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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 1 9
Rank change year-on-year -17 +8 +3
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 213 194 131
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 6.78% 23.49% 8.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.43% 28.45% 13.06%
Number of salaries quoted 158 147 66
10th Percentile £28,425 £25,087 £32,083
25th Percentile £30,250 £26,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £48,122 £43,786
Median % change year-on-year -11.68% +9.90% -0.49%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,625
90th Percentile £70,750 £73,750 £65,500
UK median annual salary £47,000 £46,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.17% -12.38% -4.55%

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 2,043 682 1,003
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 65.06% 82.57% 65.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,421 511 649
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £29,875 £35,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +3.19% +4.44%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £72,660
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 16 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 16 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 -13 149 £38,500 -20.62% 154
West Wales -31 48 £50,000 +122.22% 18
North Wales -1 12 £32,993 +27.51% 20
Dyfed - 2 - - 3
Mid Wales - 2 - - 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 11 (5.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.23%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.82%) Confluence
4 2 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.94%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (3.76%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.35%) Adobe XD
3 5 (2.35%) Sketch
4 2 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.94%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.47%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.47%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 3 (1.41%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.94%) Maximo
2 2 (0.94%) Shopify
3 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 63 (29.58%) Azure
2 41 (19.25%) AWS
3 38 (17.84%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (13.15%) GCP
5 17 (7.98%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (6.57%) SaaS
7 13 (6.10%) AWS CloudFormation
8 11 (5.16%) Power Platform
9 8 (3.76%) GitHub
10 7 (3.29%) Entra ID
10 7 (3.29%) IaaS
10 7 (3.29%) Miro
11 6 (2.82%) PowerApps
12 5 (2.35%) Figma
12 5 (2.35%) Google Workspace
12 5 (2.35%) PaaS
13 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Copilot
14 3 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
14 3 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
14 3 (1.41%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.45%) Wi-Fi
2 17 (7.98%) DHCP
2 17 (7.98%) DNS
3 13 (6.10%) LAN
3 13 (6.10%) WAN
4 6 (2.82%) Firewall
5 4 (1.88%) Broadband
6 3 (1.41%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (1.41%) Ethernet
6 3 (1.41%) Network Security
6 3 (1.41%) RTP
6 3 (1.41%) VLAN
6 3 (1.41%) VoIP
7 1 (0.47%) NAS
7 1 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.47%) SAN
7 1 (0.47%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.86%) MySQL
1 21 (9.86%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (7.51%) MongoDB
2 16 (7.51%) NoSQL
3 11 (5.16%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (4.23%) Power BI
5 8 (3.76%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.82%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.88%) Ataccama
7 4 (1.88%) IBM InfoSphere
7 4 (1.88%) Redis
7 4 (1.88%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.88%) TIBCO EBX
8 2 (0.94%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.94%) GIS
8 2 (0.94%) Looker
9 1 (0.47%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (15.02%) Git
2 17 (7.98%) JIRA
3 7 (3.29%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.88%) GitLab
4 4 (1.88%) minitest
4 4 (1.88%) RSpec
5 3 (1.41%) Bugzilla
5 3 (1.41%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.41%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.41%) Postman
5 3 (1.41%) Selenium
6 1 (0.47%) Cypress.io
General
1 125 (58.69%) Social Skills
2 95 (44.60%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (24.88%) Public Sector
4 27 (12.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (12.21%) Finance
6 16 (7.51%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (6.57%) Banking
7 14 (6.57%) Manufacturing
8 10 (4.69%) Telecoms
9 8 (3.76%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (3.29%) Retail
11 6 (2.82%) Welsh Language
12 5 (2.35%) Billing
12 5 (2.35%) Local Government
13 4 (1.88%) Police
13 4 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.41%) Electronics
15 2 (0.94%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
16 1 (0.47%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 34 (15.96%) Analyst
