Problem-Solving Jobs in the UK excluding London

Problem Solving
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 11 12
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 10,815 8,730 9,853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.47% 14.03% 13.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.30% 14.67% 14.83%
Number of salaries quoted 6,888 3,920 5,108
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,020
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.06% +0.05%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £74,257
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +7.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,113 59,506 66,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.56% 95.62% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 41,079 30,442 41,567
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 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
South East +3 2,805 £45,000 -14.29% 1,011
North of England +9 2,478 £45,000 -2.17% 1,047
Midlands +4 1,757 £42,200 -15.60% 764
South West +8 1,321 £47,500 -5.00% 586
North West +11 1,291 £45,000 -5.26% 600
West Midlands +5 1,118 £42,500 -15.00% 460
East of England +4 1,025 £42,500 -10.53% 497
Scotland -5 947 £45,000 -18.18% 253
Yorkshire +6 940 £43,000 -5.49% 327
East Midlands +6 620 £37,500 -21.05% 304
Wales +7 322 £41,067 +9.51% 119
North East +13 246 £45,000 +5.88% 135
Northern Ireland +21 143 £50,000 - 73
Isle of Man +2 23 £45,000 +50.00% 6
Problem-Solving
UK

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 372 (3.44%) SharePoint
2 337 (3.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 186 (1.72%) Apache
4 180 (1.66%) Apache Spark
5 117 (1.08%) IIS
6 108 (1.00%) CMS
7 103 (0.95%) WordPress
8 95 (0.88%) Confluence
9 38 (0.35%) WebLogic
10 29 (0.27%) OpenStack
11 27 (0.25%) Umbraco
12 25 (0.23%) nginx
13 23 (0.21%) JBoss
13 23 (0.21%) Red Hat Fuse
14 18 (0.17%) FileNet
14 18 (0.17%) SAS
15 17 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
15 17 (0.16%) OpenEdge
16 13 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
17 12 (0.11%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 1,000 (9.25%) Microsoft Office
2 676 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 245 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 70 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
5 59 (0.55%) Sketch
6 56 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
7 48 (0.44%) MS Visio
8 45 (0.42%) AutoCAD
9 34 (0.31%) Simulink
10 28 (0.26%) Photoshop
11 23 (0.21%) Trello
12 22 (0.20%) Adobe XD
12 22 (0.20%) InDesign
13 19 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
14 18 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
15 15 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
16 12 (0.11%) Chatbot
17 9 (0.083%) Revit
18 8 (0.074%) InVision
19 7 (0.065%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 113 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 50 (0.46%) Shopify
3 42 (0.39%) NetSuite
4 38 (0.35%) Magento
4 38 (0.35%) Siebel CRM
5 25 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
6 19 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
7 18 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
8 17 (0.16%) iTrent
9 16 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
10 15 (0.14%) SAP ERP
11 13 (0.12%) Infor SunSystems
12 11 (0.10%) Endur
12 11 (0.10%) SAP Business One
12 11 (0.10%) Unit4 Business World
13 10 (0.092%) Misys Midas
14 9 (0.083%) SAP CX
14 9 (0.083%) SAP MM
15 8 (0.074%) Payment Gateway
16 7 (0.065%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,824 (16.87%) Azure
2 1,266 (11.71%) AWS
3 1,128 (10.43%) Microsoft 365
4 542 (5.01%) GCP
5 504 (4.66%) Power Platform
6 360 (3.33%) SaaS
7 269 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
8 208 (1.92%) Entra ID
9 205 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
10 185 (1.71%) Serverless
11 174 (1.61%) Amazon S3
12 170 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
13 145 (1.34%) GitHub
14 104 (0.96%) AWS Lambda
15 103 (0.95%) Power Automate
16 88 (0.81%) PowerApps
17 75 (0.69%) Figma
18 69 (0.64%) IaaS
18 69 (0.64%) Miro
19 67 (0.62%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 658 (6.08%) Firewall
2 335 (3.10%) DNS
3 333 (3.08%) WAN
4 264 (2.44%) LAN
5 261 (2.41%) DHCP
6 230 (2.13%) TCP/IP
7 226 (2.09%) VPN
8 212 (1.96%) Wireless
9 186 (1.72%) Network Security
10 159 (1.47%) Internet
11 146 (1.35%) VoIP
