Problem-Solving Jobs with Work from Home Options

Problem Solving
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 12 17
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 3,679 4,382 10,816
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.17% 13.35% 13.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.88% 13.92% 14.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,393 2,839 5,101
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £31,475
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,644 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,197
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +8.70% +5.14%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £86,000 £95,087 £88,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 24,720 31,469 76,283
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.48% 95.89% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 17,624 23,346 43,834
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

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 26 July 2024.

Problem-Solving salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 136 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 91 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 88 (2.39%) Apache
4 36 (0.98%) WordPress
5 29 (0.79%) IIS
6 24 (0.65%) Confluence
7 21 (0.57%) OpenStack
8 20 (0.54%) CMS
9 19 (0.52%) Apache Spark
10 14 (0.38%) SAS
11 13 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
11 13 (0.35%) nginx
11 13 (0.35%) OpenEdge
12 7 (0.19%) Umbraco
13 5 (0.14%) Luigi
14 4 (0.11%) ArcGIS
15 3 (0.082%) Ethereum
15 3 (0.082%) Headless CMS
15 3 (0.082%) Oracle Application Server
15 3 (0.082%) Orchard CMS
Applications
1 199 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 163 (4.43%) Microsoft Office
3 74 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 49 (1.33%) Simulink
5 24 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.38%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 10 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.16%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.14%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.14%) Photoshop
9 5 (0.14%) Sketch
10 4 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
10 4 (0.11%) Blender
10 4 (0.11%) OrCAD
10 4 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
11 3 (0.082%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.082%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.054%) InDesign
12 2 (0.054%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 63 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.43%) Shopify
4 14 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
5 13 (0.35%) iTrent
6 12 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 12 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
7 10 (0.27%) Infor SunSystems
7 10 (0.27%) Magento
7 10 (0.27%) NEC Housing
8 8 (0.22%) Fidessa
8 8 (0.22%) SAP MM
9 7 (0.19%) Odoo
10 6 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
10 6 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
10 6 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 5 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
11 5 (0.14%) Sage 200
11 5 (0.14%) Sage 50
11 5 (0.14%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 764 (20.77%) Azure
2 605 (16.44%) AWS
3 289 (7.86%) Power Platform
4 281 (7.64%) Microsoft 365
5 207 (5.63%) SaaS
6 130 (3.53%) Serverless
7 122 (3.32%) Dynamics 365
8 114 (3.10%) GCP
9 110 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
10 102 (2.77%) Entra ID
11 90 (2.45%) PowerApps
12 83 (2.26%) Amazon S3
13 82 (2.23%) AWS Lambda
14 76 (2.07%) Power Automate
15 64 (1.74%) GitHub
16 50 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
17 41 (1.11%) IaaS
18 38 (1.03%) PaaS
19 33 (0.90%) Snowflake
20 32 (0.87%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 226 (6.14%) Firewall
2 109 (2.96%) VPN
3 104 (2.83%) DNS
4 102 (2.77%) TCP/IP
5 86 (2.34%) Internet
6 67 (1.82%) Network Security
7 66 (1.79%) WAN
8 59 (1.60%) IPsec
9 57 (1.55%) SNMP
10 56 (1.52%) Wireless
11 52 (1.41%) DHCP
12 51 (1.39%) LAN
13 45 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
14 44 (1.20%) VLAN
15 35 (0.95%) SAN
16 24 (0.65%) SD-WAN
17 21 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
18 17 (0.46%) Broadband
18 17 (0.46%) HTTP
