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 11 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 0
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 146 299 250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 9.73% 21.90% 14.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.35% 22.62% 14.65%
Number of salaries quoted 55 100 141
10th Percentile £33,850 £23,750 £23,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,733 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,016 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.91% -2.19% +5.88%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,729 £57,693
90th Percentile £66,900 £72,550 £66,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%

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 1,094 1,322 1,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 72.88% 96.85% 97.10%
Number of salaries quoted 549 758 1,028
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £31,569
25th Percentile £35,700 £34,000 £38,258
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,210 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% -7.58% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,445 £62,400
90th Percentile £73,299 £72,433 £72,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

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 11 October 2024.

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 11 October 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 Wales -7 98 £50,000 - 48
North Wales +3 27 £42,500 +77.08% 11
West Wales +24 18 £45,000 +1.32% 17
Mid Wales -8 2 - - 1
Dyfed -1 1 £85,000 +106.06% 2
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 11 (7.53%) Confluence
2 10 (6.85%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.05%) Apache
3 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.37%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.68%) CMS
5 1 (0.68%) Umbraco
Applications
1 14 (9.59%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.37%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.68%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
2 1 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.68%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 32 (21.92%) Azure
2 16 (10.96%) AWS
3 13 (8.90%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (7.53%) GitHub
5 10 (6.85%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (5.48%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (4.11%) Entra ID
7 6 (4.11%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.74%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.74%) SaaS
9 3 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.05%) Serverless
10 2 (1.37%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.37%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.68%) Amazon ELB
11 1 (0.68%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.68%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.48%) Remote Desktop
1 8 (5.48%) TCP/IP
1 8 (5.48%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (4.11%) VoIP
3 5 (3.42%) Bluetooth
3 5 (3.42%) Firewall
3 5 (3.42%) Modbus
3 5 (3.42%) RS-232
3 5 (3.42%) RS-485
3 5 (3.42%) VPN
4 4 (2.74%) DNS
4 4 (2.74%) IP Telephony
5 3 (2.05%) Asterisk PBX
5 3 (2.05%) Broadband
5 3 (2.05%) Internet
5 3 (2.05%) PBX
6 2 (1.37%) DSL
6 2 (1.37%) HTTP
7 1 (0.68%) SNMP
7 1 (0.68%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.53%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.85%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (4.79%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (4.79%) Redis
4 3 (2.05%) Data Vault
4 3 (2.05%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.05%) Power BI
4 3 (2.05%) Tableau
5 2 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (1.37%) Big Data
5 2 (1.37%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.37%) Metadata
5 2 (1.37%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.68%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.68%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.68%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.68%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 13 (8.90%) Git
2 12 (8.22%) JIRA
3 7 (4.79%) SonarQube
4 5 (3.42%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.37%) GitLab
5 2 (1.37%) Postman
6 1 (0.68%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.68%) Storybook
6 1 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 87 (59.59%) Social Skills
2 46 (31.51%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (13.01%) Manufacturing
4 11 (7.53%) Presentation Skills
4 11 (7.53%) Public Sector
5 10 (6.85%) Finance
6 8 (5.48%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (5.48%) Telecoms
7 7 (4.79%) Electronics
8 4 (2.74%) Advertising
9 3 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.05%) Marketing
10 2 (1.37%) Automotive
10 2 (1.37%) Legal
11 1 (0.68%) Banking
11 1 (0.68%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.68%) Local Government
