Problem-Solving Jobs in the Thames Valley

Problem Solving
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 10 9
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 +11
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,205 792 1,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 17.99% 12.94% 14.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.14% 13.66% 15.72%
Number of salaries quoted 714 390 563
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,037 £30,750
25th Percentile £31,063 £31,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,920 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £59,000 £67,375 £68,625
90th Percentile £71,250 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,700 5,796 6,475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.11% 94.69% 92.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3,989 3,145 3,933
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £39,750 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 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
Buckinghamshire +7 485 £45,000 +20.00% 120
Berkshire +4 420 £40,000 -22.10% 154
Oxfordshire +14 300 £42,500 - 112
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 31 (2.57%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.83%) WebLogic
3 21 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (1.58%) CMS
5 18 (1.49%) Apache
5 18 (1.49%) WordPress
6 15 (1.24%) Confluence
7 13 (1.08%) nginx
8 11 (0.91%) OpenStack
9 7 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (0.50%) Drupal
10 6 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.41%) Joomla!
12 4 (0.33%) Apache Spark
13 2 (0.17%) JBoss
13 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
14 1 (0.083%) SAS
14 1 (0.083%) Tomcat
Applications
1 107 (8.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 100 (8.30%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (0.83%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.66%) Sketch
5 8 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.41%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.33%) InDesign
8 4 (0.33%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.25%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.083%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.083%) Solid Edge
10 1 (0.083%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 19 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.83%) Oracle Applications
3 7 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.25%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.25%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.083%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.083%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.083%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.083%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.083%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 169 (14.02%) Azure
2 102 (8.46%) AWS
3 91 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (4.32%) GCP
5 39 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (2.74%) Power Platform
6 33 (2.74%) SaaS
7 31 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
8 23 (1.91%) Power Automate
9 16 (1.33%) IaaS
9 16 (1.33%) OCI
10 14 (1.16%) Serverless
11 13 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
11 13 (1.08%) Entra ID
11 13 (1.08%) GitHub
12 11 (0.91%) Amazon S3
12 11 (0.91%) PowerApps
13 9 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (0.66%) Figma
14 8 (0.66%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 75 (6.22%) Firewall
2 42 (3.49%) DNS
3 29 (2.41%) DHCP
4 21 (1.74%) SAN
5 20 (1.66%) Wireless
6 19 (1.58%) LAN
7 17 (1.41%) Intrusion Detection
8 14 (1.16%) VoIP
9 13 (1.08%) Internet
9 13 (1.08%) SSL
10 11 (0.91%) TCP/IP
10 11 (0.91%) VLAN
11 10 (0.83%) VPN
11 10 (0.83%) WAN
12 8 (0.66%) Broadband
13 7 (0.58%) NAS
13 7 (0.58%) Network Security
13 7 (0.58%) SNMP
14 6 (0.50%) 5G
14 6 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (4.32%) BigQuery
1 52 (4.32%) Looker
