Problem-Solving Jobs with Work from Home Options

Problem Solving
UK > Work from Home

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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 14 16
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 +12
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 4,746 5,654 8,721
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.06% 12.87% 13.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.32% 13.39% 13.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,244 3,355 4,653
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,555 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £73,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £87,500
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 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,988 42,210 64,018
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.83% 96.06% 96.80%
Number of salaries quoted 23,610 29,271 41,299
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +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 19 April 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
1 137 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 107 (2.25%) Apache
3 93 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 58 (1.22%) WordPress
5 50 (1.05%) CMS
6 49 (1.03%) IIS
7 47 (0.99%) Confluence
8 46 (0.97%) Apache Spark
9 25 (0.53%) nginx
10 24 (0.51%) OpenStack
11 20 (0.42%) OpenEdge
12 13 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
12 13 (0.27%) SAS
13 11 (0.23%) Umbraco
14 8 (0.17%) ArcGIS
15 7 (0.15%) Tomcat
15 7 (0.15%) WebLogic
16 6 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
17 5 (0.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
17 5 (0.11%) Drupal
Applications
1 318 (6.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 297 (6.26%) Microsoft Office
3 104 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
5 21 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 20 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
7 19 (0.40%) Photoshop
8 16 (0.34%) InDesign
9 15 (0.32%) Simulink
9 15 (0.32%) Sketch
10 13 (0.27%) Adobe XD
11 10 (0.21%) Chatbot
11 10 (0.21%) Trello
12 9 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
13 7 (0.15%) MS Visio
14 6 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
14 6 (0.13%) AutoCAD
14 6 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
14 6 (0.13%) UserZoom
15 5 (0.11%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 61 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (0.65%) Shopify
3 20 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
5 11 (0.23%) iTrent
5 11 (0.23%) SAP CX
6 10 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
6 10 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.17%) Misys Midas
7 8 (0.17%) Siebel CRM
8 7 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
8 7 (0.15%) Fidessa
8 7 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
8 7 (0.15%) SAP Business One
9 6 (0.13%) Magento
9 6 (0.13%) Sage 200
9 6 (0.13%) Sage CRM
10 5 (0.11%) Odoo
10 5 (0.11%) Sage 50
10 5 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 944 (19.89%) Azure
2 731 (15.40%) AWS
3 348 (7.33%) Power Platform
4 345 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
5 276 (5.82%) SaaS
6 220 (4.64%) Serverless
7 192 (4.05%) GCP
8 135 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
9 134 (2.82%) Amazon S3
9 134 (2.82%) Entra ID
10 130 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
11 121 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
12 102 (2.15%) GitHub
13 90 (1.90%) PowerApps
14 82 (1.73%) Power Automate
15 80 (1.69%) Snowflake
16 72 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
17 53 (1.12%) IaaS
18 51 (1.07%) WhatsApp
19 41 (0.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 300 (6.32%) Firewall
2 144 (3.03%) DNS
3 123 (2.59%) Internet
4 104 (2.19%) VPN
5 93 (1.96%) TCP/IP
6 82 (1.73%) WAN
7 81 (1.71%) DHCP
8 71 (1.50%) LAN
9 68 (1.43%) SNMP
10 66 (1.39%) Wireless
11 65 (1.37%) Network Security
11 65 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
12 57 (1.20%) IPsec
13 49 (1.03%) SAN
14 37 (0.78%) VLAN
15 36 (0.76%) SD-WAN
16 34 (0.72%) NAS
17 31 (0.65%) VoIP
18 27 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
