Problem-Solving Jobs in the South West

Problem Solving
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 16 15
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,201 792 1,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.66% 12.73% 14.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.66% 13.45% 14.92%
Number of salaries quoted 645 500 663
10th Percentile £25,850 £26,677 £27,357
25th Percentile £33,500 £34,723 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,470 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.93% +12.16% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,800 5,890 8,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 77.33% 94.65% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 4,670 3,616 5,274
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,188 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +4.35%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the South West

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the South West

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the South West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the South West

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Bristol 0 330 £52,500 -8.70% 94
Dorset +13 230 £50,000 - 45
Gloucestershire +13 223 £50,000 -4.76% 87
Wiltshire +16 176 £50,000 -1.38% 42
Devon +5 132 £37,500 -6.25% 40
Somerset +23 79 £43,750 -3.18% 83
Cornwall -6 25 £27,500 -33.33% 17
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 40 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.67%) Apache
3 17 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.83%) CMS
5 9 (0.75%) Confluence
6 8 (0.67%) ArcGIS
7 7 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.58%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.58%) Umbraco
7 7 (0.58%) WordPress
8 6 (0.50%) Luigi
8 6 (0.50%) SAS
9 5 (0.42%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.33%) Oracle Application Server
11 3 (0.25%) NServiceBus
11 3 (0.25%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.083%) JOnAS
12 1 (0.083%) WinCC
Applications
1 85 (7.08%) Microsoft Office
2 68 (5.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 66 (5.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.75%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.67%) GNU Octave
6 6 (0.50%) Trello
7 5 (0.42%) SOLIDWORKS
8 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.33%) OrCAD
8 4 (0.33%) Sketch
9 3 (0.25%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.25%) Oracle Smart View
10 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.083%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.083%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 8 (0.67%) Magento
2 6 (0.50%) Maximo
3 5 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.42%) Shopify
4 3 (0.25%) HFM
4 3 (0.25%) Hyperion Planning
5 2 (0.17%) iTrent
5 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.17%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.083%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.083%) SAP R/3
6 1 (0.083%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 202 (16.82%) Azure
2 131 (10.91%) AWS
3 85 (7.08%) GCP
4 81 (6.74%) Microsoft 365
5 66 (5.50%) Azure DevOps
6 64 (5.33%) Power Platform
7 31 (2.58%) GitHub
8 24 (2.00%) SaaS
9 19 (1.58%) Power Automate
10 16 (1.33%) Entra ID
11 15 (1.25%) PowerApps
12 13 (1.08%) Snowflake
13 10 (0.83%) Amazon S3
13 10 (0.83%) IaaS
13 10 (0.83%) Serverless
14 9 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (0.67%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (0.67%) Miro
15 8 (0.67%) npm
16 7 (0.58%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 54 (4.50%) WAN
2 51 (4.25%) Firewall
3 46 (3.83%) TCP/IP
4 40 (3.33%) 5G
4 40 (3.33%) SD-WAN
5 31 (2.58%) Internet
6 27 (2.25%) Network Security
7 21 (1.75%) VLAN
8 20 (1.67%) DNS
9 19 (1.58%) LAN
10 17 (1.42%) Wireless
11 16 (1.33%) VPN
12 15 (1.25%) HTTP
13 11 (0.92%) DHCP
13 11 (0.92%) Wireshark
14 8 (0.67%) OFDM