2 50 (4.15%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
3 35 (2.90%) MySQL
4 28 (2.32%) SQL Server
5 19 (1.58%) Power BI
6 16 (1.33%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.08%) OLTP
8 9 (0.75%) MongoDB
9 8 (0.66%) CouchDB
10 7 (0.58%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.58%) Data Mining
10 7 (0.58%) MS Access
10 7 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (0.50%) MariaDB
11 6 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.41%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.41%) RDBMS
12 5 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 39 (3.24%) JIRA
2 26 (2.16%) Git
3 16 (1.33%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.75%) Gradle
5 6 (0.50%) GitLab
5 6 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.41%) IntelliJ
6 5 (0.41%) Selenium
6 5 (0.41%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.33%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.33%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.33%) Postman
7 4 (0.33%) Subversion
8 3 (0.25%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.25%) JDeveloper
8 3 (0.25%) JMeter
8 3 (0.25%) JUnit
9 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (0.17%) Serenity BDD
General
1 628 (52.12%) Social Skills
2 370 (30.71%) Analytical Skills
3 175 (14.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 110 (9.13%) Finance
5 69 (5.73%) Marketing
6 68 (5.64%) Organisational Skills
7 59 (4.90%) Retail
8 48 (3.98%) Public Sector
9 46 (3.82%) Legal
10 40 (3.32%) Manufacturing
11 37 (3.07%) Billing
12 29 (2.41%) Pharmaceutical
13 25 (2.07%) Police
14 22 (1.83%) Telecoms
15 20 (1.66%) Law
16 19 (1.58%) Back Office
16 19 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
16 19 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
17 14 (1.16%) Electronics
18 13 (1.08%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 184 (15.27%) Analyst
2 151 (12.53%) Senior
3 105 (8.71%) Data Scientist
4 85 (7.05%) Developer
5 68 (5.64%) Support Analyst
6 61 (5.06%) IT Support
7 54 (4.48%) Data Engineer
8 53 (4.40%) Architect
9 51 (4.23%) Software Engineer
10 46 (3.82%) Project Manager
11 45 (3.73%) Consultant
12 42 (3.49%) Lead
13 41 (3.40%) Applications Support
14 39 (3.24%) Applications Support Analyst
15 38 (3.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 38 (3.15%) Senior Developer
15 38 (3.15%) Support Engineer
16 35 (2.90%) IT Analyst
16 35 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
17 34 (2.82%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.65%) .NET
1 44 (3.65%) HTML
2 37 (3.07%) Spring
3 26 (2.16%) CSS
4 24 (1.99%) J2EE
4 24 (1.99%) Java EE
5 23 (1.91%) XML
6 18 (1.49%) JSON
6 18 (1.49%) SOAP
7 16 (1.33%) React
8 15 (1.24%) ASP.NET
9 14 (1.16%) AngularJS
10 12 (1.00%) Kafka
11 11 (0.91%) Hibernate
11 11 (0.91%) Node.js
12 10 (0.83%) RESTful
13 9 (0.75%) Spring Boot
13 9 (0.75%) Web Services
14 7 (0.58%) HTML5 Canvas
15 6 (0.50%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 153 (12.70%) Algorithms
2 126 (10.46%) Self-Motivation
3 109 (9.05%) Management Information System
4 42 (3.49%) Product Ownership
5 37 (3.07%) Data Centre
6 35 (2.90%) Driving Licence
7 34 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
8 24 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
9 22 (1.83%) Onboarding
10 21 (1.74%) Client/Server
11 20 (1.66%) Data Structures
12 17 (1.41%) Life Science
12 17 (1.41%) Security Operations Centre
13 16 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (0.91%) Biopharmaceutical
14 11 (0.91%) IoT
14 11 (0.91%) Social Media
15 10 (0.83%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.75%) Fibre Optics
17 8 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 178 (14.77%) Windows
2 84 (6.97%) Linux
3 67 (5.56%) Windows 10
4 41 (3.40%) Windows 7
5 39 (3.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 38 (3.15%) Windows Server 2012
7 37 (3.07%) Windows Server
7 37 (3.07%) Windows Server 2016
8 35 (2.90%) Unix
9 20 (1.66%) Mac OS
10 12 (1.00%) Windows XP
11 11 (0.91%) Apple iOS
12 8 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 6 (0.50%) Data ONTAP
14 5 (0.41%) CentOS
15 4 (0.33%) Android
15 4 (0.33%) VMS
16 2 (0.17%) SUSE
16 2 (0.17%) Ubuntu
17 1 (0.083%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (25.81%) Mentoring
2 249 (20.66%) Decision-Making
3 232 (19.25%) Coaching
4 202 (16.76%) Computer Science
5 198 (16.43%) Cybersecurity
6 185 (15.35%) Project Management
7 182 (15.10%) Customer Service
8 164 (13.61%) Mathematics
9 161 (13.36%) Data Science
10 147 (12.20%) Agile
11 140 (11.62%) ITIL
12 134 (11.12%) Red Team
13 130 (10.79%) Data Analysis
14 125 (10.37%) Collaborative Working
15 121 (10.04%) Actionable Insight
16 112 (9.29%) Data Modelling
17 103 (8.55%) Statistical Modelling
18 102 (8.46%) Digital Forensics
19 98 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
20 90 (7.47%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 103 (8.55%) Python
2 96 (7.97%) SQL
3 71 (5.89%) Java
4 56 (4.65%) JavaScript
5 49 (4.07%) C#
6 48 (3.98%) PowerShell
7 42 (3.49%) Fortran
8 41 (3.40%) C++
9 40 (3.32%) C
10 26 (2.16%) Bash
11 23 (1.91%) Shell Script
12 22 (1.83%) PHP
13 15 (1.24%) PL/SQL
14 14 (1.16%) Perl
14 14 (1.16%) Ruby
15 10 (0.83%) T-SQL
16 9 (0.75%) VB.NET
17 8 (0.66%) Scala
18 7 (0.58%) TypeScript
19 6 (0.50%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 402 (33.36%) Degree
2 203 (16.85%) Security Cleared
3 117 (9.71%) SC Cleared
4 84 (6.97%) DV Cleared
5 48 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 45 (3.73%) PhD
7 44 (3.65%) Master's Degree
8 32 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (2.41%) NVQ Level 3
10 27 (2.24%) HNC
11 19 (1.58%) CCNA
11 19 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (1.49%) MCP
13 17 (1.41%) CISSP
13 17 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
13 17 (1.41%) DBS Check
14 16 (1.33%) A+ Certification
15 13 (1.08%) CCNP
16 10 (0.83%) ACCA
17 9 (0.75%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (6.56%) SLA
2 71 (5.89%) QA
3 65 (5.39%) Data Quality
4 55 (4.56%) GDPR
4 55 (4.56%) PMO
5 12 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.75%) IFRS
7 8 (0.66%) Good Clinical Practice
7 8 (0.66%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.58%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.58%) ISO 14001
8 7 (0.58%) ISO 22301
8 7 (0.58%) NEBOSH
9 5 (0.41%) GxP
9 5 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.33%) WCAG
11 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.25%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.25%) NIST
System Software
1 102 (8.46%) Active Directory
2 64 (5.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (2.99%) Hyper-V
4 32 (2.66%) Docker
5 19 (1.58%) Firmware
6 15 (1.24%) KVM
7 12 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.50%) vSphere
9 5 (0.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 5 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.33%) HDFS
11 1 (0.083%) NFS
Systems Management
1 61 (5.06%) SCCM
2 28 (2.32%) Kubernetes
3 25 (2.07%) SCOM
4 22 (1.83%) OpenSSO
4 22 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (1.41%) vCenter Server
6 16 (1.33%) Ansible
6 16 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (1.08%) NetBackup
8 12 (1.00%) EMC NetWorker
8 12 (1.00%) WSUS
9 7 (0.58%) Terraform
10 5 (0.41%) PaperCut
10 5 (0.41%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.41%) Puppet
10 5 (0.41%) Red Hat Spacewalk
11 4 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.17%) Nagios
12 2 (0.17%) Netcool
12 2 (0.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 308 (25.56%) Microsoft
2 69 (5.73%) Oracle
3 67 (5.56%) VMware
4 65 (5.39%) Google
5 40 (3.32%) Salesforce
6 25 (2.07%) HP
7 24 (1.99%) Juniper
8 22 (1.83%) Cisco
8 22 (1.83%) Remedy
9 19 (1.58%) SAP
10 18 (1.49%) MuleSoft
10 18 (1.49%) Palo Alto
11 17 (1.41%) Veeam
12 16 (1.33%) Extreme Networks
13 14 (1.16%) Adobe
13 14 (1.16%) Dell
14 13 (1.08%) 3PAR
15 12 (1.00%) EMC
15 12 (1.00%) Symantec
16 10 (0.83%) Red Hat