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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 4 10
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 -1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 590 1,206 802
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 19.53% 17.91% 13.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.03% 21.02% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 280 717 401
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £25,688
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £42,920 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.23% -4.62% -14.29%
75th Percentile £71,250 £59,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £70,650 £87,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +5.00%

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 2,806 5,737 5,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.88% 85.18% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,229 4,015 3,158
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £39,750 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £73,833 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £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 2 May 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 2 May 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 +3 282 £64,000 +60.00% 256
Buckinghamshire -2 209 £50,967 +13.26% 190
Oxfordshire -2 99 £50,000 +17.65% 154
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 21 (3.56%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.36%) Apache
3 8 (1.36%) CMS
4 6 (1.02%) IIS
5 5 (0.85%) IBM Domino
6 4 (0.68%) Kentico
7 3 (0.51%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.51%) Confluence
8 2 (0.34%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.34%) Sitefinity
8 2 (0.34%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2003
9 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 33 (5.59%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.51%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.17%) Blender
4 1 (0.17%) CATIA
4 1 (0.17%) InDesign
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Notion
4 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.17%) Pipeline Pilot
4 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (3.05%) Shopify
2 4 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.68%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.51%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 92 (15.59%) Azure
2 58 (9.83%) Power Platform
3 50 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (6.44%) AWS
5 28 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (4.07%) GCP
7 23 (3.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 22 (3.73%) Azure Service Bus
8 22 (3.73%) SonarCloud
9 19 (3.22%) Google Ads
9 19 (3.22%) Google Analytics
9 19 (3.22%) Google Tag Manager
10 15 (2.54%) Vertex AI
11 12 (2.03%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (2.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (1.53%) SaaS
13 8 (1.36%) Entra ID
14 6 (1.02%) Salsify
15 5 (0.85%) Serverless
16 4 (0.68%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 60 (10.17%) TCP/IP
2 54 (9.15%) VPN
3 29 (4.92%) DNS
4 20 (3.39%) Firewall
5 19 (3.22%) DHCP
6 14 (2.37%) VLAN
7 10 (1.69%) Network Security
8 9 (1.53%) VoIP
9 6 (1.02%) Internet
9 6 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
10 5 (0.85%) SNMP
10 5 (0.85%) WAN
11 4 (0.68%) DWDM
11 4 (0.68%) LAN
11 4 (0.68%) MPLS
12 3 (0.51%) Cisco Firepower
12 3 (0.51%) IP Telephony
12 3 (0.51%) VSAN
12 3 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (8.31%) Power BI
2 30 (5.08%) SQL Server
3 28 (4.75%) Geospatial Data
3 28 (4.75%) GIS
3 28 (4.75%) Power Query
4 24 (4.07%) Data Mining
5 22 (3.73%) Elasticsearch
6 17 (2.88%) OLTP
7 11 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (1.69%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.36%) MongoDB
10 7 (1.19%) MySQL
10 7 (1.19%) NoSQL
11 6 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.02%) Metadata
11 6 (1.02%) Tableau
12 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.68%) Metabase
14 3 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 39 (6.61%) Git
2 34 (5.76%) Cucumber
2 34 (5.76%) Robot Framework
3 22 (3.73%) MSBuild
3 22 (3.73%) Octopus Deploy
3 22 (3.73%) Team Foundation Server
3 22 (3.73%) Visual Studio
4 20 (3.39%) JIRA
5 6 (1.02%) GitLab
6 5 (0.85%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.68%) JUnit
7 4 (0.68%) Subversion
8 3 (0.51%) Mockito
9 2 (0.34%) MLflow
9 2 (0.34%) Mocha
9 2 (0.34%) Selenium
10 1 (0.17%) Redmine
10 1 (0.17%) TestRail
10 1 (0.17%) Vite
10 1 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 310 (52.54%) Social Skills
2 175 (29.66%) Analytical Skills
3 103 (17.46%) Law
4 95 (16.10%) Finance
5 84 (14.24%) Retail
6 75 (12.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 48 (8.14%) Telecoms
8 41 (6.95%) Marketing
9 34 (5.76%) Manufacturing
10 31 (5.25%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (2.88%) Legal
12 16 (2.71%) Public Sector
13 10 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.36%) Local Government
16 7 (1.19%) Electronics
17 6 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
18 5 (0.85%) Back Office
18 5 (0.85%) Banking
18 5 (0.85%) Games
Job Titles
1 113 (19.15%) Lead
2 112 (18.98%) Senior
3 62 (10.51%) Analyst
4 44 (7.46%) Developer
5 36 (6.10%) Test Engineer
6 34 (5.76%) Test Automation Engineer
7 33 (5.59%) Support Engineer
8 31 (5.25%) Architect
9 29 (4.92%) IT Support
10 27 (4.58%) Business Change Analyst