12 131 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
13 123 (1.14%) SAN
14 107 (0.99%) VLAN
15 72 (0.67%) 5G
16 61 (0.56%) Broadband
17 60 (0.55%) Ethernet
17 60 (0.55%) IPsec
18 59 (0.55%) SD-WAN
19 56 (0.52%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 685 (6.33%) SQL Server
2 430 (3.98%) Power BI
3 355 (3.28%) MySQL
4 342 (3.16%) Looker
5 338 (3.13%) BigQuery
6 325 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
7 257 (2.38%) NoSQL
8 231 (2.14%) Relational Database
9 192 (1.78%) Big Data
10 187 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
11 186 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
12 176 (1.63%) MongoDB
13 140 (1.29%) Tableau
14 98 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
15 94 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 88 (0.81%) Hadoop
17 81 (0.75%) Redis
17 81 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 77 (0.71%) Data Lake
19 72 (0.67%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 579 (5.35%) Git
2 378 (3.50%) JIRA
3 224 (2.07%) Jenkins
4 100 (0.92%) GitLab
5 80 (0.74%) Visual Studio
6 62 (0.57%) LabVIEW
7 58 (0.54%) Selenium
8 52 (0.48%) TeamCity
9 50 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
10 43 (0.40%) Maven
11 41 (0.38%) IntelliJ
12 39 (0.36%) JUnit
13 38 (0.35%) Cucumber
14 33 (0.31%) Postman
15 32 (0.30%) Subversion
16 30 (0.28%) JDeveloper
17 29 (0.27%) Cypress.io
17 29 (0.27%) JMeter
18 24 (0.22%) Ant
19 22 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 5,314 (49.14%) Social Skills
2 3,377 (31.23%) Analytical Skills
3 2,045 (18.91%) Finance
4 1,077 (9.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 765 (7.07%) Law
6 763 (7.06%) Retail
7 667 (6.17%) Marketing
8 614 (5.68%) Organisational Skills
9 574 (5.31%) Manufacturing
10 441 (4.08%) Legal
11 424 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
12 382 (3.53%) Public Sector
13 358 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
14 317 (2.93%) Banking
15 265 (2.45%) Telecoms
16 226 (2.09%) Electronics
17 179 (1.66%) Aerospace
18 154 (1.42%) Billing
19 146 (1.35%) Automotive
19 146 (1.35%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1,541 (14.25%) Analyst
2 1,413 (13.07%) Senior
3 1,358 (12.56%) Developer
4 893 (8.26%) Software Engineer
5 781 (7.22%) Lead
6 540 (4.99%) IT Support
7 480 (4.44%) Architect
8 429 (3.97%) Support Engineer
9 419 (3.87%) Consultant
10 362 (3.35%) Project Manager
11 353 (3.26%) IT Engineer
12 341 (3.15%) Business Analyst
13 320 (2.96%) Senior Developer
14 311 (2.88%) Data Engineer
15 297 (2.75%) Senior Software Engineer
16 287 (2.65%) Graduate
17 268 (2.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 267 (2.47%) IT Technician
19 265 (2.45%) Software Developer
20 263 (2.43%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 700 (6.47%) .NET
2 620 (5.73%) HTML
3 549 (5.08%) CSS
4 528 (4.88%) React
5 388 (3.59%) AngularJS
6 303 (2.80%) Node.js
7 260 (2.40%) Spring
8 229 (2.12%) RESTful
9 221 (2.04%) REST
10 190 (1.76%) Vue
11 179 (1.66%) .NET Framework
12 173 (1.60%) .NET Core
12 173 (1.60%) ASP.NET
13 154 (1.42%) Web Services
14 153 (1.41%) JSON
15 134 (1.24%) XML
16 126 (1.17%) HTML5
17 123 (1.14%) jQuery
18 114 (1.05%) GraphQL
19 112 (1.04%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1,007 (9.31%) Self-Motivation
2 567 (5.24%) Management Information System
3 412 (3.81%) Driving Licence
4 395 (3.65%) Algorithms
5 330 (3.05%) Product Ownership
6 249 (2.30%) Onboarding
7 229 (2.12%) Data Centre
8 177 (1.64%) Cloud Native
9 164 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
10 162 (1.50%) Data Structures
11 142 (1.31%) Mobile App
12 138 (1.28%) IoT
13 135 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
14 110 (1.02%) NHS
15 108 (1.00%) FMCG
16 107 (0.99%) Public Cloud
17 104 (0.96%) Clustering
18 99 (0.92%) Client/Server
19 82 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
20 75 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1,707 (15.78%) Windows
2 728 (6.73%) Linux
3 580 (5.36%) Windows Server
4 406 (3.75%) Windows 10
5 194 (1.79%) Apple iOS
6 173 (1.60%) Android
7 139 (1.29%) Unix
8 119 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
9 112 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
10 111 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
11 110 (1.02%) Mac OS
12 104 (0.96%) Windows 7
13 50 (0.46%) Data ONTAP
14 35 (0.32%) VMS
15 34 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 33 (0.31%) Ubuntu
