Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 20 April 2021

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 20 April 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Problem-Solving
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
20 Apr 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 25 26 35
Rank change year-on-year +1 +9 +19
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,484 611 554
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.18% 8.73% 6.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.93% 9.40% 7.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,195 416 430
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £39,375 £40,417 £37,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,625 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,550 £48,125 £47,000
% change year-on-year +5.04% +2.39% +4.44%

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,952 6,499 7,328
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 92.54% 92.82% 92.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12,733 5,560 6,247
10th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%

Problem-Solving
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Problem-Solving trend for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving.

Problem-Solving salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 20 April 2021.

Problem-Solving salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 20 April 2021, Problem-Solving job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for Problem-Solving.

1 552 (37.20%) Agile Software Development
2 460 (31.00%) Analytical Skills
3 361 (24.33%) SQL
4 308 (20.75%) JavaScript
5 296 (19.95%) Finance
6 284 (19.14%) Degree
7 259 (17.45%) Azure
8 258 (17.39%) DevOps
9 238 (16.04%) Software Engineering
10 235 (15.84%) AWS
11 216 (14.56%) Java
12 212 (14.29%) Microsoft
13 210 (14.15%) Python
14 198 (13.34%) C#
15 192 (12.94%) Computer Science
16 190 (12.80%) .NET
17 188 (12.67%) Git (software)
18 186 (12.53%) HTML
19 184 (12.40%) Windows
20 183 (12.33%) Linux
21 176 (11.86%) User Experience
22 169 (11.39%) SQL Server
23 165 (11.12%) Docker
24 158 (10.65%) CSS
25 155 (10.44%) Business Intelligence
26 138 (9.30%) Microservices
26 138 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
27 136 (9.16%) MySQL
28 132 (8.89%) Scrum
28 132 (8.89%) AngularJS