19 24 (0.51%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 427 (9.00%) SQL Server
2 271 (5.71%) Power BI
3 221 (4.66%) MySQL
4 205 (4.32%) Relational Database
5 170 (3.58%) MongoDB
6 164 (3.46%) Elasticsearch
7 163 (3.43%) Tableau
8 131 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
9 89 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
10 73 (1.54%) RDBMS
11 72 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 71 (1.50%) Big Data
13 70 (1.47%) Redis
13 70 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 58 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
14 58 (1.22%) Oracle Database
15 52 (1.10%) Data Lake
16 46 (0.97%) DynamoDB
17 40 (0.84%) Hadoop
18 36 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 423 (8.91%) Git
2 208 (4.38%) JIRA
3 113 (2.38%) Jenkins
4 87 (1.83%) GitLab
5 43 (0.91%) Visual Studio
6 36 (0.76%) JDeveloper
7 34 (0.72%) Maven
8 32 (0.67%) TeamCity
9 31 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
10 30 (0.63%) Selenium
11 19 (0.40%) JUnit
11 19 (0.40%) LabVIEW
12 18 (0.38%) webpack
13 17 (0.36%) Cypress.io
13 17 (0.36%) JMeter
14 16 (0.34%) Cucumber
14 16 (0.34%) Eclipse
15 14 (0.29%) SpecFlow
16 13 (0.27%) Postman
17 12 (0.25%) Bitbucket
General
1 2,477 (52.19%) Social Skills
2 1,401 (29.52%) Analytical Skills
3 1,052 (22.17%) Finance
4 382 (8.05%) Retail
5 303 (6.38%) Marketing
6 297 (6.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 276 (5.82%) Legal
8 220 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
9 204 (4.30%) Public Sector
10 193 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
11 151 (3.18%) Law
12 149 (3.14%) Banking
13 127 (2.68%) Manufacturing
14 85 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
15 81 (1.71%) Telecoms
16 76 (1.60%) Electronics
17 72 (1.52%) Games
18 60 (1.26%) Automotive
19 55 (1.16%) Advertising
20 46 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 897 (18.90%) Developer
2 775 (16.33%) Senior
3 661 (13.93%) Analyst
4 396 (8.34%) Lead
5 391 (8.24%) Software Engineer
6 280 (5.90%) Architect
7 256 (5.39%) Senior Developer
8 249 (5.25%) Consultant
9 186 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
10 169 (3.56%) Software Developer
11 151 (3.18%) Business Analyst
12 148 (3.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 144 (3.03%) Project Manager
14 136 (2.87%) Support Engineer
15 123 (2.59%) .NET Developer
16 116 (2.44%) Presales Solution Architect
17 115 (2.42%) Data Analyst
18 111 (2.34%) IT Support
19 105 (2.21%) Full Stack Developer
20 97 (2.04%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 445 (9.38%) .NET
2 370 (7.80%) React
3 348 (7.33%) HTML
4 320 (6.74%) CSS
5 279 (5.88%) Node.js
6 237 (4.99%) AngularJS
7 205 (4.32%) RESTful
8 128 (2.70%) Vue
9 122 (2.57%) .NET Core
10 112 (2.36%) ASP.NET
11 107 (2.25%) .NET Framework
12 104 (2.19%) Spring
13 101 (2.13%) GraphQL
14 94 (1.98%) REST
14 94 (1.98%) Web Services
15 79 (1.66%) Django
15 79 (1.66%) Express.js
15 79 (1.66%) Kafka
16 76 (1.60%) JSON
17 74 (1.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 326 (6.87%) Self-Motivation
2 212 (4.47%) Management Information System
3 173 (3.65%) Product Ownership
4 158 (3.33%) Data Structures
5 155 (3.27%) Client/Server
6 146 (3.08%) Algorithms
6 146 (3.08%) Data Centre
7 105 (2.21%) Onboarding
8 79 (1.66%) Cloud Native
9 71 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
10 68 (1.43%) Mobile App
11 62 (1.31%) Driving Licence
11 62 (1.31%) IoT
12 52 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
13 49 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
14 43 (0.91%) Life Science
15 37 (0.78%) PropTech
15 37 (0.78%) Virtual Team
16 32 (0.67%) Cyberattack
16 32 (0.67%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 533 (11.23%) Windows
2 359 (7.56%) Linux
3 205 (4.32%) Windows Server
4 113 (2.38%) Apple iOS
5 107 (2.25%) Android
6 78 (1.64%) Windows 10
7 54 (1.14%) Data ONTAP
8 44 (0.93%) Unix
9 41 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
10 28 (0.59%) AIX
11 26 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
12 22 (0.46%) Mac OS
13 19 (0.40%) Windows 8
14 15 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
15 13 (0.27%) Windows 7
16 12 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
17 11 (0.23%) CentOS
18 10 (0.21%) Mac OS X
