Problem-Solving Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 10 15
Rank change year-on-year +6 +5 +1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 3,108 4,764 5,478
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.78% 14.08% 12.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.31% 15.36% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,078 3,253 3,245
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £34,875
25th Percentile £32,500 £39,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% -

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 13,930 31,014 41,082
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.15% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,709 23,583 28,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,930 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Problem-Solving
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Problem-Solving trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 99 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 78 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 46 (1.48%) OpenEdge
4 30 (0.97%) Confluence
5 29 (0.93%) Apache Spark
6 28 (0.90%) Apache
6 28 (0.90%) CMS
7 23 (0.74%) IIS
7 23 (0.74%) Jupyter
8 14 (0.45%) Apache Solr
8 14 (0.45%) nginx
9 11 (0.35%) WordPress
10 8 (0.26%) IBM Domino
11 7 (0.23%) Drupal
12 5 (0.16%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
13 4 (0.13%) Tomcat
14 3 (0.097%) GemFire
14 3 (0.097%) Kentico
14 3 (0.097%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 139 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 81 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.45%) Photoshop
6 10 (0.32%) Trello
7 8 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
9 6 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
9 6 (0.19%) Adobe XD
9 6 (0.19%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.16%) Blender
10 5 (0.16%) MS Visio
10 5 (0.16%) Sketch
11 4 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.13%) Maya
12 3 (0.097%) Adobe After Effects
12 3 (0.097%) InDesign
13 2 (0.064%) InVision
13 2 (0.064%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 36 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (0.87%) NetSuite
3 22 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
4 20 (0.64%) Shopify
5 14 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
6 11 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
7 10 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
7 10 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.16%) Endur
8 5 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite
8 5 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 5 (0.16%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.16%) SAP HR
9 3 (0.097%) Adobe Campaign
9 3 (0.097%) Dynamics GP
9 3 (0.097%) Maximo
9 3 (0.097%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.097%) Payment Gateway
9 3 (0.097%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.097%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 635 (20.43%) Azure
2 299 (9.62%) AWS
3 264 (8.49%) Microsoft 365
4 219 (7.05%) Power Platform
5 195 (6.27%) SaaS
6 131 (4.21%) GCP
7 106 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
8 75 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
9 71 (2.28%) GitHub
10 65 (2.09%) Power Automate
11 62 (1.99%) Serverless
12 60 (1.93%) Entra ID
13 50 (1.61%) PowerApps
14 44 (1.42%) OneDrive
15 41 (1.32%) Azure Logic Apps
16 36 (1.16%) PaaS
17 34 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
18 33 (1.06%) AWS Lambda
18 33 (1.06%) Azure Service Bus
19 29 (0.93%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 557 (17.92%) Broadband
2 134 (4.31%) Firewall
3 97 (3.12%) DNS
4 66 (2.12%) TCP/IP
5 54 (1.74%) DHCP
6 49 (1.58%) WAN
7 47 (1.51%) VPN
8 42 (1.35%) LAN
9 39 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
10 37 (1.19%) Network Security
11 29 (0.93%) VLAN
12 24 (0.77%) VoIP
12 24 (0.77%) Wireless
13 23 (0.74%) SAN
14 22 (0.71%) IPsec
15 19 (0.61%) HTTP
16 17 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
16 17 (0.55%) SD-WAN
17 14 (0.45%) Internet
17 14 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (6.69%) SQL Server
2 166 (5.34%) Power BI
3 97 (3.12%) MySQL
3 97 (3.12%) PostgreSQL
4 95 (3.06%) Tableau
5 82 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
6 69 (2.22%) Big Data
7 57 (1.83%) Relational Database
8 52 (1.67%) NoSQL
9 42 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
10 40 (1.29%) MongoDB
11 38 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 29 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 28 (0.90%) Redis
14 27 (0.87%) Data Lake
15 19 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
16 16 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
16 16 (0.51%) OLTP
17 15 (0.48%) BigQuery
18 14 (0.45%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 232 (7.46%) Git
2 94 (3.02%) JIRA
3 50 (1.61%) Visual Studio
4 36 (1.16%) Jenkins
5 31 (1.00%) Octopus Deploy
6 26 (0.84%) Team Foundation Server
7 24 (0.77%) MSBuild
8 18 (0.58%) JUnit
8 18 (0.58%) Selenium
9 16 (0.51%) SonarQube
10 15 (0.48%) GitLab
10 15 (0.48%) webpack
11 14 (0.45%) Gradle
11 14 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
12 11 (0.35%) Subversion
13 10 (0.32%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.32%) Maven
13 10 (0.32%) Postman
13 10 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 9 (0.29%) NUnit
General
1 1,357 (43.66%) Social Skills
2 839 (26.99%) Analytical Skills
3 699 (22.49%) Banking
4 651 (20.95%) Finance
5 619 (19.92%) Games
6 251 (8.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 186 (5.98%) Retail
8 153 (4.92%) Marketing
9 120 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
10 111 (3.57%) Public Sector
11 98 (3.15%) Law
12 93 (2.99%) Manufacturing
13 86 (2.77%) Legal
14 78 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
15 60 (1.93%) Telecoms
16 56 (1.80%) Electronics
17 45 (1.45%) Billing
18 37 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
19 30 (0.97%) Local Government
20 26 (0.84%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 551 (17.73%) Customer Service Advisor
2 486 (15.64%) Developer
3 437 (14.06%) Senior
4 329 (10.59%) Analyst
5 186 (5.98%) Lead
6 115 (3.70%) Senior Developer
7 112 (3.60%) IT Support
8 109 (3.51%) Software Engineer
9 104 (3.35%) Architect
10 103 (3.31%) Support Engineer
11 83 (2.67%) Consultant
12 75 (2.41%) IT Manager
13 73 (2.35%) Data Analyst
14 67 (2.16%) Data Engineer
15 65 (2.09%) Applications Support
16 62 (1.99%) Business Analyst
16 62 (1.99%) Senior Analyst
17 59 (1.90%) Data Scientist
17 59 (1.90%) Support Analyst
18 56 (1.80%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 247 (7.95%) .NET
2 191 (6.15%) HTML
3 183 (5.89%) CSS
4 131 (4.21%) React
5 112 (3.60%) REST
6 104 (3.35%) ASP.NET
7 96 (3.09%) RESTful
8 81 (2.61%) .NET Framework
9 75 (2.41%) XML
10 69 (2.22%) Node.js
11 64 (2.06%) JSON
12 61 (1.96%) AngularJS
13 55 (1.77%) Web Services
14 54 (1.74%) SOAP
15 50 (1.61%) .NET Core
15 50 (1.61%) Kafka
16 47 (1.51%) Entity Framework
17 41 (1.32%) RabbitMQ
17 41 (1.32%) Spring
18 38 (1.22%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 140 (4.50%) Self-Motivation
2 102 (3.28%) Algorithms
3 90 (2.90%) Management Information System
4 82 (2.64%) Onboarding
5 70 (2.25%) Product Ownership
6 66 (2.12%) Mobile App
7 56 (1.80%) Data Centre
8 51 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
9 48 (1.54%) Cyberattack
10 42 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
11 41 (1.32%) Data Structures
11 41 (1.32%) Virtual Team
12 39 (1.25%) Mobile Games
13 34 (1.09%) Cloud Native
14 33 (1.06%) IoT
15 32 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
16 28 (0.90%) Public Cloud
17 27 (0.87%) NHS
18 24 (0.77%) Private Cloud
19 23 (0.74%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 288 (9.27%) Windows
2 185 (5.95%) Linux
3 110 (3.54%) Windows Server
4 70 (2.25%) Apple iOS
5 53 (1.71%) Android
6 48 (1.54%) Unix
7 39 (1.25%) Mac OS
7 39 (1.25%) Windows 10
8 15 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 14 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (0.39%) Windows 7
10 12 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (0.16%) CentOS
13 4 (0.13%) AIX
13 4 (0.13%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.13%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.097%) Debian
14 3 (0.097%) Solaris
14 3 (0.097%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 776 (24.97%) Customer Service
2 541 (17.41%) Agile
3 341 (10.97%) DevOps
4 330 (10.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 326 (10.49%) Analytics
6 323 (10.39%) Computer Science
7 306 (9.85%) Mentoring
8 275 (8.85%) Project Management
9 258 (8.30%) Software Engineering
10 228 (7.34%) CI/CD
11 225 (7.24%) Roadmaps
12 224 (7.21%) Business Intelligence
13 221 (7.11%) Decision-Making
14 198 (6.37%) Artificial Intelligence
15 197 (6.34%) Visualisation
16 174 (5.60%) CRM
17 171 (5.50%) Collaborative Working
18 167 (5.37%) Stakeholder Management
19 161 (5.18%) Cybersecurity
20 160 (5.15%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 569 (18.31%) SQL
2 353 (11.36%) Python
3 325 (10.46%) JavaScript
4 288 (9.27%) C#
5 239 (7.69%) Java
6 118 (3.80%) TypeScript
7 93 (2.99%) PowerShell
8 88 (2.83%) C++
9 85 (2.73%) PHP
10 55 (1.77%) T-SQL
11 37 (1.19%) C
12 34 (1.09%) PL/SQL
13 32 (1.03%) Bash
14 31 (1.00%) Kotlin
15 27 (0.87%) Objective-C
16 26 (0.84%) Swift
17 25 (0.80%) Go
17 25 (0.80%) Shell Script
18 22 (0.71%) R
19 18 (0.58%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 570 (18.34%) Degree
2 210 (6.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 150 (4.83%) Security Cleared
4 95 (3.06%) DBS Check
5 90 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 88 (2.83%) Master's Degree
7 78 (2.51%) DV Cleared
8 60 (1.93%) PMI Certification
9 58 (1.87%) CISSP
10 53 (1.71%) SC Cleared
11 47 (1.51%) Azure Certification
12 44 (1.42%) PMP
13 30 (0.97%) PhD
14 29 (0.93%) AWS Certification
14 29 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
15 28 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
16 26 (0.84%) ACCA
17 23 (0.74%) CIMA
18 22 (0.71%) MCSE
19 21 (0.68%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (5.60%) QA
2 78 (2.51%) Data Quality
3 72 (2.32%) GDPR
4 69 (2.22%) Accessibility
5 55 (1.77%) SLA
6 54 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 25 (0.80%) ISO 9001
8 21 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
9 19 (0.61%) NIST
10 18 (0.58%) PMO
11 17 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
12 16 (0.51%) PCI DSS
13 13 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 12 (0.39%) HIPAA
15 10 (0.32%) SOC 2
16 7 (0.23%) GRC
17 6 (0.19%) NCSC
18 4 (0.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
18 4 (0.13%) COBIT
19 3 (0.097%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 159 (5.12%) Active Directory
2 157 (5.05%) Docker
3 69 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 55 (1.77%) Hyper-V
5 17 (0.55%) Firmware
6 12 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.26%) vSphere
9 7 (0.23%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
10 5 (0.16%) Postfix
10 5 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.13%) HDFS
11 4 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.097%) Dovecot
12 3 (0.097%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.064%) KVM
13 2 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.064%) Sendmail
13 2 (0.064%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 166 (5.34%) Kubernetes
2 105 (3.38%) Terraform
3 59 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 40 (1.29%) Ansible
5 31 (1.00%) Prometheus
6 23 (0.74%) Grafana
7 16 (0.51%) SCCM
8 13 (0.42%) Progress Chef
9 9 (0.29%) Puppet
9 9 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.23%) Argo
10 7 (0.23%) PaperCut
10 7 (0.23%) SCOM
11 6 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
11 6 (0.19%) Nagios
11 6 (0.19%) Nessus
11 6 (0.19%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.16%) AirWatch
12 5 (0.16%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 603 (19.40%) Microsoft
2 562 (18.08%) BT
3 174 (5.60%) Google
4 124 (3.99%) Oracle
5 112 (3.60%) VMware
6 94 (3.02%) SAP
7 83 (2.67%) Cisco
8 80 (2.57%) Salesforce
9 70 (2.25%) Databricks
10 57 (1.83%) ServiceNow
11 49 (1.58%) Adobe
12 46 (1.48%) Progress
13 27 (0.87%) Apple
13 27 (0.87%) Meraki
14 26 (0.84%) TikTok
15 23 (0.74%) Red Hat
16 21 (0.68%) IBM
17 20 (0.64%) Fortinet
18 15 (0.48%) New Relic
18 15 (0.48%) Pinterest