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 72 (4.85%) Apache
2 55 (3.71%) SharePoint
3 51 (3.44%) Elasticsearch
4 43 (2.90%) CMS
5 27 (1.82%) Confluence
6 21 (1.42%) WordPress
7 15 (1.01%) IIS
8 12 (0.81%) Umbraco
9 11 (0.74%) SAS
10 9 (0.61%) Apache Spark
10 9 (0.61%) Tomcat
11 8 (0.54%) OpenStack
11 8 (0.54%) Skype for Business
12 6 (0.40%) nginx
12 6 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
13 5 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
13 5 (0.34%) Apache Pulsar
13 5 (0.34%) Drupal
13 5 (0.34%) MS Exchange
13 5 (0.34%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 81 (5.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (4.99%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.21%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.01%) InVision
5 15 (1.01%) Sketch
6 8 (0.54%) Figma
7 7 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.067%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.067%) Maya
Business Applications
1 15 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (0.40%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.34%) Sentinel
4 3 (0.20%) Infor M3
4 3 (0.20%) SAP BPC
4 3 (0.20%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.20%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.20%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.20%) Visualfiles
5 2 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.13%) Salesforce.com CRM
5 2 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.13%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (0.13%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.13%) Shopify
6 1 (0.067%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 259 (17.45%) Azure
2 235 (15.84%) AWS
3 107 (7.21%) SaaS
4 79 (5.32%) Power Platform
5 76 (5.12%) Microsoft 365
6 59 (3.98%) Serverless
7 57 (3.84%) GCP
8 42 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
9 40 (2.70%) Amazon S3
10 36 (2.43%) GitHub
10 36 (2.43%) npm
11 28 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
12 21 (1.42%) Azure Active Directory
12 21 (1.42%) Google Analytics
12 21 (1.42%) PaaS
13 20 (1.35%) Amazon EC2
13 20 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
14 13 (0.88%) Amazon Cognito
14 13 (0.88%) IaaS
14 13 (0.88%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.49%) Firewall
1 37 (2.49%) WAN
2 36 (2.43%) LAN
3 32 (2.16%) Internet
4 31 (2.09%) HTTP
5 29 (1.95%) VPN
6 27 (1.82%) DNS
7 25 (1.68%) Network Security
8 23 (1.55%) TCP/IP
9 18 (1.21%) Wireless
10 15 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (0.88%) Cisco ASA
12 11 (0.74%) Cisco Firepower
12 11 (0.74%) FTP
13 10 (0.67%) SD-WAN
13 10 (0.67%) VLAN
14 9 (0.61%) OpenVPN
14 9 (0.61%) Skype
15 8 (0.54%) Cisco Nexus
16 7 (0.47%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (11.39%) SQL Server
2 136 (9.16%) MySQL
3 94 (6.33%) PostgreSQL
4 76 (5.12%) Relational Database
5 74 (4.99%) Power BI
6 49 (3.30%) NoSQL
7 47 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
7 47 (3.17%) MongoDB
8 39 (2.63%) Tableau
9 35 (2.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 34 (2.29%) RDBMS
11 30 (2.02%) Big Data
11 30 (2.02%) Redis
11 30 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 25 (1.68%) Oracle Database
13 22 (1.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 21 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
15 19 (1.28%) Amazon DynamoDB
16 18 (1.21%) Data Mining
17 17 (1.15%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 188 (12.67%) Git (software)
2 113 (7.61%) JIRA
3 104 (7.01%) Jenkins
4 38 (2.56%) Cucumber
5 36 (2.43%) Visual Studio
6 31 (2.09%) Gradle
7 24 (1.62%) Selenium
8 16 (1.08%) Bitbucket
8 16 (1.08%) IntelliJ
8 16 (1.08%) Subversion
9 15 (1.01%) Maven
9 15 (1.01%) WiX
10 14 (0.94%) GitLab
10 14 (0.94%) Vagrant
10 14 (0.94%) webpack
11 12 (0.81%) JUnit
12 11 (0.74%) Babel
12 11 (0.74%) SonarQube
12 11 (0.74%) Team Foundation Server
13 10 (0.67%) git-flow
General
1 296 (19.95%) Finance
2 125 (8.42%) Marketing
3 103 (6.94%) Games
4 68 (4.58%) Public Sector
5 66 (4.45%) Retail
6 36 (2.43%) Banking
7 28 (1.89%) Telecoms
8 20 (1.35%) Advertising
8 20 (1.35%) Manufacturing
9 19 (1.28%) Law
10 18 (1.21%) Electronics
11 17 (1.15%) Legal
12 15 (1.01%) Automotive
13 12 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
14 10 (0.67%) Aerospace
14 10 (0.67%) Back Office
15 9 (0.61%) German Language
16 8 (0.54%) French Language
16 8 (0.54%) Local Government
17 6 (0.40%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 500 (33.69%) Developer
2 180 (12.13%) Analyst
3 138 (9.30%) Senior Developer
4 97 (6.54%) Software Engineer
5 96 (6.47%) DevOps Engineer
6 74 (4.99%) Full Stack Developer
7 66 (4.45%) Architect
8 62 (4.18%) Java Developer
9 60 (4.04%) Software Developer
10 46 (3.10%) Designer
11 44 (2.96%) Consultant
12 43 (2.90%) UX Designer
13 41 (2.76%) .NET Developer
13 41 (2.76%) Senior DevOps
14 40 (2.70%) Applications Support
14 40 (2.70%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 39 (2.63%) Administrator
16 36 (2.43%) C# Developer
17 35 (2.36%) Business Analyst
17 35 (2.36%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (12.80%) .NET
2 186 (12.53%) HTML
3 158 (10.65%) CSS
4 132 (8.89%) AngularJS
5 114 (7.68%) React
6 106 (7.14%) REST
7 101 (6.81%) Node.js
8 88 (5.93%) Kafka
9 73 (4.92%) .NET Core
