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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 2 7
Rank change year-on-year -18 +5 +10
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 136 165 218
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 5.95% 24.09% 10.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.21% 28.75% 15.36%
Number of salaries quoted 105 124 167
10th Percentile £28,350 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,519 £26,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,750 £41,200
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% +13.47% -2.49%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £50,625
90th Percentile £71,500 £78,750 £59,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -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 1,477 574 1,419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 64.67% 83.80% 70.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,072 402 1,129
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,949 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +13.22% -
75th Percentile £65,188 £66,211 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,613 £77,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.72%

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 11 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 11 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 -16 95 £40,000 - 41
West Wales -21 25 £60,000 +166.67% 10
North Wales -12 9 £28,750 +11.11% 8
Mid Wales - 5 £28,000 - 1
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 14 (10.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (8.09%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.68%) Confluence
4 2 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.47%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.94%) Adobe XD
2 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.94%) Sketch
3 3 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.47%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.74%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.74%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.74%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.47%) Shopify
2 1 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 38 (27.94%) Azure
2 36 (26.47%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (15.44%) AWS
4 11 (8.09%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (8.09%) GCP
4 11 (8.09%) Power Platform
5 6 (4.41%) PowerApps
6 5 (3.68%) Miro
7 4 (2.94%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.94%) Figma
8 3 (2.21%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.21%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.21%) IaaS
8 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (2.21%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.21%) PaaS
8 3 (2.21%) Power Automate
8 3 (2.21%) SaaS
9 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 24 (17.65%) DHCP
1 24 (17.65%) DNS
2 13 (9.56%) LAN
2 13 (9.56%) WAN
3 9 (6.62%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (5.88%) Firewall
5 5 (3.68%) VLAN
6 3 (2.21%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.47%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (1.47%) Ethernet
7 2 (1.47%) Network Security
8 1 (0.74%) Broadband
8 1 (0.74%) Modbus
8 1 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.74%) RTP
8 1 (0.74%) VoIP
8 1 (0.74%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.35%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (6.62%) Power BI
3 6 (4.41%) MongoDB
3 6 (4.41%) NoSQL
4 5 (3.68%) MySQL
4 5 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.94%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.47%) Ataccama
6 2 (1.47%) BigQuery
6 2 (1.47%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.47%) GIS
6 2 (1.47%) IBM InfoSphere
6 2 (1.47%) Looker
6 2 (1.47%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.47%) TIBCO EBX
7 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (7.35%) Git
2 6 (4.41%) JIRA
3 1 (0.74%) Bugzilla
3 1 (0.74%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.74%) Postman
3 1 (0.74%) Selenium
General
1 86 (63.24%) Social Skills
2 50 (36.76%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (22.06%) Public Sector
4 22 (16.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (9.56%) Finance
6 10 (7.35%) Manufacturing
6 10 (7.35%) Telecoms
7 8 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (4.41%) Local Government
8 6 (4.41%) Welsh Language
9 4 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.21%) Banking
10 3 (2.21%) Billing
10 3 (2.21%) Electronics
11 2 (1.47%) Retail
12 1 (0.74%) Agriculture
12 1 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (13.24%) IT Support
1 18 (13.24%) Senior
2 16 (11.76%) Analyst
3 13 (9.56%) IT Technician
4 11 (8.09%) Lead
4 11 (8.09%) Support Technician
4 11 (8.09%) Systems Engineer
5 9 (6.62%) DevOps Engineer
