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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 9 7
Rank change year-on-year +8 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 187 121 159
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 20.24% 9.95% 17.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 24.67% 14.42% 17.79%
Number of salaries quoted 148 50 92
10th Percentile £25,332 £31,250 £23,775
25th Percentile £28,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,750 £44,223
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% +12.50% -4.90%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £57,249
90th Percentile £73,750 £68,080 £72,493
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -

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 758 839 894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 82.03% 69.00% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 560 481 711
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,122 £47,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% +2.15% -7.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,108 £61,445
90th Percentile £74,085 £74,144 £72,433
UK median annual salary £54,285 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.53% - -

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 November 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 4 November 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 +7 154 £47,500 -17.39% 147
North Wales +2 17 £25,875 -35.31% 14
West Wales +4 7 £47,750 +6.11% 9
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 10 (5.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.14%) IIS
3 2 (1.07%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.53%) Apache
4 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.53%) CMS
4 1 (0.53%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (10.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (7.49%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.53%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.53%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.53%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.53%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 51 (27.27%) Azure
2 18 (9.63%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (8.56%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (5.35%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (3.21%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.67%) AWS
6 5 (2.67%) SaaS
7 3 (1.60%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.07%) Amazon ECR
8 2 (1.07%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (1.07%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 2 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.07%) dbt
8 2 (1.07%) GitHub
8 2 (1.07%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.07%) PaaS
8 2 (1.07%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.07%) Pulumi
8 2 (1.07%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 25 (13.37%) Broadband
2 15 (8.02%) DNS
3 10 (5.35%) IP Telephony
4 9 (4.81%) DHCP
4 9 (4.81%) TCP/IP
5 7 (3.74%) Firewall
5 7 (3.74%) VoIP
6 6 (3.21%) VPN
7 2 (1.07%) Modbus
7 2 (1.07%) Network Security
8 1 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.63%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 12 (6.42%) MySQL
4 11 (5.88%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (5.88%) GIS
5 10 (5.35%) Geospatial Data
6 5 (2.67%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.14%) Power BI
8 3 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.07%) Redis
10 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.53%) MS Access
10 1 (0.53%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.53%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.53%) Spotfire
10 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (7.49%) Octopus Deploy
1 14 (7.49%) TeamCity
2 6 (3.21%) Git
3 2 (1.07%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.53%) Katalon Studio
4 1 (0.53%) Mercurial
General
1 73 (39.04%) Social Skills
2 67 (35.83%) Finance
3 57 (30.48%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (12.83%) Games
5 17 (9.09%) Banking
5 17 (9.09%) Telecoms
6 15 (8.02%) Manufacturing
7 9 (4.81%) Marketing
8 8 (4.28%) Electronics
8 8 (4.28%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.14%) Automotive
10 4 (2.14%) Legal
11 3 (1.60%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.60%) Aviation
11 3 (1.60%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.60%) Retail
12 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.53%) Law
Job Titles
1 32 (17.11%) Lead
2 23 (12.30%) Customer Service Advisor
3 18 (9.63%) Analyst
4 15 (8.02%) DevOps Engineer
4 15 (8.02%) Senior
5 14 (7.49%) Support Analyst
6 13 (6.95%) IT Support
7 10 (5.35%) Consultant
7 10 (5.35%) Payroll Manager
8 9 (4.81%) Systems Engineer
9 8 (4.28%) Applications Support
9 8 (4.28%) Applications Support Analyst
9 8 (4.28%) IT Manager
10 7 (3.74%) Senior Manager
10 7 (3.74%) Support Consultant
10 7 (3.74%) Technical Support
11 6 (3.21%) Developer
11 6 (3.21%) Technical Analyst
11 6 (3.21%) Technical Support Analyst
12 5 (2.67%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (11.23%) .NET
2 13 (6.95%) Django
3 12 (6.42%) CSS
3 12 (6.42%) HTML
4 11 (5.88%) HTML5
4 11 (5.88%) React
5 1 (0.53%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.53%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.53%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.53%) Laravel
5 1 (0.53%) MSMQ
5 1 (0.53%) REST
5 1 (0.53%) RESTful
5 1 (0.53%) Sass
5 1 (0.53%) Symfony
5 1 (0.53%) Vue
5 1 (0.53%) WinForms
5 1 (0.53%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 23 (12.30%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (10.70%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (10.16%) Virtual Team
4 16 (8.56%) Management Information System
5 13 (6.95%) Onboarding
6 12 (6.42%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.67%) Driving Licence
8 4 (2.14%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.60%) FPGA
10 2 (1.07%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.07%) IoT
10 2 (1.07%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.07%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.53%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.53%) Embedded Systems
11 1 (0.53%) N-Tier
11 1 (0.53%) Social Media
11 1 (0.53%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (11.23%) Windows
2 14 (7.49%) Linux
3 11 (5.88%) Windows Server
4 9 (4.81%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (2.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (30.48%) Customer Service
2 31 (16.58%) CI/CD
3 30 (16.04%) Agile
4 29 (15.51%) Decision-Making
5 28 (14.97%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (12.83%) Service Delivery
7 23 (12.30%) Mentoring
8 19 (10.16%) DevOps
9 15 (8.02%) AI
9 15 (8.02%) Customer Experience
10 14 (7.49%) Project Management
10 14 (7.49%) Software Delivery
11 13 (6.95%) Analytics
11 13 (6.95%) Migration
11 13 (6.95%) Risk Management
11 13 (6.95%) Scrum
11 13 (6.95%) Time Management
11 13 (6.95%) User Experience
12 12 (6.42%) Software Testing
12 12 (6.42%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 21 (11.23%) SQL
2 16 (8.56%) C#
3 15 (8.02%) JavaScript
3 15 (8.02%) PowerShell
3 15 (8.02%) Python
4 5 (2.67%) C
4 5 (2.67%) C++
5 2 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.53%) PHP
6 1 (0.53%) R
6 1 (0.53%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (11.76%) Degree
2 14 (7.49%) SC Cleared
2 14 (7.49%) Security Cleared
3 10 (5.35%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.53%) CCNA
5 1 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.53%) HNC
5 1 (0.53%) HND
5 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.53%) MRICS
5 1 (0.53%) PMP
5 1 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (0.53%) SAP Certification
5 1 (0.53%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.81%) Cyber Essentials
1 9 (4.81%) PCI DSS
2 8 (4.28%) QA
3 4 (2.14%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.07%) GDPR
5 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.53%) IEC 62304
5 1 (0.53%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.53%) NIST
5 1 (0.53%) PMO
5 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.81%) Hyper-V
2 9 (4.81%) Terminal Server
3 5 (2.67%) Docker
4 3 (1.60%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (1.60%) Firmware
5 1 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.53%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 17 (9.09%) Terraform
2 14 (7.49%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.07%) AWS Copilot
4 1 (0.53%) Ansible
Vendors
1 33 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.63%) BT
3 12 (6.42%) VMware
4 9 (4.81%) Brocade
4 9 (4.81%) Nimble Storage
4 9 (4.81%) SolarWinds
4 9 (4.81%) Splunk
4 9 (4.81%) Tanium
4 9 (4.81%) Veeam
5 5 (2.67%) Google
6 3 (1.60%) Sage
6 3 (1.60%) SAP
7 2 (1.07%) Guidewire
7 2 (1.07%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.07%) Oracle
7 2 (1.07%) Pega
7 2 (1.07%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.53%) Databricks
8 1 (0.53%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.53%) Twitter