10 (0.36%) TestRail
13 9 (0.32%) Gradle
13 9 (0.32%) IntelliJ
13 9 (0.32%) Robot Framework
14 8 (0.29%) TeamCity
15 7 (0.25%) CMake
15 7 (0.25%) SpecFlow
General
1 1,385 (49.62%) Social Skills
2 839 (30.06%) Analytical Skills
3 356 (12.76%) Finance
4 212 (7.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 163 (5.84%) Organisational Skills
6 146 (5.23%) Marketing
7 136 (4.87%) Retail
8 127 (4.55%) Manufacturing
9 117 (4.19%) Legal
10 96 (3.44%) Aerospace
11 84 (3.01%) Telecoms
12 79 (2.83%) Public Sector
13 64 (2.29%) Electronics
14 56 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
15 55 (1.97%) Aviation
16 54 (1.93%) Billing
17 51 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
18 44 (1.58%) Automotive
18 44 (1.58%) Law
19 36 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 357 (12.79%) Analyst
2 330 (11.82%) Developer
3 320 (11.47%) Senior
4 177 (6.34%) Lead
5 152 (5.45%) Architect
6 140 (5.02%) IT Support
7 133 (4.77%) Software Engineer
8 106 (3.80%) Consultant
8 106 (3.80%) Data Scientist
9 102 (3.65%) Support Engineer
10 100 (3.58%) Support Analyst
11 95 (3.40%) Senior Developer
12 89 (3.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 75 (2.69%) Data Engineer
13 75 (2.69%) Project Manager
14 72 (2.58%) Systems Engineer
15 63 (2.26%) Solutions Architect
16 60 (2.15%) IT Engineer
17 57 (2.04%) Coordinator
17 57 (2.04%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (6.16%) .NET
2 124 (4.44%) HTML
3 97 (3.48%) CSS
4 82 (2.94%) React
5 54 (1.93%) Spring
6 51 (1.83%) AngularJS
7 45 (1.61%) XML
8 43 (1.54%) RESTful
9 40 (1.43%) Web Services
10 39 (1.40%) Node.js
11 37 (1.33%) Hibernate
11 37 (1.33%) HTML5
12 34 (1.22%) .NET Framework
12 34 (1.22%) REST
13 30 (1.07%) ASP.NET
14 29 (1.04%) Java EE
14 29 (1.04%) SOAP
15 27 (0.97%) JSON
15 27 (0.97%) Vue
16 26 (0.93%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 328 (11.75%) Self-Motivation
2 238 (8.53%) Management Information System
3 212 (7.60%) Algorithms
4 98 (3.51%) Data Centre
5 84 (3.01%) Product Ownership
6 76 (2.72%) Driving Licence
7 71 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
8 55 (1.97%) IoT
9 53 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
10 52 (1.86%) Data Structures
11 44 (1.58%) Onboarding
12 35 (1.25%) Client/Server
13 33 (1.18%) Cloud Native
13 33 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
14 26 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
14 26 (0.93%) NHS
15 25 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
16 24 (0.86%) PMI
17 23 (0.82%) FPGA
18 22 (0.79%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 514 (18.42%) Windows
2 204 (7.31%) Linux
3 162 (5.80%) Windows Server
4 131 (4.69%) Windows 10
5 56 (2.01%) Windows Server 2019
6 54 (1.93%) Windows Server 2016
7 46 (1.65%) Windows 7
8 44 (1.58%) Apple iOS
9 39 (1.40%) Unix
9 39 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
10 33 (1.18%) Android
11 32 (1.15%) Mac OS
12 14 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
13 12 (0.43%) Windows XP
14 10 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 8 (0.29%) VMS
16 6 (0.21%) CentOS
16 6 (0.21%) Data ONTAP
17 5 (0.18%) AIX
18 2 (0.072%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 486 (17.41%) Agile
2 454 (16.27%) Customer Service
3 426 (15.26%) Mentoring
4 381 (13.65%) Project Management
5 379 (13.58%) Computer Science
6 357 (12.79%) Decision-Making
7 350 (12.54%) DevOps
8 306 (10.96%) Coaching
9 283 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
10 259 (9.28%) Mathematics
11 251 (8.99%) ITIL
12 248 (8.89%) Actionable Insight
13 244 (8.74%) Software Engineering
