Problem-Solving Jobs in the UK excluding London

Problem Solving
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 12 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 +6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 11,202 7,732 10,931
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.74% 13.68% 14.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.01% 14.33% 15.68%
Number of salaries quoted 6,968 3,602 5,326
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £26,475
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,723 £34,729
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £61,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £48,900 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.09% - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,202 53,975 69,729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.87% 95.46% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,597 28,532 41,279
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East +4 2,956 £45,000 -14.29% 931
North of England +7 2,614 £45,000 - 1,030
Midlands +3 1,812 £40,000 -15.79% 811
North West +10 1,400 £45,000 -6.25% 555
South West +8 1,397 £47,500 -5.00% 582
West Midlands +2 1,154 £42,500 -12.51% 496
East of England +6 1,041 £42,500 -10.53% 468
Yorkshire +3 918 £42,500 -3.02% 351
Scotland -7 916 £45,543 -8.91% 271
East Midlands +9 635 £37,500 -16.67% 318
Wales +8 316 £42,000 +5.00% 93
North East +17 295 £41,500 -2.35% 145
Northern Ireland +14 138 £46,250 -22.92% 48
Isle of Man +3 19 £37,000 +23.33% 5
Problem-Solving
UK

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 371 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 337 (3.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 188 (1.68%) Apache
4 164 (1.46%) Apache Spark
5 113 (1.01%) CMS
6 106 (0.95%) WordPress
7 102 (0.91%) IIS
8 80 (0.71%) Confluence
9 34 (0.30%) WebLogic
10 31 (0.28%) Umbraco
11 30 (0.27%) OpenStack
12 25 (0.22%) nginx
13 20 (0.18%) SAS
14 18 (0.16%) FileNet
15 17 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
15 17 (0.15%) OpenEdge
16 14 (0.12%) ArcGIS
17 11 (0.098%) Apache Airflow
17 11 (0.098%) Jupyter
18 10 (0.089%) Drupal
Applications
1 1,006 (8.98%) Microsoft Office
2 708 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 258 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 69 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
5 61 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
6 59 (0.53%) Sketch
7 52 (0.46%) MS Visio
8 44 (0.39%) AutoCAD
9 42 (0.37%) Simulink
10 23 (0.21%) Adobe XD
10 23 (0.21%) Trello
11 22 (0.20%) Photoshop
12 20 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
13 17 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
14 15 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
15 14 (0.12%) InDesign
16 12 (0.11%) Chatbot
17 11 (0.098%) Revit
18 8 (0.071%) InfoPath
18 8 (0.071%) InVision
Business Applications
1 116 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 50 (0.45%) Shopify
3 41 (0.37%) Magento
3 41 (0.37%) Siebel CRM
4 37 (0.33%) NetSuite
5 29 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
6 19 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
7 18 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
7 18 (0.16%) iTrent
7 18 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
8 15 (0.13%) SAP ERP
9 14 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
10 13 (0.12%) Infor SunSystems
11 11 (0.098%) Endur
11 11 (0.098%) SAP Business One
11 11 (0.098%) Unit4 Business World
12 10 (0.089%) Misys Midas
13 9 (0.080%) SAP CX
13 9 (0.080%) SAP MM
14 8 (0.071%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1,825 (16.29%) Azure
2 1,286 (11.48%) AWS
3 1,143 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
4 542 (4.84%) GCP
5 526 (4.70%) Power Platform
6 339 (3.03%) SaaS
7 263 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
8 210 (1.87%) Entra ID
9 194 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
10 185 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
11 166 (1.48%) Amazon S3
12 150 (1.34%) GitHub
13 133 (1.19%) Serverless
14 112 (1.00%) Power Automate
15 95 (0.85%) AWS Lambda
16 93 (0.83%) PowerApps
17 76 (0.68%) Figma
18 69 (0.62%) OneDrive
19 64 (0.57%) Snowflake
20 62 (0.55%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 651 (5.81%) Firewall
2 324 (2.89%) DNS
3 303 (2.70%) WAN
4 252 (2.25%) DHCP
5 248 (2.21%) LAN
6 238 (2.12%) TCP/IP
7 224 (2.00%) VPN
8 213 (1.90%) Wireless
