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 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 2 7
Rank change year-on-year -22 +5 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 114 134 267
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 5.62% 24.41% 12.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.74% 28.94% 17.21%
Number of salaries quoted 82 95 166
10th Percentile £28,500 £22,882 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £25,844 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £41,600
Median % change year-on-year - +8.17% +4.00%
75th Percentile £64,573 £73,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £72,250 £78,750 £57,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £48,793
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.47% -11.29%

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 1,304 463 1,551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 64.27% 84.34% 71.08%
Number of salaries quoted 915 301 1,195
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,438 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £32,851 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +15.56% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,721 £78,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.41%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 -16 84 £45,000 +18.13% 31
West Wales -20 16 £60,000 +166.67% 6
North Wales -12 7 £30,993 +19.78% 5
Mid Wales - 5 £28,000 -
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 13 (11.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (7.02%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.63%) Confluence
4 2 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.75%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.75%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.88%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.88%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.88%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.88%) Simulink
3 1 (0.88%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (1.75%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (1.75%) Shopify
2 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (22.81%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (21.93%) Azure
3 11 (9.65%) AWS
3 11 (9.65%) Power Platform
4 7 (6.14%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (5.26%) GCP
6 5 (4.39%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.63%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.63%) IaaS
7 3 (2.63%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.63%) PaaS
7 3 (2.63%) SaaS
8 2 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.75%) dbt
8 2 (1.75%) Miro
8 2 (1.75%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.75%) Vertex AI
9 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.91%) DHCP
1 17 (14.91%) DNS
2 9 (7.89%) LAN
2 9 (7.89%) WAN
3 7 (6.14%) Firewall
4 4 (3.51%) VLAN
5 3 (2.63%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.75%) Network Security
7 1 (0.88%) Modbus
7 1 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.88%) VPN
7 1 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.77%) Power BI
2 9 (7.89%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (4.39%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.63%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.75%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.75%) GIS
5 2 (1.75%) Looker
5 2 (1.75%) MySQL
5 2 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.75%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.88%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (7.02%) Git
2 3 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 67 (58.77%) Social Skills
2 48 (42.11%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (14.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (12.28%) Public Sector
5 13 (11.40%) Finance
6 11 (9.65%) Manufacturing
7 10 (8.77%) Telecoms
8 6 (5.26%) Local Government
8 6 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (4.39%) Welsh Language
10 4 (3.51%) Electronics
11 3 (2.63%) Billing
11 3 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.75%) Banking
12 2 (1.75%) Retail
13 1 (0.88%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.88%) Law
13 1 (0.88%) Military
Job Titles
1 15 (13.16%) Senior
2 13 (11.40%) IT Technician
3 12 (10.53%) IT Support
4 10 (8.77%) Analyst
4 10 (8.77%) Systems Engineer
5 9 (7.89%) IT Support Technician
5 9 (7.89%) Support Technician
6 8 (7.02%) Architect
6 8 (7.02%) IT Manager
7 7 (6.14%) DevOps Engineer
7 7 (6.14%) Lead
8 6 (5.26%) Coordinator
8 6 (5.26%) Senior Manager
9 5 (4.39%) Lead Architect
9 5 (4.39%) Senior IT Manager
9 5 (4.39%) Technical Architect
9 5 (4.39%) Technical Leader
10 4 (3.51%) Finance Manager
10 4 (3.51%) Senior IT Technician
10 4 (3.51%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.63%) Hibernate
1 3 (2.63%) JPA
1 3 (2.63%) Kafka
1 3 (2.63%) Node.js
1 3 (2.63%) RabbitMQ
1 3 (2.63%) RESTful
1 3 (2.63%) Spring
1 3 (2.63%) Spring Boot
2 1 (0.88%) CSS
2 1 (0.88%) HTML
2 1 (0.88%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (0.88%) Next.js
2 1 (0.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 10 (8.77%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (7.89%) Driving Licence
4 5 (4.39%) SCADA
5 4 (3.51%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (3.51%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.51%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.63%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.63%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (2.63%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.63%) Replication
7 2 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.75%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.75%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.88%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 30 (26.32%) Windows
2 21 (18.42%) Windows Server
3 13 (11.40%) Linux
3 13 (11.40%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (6.14%) Windows 10
5 4 (3.51%) Unix
5 4 (3.51%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.88%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (25.44%) Customer Service
2 28 (24.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 22 (19.30%) Migration
4 20 (17.54%) Collaborative Working
5 19 (16.67%) DevOps
6 17 (14.91%) Agile
7 14 (12.28%) Business Intelligence
7 14 (12.28%) Decision-Making
8 13 (11.40%) Customer Experience
8 13 (11.40%) IT Strategy
8 13 (11.40%) Mentoring
8 13 (11.40%) Project Management
9 12 (10.53%) Project Delivery
9 12 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 11 (9.65%) Root Cause Analysis
10 11 (9.65%) Service Delivery
11 10 (8.77%) Cybersecurity
11 10 (8.77%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 9 (7.89%) CI/CD
12 9 (7.89%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.04%) SQL
2 9 (7.89%) Java
3 8 (7.02%) Python
4 4 (3.51%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.63%) Bash
5 3 (2.63%) C#
5 3 (2.63%) R
6 2 (1.75%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.88%) C
7 1 (0.88%) C++
7 1 (0.88%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.88%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 18 (15.79%) Degree
2 15 (13.16%) Security Cleared
3 14 (12.28%) SC Cleared
4 10 (8.77%) DBS Check
5 5 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 4 (3.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (2.63%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.75%) CCNA
8 2 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.75%) CISM
8 2 (1.75%) CISSP
8 2 (1.75%) PMP
9 1 (0.88%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.88%) HNC
9 1 (0.88%) HND
9 1 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.88%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.89%) Cyber Essentials
1 9 (7.89%) PCI DSS
1 9 (7.89%) SLA
2 4 (3.51%) QA
3 2 (1.75%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.75%) NIST
4 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.88%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.88%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 25 (21.93%) Active Directory
2 16 (14.04%) Hyper-V
3 11 (9.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (7.89%) Terminal Server
5 7 (6.14%) Docker
6 1 (0.88%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (7.89%) Terraform
2 5 (4.39%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.75%) Grafana
3 2 (1.75%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 45 (39.47%) Microsoft
2 20 (17.54%) VMware
3 11 (9.65%) Splunk
4 10 (8.77%) Veeam
5 9 (7.89%) Brocade
5 9 (7.89%) Nimble Storage
5 9 (7.89%) SolarWinds
5 9 (7.89%) Tanium
6 5 (4.39%) Adobe
7 3 (2.63%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.75%) ESRI
8 2 (1.75%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (0.88%) Acronis
9 1 (0.88%) EMC
9 1 (0.88%) Google
9 1 (0.88%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.88%) Salesforce