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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 4 7
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 +13
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 87 154 126
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 7.35% 20.62% 13.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.68% 29.39% 16.41%
Number of salaries quoted 57 21 35
10th Percentile £24,500 £26,968 £22,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,447 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.67% +37.19% -6.25%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £54,375
90th Percentile £69,250 £68,750 £57,500
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £44,272 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -6.80% -5.00%

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 745 524 768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 62.92% 70.15% 81.18%
Number of salaries quoted 563 213 473
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,580 £28,119
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £40,060
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +6.09% -7.38%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £58,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £74,300 £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £51,200 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.42% -2.48% -

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 August 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 August 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 +2 20 £25,000 - 3
Stoke-on-Trent -6 20 £51,250 -10.87% 11
Stafford - 12 £47,500 - 9
Cannock +3 5 £55,000 +44.74% 4
Lichfield -8 2 £42,000 - 2
Burton-upon-Trent -10 1 £62,500 +51.52% 6
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 (11.49%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (5.75%) Skype for Business
4 2 (2.30%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (2.30%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (2.30%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (2.30%) IIS
5 1 (1.15%) Apache
5 1 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.30%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 19 (21.84%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (12.64%) Azure
3 10 (11.49%) Power Platform
4 5 (5.75%) AWS
5 2 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.30%) GCP
5 2 (2.30%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.30%) SaaS
6 1 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.15%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.15%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.15%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.75%) LAN
1 5 (5.75%) Skype
1 5 (5.75%) WAN
2 4 (4.60%) Bluetooth
2 4 (4.60%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (2.30%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.15%) DHCP
4 1 (1.15%) DNS
4 1 (1.15%) Firewall
4 1 (1.15%) Network Security
4 1 (1.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.34%) Power BI
2 4 (4.60%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (4.60%) Power Query
2 4 (4.60%) Star Schema
3 3 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (3.45%) MySQL
3 3 (3.45%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.15%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.15%) GIS
4 1 (1.15%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (5.75%) Git
2 2 (2.30%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.15%) Carbide.c++
General
1 62 (71.26%) Social Skills
2 20 (22.99%) Manufacturing
3 16 (18.39%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (17.24%) Marketing
5 6 (6.90%) Electronics
6 4 (4.60%) Automotive
6 4 (4.60%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.45%) Agriculture
7 3 (3.45%) Finance
8 2 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.15%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.15%) Billing
Job Titles
1 21 (24.14%) Support Engineer
2 18 (20.69%) Technical Engineer
2 18 (20.69%) Technical Support
2 18 (20.69%) Technical Support Engineer
3 15 (17.24%) IT Support
4 13 (14.94%) 1st Line Support
5 12 (13.79%) Analyst
6 11 (12.64%) Support Analyst
7 10 (11.49%) Senior
8 5 (5.75%) 1st Line Support Analyst
8 5 (5.75%) Developer
9 4 (4.60%) Embedded Engineer
9 4 (4.60%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 4 (4.60%) Hardware Engineer
9 4 (4.60%) IT Analyst
9 4 (4.60%) IT Support Analyst
9 4 (4.60%) Principal Engineer
9 4 (4.60%) Principal Hardware Engineer
9 4 (4.60%) Senior Software Engineer
9 4 (4.60%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.45%) AngularJS
1 3 (3.45%) React
2 2 (2.30%) Spring
2 2 (2.30%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.15%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (4.60%) CAN bus
3 3 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.45%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.45%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.45%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.30%) BYOD
4 2 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.15%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.15%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (20.69%) Windows
2 9 (10.34%) Windows 10
3 4 (4.60%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (4.60%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.30%) Android
4 2 (2.30%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.30%) Windows 7
4 2 (2.30%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (39.08%) Continuous Improvement
2 33 (37.93%) Customer Service
3 19 (21.84%) Customer Experience
4 15 (17.24%) Presales
5 11 (12.64%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (12.64%) User Experience
6 10 (11.49%) Analytics
7 8 (9.20%) Commercial Awareness
7 8 (9.20%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (9.20%) ITIL
7 8 (9.20%) Software Engineering
8 7 (8.05%) Business Continuity
8 7 (8.05%) ERP
8 7 (8.05%) Project Delivery
9 6 (6.90%) Collaborative Culture
9 6 (6.90%) Decision-Making
10 5 (5.75%) Data Engineering
10 5 (5.75%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (5.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (5.75%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 18 (20.69%) Ladder Logic
2 7 (8.05%) Java
3 6 (6.90%) C
3 6 (6.90%) Embedded C
3 6 (6.90%) SQL
4 5 (5.75%) Python
5 4 (4.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (3.45%) C#
6 3 (3.45%) Go
6 3 (3.45%) PowerShell
6 3 (3.45%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.30%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 12 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 11 (12.64%) Degree
3 7 (8.05%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.60%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (4.60%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (2.30%) CCSP
5 2 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.30%) CISSP
5 2 (2.30%) HNC
5 2 (2.30%) HND
5 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.15%) APMG
6 1 (1.15%) APMP
6 1 (1.15%) CEH
6 1 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.75%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.60%) GDPR
2 4 (4.60%) ISO 14001
2 4 (4.60%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.30%) QA
4 1 (1.15%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (17.24%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.90%) Embedded Firmware
2 6 (6.90%) Firmware
3 2 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.30%) vSphere
3 2 (2.30%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.60%) Functional Safety
3 2 (2.30%) Terraform
4 1 (1.15%) Ansible
Vendors
1 23 (26.44%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.49%) Dell
3 9 (10.34%) VMware
4 8 (9.20%) Sophos
5 6 (6.90%) McAfee
6 3 (3.45%) HP
6 3 (3.45%) HubSpot
7 2 (2.30%) Apple
7 2 (2.30%) Citrix
7 2 (2.30%) Mitel
7 2 (2.30%) Samsung
8 1 (1.15%) Cisco
8 1 (1.15%) Google