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 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 11 9
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 +6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 104 54 123
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 8.06% 9.36% 12.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.61% 13.81% 15.34%
Number of salaries quoted 77 35 50
10th Percentile £22,500 £27,750 £22,750
25th Percentile £27,694 £35,625 £25,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £50,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.00% +42.86% -12.50%
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,687 £44,063
90th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £57,500
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +17.65% -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 980 391 802
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 75.97% 67.76% 82.34%
Number of salaries quoted 511 268 564
10th Percentile £27,694 £28,822 £23,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £28,119
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,752 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £62,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £53,300 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.50% +6.60% -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 26 April 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 26 April 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
Tamworth +7 22 £31,500 - 3
Stafford +12 13 £16,000 -69.98% 3
Stoke-on-Trent -17 13 £37,500 -6.25% 10
Lichfield - 13 £27,694 -
Burton-upon-Trent -8 3 £62,500 +92.31% 1
Rugeley - 1 £85,000 - 2
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 6 (5.77%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.81%) Skype for Business
3 4 (3.85%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (3.85%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (3.85%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 12 (11.54%) Spreadsheet
2 8 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.92%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.96%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 24 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (10.58%) Azure
3 8 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 6 (5.77%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (5.77%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.92%) AWS
6 1 (0.96%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.96%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.96%) GCP
6 1 (0.96%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.96%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (16.35%) Internet
2 5 (4.81%) Skype
3 4 (3.85%) Bluetooth
3 4 (3.85%) DHCP
3 4 (3.85%) DNS
3 4 (3.85%) Firewall
3 4 (3.85%) VPN
4 3 (2.88%) Network Security
4 3 (2.88%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.96%) Modbus
6 1 (0.96%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.77%) Power BI
2 4 (3.85%) Power Query
2 4 (3.85%) Star Schema
3 3 (2.88%) GIS
4 2 (1.92%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.96%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.96%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (4.81%) Git
2 2 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 43 (41.35%) Social Skills
2 16 (15.38%) Manufacturing
3 15 (14.42%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (9.62%) Finance
4 10 (9.62%) Marketing
5 7 (6.73%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (5.77%) Automotive
7 5 (4.81%) Legal
8 4 (3.85%) Electronics
8 4 (3.85%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.88%) Retail
10 2 (1.92%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.92%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 25 (24.04%) Support Engineer
2 18 (17.31%) Technical Engineer
2 18 (17.31%) Technical Support
2 18 (17.31%) Technical Support Engineer
3 17 (16.35%) Instructor
4 14 (13.46%) Analyst
5 13 (12.50%) IT Support
6 11 (10.58%) Lead
7 9 (8.65%) Support Analyst
8 7 (6.73%) IT Engineer
8 7 (6.73%) IT Support Engineer
9 6 (5.77%) 1st Line Support
9 6 (5.77%) Senior
10 5 (4.81%) 1st Line Support Analyst
11 4 (3.85%) CRM Officer
11 4 (3.85%) Embedded Engineer
11 4 (3.85%) IT Analyst
11 4 (3.85%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 4 (3.85%) Software Engineer
11 4 (3.85%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.92%) .NET
1 2 (1.92%) WinForms
1 2 (1.92%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.35%) Social Media
2 9 (8.65%) Driving Licence
2 9 (8.65%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (6.73%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.85%) CAN bus
4 4 (3.85%) Web Conferencing
5 3 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.92%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.92%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.96%) EPoS
7 1 (0.96%) IoT
7 1 (0.96%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 40 (38.46%) Windows
2 13 (12.50%) Windows 10
3 5 (4.81%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.85%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (3.85%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
1 16 (15.38%) Customer Service
2 13 (12.50%) ITIL
2 13 (12.50%) Presales
3 12 (11.54%) Customer Experience
4 10 (9.62%) Software Engineering
5 7 (6.73%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (5.77%) Agile
6 6 (5.77%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (5.77%) CRM
6 6 (5.77%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (5.77%) Data Cleansing
6 6 (5.77%) IT Strategy
6 6 (5.77%) Process Improvement
6 6 (5.77%) Product Management
6 6 (5.77%) Project Management
6 6 (5.77%) Resource Allocation
6 6 (5.77%) Scrum
6 6 (5.77%) Strategic Planning
6 6 (5.77%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.58%) Ladder Logic
2 5 (4.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 5 (4.81%) Python
3 4 (3.85%) C
3 4 (3.85%) Embedded C
3 4 (3.85%) SQL
4 2 (1.92%) C#
4 2 (1.92%) Go
5 1 (0.96%) VB
5 1 (0.96%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (16.35%) DBS Check
2 6 (5.77%) Degree
2 6 (5.77%) SC Cleared
2 6 (5.77%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.88%) A+ Certification
4 2 (1.92%) HNC
4 2 (1.92%) HND
4 2 (1.92%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (0.96%) APMG
5 1 (0.96%) APMP
5 1 (0.96%) CCSP
5 1 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.96%) CISSP
5 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.69%) QA
2 6 (5.77%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.88%) SLA
4 1 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.96%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (16.35%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.81%) Firmware
3 4 (3.85%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.96%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 25 (24.04%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.62%) Dell
3 9 (8.65%) VMware
4 7 (6.73%) HP
5 6 (5.77%) McAfee
5 6 (5.77%) Sophos
6 3 (2.88%) Cisco
7 2 (1.92%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.92%) SAP
8 1 (0.96%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.96%) Symantec