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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 2 9
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 -2
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 49 180 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 16.33% 24.73% 15.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.07% 29.36% 15.78%
Number of salaries quoted 34 104 64
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,125
25th Percentile £38,500 £33,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £66,600 £67,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £77,625
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -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 287 613 995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 95.67% 84.20% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 177 414 433
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,050
90th Percentile £73,000 £73,750 £81,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -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 21 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 21 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
Worthing 0 14 £50,250 -16.25% 16
Horsham 0 12 - - 13
Crawley -3 11 £46,500 -27.34% 31
Chichester -2 3 £60,000 +118.18% 5
Gatwick -3 3 £61,250 -9.26% 3
Burgess Hill -4 3 £52,000 - 9
Haywards Heath +6 1 - - 8
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 8 (16.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.37%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.12%) Azure
3 1 (2.04%) AWS
3 1 (2.04%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 9 (18.37%) Firewall
2 1 (2.04%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (2.04%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (2.04%) DHCP
2 1 (2.04%) DNS
2 1 (2.04%) IP Telephony
2 1 (2.04%) IPsec
2 1 (2.04%) LAN
2 1 (2.04%) MPLS
2 1 (2.04%) Spanning Tree
2 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.04%) VLAN
2 1 (2.04%) VPN
2 1 (2.04%) WAN
2 1 (2.04%) Wireless
2 1 (2.04%) Wireless Security
2 1 (2.04%) Wireshark
2 1 (2.04%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
General
1 14 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.41%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (12.24%) Finance
3 6 (12.24%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.08%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Publishing
5 1 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (16.33%) 3rd Line Support
1 8 (16.33%) IT Support
2 7 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 6 (12.24%) Mobile Software Engineer
4 5 (10.20%) Senior
4 5 (10.20%) Support Manager
4 5 (10.20%) Workday Specialist
5 3 (6.12%) Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Lead
5 3 (6.12%) Software Team Leader
5 3 (6.12%) Team Leader
6 2 (4.08%) Consultant
6 2 (4.08%) Data Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Design Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Senior Design Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Senior Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Technical Support
6 2 (4.08%) Workday Consultant
7 1 (2.04%) 1st Line Support
7 1 (2.04%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.24%) Flutter
2 1 (2.04%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.04%) Kafka
2 1 (2.04%) PySpark
2 1 (2.04%) Spring
2 1 (2.04%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Mobile App
2 3 (6.12%) Learning Management System
3 2 (4.08%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.08%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.08%) SCADA
3 2 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.04%) iPad
4 1 (2.04%) iPhone
4 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 17 (34.69%) Windows
2 6 (12.24%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.04%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (16.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 7 (14.29%) Data Analysis
2 7 (14.29%) Software Engineering
3 6 (12.24%) Computer Science
3 6 (12.24%) Mobile Application Development
3 6 (12.24%) Process Improvement
4 4 (8.16%) Agile
4 4 (8.16%) Project Delivery
5 3 (6.12%) Containerisation
5 3 (6.12%) Decision-Making
5 3 (6.12%) ITIL
5 3 (6.12%) Line Management
5 3 (6.12%) Performance Management
5 3 (6.12%) Scrum
5 3 (6.12%) Test Automation
6 2 (4.08%) Business Analysis
6 2 (4.08%) Data Integration
6 2 (4.08%) Product Management
6 2 (4.08%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.29%) Kotlin
2 4 (8.16%) Java
3 3 (6.12%) C#
3 3 (6.12%) Rust
4 2 (4.08%) SQL
5 1 (2.04%) C
5 1 (2.04%) C++
5 1 (2.04%) Perl
5 1 (2.04%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (24.49%) Degree
2 6 (12.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.08%) Chartered Engineer
3 2 (4.08%) DBS Check
3 2 (4.08%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (2.04%) CCNP
4 1 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.04%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (2.04%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.04%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.29%) QA
2 5 (10.20%) ISO 9001
2 5 (10.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.04%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.04%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (16.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 18 (36.73%) Microsoft
2 9 (18.37%) Cisco
3 8 (16.33%) Meraki
4 7 (14.29%) Workday
5 1 (2.04%) Google
5 1 (2.04%) MobileIron
5 1 (2.04%) Nexthink
5 1 (2.04%) Riverbed
5 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow