Problem-Solving Jobs in the Thames Valley

Problem Solving
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 5 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 -2
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 789 1,113 672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 21.66% 16.51% 13.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.85% 20.05% 13.81%
Number of salaries quoted 298 673 353
10th Percentile £26,963 £25,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,387 £45,000 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -12.37% +2.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £71,250 £95,000
South East median annual salary £43,773 £45,000 £51,350
% change year-on-year -2.73% -12.37% +2.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,308 5,552 4,866
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.83% 82.34% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,398 3,648 2,943
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

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 16 July 2025.

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 16 July 2025. 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
Berkshire +1 389 £50,000 +16.50% 219
Buckinghamshire 0 307 £37,500 -16.67% 126
Oxfordshire -7 93 £51,500 +21.18% 131
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 27 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (3.04%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.89%) Apache
4 5 (0.63%) CMS
4 5 (0.63%) IIS
5 4 (0.51%) IBM Domino
5 4 (0.51%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.38%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.25%) Confluence
8 1 (0.13%) Appian
8 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.13%) Sitefinity
8 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 39 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.13%) InDesign
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.13%) Pipeline Pilot
Business Applications
1 13 (1.65%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.52%) Sage 200
3 11 (1.39%) Sage CRM
4 8 (1.01%) Shopify
5 6 (0.76%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.51%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.13%) Loan IQ
9 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 162 (20.53%) Azure
2 63 (7.98%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (5.96%) AWS
4 37 (4.69%) GCP
5 30 (3.80%) Vertex AI
6 25 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (2.79%) Power Platform
8 21 (2.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 20 (2.53%) Azure Service Bus
10 19 (2.41%) SonarCloud
11 18 (2.28%) Entra ID
12 14 (1.77%) Salsify
13 13 (1.65%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (1.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (1.01%) Serverless
16 7 (0.89%) Amazon S3
16 7 (0.89%) SaaS
17 6 (0.76%) Google Analytics
17 6 (0.76%) IaaS
18 4 (0.51%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 60 (7.60%) TCP/IP
2 57 (7.22%) VPN
3 39 (4.94%) DNS
4 30 (3.80%) Firewall
5 20 (2.53%) DHCP
6 18 (2.28%) Broadband
7 15 (1.90%) WAN
8 14 (1.77%) LAN
8 14 (1.77%) SNMP
8 14 (1.77%) VLAN
9 11 (1.39%) IP Telephony
10 10 (1.27%) VoIP
11 8 (1.01%) Network Security
12 7 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.63%) SAN
14 4 (0.51%) Remote Desktop
15 3 (0.38%) InfiniBand
16 2 (0.25%) Internet
16 2 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
16 2 (0.25%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.20%) Data Lake
2 39 (4.94%) Data Mining
3 26 (3.30%) SQL Server
4 21 (2.66%) Power BI
5 19 (2.41%) Elasticsearch
6 15 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (1.77%) Metadata
8 10 (1.27%) OLTP
8 10 (1.27%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.01%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.76%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.63%) MySQL
12 5 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.51%) Metabase
13 4 (0.51%) Tableau
14 3 (0.38%) Hadoop
14 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 2 (0.25%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 51 (6.46%) Git
2 34 (4.31%) Cucumber
2 34 (4.31%) Robot Framework
3 21 (2.66%) JIRA
4 19 (2.41%) MSBuild
4 19 (2.41%) Octopus Deploy
4 19 (2.41%) Team Foundation Server
4 19 (2.41%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.01%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.51%) GitLab
6 4 (0.51%) JUnit
6 4 (0.51%) Subversion
7 3 (0.38%) Mockito
8 2 (0.25%) MLflow
9 1 (0.13%) Babel
9 1 (0.13%) ERwin
9 1 (0.13%) Selenium
9 1 (0.13%) Vite
9 1 (0.13%) webpack
General
1 415 (52.60%) Social Skills
2 222 (28.14%) Analytical Skills
3 217 (27.50%) Retail
4 182 (23.07%) Law
5 170 (21.55%) Manufacturing
6 113 (14.32%) Finance
7 73 (9.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 57 (7.22%) Marketing
9 44 (5.58%) Influencing Skills
10 43 (5.45%) Telecoms
11 36 (4.56%) Dutch Language
11 36 (4.56%) Finnish Language
11 36 (4.56%) Norwegian Language
12 20 (2.53%) Legal
13 13 (1.65%) Public Sector
14 11 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (1.14%) Catalan Language
16 8 (1.01%) Electronics
16 8 (1.01%) German Language
17 6 (0.76%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 182 (23.07%) Senior
2 137 (17.36%) Lead
3 135 (17.11%) Trainer
4 72 (9.13%) Analyst
5 46 (5.83%) Developer
6 44 (5.58%) Support Analyst
7 34 (4.31%) Test Automation Engineer
7 34 (4.31%) Test Engineer
8 29 (3.68%) Support Engineer
