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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 104 170 140
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 8.63% 25.26% 16.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.87% 31.08% 19.34%
Number of salaries quoted 62 37 30
10th Percentile £24,750 £23,000 £26,025
25th Percentile £28,625 £37,500 £33,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.89% -10.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £54,875
90th Percentile £68,625 £63,250 £57,625
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £42,618 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.28% -14.77% -

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 750 547 724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 62.24% 81.28% 84.09%
Number of salaries quoted 537 220 409
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,580 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.73% -0.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £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% +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 28 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 28 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
Tamworth 0 22 £29,000 - 5
Stoke-on-Trent -3 22 £47,500 -17.39% 21
Stafford -3 21 £47,500 +5.56% 13
Cannock +4 5 £55,000 - 3
Lichfield -7 4 £54,500 - 3
Burntwood +2 2 - - 1
Burton-upon-Trent -14 1 £62,500 +160.42% 7
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 (9.62%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.88%) Skype for Business
4 2 (1.92%) IIS
5 1 (0.96%) Apache
5 1 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 9 (8.65%) Simulink
2 6 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.96%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.96%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 19 (18.27%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (14.42%) Azure
3 9 (8.65%) Power Platform
4 6 (5.77%) AWS
5 5 (4.81%) Entra ID
6 4 (3.85%) OneDrive
6 4 (3.85%) SaaS
7 3 (2.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (2.88%) GCP
8 2 (1.92%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.92%) IaaS
8 2 (1.92%) PaaS
9 1 (0.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.96%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.96%) dbt
9 1 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.96%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.96%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.65%) Wireshark
2 6 (5.77%) LAN
2 6 (5.77%) WAN
3 5 (4.81%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (3.85%) Bluetooth
4 4 (3.85%) DNS
4 4 (3.85%) VPN
5 3 (2.88%) Skype
6 2 (1.92%) 5G
6 2 (1.92%) DHCP
7 1 (0.96%) Firewall
7 1 (0.96%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.96%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.69%) Power BI
2 5 (4.81%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (2.88%) Data Lake
4 3 (2.88%) MySQL
4 3 (2.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (2.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.92%) MS Access
6 1 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.96%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.96%) Metadata
6 1 (0.96%) Power Query
6 1 (0.96%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (8.65%) Eclipse
2 6 (5.77%) Git
3 1 (0.96%) Carbide.c++
General
1 77 (74.04%) Social Skills
2 30 (28.85%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (21.15%) Manufacturing
4 16 (15.38%) Marketing
5 13 (12.50%) Electronics
6 4 (3.85%) Automotive
6 4 (3.85%) Finance
6 4 (3.85%) Retail
7 3 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.92%) Agriculture
8 2 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.96%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.96%) Billing
9 1 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.96%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (20.19%) Support Engineer
2 20 (19.23%) IT Support
3 17 (16.35%) Technical Engineer
3 17 (16.35%) Technical Support
3 17 (16.35%) Technical Support Engineer
4 12 (11.54%) 1st Line Support
4 12 (11.54%) Analyst
4 12 (11.54%) Senior
5 9 (8.65%) Applications Engineer
5 9 (8.65%) Lead
5 9 (8.65%) Support Analyst
6 5 (4.81%) Developer
6 5 (4.81%) IT Technician
7 4 (3.85%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (3.85%) Administrator
7 4 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (3.85%) IT Support Analyst
7 4 (3.85%) Senior Software Engineer
7 4 (3.85%) Software Engineer
7 4 (3.85%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.88%) AngularJS
1 3 (2.88%) React
1 3 (2.88%) Terraform
2 2 (1.92%) Spring
2 2 (1.92%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.96%) Kafka
3 1 (0.96%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.62%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (6.73%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (4.81%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.85%) CAN bus
4 4 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.92%) BYOD
5 2 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.92%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.96%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.96%) FMCG
6 1 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.96%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.96%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.96%) SCADA
6 1 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.96%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 20 (19.23%) Windows
2 7 (6.73%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.85%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (3.85%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.92%) Android
5 2 (1.92%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (35.58%) Customer Service
2 36 (34.62%) Continuous Improvement
3 17 (16.35%) Customer Experience
3 17 (16.35%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (14.42%) Agile
5 13 (12.50%) Presales
5 13 (12.50%) User Experience
6 12 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (9.62%) Validation
8 9 (8.65%) Analytics
8 9 (8.65%) Commercial Awareness
8 9 (8.65%) Procure-to-Pay
8 9 (8.65%) Product Requirements
8 9 (8.65%) Regression Testing
8 9 (8.65%) Scrum
8 9 (8.65%) Software Testing
9 8 (7.69%) Project Delivery
9 8 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
9 8 (7.69%) Software Engineering
10 7 (6.73%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 16 (15.38%) Ladder Logic
2 14 (13.46%) Java
3 13 (12.50%) C
3 13 (12.50%) Embedded C
4 9 (8.65%) MATLAB
5 8 (7.69%) SQL
6 7 (6.73%) Python
7 4 (3.85%) PowerShell
8 3 (2.88%) C#
8 3 (2.88%) Go
8 3 (2.88%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.96%) Bicep
9 1 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 21 (20.19%) Degree
2 9 (8.65%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.77%) HNC
4 5 (4.81%) HND
5 4 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.85%) DBS Check
5 4 (3.85%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.92%) CCSP
6 2 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.92%) CISSP
6 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.96%) APMG
7 1 (0.96%) APMP
7 1 (0.96%) CEH
7 1 (0.96%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.96%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.96%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.77%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.85%) GDPR
2 4 (3.85%) ISO 14001
2 4 (3.85%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.92%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.92%) QA
4 1 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.96%) PMO
4 1 (0.96%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 13 (12.50%) Embedded Firmware
1 13 (12.50%) Firmware
2 2 (1.92%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.92%) vSphere
2 2 (1.92%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (5.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.85%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.96%) Ansible
3 1 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (25.96%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.73%) VMware
3 6 (5.77%) Sophos
4 5 (4.81%) Dell
5 4 (3.85%) Citrix
6 3 (2.88%) McAfee
7 2 (1.92%) Apple
7 2 (1.92%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.92%) Mitel
7 2 (1.92%) Samsung
8 1 (0.96%) Databricks
8 1 (0.96%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.96%) Google
8 1 (0.96%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.96%) WatchGuard