Problem-Solving Jobs in Staffordshire

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 13 9
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 150 66 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 12.79% 12.38% 13.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.76% 13.20% 14.60%
Number of salaries quoted 56 38 43
10th Percentile £23,375 £22,000 £23,225
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,688 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% +35.59%
75th Percentile £45,000 £51,108 £63,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £60,250 £75,040
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £48,050 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.55% +6.78% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 952 500 596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 81.16% 93.81% 90.30%
Number of salaries quoted 640 366 413
10th Percentile £23,500 £24,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,501 £32,500 £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,530 £44,625 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.18% -0.83% +12.50%
75th Percentile £56,562 £53,750 £54,043
90th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
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 Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Staffordshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Staffordshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Staffordshire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Stoke-on-Trent -1 32 £28,000 -25.33% 18
Cannock +4 31 £37,500 -20.58% 12
Tamworth -7 12 £52,500 +94.44% 9
Stafford +6 11 £41,250 - 12
Burton-upon-Trent -4 7 £35,000 -36.36% 8
Leek 0 6 £35,000 +59.09% 2
Lichfield - 6 £25,500 - 5
Cradley Heath - 6 - -
Burntwood - 4 - -
Rugeley - 4 - -
Uttoxeter - 4 - - 3
Problem-Solving
West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 6 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.33%) WordPress
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 55 (36.67%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.33%) AutoCAD
3 4 (2.67%) EPLAN
4 3 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.00%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.33%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.33%) Revit
6 1 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.33%) SAP WM
2 1 (0.67%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (0.67%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 13 (8.67%) Azure
2 9 (6.00%) Power Platform
3 8 (5.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 8 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.67%) Power Automate
5 6 (4.00%) Matillion
5 6 (4.00%) Snowflake
6 5 (3.33%) AWS
7 4 (2.67%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.00%) Google Analytics
9 2 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.33%) PaaS
10 1 (0.67%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.67%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.00%) Internet
2 5 (3.33%) Firewall
3 4 (2.67%) Network Security
4 3 (2.00%) DHCP
4 3 (2.00%) DNS
4 3 (2.00%) HTTP
4 3 (2.00%) LAN
4 3 (2.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.00%) WLAN
5 2 (1.33%) Broadband
5 2 (1.33%) RFID
6 1 (0.67%) VLAN
6 1 (0.67%) VSAN
6 1 (0.67%) WAN
6 1 (0.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.00%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (5.33%) Power BI
4 6 (4.00%) Data Lake
4 6 (4.00%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (4.00%) Star Schema
5 5 (3.33%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (2.00%) MySQL
7 2 (1.33%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.33%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.33%) PowerCenter
7 2 (1.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (4.00%) GitLab
2 3 (2.00%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.33%) Balsamiq
3 2 (1.33%) Git
3 2 (1.33%) Toad
4 1 (0.67%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
General
1 101 (67.33%) Social Skills
2 74 (49.33%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (34.67%) Organisational Skills
4 45 (30.00%) Influencing Skills
5 20 (13.33%) Retail
6 17 (11.33%) Finance
7 8 (5.33%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.00%) Electronics
9 3 (2.00%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 71 (47.33%) Analyst
2 48 (32.00%) Product Analyst
3 44 (29.33%) Sales Analyst
4 14 (9.33%) Developer
5 10 (6.67%) Support Analyst
6 8 (5.33%) IT Support
7 7 (4.67%) 1st Line Support
7 7 (4.67%) Senior
7 7 (4.67%) Software Developer
8 6 (4.00%) Data Engineer
9 5 (3.33%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.33%) Field Engineer
9 5 (3.33%) Field Service Engineer
9 5 (3.33%) Graduate
9 5 (3.33%) IT Engineer
9 5 (3.33%) Senior Field Engineer
9 5 (3.33%) Senior Field Service Engineer
9 5 (3.33%) Technical Support
10 4 (2.67%) Software Engineer
10 4 (2.67%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.67%) .NET
2 8 (5.33%) HTML
3 5 (3.33%) CSS
4 3 (2.00%) .NET Framework
4 3 (2.00%) Entity Framework
4 3 (2.00%) REST
4 3 (2.00%) WPF
4 3 (2.00%) XML
4 3 (2.00%) XSLT
5 2 (1.33%) Laravel
5 2 (1.33%) Vue
5 2 (1.33%) WinForms
6 1 (0.67%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.67%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.67%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.67%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.33%) Driving Licence
2 13 (8.67%) Onboarding
3 12 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.00%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.33%) EPoS
6 4 (2.67%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.67%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.67%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (2.67%) Robotics
7 3 (2.00%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.00%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.33%) FMCG
8 2 (1.33%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (14.67%) Windows
2 8 (5.33%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.67%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.00%) Linux
5 2 (1.33%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (48.67%) Customer Service
2 59 (39.33%) Mathematics
3 58 (38.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 46 (30.67%) Customer Requirements
5 17 (11.33%) Analytics
6 16 (10.67%) Computer Science
6 16 (10.67%) ITIL
7 12 (8.00%) Mentoring
8 11 (7.33%) Data Modelling
8 11 (7.33%) Project Management
9 9 (6.00%) Agile
9 9 (6.00%) ETL
10 8 (5.33%) Asset Management
10 8 (5.33%) CAD
10 8 (5.33%) Change Management
10 8 (5.33%) Data Analytics
10 8 (5.33%) Time Management
11 7 (4.67%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (4.67%) Data Transformation
11 7 (4.67%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 23 (15.33%) SQL
2 15 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 13 (8.67%) Python
4 10 (6.67%) C#
5 7 (4.67%) Java
6 3 (2.00%) C++
6 3 (2.00%) VB
7 2 (1.33%) PHP
7 2 (1.33%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.33%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 78 (52.00%) Degree
2 10 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (6.00%) HND
4 8 (5.33%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.33%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.33%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.33%) HNC
6 4 (2.67%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.67%) MCP
6 4 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.00%) A+ Certification
7 3 (2.00%) CCNA
7 3 (2.00%) CCNP
7 3 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.00%) LPIC
7 3 (2.00%) MCSE
8 2 (1.33%) CEH
8 2 (1.33%) CISSP
8 2 (1.33%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.67%) SLA
2 6 (4.00%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.33%) GDPR
4 2 (1.33%) ISO 14001
4 2 (1.33%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.33%) QA
5 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.67%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.67%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (4.67%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.33%) Firmware
3 3 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.33%) vSphere
5 1 (0.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (0.67%) VxRail
Vendors
1 27 (18.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.00%) Dell
2 6 (4.00%) Oracle
2 6 (4.00%) Salesforce
3 5 (3.33%) HP
3 5 (3.33%) IBM
3 5 (3.33%) NetApp
4 4 (2.67%) Cisco
4 4 (2.67%) EMC
4 4 (2.67%) JDA
4 4 (2.67%) VMware
5 3 (2.00%) Google
5 3 (2.00%) UiPath
6 2 (1.33%) Informatica
6 2 (1.33%) SAP
6 2 (1.33%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.67%) LogRhythm