10 65 (4.38%) Vue.js
10 65 (4.38%) Web Services
11 64 (4.31%) RESTful
12 63 (4.25%) ASP.NET
13 47 (3.17%) Apache Flex
14 45 (3.03%) JSON
15 44 (2.96%) GraphQL
16 38 (2.56%) HTML5
17 36 (2.43%) CSS3
17 36 (2.43%) Spring
18 35 (2.36%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 460 (31.00%) Analytical Skills
2 176 (11.86%) User Experience
3 113 (7.61%) Self-Motivation
4 89 (6.00%) Greenfield Project
5 60 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
6 58 (3.91%) Virtual Team
7 55 (3.71%) Mobile App
8 44 (2.96%) Management Information System
9 35 (2.36%) e-Learning
10 29 (1.95%) NHS
11 26 (1.75%) Algorithms
12 25 (1.68%) Data Centre
13 21 (1.42%) Client/Server
14 18 (1.21%) Data Structures
15 17 (1.15%) Public Cloud
16 16 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
17 15 (1.01%) Driving Licence
17 15 (1.01%) LIMS
18 11 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
18 11 (0.74%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 184 (12.40%) Windows
2 183 (12.33%) Linux
3 61 (4.11%) Android
4 54 (3.64%) Windows Server
5 36 (2.43%) Apple iOS
6 28 (1.89%) Windows 10
6 28 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
7 20 (1.35%) Unix
7 20 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (0.94%) Ubuntu
9 13 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (0.81%) CentOS
11 9 (0.61%) Robot Operating System
12 5 (0.34%) Fedora
12 5 (0.34%) Mac OS
12 5 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
13 4 (0.27%) Mac OS X
14 3 (0.20%) Solaris
14 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 552 (37.20%) Agile Software Development
2 258 (17.39%) DevOps
3 238 (16.04%) Software Engineering
4 192 (12.94%) Computer Science
5 155 (10.44%) Business Intelligence
6 138 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
6 138 (9.30%) Microservices
7 132 (8.89%) Scrum
8 128 (8.63%) Project Management
9 120 (8.09%) Mentoring
9 120 (8.09%) Test Automation
10 111 (7.48%) Coaching
11 109 (7.35%) ITIL
12 108 (7.28%) Analytics
13 99 (6.67%) Visualisation
14 98 (6.60%) Stakeholder Management
15 97 (6.54%) TDD
16 96 (6.47%) Continuous Integration
17 89 (6.00%) Decision-Making
18 87 (5.86%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 361 (24.33%) SQL
2 308 (20.75%) JavaScript
3 216 (14.56%) Java
4 210 (14.15%) Python
5 198 (13.34%) C#
6 108 (7.28%) TypeScript
7 80 (5.39%) C
8 73 (4.92%) C++
8 73 (4.92%) PHP
9 58 (3.91%) T-SQL
10 51 (3.44%) Ruby
11 50 (3.37%) Go
12 45 (3.03%) PowerShell
13 32 (2.16%) Kotlin
14 29 (1.95%) Bash Shell
15 27 (1.82%) ES6
16 24 (1.62%) PL/SQL
17 19 (1.28%) Java 8
17 19 (1.28%) R
18 16 (1.08%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 284 (19.14%) Degree
2 119 (8.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 33 (2.22%) Security Cleared
4 26 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (1.68%) SC Cleared
6 20 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (1.08%) CCNA
8 15 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (0.81%) ISEB
10 11 (0.74%) CCNP
10 11 (0.74%) MCSE
10 11 (0.74%) PhD
11 8 (0.54%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.47%) CCIE
12 7 (0.47%) CISSP
12 7 (0.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (0.34%) Six Sigma Black Belt
14 4 (0.27%) CBAP
14 4 (0.27%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (6.47%) QA
2 47 (3.17%) SLA
3 36 (2.43%) GDPR
4 28 (1.89%) Data Quality
5 22 (1.48%) PCI DSS
6 11 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.67%) PMO
8 9 (0.61%) Good Clinical Practice
9 7 (0.47%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 7 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 6 (0.40%) GRC
11 4 (0.27%) ISO 22301
11 4 (0.27%) NIST
11 4 (0.27%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.20%) CDISC
13 2 (0.13%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.13%) PMBOK
13 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 165 (11.12%) Docker
2 79 (5.32%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.01%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.74%) XenApp
6 8 (0.54%) HDFS
7 6 (0.40%) Firmware
7 6 (0.40%) XenDesktop
8 5 (0.34%) Postfix
8 5 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.20%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.13%) PowerHA
11 2 (0.13%) vSphere
12 1 (0.067%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 1 (0.067%) Gluster
Systems Management
1 109 (7.35%) Kubernetes
2 80 (5.39%) Ansible
3 74 (4.99%) Terraform
4 69 (4.65%) Opscode Chef
5 33 (2.22%) Puppet
6 26 (1.75%) SCCM
7 14 (0.94%) Packer
8 12 (0.81%) Grafana
9 11 (0.74%) SCOM
10 10 (0.67%) Kibana
11 9 (0.61%) logstash
11 9 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
12 8 (0.54%) Nagios
12 8 (0.54%) Prometheus
13 7 (0.47%) FlexNet
13 7 (0.47%) HAProxy
13 7 (0.47%) Icinga
14 6 (0.40%) Istio
15 5 (0.34%) Cisco Prime
15 5 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 212 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 86 (5.80%) Google
3 54 (3.64%) Oracle
4 47 (3.17%) SAP
5 36 (2.43%) VMware
6 34 (2.29%) Cisco
7 32 (2.16%) Salesforce.com
8 23 (1.55%) Citrix
9 20 (1.35%) Adobe
10 15 (1.01%) Apple
10 15 (1.01%) Mercator
11 14 (0.94%) Aquila
11 14 (0.94%) Zend
12 13 (0.88%) Dell
12 13 (0.88%) Palo Alto
13 12 (0.81%) PagerDuty
14 11 (0.74%) Atlassian
14 11 (0.74%) Bloomberg
14 11 (0.74%) Blue Prism
14 11 (0.74%) SolarWinds