17 30 (0.28%) Windows 8
18 28 (0.26%) CentOS
18 28 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
19 27 (0.25%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,232 (20.64%) Agile
2 1,483 (13.71%) Customer Service
3 1,348 (12.46%) Software Engineering
4 1,325 (12.25%) Project Management
5 1,269 (11.73%) Mentoring
6 1,252 (11.58%) Computer Science
7 1,190 (11.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 1,189 (10.99%) Decision-Making
9 1,093 (10.11%) DevOps
10 869 (8.04%) ITIL
11 847 (7.83%) Coaching
12 815 (7.54%) Cybersecurity
13 719 (6.65%) Analytics
14 697 (6.44%) Actionable Insight
15 681 (6.30%) SDLC
16 669 (6.19%) CI/CD
17 668 (6.18%) Mathematics
18 643 (5.95%) Collaborative Working
19 637 (5.89%) Change Management
20 598 (5.53%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1,657 (15.32%) SQL
2 1,130 (10.45%) Python
3 936 (8.65%) Java
4 912 (8.43%) JavaScript
5 893 (8.26%) C#
6 348 (3.22%) C
6 348 (3.22%) C++
7 327 (3.02%) PowerShell
8 282 (2.61%) TypeScript
9 280 (2.59%) PHP
10 225 (2.08%) Bash
11 152 (1.41%) Scala
12 118 (1.09%) T-SQL
13 92 (0.85%) Perl
14 91 (0.84%) MATLAB
15 90 (0.83%) Ruby
16 82 (0.76%) Go
17 65 (0.60%) Shell Script
17 65 (0.60%) VB
18 61 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 2,812 (26.00%) Degree
2 1,096 (10.13%) Security Cleared
3 699 (6.46%) SC Cleared
4 647 (5.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 344 (3.18%) Master's Degree
6 305 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 243 (2.25%) DBS Check
8 171 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
9 164 (1.52%) DV Cleared
10 121 (1.12%) CCNA
11 114 (1.05%) HNC
12 113 (1.04%) A+ Certification
13 104 (0.96%) PhD
14 98 (0.91%) HND
14 98 (0.91%) PMI Certification
15 94 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
16 92 (0.85%) Azure Certification
17 91 (0.84%) CISSP
18 83 (0.77%) MCSE
19 76 (0.70%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 612 (5.66%) QA
2 479 (4.43%) GDPR
3 401 (3.71%) SLA
4 358 (3.31%) Data Quality
5 179 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 153 (1.41%) Accessibility
7 139 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
8 134 (1.24%) PMO
9 100 (0.92%) ISO 9001
10 61 (0.56%) NIST
11 53 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 51 (0.47%) WCAG
13 44 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
13 44 (0.41%) IFRS
14 38 (0.35%) GAAP
15 29 (0.27%) NCSC
16 28 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 21 (0.19%) ISO 13485
17 21 (0.19%) PCI DSS
17 21 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 931 (8.61%) Active Directory
2 418 (3.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 404 (3.74%) Docker
4 292 (2.70%) Hyper-V
5 125 (1.16%) Firmware
6 80 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
7 62 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
8 46 (0.43%) VMware NSX
9 40 (0.37%) vSphere
10 31 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
11 29 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
12 25 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
13 21 (0.19%) KVM
14 13 (0.12%) Terminal Services
15 12 (0.11%) XenApp
16 8 (0.074%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 8 (0.074%) NFS
16 8 (0.074%) XenDesktop
17 7 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
18 6 (0.055%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 395 (3.65%) Kubernetes
2 225 (2.08%) Terraform
3 191 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 167 (1.54%) SCCM
5 166 (1.53%) Ansible
6 67 (0.62%) vCenter Server
7 63 (0.58%) Prometheus
8 54 (0.50%) Puppet
9 42 (0.39%) SCOM
10 39 (0.36%) EnCase
10 39 (0.36%) WSUS
11 34 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
12 30 (0.28%) FortiGate
13 29 (0.27%) OpenSSO
14 27 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
15 26 (0.24%) Grafana
16 22 (0.20%) Progress Chef
16 22 (0.20%) ZABBIX
17 18 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
18 17 (0.16%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2,629 (24.31%) Microsoft
2 614 (5.68%) Google
3 576 (5.33%) VMware
4 378 (3.50%) Oracle
5 293 (2.71%) SAP
6 273 (2.52%) Cisco
7 179 (1.66%) Salesforce
8 119 (1.10%) Veeam
9 108 (1.00%) Apple
10 104 (0.96%) IBM
11 102 (0.94%) Adobe
11 102 (0.94%) ServiceNow
12 99 (0.92%) Databricks
13 98 (0.91%) Citrix
13 98 (0.91%) Dell
14 94 (0.87%) HP
15 90 (0.83%) Palo Alto
16 79 (0.73%) Meraki
17 73 (0.67%) Red Hat
17 73 (0.67%) Sophos