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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 1 10
Rank change year-on-year -18 +9 +3
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 202 197 128
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 6.57% 23.76% 8.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.04% 28.80% 12.94%
Number of salaries quoted 152 148 67
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,087 £32,633
25th Percentile £30,250 £26,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £48,122 £43,257
Median % change year-on-year -11.68% +11.25% -5.37%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £58,125
90th Percentile £72,250 £73,750 £65,000
UK median annual salary £47,000 £45,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +4.44% -12.62% -6.36%

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 2,012 684 989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 65.47% 82.51% 65.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,401 514 657
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £28,800
25th Percentile £38,000 £29,813 £35,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +6.59% -0.43%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 -16 139 £38,500 -20.62% 126
West Wales -30 47 £51,709 +129.82% 14
North Wales -6 12 £30,993 +19.78% 17
Dyfed - 2 - - 4
Mid Wales - 2 - - 3
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 (5.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.46%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.97%) Confluence
4 2 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.99%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (3.47%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.48%) Adobe XD
3 5 (2.48%) Sketch
4 3 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.99%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.49%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.99%) Maximo
2 2 (0.99%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 60 (29.70%) Azure
2 39 (19.31%) AWS
3 38 (18.81%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (12.87%) GCP
5 17 (8.42%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (5.45%) AWS CloudFormation
6 11 (5.45%) SaaS
7 9 (4.46%) Power Platform
8 7 (3.47%) Entra ID
8 7 (3.47%) IaaS
8 7 (3.47%) Miro
9 6 (2.97%) GitHub
9 6 (2.97%) PowerApps
10 5 (2.48%) Figma
10 5 (2.48%) Google Workspace
10 5 (2.48%) PaaS
11 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (1.49%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.91%) DHCP
1 18 (8.91%) DNS
1 18 (8.91%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (6.44%) LAN
2 13 (6.44%) WAN
3 7 (3.47%) Firewall
4 4 (1.98%) Broadband
4 4 (1.98%) VLAN
5 3 (1.49%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (1.49%) Ethernet
5 3 (1.49%) Network Security
5 3 (1.49%) RTP
5 3 (1.49%) VoIP
6 1 (0.50%) NAS
6 1 (0.50%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.50%) SAN
6 1 (0.50%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.41%) MySQL
1 19 (9.41%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (6.93%) MongoDB
2 14 (6.93%) NoSQL
3 11 (5.45%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (3.96%) Relational Database
5 7 (3.47%) Power BI
6 6 (2.97%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.98%) Ataccama
7 4 (1.98%) IBM InfoSphere
7 4 (1.98%) Redis
7 4 (1.98%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.98%) TIBCO EBX
8 2 (0.99%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.99%) GIS
8 2 (0.99%) Looker
9 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (13.86%) Git
2 15 (7.43%) JIRA
3 5 (2.48%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.98%) minitest
4 4 (1.98%) RSpec
5 3 (1.49%) Bugzilla
5 3 (1.49%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.49%) GitLab
5 3 (1.49%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.49%) Postman
5 3 (1.49%) Selenium
6 1 (0.50%) Cypress.io
General
1 118 (58.42%) Social Skills
2 89 (44.06%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (24.75%) Public Sector
4 28 (13.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (10.89%) Finance
6 15 (7.43%) Manufacturing
7 13 (6.44%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (5.94%) Banking
9 11 (5.45%) Telecoms
10 7 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (3.47%) Retail
11 6 (2.97%) Welsh Language
12 5 (2.48%) Billing
12 5 (2.48%) Local Government
13 4 (1.98%) Police
13 4 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.49%) Electronics
15 2 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
16 1 (0.50%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.50%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 30 (14.85%) Analyst
1 30 (14.85%) Senior
2 21 (10.40%) Developer
3 19 (9.41%) IT Support
4 16 (7.92%) Coordinator
5 15 (7.43%) Support Technician