9 28 (3.55%) Technical Support
10 26 (3.30%) Senior Developer
10 26 (3.30%) Senior Manager
11 24 (3.04%) Architect
11 24 (3.04%) IT Support
12 20 (2.53%) Technical Architect
13 18 (2.28%) 1st Line Support
14 17 (2.15%) Field Engineer
14 17 (2.15%) Field Service Engineer
14 17 (2.15%) Full-Stack Developer
15 15 (1.90%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.96%) HTML
2 37 (4.69%) CSS
3 32 (4.06%) XML
4 29 (3.68%) REST
5 27 (3.42%) .NET
5 27 (3.42%) React
6 23 (2.92%) JSON
7 21 (2.66%) ASP.NET
8 20 (2.53%) Bootstrap
8 20 (2.53%) RESTful
9 19 (2.41%) gRPC
9 19 (2.41%) Node.js
10 14 (1.77%) SOAP
11 9 (1.14%) Kafka
12 8 (1.01%) Spring
13 7 (0.89%) AngularJS
13 7 (0.89%) Spring Boot
14 6 (0.76%) Vue
15 5 (0.63%) SAML
16 4 (0.51%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 136 (17.24%) Robotics
2 58 (7.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 43 (5.45%) Algorithms
4 38 (4.82%) Linux Command Line
5 37 (4.69%) Management Information System
6 26 (3.30%) Driving Licence
7 22 (2.79%) Onboarding
8 21 (2.66%) Data Centre
9 19 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.77%) Taxonomies
11 9 (1.14%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.01%) PKI
13 6 (0.76%) Client/Server
13 6 (0.76%) Product Ownership
14 5 (0.63%) Cloud Native
15 4 (0.51%) CCTV
15 4 (0.51%) CPLD
15 4 (0.51%) Distributed Systems
15 4 (0.51%) FPGA
15 4 (0.51%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 125 (15.84%) Windows
2 53 (6.72%) Linux
3 37 (4.69%) Windows Server
4 26 (3.30%) Mac OS
5 10 (1.27%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.51%) Android
7 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.25%) Unix
9 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (28.64%) Machine Learning
2 211 (26.74%) Artificial Intelligence
3 183 (23.19%) Generative AI
4 166 (21.04%) Agile
4 166 (21.04%) LLM
5 149 (18.88%) Roadmaps
6 140 (17.74%) DevOps
7 135 (17.11%) Red Team
8 120 (15.21%) Analytics
8 120 (15.21%) Data Privacy
9 110 (13.94%) Customer Service
10 94 (11.91%) Strategic Thinking
11 90 (11.41%) Continuous Improvement
12 87 (11.03%) Data Science
13 75 (9.51%) Mentoring
14 72 (9.13%) Change Management
14 72 (9.13%) Project Management
15 63 (7.98%) Process Improvement
15 63 (7.98%) Thought Leadership
16 62 (7.86%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 85 (10.77%) SQL
2 80 (10.14%) JavaScript
3 70 (8.87%) Python
4 60 (7.60%) PowerShell
5 41 (5.20%) Bash
6 30 (3.80%) C#
7 14 (1.77%) C++
8 13 (1.65%) Java
9 10 (1.27%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.51%) C
10 4 (0.51%) R
11 3 (0.38%) Perl
11 3 (0.38%) PHP
11 3 (0.38%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.25%) Go
12 2 (0.25%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.13%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.13%) Fortran
13 1 (0.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 283 (35.87%) Degree
2 40 (5.07%) Microsoft Certification
3 38 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (2.66%) PMI Certification
4 21 (2.66%) PMP
4 21 (2.66%) Security Cleared
5 19 (2.41%) MCP
6 18 (2.28%) A+ Certification
7 17 (2.15%) SC Cleared
8 13 (1.65%) MCSE
9 11 (1.39%) MCSA
10 9 (1.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 8 (1.01%) CCNP
11 8 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (0.89%) ACCA
12 7 (0.89%) CIMA
12 7 (0.89%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.89%) NVQ Level 3
12 7 (0.89%) NVQ Level 4
13 6 (0.76%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.35%) QA
2 24 (3.04%) GDPR
3 21 (2.66%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.39%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.39%) SLA
5 10 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.51%) GMP
7 3 (0.38%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 3 (0.38%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.25%) GxP
8 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.25%) PMO
9 1 (0.13%) GRC
9 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.13%) NIST
9 1 (0.13%) PMBOK
9 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 52 (6.59%) Active Directory
2 49 (6.21%) Docker
3 16 (2.03%) Hyper-V
4 15 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (1.39%) Terminal Services
6 9 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.51%) NFS
8 3 (0.38%) GPFS
8 3 (0.38%) HDFS
8 3 (0.38%) Lustre
8 3 (0.38%) vSphere
9 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.13%) vCloud
10 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (3.93%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.15%) Terraform
3 16 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.63%) ZABBIX
6 4 (0.51%) Ansible
7 3 (0.38%) PaperCut
8 2 (0.25%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.25%) PowerCLI
8 2 (0.25%) vRealize
9 1 (0.13%) Argo
9 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.13%) Grafana
9 1 (0.13%) Nessus
9 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.13%) SCCM
9 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.13%) VxRail
Vendors
1 175 (22.18%) Google
1 175 (22.18%) Microsoft
2 148 (18.76%) Databricks
3 136 (17.24%) Adobe
4 49 (6.21%) SAP
5 31 (3.93%) OpenAI
6 28 (3.55%) VMware
7 20 (2.53%) IBM
7 20 (2.53%) Workday
8 19 (2.41%) Concur
8 19 (2.41%) Oracle
9 15 (1.90%) Apple
10 12 (1.52%) Sage
11 10 (1.27%) Cisco
12 8 (1.01%) Veeam
13 6 (0.76%) Sophos
14 5 (0.63%) Dell
14 5 (0.63%) Salesforce
14 5 (0.63%) ServiceNow
14 5 (0.63%) WatchGuard