Problem-Solving Job Trends in West Sussex

Problem Solving
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 2 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -2
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 80 109 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 19.70% 23.64% 18.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.22% 29.78% 19.70%
Number of salaries quoted 62 55 57
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,950 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £42,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,125 £72,500
90th Percentile £74,875 £69,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% -0.99% +1.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 360 366 604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 88.67% 79.39% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 239 214 372
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,313 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £57,175
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -3.80% -0.57%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £72,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in West Sussex

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in West Sussex over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in West Sussex

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in West Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Crawley +1 24 £60,000 +20.00% 14
Horsham -1 20 £40,000 -15.79% 6
Worthing -4 13 £50,500 -15.83% 7
Haywards Heath +4 5 - - 5
Gatwick +1 5 £60,000 +60.00%
Burgess Hill +6 1 £30,000 -54.72%
East Grinstead -7 1 £24,000 -43.53%
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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 14 (17.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.25%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.25%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 15 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (7.50%) AWS
2 6 (7.50%) Entra ID
2 6 (7.50%) Nutanix
3 3 (3.75%) Contentsquare
3 3 (3.75%) Google Analytics
3 3 (3.75%) SaaS
4 2 (2.50%) Azure
4 2 (2.50%) Smartsheet
5 1 (1.25%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 14 (17.50%) Firewall
2 3 (3.75%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (3.75%) Cisco Wireless
2 3 (3.75%) DHCP
2 3 (3.75%) DNS
2 3 (3.75%) IP Telephony
2 3 (3.75%) IPsec
2 3 (3.75%) LAN
2 3 (3.75%) MPLS
2 3 (3.75%) Spanning Tree
2 3 (3.75%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.75%) VLAN
2 3 (3.75%) VPN
2 3 (3.75%) WAN
2 3 (3.75%) Wireless
2 3 (3.75%) Wireless Security
2 3 (3.75%) Wireshark
2 3 (3.75%) WLAN
3 2 (2.50%) Network Security
3 2 (2.50%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.25%) MySQL
1 1 (1.25%) Power BI
1 1 (1.25%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.00%) Git
General
1 33 (41.25%) Social Skills
2 22 (27.50%) Finance
3 13 (16.25%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (7.50%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (6.25%) Manufacturing
6 5 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (6.25%) Telecoms
7 4 (5.00%) Electronics
8 2 (2.50%) Legal
9 1 (1.25%) Marketing
9 1 (1.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (17.50%) 3rd Line Support
1 14 (17.50%) IT Support
2 10 (12.50%) Consultant
2 10 (12.50%) Senior
3 8 (10.00%) Project Engineer
4 7 (8.75%) Analyst
4 7 (8.75%) Workday Specialist
5 6 (7.50%) Senior Consultant
6 5 (6.25%) Lead
6 5 (6.25%) Project Manager
7 4 (5.00%) Automation Consultant
7 4 (5.00%) Linux Consultant
7 4 (5.00%) Senior Linux Consultant
7 4 (5.00%) Workday Consultant
8 3 (3.75%) IT Support Technician
8 3 (3.75%) IT Technician
8 3 (3.75%) Network Analyst
8 3 (3.75%) Sales Engineer
8 3 (3.75%) Support Technician
9 2 (2.50%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.75%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.25%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.00%) Learning Management System
3 3 (3.75%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.50%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.50%) SCADA
5 1 (1.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 24 (30.00%) Windows
2 14 (17.50%) Windows 10
3 6 (7.50%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (26.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (17.50%) Agile
3 11 (13.75%) Data Analysis
4 10 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 10 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 9 (11.25%) Project Delivery
6 7 (8.75%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (8.75%) Project Management
7 6 (7.50%) Coaching
7 6 (7.50%) Mentoring
8 5 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
8 5 (6.25%) Network Planning
8 5 (6.25%) Scrum
9 4 (5.00%) Analytics
9 4 (5.00%) Information Security
9 4 (5.00%) Performance Management
9 4 (5.00%) Risk Management
9 4 (5.00%) Sprint Planning
9 4 (5.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (5.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.25%) R
2 4 (5.00%) SQL
3 1 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 17 (21.25%) Degree
2 5 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (3.75%) CCNP
4 2 (2.50%) CCNA
4 2 (2.50%) CEH
4 2 (2.50%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (2.50%) CISM
4 2 (2.50%) CISSP
4 2 (2.50%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.25%) ACCA
5 1 (1.25%) CIMA
5 1 (1.25%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.25%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 4 (5.00%) GDPR
2 4 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.50%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.25%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.25%) QA
System Software
1 14 (17.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.00%) Ansible
2 4 (5.00%) Terraform
2 4 (5.00%) ZABBIX
3 1 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.50%) Cisco
3 11 (13.75%) Meraki
3 11 (13.75%) Workday
4 8 (10.00%) NEC
5 3 (3.75%) Google
5 3 (3.75%) Hotjar
5 3 (3.75%) Riverbed
6 2 (2.50%) Extreme Networks
6 2 (2.50%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.50%) Netskope
6 2 (2.50%) Rapid7
6 2 (2.50%) VMware
7 1 (1.25%) Oracle