Problem-Solving Jobs in the West Midlands

Problem Solving
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 9 11
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,146 1,112 901
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.85% 16.51% 12.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.07% 17.05% 13.06%
Number of salaries quoted 761 410 533
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,745 £27,045
25th Percentile £29,750 £36,813 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £73,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,010 6,522 6,900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.11% 96.84% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4,530 3,294 4,727
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,531 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,175 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Birmingham +4 339 £45,000 -14.29% 138
Warwickshire +4 210 £52,500 -0.94% 63
Staffordshire +8 123 £35,000 -12.50% 71
Worcestershire +3 80 £30,000 -29.41% 34
Shropshire +14 63 £43,072 -21.69% 32
Coventry +27 54 £42,500 -22.73% 40
Solihull +4 38 £50,000 +19.76% 16
Wolverhampton +30 36 £25,500 -33.77% 21
Dudley - 12 £25,000 - 4
Tipton - 11 £25,000 - 5
Sutton Coldfield - 11 £45,000 - 6
Herefordshire +1 10 £27,500 -35.29% 10
Walsall +11 7 £31,512 - 7
West Bromwich +3 4 - -
Rowley Regis 0 4 - -
Brierley Hill -4 4 - - 1
Halesowen -10 4 - - 6
Smethwick - 4 - - 1
Willenhall - 4 - - 3
Wednesbury - 4 - - 2
Bilston - 4 - -
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 79 (6.89%) SharePoint
2 40 (3.49%) IIS
3 38 (3.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.75%) WordPress
5 9 (0.79%) Confluence
6 4 (0.35%) CMS
7 3 (0.26%) IBM Notes
7 3 (0.26%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.17%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.17%) Captiva
8 2 (0.17%) Documentum
8 2 (0.17%) MTS
9 1 (0.087%) Apache
9 1 (0.087%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.087%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 242 (21.12%) Microsoft Office
2 138 (12.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 55 (4.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.70%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.52%) CANalyzer
7 4 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.35%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.35%) EPLAN
7 4 (0.35%) Trello
8 3 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.26%) InDesign
8 3 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
9 2 (0.17%) 3ds Max
9 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.17%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.17%) Revit
9 2 (0.17%) Simulink
10 1 (0.087%) InVision
10 1 (0.087%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.57%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.61%) Shopify
4 5 (0.44%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.35%) Magento
5 4 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.17%) Misys Midas
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.087%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.087%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.087%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 177 (15.45%) Azure
2 157 (13.70%) Microsoft 365
3 101 (8.81%) Power Platform
4 70 (6.11%) AWS
5 50 (4.36%) Entra ID
6 41 (3.58%) SaaS
7 37 (3.23%) GCP
8 22 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (1.83%) PowerApps
10 20 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
11 19 (1.66%) Power Automate
12 18 (1.57%) GitHub
13 13 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (1.13%) OneDrive
14 11 (0.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 11 (0.96%) Matillion
14 11 (0.96%) Snowflake
15 10 (0.87%) Amazon S3
16 9 (0.79%) Google Analytics
16 9 (0.79%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 92 (8.03%) WAN
2 81 (7.07%) Firewall
3 50 (4.36%) LAN
4 34 (2.97%) DNS
5 33 (2.88%) DHCP
6 29 (2.53%) TCP/IP
7 28 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (1.48%) Intranet
9 15 (1.31%) VPN
9 15 (1.31%) Wireless
10 13 (1.13%) VLAN
10 13 (1.13%) VoIP
