Problem-Solving Jobs in West Sussex

Problem Solving
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Sussex requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 2 9
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 -1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 45 178 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 15.41% 24.65% 16.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.19% 29.18% 17.29%
Number of salaries quoted 32 106 67
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,688 £33,500 £43,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.58% +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,200 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,375 £68,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +5.00%

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 278 610 1,070
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 95.21% 84.49% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 177 414 453
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,400 £31,700
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - -
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £56,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -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

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in West Sussex

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in West Sussex over the 6 months to 8 May 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 8 May 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 11 £46,500 -27.34% 28
Worthing -1 11 £30,000 -50.00% 20
Horsham 0 10 - - 15
Gatwick -3 3 £61,250 -9.26%
Burgess Hill -4 3 £52,000 - 1
Chichester -4 3 £60,000 +118.18% 4
Haywards Heath +5 1 - - 4
Billingshurst - 1 £62,500 -
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 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.56%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (11.11%) Azure
3 2 (4.44%) AWS
4 1 (2.22%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.56%) Firewall
2 1 (2.22%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (2.22%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (2.22%) DHCP
2 1 (2.22%) DNS
2 1 (2.22%) IP Telephony
2 1 (2.22%) IPsec
2 1 (2.22%) LAN
2 1 (2.22%) MPLS
2 1 (2.22%) Spanning Tree
2 1 (2.22%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.22%) VLAN
2 1 (2.22%) VPN
2 1 (2.22%) WAN
2 1 (2.22%) Wireless
2 1 (2.22%) Wireless Security
2 1 (2.22%) Wireshark
2 1 (2.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (35.56%) Social Skills
2 12 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.33%) Telecoms
4 4 (8.89%) Finance
5 2 (4.44%) Marketing
5 2 (4.44%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Publishing
6 1 (2.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (15.56%) Senior
1 7 (15.56%) Software Engineer
2 6 (13.33%) 3rd Line Support
2 6 (13.33%) IT Support
2 6 (13.33%) Mobile Software Engineer
3 5 (11.11%) Lead
3 5 (11.11%) Support Manager
4 3 (6.67%) Analyst
4 3 (6.67%) Software Team Leader
4 3 (6.67%) Team Leader
4 3 (6.67%) Workday Specialist
5 2 (4.44%) Data Manager
5 2 (4.44%) Design Engineer
5 2 (4.44%) Developer
5 2 (4.44%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (4.44%) Senior Design Engineer
5 2 (4.44%) Senior Developer
5 2 (4.44%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (4.44%) Senior Manager
5 2 (4.44%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.33%) Flutter
2 2 (4.44%) .NET
2 2 (4.44%) .NET Core
3 1 (2.22%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.22%) 802.1X
3 1 (2.22%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.22%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 1 (2.22%) CSS
3 1 (2.22%) CSS3
3 1 (2.22%) HTML
3 1 (2.22%) HTML5
3 1 (2.22%) jQuery
3 1 (2.22%) Kafka
3 1 (2.22%) PySpark
3 1 (2.22%) Spring
3 1 (2.22%) Spring Boot
3 1 (2.22%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Mobile App
2 4 (8.89%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.44%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.44%) Learning Management System
3 2 (4.44%) SCADA
3 2 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.44%) Social Media
4 1 (2.22%) iPad
4 1 (2.22%) iPhone
4 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 13 (28.89%) Windows
2 4 (8.89%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.22%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
1 7 (15.56%) Customer Service
1 7 (15.56%) Software Engineering
2 6 (13.33%) Agile
2 6 (13.33%) Computer Science
2 6 (13.33%) Mobile Application Development
3 4 (8.89%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (8.89%) Process Improvement
3 4 (8.89%) Project Delivery
4 3 (6.67%) Containerisation
4 3 (6.67%) Data Analysis
4 3 (6.67%) ITIL
4 3 (6.67%) Line Management
4 3 (6.67%) Scrum
4 3 (6.67%) Test Automation
5 2 (4.44%) Business Analysis
5 2 (4.44%) ITSM
5 2 (4.44%) PRINCE2
5 2 (4.44%) Product Management
5 2 (4.44%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.56%) Kotlin
2 5 (11.11%) C#
3 4 (8.89%) Java
4 3 (6.67%) Rust
4 3 (6.67%) SQL
5 1 (2.22%) C
5 1 (2.22%) C++
5 1 (2.22%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.22%) Perl
5 1 (2.22%) R
5 1 (2.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (31.11%) Degree
2 6 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (8.89%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.44%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (4.44%) DBS Check
4 2 (4.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (2.22%) CCNP
5 1 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.22%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.56%) QA
2 5 (11.11%) ISO 9001
2 5 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.22%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (13.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (31.11%) Microsoft
2 7 (15.56%) Cisco
3 6 (13.33%) Meraki
4 3 (6.67%) Workday
5 1 (2.22%) Google
5 1 (2.22%) MobileIron
5 1 (2.22%) Nexthink
5 1 (2.22%) Riverbed
5 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow