Problem-Solving Jobs in South Wales

Problem Solving
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 11 13
Rank change year-on-year +7 +2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 341 176 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 40.16% 11.81% 14.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 49.06% 15.19% 14.92%
Number of salaries quoted 179 107 59
10th Percentile £14,102 £26,500 £29,550
25th Percentile £23,504 £34,500 £32,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £43,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -42.33% +8.75% -15.79%
75th Percentile - £52,101 £57,931
90th Percentile £55,000 £62,320 £78,000
Wales median annual salary £25,087 £42,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year -40.27% +7.69% -2.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 695 1,159 1,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 81.86% 77.79% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 418 756 554
10th Percentile £23,504 £28,290 £26,391
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,700 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,307 £47,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.91% +3.26% -8.00%
75th Percentile £67,218 £60,313 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,000 £72,433 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.96% - -5.26%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in South Wales

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in South Wales

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in South Wales over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in South Wales

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 Problem-Solving within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Glamorgan 0 80 £25,087 -29.33% 68
Vale of Glamorgan +1 59 £16,725 -31.74% 6
Cardiff +6 48 £27,500 -36.78% 282
Caerphilly 0 40 £25,087 +0.16% 5
Rhondda Cynon Taff - 39 £25,087 - 2
Newport -1 36 £25,087 -51.85% 280
Blaenau Gwent - 29 £25,087 -
Merthyr Tydfil - 18 £25,087 - 1
Gwent +3 11 £20,906 -47.41% 14
Monmouthshire - 3 £65,000 - 7
Bridgend +25 1 £28,000 -37.62% 7
Problem-Solving
Wales

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 4 (1.17%) Confluence
2 1 (0.29%) CMS
2 1 (0.29%) ColdFusion
2 1 (0.29%) Drupal
2 1 (0.29%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (2.93%) Mathcad
1 10 (2.93%) Simulink
2 9 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.29%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.29%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 7 (2.05%) Azure
2 4 (1.17%) IaaS
2 4 (1.17%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (1.17%) PaaS
2 4 (1.17%) SaaS
3 3 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (0.88%) GitHub
3 3 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (0.59%) AWS
5 1 (0.29%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.29%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 283 (82.99%) Broadband
2 13 (3.81%) IP Telephony
3 5 (1.47%) Network Security
4 4 (1.17%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (0.88%) Redis
2 2 (0.59%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.29%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 4 (1.17%) Git
1 4 (1.17%) JIRA
2 3 (0.88%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.29%) JUnit
General
1 288 (84.46%) Games
2 283 (82.99%) Banking
3 34 (9.97%) Social Skills
4 14 (4.11%) Finance
4 14 (4.11%) Telecoms
5 7 (2.05%) Marketing
5 7 (2.05%) Retail
6 5 (1.47%) Manufacturing
6 5 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (1.17%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (1.17%) Welsh Language
8 3 (0.88%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.29%) Advertising
9 1 (0.29%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 288 (84.46%) Customer Service Advisor
2 19 (5.57%) Senior
3 10 (2.93%) Mathematical Modeller
4 8 (2.35%) Telesales Executive
5 6 (1.76%) IT Manager
5 6 (1.76%) Senior Manager
6 5 (1.47%) Business Development Manager
6 5 (1.47%) Business Manager
6 5 (1.47%) Development Manager
6 5 (1.47%) IT Development Manager
6 5 (1.47%) QA Manager
6 5 (1.47%) Senior QA Manager
6 5 (1.47%) Telecoms Manager
7 4 (1.17%) Developer
7 4 (1.17%) Server Engineer
8 3 (0.88%) Backend Developer
8 3 (0.88%) Senior Backend Developer
8 3 (0.88%) Senior Developer
9 2 (0.59%) Analyst
9 2 (0.59%) Incident Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.88%) Django
1 3 (0.88%) FastAPI
1 3 (0.88%) Flask
1 3 (0.88%) GraphQL
1 3 (0.88%) Keycloak
1 3 (0.88%) OAuth
1 3 (0.88%) pytest
1 3 (0.88%) RESTful
1 3 (0.88%) SQLAlchemy
1 3 (0.88%) WebSockets
2 1 (0.29%) .NET
2 1 (0.29%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.29%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.29%) MSMQ
2 1 (0.29%) Node.js
2 1 (0.29%) React
2 1 (0.29%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.81%) Private Cloud
2 5 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (1.17%) IoT
4 3 (0.88%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.59%) Algorithms
5 2 (0.59%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (0.59%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (0.59%) Social Media
6 1 (0.29%) Blog
6 1 (0.29%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.29%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.29%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.29%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.29%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.29%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.29%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.47%) Windows
2 4 (1.17%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (87.10%) Customer Service
2 11 (3.23%) Mathematics
3 10 (2.93%) Mathematical Modelling
3 10 (2.93%) Performance Analysis
3 10 (2.93%) Systems Engineering
3 10 (2.93%) Validation
3 10 (2.93%) Verification and Validation
4 9 (2.64%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (2.64%) Decision-Making
5 8 (2.35%) Telesales
6 7 (2.05%) Business Development
6 7 (2.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (1.76%) Business Strategy
7 6 (1.76%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (1.76%) ITIL
8 5 (1.47%) Cloud Security
8 5 (1.47%) Customer Acquisition
8 5 (1.47%) Customer Requirements
8 5 (1.47%) Internal Audit
8 5 (1.47%) Lead Generation
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.11%) Python
2 10 (2.93%) MATLAB
3 4 (1.17%) SQL
4 1 (0.29%) Java
4 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.29%) VB.NET
4 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (3.81%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (1.47%) Degree
2 5 (1.47%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.17%) Azure Certification
3 4 (1.17%) DBS Check
3 4 (1.17%) MCSA
3 4 (1.17%) MCSE
3 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.59%) GCIH
4 2 (0.59%) GIAC
4 2 (0.59%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.29%) CISA
5 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.29%) MRICS
5 1 (0.29%) PMP
5 1 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (0.29%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 6 (1.76%) QA
3 4 (1.17%) SLA
4 1 (0.29%) GRC
4 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (1.47%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.17%) Docker
2 4 (1.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (0.88%) Grafana
1 3 (0.88%) Kubernetes
1 3 (0.88%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 283 (82.99%) BT
2 17 (4.99%) Microsoft
3 10 (2.93%) MathWorks
4 5 (1.47%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.29%) Ariba
5 1 (0.29%) Google
5 1 (0.29%) Instagram
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle
5 1 (0.29%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.29%) SAP
5 1 (0.29%) Twitter