Problem-Solving Jobs in Stoke-on-Trent

Problem Solving
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Stoke-on-Trent requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 17 19
Rank change year-on-year +9 +2 -13
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 21 29 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 20.59% 8.58% 8.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.33% 10.10% 8.57%
Number of salaries quoted 15 22 16
10th Percentile £27,850 £22,750 £22,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £25,313 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £30,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% -31.91%
75th Percentile £56,875 £43,953 £47,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £57,125 £69,375
Staffordshire median annual salary £50,000 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +42.86% -12.50% -15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 90 287 210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 88.24% 84.91% 98.13%
Number of salaries quoted 58 244 155
10th Percentile £28,000 £21,500 £22,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £27,750 £29,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £43,750 £55,000 £58,125
90th Percentile £53,625 £61,500 £67,500
Staffordshire median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Stoke-on-Trent

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Stoke-on-Trent.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Stoke-on-Trent

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Stoke-on-Trent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Stoke-on-Trent over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Stoke-on-Trent

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (9.52%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 10 (47.62%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (33.33%) Azure
3 3 (14.29%) Power Platform
4 2 (9.52%) SaaS
5 1 (4.76%) AWS
5 1 (4.76%) AWS CodePipeline
5 1 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (4.76%) CloudFront
5 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.76%) Serverless
5 1 (4.76%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Broadband
1 2 (9.52%) Firewall
2 1 (4.76%) DHCP
2 1 (4.76%) DNS
2 1 (4.76%) NAS
2 1 (4.76%) SAN
2 1 (4.76%) VLAN
2 1 (4.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
2 3 (14.29%) Power BI
3 1 (4.76%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (4.76%) DynamoDB
3 1 (4.76%) MySQL
3 1 (4.76%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) Cypress.io
2 1 (4.76%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) webpack
General
1 13 (61.90%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Automotive
4 2 (9.52%) Aerospace
4 2 (9.52%) Agriculture
4 2 (9.52%) Avionics
4 2 (9.52%) Banking
4 2 (9.52%) Electronics
4 2 (9.52%) Games
4 2 (9.52%) Marketing
4 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) IT Support
2 6 (28.57%) IT Support Technician
2 6 (28.57%) IT Technician
2 6 (28.57%) Support Technician
3 5 (23.81%) Developer
4 4 (19.05%) Database Developer
4 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Support
4 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Support Technician
4 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Technician
5 3 (14.29%) Senior
5 3 (14.29%) SQL Database Developer
5 3 (14.29%) SQL Developer
6 2 (9.52%) Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Customer Service Advisor
6 2 (9.52%) IT Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Product Owner
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Support Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Electron
1 1 (4.76%) Ionic Framework
1 1 (4.76%) Jest
1 1 (4.76%) Node.js
1 1 (4.76%) Parceljs
1 1 (4.76%) React
1 1 (4.76%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 2 (9.52%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (9.52%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (38.10%) Windows
2 7 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 6 (28.57%) Linux
3 6 (28.57%) Windows 7
4 5 (23.81%) Windows Server
5 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (19.05%) Agile
1 4 (19.05%) Coaching
1 4 (19.05%) Customer Service
2 3 (14.29%) Analytics
2 3 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
2 3 (14.29%) Database Optimisation
2 3 (14.29%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 2 (9.52%) B2B
3 2 (9.52%) Change Management
3 2 (9.52%) Computer Science
3 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (9.52%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (9.52%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (9.52%) Mechatronics
3 2 (9.52%) Pay per click
3 2 (9.52%) Project Management
3 2 (9.52%) SEO
3 2 (9.52%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) SQL
1 4 (19.05%) T-SQL
2 2 (9.52%) C
2 2 (9.52%) Embedded C
2 2 (9.52%) MATLAB
3 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.76%) PL/SQL
3 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) DBS Check
2 2 (9.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) SLA
2 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 8 (38.10%) Active Directory
2 6 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (9.52%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft
2 8 (38.10%) VMware
3 2 (9.52%) BT
4 1 (4.76%) Acronis
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco
4 1 (4.76%) HP
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle
4 1 (4.76%) Veeam