14 241 (8.63%) Continuous Improvement
15 233 (8.35%) Collaborative Working
16 193 (6.92%) Data Analysis
17 192 (6.88%) Data Science
18 170 (6.09%) CI/CD
19 168 (6.02%) CRM
20 151 (5.41%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 310 (11.11%) SQL
2 269 (9.64%) Python
3 195 (6.99%) Java
4 189 (6.77%) JavaScript
5 188 (6.74%) C#
6 176 (6.31%) C++
7 137 (4.91%) C
8 115 (4.12%) PowerShell
9 78 (2.79%) Bash
10 53 (1.90%) PHP
11 49 (1.76%) Fortran
12 37 (1.33%) Perl
13 30 (1.07%) TypeScript
14 29 (1.04%) Shell Script
15 25 (0.90%) MATLAB
16 23 (0.82%) PL/SQL
17 19 (0.68%) Ruby
18 18 (0.64%) Go
19 15 (0.54%) R
20 14 (0.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 782 (28.02%) Degree
2 444 (15.91%) Security Cleared
3 299 (10.71%) SC Cleared
4 190 (6.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 121 (4.34%) Master's Degree
6 114 (4.08%) DV Cleared
7 95 (3.40%) DBS Check
8 84 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 64 (2.29%) PhD
10 52 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
11 43 (1.54%) AWS Certification
12 40 (1.43%) NVQ Level 3
13 36 (1.29%) PMI Certification
14 33 (1.18%) CCNA
14 33 (1.18%) CCNP
15 32 (1.15%) MCP
16 30 (1.07%) HNC
17 29 (1.04%) MCSE
18 24 (0.86%) A+ Certification
19 23 (0.82%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (7.60%) QA
2 146 (5.23%) GDPR
3 132 (4.73%) SLA
4 114 (4.08%) Data Quality
5 69 (2.47%) PMO
6 39 (1.40%) Accessibility
7 30 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 26 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
8 26 (0.93%) ISO 9001
9 21 (0.75%) Software Quality Assurance
10 14 (0.50%) HIPAA
11 11 (0.39%) Automotive SPICE
11 11 (0.39%) COSHH
11 11 (0.39%) ISO 26262
11 11 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 9 (0.32%) IFRS
13 8 (0.29%) ISO 13485
13 8 (0.29%) ISO 14001
13 8 (0.29%) ISO 22301
14 7 (0.25%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 263 (9.42%) Active Directory
2 145 (5.20%) Docker
3 104 (3.73%) Hyper-V
4 99 (3.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 35 (1.25%) Firmware
6 29 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
8 15 (0.54%) KVM
8 15 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
9 12 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (0.21%) vSphere
11 5 (0.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (0.18%) XenApp
12 4 (0.14%) HDFS
12 4 (0.14%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.11%) VirtualBox
14 1 (0.036%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.036%) NFS
14 1 (0.036%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 113 (4.05%) Kubernetes
2 75 (2.69%) SCCM
3 54 (1.93%) Ansible
4 42 (1.50%) Terraform
5 39 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
6 33 (1.18%) Puppet
7 25 (0.90%) SCOM
8 22 (0.79%) OpenSSO
8 22 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
9 17 (0.61%) vCenter Server
9 17 (0.61%) WSUS
10 15 (0.54%) ZABBIX
11 13 (0.47%) NetBackup
12 12 (0.43%) Consul
12 12 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
13 11 (0.39%) FortiGate
13 11 (0.39%) Functional Safety
14 9 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 7 (0.25%) Autotask
15 7 (0.25%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 798 (28.59%) Microsoft
2 145 (5.20%) Oracle
3 126 (4.51%) VMware
4 124 (4.44%) Google
5 99 (3.55%) Salesforce
6 84 (3.01%) Cisco
7 78 (2.79%) SAP
8 38 (1.36%) Siebel
9 35 (1.25%) HP
10 29 (1.04%) Juniper
11 27 (0.97%) ServiceNow
12 26 (0.93%) Adobe
12 26 (0.93%) Fortinet
13 25 (0.90%) Dell
13 25 (0.90%) Palo Alto
14 24 (0.86%) Apple
14 24 (0.86%) Remedy
15 22 (0.79%) Citrix
16 21 (0.75%) IBM
17 20 (0.72%) Veeam