Problem-Solving Jobs in the South East

Problem Solving
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 3 5 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,845 2,808 1,695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 18.32% 15.64% 13.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.24% 19.10% 14.16%
Number of salaries quoted 853 1,751 939
10th Percentile £27,840 £25,750 £26,843
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -12.37% +2.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £79,750 £72,500 £84,800
England median annual salary £46,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.00% -9.09% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,117 14,702 11,971
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 90.55% 81.88% 94.11%
Number of salaries quoted 4,754 10,093 7,451
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £30,625
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,298 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.64% -12.00% +4.17%

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 6 July 2025.

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 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
Thames Valley +1 774 £45,000 - 1,052
Berkshire +4 376 £50,000 +16.50% 560
Buckinghamshire 0 306 £37,500 -16.67% 261
Hampshire +1 271 £43,750 -12.50% 530
Surrey 0 266 £40,000 -15.79% 300
East Sussex +11 149 £50,000 -4.76% 142
Isle of Wight - 123 £55,000 - 5
Kent -1 112 £32,500 -18.75% 233
Oxfordshire -7 92 £55,000 +29.41% 240
Middlesex +22 67 £61,250 +91.41% 33
West Sussex -1 67 £50,500 -15.83% 200
Sussex +5 12 £42,500 -15.00% 66
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 67 (3.63%) SharePoint
2 54 (2.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.70%) CMS
4 8 (0.43%) Apache
5 6 (0.33%) Confluence
5 6 (0.33%) IIS
6 5 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.22%) IBM Domino
7 4 (0.22%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.22%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.16%) WordPress
9 1 (0.054%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.054%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.054%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.054%) GemFire
9 1 (0.054%) Kentico
9 1 (0.054%) Mule
9 1 (0.054%) nginx
9 1 (0.054%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.054%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 129 (6.99%) Simulink
2 94 (5.09%) Mathcad
3 89 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
4 77 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.27%) Trello
6 4 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.16%) InDesign
7 3 (0.16%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.054%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.054%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.054%) Pipeline Pilot
9 1 (0.054%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 35 (1.90%) Teamcenter
2 18 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.87%) NetSuite
4 12 (0.65%) Sage 200
5 11 (0.60%) Sage CRM
6 8 (0.43%) Shopify
7 7 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
8 5 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
9 4 (0.22%) Sage 1000
9 4 (0.22%) SAP Business One
9 4 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
10 3 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
11 1 (0.054%) Dynamics AX
11 1 (0.054%) Loan IQ
11 1 (0.054%) Maximo
11 1 (0.054%) Oracle EBS
11 1 (0.054%) Oracle ERP
11 1 (0.054%) Salesforce CRM
11 1 (0.054%) SAP ERP
11 1 (0.054%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 299 (16.21%) Azure
2 126 (6.83%) Microsoft 365
3 117 (6.34%) AWS
4 84 (4.55%) Power Platform
5 70 (3.79%) GCP
6 56 (3.04%) SaaS
7 45 (2.44%) Serverless
8 44 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (1.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 31 (1.68%) Azure Service Bus
10 30 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
10 30 (1.63%) Vertex AI
11 26 (1.41%) Entra ID
12 22 (1.19%) SonarCloud
13 19 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
14 17 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (0.81%) IaaS
15 15 (0.81%) PaaS
16 14 (0.76%) Salsify
17 12 (0.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 140 (7.59%) Broadband
2 94 (5.09%) Firewall
3 91 (4.93%) TCP/IP
4 84 (4.55%) VPN
5 61 (3.31%) DNS
6 41 (2.22%) DHCP
7 40 (2.17%) VLAN
8 25 (1.36%) LAN
9 23 (1.25%) WAN
10 19 (1.03%) Network Security
11 17 (0.92%) VoIP
12 15 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
13 14 (0.76%) IP Telephony
13 14 (0.76%) SNMP
14 12 (0.65%) SAN
14 12 (0.65%) Wireless
15 6 (0.33%) Internet
15 6 (0.33%) NAS
16 5 (0.27%) PBX
16 5 (0.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (3.79%) SQL Server
2 67 (3.63%) Power BI
3 41 (2.22%) Data Lake
4 40 (2.17%) Data Mining
5 30 (1.63%) MySQL
6 28 (1.52%) MongoDB
7 26 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
8 22 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
9 21 (1.14%) NoSQL
10 19 (1.03%) Metadata
11 15 (0.81%) Relational Database
12 14 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
12 14 (0.76%) Redis
12 14 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 13 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (0.70%) Tableau
14 11 (0.60%) OLTP
15 9 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
16 5 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
17 4 (0.22%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 67 (3.63%) Git
2 46 (2.49%) JIRA
3 36 (1.95%) Rational DOORS
4 34 (1.84%) Cucumber
4 34 (1.84%) Robot Framework
5 32 (1.73%) Octopus Deploy
6 24 (1.30%) Visual Studio
7 22 (1.19%) Jenkins
7 22 (1.19%) MSBuild
7 22 (1.19%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (0.43%) GitLab
9 5 (0.27%) Selenium
10 4 (0.22%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.22%) JUnit
10 4 (0.22%) Subversion
11 3 (0.16%) git-flow
11 3 (0.16%) Mockito
12 2 (0.11%) Burp Suite
12 2 (0.11%) MLflow
12 2 (0.11%) Postman
General
1 898 (48.67%) Social Skills
2 425 (23.04%) Analytical Skills
3 369 (20.00%) Retail
4 301 (16.31%) Manufacturing
5 231 (12.52%) Finance
6 182 (9.86%) Law
7 100 (5.42%) Electronics
8 97 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 80 (4.34%) Telecoms
10 66 (3.58%) Marketing
11 64 (3.47%) Dutch Language
11 64 (3.47%) Finnish Language
11 64 (3.47%) Norwegian Language
12 51 (2.76%) Aerospace
13 48 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
14 41 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
15 33 (1.79%) Legal
16 29 (1.57%) Games
17 26 (1.41%) Public Sector
18 21 (1.14%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 396 (21.46%) Senior
2 246 (13.33%) Lead
3 240 (13.01%) Trainer
4 197 (10.68%) Analyst
5 98 (5.31%) Developer
6 95 (5.15%) IT Support
7 92 (4.99%) Support Analyst
8 75 (4.07%) Mathematical Modeller
9 74 (4.01%) Support Engineer
10 70 (3.79%) Systems Engineer
11 62 (3.36%) Junior
12 61 (3.31%) Technical Support
13 50 (2.71%) Architect
14 49 (2.66%) Team Leader
15 45 (2.44%) IT Engineer
16 40 (2.17%) Senior Manager
17 37 (2.01%) IT Support Engineer
18 35 (1.90%) Applications Support
18 35 (1.90%) Test Automation Engineer
18 35 (1.90%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (4.12%) HTML
2 71 (3.85%) .NET
3 64 (3.47%) CSS
4 46 (2.49%) REST
4 46 (2.49%) XML
5 34 (1.84%) ASP.NET
5 34 (1.84%) React
6 32 (1.73%) JSON
7 30 (1.63%) GraphQL
8 26 (1.41%) Unity (Game Engine)
9 25 (1.36%) WebGL
10 23 (1.25%) Bootstrap
11 22 (1.19%) gRPC
12 19 (1.03%) Kafka
13 18 (0.98%) RESTful
14 17 (0.92%) Node.js
15 15 (0.81%) .NET Framework
15 15 (0.81%) SOAP
16 13 (0.70%) AngularJS
16 13 (0.70%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 251 (13.60%) Robotics
2 89 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
3 70 (3.79%) Analytical Mindset
4 65 (3.52%) Management Information System
5 60 (3.25%) Algorithms
6 58 (3.14%) Driving Licence
7 55 (2.98%) Onboarding
8 40 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
9 31 (1.68%) Data Centre
10 27 (1.46%) Animation
11 22 (1.19%) Security Posture
12 16 (0.87%) Virtual Team
13 14 (0.76%) Product Ownership
13 14 (0.76%) Taxonomies
14 10 (0.54%) Cyber Threat
14 10 (0.54%) Security Operations Centre
15 9 (0.49%) IoT
15 9 (0.49%) Public Cloud
15 9 (0.49%) VHDL
16 8 (0.43%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 230 (12.47%) Windows
2 79 (4.28%) Linux
3 61 (3.31%) Windows Server
4 34 (1.84%) Mac OS
5 33 (1.79%) Windows 10
6 17 (0.92%) Unix