2 31 (14.55%) Senior
3 22 (10.33%) Developer
4 20 (9.39%) IT Support
5 17 (7.98%) Support Engineer
6 16 (7.51%) Coordinator
7 15 (7.04%) Support Technician
8 13 (6.10%) IT Manager
8 13 (6.10%) Java Developer
8 13 (6.10%) Support Analyst
9 12 (5.63%) Applications Support
9 12 (5.63%) IT Support Technician
9 12 (5.63%) IT Technician
10 11 (5.16%) DevOps Engineer
10 11 (5.16%) Junior
11 10 (4.69%) Systems Engineer
12 8 (3.76%) IT Engineer
12 8 (3.76%) IT Support Engineer
12 8 (3.76%) Lead
13 7 (3.29%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (12.21%) Terraform
2 21 (9.86%) RESTful
3 18 (8.45%) Kafka
3 18 (8.45%) RabbitMQ
4 16 (7.51%) Hibernate
4 16 (7.51%) JPA
4 16 (7.51%) Spring
4 16 (7.51%) Spring Boot
5 6 (2.82%) CSS
6 5 (2.35%) GraphQL
6 5 (2.35%) HTML
6 5 (2.35%) React
7 4 (1.88%) Node.js
7 4 (1.88%) Playwright
7 4 (1.88%) PySpark
7 4 (1.88%) REST
7 4 (1.88%) Ruby on Rails
7 4 (1.88%) Sidekiq
7 4 (1.88%) Vue
8 3 (1.41%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 31 (14.55%) Management Information System
2 25 (11.74%) Product Ownership
3 17 (7.98%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (7.98%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (7.04%) Virtual Team
5 14 (6.57%) Cloud Native
5 14 (6.57%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (6.10%) Driving Licence
7 11 (5.16%) Onboarding
8 10 (4.69%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.82%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.88%) CCTV
10 4 (1.88%) Reference Data
10 4 (1.88%) SCADA
10 4 (1.88%) Smart City
11 3 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.41%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.41%) Replication
11 3 (1.41%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 38 (17.84%) Windows
2 22 (10.33%) Linux
3 18 (8.45%) Windows Server
4 9 (4.23%) Unix
4 9 (4.23%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.94%) VMS
5 2 (0.94%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.47%) Android
6 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (30.99%) Customer Service
2 59 (27.70%) Agile
2 59 (27.70%) Continuous Improvement
3 55 (25.82%) DevOps
4 46 (21.60%) Stakeholder Management
5 42 (19.72%) CI/CD
6 41 (19.25%) Mentoring
7 36 (16.90%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 34 (15.96%) Decision-Making
9 32 (15.02%) ITIL
10 31 (14.55%) Collaborative Working
10 31 (14.55%) Incident Management
11 30 (14.08%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 30 (14.08%) Technical Leadership
12 27 (12.68%) Infrastructure as Code
12 27 (12.68%) Scrum
13 25 (11.74%) Project Delivery
13 25 (11.74%) Software Engineering
14 21 (9.86%) Microservices
15 20 (9.39%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 40 (18.78%) SQL
2 26 (12.21%) Java
3 17 (7.98%) Python
4 15 (7.04%) PowerShell
5 7 (3.29%) JavaScript
5 7 (3.29%) Ruby
6 4 (1.88%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.41%) Bash
7 3 (1.41%) C#
8 2 (0.94%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.47%) R
9 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (9.39%) Degree
2 18 (8.45%) SC Cleared
2 18 (8.45%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.82%) DBS Check
5 5 (2.35%) HND
5 5 (2.35%) NVQ Level 3
6 4 (1.88%) City & Guilds
6 4 (1.88%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 4 (1.88%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.88%) PMP
7 3 (1.41%) HNC
8 2 (0.94%) CBAP
8 2 (0.94%) CCNA
8 2 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.47%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.47%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (12.68%) QA
2 22 (10.33%) SLA
3 11 (5.16%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (5.16%) Data Quality
4 10 (4.69%) Accessibility
5 9 (4.23%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.94%) GMP
7 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.47%) NIST
7 1 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (13.62%) Active Directory
1 29 (13.62%) Docker
2 13 (6.10%) Hyper-V
3 9 (4.23%) Terminal Server
3 9 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.88%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (0.94%) Firmware
6 2 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.47%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (9.86%) Kubernetes
2 16 (7.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (6.10%) Grafana
3 13 (6.10%) Prometheus
4 7 (3.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.94%) MaaS360
6 1 (0.47%) SCCM
6 1 (0.47%) SCOM
Vendors
1 60 (28.17%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.80%) Splunk
3 18 (8.45%) VMware
4 10 (4.69%) Google
4 10 (4.69%) Veeam
5 9 (4.23%) Brocade
5 9 (4.23%) Nimble Storage
5 9 (4.23%) SolarWinds
5 9 (4.23%) Tanium
6 7 (3.29%) Adobe
6 7 (3.29%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.82%) SAP
8 4 (1.88%) Databricks
8 4 (1.88%) IBM
8 4 (1.88%) Informatica
8 4 (1.88%) TIBCO
9 3 (1.41%) Aruba
9 3 (1.41%) Cisco
9 3 (1.41%) Meraki
9 3 (1.41%) Yealink