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 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 6 5 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 +15
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,369 3,078 2,439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 17.66% 17.68% 13.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.96% 18.59% 13.90%
Number of salaries quoted 716 1,441 1,377
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,214 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% +2.86%

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 7,222 16,558 17,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 93.16% 95.10% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,839 9,997 11,818
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +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 1 December 2023.

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 1 December 2023. 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 +3 626 £47,500 -1.04% 289
Berkshire +3 406 £51,000 +13.33% 149
Hampshire +9 332 £55,000 - 153
Surrey -1 172 £45,000 -18.18% 102
Buckinghamshire +3 145 £46,550 -6.90% 64
West Sussex -1 99 £52,500 -8.70% 53
Oxfordshire -4 75 £47,500 -5.00% 76
Kent -6 70 £45,000 -14.29% 60
East Sussex -14 66 £53,888 -2.02% 40
Middlesex +19 6 £85,000 +112.50% 2
Isle of Wight +1 1 £35,000 +45.83% 2
M4 Corridor - 1 £95,000 -
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 76 (5.55%) SAS
2 53 (3.87%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.05%) WebLogic
4 20 (1.46%) MS Exchange
5 16 (1.17%) Apache
6 12 (0.88%) Confluence
6 12 (0.88%) IIS
7 8 (0.58%) Tomcat
8 7 (0.51%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.51%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.44%) CMS
10 4 (0.29%) JBoss
10 4 (0.29%) Red Hat Fuse
11 3 (0.22%) WordPress
12 2 (0.15%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.073%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.073%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.073%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 92 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (0.80%) SOLIDWORKS
4 11 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.58%) Simulink
5 8 (0.58%) Windchill
6 7 (0.51%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.44%) PTC Creo
8 5 (0.37%) Autodesk Inventor
9 4 (0.29%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.29%) CANalyzer
9 4 (0.29%) Stateflow
10 3 (0.22%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.073%) Mathcad
11 1 (0.073%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.37%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.29%) Front Arena
3 4 (0.29%) Sage X3
4 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.073%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.073%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.073%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.073%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.073%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.073%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.073%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.073%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 295 (21.55%) Azure
2 136 (9.93%) AWS
3 124 (9.06%) Microsoft 365
4 65 (4.75%) SaaS
5 56 (4.09%) Power Platform
6 48 (3.51%) Serverless
7 43 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
8 40 (2.92%) Cloud Computing
9 39 (2.85%) GCP
9 39 (2.85%) GitHub
10 29 (2.12%) IaaS
11 28 (2.05%) Entra ID
12 26 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
13 24 (1.75%) PaaS
14 16 (1.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 15 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
16 12 (0.88%) PowerApps
17 10 (0.73%) Amazon SQS
17 10 (0.73%) WhatsApp
18 8 (0.58%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 79 (5.77%) Firewall
2 50 (3.65%) DNS
2 50 (3.65%) TCP/IP
3 39 (2.85%) VPN
4 37 (2.70%) DHCP
4 37 (2.70%) Internet
5 33 (2.41%) LAN
6 31 (2.26%) WAN
7 27 (1.97%) SAN
8 22 (1.61%) Wireless
9 20 (1.46%) Wireshark
10 17 (1.24%) Network Security
11 15 (1.10%) HTTP
12 14 (1.02%) BGP
12 14 (1.02%) VoIP