14 8 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
14 8 (0.67%) SMTP
15 7 (0.58%) Ethernet
15 7 (0.58%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (5.16%) BigQuery
1 62 (5.16%) Looker
2 54 (4.50%) Data Warehouse
3 46 (3.83%) Power BI
4 40 (3.33%) SQL Server
4 40 (3.33%) Tableau
5 21 (1.75%) Big Data
5 21 (1.75%) MongoDB
6 20 (1.67%) Relational Database
7 16 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
8 15 (1.25%) MySQL
9 11 (0.92%) NoSQL
9 11 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (0.83%) BusinessObjects
10 10 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (0.83%) Star Schema
11 9 (0.75%) Redis
12 8 (0.67%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.67%) Qlik Sense
13 7 (0.58%) Bigtable
Development Applications
1 66 (5.50%) Git
2 39 (3.25%) JIRA
3 27 (2.25%) LabVIEW
4 20 (1.67%) Visual Studio
5 15 (1.25%) Jenkins
6 12 (1.00%) Cucumber
7 11 (0.92%) IDA Disassembler
7 11 (0.92%) Selenium
8 9 (0.75%) Storybook
9 8 (0.67%) TeamCity
9 8 (0.67%) webpack
10 7 (0.58%) Eclipse
10 7 (0.58%) NetBeans
11 5 (0.42%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.42%) Rational Rhapsody
12 4 (0.33%) IntelliJ
12 4 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
13 3 (0.25%) JMeter
13 3 (0.25%) Robot Framework
13 3 (0.25%) SonarQube
General
1 558 (46.46%) Social Skills
2 415 (34.55%) Analytical Skills
3 283 (23.56%) Finance
4 183 (15.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 163 (13.57%) Law
6 131 (10.91%) Banking
7 115 (9.58%) Investment Banking
8 103 (8.58%) Presentation Skills
9 74 (6.16%) Retail
10 60 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
11 55 (4.58%) Electronics
11 55 (4.58%) Legal
11 55 (4.58%) Marketing
12 52 (4.33%) Billing
13 50 (4.16%) Manufacturing
14 29 (2.41%) Public Sector
15 27 (2.25%) Front Office
16 26 (2.16%) Aerospace
17 22 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
17 22 (1.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 162 (13.49%) Analyst
2 159 (13.24%) Senior
3 147 (12.24%) Developer
4 80 (6.66%) Lead
5 77 (6.41%) Software Engineer
6 63 (5.25%) Consultant
7 54 (4.50%) IT Support
8 48 (4.00%) Project Manager
9 47 (3.91%) Data Manager
10 46 (3.83%) IT Technician
11 42 (3.50%) Architect
12 41 (3.41%) Software Developer
13 37 (3.08%) Engineering Manager
13 37 (3.08%) Senior Developer
14 34 (2.83%) Support Engineer
15 31 (2.58%) Data Engineer
16 29 (2.41%) Senior Manager
16 29 (2.41%) Technical Consultant
17 28 (2.33%) Principal Engineer
17 28 (2.33%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (5.00%) HTML
2 57 (4.75%) .NET
3 48 (4.00%) CSS
4 42 (3.50%) React
5 40 (3.33%) AngularJS
6 23 (1.92%) Node.js
7 19 (1.58%) .NET Framework
8 18 (1.50%) Vue
9 16 (1.33%) .NET Core
9 16 (1.33%) PySpark
10 15 (1.25%) ASP.NET
11 13 (1.08%) jQuery
11 13 (1.08%) pytest
12 12 (1.00%) Gherkin
12 12 (1.00%) SOAP
12 12 (1.00%) WPF
12 12 (1.00%) XML
13 11 (0.92%) REST
13 11 (0.92%) RESTful
13 11 (0.92%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 141 (11.74%) Self-Motivation
2 62 (5.16%) Product Ownership
3 56 (4.66%) Management Information System
4 43 (3.58%) Driving Licence
5 37 (3.08%) Onboarding
6 27 (2.25%) Algorithms
7 26 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 25 (2.08%) Cyberattack
8 25 (2.08%) Data Centre
9 24 (2.00%) FPGA
9 24 (2.00%) GNSS
10 22 (1.83%) Derivative
10 22 (1.83%) Robotics
11 20 (1.67%) Credit Risk
12 17 (1.42%) Mobile App
12 17 (1.42%) VHDL
13 16 (1.33%) Reinsurance
14 15 (1.25%) Replication
15 10 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
16 9 (0.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 191 (15.90%) Windows
2 137 (11.41%) Linux
3 41 (3.41%) Windows 10
4 37 (3.08%) Unix
5 32 (2.66%) Windows Server
6 22 (1.83%) Apple iOS
7 16 (1.33%) Ubuntu
8 14 (1.17%) Android
9 12 (1.00%) Mac OS
9 12 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 11 (0.92%) Kali Linux
11 10 (0.83%) CentOS
12 9 (0.75%) Debian
13 8 (0.67%) VMS
14 7 (0.58%) AIX
