Problem-Solving Jobs in Worcestershire

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 9 6
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 -3
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 81 29 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 17.42% 15.51% 16.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.44% 15.85% 18.35%
Number of salaries quoted 61 18 26
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,925 £24,875
25th Percentile £25,250 £36,763 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £42,500 £36,492
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +16.46% +12.28%
75th Percentile £47,500 £48,438 £44,375
90th Percentile £57,500 £56,500 £56,560
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +3.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 361 183 267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 77.63% 97.86% 91.44%
Number of salaries quoted 302 141 182
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £28,750 £37,500 £36,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £56,909
90th Percentile £61,250 £68,750 £67,250
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,550 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.85% +5.10% +5.26%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Worcestershire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Worcestershire

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Worcestershire

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Worcestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Worcestershire over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Worcestershire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Redditch +3 20 £25,000 -33.33% 8
Malvern - 19 £55,000 - 2
Worcester -8 12 £37,500 -21.05% 12
Bromsgrove +2 11 £30,000 -4.76% 5
Stourport-on-Severn - 9 £27,500 - 2
Kidderminster 0 4 £50,000 -25.93% 6
Droitwich - 4 £29,000 - 2
Problem-Solving
West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 3 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (9.88%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.23%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.23%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (1.23%) Fusion 360
4 1 (1.23%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (1.23%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.81%) SaaS
2 8 (9.88%) Azure
2 8 (9.88%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (6.17%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.70%) AWS
4 3 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (3.70%) Google Workspace
4 3 (3.70%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.23%) GCP
5 1 (1.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.41%) Firewall
2 5 (6.17%) VLAN
2 5 (6.17%) VPN
2 5 (6.17%) WAN
3 4 (4.94%) DHCP
3 4 (4.94%) DNS
3 4 (4.94%) LAN
3 4 (4.94%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (3.70%) Ethernet
4 3 (3.70%) SMTP
4 3 (3.70%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.47%) PBX
6 1 (1.23%) NetScaler
6 1 (1.23%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.23%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.94%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.23%) MySQL
2 1 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.23%) Power BI
2 1 (1.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (16.05%) JIRA
2 1 (1.23%) CMake
2 1 (1.23%) Git
General
1 43 (53.09%) Social Skills
2 40 (49.38%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (23.46%) Manufacturing
4 10 (12.35%) Finance
4 10 (12.35%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (4.94%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.94%) Electronics
6 3 (3.70%) Retail
7 1 (1.23%) Local Government
7 1 (1.23%) Police
7 1 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 25 (30.86%) Analyst
2 19 (23.46%) Developer
3 13 (16.05%) Software Developer
4 12 (14.81%) Service Analyst
4 12 (14.81%) Service Desk Analyst
5 9 (11.11%) Data Analyst
5 9 (11.11%) Project Manager
6 7 (8.64%) Support Engineer
7 6 (7.41%) Senior
8 5 (6.17%) IT Support
8 5 (6.17%) Senior Developer
8 5 (6.17%) Senior Software Developer
9 4 (4.94%) Full Stack Developer
9 4 (4.94%) IT Engineer
10 3 (3.70%) .NET Developer
10 3 (3.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 3 (3.70%) 2nd Line Support
10 3 (3.70%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 3 (3.70%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 3 (3.70%) Full Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.41%) .NET
1 6 (7.41%) AngularJS
1 6 (7.41%) PyTorch
1 6 (7.41%) TensorFlow
2 3 (3.70%) .NET Core
2 3 (3.70%) CSS
2 3 (3.70%) HTML
3 1 (1.23%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 9 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (8.64%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (7.41%) Algorithms
5 5 (6.17%) CUDA
5 5 (6.17%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (4.94%) Clustering
6 4 (4.94%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.23%) IoT
8 1 (1.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 12 (14.81%) Windows
2 10 (12.35%) Linux
3 5 (6.17%) Windows 10
3 5 (6.17%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.94%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (4.94%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.47%) Unix
7 1 (1.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 15 (18.52%) Customer Service
3 12 (14.81%) CRM
4 11 (13.58%) ERP
4 11 (13.58%) User Experience
5 10 (12.35%) Full Stack Development
6 9 (11.11%) Data Collection
6 9 (11.11%) Statistics
7 8 (9.88%) Decision-Making
8 7 (8.64%) Budget Management
8 7 (8.64%) Business Strategy
8 7 (8.64%) Data Entry
8 7 (8.64%) Programme Management
8 7 (8.64%) Strategic Thinking
9 6 (7.41%) Agile
9 6 (7.41%) Front End Development
9 6 (7.41%) Software Engineering
10 5 (6.17%) Deep Learning
10 5 (6.17%) Edge Computing
10 5 (6.17%) Parallel Processing
Programming Languages
1 12 (14.81%) C#
2 9 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 6 (7.41%) Python
3 6 (7.41%) SQL
3 6 (7.41%) TypeScript
4 5 (6.17%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.23%) C++
5 1 (1.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 34 (41.98%) Degree
2 12 (14.81%) Computer Science Degree
2 12 (14.81%) Master's Degree
3 8 (9.88%) HNC
4 5 (6.17%) PhD
5 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.70%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (2.47%) A+ Certification
6 2 (2.47%) MCP
6 2 (2.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (2.47%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.23%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.23%) MCSE
7 1 (1.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.81%) SLA
2 1 (1.23%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.23%) PMO
2 1 (1.23%) QA
System Software
1 8 (9.88%) Active Directory
1 8 (9.88%) Hyper-V
1 8 (9.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.94%) Autotask
1 4 (4.94%) Failover Clustering
1 4 (4.94%) Jamf Pro
1 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (4.94%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (20.99%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.88%) VMware
3 5 (6.17%) NVIDIA
4 4 (4.94%) Apple
4 4 (4.94%) Datto
5 3 (3.70%) Draytek
5 3 (3.70%) Sage
5 3 (3.70%) Sophos
5 3 (3.70%) UiPath
5 3 (3.70%) Veeam
5 3 (3.70%) Webroot
6 2 (2.47%) EMC
7 1 (1.23%) Autodesk
7 1 (1.23%) Citrix
7 1 (1.23%) Google
7 1 (1.23%) HP
7 1 (1.23%) NEC
7 1 (1.23%) Zscaler