Problem-Solving Jobs in Birmingham

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 13 21
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 -5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 341 240 317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 11.59% 12.91% 10.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.48% 13.39% 10.42%
Number of salaries quoted 280 193 238
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £29,256
25th Percentile £35,750 £34,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +9.95% +0.53%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,200 £58,438
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £71,625
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £48,575 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.51% +7.94% +0.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,355 1,792 3,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 80.02% 96.40% 97.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,895 1,337 2,260
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,426 £34,500
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £83,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Birmingham over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 44 (12.90%) SharePoint
2 19 (5.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.52%) WordPress
4 6 (1.76%) IIS
5 3 (0.88%) IBM Notes
6 2 (0.59%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.59%) Confluence
7 1 (0.29%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 37 (10.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.35%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.17%) CANalyzer
4 4 (1.17%) Trello
5 3 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.59%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.29%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.29%) InVision
7 1 (0.29%) Maya
7 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.29%) Sketch
7 1 (0.29%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 9 (2.64%) NetSuite
2 7 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.76%) Shopify
4 4 (1.17%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.59%) Misys Midas
5 2 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.29%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 76 (22.29%) Azure
2 71 (20.82%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (18.18%) Power Platform
4 37 (10.85%) AWS
5 27 (7.92%) Entra ID
6 22 (6.45%) GCP
7 17 (4.99%) SaaS
8 9 (2.64%) Google Drive
9 8 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (2.35%) OneDrive
10 6 (1.76%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.76%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.47%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (1.47%) Matillion
11 5 (1.47%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.17%) Google Docs
12 4 (1.17%) Google Sheets
12 4 (1.17%) Snowflake
12 4 (1.17%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 40 (11.73%) Firewall
2 32 (9.38%) WAN
3 22 (6.45%) LAN
4 16 (4.69%) Intranet
5 13 (3.81%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.93%) Intrusion Detection
6 10 (2.93%) iSCSI
6 10 (2.93%) PBX
7 8 (2.35%) DHCP
7 8 (2.35%) DNS
8 6 (1.76%) Fibre Channel
8 6 (1.76%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.47%) VoIP
10 4 (1.17%) Ethernet
10 4 (1.17%) SAN
10 4 (1.17%) SNMP
10 4 (1.17%) VLAN
10 4 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.17%) Wireless
11 3 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (18.18%) Power BI
2 22 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (5.57%) Looker
3 19 (5.57%) SQL Server
4 17 (4.99%) Tableau
5 14 (4.11%) BigQuery
6 9 (2.64%) MySQL
7 7 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.47%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.17%) InterSystems Cache
9 4 (1.17%) Metadata
9 4 (1.17%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.17%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.88%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (0.88%) Star Schema
11 2 (0.59%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 13 (3.81%) Git
2 6 (1.76%) Octopus Deploy
2 6 (1.76%) TeamCity
3 5 (1.47%) JIRA
4 4 (1.17%) CANoe
4 4 (1.17%) GitLab
4 4 (1.17%) Postman
5 2 (0.59%) gulp
6 1 (0.29%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.29%) Selenium
6 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 201 (58.94%) Social Skills
2 116 (34.02%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (21.11%) Finance
4 28 (8.21%) Retail
5 27 (7.92%) Marketing
6 18 (5.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (4.40%) Manufacturing
8 14 (4.11%) Telecoms
9 12 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (3.23%) Public Sector
11 10 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.64%) Local Government
13 8 (2.35%) Automotive
14 6 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.47%) Billing
15 5 (1.47%) Fire and Rescue
15 5 (1.47%) Law
16 4 (1.17%) French Language
16 4 (1.17%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 47 (13.78%) Senior
2 39 (11.44%) Developer
3 38 (11.14%) IT Manager
4 34 (9.97%) Lead
5 33 (9.68%) Analyst
6 24 (7.04%) Consultant
7 18 (5.28%) Administrator