11 12 (1.05%) iSCSI
11 12 (1.05%) SD-WAN
12 11 (0.96%) Intrusion Detection
13 10 (0.87%) Ethernet
13 10 (0.87%) Fibre Channel
13 10 (0.87%) PBX
13 10 (0.87%) SAN
14 9 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (8.20%) Power BI
2 93 (8.12%) SQL Server
3 38 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (2.18%) Looker
5 22 (1.92%) MySQL
6 21 (1.83%) NoSQL
7 20 (1.75%) BigQuery
8 19 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
9 17 (1.48%) Tableau
10 15 (1.31%) Data Lake
11 12 (1.05%) Relational Database
11 12 (1.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 12 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (0.87%) Star Schema
13 8 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (0.61%) Power Query
14 7 (0.61%) Redis
15 6 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
16 5 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 44 (3.84%) JIRA
2 34 (2.97%) Git
3 11 (0.96%) GitLab
4 8 (0.70%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.61%) CANoe
5 7 (0.61%) Octopus Deploy
5 7 (0.61%) TeamCity
6 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.44%) ESLint
7 5 (0.44%) Postman
8 4 (0.35%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.26%) Toad
10 2 (0.17%) Android Studio
10 2 (0.17%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.17%) gulp
10 2 (0.17%) Snyk
10 2 (0.17%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.087%) Balsamiq
11 1 (0.087%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.087%) Jenkins
General
1 659 (57.50%) Social Skills
2 436 (38.05%) Analytical Skills
3 188 (16.40%) Finance
4 157 (13.70%) Organisational Skills
5 130 (11.34%) Influencing Skills
6 93 (8.12%) Retail
7 88 (7.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 76 (6.63%) Manufacturing
9 57 (4.97%) Public Sector
10 47 (4.10%) Marketing
11 35 (3.05%) Automotive
12 29 (2.53%) Local Government
13 26 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
14 23 (2.01%) Legal
14 23 (2.01%) Telecoms
15 22 (1.92%) Law
16 21 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
17 12 (1.05%) Back Office
17 12 (1.05%) Electronics
18 10 (0.87%) French Language
Job Titles
1 276 (24.08%) Analyst
2 120 (10.47%) Product Analyst
3 116 (10.12%) Sales Analyst
4 114 (9.95%) Senior
5 108 (9.42%) Developer
6 61 (5.32%) Consultant
7 57 (4.97%) Lead
8 52 (4.54%) IT Manager
9 47 (4.10%) IT Support
10 44 (3.84%) Support Engineer
11 43 (3.75%) Project Manager
12 37 (3.23%) Software Engineer
13 36 (3.14%) Systems Engineer
14 31 (2.71%) IT Engineer
15 30 (2.62%) Administrator
15 30 (2.62%) Software Developer
16 29 (2.53%) Data Engineer
16 29 (2.53%) IT Technician
17 26 (2.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 24 (2.09%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (5.06%) .NET
2 48 (4.19%) HTML
3 41 (3.58%) CSS
4 28 (2.44%) REST
5 23 (2.01%) AngularJS
6 20 (1.75%) WebRTC
7 18 (1.57%) React
8 16 (1.40%) ASP.NET
9 15 (1.31%) .NET Core
9 15 (1.31%) Yocto
10 14 (1.22%) Node.js
11 11 (0.96%) Kafka
11 11 (0.96%) XML
12 10 (0.87%) RESTful
12 10 (0.87%) Vue
13 9 (0.79%) HTML5
13 9 (0.79%) Laravel
14 8 (0.70%) jQuery
15 7 (0.61%) EDI
16 6 (0.52%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 93 (8.12%) Self-Motivation
2 66 (5.76%) Driving Licence
3 39 (3.40%) Management Information System
4 36 (3.14%) Clustering
5 33 (2.88%) Algorithms
6 30 (2.62%) Product Ownership
7 27 (2.36%) Mobile App
8 24 (2.09%) Onboarding
9 18 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
9 18 (1.57%) Replication
10 17 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
10 17 (1.48%) IoT
10 17 (1.48%) NHS
10 17 (1.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 16 (1.40%) Public Cloud
12 15 (1.31%) Data Structures
13 13 (1.13%) Data Centre
13 13 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (1.13%) Wiki
14 12 (1.05%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 163 (14.22%) Windows
2 67 (5.85%) Windows 10
3 65 (5.67%) Windows Server
4 48 (4.19%) Linux
5 29 (2.53%) Windows Server 2012
6 25 (2.18%) Windows 7
7 14 (1.22%) Embedded Linux
8 13 (1.13%) Windows 8
9 10 (0.87%) Android
9 10 (0.87%) VMS
10 7 (0.61%) Mac OS
11 6 (0.52%) Apple iOS