15 4 (0.33%) Data ONTAP
15 4 (0.33%) Mac OS X
15 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
16 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
17 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (24.73%) Agile
2 176 (14.65%) Project Management
3 161 (13.41%) Mentoring
4 151 (12.57%) Computer Science
4 151 (12.57%) DevOps
5 144 (11.99%) Software Engineering
6 135 (11.24%) Customer Service
7 109 (9.08%) Test Automation
8 104 (8.66%) Analytics
9 93 (7.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 90 (7.49%) Data Engineering
11 83 (6.91%) CI/CD
11 83 (6.91%) Coaching
12 82 (6.83%) ITIL
12 82 (6.83%) Scrum
13 77 (6.41%) Decision-Making
14 76 (6.33%) B2B
14 76 (6.33%) Project Delivery
14 76 (6.33%) User Experience
15 72 (6.00%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 177 (14.74%) Python
2 131 (10.91%) SQL
3 112 (9.33%) JavaScript
4 87 (7.24%) C++
5 83 (6.91%) C#
6 72 (6.00%) Java
7 68 (5.66%) C
8 43 (3.58%) MATLAB
9 35 (2.91%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.92%) PHP
10 23 (1.92%) R
11 22 (1.83%) PowerShell
11 22 (1.83%) VB
12 21 (1.75%) Bash
13 15 (1.25%) Perl
14 13 (1.08%) T-SQL
15 9 (0.75%) Scala
16 8 (0.67%) Embedded C++
16 8 (0.67%) Tcl
17 7 (0.58%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 381 (31.72%) Degree
2 168 (13.99%) Security Cleared
3 87 (7.24%) SC Cleared
4 78 (6.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 50 (4.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 42 (3.50%) DV Cleared
7 38 (3.16%) A+ Certification
8 33 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 32 (2.66%) DBS Check
10 30 (2.50%) Master's Degree
11 21 (1.75%) HND
12 15 (1.25%) CEH
12 15 (1.25%) ISTQB
13 13 (1.08%) ACCA
14 12 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (1.00%) MCP
15 11 (0.92%) CCNP
15 11 (0.92%) CISSP
16 10 (0.83%) CISM
16 10 (0.83%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (8.33%) QA
2 51 (4.25%) Data Quality
3 36 (3.00%) GDPR
4 25 (2.08%) PMO
5 18 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 18 (1.50%) SLA
6 16 (1.33%) ISO 9001
7 13 (1.08%) GAAP
7 13 (1.08%) IFRS
8 11 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 10 (0.83%) NIST
10 9 (0.75%) ISO 22301
11 8 (0.67%) Accessibility
11 8 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.50%) TickIT
13 5 (0.42%) SEPA
13 5 (0.42%) TARGET2
13 5 (0.42%) WCAG
14 3 (0.25%) Def Stans
14 3 (0.25%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 82 (6.83%) Active Directory
2 46 (3.83%) Docker
3 32 (2.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (1.83%) Firmware
6 18 (1.50%) Hyper-V
7 17 (1.42%) Embedded Firmware
8 13 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (0.67%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 5 (0.42%) vSphere
11 4 (0.33%) Lustre
11 4 (0.33%) NFS
12 3 (0.25%) Kamailio
12 3 (0.25%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.083%) KVM
13 1 (0.083%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.083%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.083%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 32 (2.66%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.41%) Ansible
3 28 (2.33%) Terraform
4 12 (1.00%) SCCM
5 7 (0.58%) Grafana
5 7 (0.58%) Nagios
5 7 (0.58%) Puppet
6 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
7 5 (0.42%) Graphite
7 5 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.42%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.25%) SCOM
9 2 (0.17%) CASB
9 2 (0.17%) Icinga
9 2 (0.17%) Opsview
9 2 (0.17%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 277 (23.06%) Microsoft
2 79 (6.58%) Google
3 54 (4.50%) VMware
4 33 (2.75%) Oracle
5 21 (1.75%) Databricks
6 16 (1.33%) Salesforce
7 15 (1.25%) CA
7 15 (1.25%) Cisco
8 14 (1.17%) Atlassian
9 12 (1.00%) Red Hat
10 11 (0.92%) Adobe
10 11 (0.92%) Alteryx
11 10 (0.83%) IBM
11 10 (0.83%) SAP
11 10 (0.83%) Xamarin
12 8 (0.67%) Altera
12 8 (0.67%) Green Hills
12 8 (0.67%) Motorola
12 8 (0.67%) UiPath
12 8 (0.67%) Xilinx