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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 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 1,116 1,115 894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.55% 16.46% 12.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.69% 16.99% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 762 402 528
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,025 £27,156
25th Percentile £29,813 £37,125 £33,777
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £58,747 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £73,750
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 5,970 6,564 6,912
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.17% 96.89% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,530 3,280 4,756
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,000 £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 23 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 23 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 +4 341 £45,000 -13.88% 124
Warwickshire +4 210 £52,500 -0.94% 54
Staffordshire +5 109 £35,000 -13.58% 70
Worcestershire +5 81 £30,000 -29.41% 35
Shropshire +14 61 £50,000 -9.09% 26
Coventry +34 55 £42,500 -22.73% 44
Solihull +3 37 £50,000 +19.76% 14
Wolverhampton +32 35 £25,500 -33.77% 21
Herefordshire 0 10 £27,500 -35.29% 11
Sutton Coldfield - 10 £45,000 - 6
Tipton - 10 £25,000 - 5
Dudley - 9 £25,000 - 5
Walsall +10 5 £31,512 - 8
Rowley Regis 0 3 - -
West Bromwich 0 3 - -
Brierley Hill -4 3 - - 1
Halesowen -12 3 - - 6
Wednesbury - 3 - - 3
Willenhall - 3 - - 3
Smethwick - 3 - - 1
Bilston - 3 - - 2
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 80 (7.17%) SharePoint
2 41 (3.67%) IIS
3 38 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (1.70%) WordPress
5 9 (0.81%) Confluence
6 4 (0.36%) CMS
7 3 (0.27%) IBM Notes
8 2 (0.18%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.18%) Captiva
8 2 (0.18%) Documentum
8 2 (0.18%) MTS
8 2 (0.18%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.090%) Apache
9 1 (0.090%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.090%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 214 (19.18%) Microsoft Office
2 140 (12.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 57 (5.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.72%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.54%) CANalyzer
7 4 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.36%) EPLAN
7 4 (0.36%) Trello
8 3 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.27%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.27%) InDesign
8 3 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
9 2 (0.18%) 3ds Max
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.18%) Revit
9 2 (0.18%) Simulink
10 1 (0.090%) InVision
10 1 (0.090%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.70%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.63%) Shopify
4 6 (0.54%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.36%) Magento
5 4 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.18%) Misys Midas
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.090%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.090%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 180 (16.13%) Azure
2 158 (14.16%) Microsoft 365
3 101 (9.05%) Power Platform
4 70 (6.27%) AWS
5 51 (4.57%) Entra ID
6 41 (3.67%) SaaS
7 37 (3.32%) GCP
8 22 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
9 21 (1.88%) PowerApps
10 19 (1.70%) Power Automate
11 17 (1.52%) GitHub
12 13 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (1.16%) OneDrive
13 11 (0.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 11 (0.99%) Matillion
13 11 (0.99%) Snowflake
14 10 (0.90%) Amazon S3
14 10 (0.90%) WhatsApp
15 9 (0.81%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 94 (8.42%) WAN
2 83 (7.44%) Firewall
3 50 (4.48%) LAN
4 35 (3.14%) DNS
5 34 (3.05%) DHCP
6 29 (2.60%) TCP/IP
7 28 (2.51%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (1.52%) Intranet
9 15 (1.34%) VPN
9 15 (1.34%) Wireless
10 14 (1.25%) VoIP
11 13 (1.16%) iSCSI
11 13 (1.16%) VLAN
12 12 (1.08%) SD-WAN
13 11 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
