Problem-Solving Jobs in Bedfordshire

Problem Solving
East of England > Bedfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire with 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 41 7
Rank change year-on-year +39 -34 -2
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 93 40 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 19.96% 6.54% 18.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 26.65% 6.62% 19.21%
Number of salaries quoted 54 17 47
10th Percentile £28,650 £36,500 £21,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £48,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +33.33% +25.00%
75th Percentile £60,938 £75,000 -
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £60,500
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £48,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.46% +6.67% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

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 advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 349 604 604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 74.89% 98.69% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 242 281 284
10th Percentile £26,025 £35,764 £25,971
25th Percentile £33,302 £45,000 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +12.20% +2.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £93,625 £83,750 £71,250
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Bedfordshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Bedfordshire.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Bedfordshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Bedfordshire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bedford +27 36 £35,000 -12.50% 9
Luton +15 35 £60,000 -14.29% 17
Leighton Buzzard +2 4 £32,500 -40.91% 1
Henlow - 1 - -
Problem-Solving
East of England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 5 (5.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (5.38%) WordPress
2 4 (4.30%) Apache
3 3 (3.23%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.15%) Skype for Business
5 1 (1.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (10.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.23%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (3.23%) Adobe XD
4 2 (2.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.08%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.75%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (7.53%) AWS
2 7 (7.53%) Azure
3 5 (5.38%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.30%) Amazon S3
4 4 (4.30%) Snowflake
5 3 (3.23%) Serverless
6 2 (2.15%) Mimecast
6 2 (2.15%) PowerApps
6 2 (2.15%) WhatsApp
7 1 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.08%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.83%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.15%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.15%) Skype
2 2 (2.15%) WebEx
3 1 (1.08%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.38%) Power BI
2 4 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (4.30%) GIS
2 4 (4.30%) Spatial Data
2 4 (4.30%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.30%) Triplestore
3 2 (2.15%) MySQL
4 1 (1.08%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.08%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.08%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (1.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (10.75%) LabVIEW
2 2 (2.15%) Git
3 1 (1.08%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.08%) JIRA
General
1 50 (53.76%) Social Skills
2 33 (35.48%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (26.88%) Finance
4 13 (13.98%) Telecoms
5 9 (9.68%) Aerospace
6 8 (8.60%) Electronics
7 7 (7.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (6.45%) Law
8 6 (6.45%) Local Government
9 4 (4.30%) Manufacturing
9 4 (4.30%) Retail
10 3 (3.23%) Legal
11 2 (2.15%) Aviation
11 2 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (2.15%) Public Sector
12 1 (1.08%) Advertising
12 1 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (16.13%) Developer
2 13 (13.98%) IT Support
3 11 (11.83%) Consultant
3 11 (11.83%) Managing Consultant
3 11 (11.83%) Security Consultant
4 10 (10.75%) Architect
4 10 (10.75%) Project Manager
5 9 (9.68%) Data Engineer
6 7 (7.53%) Analyst
7 5 (5.38%) IT Analyst
8 4 (4.30%) Data Science Engineer
8 4 (4.30%) Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (4.30%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 4 (4.30%) IT Support Analyst
8 4 (4.30%) Security Architect
8 4 (4.30%) Support Analyst
8 4 (4.30%) Support Engineer
9 3 (3.23%) IT Manager
9 3 (3.23%) IT Support Engineer
9 3 (3.23%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.45%) JSON
2 5 (5.38%) CSS
2 5 (5.38%) HTML
3 4 (4.30%) RESTful
3 4 (4.30%) XML
4 2 (2.15%) Ajax
4 2 (2.15%) jQuery
4 2 (2.15%) MACH
4 2 (2.15%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (18.28%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (16.13%) Management Information System
3 11 (11.83%) Operational Technology
4 6 (6.45%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (5.38%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (5.38%) Mobile App
5 5 (5.38%) Smartphone
6 4 (4.30%) Clustering
6 4 (4.30%) Data Structures
6 4 (4.30%) Linked Data
6 4 (4.30%) PMI
6 4 (4.30%) Reference Data
7 3 (3.23%) Driving Licence
8 2 (2.15%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.15%) Life Science
9 1 (1.08%) Blockchain
9 1 (1.08%) BYOD
9 1 (1.08%) Social Network
9 1 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (15.05%) Windows
2 5 (5.38%) Linux
2 5 (5.38%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.15%) Mac OS X
4 1 (1.08%) Android
4 1 (1.08%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (22.58%) Risk Management
2 19 (20.43%) Change Management
3 17 (18.28%) Agile
3 17 (18.28%) Line Management
4 16 (17.20%) Computer Science
4 16 (17.20%) Software Engineering
5 15 (16.13%) Project Management
5 15 (16.13%) Security Architecture
6 14 (15.05%) Mentoring
7 13 (13.98%) Data Analysis
7 13 (13.98%) Project Delivery
8 12 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (11.83%) Architectural Patterns
9 11 (11.83%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (9.68%) Systems Engineering
11 8 (8.60%) Coaching
11 8 (8.60%) Data Modelling
11 8 (8.60%) ITSM
11 8 (8.60%) Refactoring
11 8 (8.60%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.75%) SQL
2 5 (5.38%) JavaScript
2 5 (5.38%) PHP
3 4 (4.30%) SPARQL
4 2 (2.15%) MATLAB
4 2 (2.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 38 (40.86%) Degree
2 26 (27.96%) Security Cleared
3 15 (16.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (11.83%) CASP
4 11 (11.83%) CEH
4 11 (11.83%) CISM
4 11 (11.83%) CISSP
4 11 (11.83%) CRISC
4 11 (11.83%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.30%) PMI Certification
6 3 (3.23%) A+ Certification
6 3 (3.23%) Master's Degree
6 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.08%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.08%) HND
7 1 (1.08%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.83%) NCSC
2 5 (5.38%) SLA
3 2 (2.15%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.15%) GDPR
4 1 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.08%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.08%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (8.60%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.45%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.23%) SCCM
3 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.45%) Adobe
3 5 (5.38%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.30%) Apple
4 4 (4.30%) HubSpot
5 3 (3.23%) Google
5 3 (3.23%) WooCommerce
6 2 (2.15%) Cisco
6 2 (2.15%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.15%) SAP
7 1 (1.08%) Bloomberg
7 1 (1.08%) Citrix
7 1 (1.08%) Freshdesk
7 1 (1.08%) Informatica
7 1 (1.08%) Oracle