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 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 7 15 8
Rank change year-on-year +8 -7 -2
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 10 41 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Woking 15.38% 21.03% 15.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.13% 24.85% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 6 36 16
10th Percentile £29,000 £54,375 £31,875
25th Percentile £30,000 £75,000 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £80,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +52.38% -17.97%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £143,750 £80,000
Surrey median annual salary £40,875 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -25.68% +22.22% -12.62%

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 62 165 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Woking 95.38% 84.62% 91.43%
Number of salaries quoted 53 137 74
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £34,580
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £104,000 £96,250 £90,000
Surrey median annual salary £45,000 £51,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% -10.00% +4.55%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Woking

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving 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 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Woking

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Woking 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (20.00%) SaaS
4 1 (10.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) MongoDB
1 2 (20.00%) MySQL
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) IT Support
1 5 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Graduate
4 1 (10.00%) Graduate Applications Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Integration Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Onboarding Manager
4 1 (10.00%) PHP Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Python Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Python Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Performance Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Software Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Software Performance Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Kafka
2 1 (10.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) Django
2 1 (10.00%) Flask
2 1 (10.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Apple iOS
1 4 (40.00%) Mac OS
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 4 (40.00%) B2B
2 4 (40.00%) ITSM
3 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
4 2 (20.00%) Client Onboarding
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Data Science
4 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Project Management
5 1 (10.00%) Commercial Awareness
5 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (10.00%) DevOps
5 1 (10.00%) Fintech
5 1 (10.00%) Machine Learning
5 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (10.00%) Microservices
5 1 (10.00%) SOLID
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (10.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) C#
2 1 (10.00%) Go
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (10.00%) PHP
2 1 (10.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Kubernetes