11 6 (0.52%) Unix
12 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.35%) CentOS
13 4 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (0.35%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
15 2 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (19.90%) Customer Service
2 221 (19.28%) Continuous Improvement
3 183 (15.97%) Mathematics
4 182 (15.88%) Agile
5 133 (11.61%) Customer Requirements
6 131 (11.43%) Computer Science
6 131 (11.43%) Project Management
7 119 (10.38%) Mentoring
8 112 (9.77%) Cybersecurity
9 104 (9.08%) Business Intelligence
10 91 (7.94%) Decision-Making
11 90 (7.85%) ITIL
12 86 (7.50%) Data Analysis
13 82 (7.16%) Analytics
14 79 (6.89%) User Experience
15 76 (6.63%) Software Engineering
16 67 (5.85%) CRM
17 61 (5.32%) ERP
18 58 (5.06%) Data Science
19 57 (4.97%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 200 (17.45%) SQL
2 65 (5.67%) JavaScript
3 61 (5.32%) Python
4 59 (5.15%) C#
5 46 (4.01%) Java
6 28 (2.44%) PowerShell
7 27 (2.36%) TypeScript
8 26 (2.27%) C
9 22 (1.92%) PHP
10 18 (1.57%) C++
11 11 (0.96%) Perl
11 11 (0.96%) RPG
11 11 (0.96%) RPG IV
11 11 (0.96%) RPG/400
12 8 (0.70%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.61%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.35%) Bash
15 3 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.26%) Swift
15 3 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 392 (34.21%) Degree
2 89 (7.77%) Security Cleared
3 66 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 34 (2.97%) SC Cleared
5 31 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (2.44%) Master's Degree
7 18 (1.57%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.13%) A+ Certification
9 12 (1.05%) Azure Certification
10 11 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (0.96%) HNC
10 11 (0.96%) MCSE
11 9 (0.79%) CCNA
11 9 (0.79%) PhD
12 8 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 7 (0.61%) HND
13 7 (0.61%) PMI Certification
13 7 (0.61%) PMP
14 6 (0.52%) ACCA
14 6 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (5.93%) Cyber Essentials
2 53 (4.62%) GDPR
3 49 (4.28%) QA
4 42 (3.66%) ISO 9001
5 40 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 39 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 36 (3.14%) Data Quality
8 35 (3.05%) SLA
9 20 (1.75%) Accessibility
10 9 (0.79%) ISO 26262
11 7 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.44%) GAAP
12 5 (0.44%) IFRS
13 4 (0.35%) MISRA
13 4 (0.35%) NIST
13 4 (0.35%) PMO
14 2 (0.17%) COSHH
14 2 (0.17%) GRC
14 2 (0.17%) MISRA C
15 1 (0.087%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 100 (8.73%) Active Directory
2 69 (6.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (3.49%) Hyper-V
4 23 (2.01%) VMware NSX
5 19 (1.66%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (0.96%) Docker
7 8 (0.70%) vSphere
8 7 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.52%) NFS
10 4 (0.35%) Firmware
10 4 (0.35%) pfSense
10 4 (0.35%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.17%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.087%) Squid
Systems Management
1 38 (3.32%) EnCase
2 32 (2.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (1.92%) SCCM
4 14 (1.22%) Kubernetes
5 10 (0.87%) Terraform
6 6 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.44%) Functional Safety
7 5 (0.44%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.35%) AirWatch
8 4 (0.35%) Autotask
8 4 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (0.35%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.35%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.26%) WSUS
10 2 (0.17%) Kibana
11 1 (0.087%) Grafana
11 1 (0.087%) Icinga
11 1 (0.087%) Nessus
11 1 (0.087%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.087%) SCOM
Vendors
1 338 (29.49%) Microsoft
2 99 (8.64%) VMware
3 47 (4.10%) Google
4 33 (2.88%) Cisco
5 27 (2.36%) SAP
6 23 (2.01%) Veeam
7 19 (1.66%) CheckPoint
7 19 (1.66%) Sophos
8 18 (1.57%) Sage
9 17 (1.48%) IBM
9 17 (1.48%) Salesforce
10 14 (1.22%) HP
10 14 (1.22%) Meraki
11 12 (1.05%) Juniper
12 11 (0.96%) ServiceNow
13 10 (0.87%) Adobe
13 10 (0.87%) Apple
14 9 (0.79%) Palo Alto
14 9 (0.79%) Xero
15 8 (0.70%) Dell