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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 2 7
Rank change year-on-year -18 +5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 152 172 187
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 6.35% 24.36% 10.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.85% 29.05% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 119 130 140
10th Percentile £28,450 £25,087 £27,850
25th Percentile £32,000 £26,250 £33,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,500 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% +14.79% -4.05%
75th Percentile £63,000 £67,500 £50,313
90th Percentile £72,750 £78,750 £61,345
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,683 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% -4.63% -9.09%

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 1,543 592 1,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 64.48% 83.85% 68.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,135 427 996
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,214 £27,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,124 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% +11.39% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,375 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,312 £77,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.01% +0.08% -8.71%

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 July 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 July 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 -15 101 £40,000 -14.44% 50
West Wales -16 34 £60,000 +166.67% 5
North Wales -7 10 £28,500 +10.14% 7
Mid Wales - 5 £28,000 - 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 16 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (7.89%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.29%) Confluence
4 2 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.32%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.63%) Adobe XD
2 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.63%) Sketch
3 3 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.66%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.66%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 52 (34.21%) Azure
2 41 (26.97%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (21.71%) AWS
4 19 (12.50%) GCP
5 14 (9.21%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (6.58%) Power Platform
7 6 (3.95%) Entra ID
7 6 (3.95%) PowerApps
8 5 (3.29%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (3.29%) Miro
9 4 (2.63%) Figma
9 4 (2.63%) IaaS
9 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (2.63%) SaaS
10 3 (1.97%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.97%) GitHub
10 3 (1.97%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.97%) PaaS
10 3 (1.97%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 27 (17.76%) DHCP
1 27 (17.76%) DNS
2 15 (9.87%) LAN
2 15 (9.87%) WAN
3 12 (7.89%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (5.92%) Firewall
5 6 (3.95%) VLAN
6 3 (1.97%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (1.97%) Ethernet
6 3 (1.97%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.32%) Broadband
7 2 (1.32%) Network Security
7 2 (1.32%) RTP
7 2 (1.32%) VoIP
8 1 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.66%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.55%) Amazon RDS
2 12 (7.89%) MySQL
2 12 (7.89%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (5.26%) MongoDB
3 8 (5.26%) NoSQL
3 8 (5.26%) Power BI
4 7 (4.61%) Relational Database
5 5 (3.29%) SQL Server
6 4 (2.63%) Redis
7 3 (1.97%) Ataccama
7 3 (1.97%) IBM InfoSphere
7 3 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.97%) TIBCO EBX
8 2 (1.32%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.32%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.32%) GIS
8 2 (1.32%) Looker
9 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (10.53%) Git
2 7 (4.61%) JIRA
3 4 (2.63%) minitest
3 4 (2.63%) RSpec
4 3 (1.97%) GitLab
4 3 (1.97%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.32%) Bugzilla
5 2 (1.32%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.32%) Postman
5 2 (1.32%) Selenium
6 1 (0.66%) Cypress.io
General
1 93 (61.18%) Social Skills
2 61 (40.13%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (23.68%) Public Sector
4 23 (15.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (7.24%) Finance
5 11 (7.24%) Telecoms
6 9 (5.92%) Manufacturing
7 8 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (5.26%) Welsh Language
8 5 (3.29%) Banking
9 4 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.63%) Local Government
9 4 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.97%) Billing
10 3 (1.97%) Electronics
11 2 (1.32%) Retail
12 1 (0.66%) Agriculture
12 1 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (14.47%) Senior
2 19 (12.50%) IT Support
3 17 (11.18%) Analyst
4 13 (8.55%) Developer
4 13 (8.55%) IT Technician
4 13 (8.55%) Systems Engineer
5 12 (7.89%) Support Technician
6 11 (7.24%) DevOps Engineer
6 11 (7.24%) Support Engineer
7 10 (6.58%) IT Engineer