13 12 (0.88%) Structured Cabling
14 11 (0.80%) VLAN
15 10 (0.73%) OSPF
16 9 (0.66%) SSL
17 8 (0.58%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (6.28%) SQL Server
2 70 (5.11%) Base SAS
3 55 (4.02%) Metadata
4 43 (3.14%) MySQL
4 43 (3.14%) Power BI
5 28 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
6 27 (1.97%) Relational Database
7 26 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
8 25 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
10 12 (0.88%) OLTP
10 12 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 11 (0.80%) NoSQL
12 10 (0.73%) DynamoDB
13 9 (0.66%) Big Data
14 8 (0.58%) Data Lake
14 8 (0.58%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 8 (0.58%) Oracle Database
14 8 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (0.44%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 82 (5.99%) Git
2 81 (5.92%) LabVIEW
3 65 (4.75%) Jenkins
4 52 (3.80%) JIRA
5 32 (2.34%) Selenium
6 23 (1.68%) GitLab
7 19 (1.39%) JMeter
8 18 (1.31%) Maven
9 12 (0.88%) SoapUI
10 9 (0.66%) eggPlant
11 8 (0.58%) AutoIt
11 8 (0.58%) IntelliJ
11 8 (0.58%) Subversion
11 8 (0.58%) TestLink
11 8 (0.58%) Visual Studio Team System
12 7 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
12 7 (0.51%) TeamCity
13 6 (0.44%) Chocolatey
13 6 (0.44%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.37%) Serenity BDD
General
1 549 (40.10%) Social Skills
2 314 (22.94%) Analytical Skills
3 214 (15.63%) Finance
4 189 (13.81%) Manufacturing
5 170 (12.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 91 (6.65%) Pharmaceutical
7 61 (4.46%) Legal
8 57 (4.16%) Electronics
9 47 (3.43%) Public Sector
10 44 (3.21%) Marketing
10 44 (3.21%) Telecoms
11 38 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
11 38 (2.78%) Retail
12 37 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (1.90%) Financial Institution
13 26 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
14 25 (1.83%) Automotive
15 18 (1.31%) Aviation
16 16 (1.17%) Aerospace
17 15 (1.10%) Billing
Job Titles
1 212 (15.49%) Senior
2 198 (14.46%) Analyst
3 154 (11.25%) Developer
4 87 (6.36%) Support Engineer
5 82 (5.99%) Software Engineer
6 80 (5.84%) Systems Engineer
7 78 (5.70%) Architect
8 61 (4.46%) Senior Developer
9 56 (4.09%) Project Manager
10 55 (4.02%) Programmer
11 54 (3.94%) Test Engineer
12 53 (3.87%) SAS Programmer
12 53 (3.87%) SAS Statistical Programmer
12 53 (3.87%) Statistical Programmer
13 47 (3.43%) Support Analyst
14 45 (3.29%) Graduate
15 43 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
16 41 (2.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 41 (2.99%) IT Support
16 41 (2.99%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (7.30%) XML
2 93 (6.79%) .NET
3 66 (4.82%) Spring
4 62 (4.53%) HTML
5 60 (4.38%) React
6 43 (3.14%) CSS
7 42 (3.07%) J2EE
8 37 (2.70%) SOAP
9 35 (2.56%) Node.js
10 34 (2.48%) Java EE
11 32 (2.34%) REST
12 29 (2.12%) AngularJS
13 26 (1.90%) ASP.NET
13 26 (1.90%) Web Services
14 25 (1.83%) JSON
15 21 (1.53%) RESTful
16 15 (1.10%) .NET Framework
17 14 (1.02%) Ruby on Rails
18 12 (0.88%) HTML5 Canvas
19 11 (0.80%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 87 (6.36%) Raspberry Pi
2 85 (6.21%) Onboarding
3 81 (5.92%) Arduino
4 77 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
5 70 (5.11%) Life Science
6 55 (4.02%) Management Information System
7 28 (2.05%) Data Centre
7 28 (2.05%) IoT
8 25 (1.83%) Algorithms
9 21 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (1.39%) Product Ownership
11 18 (1.31%) PKI
12 16 (1.17%) Data Structures
12 16 (1.17%) Embedded Systems
12 16 (1.17%) FPGA
13 15 (1.10%) Cloud Native
14 14 (1.02%) Public Cloud
15 12 (0.88%) VHDL
16 11 (0.80%) Hedge funds
16 11 (0.80%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 222 (16.22%) Windows
2 117 (8.55%) Linux
3 82 (5.99%) Windows Server
4 55 (4.02%) Windows 10
5 33 (2.41%) Android
6 32 (2.34%) Unix
6 32 (2.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 28 (2.05%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (1.53%) Windows Server 2012
9 16 (1.17%) Apple iOS
9 16 (1.17%) Windows 7
10 11 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 10 (0.73%) Mac OS