18 17 (0.46%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 294 (7.99%) SQL Server
2 235 (6.39%) Tableau
3 215 (5.84%) Power BI
4 128 (3.48%) Relational Database
5 126 (3.42%) MongoDB
6 114 (3.10%) MySQL
7 101 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
8 89 (2.42%) Elasticsearch
9 63 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
10 59 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 54 (1.47%) Big Data
12 45 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
12 45 (1.22%) DynamoDB
12 45 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 43 (1.17%) NoSQL
13 43 (1.17%) Redis
14 37 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
15 30 (0.82%) RDBMS
16 24 (0.65%) Oracle Database
17 22 (0.60%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 351 (9.54%) Git
2 137 (3.72%) JIRA
3 81 (2.20%) Jenkins
4 66 (1.79%) GitLab
5 40 (1.09%) Visual Studio
6 37 (1.01%) Selenium
7 27 (0.73%) Maven
8 21 (0.57%) TeamCity
9 20 (0.54%) JMeter
9 20 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
10 16 (0.43%) LabVIEW
10 16 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
11 15 (0.41%) Bitbucket
11 15 (0.41%) Cypress.io
11 15 (0.41%) JUnit
12 14 (0.38%) Postman
13 13 (0.35%) Eclipse
13 13 (0.35%) PowerBuilder
13 13 (0.35%) WebDriver
13 13 (0.35%) webpack
General
1 2,045 (55.59%) Social Skills
2 1,227 (33.35%) Analytical Skills
3 822 (22.34%) Finance
4 370 (10.06%) Retail
5 268 (7.28%) Presentation Skills
6 258 (7.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 241 (6.55%) Marketing
8 215 (5.84%) Legal
9 193 (5.25%) Public Sector
10 144 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
11 108 (2.94%) Law
12 101 (2.75%) Manufacturing
13 73 (1.98%) Banking
14 71 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
15 60 (1.63%) Telecoms
16 56 (1.52%) Automotive
17 52 (1.41%) Games
18 50 (1.36%) Electronics
19 47 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
20 39 (1.06%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 697 (18.95%) Developer
2 634 (17.23%) Senior
3 574 (15.60%) Analyst
4 317 (8.62%) Lead
5 269 (7.31%) Consultant
6 227 (6.17%) Software Engineer
7 178 (4.84%) Data Analyst
8 152 (4.13%) Senior Analyst
9 151 (4.10%) .NET Developer
10 143 (3.89%) Architect
11 139 (3.78%) Software Developer
12 128 (3.48%) Senior Developer
13 127 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 119 (3.23%) Project Manager
15 115 (3.13%) Senior Data Analyst
16 102 (2.77%) Business Analyst
17 88 (2.39%) Support Engineer
18 86 (2.34%) C# Developer
19 81 (2.20%) Full Stack Developer
20 72 (1.96%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 426 (11.58%) .NET
2 303 (8.24%) HTML
3 248 (6.74%) CSS
4 210 (5.71%) React
5 156 (4.24%) RESTful
6 115 (3.13%) AngularJS
7 113 (3.07%) Web Services
8 110 (2.99%) .NET Core
8 110 (2.99%) Node.js
9 102 (2.77%) .NET Framework
10 94 (2.56%) REST
11 83 (2.26%) Vue
12 82 (2.23%) XML
13 81 (2.20%) ASP.NET
14 79 (2.15%) RabbitMQ
15 68 (1.85%) GraphQL
16 64 (1.74%) YAML
17 59 (1.60%) SOAP
18 58 (1.58%) JSON
18 58 (1.58%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 184 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
2 165 (4.48%) Management Information System
3 130 (3.53%) Data Centre
4 108 (2.94%) Product Ownership
5 104 (2.83%) Algorithms
6 95 (2.58%) Onboarding
7 78 (2.12%) Data Structures
8 65 (1.77%) Client/Server
8 65 (1.77%) Cloud Native
9 62 (1.69%) Mobile App
10 59 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
11 46 (1.25%) Driving Licence
12 43 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
13 42 (1.14%) IoT
14 37 (1.01%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 37 (1.01%) Virtual Team
15 32 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
16 30 (0.82%) Life Science
17 29 (0.79%) PMI
18 28 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 413 (11.23%) Windows
2 303 (8.24%) Linux
3 158 (4.29%) Windows Server
4 70 (1.90%) Android
4 70 (1.90%) Apple iOS
5 69 (1.88%) Windows 10
6 54 (1.47%) Data ONTAP
7 34 (0.92%) Embedded Linux
8 33 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
9 29 (0.79%) AIX
10 27 (0.73%) Mac OS
11 25 (0.68%) Unix
12 16 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
12 16 (0.43%) Windows Vista
13 14 (0.38%) CentOS
13 14 (0.38%) Windows 8
14 13 (0.35%) Windows 7
15 12 (0.33%) Ubuntu