6 14 (6.93%) Support Engineer
7 13 (6.44%) IT Technician
8 12 (5.94%) IT Manager
8 12 (5.94%) IT Support Technician
9 11 (5.45%) DevOps Engineer
9 11 (5.45%) Java Developer
9 11 (5.45%) Support Analyst
10 9 (4.46%) Junior
10 9 (4.46%) Systems Engineer
11 8 (3.96%) Applications Support
11 8 (3.96%) Lead
12 7 (3.47%) IT Support Analyst
12 7 (3.47%) Service Analyst
12 7 (3.47%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (11.88%) Terraform
2 19 (9.41%) RESTful
3 16 (7.92%) Kafka
3 16 (7.92%) RabbitMQ
4 14 (6.93%) Hibernate
4 14 (6.93%) JPA
4 14 (6.93%) Spring
4 14 (6.93%) Spring Boot
5 6 (2.97%) CSS
6 5 (2.48%) GraphQL
6 5 (2.48%) HTML
6 5 (2.48%) React
7 4 (1.98%) Node.js
7 4 (1.98%) Playwright
7 4 (1.98%) PySpark
7 4 (1.98%) REST
7 4 (1.98%) Ruby on Rails
7 4 (1.98%) Sidekiq
7 4 (1.98%) Vue
8 3 (1.49%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.85%) Management Information System
2 23 (11.39%) Product Ownership
3 15 (7.43%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (6.93%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (6.44%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (6.44%) Virtual Team
6 12 (5.94%) Cloud Native
6 12 (5.94%) Driving Licence
7 11 (5.45%) Onboarding
8 10 (4.95%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.97%) Data Centre
10 5 (2.48%) SCADA
11 4 (1.98%) CCTV
11 4 (1.98%) Reference Data
11 4 (1.98%) Smart City
12 3 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.49%) Low-Code
12 3 (1.49%) Replication
12 3 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 38 (18.81%) Windows
2 21 (10.40%) Linux
3 19 (9.41%) Windows Server
4 10 (4.95%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (3.96%) Unix
6 2 (0.99%) VMS
6 2 (0.99%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.50%) Android
7 1 (0.50%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (30.69%) Customer Service
2 56 (27.72%) Continuous Improvement
3 55 (27.23%) Agile
4 53 (26.24%) DevOps
5 42 (20.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 40 (19.80%) CI/CD
7 37 (18.32%) Mentoring
8 35 (17.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 31 (15.35%) Collaborative Working
9 31 (15.35%) Decision-Making
10 30 (14.85%) ITIL
11 28 (13.86%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 28 (13.86%) Technical Leadership
12 27 (13.37%) Incident Management
13 25 (12.38%) Scrum
14 24 (11.88%) Infrastructure as Code
14 24 (11.88%) Software Engineering
15 22 (10.89%) Project Delivery
16 19 (9.41%) Microservices
17 18 (8.91%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 38 (18.81%) SQL
2 24 (11.88%) Java
3 17 (8.42%) Python
4 12 (5.94%) PowerShell
5 7 (3.47%) JavaScript
5 7 (3.47%) Ruby
6 4 (1.98%) C#
7 3 (1.49%) Bash
7 3 (1.49%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.99%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.50%) R
9 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (9.41%) Degree
2 17 (8.42%) SC Cleared
2 17 (8.42%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.97%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.98%) HND
5 4 (1.98%) ISTQB
5 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 4 (1.98%) NVQ Level 3
5 4 (1.98%) PMI Certification
5 4 (1.98%) PMP
6 3 (1.49%) City & Guilds
7 2 (0.99%) CBAP
7 2 (0.99%) CCNA
7 2 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.99%) CISM
7 2 (0.99%) CISSP
7 2 (0.99%) HNC
7 2 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (12.38%) QA
2 22 (10.89%) SLA
3 11 (5.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (4.95%) Accessibility
4 10 (4.95%) Data Quality
5 9 (4.46%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.99%) GMP
6 2 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.99%) NIST
7 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (14.85%) Active Directory
2 27 (13.37%) Docker
3 14 (6.93%) Hyper-V
4 10 (4.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (4.46%) Terminal Server
6 4 (1.98%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.99%) Firmware
8 2 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.50%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (9.41%) Kubernetes
2 16 (7.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (5.45%) Grafana
3 11 (5.45%) Prometheus
4 7 (3.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.99%) MaaS360
6 1 (0.50%) SCCM
6 1 (0.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 61 (30.20%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.90%) Splunk
3 19 (9.41%) VMware
4 10 (4.95%) Google
4 10 (4.95%) Veeam
5 9 (4.46%) Brocade
5 9 (4.46%) Nimble Storage
5 9 (4.46%) SolarWinds
5 9 (4.46%) Tanium
6 7 (3.47%) Adobe
6 7 (3.47%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.48%) SAP
8 4 (1.98%) Databricks
8 4 (1.98%) IBM
8 4 (1.98%) Informatica
8 4 (1.98%) TIBCO
9 3 (1.49%) Aruba
9 3 (1.49%) Cisco
9 3 (1.49%) Meraki
9 3 (1.49%) Yealink