Problem-Solving Job Trends in Woking

Problem Solving
Surrey > Woking

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Woking requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 14 10
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 -6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 5 25 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Woking 7.94% 18.38% 15.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.00% 22.73% 17.65%
Number of salaries quoted 5 24 9
10th Percentile £31,300 £56,400 £30,100
25th Percentile £36,250 £75,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £80,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% +88.24% -33.59%
75th Percentile £58,750 £85,000 £53,750
90th Percentile - - £54,500
Surrey median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +22.22% -18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Woking

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 Woking.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50 110 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Woking 79.37% 80.88% 86.44%
Number of salaries quoted 47 83 45
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% +11.43% -12.50%
75th Percentile £98,750 £85,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £102,000 £88,500 £90,000
Surrey median annual salary £45,000 £57,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.40% +4.09% -1.79%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Woking

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Woking.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Woking

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Woking

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Woking citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Woking citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Woking

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Woking over the 6 months to 13 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Woking

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Woking by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (60.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Local Government
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Graduate
2 1 (20.00%) Graduate Applications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) AI
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Engagement
1 3 (60.00%) Product Management
1 3 (60.00%) Product Strategy
1 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (60.00%) Value Proposition
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Information Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Sage
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) VMware