Problem-Solving Jobs in Staffordshire

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 17 13
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 128 61 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 12.88% 11.25% 11.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.59% 11.80% 13.08%
Number of salaries quoted 52 29 36
10th Percentile £22,750 £22,000 £26,875
25th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -15.79% +61.02%
75th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £75,040
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 821 517 543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 82.60% 95.39% 89.16%
Number of salaries quoted 578 372 388
10th Percentile £23,500 £23,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £28,119 £32,000 £33,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - +14.23%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,063 £54,043
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £53,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.50% +5.26%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Staffordshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Staffordshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024. 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 29 £30,000 -25.00% 23
Cannock +5 29 £31,750 -32.75% 6
Tamworth - 9 £52,500 - 9
Stafford 0 8 £28,750 - 9
Lichfield +10 6 £25,500 -51.43% 9
Burton-upon-Trent +3 6 £29,500 -46.36% 6
Leek +1 6 £35,000 +59.09% 3
Rugeley - 4 - -
Burntwood - 4 - - 2
Cradley Heath - 4 - - 1
Uttoxeter - 4 - -
Problem-Solving
West Midlands

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

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 55 (42.97%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (6.25%) AutoCAD
3 4 (3.13%) EPLAN
4 3 (2.34%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.56%) Revit
6 1 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.94%) Azure
2 9 (7.03%) Power Platform
3 8 (6.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 7 (5.47%) Power Automate
5 6 (4.69%) Matillion
5 6 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (4.69%) Snowflake
6 5 (3.91%) AWS
7 4 (3.13%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.56%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.56%) Google Analytics
9 2 (1.56%) PaaS
10 1 (0.78%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.13%) LAN
2 3 (2.34%) DHCP
2 3 (2.34%) DNS
2 3 (2.34%) Firewall
2 3 (2.34%) HTTP
2 3 (2.34%) Internet
3 2 (1.56%) Broadband
3 2 (1.56%) VLAN
3 2 (1.56%) WAN
3 2 (1.56%) Wireless
4 1 (0.78%) Network Security
4 1 (0.78%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.78%) VSAN
4 1 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.72%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.03%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (6.25%) Power BI
4 6 (4.69%) Data Lake
4 6 (4.69%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (4.69%) Star Schema
5 5 (3.91%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (2.34%) MySQL
7 2 (1.56%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.56%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.56%) PowerCenter
7 2 (1.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 6 (4.69%) GitLab
2 3 (2.34%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.56%) Git
3 2 (1.56%) Toad
4 1 (0.78%) Balsamiq
General
1 85 (66.41%) Social Skills
2 70 (54.69%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (38.28%) Organisational Skills
4 44 (34.38%) Influencing Skills
5 16 (12.50%) Finance
6 13 (10.16%) Retail
7 7 (5.47%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.34%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.78%) Electronics
9 1 (0.78%) Law
9 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 66 (51.56%) Analyst
2 48 (37.50%) Product Analyst
3 44 (34.38%) Sales Analyst
4 14 (10.94%) Developer
5 10 (7.81%) Support Analyst
6 8 (6.25%) 1st Line Support
7 7 (5.47%) Software Developer
8 6 (4.69%) Data Engineer
9 5 (3.91%) Graduate
10 4 (3.13%) Asset Management Analyst
10 4 (3.13%) First Line Help Desk Support
10 4 (3.13%) Graduate Software Engineer
10 4 (3.13%) Hardware Engineer
10 4 (3.13%) Help Desk Support
10 4 (3.13%) Senior
10 4 (3.13%) Software Engineer
10 4 (3.13%) Technical Analyst
10 4 (3.13%) Technical Leader
10 4 (3.13%) Technical Support
10 4 (3.13%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.16%) .NET
2 8 (6.25%) HTML
3 5 (3.91%) CSS
4 3 (2.34%) .NET Framework
4 3 (2.34%) Entity Framework
4 3 (2.34%) REST
4 3 (2.34%) WPF
4 3 (2.34%) XML
4 3 (2.34%) XSLT
5 2 (1.56%) Laravel
5 2 (1.56%) Vue
6 1 (0.78%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.78%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.78%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.78%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.78%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.03%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (6.25%) Driving Licence
3 6 (4.69%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.13%) Operational Technology
4 4 (3.13%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (3.13%) Robotics
5 3 (2.34%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.56%) EPoS
6 2 (1.56%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.56%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.50%) Windows
2 9 (7.03%) Windows Server
3 7 (5.47%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.56%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (50.78%) Customer Service
2 55 (42.97%) Mathematics
3 54 (42.19%) Continuous Improvement
4 44 (34.38%) Customer Requirements
5 14 (10.94%) Analytics
6 11 (8.59%) Computer Science
6 11 (8.59%) Data Modelling
7 9 (7.03%) ETL
8 8 (6.25%) Agile
8 8 (6.25%) CAD
8 8 (6.25%) Change Management
8 8 (6.25%) Data Analytics
8 8 (6.25%) ITIL
9 7 (5.47%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (5.47%) CI/CD
9 7 (5.47%) Data Transformation
9 7 (5.47%) Project Management
10 6 (4.69%) Artificial Intelligence
10 6 (4.69%) Data Pipeline
10 6 (4.69%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 24 (18.75%) SQL
2 15 (11.72%) JavaScript
3 13 (10.16%) Python
4 9 (7.03%) C#
5 7 (5.47%) Java
6 3 (2.34%) C++
6 3 (2.34%) VB
7 2 (1.56%) PHP
7 2 (1.56%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.56%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 67 (52.34%) Degree
2 8 (6.25%) HND
2 8 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 8 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.91%) DV Cleared
4 4 (3.13%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.34%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.78%) ACCA
7 1 (0.78%) CCNA
7 1 (0.78%) CIMA
7 1 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.78%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.78%) MCP
7 1 (0.78%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.69%) Data Quality
1 6 (4.69%) SLA
2 2 (1.56%) GDPR
2 2 (1.56%) QA
3 1 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.78%) ISO 22301
3 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (5.47%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.56%) Firmware
2 2 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.78%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.78%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.78%) VxRail
Vendors
1 20 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.69%) Salesforce
3 5 (3.91%) Oracle
4 4 (3.13%) EMC
4 4 (3.13%) JDA
5 3 (2.34%) Dell
5 3 (2.34%) UiPath
5 3 (2.34%) VMware
6 2 (1.56%) Google
6 2 (1.56%) HP
6 2 (1.56%) IBM
6 2 (1.56%) Informatica
6 2 (1.56%) NetApp
6 2 (1.56%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.78%) LogRhythm