15 12 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
16 10 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 921 (25.03%) Agile
2 473 (12.86%) Project Management
3 469 (12.75%) Software Engineering
4 468 (12.72%) Computer Science
5 459 (12.48%) Analytics
6 446 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 416 (11.31%) DevOps
8 409 (11.12%) Mentoring
9 328 (8.92%) Decision-Making
10 323 (8.78%) Actionable Insight
11 319 (8.67%) Customer Service
12 318 (8.64%) Data Analysis
13 299 (8.13%) Stakeholder Management
14 284 (7.72%) Roadmaps
15 279 (7.58%) Business Intelligence
16 278 (7.56%) CI/CD
17 274 (7.45%) Visualisation
18 237 (6.44%) Coaching
19 236 (6.41%) Collaborative Working
20 235 (6.39%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 790 (21.47%) SQL
2 743 (20.20%) Python
3 471 (12.80%) C#
4 450 (12.23%) JavaScript
5 322 (8.75%) Java
6 156 (4.24%) C
7 154 (4.19%) C++
8 136 (3.70%) TypeScript
9 103 (2.80%) PowerShell
10 87 (2.36%) PHP
11 75 (2.04%) T-SQL
12 69 (1.88%) Bash
13 58 (1.58%) PL/SQL
14 56 (1.52%) Go
15 38 (1.03%) VB.NET
16 37 (1.01%) MATLAB
17 32 (0.87%) VB
18 29 (0.79%) R
19 24 (0.65%) Ruby
20 21 (0.57%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1,029 (27.97%) Degree
2 385 (10.46%) Security Cleared
3 329 (8.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 286 (7.77%) DBS Check
5 205 (5.57%) SC Cleared
6 101 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 93 (2.53%) Master's Degree
8 82 (2.23%) DV Cleared
9 65 (1.77%) CISSP
10 63 (1.71%) PMI Certification
11 61 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
12 52 (1.41%) Azure Certification
13 45 (1.22%) ACCA
14 40 (1.09%) CEH
15 38 (1.03%) AWS Certification
16 37 (1.01%) PMP
17 32 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
18 31 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
19 30 (0.82%) CISM
20 21 (0.57%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 254 (6.90%) QA
2 94 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 89 (2.42%) SLA
4 85 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 73 (1.98%) Accessibility
6 62 (1.69%) GDPR
7 35 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
8 30 (0.82%) NIST
9 29 (0.79%) ISO 9001
10 28 (0.76%) IFRS
11 25 (0.68%) NCSC
11 25 (0.68%) SOC 2
12 22 (0.60%) PCI DSS
13 19 (0.52%) PMO
14 12 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 12 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
15 10 (0.27%) GRC
16 8 (0.22%) ISO 14001
16 8 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 8 (0.22%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 241 (6.55%) Docker
2 224 (6.09%) Active Directory
3 145 (3.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 60 (1.63%) Hyper-V
5 37 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
7 20 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (0.52%) Firmware
9 13 (0.35%) vSphere
10 10 (0.27%) Terminal Services
11 6 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
11 6 (0.16%) KVM
12 4 (0.11%) NFS
12 4 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.082%) Kamailio
14 2 (0.054%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.027%) Microsoft App-V
15 1 (0.027%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.027%) Snort
15 1 (0.027%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 203 (5.52%) Kubernetes
2 148 (4.02%) Terraform
3 114 (3.10%) Ansible
4 68 (1.85%) Prometheus
5 66 (1.79%) vCenter Server
6 53 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
7 38 (1.03%) SCCM
8 22 (0.60%) Grafana
9 21 (0.57%) Puppet
10 18 (0.49%) SCOM
11 13 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
12 10 (0.27%) ZABBIX
13 9 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (0.24%) Consul
14 8 (0.22%) Microsoft Clustering
15 7 (0.19%) Kibana
15 7 (0.19%) Nessus
15 7 (0.19%) Packer
15 7 (0.19%) WSUS
16 6 (0.16%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 820 (22.29%) Microsoft
2 189 (5.14%) VMware
3 187 (5.08%) Databricks
4 158 (4.29%) Oracle
5 138 (3.75%) SAP
6 121 (3.29%) Google
7 74 (2.01%) Palo Alto
8 69 (1.88%) Cisco
8 69 (1.88%) ServiceNow
9 67 (1.82%) Red Hat
10 54 (1.47%) NetApp
10 54 (1.47%) SolidFire
11 48 (1.30%) Salesforce
12 47 (1.28%) Xilinx
13 35 (0.95%) Adobe
14 32 (0.87%) Splunk
15 28 (0.76%) Meraki
16 25 (0.68%) Fortinet
17 24 (0.65%) CA
17 24 (0.65%) IBM