9 185 (1.65%) Network Security
10 158 (1.41%) Internet
11 136 (1.21%) VoIP
12 128 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
13 122 (1.09%) SAN
14 104 (0.93%) VLAN
15 75 (0.67%) 5G
16 61 (0.54%) IPsec
17 60 (0.54%) SD-WAN
18 55 (0.49%) Broadband
18 55 (0.49%) Ethernet
18 55 (0.49%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 659 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 450 (4.02%) Power BI
3 343 (3.06%) MySQL
4 342 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
5 341 (3.04%) Looker
6 339 (3.03%) BigQuery
7 250 (2.23%) NoSQL
8 206 (1.84%) Relational Database
9 178 (1.59%) Big Data
9 178 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
10 173 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
11 171 (1.53%) Tableau
12 165 (1.47%) MongoDB
13 91 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
14 85 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 84 (0.75%) Redis
16 83 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 76 (0.68%) Hadoop
18 73 (0.65%) Data Lake
19 55 (0.49%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 530 (4.73%) Git
2 361 (3.22%) JIRA
3 225 (2.01%) Jenkins
4 103 (0.92%) GitLab
5 92 (0.82%) Visual Studio
6 58 (0.52%) LabVIEW
7 53 (0.47%) Selenium
7 53 (0.47%) TeamCity
8 51 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
9 42 (0.37%) Maven
10 38 (0.34%) Cucumber
10 38 (0.34%) JUnit
11 35 (0.31%) Postman
12 33 (0.29%) Subversion
13 29 (0.26%) JMeter
14 24 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
15 23 (0.21%) Eclipse
16 22 (0.20%) Cypress.io
17 21 (0.19%) Ant
17 21 (0.19%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 5,540 (49.46%) Social Skills
2 3,441 (30.72%) Analytical Skills
3 2,031 (18.13%) Finance
4 1,286 (11.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 831 (7.42%) Retail
6 801 (7.15%) Law
7 700 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
8 690 (6.16%) Marketing
9 580 (5.18%) Manufacturing
10 482 (4.30%) Presentation Skills
11 450 (4.02%) Legal
12 393 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
13 333 (2.97%) Public Sector
14 278 (2.48%) Banking
15 257 (2.29%) Telecoms
16 228 (2.04%) Electronics
17 194 (1.73%) Aerospace
18 165 (1.47%) Investment Banking
19 159 (1.42%) Automotive
20 152 (1.36%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1,608 (14.35%) Analyst
2 1,426 (12.73%) Developer
3 1,419 (12.67%) Senior
4 865 (7.72%) Lead
5 837 (7.47%) Software Engineer
6 592 (5.28%) Architect
7 563 (5.03%) IT Support
8 432 (3.86%) Consultant
9 431 (3.85%) Support Engineer
10 372 (3.32%) Project Manager
11 363 (3.24%) IT Engineer
12 336 (3.00%) Business Analyst
13 321 (2.87%) Senior Developer
14 311 (2.78%) Data Engineer
15 287 (2.56%) IT Technician
16 275 (2.45%) Senior Software Engineer
17 269 (2.40%) Software Developer
18 259 (2.31%) Administrator
18 259 (2.31%) Support Analyst
19 257 (2.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 729 (6.51%) .NET
2 644 (5.75%) HTML
3 567 (5.06%) CSS
4 464 (4.14%) React
5 337 (3.01%) AngularJS
6 254 (2.27%) Node.js
7 208 (1.86%) Spring
8 201 (1.79%) REST
9 198 (1.77%) Vue
10 190 (1.70%) .NET Framework
11 181 (1.62%) ASP.NET
12 177 (1.58%) .NET Core
13 175 (1.56%) RESTful
14 147 (1.31%) Web Services
15 139 (1.24%) HTML5
16 136 (1.21%) jQuery
17 130 (1.16%) JSON
18 120 (1.07%) XML
19 114 (1.02%) Laravel
20 113 (1.01%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1,042 (9.30%) Self-Motivation
2 556 (4.96%) Management Information System
3 398 (3.55%) Algorithms
4 366 (3.27%) Driving Licence
5 335 (2.99%) Product Ownership
6 247 (2.20%) Onboarding
7 232 (2.07%) Data Centre
8 167 (1.49%) Cloud Native
9 159 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
10 152 (1.36%) Data Structures
11 150 (1.34%) Mobile App
12 140 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
13 139 (1.24%) Cyberattack
14 137 (1.22%) IoT
15 111 (0.99%) FMCG
16 107 (0.96%) NHS
17 102 (0.91%) Client/Server
18 94 (0.84%) Public Cloud
19 86 (0.77%) Clustering
20 83 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1,702 (15.19%) Windows
2 759 (6.78%) Linux
3 563 (5.03%) Windows Server
4 387 (3.45%) Windows 10
5 187 (1.67%) Apple iOS
6 171 (1.53%) Android
7 133 (1.19%) Unix
8 113 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
9 112 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
10 105 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
11 104 (0.93%) Mac OS
12 94 (0.84%) Windows 7
13 49 (0.44%) Data ONTAP
