Problem-Solving Job Trends in Warwickshire

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Warwickshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -13 +1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 57 169 155
As % of all permanent jobs in Warwickshire 8.44% 26.16% 29.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.16% 28.31% 33.26%
Number of salaries quoted 32 25 145
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £29,938 £41,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% - +6.38%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,500 £104,500 £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £42,920 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -21.96% +12.24% -0.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 561 597 466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Warwickshire 83.11% 92.41% 87.92%
Number of salaries quoted 183 160 373
10th Percentile £29,000 £37,350 £28,100
25th Percentile £34,375 £46,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £76,648 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,125 £75,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Warwickshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Warwickshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Warwickshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Warwickshire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Warwick +1 14 £38,500 -35.83% 16
Rugby +6 8 £50,000 -5.66% 3
Nuneaton +1 6 £85,000 - 1
Leamington Spa -1 4 £65,000 +36.84% 3
Stratford-upon-Avon -1 4 £30,000 -40.00% 2
Gaydon +1 3 - - 2
Problem-Solving
West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire 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 1 (1.75%) Confluence
1 1 (1.75%) HCL Notes
1 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (19.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.75%) Abaqus
3 1 (1.75%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.79%) Power Platform
2 7 (12.28%) Azure
3 4 (7.02%) OCI
4 3 (5.26%) AWS
5 2 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.51%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.51%) Power Automate
5 2 (3.51%) PowerApps
5 2 (3.51%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.53%) WAN
2 4 (7.02%) Firewall
2 4 (7.02%) LAN
3 2 (3.51%) SD-WAN
3 2 (3.51%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.28%) Power BI
2 4 (7.02%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (7.02%) Tableau
3 3 (5.26%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (5.26%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.51%) Data Lake
4 2 (3.51%) Data Mining
4 2 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.51%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.75%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Appcelerator Titanium
2 1 (1.75%) Babel
2 1 (1.75%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.75%) JIRA
2 1 (1.75%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.75%) Vite
2 1 (1.75%) webpack
General
1 24 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 23 (40.35%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (28.07%) Finance
4 9 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (12.28%) Manufacturing
6 6 (10.53%) Marketing
7 5 (8.77%) Retail
8 4 (7.02%) Automotive
8 4 (7.02%) Digital Health
8 4 (7.02%) Legal
9 3 (5.26%) Games
9 3 (5.26%) Law
10 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.75%) Local Government
10 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.75%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 12 (21.05%) Technical Support
2 11 (19.30%) Analyst
3 9 (15.79%) Support Engineer
3 9 (15.79%) Technical Engineer
3 9 (15.79%) Technical Support Engineer
4 6 (10.53%) Developer
5 4 (7.02%) IT Support
5 4 (7.02%) Oracle Analyst
5 4 (7.02%) Oracle Support Analyst
5 4 (7.02%) Senior
5 4 (7.02%) Support Analyst
6 3 (5.26%) Administrator
6 3 (5.26%) Systems Analyst
6 3 (5.26%) Trainer
7 2 (3.51%) Network Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Senior Manager
7 2 (3.51%) Software Developer
7 2 (3.51%) Solutions Designer
7 2 (3.51%) SQL Developer
7 2 (3.51%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.02%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (5.26%) .NET
2 3 (5.26%) JSON
2 3 (5.26%) XML
3 1 (1.75%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.75%) CSS
3 1 (1.75%) CSS3
3 1 (1.75%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.75%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.75%) HTML
3 1 (1.75%) HTML5
3 1 (1.75%) Jest
3 1 (1.75%) Middleware
3 1 (1.75%) ODBC
3 1 (1.75%) React
3 1 (1.75%) REST
3 1 (1.75%) RESTful
3 1 (1.75%) SOAP
3 1 (1.75%) Tailwind CSS
3 1 (1.75%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.77%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (8.77%) Data Centre
1 5 (8.77%) FMCG
2 4 (7.02%) Driving Licence
2 4 (7.02%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.51%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (3.51%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.75%) Acoustics
4 1 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.75%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.75%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.02%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (47.37%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (19.30%) Agile
2 11 (19.30%) User Experience
3 7 (12.28%) Process Improvement
4 6 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (10.53%) Data Analysis
4 6 (10.53%) Data Modelling
4 6 (10.53%) Logistics
5 5 (8.77%) Business Analysis
5 5 (8.77%) Coaching
5 5 (8.77%) ITIL
5 5 (8.77%) Mathematics
5 5 (8.77%) Proactive Monitoring
5 5 (8.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (8.77%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (7.02%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (7.02%) Preventative Maintenance
6 4 (7.02%) SIEM
6 4 (7.02%) Test Scripting
6 4 (7.02%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.28%) SQL
2 3 (5.26%) C#
3 2 (3.51%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.51%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.75%) Bash
4 1 (1.75%) C++
4 1 (1.75%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.75%) Python
4 1 (1.75%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.75%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (15.79%) Degree
2 3 (5.26%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.75%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.75%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.75%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.02%) SLA
2 3 (5.26%) QA
3 2 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.75%) COBIT
4 1 (1.75%) ISO 19650
4 1 (1.75%) PMO
4 1 (1.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (7.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (10.53%) Cisco
1 6 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.77%) Oracle
3 4 (7.02%) Dell
3 4 (7.02%) Juniper
3 4 (7.02%) McAfee
3 4 (7.02%) VMware
4 2 (3.51%) Avaya
4 2 (3.51%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.51%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 2 (3.51%) SolarWinds
4 2 (3.51%) Zscaler
5 1 (1.75%) Autodesk
5 1 (1.75%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.75%) Intel
5 1 (1.75%) Lotus