7 18 (5.28%) IT Support
8 17 (4.99%) Support Engineer
9 16 (4.69%) Architect
10 15 (4.40%) Applications Support
10 15 (4.40%) Functional Consultant
10 15 (4.40%) Project Manager
11 13 (3.81%) IT Engineer
12 12 (3.52%) Systems Administrator
13 11 (3.23%) IT Administrator
13 11 (3.23%) IT Support Engineer
13 11 (3.23%) IT Systems Administrator
13 11 (3.23%) RPG Developer
13 11 (3.23%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.69%) HTML
2 12 (3.52%) CSS
3 11 (3.23%) .NET
4 10 (2.93%) AngularJS
5 8 (2.35%) .NET Core
5 8 (2.35%) jQuery
6 5 (1.47%) ASP.NET
6 5 (1.47%) React
6 5 (1.47%) Vue
7 4 (1.17%) JSON
7 4 (1.17%) Spring
7 4 (1.17%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.17%) Web Services
8 3 (0.88%) ASP.NET Web API
8 3 (0.88%) RESTful
9 2 (0.59%) CSS3
9 2 (0.59%) Express.js
9 2 (0.59%) HTML5
9 2 (0.59%) Kafka
9 2 (0.59%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 39 (11.44%) Self-Motivation
2 21 (6.16%) Management Information System
3 17 (4.99%) Product Ownership
3 17 (4.99%) Replication
4 13 (3.81%) Mobile App
5 12 (3.52%) Wiki
6 11 (3.23%) AS400
6 11 (3.23%) iSeries
6 11 (3.23%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.93%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.76%) NHS
9 5 (1.47%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.47%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.47%) Smartphone
10 4 (1.17%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.17%) Housing Association
10 4 (1.17%) Infotainment
10 4 (1.17%) Photography
10 4 (1.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 59 (17.30%) Windows
2 30 (8.80%) Windows 10
3 18 (5.28%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.11%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (2.35%) VMS
6 7 (2.05%) Linux
7 5 (1.47%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.88%) Unix
9 2 (0.59%) Android
9 2 (0.59%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.29%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (21.70%) Agile
2 60 (17.60%) Business Intelligence
3 54 (15.84%) Project Management
4 52 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 49 (14.37%) Mentoring
6 42 (12.32%) Data Governance
7 39 (11.44%) ITIL
8 37 (10.85%) Analytics
9 34 (9.97%) Computer Science
9 34 (9.97%) SDLC
10 33 (9.68%) Customer Service
11 32 (9.38%) User Experience
12 31 (9.09%) Decision-Making
13 28 (8.21%) Service Delivery
14 27 (7.92%) Data Analysis
15 25 (7.33%) CRM
15 25 (7.33%) DevOps
16 23 (6.74%) Data Modelling
16 23 (6.74%) Line Management
16 23 (6.74%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 75 (21.99%) SQL
2 26 (7.62%) Python
3 21 (6.16%) JavaScript
4 14 (4.11%) PowerShell
5 12 (3.52%) C#
5 12 (3.52%) Java
6 11 (3.23%) RPG
6 11 (3.23%) RPG IV
6 11 (3.23%) RPG/400
7 10 (2.93%) Perl
8 9 (2.64%) PHP
9 8 (2.35%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.17%) C
10 4 (1.17%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.59%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.59%) R
11 2 (0.59%) Swift
12 1 (0.29%) ABAP
12 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 61 (17.89%) Degree
2 23 (6.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (3.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (2.93%) DBS Check
5 9 (2.64%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.05%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.47%) Security Cleared
8 4 (1.17%) ACCA
8 4 (1.17%) MBA
8 4 (1.17%) MCSE
8 4 (1.17%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.88%) APMP
9 3 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.59%) PMP
10 2 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.29%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.29%) CCIE
11 1 (0.29%) CCNP
11 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.92%) GDPR
2 21 (6.16%) Data Quality
2 21 (6.16%) QA
3 18 (5.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (3.23%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.76%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (1.76%) SLA
6 4 (1.17%) GAAP
6 4 (1.17%) IFRS
6 4 (1.17%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.59%) NIST
7 2 (0.59%) PMO
8 1 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 43 (12.61%) Active Directory
2 27 (7.92%) Hyper-V
3 24 (7.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (4.11%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.76%) NFS
6 4 (1.17%) pfSense
7 3 (0.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (4.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (4.40%) SCCM
3 6 (1.76%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.47%) Terraform
5 1 (0.29%) Grafana
5 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 81 (23.75%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.38%) VMware
3 29 (8.50%) Google
4 19 (5.57%) Veeam
5 17 (4.99%) Cisco
6 16 (4.69%) Sophos
7 13 (3.81%) IBM
8 9 (2.64%) Xero
9 7 (2.05%) Meraki
10 6 (1.76%) Brocade
10 6 (1.76%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.47%) Adobe
11 5 (1.47%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.47%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.47%) SAP
12 4 (1.17%) BroadSoft
12 4 (1.17%) Dell Compellent
12 4 (1.17%) Jaspersoft
12 4 (1.17%) QNAP
12 4 (1.17%) Zerto