11 1 (0.68%) Police
11 1 (0.68%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (21.23%) Senior
2 28 (19.18%) Developer
3 13 (8.90%) Analyst
4 12 (8.22%) Lead
4 12 (8.22%) Software Engineer
5 10 (6.85%) Backend Developer
5 10 (6.85%) Embedded Engineer
5 10 (6.85%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 10 (6.85%) Senior Developer
6 9 (6.16%) IT Manager
6 9 (6.16%) Junior
6 9 (6.16%) Support Analyst
7 8 (5.48%) Architect
8 7 (4.79%) 1st Line Support
8 7 (4.79%) IT Technician
8 7 (4.79%) Senior Backend Developer
9 6 (4.11%) Senior Manager
10 5 (3.42%) Engineering Manager
10 5 (3.42%) Software Developer
10 5 (3.42%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.64%) RESTful
2 12 (8.22%) .NET
3 8 (5.48%) HTML
4 7 (4.79%) CSS
4 7 (4.79%) Django
4 7 (4.79%) FastAPI
4 7 (4.79%) Flask
4 7 (4.79%) GraphQL
4 7 (4.79%) Keycloak
4 7 (4.79%) OAuth
4 7 (4.79%) pytest
4 7 (4.79%) React
4 7 (4.79%) SQLAlchemy
4 7 (4.79%) WebSockets
5 5 (3.42%) .NET Framework
5 5 (3.42%) ASP.NET
5 5 (3.42%) HTML5
5 5 (3.42%) JSON
6 4 (2.74%) NestJS
6 4 (2.74%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.85%) Embedded Systems
1 10 (6.85%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (5.48%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.11%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.74%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.74%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.74%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.37%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.37%) NHS
6 2 (1.37%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.37%) Replication
6 2 (1.37%) Wiki
7 1 (0.68%) FPGA
7 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 18 (12.33%) Windows
2 9 (6.16%) Linux
3 3 (2.05%) Android
3 3 (2.05%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.05%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.37%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.68%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (15.75%) Customer Service
1 23 (15.75%) Project Management
2 22 (15.07%) Continuous Improvement
3 20 (13.70%) Software Engineering
4 18 (12.33%) DevOps
5 17 (11.64%) CI/CD
6 16 (10.96%) Agile
7 15 (10.27%) ITIL
8 14 (9.59%) Computer Science
9 13 (8.90%) Collaborative Working
9 13 (8.90%) Data Modelling
9 13 (8.90%) Time Management
10 12 (8.22%) Decision-Making
11 10 (6.85%) Containerisation
11 10 (6.85%) ERP
12 9 (6.16%) Disaster Recovery
13 8 (5.48%) Business Intelligence
13 8 (5.48%) Data Architecture
13 8 (5.48%) Front End Development
14 7 (4.79%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 30 (20.55%) SQL
2 15 (10.27%) Python
3 13 (8.90%) C#
4 9 (6.16%) JavaScript
5 6 (4.11%) C
5 6 (4.11%) C++
6 5 (3.42%) Assembly Language
7 4 (2.74%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.37%) Apex Code
8 2 (1.37%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.68%) ABAP
9 1 (0.68%) Bash
9 1 (0.68%) Go
9 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.68%) Ruby
9 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (22.60%) Degree
2 11 (7.53%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.48%) A+ Certification
4 7 (4.79%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (4.11%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.74%) SC Cleared
8 3 (2.05%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.05%) CCNA
8 3 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.05%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.37%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.37%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.37%) MCSE
10 1 (0.68%) MCSA
10 1 (0.68%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.79%) QA
2 3 (2.05%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.05%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.05%) ISO 22301
3 1 (0.68%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (0.68%) IEC 62304
3 1 (0.68%) ISO 13485
3 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (7.53%) Docker
2 7 (4.79%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.74%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.68%) Firmware
5 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (6.85%) Kubernetes
2 9 (6.16%) Prometheus
3 8 (5.48%) Grafana
3 8 (5.48%) Terraform
4 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.37%) Ansible
6 1 (0.68%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 33 (22.60%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.16%) SAP
3 3 (2.05%) Salesforce
3 3 (2.05%) VMware
3 3 (2.05%) Xamarin
4 2 (1.37%) Cisco
4 2 (1.37%) Databricks
4 2 (1.37%) HP
5 1 (0.68%) Conga
5 1 (0.68%) DocuSign
5 1 (0.68%) Google
5 1 (0.68%) Kronos
5 1 (0.68%) NetApp
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle
5 1 (0.68%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.68%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.68%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.68%) SolidFire