7 10 (6.58%) IT Support Engineer
7 10 (6.58%) Lead
8 9 (5.92%) IT Support Technician
9 8 (5.26%) Coordinator
9 8 (5.26%) IT Manager
9 8 (5.26%) Support Analyst
10 7 (4.61%) IT Analyst
10 7 (4.61%) IT Support Analyst
11 6 (3.95%) Help Desk Technician
11 6 (3.95%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.55%) RESTful
2 10 (6.58%) Kafka
2 10 (6.58%) RabbitMQ
3 8 (5.26%) Hibernate
3 8 (5.26%) JPA
3 8 (5.26%) Spring
3 8 (5.26%) Spring Boot
4 5 (3.29%) CSS
4 5 (3.29%) GraphQL
4 5 (3.29%) React
5 4 (2.63%) HTML
5 4 (2.63%) Node.js
5 4 (2.63%) Ruby on Rails
5 4 (2.63%) Sidekiq
5 4 (2.63%) Vue
6 3 (1.97%) Playwright
6 3 (1.97%) REST
7 2 (1.32%) Gherkin
7 2 (1.32%) HTML5 Canvas
7 2 (1.32%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.82%) Management Information System
2 14 (9.21%) Product Ownership
3 13 (8.55%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (7.24%) Onboarding
5 9 (5.92%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (5.92%) Driving Licence
6 7 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (4.61%) Virtual Team
7 6 (3.95%) Cloud Native
8 5 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (3.29%) SCADA
9 4 (2.63%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.97%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.97%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.97%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.97%) Reference Data
10 3 (1.97%) Replication
10 3 (1.97%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.66%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.66%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 44 (28.95%) Windows
2 28 (18.42%) Windows Server
3 24 (15.79%) Linux
4 16 (10.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (5.26%) Unix
6 7 (4.61%) Windows 10
7 4 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.66%) Android
8 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.66%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (29.61%) Customer Service
2 43 (28.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 41 (26.97%) DevOps
4 40 (26.32%) Agile
5 31 (20.39%) Collaborative Working
6 27 (17.76%) CI/CD
6 27 (17.76%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 25 (16.45%) Migration
8 22 (14.47%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (13.82%) Mentoring
10 20 (13.16%) Decision-Making
10 20 (13.16%) ITIL
11 18 (11.84%) Customer Experience
11 18 (11.84%) Software Engineering
12 17 (11.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 17 (11.18%) Project Delivery
12 17 (11.18%) Scrum
12 17 (11.18%) Technical Leadership
13 16 (10.53%) Incident Management
14 15 (9.87%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 26 (17.11%) SQL
2 18 (11.84%) Java
3 14 (9.21%) Python
4 9 (5.92%) PowerShell
5 7 (4.61%) JavaScript
6 6 (3.95%) Ruby
7 4 (2.63%) C#
8 3 (1.97%) Bash
8 3 (1.97%) R
9 2 (1.32%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.66%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.66%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (13.82%) SC Cleared
1 21 (13.82%) Security Cleared
2 13 (8.55%) Degree
3 6 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (3.95%) DBS Check
4 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 4 (2.63%) PMI Certification
4 4 (2.63%) PMP
5 2 (1.32%) CCNA
5 2 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.32%) CISM
5 2 (1.32%) CISSP
5 2 (1.32%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.66%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.66%) APMP
6 1 (0.66%) CBAP
6 1 (0.66%) HNC
6 1 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.66%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.53%) QA
2 13 (8.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (7.89%) PCI DSS
4 11 (7.24%) SLA
5 7 (4.61%) Accessibility
6 5 (3.29%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.32%) NIST
8 1 (0.66%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.66%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.66%) WCAG
System Software
1 39 (25.66%) Active Directory
2 23 (15.13%) Hyper-V
3 20 (13.16%) Docker
4 15 (9.87%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (7.89%) Terminal Server
6 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (1.97%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.66%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.66%) Firmware
7 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (11.18%) Terraform
2 13 (8.55%) Kubernetes
3 9 (5.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (4.61%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 5 (3.29%) Grafana
5 5 (3.29%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.66%) MaaS360
Vendors
1 65 (42.76%) Microsoft
2 27 (17.76%) VMware
3 17 (11.18%) Splunk
4 13 (8.55%) Veeam
5 12 (7.89%) Brocade
5 12 (7.89%) Nimble Storage
5 12 (7.89%) SolarWinds
5 12 (7.89%) Tanium
6 8 (5.26%) Adobe
7 7 (4.61%) ServiceNow
8 5 (3.29%) Google
9 3 (1.97%) Cisco
9 3 (1.97%) IBM
9 3 (1.97%) Informatica
9 3 (1.97%) Meraki
9 3 (1.97%) TIBCO
10 2 (1.32%) Aruba
10 2 (1.32%) Draytek
10 2 (1.32%) ESRI
10 2 (1.32%) MicroStrategy