18 10 (0.21%) VMS
19 8 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,229 (25.90%) Agile
2 744 (15.68%) Software Engineering
3 596 (12.56%) DevOps
4 530 (11.17%) Analytics
5 527 (11.10%) Project Management
6 518 (10.91%) Actionable Insight
7 491 (10.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 484 (10.20%) Mentoring
9 482 (10.16%) Computer Science
10 431 (9.08%) Decision-Making
11 419 (8.83%) Customer Service
12 362 (7.63%) User Experience
13 355 (7.48%) Full Stack Development
14 348 (7.33%) Business Intelligence
15 341 (7.18%) CI/CD
15 341 (7.18%) Stakeholder Management
16 309 (6.51%) Roadmaps
17 302 (6.36%) Cybersecurity
18 301 (6.34%) ITIL
19 283 (5.96%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 878 (18.50%) Python
2 845 (17.80%) SQL
3 572 (12.05%) JavaScript
4 559 (11.78%) C#
5 459 (9.67%) Java
6 228 (4.80%) TypeScript
7 156 (3.29%) Bash
8 154 (3.24%) C
9 138 (2.91%) PHP
10 125 (2.63%) C++
11 120 (2.53%) PowerShell
12 117 (2.47%) Go
13 111 (2.34%) T-SQL
14 92 (1.94%) Ruby
15 70 (1.47%) Perl
16 61 (1.29%) Scala
17 48 (1.01%) R
18 37 (0.78%) VB
19 31 (0.65%) Groovy
20 27 (0.57%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1,100 (23.18%) Degree
2 576 (12.14%) Security Cleared
3 378 (7.96%) SC Cleared
4 295 (6.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 195 (4.11%) DBS Check
6 131 (2.76%) Master's Degree
7 101 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 80 (1.69%) DV Cleared
9 75 (1.58%) CISSP
10 69 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 67 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
12 63 (1.33%) AWS Certification
13 54 (1.14%) PMI Certification
14 51 (1.07%) CCNA
15 49 (1.03%) Azure Certification
16 38 (0.80%) MCSE
17 33 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 33 (0.70%) CEH
18 32 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
19 29 (0.61%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 349 (7.35%) QA
2 114 (2.40%) Data Quality
3 105 (2.21%) SLA
4 93 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 74 (1.56%) Accessibility
6 70 (1.47%) GDPR
7 49 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
8 48 (1.01%) NIST
9 38 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
10 32 (0.67%) PCI DSS
11 28 (0.59%) ISO 9001
12 27 (0.57%) NCSC
13 22 (0.46%) PMO
14 21 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
15 20 (0.42%) IFRS
16 18 (0.38%) SOC 2
17 15 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 15 (0.32%) WCAG
18 11 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
19 10 (0.21%) GRC
System Software
1 342 (7.21%) Docker
2 280 (5.90%) Active Directory
3 180 (3.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 72 (1.52%) Hyper-V
5 44 (0.93%) Firmware
6 35 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
7 31 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (0.32%) vSphere
10 13 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
11 10 (0.21%) Terminal Services
12 9 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
13 7 (0.15%) NFS
13 7 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
14 6 (0.13%) KVM
15 5 (0.11%) DFS Replication
16 2 (0.042%) Apache Flume
16 2 (0.042%) Varnish
16 2 (0.042%) VMware Workstation
17 1 (0.021%) Snort
Systems Management
1 301 (6.34%) Kubernetes
2 186 (3.92%) Terraform
3 136 (2.87%) Ansible
4 79 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 76 (1.60%) Prometheus
5 76 (1.60%) vCenter Server
6 37 (0.78%) Grafana
7 36 (0.76%) SCCM
8 34 (0.72%) Puppet
9 17 (0.36%) Progress Chef
10 14 (0.29%) Nessus
11 12 (0.25%) SCOM
12 11 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 11 (0.23%) Nagios
12 11 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
13 10 (0.21%) Graphite
13 10 (0.21%) HAProxy
13 10 (0.21%) ZABBIX
14 9 (0.19%) Data Guard
14 9 (0.19%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 1,090 (22.97%) Microsoft
2 224 (4.72%) VMware
3 187 (3.94%) Google
4 168 (3.54%) Oracle
5 136 (2.87%) SAP
6 90 (1.90%) Cisco
7 85 (1.79%) Databricks
8 77 (1.62%) Palo Alto
9 70 (1.47%) ServiceNow
10 64 (1.35%) Red Hat
11 62 (1.31%) Adobe
12 59 (1.24%) Salesforce
13 58 (1.22%) NetApp
14 54 (1.14%) SolidFire
15 53 (1.12%) Dell
16 52 (1.10%) IBM
17 42 (0.88%) Meraki
18 32 (0.67%) Splunk
19 27 (0.57%) Apple
19 27 (0.57%) Facebook