Problem Solving
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 19 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Mar 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +1 | +7 | +2 |
| Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving | 9,400 | 13,462 | 15,012 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 17.90% | 15.30% | 13.40% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 19.06% | 17.47% | 14.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,961 | 8,913 | 7,417 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £26,250 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,500 | £33,750 | £40,834 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £50,000 | £55,398 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -9.74% | +2.59% |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £68,750 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £88,225 | £86,250 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £47,500 | £45,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.56% | -10.00% | +8.17% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 49,308 | 77,062 | 107,201 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 93.88% | 87.57% | 95.69% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,524 | 56,309 | 63,246 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,000 | £29,250 | £34,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,500 | £55,000 | £62,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.36% | -11.29% | +3.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £73,750 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £99,500 | £93,750 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,928 | £50,000 | £54,882 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.86% | -8.90% | +4.63% |
Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Problem-Solving
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving.
Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 19 March 2025.
Problem-Solving
Top 19 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 19 March 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 |
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| England | +1 | 7,779 | £52,500 | +5.00% | 7,372 |
| UK excluding London | +2 | 6,608 | £47,500 | +5.56% | 4,443 |
| Work from Home | +6 | 3,565 | £55,000 | - | 3,332 |
| London | +4 | 2,342 | £65,000 | -7.14% | 3,526 |
| North of England | +3 | 1,742 | £45,383 | -3.44% | 1,154 |
| South East | 0 | 1,298 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 1,272 |
| Scotland | +19 | 1,099 | £41,500 | -12.63% | 257 |
| Midlands | 0 | 1,082 | £48,000 | +12.94% | 721 |
| North West | +1 | 962 | £46,000 | -3.16% | 655 |
| West Midlands | +3 | 751 | £55,000 | +29.41% | 402 |
| South West | +4 | 613 | £47,500 | - | 489 |
| East of England | 0 | 610 | £50,000 | +16.28% | 572 |
| Yorkshire | +2 | 552 | £42,000 | -6.67% | 363 |
| East Midlands | -1 | 329 | £40,000 | +6.67% | 294 |
| North East | +9 | 228 | £38,300 | -15.12% | 155 |
| Wales | 0 | 161 | £50,000 | +19.62% | 89 |
| Northern Ireland | -6 | 31 | £59,715 | +19.43% | 55 |
| Isle of Man | 0 | 5 | £36,250 | -19.44% | 1 |
| Channel Islands | +5 | 2 | £25,000 | -46.81% | 1 |
Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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