Creative Problem-Solving Job Trends in South Wales

Creative Problem-Solving
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Creative Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 - 72
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.13% - 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% - 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £66,375
25th Percentile - - £68,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £76,250
75th Percentile - - £83,438
90th Percentile - - £85,125
Wales median annual salary - £49,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -29.29% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

Creative 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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 611 598 606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 82.35% 69.05% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 459 351 471
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,569 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
Wales median annual salary £48,122 £47,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year +1.31% +2.15% -7.00%

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Creative Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in South Wales

Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Creative Problem-Solving

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Cardiff - 1 - - 1
Creative Problem-Solving
Wales

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture