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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 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 3,111 4,768 5,483
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.79% 14.09% 12.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.32% 15.37% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,085 3,255 3,248
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £34,742
25th Percentile £32,500 £39,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -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 13,938 31,020 41,026
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.13% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,733 23,575 28,496
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,800 £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 2 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 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 77 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 46 (1.48%) OpenEdge
4 30 (0.96%) 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 12 (0.39%) Apache Solr
8 12 (0.39%) 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 (0.096%) GemFire
14 3 (0.096%) Kentico
14 3 (0.096%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 142 (4.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 82 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.00%) 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 (0.096%) Adobe After Effects
12 3 (0.096%) InDesign
13 2 (0.064%) InVision
13 2 (0.064%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 36 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.90%) NetSuite
3 22 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
4 19 (0.61%) Shopify
5 15 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
6 11 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
7 10 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
7 10 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.19%) Infor CloudSuite
8 6 (0.19%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
9 5 (0.16%) Endur
9 5 (0.16%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.16%) SAP HR
10 3 (0.096%) Adobe Campaign
10 3 (0.096%) Dynamics GP
10 3 (0.096%) Maximo
10 3 (0.096%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.096%) Payment Gateway
10 3 (0.096%) Remedy ITSM
10 3 (0.096%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 636 (20.44%) Azure
2 299 (9.61%) AWS
3 262 (8.42%) Microsoft 365
4 218 (7.01%) Power Platform
5 195 (6.27%) SaaS
6 130 (4.18%) GCP
7 106 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
8 74 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
9 71 (2.28%) GitHub
10 64 (2.06%) Power Automate
11 63 (2.03%) Serverless
12 60 (1.93%) Entra ID
13 50 (1.61%) PowerApps
14 44 (1.41%) OneDrive
15 40 (1.29%) Azure Logic Apps
16 36 (1.16%) PaaS
17 34 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
17 34 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
18 32 (1.03%) Azure Service Bus
19 29 (0.93%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 558 (17.94%) Broadband
2 135 (4.34%) Firewall
3 95 (3.05%) DNS
4 64 (2.06%) 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
13 23 (0.74%) SAN
13 23 (0.74%) Wireless
14 20 (0.64%) 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%) PostgreSQL
4 95 (3.05%) MySQL
4 95 (3.05%) Tableau
5 82 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
6 69 (2.22%) Big Data
7 57 (1.83%) Relational Database
8 49 (1.58%) NoSQL
9 43 (1.38%) Elasticsearch
10 40 (1.29%) MongoDB
11 38 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 30 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 28 (0.90%) Redis
14 27 (0.87%) Data Lake
15 19 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
16 17 (0.55%) OLTP
17 16 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
18 15 (0.48%) BigQuery
19 14 (0.45%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 233 (7.49%) Git
2 95 (3.05%) 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 1,366 (43.91%) Social Skills
2 839 (26.97%) Analytical Skills
3 699 (22.47%) Banking
4 654 (21.02%) Finance
5 621 (19.96%) Games
6 251 (8.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 185 (5.95%) Retail
8 149 (4.79%) Marketing
9 120 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
10 111 (3.57%) Public Sector
11 98 (3.15%) Law
12 94 (3.02%) Manufacturing
13 85 (2.73%) Legal
14 80 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
15 60 (1.93%) Telecoms
16 56 (1.80%) Electronics
17 45 (1.45%) Billing
18 38 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
19 30 (0.96%) Local Government
20 26 (0.84%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 552 (17.74%) Customer Service Advisor
2 489 (15.72%) Developer
3 436 (14.01%) Senior
4 333 (10.70%) Analyst
5 185 (5.95%) Lead
6 116 (3.73%) Senior Developer
7 112 (3.60%) IT Support
8 108 (3.47%) Software Engineer
9 103 (3.31%) Architect
9 103 (3.31%) Support Engineer
10 87 (2.80%) Consultant
11 75 (2.41%) IT Manager
12 74 (2.38%) Data Analyst
13 67 (2.15%) Data Engineer
14 66 (2.12%) Applications Support
15 63 (2.03%) Business Analyst
16 62 (1.99%) Senior Analyst