7 15 (0.81%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.60%) Android
8 11 (0.60%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.054%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.054%) Robot Operating System
11 1 (0.054%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.054%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (19.89%) Machine Learning
2 363 (19.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 302 (16.37%) Agile
4 288 (15.61%) Generative AI
5 271 (14.69%) LLM
6 250 (13.55%) Mentoring
7 246 (13.33%) Roadmaps
8 241 (13.06%) Red Team
9 230 (12.47%) Continuous Improvement
10 217 (11.76%) Customer Service
11 209 (11.33%) Data Privacy
12 200 (10.84%) Computer Science
13 177 (9.59%) DevOps
14 160 (8.67%) Analytics
15 158 (8.56%) Project Management
16 153 (8.29%) Systems Engineering
17 148 (8.02%) Mathematics
18 136 (7.37%) Product Management
19 132 (7.15%) Validation
20 125 (6.78%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 250 (13.55%) Python
2 210 (11.38%) SQL
3 132 (7.15%) MATLAB
4 118 (6.40%) JavaScript
5 105 (5.69%) C#
6 92 (4.99%) PowerShell
7 60 (3.25%) Java
8 55 (2.98%) Bash
9 41 (2.22%) TypeScript
10 25 (1.36%) HLSL
11 21 (1.14%) Rust
12 20 (1.08%) PHP
13 18 (0.98%) C++
14 12 (0.65%) PL/SQL
15 10 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (0.54%) Perl
15 10 (0.54%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.38%) R
16 7 (0.38%) VBA
17 6 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 658 (35.66%) Degree
2 177 (9.59%) BPSS Clearance
3 131 (7.10%) Computer Science Degree
4 78 (4.23%) Security Cleared
5 51 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 42 (2.28%) DV Cleared
6 42 (2.28%) SC Cleared
7 35 (1.90%) Master's Degree
8 29 (1.57%) PhD
8 29 (1.57%) PMI Certification
9 28 (1.52%) PMP
10 26 (1.41%) A+ Certification
11 25 (1.36%) MCP
12 22 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (1.19%) DBS Check
13 19 (1.03%) CCNP
14 17 (0.92%) ACCA
15 16 (0.87%) CIMA
16 15 (0.81%) Azure Certification
17 14 (0.76%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (4.77%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 64 (3.47%) QA
3 58 (3.14%) GDPR
4 39 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 34 (1.84%) SLA
6 24 (1.30%) Data Quality
7 20 (1.08%) Accessibility
8 18 (0.98%) NIST
9 12 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (0.43%) HIPAA
11 7 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.27%) ISO 31000
12 5 (0.27%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.27%) PMO
13 4 (0.22%) GMP
14 3 (0.16%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 3 (0.16%) Good Clinical Practice
14 3 (0.16%) GRC
14 3 (0.16%) PMBOK
System Software
1 88 (4.77%) Active Directory
2 56 (3.04%) Docker
3 27 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (1.30%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.76%) Firmware
6 11 (0.60%) Terminal Services
7 9 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.22%) NFS
10 3 (0.16%) GPFS
10 3 (0.16%) HDFS
10 3 (0.16%) Lustre
10 3 (0.16%) vSphere
11 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.054%) vCloud
12 1 (0.054%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 44 (2.38%) Kubernetes
2 38 (2.06%) Terraform
3 23 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (0.70%) QRadar
5 11 (0.60%) Ansible
6 7 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.33%) ArcSight ESM
7 6 (0.33%) ZABBIX
8 4 (0.22%) Grafana
8 4 (0.22%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.16%) PaperCut
10 2 (0.11%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.11%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.11%) Nessus
10 2 (0.11%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.11%) vRealize
11 1 (0.054%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.054%) Argo
11 1 (0.054%) SCCM
11 1 (0.054%) VxRail
Vendors
1 381 (20.65%) Microsoft
2 297 (16.10%) Google
3 253 (13.71%) Databricks
4 243 (13.17%) Adobe
5 94 (5.09%) MathWorks
6 66 (3.58%) SAP
7 57 (3.09%) IBM
8 43 (2.33%) Cisco
8 43 (2.33%) VMware
9 40 (2.17%) Oracle
10 34 (1.84%) Workday
11 31 (1.68%) OpenAI
12 22 (1.19%) Salesforce
13 21 (1.14%) Sage
14 20 (1.08%) Splunk
15 19 (1.03%) Concur
16 16 (0.87%) Meraki
17 15 (0.81%) Apple
18 13 (0.70%) ServiceNow
19 12 (0.65%) Anaplan