Problem-Solving Jobs in Wales

Problem Solving
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 7 13
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 +1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 266 322 223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 27.65% 15.92% 13.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 33.13% 19.99% 13.89%
Number of salaries quoted 160 166 107
10th Percentile £21,925 £26,250 £22,750
25th Percentile £23,504 £32,000 £30,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,215 £41,067 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.73% +9.51% -6.25%
75th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £57,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 803 1,611 1,605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 83.47% 79.67% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 450 1,059 812
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,750 £26,391
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £61,650
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Wales.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Wales over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 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
South Wales +7 199 £25,087 -41.66% 144
North Wales -13 19 £40,101 +17.94% 18
West Wales +5 17 £43,302 +33.24% 5
Problem-Solving
UK

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 7 (2.63%) Confluence
2 2 (0.75%) CMS
3 1 (0.38%) ColdFusion
3 1 (0.38%) Drupal
3 1 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (6.39%) Simulink
2 10 (3.76%) Mathcad
2 10 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.38%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (2.63%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 41 (15.41%) Azure
2 9 (3.38%) AWS
3 8 (3.01%) IaaS
3 8 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (3.01%) PaaS
3 8 (3.01%) SaaS
4 6 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (2.26%) GitHub
4 6 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (1.13%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.38%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.38%) GCP
6 1 (0.38%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.38%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 140 (52.63%) Broadband
2 25 (9.40%) Network Security
3 12 (4.51%) DNS
4 11 (4.14%) TCP/IP
5 10 (3.76%) Modbus
5 10 (3.76%) MQTT
6 9 (3.38%) IP Telephony
7 5 (1.88%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (1.50%) GSM
9 1 (0.38%) DHCP
9 1 (0.38%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.27%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (6.02%) RDBMS
2 16 (6.02%) Relational Database
3 6 (2.26%) Redis
4 2 (0.75%) MySQL
4 2 (0.75%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.38%) MS Access
5 1 (0.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (4.14%) Git
1 11 (4.14%) JIRA
2 7 (2.63%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (2.26%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.75%) Postman
4 2 (0.75%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.38%) JUnit
General
1 148 (55.64%) Games
2 142 (53.38%) Banking
3 84 (31.58%) Social Skills
4 18 (6.77%) Electronics
5 16 (6.02%) Finance
6 15 (5.64%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (4.89%) Telecoms
8 8 (3.01%) Retail
8 8 (3.01%) Welsh Language
9 7 (2.63%) Aerospace
9 7 (2.63%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.50%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.50%) Marketing
12 3 (1.13%) Legal
12 3 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.38%) Advertising
13 1 (0.38%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 145 (54.51%) Customer Service Advisor
2 39 (14.66%) Senior
3 21 (7.89%) Developer
3 21 (7.89%) Lead
4 16 (6.02%) Software Engineer
5 11 (4.14%) Lead Software Engineer
6 10 (3.76%) Mathematical Modeller
7 8 (3.01%) 1st Line Support
7 8 (3.01%) Graduate
7 8 (3.01%) Junior
7 8 (3.01%) Lead Developer
7 8 (3.01%) Senior Developer
7 8 (3.01%) Server Engineer
7 8 (3.01%) Software Team Leader
7 8 (3.01%) Team Leader
8 7 (2.63%) Junior Systems Engineer
8 7 (2.63%) Senior Software Engineer
8 7 (2.63%) Systems Engineer
9 6 (2.26%) Firmware Developer
9 6 (2.26%) Telesales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.27%) .NET
2 6 (2.26%) Django
2 6 (2.26%) FastAPI
2 6 (2.26%) Flask
2 6 (2.26%) GraphQL
2 6 (2.26%) Keycloak
2 6 (2.26%) OAuth
2 6 (2.26%) pytest
2 6 (2.26%) RESTful
2 6 (2.26%) SQLAlchemy
2 6 (2.26%) WebSockets
3 4 (1.50%) Node.js
3 4 (1.50%) React
3 4 (1.50%) Symfony
4 2 (0.75%) ADO
4 2 (0.75%) Web Services
5 1 (0.38%) Laravel
5 1 (0.38%) Next.js
5 1 (0.38%) Sass
5 1 (0.38%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.77%) IoT
2 10 (3.76%) Device Driver
3 9 (3.38%) Private Cloud
4 6 (2.26%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.75%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (0.75%) Learning Management System
6 2 (0.75%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (0.75%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.38%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.38%) Blog
7 1 (0.38%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.38%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.38%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.38%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.38%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.38%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.38%) NHS
7 1 (0.38%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 41 (15.41%) Windows
2 26 (9.77%) Linux
3 22 (8.27%) Unix
4 9 (3.38%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.88%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (59.77%) Customer Service
2 27 (10.15%) Software Engineering
3 24 (9.02%) Agile
3 24 (9.02%) Mentoring
4 20 (7.52%) Systems Engineering
5 19 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (7.14%) Full-Stack Development
6 18 (6.77%) CI/CD
6 18 (6.77%) Collaborative Working
6 18 (6.77%) Mathematics
6 18 (6.77%) Product Strategy
6 18 (6.77%) Technical Debt
6 18 (6.77%) Technical Leadership
7 16 (6.02%) Web Development
8 15 (5.64%) ITIL
9 14 (5.26%) Decision-Making
10 13 (4.89%) Computer Science
10 13 (4.89%) Validation
11 12 (4.51%) DevOps
12 10 (3.76%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 24 (9.02%) SQL
2 22 (8.27%) Python
3 20 (7.52%) C#
4 17 (6.39%) MATLAB
5 14 (5.26%) C
5 14 (5.26%) C++
6 6 (2.26%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.88%) PHP
8 3 (1.13%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.75%) Java
10 1 (0.38%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.38%) Ruby
10 1 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (11.28%) BPSS Clearance
2 24 (9.02%) Degree
3 10 (3.76%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.38%) Azure Certification
5 8 (3.01%) DBS Check
5 8 (3.01%) Master's Degree
5 8 (3.01%) MCSA
5 8 (3.01%) MCSE
5 8 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.88%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.50%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.75%) CISSP
8 2 (0.75%) GCIH
8 2 (0.75%) GIAC
8 2 (0.75%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.75%) PhD
9 1 (0.38%) CISA
9 1 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.38%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 8 (3.01%) QA
2 8 (3.01%) SLA
3 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.38%) GRC
System Software
1 13 (4.89%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.76%) Firmware
3 8 (3.01%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (2.63%) Docker
5 3 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.38%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 6 (2.26%) Grafana
1 6 (2.26%) Kubernetes
1 6 (2.26%) Prometheus
2 3 (1.13%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 143 (53.76%) BT
2 25 (9.40%) Microsoft
3 10 (3.76%) IBM
3 10 (3.76%) MathWorks
4 4 (1.50%) Cisco
5 3 (1.13%) Dell
5 3 (1.13%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.38%) Ariba
6 1 (0.38%) Google
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle
6 1 (0.38%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.38%) SAP