12 9 (0.66%) Windows 8
13 8 (0.58%) Ubuntu
14 7 (0.51%) CentOS
15 5 (0.37%) VMS
15 5 (0.37%) Windows XP
16 3 (0.22%) Mac OS X
17 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (16.07%) Agile
2 201 (14.68%) Project Management
3 172 (12.56%) Computer Science
4 169 (12.34%) Actionable Insight
5 160 (11.69%) DevOps
6 147 (10.74%) Collaborative Working
7 144 (10.52%) Customer Service
8 142 (10.37%) Software Engineering
9 136 (9.93%) ITIL
10 128 (9.35%) Decision-Making
11 127 (9.28%) Mentoring
12 107 (7.82%) Creative Thinking
13 102 (7.45%) Continuous Improvement
14 93 (6.79%) Mathematics
15 88 (6.43%) Line Management
16 82 (5.99%) Analytics
16 82 (5.99%) Biotechnology
16 82 (5.99%) CI/CD
16 82 (5.99%) Design for Manufacturing
17 80 (5.84%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 278 (20.31%) SQL
2 252 (18.41%) Python
3 163 (11.91%) Java
4 126 (9.20%) C#
5 117 (8.55%) JavaScript
6 96 (7.01%) PowerShell
7 81 (5.92%) VB
8 70 (5.11%) SAS Macro
9 68 (4.97%) C++
10 47 (3.43%) Bash
11 45 (3.29%) C
12 30 (2.19%) Ruby
13 28 (2.05%) Shell Script
14 24 (1.75%) Go
15 23 (1.68%) PHP
15 23 (1.68%) TypeScript
16 21 (1.53%) Perl
17 18 (1.31%) MATLAB
18 16 (1.17%) T-SQL
19 15 (1.10%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 368 (26.88%) Degree
2 267 (19.50%) Security Cleared
3 197 (14.39%) SC Cleared
4 99 (7.23%) HNC
5 43 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (2.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 28 (2.05%) DV Cleared
8 27 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 27 (1.97%) Numerate Degree
9 23 (1.68%) Master's Degree
10 20 (1.46%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.17%) Azure Certification
12 16 (1.17%) PhD
13 15 (1.10%) A+ Certification
13 15 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 12 (0.88%) PMI Certification
14 12 (0.88%) PMP
15 11 (0.80%) CCNA
16 9 (0.66%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (11.98%) QA
2 70 (5.11%) CDISC
3 60 (4.38%) SLA
4 21 (1.53%) GDPR
5 19 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.31%) Data Quality
7 14 (1.02%) HIPAA
7 14 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (0.88%) Accessibility
8 12 (0.88%) PMO
9 10 (0.73%) NIST
10 9 (0.66%) Automotive SPICE
10 9 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.66%) Good Clinical Practice
10 9 (0.66%) GRC
10 9 (0.66%) ISO 26262
10 9 (0.66%) Software Quality Assurance
11 6 (0.44%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.44%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 129 (9.42%) Active Directory
2 69 (5.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (4.31%) Docker
4 48 (3.51%) Hyper-V
5 31 (2.26%) Firmware
6 25 (1.83%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.66%) vSphere
9 8 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.29%) KVM
11 2 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.073%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.073%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.073%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.073%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 53 (3.87%) Terraform
2 51 (3.73%) Kubernetes
3 49 (3.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 43 (3.14%) Ansible
5 35 (2.56%) SCCM
6 30 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
7 28 (2.05%) OpenSSO
8 27 (1.97%) SCOM
9 7 (0.51%) Grafana
9 7 (0.51%) Icinga
10 6 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.44%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.37%) EMC NetWorker
11 5 (0.37%) NetBackup
11 5 (0.37%) WSUS
12 4 (0.29%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.29%) SCSM
13 3 (0.22%) AirWatch
13 3 (0.22%) Puppet
14 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 330 (24.11%) Microsoft
2 87 (6.36%) Oracle
3 83 (6.06%) VMware
4 46 (3.36%) Cisco
5 38 (2.78%) SAP
6 31 (2.26%) Remedy
7 29 (2.12%) HP
8 22 (1.61%) Veeam
9 19 (1.39%) Juniper
10 17 (1.24%) Databricks
10 17 (1.24%) IBM
11 15 (1.10%) Apple
11 15 (1.10%) Dell
11 15 (1.10%) Google
12 14 (1.02%) Citrix
12 14 (1.02%) Nimble Storage
12 14 (1.02%) Red Hat
13 13 (0.95%) Salesforce
14 11 (0.80%) Mitel
14 11 (0.80%) Sage