Problem-Solving Jobs in Southampton

Problem Solving
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 5 21
Rank change year-on-year 0 +16 -3
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 51 133 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 15.13% 15.59% 9.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.78% 18.84% 9.58%
Number of salaries quoted 40 108 52
10th Percentile £30,875 £29,625 £22,000
25th Percentile £35,375 £31,250 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - -
75th Percentile £63,125 £56,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £65,000 £72,000
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 304 706 741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 90.21% 82.77% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 237 607 551
10th Percentile £30,300 £28,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £80,000
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -6.54% -0.47%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Southampton

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Southampton

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Southampton

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Southampton over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Southampton

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Applications
1 8 (15.69%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.96%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.96%) Elite 3E
2 1 (1.96%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 17 (33.33%) Azure
2 9 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (15.69%) Power Platform
4 6 (11.76%) Mimecast
5 5 (9.80%) AWS
6 2 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.92%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (3.92%) Azure Machine Learning
6 2 (3.92%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (3.92%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.92%) IaaS
6 2 (3.92%) PaaS
6 2 (3.92%) SaaS
7 1 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.92%) Firewall
2 1 (1.96%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.92%) MongoDB
2 2 (3.92%) Power BI
3 1 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.96%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.96%) MySQL
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.96%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Git
1 1 (1.96%) GitLab
1 1 (1.96%) Visual Studio
General
1 37 (72.55%) Social Skills
2 12 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (21.57%) Manufacturing
4 9 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (11.76%) Finance
6 2 (3.92%) Legal
7 1 (1.96%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.96%) Automotive
7 1 (1.96%) Law
7 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 8 (15.69%) Support Engineer
2 7 (13.73%) IT Manager
2 7 (13.73%) Project Manager
3 6 (11.76%) Desktop Engineer
3 6 (11.76%) Desktop Support
3 6 (11.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 6 (11.76%) Project Engineer
3 6 (11.76%) Project Support Engineer
3 6 (11.76%) Technical Manager
4 5 (9.80%) Lead
5 3 (5.88%) IT Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) Senior
5 3 (5.88%) Software Team Leader
5 3 (5.88%) Team Leader
6 2 (3.92%) Architect
6 2 (3.92%) Business Development Manager
6 2 (3.92%) Chief Architect
6 2 (3.92%) IT Support
6 2 (3.92%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (3.92%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) .NET
1 2 (3.92%) .NET Core
1 2 (3.92%) .NET Framework
1 2 (3.92%) ASP.NET
1 2 (3.92%) Blazor
1 2 (3.92%) Node.js
1 2 (3.92%) React
2 1 (1.96%) FastAPI
2 1 (1.96%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.96%) Next.js
2 1 (1.96%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.96%) REST
2 1 (1.96%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) Virtual Team
2 6 (11.76%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.88%) IoT
4 2 (3.92%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.96%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.96%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.96%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.96%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.96%) Unix
1 1 (1.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (33.33%) Project Management
2 15 (29.41%) Service Delivery
3 12 (23.53%) Process Improvement
4 10 (19.61%) Collaborative Working
4 10 (19.61%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (19.61%) CRM
5 9 (17.65%) Project Delivery
6 8 (15.69%) Agile
6 8 (15.69%) ITIL
7 7 (13.73%) Coaching
8 6 (11.76%) Client Onboarding
8 6 (11.76%) Decision-Making
8 6 (11.76%) Line Management
8 6 (11.76%) Performance Metrics
8 6 (11.76%) Service Management
9 5 (9.80%) Containerisation
9 5 (9.80%) Test Automation
10 4 (7.84%) Deployment Automation
10 4 (7.84%) Email Filtering
10 4 (7.84%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.80%) C#
2 4 (7.84%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.84%) SQL
3 3 (5.88%) Java
3 3 (5.88%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.88%) Rust
4 2 (3.92%) Python
5 1 (1.96%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.96%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (17.65%) Degree
2 7 (13.73%) PMI Certification
2 7 (13.73%) PMP
3 6 (11.76%) NVQ Level 3
3 6 (11.76%) NVQ Level 4
4 5 (9.80%) Azure Certification
5 2 (3.92%) CEH
5 2 (3.92%) CISSP
5 2 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.96%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.96%) ACCA
6 1 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.96%) CCNA
6 1 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.96%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.96%) MCSE
6 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) GDPR
2 2 (3.92%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.96%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.96%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.76%) Cisco
2 6 (11.76%) Meraki
3 5 (9.80%) Oracle
4 3 (5.88%) Salesforce
4 3 (5.88%) SAP
5 1 (1.96%) Aderant
5 1 (1.96%) Citrix
5 1 (1.96%) Databricks
5 1 (1.96%) Dell
5 1 (1.96%) IBM