Problem-Solving Job Trends in Staffordshire

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 5 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 101 153 151
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 8.99% 21.43% 13.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.15% 30.91% 16.10%
Number of salaries quoted 64 22 50
10th Percentile £24,500 £36,775 £22,750
25th Percentile £27,694 £38,438 £26,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £51,667 £36,750
Median % change year-on-year -17.74% +40.59% -2.00%
75th Percentile £58,125 £61,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £67,250 £68,625 £57,500
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -15.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 714 495 938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 63.58% 69.33% 82.72%
Number of salaries quoted 531 206 620
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,411 £23,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,580 £28,119
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,871 £42,000 £40,060
Median % change year-on-year +21.12% +4.84% -7.38%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,938 £56,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Staffordshire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Stoke-on-Trent -8 20 £47,500 -17.39% 6
Tamworth +1 19 £28,250 - 3
Stafford - 13 £47,500 - 4
Lichfield -6 7 £27,694 - 1
Cannock +1 3 £55,000 +44.74%
Burton-upon-Trent -11 3 £62,500 +51.52% 1
Problem-Solving
West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (8.91%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (4.95%) Skype for Business
4 4 (3.96%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (3.96%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (3.96%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.99%) Apache
5 1 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 8 (7.92%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.97%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.99%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 24 (23.76%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (13.86%) Azure
3 9 (8.91%) Power Platform
4 5 (4.95%) AWS
4 5 (4.95%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (3.96%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.98%) GCP
6 2 (1.98%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.98%) SaaS
7 1 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.99%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.99%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.92%) Internet
2 6 (5.94%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (4.95%) LAN
3 5 (4.95%) Skype
3 5 (4.95%) WAN
4 4 (3.96%) Bluetooth
5 3 (2.97%) Firewall
5 3 (2.97%) Network Security
6 2 (1.98%) DHCP
6 2 (1.98%) DNS
6 2 (1.98%) VPN
7 1 (0.99%) Modbus
7 1 (0.99%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.99%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.93%) Power BI
2 4 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (3.96%) Power Query
2 4 (3.96%) Star Schema
3 3 (2.97%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.97%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (2.97%) GIS
3 3 (2.97%) MySQL
3 3 (2.97%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (2.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.99%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.99%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (4.95%) Git
2 1 (0.99%) Carbide.c++
2 1 (0.99%) Eclipse
General
1 63 (62.38%) Social Skills
2 21 (20.79%) Manufacturing
3 19 (18.81%) Marketing
4 16 (15.84%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.94%) Finance
6 5 (4.95%) Electronics
6 5 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.96%) Automotive
7 4 (3.96%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.97%) Agriculture
9 2 (1.98%) Legal
10 1 (0.99%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.99%) Billing
10 1 (0.99%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (26.73%) Support Engineer
2 21 (20.79%) Technical Engineer
2 21 (20.79%) Technical Support
2 21 (20.79%) Technical Support Engineer
3 17 (16.83%) IT Support
4 12 (11.88%) Analyst
5 10 (9.90%) 1st Line Support
5 10 (9.90%) Senior
5 10 (9.90%) Support Analyst
6 8 (7.92%) Instructor
7 6 (5.94%) IT Engineer
7 6 (5.94%) IT Support Engineer
7 6 (5.94%) Lead
8 5 (4.95%) 1st Line Support Analyst
8 5 (4.95%) Developer
8 5 (4.95%) IT Analyst
8 5 (4.95%) IT Support Analyst
9 4 (3.96%) Architect
9 4 (3.96%) Hardware Engineer
9 4 (3.96%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.97%) AngularJS
1 3 (2.97%) React
2 2 (1.98%) Spring
2 2 (1.98%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.99%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.92%) Self-Motivation
1 8 (7.92%) Social Media
2 6 (5.94%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.96%) CAN bus
3 4 (3.96%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.96%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.97%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.98%) BYOD
6 1 (0.99%) EPoS
6 1 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.99%) IoT
6 1 (0.99%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.99%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.99%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 27 (26.73%) Windows
2 12 (11.88%) Windows 10
3 4 (3.96%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (3.96%) Windows 7
4 3 (2.97%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.98%) Android
5 2 (1.98%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (33.66%) Customer Service
2 30 (29.70%) Continuous Improvement
3 23 (22.77%) Customer Experience
4 18 (17.82%) Presales
5 11 (10.89%) ITIL
5 11 (10.89%) Software Engineering
6 9 (8.91%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (8.91%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (7.92%) Analytics
7 8 (7.92%) User Experience
8 7 (6.93%) Agile
8 7 (6.93%) Business Continuity
8 7 (6.93%) Strategic Planning
8 7 (6.93%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (5.94%) Collaborative Culture
9 6 (5.94%) Commercial Awareness
9 6 (5.94%) Project Delivery
9 6 (5.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (4.95%) Problem Management
10 5 (4.95%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 19 (18.81%) Ladder Logic
2 6 (5.94%) Java
3 5 (4.95%) C
3 5 (4.95%) Embedded C
3 5 (4.95%) Python
4 4 (3.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (3.96%) SQL
5 3 (2.97%) C#
5 3 (2.97%) Go
5 3 (2.97%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.97%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.99%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 12 (11.88%) DBS Check
1 12 (11.88%) Security Cleared
2 11 (10.89%) Degree
3 7 (6.93%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (1.98%) CCSP
5 2 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.98%) CISSP
5 2 (1.98%) HNC
5 2 (1.98%) HND
5 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.99%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.99%) APMG
6 1 (0.99%) APMP
6 1 (0.99%) CEH
6 1 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.99%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.95%) QA
2 4 (3.96%) GDPR
2 4 (3.96%) ISO 14001
2 4 (3.96%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.97%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.99%) PMO
4 1 (0.99%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (18.81%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.94%) Firmware
3 5 (4.95%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (6.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.96%) Functional Safety
3 2 (1.98%) Terraform
4 1 (0.99%) Ansible
Vendors
1 26 (25.74%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.90%) Dell
3 9 (8.91%) VMware
4 7 (6.93%) HP
5 6 (5.94%) McAfee
5 6 (5.94%) Sophos
6 3 (2.97%) Cisco
6 3 (2.97%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.98%) Apple
7 2 (1.98%) Samsung
8 1 (0.99%) Google
8 1 (0.99%) Salesforce