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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -12 +2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 108 113 289
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 6.30% 22.29% 15.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.25% 25.86% 20.72%
Number of salaries quoted 74 79 168
10th Percentile £28,875 £21,850 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £26,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £41,600
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +20.19% +7.37%
75th Percentile £60,938 £77,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £69,576 £79,500 £57,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,967 £49,244
% change year-on-year -6.80% +3.50% -10.47%

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 1,167 437 1,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 68.05% 86.19% 75.32%
Number of salaries quoted 767 250 1,065
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,663 £37,170 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,699 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.96% +14.89% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,648 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.59% +8.45% -9.84%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 -12 78 £45,000 +18.13% 33
West Wales -20 12 £47,105 +109.35% 12
North Wales -7 11 £30,993 +19.78% 9
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 9 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (6.48%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.85%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.93%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.93%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (1.85%) Shopify
2 1 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (21.30%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (16.67%) Azure
3 11 (10.19%) Power Platform
4 6 (5.56%) AWS
5 5 (4.63%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (4.63%) PowerApps
6 3 (2.78%) Amazon S3
6 3 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.78%) GCP
6 3 (2.78%) IaaS
6 3 (2.78%) OneDrive
6 3 (2.78%) PaaS
6 3 (2.78%) SaaS
7 2 (1.85%) dbt
7 2 (1.85%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.85%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.85%) Vertex AI
8 1 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.93%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (12.04%) DHCP
1 13 (12.04%) DNS
2 10 (9.26%) WAN
3 9 (8.33%) LAN
4 7 (6.48%) Firewall
5 6 (5.56%) Wireless
6 4 (3.70%) VLAN
7 3 (2.78%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.93%) Internet
8 1 (0.93%) Modbus
8 1 (0.93%) Network Security
8 1 (0.93%) VoIP
8 1 (0.93%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.26%) Power BI
2 6 (5.56%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.78%) BigQuery
3 3 (2.78%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.85%) GIS
4 2 (1.85%) Looker
4 2 (1.85%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.93%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.93%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (5.56%) Git
2 1 (0.93%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.93%) GitLab
2 1 (0.93%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.93%) JIRA
2 1 (0.93%) JMeter
2 1 (0.93%) Zephyr
General
1 69 (63.89%) Social Skills
2 44 (40.74%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (12.96%) Telecoms
4 11 (10.19%) Finance
4 11 (10.19%) Manufacturing
5 10 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (8.33%) Welsh Language
7 6 (5.56%) Law
7 6 (5.56%) Local Government
7 6 (5.56%) Military
8 5 (4.63%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (2.78%) Electronics
10 3 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.85%) Billing
11 2 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.85%) Retail
12 1 (0.93%) Police
Job Titles
1 16 (14.81%) Senior
2 12 (11.11%) IT Technician
3 11 (10.19%) IT Support
4 9 (8.33%) Analyst
4 9 (8.33%) IT Manager
5 8 (7.41%) IT Support Technician
5 8 (7.41%) Support Technician
6 7 (6.48%) Architect
6 7 (6.48%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (5.56%) DevOps Engineer
7 6 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (5.56%) Report Manager
7 6 (5.56%) Senior Manager
8 5 (4.63%) Lead
8 5 (4.63%) Lead Architect
8 5 (4.63%) Senior IT Manager
8 5 (4.63%) Technical Architect
8 5 (4.63%) Technical Leader
9 4 (3.70%) Business Analyst
9 4 (3.70%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.78%) Node.js
2 1 (0.93%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (0.93%) Next.js
2 1 (0.93%) PySpark
2 1 (0.93%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (15.74%) Management Information System
2 9 (8.33%) Driving Licence
3 6 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (4.63%) SCADA
4 5 (4.63%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.70%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.78%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.78%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (2.78%) Replication
7 2 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.85%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.85%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.85%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.93%) CAN bus
8 1 (0.93%) Clustering
8 1 (0.93%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.93%) PMI
8 1 (0.93%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 28 (25.93%) Windows
2 20 (18.52%) Windows Server
3 10 (9.26%) Windows Server 2016
4 9 (8.33%) Linux
5 7 (6.48%) Windows 10
6 4 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (2.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 22 (20.37%) Customer Service
3 18 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 17 (15.74%) Decision-Making
5 16 (14.81%) Migration
6 15 (13.89%) Collaborative Working
6 15 (13.89%) Project Management
7 14 (12.96%) DevOps
8 13 (12.04%) IT Strategy
9 12 (11.11%) Mentoring
9 12 (11.11%) Service Delivery
10 11 (10.19%) Analytics
10 11 (10.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 10 (9.26%) Root Cause Analysis
12 9 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
12 9 (8.33%) Customer Experience
12 9 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
12 9 (8.33%) Project Delivery
13 8 (7.41%) Agile
13 8 (7.41%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 15 (13.89%) SQL
2 8 (7.41%) Python
3 6 (5.56%) Java
4 5 (4.63%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.78%) Bash
5 3 (2.78%) C#
5 3 (2.78%) R
6 2 (1.85%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.85%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.93%) C
7 1 (0.93%) C++
7 1 (0.93%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 21 (19.44%) Degree
2 12 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 11 (10.19%) DBS Check
3 11 (10.19%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 4 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.85%) CCNA
6 2 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.85%) CISM
6 2 (1.85%) CISSP
7 1 (0.93%) APMP
7 1 (0.93%) HNC
7 1 (0.93%) HND
7 1 (0.93%) IIBA
7 1 (0.93%) MCSE
7 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.93%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.41%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (5.56%) PCI DSS
2 6 (5.56%) SLA
3 3 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.78%) NIST
4 2 (1.85%) QA
5 1 (0.93%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.93%) GDPR
5 1 (0.93%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.93%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 23 (21.30%) Active Directory
2 13 (12.04%) Hyper-V
3 12 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (5.56%) Terminal Server
5 4 (3.70%) Docker
6 1 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (5.56%) Terraform
2 2 (1.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 40 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 18 (16.67%) VMware
3 7 (6.48%) Veeam
4 6 (5.56%) Brocade
4 6 (5.56%) Nimble Storage
4 6 (5.56%) SolarWinds
4 6 (5.56%) Splunk
4 6 (5.56%) Tanium
5 4 (3.70%) Adobe
6 2 (1.85%) ESRI
6 2 (1.85%) MicroStrategy
6 2 (1.85%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.93%) Oracle
7 1 (0.93%) Salesforce