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 6 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 90 162 136
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 7.49% 21.34% 14.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.03% 29.78% 18.50%
Number of salaries quoted 54 31 34
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £42,003
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +7.14% +17.84%
75th Percentile £57,500 £59,375 £54,688
90th Percentile £69,625 £67,500 £57,500
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £43,553 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.42% -12.90% -

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 748 544 735
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 62.23% 71.67% 80.86%
Number of salaries quoted 551 225 445
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,580 £28,822
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £40,060
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +12.33% -7.38%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £58,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -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 6 September 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 6 September 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 -6 21 £51,250 -10.87% 17
Tamworth +1 18 £37,500 - 6
Stafford -1 17 £47,500 +5.56% 12
Cannock +5 5 £55,000 - 2
Lichfield -7 2 £42,000 - 1
Burton-upon-Trent -11 1 £62,500 +160.42% 5
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 10 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.56%) Skype for Business
3 2 (2.22%) IIS
4 1 (1.11%) Apache
4 1 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (6.67%) Simulink
2 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.11%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.11%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 16 (17.78%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (12.22%) Azure
3 10 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 6 (6.67%) AWS
5 3 (3.33%) GCP
5 3 (3.33%) SaaS
6 2 (2.22%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.11%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.11%) IaaS
7 1 (1.11%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.11%) PaaS
7 1 (1.11%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.67%) Wireshark
2 5 (5.56%) LAN
2 5 (5.56%) Skype
2 5 (5.56%) WAN
3 4 (4.44%) Bluetooth
3 4 (4.44%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.11%) DHCP
4 1 (1.11%) DNS
4 1 (1.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.00%) Power BI
2 4 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (4.44%) Power Query
2 4 (4.44%) Star Schema
3 3 (3.33%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (3.33%) MySQL
3 3 (3.33%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (3.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.11%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.11%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 6 (6.67%) Eclipse
2 5 (5.56%) Git
3 1 (1.11%) Carbide.c++
General
1 68 (75.56%) Social Skills
2 21 (23.33%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (22.22%) Manufacturing
4 15 (16.67%) Marketing
5 10 (11.11%) Electronics
6 4 (4.44%) Automotive
6 4 (4.44%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.33%) Agriculture
7 3 (3.33%) Finance
8 1 (1.11%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.11%) Billing
8 1 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (21.11%) Support Engineer
2 18 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
2 18 (20.00%) Technical Support
2 18 (20.00%) Technical Support Engineer
3 13 (14.44%) 1st Line Support
3 13 (14.44%) IT Support
4 12 (13.33%) Analyst
5 11 (12.22%) Support Analyst
6 10 (11.11%) Senior
7 6 (6.67%) Applications Engineer
7 6 (6.67%) Lead
8 5 (5.56%) 1st Line Support Analyst
8 5 (5.56%) Developer
9 4 (4.44%) Business Manager
9 4 (4.44%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 4 (4.44%) Hardware Engineer
9 4 (4.44%) IT Support Analyst
9 4 (4.44%) Principal Engineer
9 4 (4.44%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 4 (4.44%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.33%) AngularJS
1 3 (3.33%) React
2 2 (2.22%) Spring
2 2 (2.22%) Spring Boot
2 2 (2.22%) Terraform
3 1 (1.11%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.78%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (4.44%) CAN bus
2 4 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.33%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.33%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.33%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.22%) BYOD
5 1 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.11%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.11%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (17.78%) Windows
2 7 (7.78%) Windows 10
3 4 (4.44%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (4.44%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.22%) Android
4 2 (2.22%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (38.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 33 (36.67%) Customer Service
3 19 (21.11%) Customer Experience
4 15 (16.67%) Presales
5 12 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (12.22%) Business Intelligence
6 11 (12.22%) User Experience
7 10 (11.11%) Analytics
8 9 (10.00%) Agile
9 8 (8.89%) Commercial Awareness
9 8 (8.89%) Software Engineering
10 7 (7.78%) Business Continuity
10 7 (7.78%) ERP
10 7 (7.78%) ITIL
10 7 (7.78%) Project Delivery
10 7 (7.78%) Validation
11 6 (6.67%) Product Requirements
11 6 (6.67%) Regression Testing
11 6 (6.67%) Scrum
11 6 (6.67%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (20.00%) Ladder Logic
2 11 (12.22%) Java
3 10 (11.11%) C
3 10 (11.11%) Embedded C
4 6 (6.67%) MATLAB
4 6 (6.67%) SQL
5 5 (5.56%) Python
6 4 (4.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (3.33%) C#
7 3 (3.33%) Go
7 3 (3.33%) PowerShell
7 3 (3.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (16.67%) Degree
2 12 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 7 (7.78%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (4.44%) DBS Check
5 3 (3.33%) HNC
5 3 (3.33%) HND
6 2 (2.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (2.22%) CCSP
6 2 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.22%) CISSP
6 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.11%) APMG
7 1 (1.11%) APMP
7 1 (1.11%) CEH
7 1 (1.11%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.44%) GDPR
2 4 (4.44%) ISO 14001
2 4 (4.44%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.22%) QA
4 1 (1.11%) PMO
4 1 (1.11%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 10 (11.11%) Embedded Firmware
2 10 (11.11%) Firmware
3 2 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.22%) vSphere
3 2 (2.22%) XenApp
4 1 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.44%) Functional Safety
2 3 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.11%) Ansible
Vendors
1 20 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.89%) Dell
2 8 (8.89%) Sophos
2 8 (8.89%) VMware
3 6 (6.67%) McAfee
4 3 (3.33%) HubSpot
5 2 (2.22%) Apple
5 2 (2.22%) Citrix
5 2 (2.22%) Mitel
5 2 (2.22%) Samsung
6 1 (1.11%) Google