17 60 (1.93%) Support Analyst
18 58 (1.86%) Data Scientist
19 56 (1.80%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 247 (7.94%) .NET
2 192 (6.17%) HTML
3 183 (5.88%) CSS
4 131 (4.21%) React
5 113 (3.63%) REST
6 104 (3.34%) ASP.NET
7 95 (3.05%) RESTful
8 81 (2.60%) .NET Framework
9 76 (2.44%) XML
10 69 (2.22%) Node.js
11 64 (2.06%) JSON
12 61 (1.96%) AngularJS
13 57 (1.83%) Web Services
14 55 (1.77%) SOAP
15 50 (1.61%) .NET Core
16 49 (1.58%) Kafka
17 47 (1.51%) Entity Framework
18 41 (1.32%) Spring
19 39 (1.25%) Middleware
19 39 (1.25%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 141 (4.53%) Self-Motivation
2 101 (3.25%) Algorithms
3 90 (2.89%) Management Information System
4 81 (2.60%) Onboarding
5 70 (2.25%) Product Ownership
6 65 (2.09%) Mobile App
7 57 (1.83%) Data Centre
8 52 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
9 48 (1.54%) Cyberattack
10 42 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
11 41 (1.32%) Virtual Team
12 40 (1.29%) Data Structures
13 39 (1.25%) Mobile Games
14 34 (1.09%) Cloud Native
15 33 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
15 33 (1.06%) IoT
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 (9.26%) Windows
2 187 (6.01%) Linux
3 109 (3.50%) Windows Server
4 69 (2.22%) Apple iOS
5 52 (1.67%) Android
6 49 (1.58%) Unix
7 39 (1.25%) Mac OS
8 38 (1.22%) Windows 10
9 15 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
11 12 (0.39%) Windows 7
11 12 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
12 7 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.16%) CentOS
14 4 (0.13%) AIX
14 4 (0.13%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.13%) Windows 8
15 3 (0.096%) Debian
15 3 (0.096%) Solaris
15 3 (0.096%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 776 (24.94%) Customer Service
2 542 (17.42%) Agile
3 338 (10.86%) DevOps
4 329 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 326 (10.48%) Analytics
6 324 (10.41%) Computer Science
7 306 (9.84%) Mentoring
8 276 (8.87%) Project Management
9 257 (8.26%) Software Engineering
10 225 (7.23%) Business Intelligence
11 224 (7.20%) CI/CD
12 223 (7.17%) Roadmaps
13 222 (7.14%) Decision-Making
14 198 (6.36%) Visualisation
15 197 (6.33%) Artificial Intelligence
16 173 (5.56%) CRM
17 170 (5.46%) Collaborative Working
18 166 (5.34%) Stakeholder Management
19 161 (5.18%) Data Analysis
19 161 (5.18%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 573 (18.42%) SQL
2 354 (11.38%) Python
3 325 (10.45%) JavaScript
4 288 (9.26%) C#
5 239 (7.68%) Java
6 118 (3.79%) TypeScript
7 93 (2.99%) PowerShell
8 88 (2.83%) C++
9 83 (2.67%) PHP
10 55 (1.77%) T-SQL
11 37 (1.19%) C
12 35 (1.13%) 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%) Shell Script
18 24 (0.77%) Go
19 23 (0.74%) R
20 17 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 574 (18.45%) Degree
2 211 (6.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 150 (4.82%) Security Cleared
4 92 (2.96%) DBS Check
5 91 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 89 (2.86%) Master's Degree
7 79 (2.54%) DV Cleared
8 60 (1.93%) PMI Certification
9 58 (1.86%) CISSP
10 53 (1.70%) SC Cleared
11 47 (1.51%) Azure Certification
12 44 (1.41%) PMP
13 30 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
13 30 (0.96%) PhD
14 29 (0.93%) AWS Certification
15 28 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
16 27 (0.87%) ACCA
17 24 (0.77%) CIMA
18 22 (0.71%) CCNA
18 22 (0.71%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (5.63%) QA
2 77 (2.48%) Data Quality
3 72 (2.31%) GDPR
4 68 (2.19%) Accessibility
5 57 (1.83%) SLA
6 53 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 25 (0.80%) ISO 9001
8 20 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
9 18 (0.58%) NIST
9 18 (0.58%) PMO
10 16 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
11 15 (0.48%) PCI DSS
12 12 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 12 (0.39%) HIPAA
13 10 (0.32%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.19%) GRC
14 6 (0.19%) NCSC
15 4 (0.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
15 4 (0.13%) COBIT
16 3 (0.096%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 158 (5.08%) Docker
2 157 (5.05%) Active Directory
3 68 (2.19%) 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 (0.096%) Dovecot
12 3 (0.096%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.064%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.064%) KVM
13 2 (0.064%) Sendmail
13 2 (0.064%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 163 (5.24%) Kubernetes
2 103 (3.31%) Terraform
3 58 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
4 38 (1.22%) Ansible
5 31 (1.00%) Prometheus
6 23 (0.74%) Grafana
7 15 (0.48%) 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
1 605 (19.45%) Microsoft
2 563 (18.10%) BT
3 174 (5.59%) Google
4 125 (4.02%) Oracle
5 111 (3.57%) VMware
6 95 (3.05%) SAP
7 84 (2.70%) Cisco
8 80 (2.57%) Salesforce
9 70 (2.25%) Databricks
10 56 (1.80%) ServiceNow
11 49 (1.58%) Adobe
12 46 (1.48%) Progress
13 27 (0.87%) Apple
13 27 (0.87%) Meraki
14 25 (0.80%) TikTok
15 23 (0.74%) Red Hat
16 21 (0.68%) IBM
17 20 (0.64%) Fortinet
18 15 (0.48%) New Relic
19 14 (0.45%) HubSpot