13 11 (0.99%) SAN
14 10 (0.90%) Ethernet
14 10 (0.90%) Fibre Channel
14 10 (0.90%) PBX
15 9 (0.81%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (8.51%) SQL Server
2 94 (8.42%) Power BI
3 37 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (2.24%) Looker
5 23 (2.06%) MySQL
6 22 (1.97%) NoSQL
7 20 (1.79%) BigQuery
8 19 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
9 17 (1.52%) Tableau
10 15 (1.34%) Data Lake
11 12 (1.08%) Relational Database
11 12 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 12 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (0.90%) Star Schema
13 8 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
13 8 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (0.63%) Power Query
14 7 (0.63%) Redis
15 6 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.54%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 43 (3.85%) JIRA
2 35 (3.14%) Git
3 11 (0.99%) GitLab
4 9 (0.81%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.63%) CANoe
5 7 (0.63%) Octopus Deploy
5 7 (0.63%) TeamCity
6 6 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.45%) ESLint
7 5 (0.45%) Postman
8 4 (0.36%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.18%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.18%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.18%) gulp
9 2 (0.18%) Snyk
9 2 (0.18%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.18%) Toad
10 1 (0.090%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.090%) Subversion
10 1 (0.090%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 632 (56.63%) Social Skills
2 408 (36.56%) Analytical Skills
3 188 (16.85%) Finance
4 128 (11.47%) Organisational Skills
5 101 (9.05%) Influencing Skills
6 90 (8.06%) Retail
7 88 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 74 (6.63%) Manufacturing
9 58 (5.20%) Public Sector
10 46 (4.12%) Marketing
11 35 (3.14%) Automotive
12 30 (2.69%) Local Government
13 26 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
14 24 (2.15%) Legal
14 24 (2.15%) Telecoms
15 23 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.88%) Law
17 12 (1.08%) Back Office
17 12 (1.08%) Electronics
18 10 (0.90%) French Language
Job Titles
1 244 (21.86%) Analyst
2 116 (10.39%) Senior
3 105 (9.41%) Developer
4 91 (8.15%) Product Analyst
5 87 (7.80%) Sales Analyst
6 62 (5.56%) Consultant
7 57 (5.11%) Lead
8 52 (4.66%) IT Manager
9 47 (4.21%) IT Support
10 44 (3.94%) Support Engineer
11 43 (3.85%) Project Manager
12 39 (3.49%) Software Engineer
13 38 (3.41%) Systems Engineer
14 31 (2.78%) IT Engineer
15 30 (2.69%) Administrator
16 29 (2.60%) Data Engineer
16 29 (2.60%) Software Developer
17 27 (2.42%) IT Technician
18 26 (2.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 24 (2.15%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (5.29%) .NET
2 48 (4.30%) HTML
3 41 (3.67%) CSS
4 28 (2.51%) REST
5 25 (2.24%) AngularJS
6 21 (1.88%) WebRTC
7 20 (1.79%) React
8 17 (1.52%) ASP.NET
8 17 (1.52%) Node.js
9 15 (1.34%) Yocto
10 14 (1.25%) .NET Core
11 12 (1.08%) RESTful
12 11 (0.99%) Kafka
12 11 (0.99%) XML
13 9 (0.81%) jQuery
14 8 (0.72%) EDI
14 8 (0.72%) Express.js
14 8 (0.72%) HTML5
14 8 (0.72%) Vue
15 7 (0.63%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 92 (8.24%) Self-Motivation
2 67 (6.00%) Driving Licence
3 39 (3.49%) Management Information System
4 38 (3.41%) Clustering
5 33 (2.96%) Algorithms
6 30 (2.69%) Product Ownership
7 27 (2.42%) Mobile App
8 24 (2.15%) Onboarding
9 18 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
9 18 (1.61%) NHS
9 18 (1.61%) Replication
10 17 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
10 17 (1.52%) IoT
10 17 (1.52%) Public Cloud
10 17 (1.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 16 (1.43%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.25%) Data Centre
12 14 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (1.16%) Wiki
14 12 (1.08%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 163 (14.61%) Windows
2 68 (6.09%) Windows 10
3 66 (5.91%) Windows Server
4 47 (4.21%) Linux
5 30 (2.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 25 (2.24%) Windows 7
7 14 (1.25%) Embedded Linux
8 13 (1.16%) Windows 8
9 10 (0.90%) Android
