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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 16 11
Rank change year-on-year +8 -5 -1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 123 64 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 12.58% 11.72% 12.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.26% 12.24% 13.66%
Number of salaries quoted 50 31 38
10th Percentile £22,750 £22,000 £26,925
25th Percentile £25,250 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -15.79% +61.02%
75th Percentile £44,063 £52,429 £62,500
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 806 523 527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 82.41% 95.79% 88.87%
Number of salaries quoted 568 377 375
10th Percentile £23,500 £23,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £28,119 £32,000 £33,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £54,043
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +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 26 April 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 26 April 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 +2 29 £30,000 -25.00% 19
Cannock +5 28 £31,750 -32.75% 4
Tamworth - 9 £52,500 - 6
Stafford -1 8 £28,750 - 12
Lichfield +10 6 £25,500 -51.43% 11
Burton-upon-Trent 0 6 £29,500 -46.36% 7
Rugeley - 4 - -
Uttoxeter - 4 - -
Burntwood - 4 - - 1
Cradley Heath - 4 - - 1
Leek +1 3 £35,000 +59.09% 2
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 (4.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 55 (44.72%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (6.50%) AutoCAD
3 4 (3.25%) EPLAN
4 3 (2.44%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.63%) Revit
6 1 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.94%) Azure
2 8 (6.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 6 (4.88%) Matillion
3 6 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (4.88%) Power Platform
3 6 (4.88%) Snowflake
4 4 (3.25%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.63%) AWS
5 2 (1.63%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (1.63%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.63%) Google Analytics
5 2 (1.63%) PaaS
6 1 (0.81%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.81%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.81%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.25%) LAN
2 3 (2.44%) DHCP
2 3 (2.44%) DNS
2 3 (2.44%) Firewall
2 3 (2.44%) HTTP
2 3 (2.44%) Internet
3 2 (1.63%) Broadband
3 2 (1.63%) VLAN
3 2 (1.63%) WAN
3 2 (1.63%) Wireless
4 1 (0.81%) Network Security
4 1 (0.81%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.81%) VSAN
4 1 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.76%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.32%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (4.88%) Data Lake
3 6 (4.88%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (4.88%) Star Schema
4 5 (4.07%) Power BI
5 2 (1.63%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (1.63%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.63%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.63%) PowerCenter
5 2 (1.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 6 (4.88%) GitLab
2 2 (1.63%) Git
2 2 (1.63%) Toad
General
1 84 (68.29%) Social Skills
2 69 (56.10%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (39.84%) Organisational Skills
4 44 (35.77%) Influencing Skills
5 16 (13.01%) Finance
6 13 (10.57%) Retail
7 7 (5.69%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.44%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.81%) Electronics
9 1 (0.81%) Law
9 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 66 (53.66%) Analyst
2 48 (39.02%) Product Analyst
3 44 (35.77%) Sales Analyst
4 11 (8.94%) Developer
5 10 (8.13%) Support Analyst
6 8 (6.50%) 1st Line Support
7 7 (5.69%) Software Developer
8 6 (4.88%) Data Engineer
9 5 (4.07%) Graduate
10 4 (3.25%) Asset Management Analyst
10 4 (3.25%) First Line Help Desk Support
10 4 (3.25%) Graduate Software Engineer
10 4 (3.25%) Hardware Engineer
10 4 (3.25%) Help Desk Support
10 4 (3.25%) Senior
10 4 (3.25%) Software Engineer
10 4 (3.25%) Technical Analyst
10 4 (3.25%) Technical Support
10 4 (3.25%) Technical Support Analyst
11 3 (2.44%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.13%) .NET
2 8 (6.50%) HTML
3 5 (4.07%) CSS
4 3 (2.44%) REST
4 3 (2.44%) WPF
5 2 (1.63%) Laravel
5 2 (1.63%) Vue
6 1 (0.81%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.81%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.81%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.81%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (6.50%) Driving Licence
3 6 (4.88%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.25%) Operational Technology
4 4 (3.25%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (3.25%) Robotics
5 3 (2.44%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.63%) EPoS
6 2 (1.63%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.63%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.63%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.01%) Windows
2 9 (7.32%) Windows Server
3 7 (5.69%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.63%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (52.85%) Customer Service
2 55 (44.72%) Mathematics
3 51 (41.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 44 (35.77%) Customer Requirements
5 14 (11.38%) Analytics
6 11 (8.94%) Computer Science
6 11 (8.94%) Data Modelling
7 9 (7.32%) ETL
8 8 (6.50%) Change Management
8 8 (6.50%) Data Analytics
8 8 (6.50%) ITIL
9 7 (5.69%) CAD
9 7 (5.69%) CI/CD
9 7 (5.69%) Data Transformation
10 6 (4.88%) Artificial Intelligence
10 6 (4.88%) Data Integration
10 6 (4.88%) Data Pipeline
10 6 (4.88%) Data Science
10 6 (4.88%) Machine Learning
10 6 (4.88%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (19.51%) SQL
2 15 (12.20%) JavaScript
3 13 (10.57%) Python
4 7 (5.69%) Java
5 6 (4.88%) C#
6 2 (1.63%) PHP
6 2 (1.63%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.63%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 63 (51.22%) Degree
2 8 (6.50%) SC Cleared
2 8 (6.50%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.69%) HND
4 5 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.07%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.25%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.44%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.81%) ACCA
8 1 (0.81%) CCNA
8 1 (0.81%) CIMA
8 1 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.81%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.81%) MCP
8 1 (0.81%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.88%) Data Quality
1 6 (4.88%) SLA
2 2 (1.63%) GDPR
2 2 (1.63%) QA
3 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.81%) ISO 22301
3 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (5.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.63%) Firmware
2 2 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.81%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.81%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.81%) VxRail
Vendors
1 17 (13.82%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.88%) Salesforce
3 4 (3.25%) EMC
3 4 (3.25%) JDA
4 3 (2.44%) Dell
4 3 (2.44%) UiPath
4 3 (2.44%) VMware
5 2 (1.63%) Google
5 2 (1.63%) HP
5 2 (1.63%) IBM
5 2 (1.63%) Informatica
5 2 (1.63%) NetApp
5 2 (1.63%) Oracle
5 2 (1.63%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.81%) LogRhythm