Problem-Solving Job Trends in Wales

Problem Solving
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 1 8
Rank change year-on-year -13 +7 +1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 237 193 134
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 7.28% 22.49% 9.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.32% 26.73% 14.05%
Number of salaries quoted 175 149 58
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £31,833
25th Percentile £30,125 £27,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £48,122 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.68% +6.94% +5.03%
75th Percentile £59,250 £57,500 £63,881
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £65,300
UK median annual salary £46,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.22% -14.29% -4.55%

All Process & 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 2,093 722 954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 64.26% 84.15% 67.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,456 522 574
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,978 £35,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,584 £48,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.30% +7.78% -1.10%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £73,299
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.78% -1.67%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Wales

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Wales over the 6 months to 4 October 2026.

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 4 October 2026. 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 -9 170 £38,500 -20.62% 278
West Wales -28 52 £47,500 +4.40% 62
North Wales -2 13 £32,993 +27.51% 88
Dyfed - 2 - -
Problem-Solving
UK

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 11 (4.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.80%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.53%) Confluence
4 2 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.84%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (3.38%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.11%) Adobe XD
3 5 (2.11%) Sketch
4 2 (0.84%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.84%) EPLAN
4 2 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.84%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.84%) Maximo
2 2 (0.84%) Shopify
3 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 68 (28.69%) Azure
2 43 (18.14%) AWS
3 39 (16.46%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (12.66%) GCP
5 17 (7.17%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (6.33%) AWS CloudFormation
6 15 (6.33%) SaaS
7 10 (4.22%) Power Platform
8 9 (3.80%) GitHub
9 8 (3.38%) Entra ID
10 7 (2.95%) IaaS
10 7 (2.95%) Miro
11 6 (2.53%) PowerApps
12 5 (2.11%) Figma
12 5 (2.11%) Google Workspace
12 5 (2.11%) PaaS
13 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
14 3 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
14 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
14 3 (1.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 19 (8.02%) Wi-Fi
2 18 (7.59%) DHCP
2 18 (7.59%) DNS
3 12 (5.06%) LAN
3 12 (5.06%) WAN
4 6 (2.53%) Firewall
5 5 (2.11%) Broadband
6 3 (1.27%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (1.27%) Ethernet
6 3 (1.27%) Network Security
6 3 (1.27%) RTP
6 3 (1.27%) VLAN
6 3 (1.27%) VoIP
7 1 (0.42%) Internet
7 1 (0.42%) NAS
7 1 (0.42%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.42%) SAN
7 1 (0.42%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.42%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.70%) MySQL
1 23 (9.70%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (7.59%) MongoDB
2 18 (7.59%) NoSQL
3 11 (4.64%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (3.38%) Power BI
4 8 (3.38%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.53%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.69%) Ataccama
6 4 (1.69%) IBM InfoSphere
6 4 (1.69%) Redis
6 4 (1.69%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.69%) TIBCO EBX
7 2 (0.84%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.84%) GIS
7 2 (0.84%) Looker
8 1 (0.42%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 34 (14.35%) Git
2 17 (7.17%) JIRA
3 7 (2.95%) Bitbucket
4 5 (2.11%) Cucumber
5 4 (1.69%) GitLab
5 4 (1.69%) minitest
5 4 (1.69%) RSpec
6 3 (1.27%) Bugzilla
6 3 (1.27%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.27%) Postman
6 3 (1.27%) Selenium
7 1 (0.42%) Cypress.io
General
1 137 (57.81%) Social Skills
2 103 (43.46%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (23.21%) Public Sector
4 28 (11.81%) Finance
5 27 (11.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (9.70%) Manufacturing
7 20 (8.44%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (7.17%) Banking
9 10 (4.22%) Retail
9 10 (4.22%) Telecoms
10 8 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.53%) Aerospace
11 6 (2.53%) Welsh Language
12 5 (2.11%) Billing
12 5 (2.11%) Local Government
13 4 (1.69%) Electronics
13 4 (1.69%) Police
