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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 114 170 141
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 9.56% 25.26% 16.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.32% 30.52% 19.78%
Number of salaries quoted 72 36 31
10th Percentile £27,000 £23,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £36,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% +40.28%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £58,194
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -15.00% +2.04%

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 744 557 713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 62.42% 82.76% 84.48%
Number of salaries quoted 529 216 400
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,580 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%

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 7 October 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 7 October 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 0 25 £30,000 - 5
Stoke-on-Trent +2 22 £47,500 -2.56% 20
Stafford -3 20 £47,500 +5.56% 15
Cannock +6 7 £55,000 - 2
Lichfield -5 4 £54,500 - 3
Burntwood +2 2 - -
Rugeley -2 1 - - 3
Burton-upon-Trent -14 1 £62,500 +160.42% 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 12 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 7 (6.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.75%) IIS
3 2 (1.75%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.88%) Apache
4 1 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 10 (8.77%) Simulink
2 7 (6.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.88%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.88%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 24 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (14.91%) Azure
3 10 (8.77%) Entra ID
4 9 (7.89%) Power Platform
5 7 (6.14%) OneDrive
6 6 (5.26%) AWS
7 5 (4.39%) SaaS
8 3 (2.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (2.63%) GCP
9 2 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.75%) IaaS
9 2 (1.75%) PaaS
10 1 (0.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.88%) Azure Storage
10 1 (0.88%) dbt
10 1 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.88%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.89%) Wireshark
2 7 (6.14%) LAN
2 7 (6.14%) WAN
3 6 (5.26%) DNS
3 6 (5.26%) VPN
3 6 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.63%) Bluetooth
4 3 (2.63%) DHCP
5 2 (1.75%) 5G
5 2 (1.75%) Firewall
5 2 (1.75%) Skype
5 2 (1.75%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.75%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.02%) Power BI
2 6 (5.26%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.51%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (2.63%) Data Lake
4 3 (2.63%) MySQL
4 3 (2.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.75%) MS Access
6 1 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.88%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.88%) Metadata
6 1 (0.88%) Power Query
6 1 (0.88%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (7.89%) Eclipse
2 5 (4.39%) Git
3 1 (0.88%) Carbide.c++
General
1 82 (71.93%) Social Skills
2 32 (28.07%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (22.81%) Manufacturing
4 15 (13.16%) Marketing
5 12 (10.53%) Electronics
6 6 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (4.39%) Finance
8 4 (3.51%) Retail
9 3 (2.63%) Automotive
10 2 (1.75%) Agriculture
10 2 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.88%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.88%) Billing
11 1 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (21.05%) IT Support
1 24 (21.05%) Support Engineer
2 18 (15.79%) Technical Engineer
2 18 (15.79%) Technical Support
2 18 (15.79%) Technical Support Engineer
3 12 (10.53%) 1st Line Support
3 12 (10.53%) Senior
4 11 (9.65%) Analyst
5 9 (7.89%) Applications Engineer
5 9 (7.89%) Lead
6 8 (7.02%) IT Technician
6 8 (7.02%) Support Analyst
7 6 (5.26%) IT Engineer
7 6 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (4.39%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (4.39%) Developer
8 5 (4.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (4.39%) IT Support Technician
8 5 (4.39%) Support Technician
9 4 (3.51%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.63%) AngularJS
1 3 (2.63%) React
1 3 (2.63%) Terraform
2 2 (1.75%) Spring
2 2 (1.75%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.88%) Kafka
3 1 (0.88%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.77%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (5.26%) Driving Licence
3 6 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.63%) CAN bus
4 3 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.75%) BYOD
5 2 (1.75%) FMCG
5 2 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.75%) SCADA
5 2 (1.75%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.88%) Acoustics
6 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.88%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 24 (21.05%) Windows
2 9 (7.89%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.51%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (2.63%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (2.63%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.75%) Android
5 2 (1.75%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (35.09%) Customer Service
2 39 (34.21%) Continuous Improvement
3 18 (15.79%) Customer Experience
4 17 (14.91%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (13.16%) Agile
6 14 (12.28%) User Experience
7 12 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
7 12 (10.53%) Presales
8 10 (8.77%) Validation
9 9 (7.89%) Analytics
9 9 (7.89%) Commercial Awareness
9 9 (7.89%) Procure-to-Pay
9 9 (7.89%) Product Requirements
9 9 (7.89%) Project Delivery
9 9 (7.89%) Regression Testing
9 9 (7.89%) Root Cause Analysis
9 9 (7.89%) Scrum
9 9 (7.89%) Software Testing
10 8 (7.02%) ERP
11 7 (6.14%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 15 (13.16%) Ladder Logic
2 14 (12.28%) Java
3 12 (10.53%) C
3 12 (10.53%) Embedded C
4 10 (8.77%) MATLAB
5 8 (7.02%) SQL
6 6 (5.26%) Python
7 4 (3.51%) PowerShell
8 3 (2.63%) C#
8 3 (2.63%) Go
8 3 (2.63%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.88%) Bicep
9 1 (0.88%) C++
9 1 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 22 (19.30%) Degree
2 9 (7.89%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.14%) HNC
4 5 (4.39%) HND
5 4 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.51%) DBS Check
5 4 (3.51%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.75%) CCSP
6 2 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.75%) CISSP
6 2 (1.75%) City & Guilds
6 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.75%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (0.88%) CEH
7 1 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.88%) PhD
7 1 (0.88%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.26%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.51%) GDPR
2 4 (3.51%) ISO 14001
2 4 (3.51%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.75%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.75%) QA
4 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.88%) PMO
4 1 (0.88%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (14.04%) Active Directory
2 12 (10.53%) Embedded Firmware
2 12 (10.53%) Firmware
3 3 (2.63%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.75%) vSphere
4 2 (1.75%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (7.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.51%) Functional Safety
3 2 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.88%) Ansible
Vendors
1 34 (29.82%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.14%) VMware
3 6 (5.26%) Sophos
4 5 (4.39%) Citrix
5 4 (3.51%) Dell
6 2 (1.75%) Apple
6 2 (1.75%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.75%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.75%) McAfee
6 2 (1.75%) Mitel
6 2 (1.75%) Samsung
6 2 (1.75%) SonicWALL
6 2 (1.75%) WatchGuard
7 1 (0.88%) Databricks
7 1 (0.88%) Google