10 9 (0.81%) VMS
11 8 (0.72%) Mac OS
12 7 (0.63%) Apple iOS
13 6 (0.54%) Unix
14 5 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
15 4 (0.36%) CentOS
15 4 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.36%) Ubuntu
16 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
17 2 (0.18%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (17.74%) Customer Service
2 192 (17.20%) Continuous Improvement
3 181 (16.22%) Agile
4 155 (13.89%) Mathematics
5 132 (11.83%) Computer Science
6 128 (11.47%) Project Management
7 118 (10.57%) Mentoring
8 114 (10.22%) Cybersecurity
9 104 (9.32%) Customer Requirements
10 103 (9.23%) Business Intelligence
11 91 (8.15%) Decision-Making
12 87 (7.80%) ITIL
13 85 (7.62%) Data Analysis
14 80 (7.17%) Analytics
15 78 (6.99%) User Experience
16 77 (6.90%) Software Engineering
17 67 (6.00%) CRM
18 62 (5.56%) ERP
19 58 (5.20%) Coaching
19 58 (5.20%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 199 (17.83%) SQL
2 63 (5.65%) JavaScript
3 62 (5.56%) Python
4 60 (5.38%) C#
5 46 (4.12%) Java
6 28 (2.51%) PowerShell
7 26 (2.33%) C
7 26 (2.33%) TypeScript
8 20 (1.79%) PHP
9 18 (1.61%) C++
10 11 (0.99%) Perl
10 11 (0.99%) RPG
10 11 (0.99%) RPG IV
10 11 (0.99%) RPG/400
11 9 (0.81%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.63%) MATLAB
13 4 (0.36%) Bash
14 3 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.27%) Swift
15 2 (0.18%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 365 (32.71%) Degree
2 92 (8.24%) Security Cleared
3 67 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 36 (3.23%) SC Cleared
5 31 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (2.51%) Master's Degree
7 18 (1.61%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.16%) A+ Certification
9 12 (1.08%) Azure Certification
10 11 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (0.99%) HNC
10 11 (0.99%) MCSE
11 9 (0.81%) CCNA
11 9 (0.81%) PhD
12 8 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 7 (0.63%) ACCA
13 7 (0.63%) HND
13 7 (0.63%) PMI Certification
13 7 (0.63%) PMP
14 6 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (6.18%) Cyber Essentials
2 53 (4.75%) GDPR
3 50 (4.48%) QA
4 43 (3.85%) ISO 9001
5 41 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 40 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 36 (3.23%) Data Quality
7 36 (3.23%) SLA
8 19 (1.70%) Accessibility
9 9 (0.81%) ISO 26262
10 7 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.54%) GAAP
11 6 (0.54%) IFRS
12 4 (0.36%) MISRA
12 4 (0.36%) NIST
13 3 (0.27%) PMO
14 2 (0.18%) COSHH
14 2 (0.18%) GRC
14 2 (0.18%) MISRA C
15 1 (0.090%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 100 (8.96%) Active Directory
2 71 (6.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (3.67%) Hyper-V
4 24 (2.15%) VMware NSX
5 19 (1.70%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (0.99%) Docker
7 8 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (0.72%) vSphere
8 6 (0.54%) NFS
9 4 (0.36%) Firmware
9 4 (0.36%) pfSense
9 4 (0.36%) VMware Server
10 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.18%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.090%) Squid
Systems Management
1 39 (3.49%) EnCase
2 33 (2.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (1.97%) SCCM
4 14 (1.25%) Kubernetes
5 10 (0.90%) Terraform
6 7 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.45%) Functional Safety
7 5 (0.45%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.36%) AirWatch
8 4 (0.36%) Autotask
8 4 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (0.36%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.36%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.36%) WSUS
9 2 (0.18%) Kibana
10 1 (0.090%) Grafana
10 1 (0.090%) Icinga
10 1 (0.090%) Nagios
10 1 (0.090%) SCOM
10 1 (0.090%) VxRail
Vendors
1 343 (30.73%) Microsoft
2 101 (9.05%) VMware
3 46 (4.12%) Google
4 33 (2.96%) Cisco
5 27 (2.42%) SAP
6 23 (2.06%) Veeam
7 20 (1.79%) CheckPoint
8 19 (1.70%) Sophos
9 18 (1.61%) Sage
10 17 (1.52%) IBM
11 16 (1.43%) Salesforce
12 15 (1.34%) Meraki
13 14 (1.25%) HP
14 12 (1.08%) Juniper
15 11 (0.99%) Apple
15 11 (0.99%) ServiceNow
16 9 (0.81%) Adobe
16 9 (0.81%) Palo Alto
16 9 (0.81%) Xero
17 8 (0.72%) Dell