13 4 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.84%) Advertising
14 2 (0.84%) Games
Job Titles
1 37 (15.61%) Analyst
2 29 (12.24%) Senior
3 27 (11.39%) Developer
4 21 (8.86%) IT Support
5 20 (8.44%) Support Engineer
6 17 (7.17%) Coordinator
7 15 (6.33%) Java Developer
7 15 (6.33%) Support Analyst
8 13 (5.49%) Applications Support
8 13 (5.49%) Support Technician
9 12 (5.06%) IT Manager
9 12 (5.06%) Junior
9 12 (5.06%) Lead
10 11 (4.64%) IT Engineer
10 11 (4.64%) IT Support Engineer
11 10 (4.22%) IT Support Technician
11 10 (4.22%) IT Technician
11 10 (4.22%) Service Analyst
11 10 (4.22%) Service Desk Analyst
11 10 (4.22%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (11.81%) Terraform
2 23 (9.70%) RESTful
3 20 (8.44%) Kafka
3 20 (8.44%) RabbitMQ
4 18 (7.59%) Hibernate
4 18 (7.59%) JPA
4 18 (7.59%) Spring
4 18 (7.59%) Spring Boot
5 6 (2.53%) CSS
6 5 (2.11%) Gherkin
6 5 (2.11%) GraphQL
6 5 (2.11%) HTML
6 5 (2.11%) React
7 4 (1.69%) Node.js
7 4 (1.69%) Playwright
7 4 (1.69%) PySpark
7 4 (1.69%) REST
7 4 (1.69%) Ruby on Rails
7 4 (1.69%) Sidekiq
7 4 (1.69%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.08%) Management Information System
2 29 (12.24%) Product Ownership
3 19 (8.02%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (8.02%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (8.02%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (7.17%) Virtual Team
5 16 (6.75%) Cloud Native
6 14 (5.91%) Driving Licence
7 12 (5.06%) Onboarding
8 10 (4.22%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.53%) CCTV
9 6 (2.53%) Smart City
10 5 (2.11%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.69%) Reference Data
12 3 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.27%) Low-Code
12 3 (1.27%) Replication
12 3 (1.27%) SCADA
12 3 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 38 (16.03%) Windows
2 22 (9.28%) Linux
3 17 (7.17%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.80%) Unix
4 9 (3.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.84%) VMS
6 1 (0.42%) Android
6 1 (0.42%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (30.38%) Customer Service
2 66 (27.85%) Continuous Improvement
3 65 (27.43%) Agile
4 55 (23.21%) DevOps
5 48 (20.25%) Stakeholder Management
6 46 (19.41%) CI/CD
7 45 (18.99%) Mentoring
8 38 (16.03%) Decision-Making
8 38 (16.03%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 34 (14.35%) Incident Management
9 34 (14.35%) ITIL
10 33 (13.92%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 31 (13.08%) Collaborative Working
11 31 (13.08%) Scrum
11 31 (13.08%) Technical Leadership
12 29 (12.24%) Infrastructure as Code
12 29 (12.24%) Software Engineering
13 24 (10.13%) Project Delivery
14 23 (9.70%) Microservices
15 22 (9.28%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 42 (17.72%) SQL
2 28 (11.81%) Java
3 16 (6.75%) Python
4 15 (6.33%) PowerShell
5 9 (3.80%) Ruby
6 7 (2.95%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.69%) C#
7 4 (1.69%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.27%) Bash
9 2 (0.84%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (10.55%) Degree
2 20 (8.44%) Security Cleared
3 19 (8.02%) SC Cleared
4 12 (5.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (4.22%) HNC
6 8 (3.38%) NVQ Level 3
7 7 (2.95%) HND
8 6 (2.53%) City & Guilds
8 6 (2.53%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.69%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 4 (1.69%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.69%) PMP
10 2 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.84%) CBAP
10 2 (0.84%) CCNA
10 2 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.42%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (13.08%) QA
2 23 (9.70%) SLA
3 12 (5.06%) Accessibility
3 12 (5.06%) Data Quality
4 11 (4.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (3.80%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.84%) GMP
7 1 (0.42%) GDPR
7 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 31 (13.08%) Docker
2 29 (12.24%) Active Directory
3 13 (5.49%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.80%) Terminal Server
5 8 (3.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (1.69%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.27%) Firmware
7 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (9.70%) Kubernetes
2 17 (7.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (6.33%) Grafana
3 15 (6.33%) Prometheus
4 8 (3.38%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.84%) MaaS360
6 1 (0.42%) SCCM
6 1 (0.42%) SCOM
Vendors
1 60 (25.32%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.55%) Splunk
3 17 (7.17%) VMware
4 11 (4.64%) Google
5 10 (4.22%) Veeam
6 9 (3.80%) Brocade
6 9 (3.80%) Nimble Storage
6 9 (3.80%) SolarWinds
6 9 (3.80%) Tanium
7 7 (2.95%) SAP
7 7 (2.95%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.11%) Adobe
9 4 (1.69%) Databricks
9 4 (1.69%) IBM
9 4 (1.69%) Informatica
9 4 (1.69%) TIBCO
10 3 (1.27%) Draytek
10 3 (1.27%) Meraki
10 3 (1.27%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.27%) Yealink