14 40 (0.36%) Ubuntu
15 38 (0.34%) VMS
16 32 (0.29%) Embedded Linux
16 32 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 30 (0.27%) CentOS
18 27 (0.24%) AIX
19 24 (0.21%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,297 (20.51%) Agile
2 1,540 (13.75%) Customer Service
3 1,469 (13.11%) Mentoring
4 1,370 (12.23%) Software Engineering
5 1,358 (12.12%) Project Management
6 1,317 (11.76%) Computer Science
7 1,252 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 1,173 (10.47%) Decision-Making
9 1,079 (9.63%) DevOps
10 899 (8.03%) Coaching
11 868 (7.75%) ITIL
12 799 (7.13%) Cybersecurity
13 753 (6.72%) Analytics
14 729 (6.51%) Mathematics
15 716 (6.39%) User Experience
16 684 (6.11%) Collaborative Working
17 673 (6.01%) SDLC
18 660 (5.89%) CI/CD
19 643 (5.74%) Change Management
20 628 (5.61%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1,678 (14.98%) SQL
2 1,087 (9.70%) Python
3 926 (8.27%) JavaScript
4 897 (8.01%) C#
5 829 (7.40%) Java
6 371 (3.31%) C++
7 359 (3.20%) C
8 332 (2.96%) PowerShell
9 299 (2.67%) PHP
10 293 (2.62%) TypeScript
11 188 (1.68%) Bash
12 138 (1.23%) Scala
13 108 (0.96%) T-SQL
14 90 (0.80%) MATLAB
15 68 (0.61%) VB
16 67 (0.60%) R
17 66 (0.59%) PL/SQL
18 64 (0.57%) Shell Script
19 58 (0.52%) Perl
20 56 (0.50%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 3,021 (26.97%) Degree
2 1,012 (9.03%) Security Cleared
3 687 (6.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 631 (5.63%) SC Cleared
5 321 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 310 (2.77%) Master's Degree
7 272 (2.43%) DBS Check
8 170 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
9 165 (1.47%) DV Cleared
10 120 (1.07%) HNC
11 118 (1.05%) CCNA
12 116 (1.04%) A+ Certification
13 109 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
14 104 (0.93%) CISSP
14 104 (0.93%) PhD
15 102 (0.91%) PMI Certification
16 96 (0.86%) HND
17 93 (0.83%) Azure Certification
18 78 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
18 78 (0.70%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 574 (5.12%) QA
2 485 (4.33%) GDPR
3 436 (3.89%) SLA
4 372 (3.32%) Data Quality
5 168 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 143 (1.28%) Accessibility
7 137 (1.22%) PMO
8 120 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
9 88 (0.79%) ISO 9001
10 66 (0.59%) NIST
11 51 (0.46%) WCAG
12 44 (0.39%) IFRS
13 37 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 33 (0.29%) GAAP
15 28 (0.25%) NCSC
16 24 (0.21%) PCI DSS
17 22 (0.20%) Good Clinical Practice
17 22 (0.20%) ISO 13485
18 21 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 20 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 915 (8.17%) Active Directory
2 403 (3.60%) Docker
3 399 (3.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 291 (2.60%) Hyper-V
5 129 (1.15%) Firmware
6 80 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
7 68 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
8 39 (0.35%) vSphere
9 35 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
10 32 (0.29%) VMware NSX
11 25 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
11 25 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
12 18 (0.16%) KVM
13 14 (0.12%) Terminal Services
14 11 (0.098%) NFS
14 11 (0.098%) XenApp
15 7 (0.062%) XenDesktop
16 6 (0.054%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 6 (0.054%) pfSense
17 5 (0.045%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 383 (3.42%) Kubernetes
2 229 (2.04%) Terraform
3 191 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 183 (1.63%) Ansible
5 160 (1.43%) SCCM
6 68 (0.61%) Prometheus
7 67 (0.60%) vCenter Server
8 55 (0.49%) Puppet
9 45 (0.40%) SCOM
10 37 (0.33%) WSUS
11 29 (0.26%) Grafana
11 29 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
12 26 (0.23%) OpenSSO
13 23 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
13 23 (0.21%) FortiGate
13 23 (0.21%) Progress Chef
14 22 (0.20%) EnCase
14 22 (0.20%) Microsoft Clustering
14 22 (0.20%) ZABBIX
15 17 (0.15%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2,663 (23.77%) Microsoft
2 610 (5.45%) Google
3 560 (5.00%) VMware
4 369 (3.29%) Oracle
5 290 (2.59%) SAP
6 271 (2.42%) Cisco
7 175 (1.56%) Salesforce
8 121 (1.08%) Veeam
9 111 (0.99%) Databricks
10 109 (0.97%) Apple
11 108 (0.96%) ServiceNow
12 102 (0.91%) IBM
13 95 (0.85%) Citrix
14 94 (0.84%) HP
15 89 (0.79%) Palo Alto
16 88 (0.79%) Adobe
16 88 (0.79%) Dell
17 78 (0.70%) Red Hat
18 77 (0.69%) Meraki
19 74 (0.66%) NetApp