5 9 (6.62%) IT Engineer
5 9 (6.62%) IT Support Engineer
5 9 (6.62%) IT Support Technician
5 9 (6.62%) Support Engineer
6 8 (5.88%) Architect
6 8 (5.88%) IT Manager
7 7 (5.15%) Coordinator
7 7 (5.15%) Support Analyst
7 7 (5.15%) Technical Leader
8 6 (4.41%) Developer
8 6 (4.41%) IT Support Analyst
8 6 (4.41%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.41%) Hibernate
1 6 (4.41%) JPA
1 6 (4.41%) Kafka
1 6 (4.41%) RabbitMQ
1 6 (4.41%) RESTful
1 6 (4.41%) Spring
1 6 (4.41%) Spring Boot
2 4 (2.94%) CSS
2 4 (2.94%) HTML
3 3 (2.21%) Node.js
4 2 (1.47%) HTML5 Canvas
4 2 (1.47%) REST
5 1 (0.74%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.74%) Next.js
5 1 (0.74%) Playwright
5 1 (0.74%) PySpark
5 1 (0.74%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.09%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (7.35%) Onboarding
4 9 (6.62%) Driving Licence
5 7 (5.15%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (4.41%) Product Ownership
7 5 (3.68%) SCADA
7 5 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (3.68%) Virtual Team
8 4 (2.94%) Data Centre
9 3 (2.21%) Cloud Native
9 3 (2.21%) Data Structures
9 3 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (2.21%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (2.21%) Low-Code
9 3 (2.21%) Replication
10 2 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.47%) Reference Data
10 2 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.74%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 40 (29.41%) Windows
2 25 (18.38%) Windows Server
3 16 (11.76%) Linux
4 14 (10.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (5.15%) Windows 10
6 6 (4.41%) Unix
7 4 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.74%) Android
8 1 (0.74%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (29.41%) Customer Service
2 39 (28.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 30 (22.06%) DevOps
4 29 (21.32%) Agile
4 29 (21.32%) Collaborative Working
5 25 (18.38%) Migration
6 19 (13.97%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 18 (13.24%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (12.50%) CI/CD
8 17 (12.50%) Decision-Making
9 16 (11.76%) ITIL
9 16 (11.76%) Mentoring
10 15 (11.03%) Customer Experience
10 15 (11.03%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 15 (11.03%) Project Delivery
10 15 (11.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (10.29%) Technical Leadership
12 13 (9.56%) Business Intelligence
12 13 (9.56%) IT Strategy
12 13 (9.56%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 23 (16.91%) SQL
2 14 (10.29%) Java
3 11 (8.09%) Python
4 7 (5.15%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.94%) C#
6 3 (2.21%) Bash
6 3 (2.21%) R
7 2 (1.47%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.47%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.74%) C
8 1 (0.74%) C++
8 1 (0.74%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.74%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 17 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 17 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 14 (10.29%) Degree
3 7 (5.15%) DBS Check
4 5 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 4 (2.94%) PMI Certification
5 4 (2.94%) PMP
6 2 (1.47%) CCNA
6 2 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.47%) CISM
6 2 (1.47%) CISSP
6 2 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.74%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.74%) APMP
7 1 (0.74%) CBAP
7 1 (0.74%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.74%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.35%) Cyber Essentials
1 10 (7.35%) PCI DSS
1 10 (7.35%) SLA
2 8 (5.88%) QA
3 5 (3.68%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.94%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.47%) NIST
6 1 (0.74%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.74%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 35 (25.74%) Active Directory
2 20 (14.71%) Hyper-V
3 14 (10.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (8.82%) Docker
5 10 (7.35%) Terminal Server
6 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.74%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.74%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (10.29%) Terraform
2 8 (5.88%) Kubernetes
3 6 (4.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (4.41%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (2.21%) Grafana
4 3 (2.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 59 (43.38%) Microsoft
2 24 (17.65%) VMware
3 13 (9.56%) Splunk
4 11 (8.09%) Veeam
5 10 (7.35%) Brocade
5 10 (7.35%) Nimble Storage
5 10 (7.35%) SolarWinds
5 10 (7.35%) Tanium
6 8 (5.88%) Adobe
7 5 (3.68%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.47%) Cisco
8 2 (1.47%) ESRI
8 2 (1.47%) IBM
8 2 (1.47%) Informatica
8 2 (1.47%) Meraki
8 2 (1.47%) MicroStrategy
8 2 (1.47%) TIBCO
9 1 (0.74%) EMC
9 1 (0.74%) Google
9 1 (0.74%) Salesforce