10 27 (4.58%) Change Analyst
11 23 (3.90%) Technical Architect
11 23 (3.90%) Technical Manager
12 21 (3.56%) IT Engineer
13 19 (3.22%) Senior Manager
14 18 (3.05%) PPC Executive
14 18 (3.05%) Project Manager
14 18 (3.05%) Senior Developer
15 17 (2.88%) Oracle Developer
15 17 (2.88%) Senior Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (7.80%) HTML
2 42 (7.12%) XML
3 37 (6.27%) .NET
4 30 (5.08%) REST
5 29 (4.92%) CSS
6 25 (4.24%) JSON
7 24 (4.07%) ASP.NET
8 23 (3.90%) Bootstrap
9 22 (3.73%) gRPC
10 20 (3.39%) SOAP
11 16 (2.71%) AngularJS
12 13 (2.20%) React
13 7 (1.19%) Kafka
14 6 (1.02%) HTML5
14 6 (1.02%) Node.js
15 5 (0.85%) RESTful
15 5 (0.85%) Spring
15 5 (0.85%) Vue
16 4 (0.68%) .NET Framework
16 4 (0.68%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 61 (10.34%) Algorithms
2 40 (6.78%) Linux Command Line
3 21 (3.56%) Management Information System
4 20 (3.39%) Driving Licence
5 14 (2.37%) Onboarding
6 12 (2.03%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.36%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.19%) Client/Server
9 7 (1.19%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.02%) Taxonomies
11 4 (0.68%) CCTV
11 4 (0.68%) CPLD
11 4 (0.68%) FPGA
11 4 (0.68%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (0.51%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.51%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 104 (17.63%) Windows
2 55 (9.32%) Linux
3 20 (3.39%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.22%) Mac OS
5 10 (1.69%) Windows 10
6 8 (1.36%) Android
7 4 (0.68%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.34%) Unix
10 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.17%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.17%) Robot Operating System
10 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.17%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (17.80%) DevOps
2 104 (17.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 100 (16.95%) Strategic Thinking
4 88 (14.92%) Agile
5 84 (14.24%) Change Management
6 70 (11.86%) Roadmaps
7 69 (11.69%) Analytics
8 68 (11.53%) Coaching
9 65 (11.02%) Customer Service
10 64 (10.85%) Process Improvement
11 62 (10.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 61 (10.34%) Project Management
12 61 (10.34%) Service Delivery
13 60 (10.17%) Mentoring
14 59 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
15 54 (9.15%) Use Case
16 50 (8.47%) Business Transformation
17 49 (8.31%) Business Intelligence
18 47 (7.97%) Collaborative Working
18 47 (7.97%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 116 (19.66%) SQL
2 72 (12.20%) Python
3 70 (11.86%) JavaScript
4 51 (8.64%) PowerShell
5 42 (7.12%) C#
6 35 (5.93%) Bash
7 17 (2.88%) PL/SQL
8 14 (2.37%) C++
9 13 (2.20%) Java
10 5 (0.85%) Go
11 4 (0.68%) C
11 4 (0.68%) R
11 4 (0.68%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.51%) PHP
12 3 (0.51%) Ruby
13 2 (0.34%) VBScript
14 1 (0.17%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.17%) VB
14 1 (0.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 106 (17.97%) Degree
2 33 (5.59%) Microsoft Certification
3 27 (4.58%) CBAP
4 22 (3.73%) PMI Certification
4 22 (3.73%) PMP
5 19 (3.22%) MCP
5 19 (3.22%) NVQ Level 3
5 19 (3.22%) NVQ Level 4
6 17 (2.88%) Security Cleared
7 15 (2.54%) A+ Certification
7 15 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (2.20%) SC Cleared
9 11 (1.86%) MCSA
10 10 (1.69%) MCSE
11 8 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (1.36%) Master's Degree
12 7 (1.19%) ACCA
12 7 (1.19%) CCNP
12 7 (1.19%) CIMA
13 6 (1.02%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (7.97%) QA
2 24 (4.07%) GDPR
3 12 (2.03%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.69%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.36%) SLA
6 4 (0.68%) GMP
7 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.17%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.17%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.17%) GxP
8 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.17%) NIST
8 1 (0.17%) PMBOK
8 1 (0.17%) PMO
8 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 42 (7.12%) Docker
2 41 (6.95%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.86%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.51%) HDFS
6 3 (0.51%) Terminal Services
6 3 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.51%) vSphere
7 2 (0.34%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.17%) NFS
8 1 (0.17%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 19 (3.22%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.86%) Terraform
3 6 (1.02%) ZABBIX
4 4 (0.68%) Ansible
5 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.51%) PaperCut
5 3 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.34%) Grafana
6 2 (0.34%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.34%) PowerCLI
6 2 (0.34%) vRealize
7 1 (0.17%) Argo
7 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.17%) Nessus
7 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.17%) SCCM
7 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.17%) VxRail
Vendors
1 142 (24.07%) Microsoft
2 47 (7.97%) SAP
3 42 (7.12%) Google
4 23 (3.90%) Oracle
5 22 (3.73%) VMware
6 20 (3.39%) IBM
6 20 (3.39%) Workday
7 19 (3.22%) Concur
8 17 (2.88%) Cisco
9 16 (2.71%) OpenAI
10 14 (2.37%) Pinterest
10 14 (2.37%) TikTok
11 12 (2.03%) Databricks
12 7 (1.19%) Apple
13 5 (0.85%) Dell
13 5 (0.85%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.85%) Veeam
14 4 (0.68%) Agilent
14 4 (0.68%) Fortinet
15 3 (0.51%) SonicWALL