Problem-Solving Job Trends in South Lanarkshire

Problem Solving
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 8 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in South Lanarkshire 26.67% 11.11% 11.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 26.67% 11.11% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 - £105,000
75th Percentile £42,250 - -
90th Percentile £51,400 - -
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £49,399 £47,500
% change year-on-year -29.15% +4.00% -17.39%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Lanarkshire

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 South Lanarkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30 9 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 100.00% 100.00% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 14
10th Percentile £27,000 - £30,000
25th Percentile £27,375 £47,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £50,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% -31.03% +123.08%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £80,000
90th Percentile - - £97,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -10.88%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in South Lanarkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in South Lanarkshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in South Lanarkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in South Lanarkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in South Lanarkshire over the 6 months to 30 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in South Lanarkshire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in South Lanarkshire

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 Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 30 March 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
Carluke - 4 £27,000 -
Larkhall -5 3 £27,000 -
East Kilbride - 1 £55,000 - 3
Problem-Solving
Scotland

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Lanarkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Broadband
General
1 7 (87.50%) Banking
2 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) QA Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Quality Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
1 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (12.50%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Coaching
1 6 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (75.00%) Emotional Intelligence
2 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Microservices
3 1 (12.50%) Observability
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow