Problem-Solving Jobs in Wales

Problem Solving
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 7 15 15
Rank change year-on-year +8 0 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 316 230 259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 14.08% 13.67% 12.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.54% 14.19% 13.56%
Number of salaries quoted 166 102 137
10th Percentile £26,250 £22,525 £32,560
25th Percentile £32,000 £30,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,931 £56,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £75,000 £68,000
UK median annual salary £48,900 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.09% - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,704 1,621 1,910
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 75.94% 96.32% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,132 805 1,146
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £31,475
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +10.34%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
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 Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Wales

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

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Wales 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 Wales +1 179 £43,500 +1.16% 58
North Wales +19 91 £34,000 +36.00% 21
West Wales +14 27 £38,000 +8.57% 13
Mid Wales 0 15 £43,750 - 4
Dyfed -1 1 £38,000 -49.33% 1
Problem-Solving
UK

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 12 (3.80%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.48%) WordPress
3 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.22%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.58%) Apache
4 5 (1.58%) Confluence
5 4 (1.27%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.95%) CMS
6 3 (0.95%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.95%) nginx
7 2 (0.63%) SAS
8 1 (0.32%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.32%) Drupal
8 1 (0.32%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.27%) Sketch
4 2 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.32%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Primavera
2 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 55 (17.41%) Azure
2 36 (11.39%) AWS
3 24 (7.59%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (5.70%) GCP
5 11 (3.48%) Power Platform
6 8 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (2.53%) WhatsApp
7 7 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (2.22%) Nutanix
7 7 (2.22%) Slack
8 6 (1.90%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.58%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.58%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.58%) PowerApps
9 5 (1.58%) SaaS
10 4 (1.27%) Figma
10 4 (1.27%) iPaaS
10 4 (1.27%) Miro
10 4 (1.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.96%) Firewall
2 15 (4.75%) DNS
3 14 (4.43%) DHCP
4 11 (3.48%) VPN
5 9 (2.85%) Internet
6 8 (2.53%) Ethernet
6 8 (2.53%) Network Security
6 8 (2.53%) Profibus
7 7 (2.22%) SAN
7 7 (2.22%) Wireless
8 6 (1.90%) LAN
8 6 (1.90%) WAN
9 5 (1.58%) IPsec
9 5 (1.58%) MPLS
9 5 (1.58%) SNMP
9 5 (1.58%) VLAN
9 5 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.58%) WLAN
10 4 (1.27%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.27%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.75%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (3.16%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (2.53%) Looker
3 8 (2.53%) MySQL
4 7 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.22%) Power BI
4 7 (2.22%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.90%) BigQuery
6 5 (1.58%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.27%) RDBMS
7 4 (1.27%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.27%) Tableau
8 3 (0.95%) Data Vault
8 3 (0.95%) MariaDB
8 3 (0.95%) Metabase
9 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.32%) Metadata
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database 12c
9 1 (0.32%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 36 (11.39%) Git
2 14 (4.43%) JIRA
3 12 (3.80%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.48%) Selenium
5 6 (1.90%) Postman
6 4 (1.27%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.27%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.95%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.63%) DBeaver
8 2 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 204 (64.56%) Social Skills
2 85 (26.90%) Manufacturing
3 76 (24.05%) Influencing Skills
4 74 (23.42%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (23.10%) Presentation Skills
6 68 (21.52%) Law
7 52 (16.46%) Finance
8 16 (5.06%) Games
8 16 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (4.75%) Electronics
10 12 (3.80%) Retail
10 12 (3.80%) Welsh Language
11 11 (3.48%) Public Sector
12 9 (2.85%) Local Government
12 9 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.53%) Legal
13 8 (2.53%) Marketing
13 8 (2.53%) Police
14 4 (1.27%) Advertising
15 2 (0.63%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 82 (25.95%) IT Engineer
2 78 (24.68%) Senior
3 70 (22.15%) Graduate
4 68 (21.52%) Automation Engineer
4 68 (21.52%) Graduate IT Engineer
4 68 (21.52%) IT Graduate
5 56 (17.72%) Developer
6 32 (10.13%) Analyst
7 22 (6.96%) IT Support
8 21 (6.65%) Senior Developer
9 16 (5.06%) Project Manager
10 14 (4.43%) IT Support Engineer
10 14 (4.43%) Support Engineer
11 12 (3.80%) Architect
11 12 (3.80%) Business Analyst
12 11 (3.48%) Java Developer
13 10 (3.16%) IT Technician
13 10 (3.16%) Senior Analyst
14 9 (2.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (2.85%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.91%) React
2 21 (6.65%) CSS
2 21 (6.65%) HTML
3 15 (4.75%) RESTful
3 15 (4.75%) Spring
4 14 (4.43%) .NET
4 14 (4.43%) AngularJS
5 13 (4.11%) REST
6 11 (3.48%) Spring Boot
7 10 (3.16%) Node.js
7 10 (3.16%) Web Services
8 8 (2.53%) Laravel
8 8 (2.53%) RabbitMQ
9 7 (2.22%) jQuery
10 6 (1.90%) .NET Framework
11 5 (1.58%) Vue
11 5 (1.58%) YAML
12 4 (1.27%) HTML5 Canvas
12 4 (1.27%) Java EE
12 4 (1.27%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 73 (23.10%) FMCG
2 21 (6.65%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (5.70%) Data Centre
4 9 (2.85%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (2.85%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.53%) Housing Association
5 8 (2.53%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.53%) Mobile App
6 7 (2.22%) CMDB
7 6 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.90%) NHS
7 6 (1.90%) Social Media
8 5 (1.58%) Tandem
9 4 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.27%) ARM Cortex
9 4 (1.27%) Blog
9 4 (1.27%) CCTV
9 4 (1.27%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.27%) Replication
10 3 (0.95%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 28 (8.86%) Linux
1 28 (8.86%) Windows
2 17 (5.38%) Windows Server
3 16 (5.06%) Android
4 15 (4.75%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.58%) Data ONTAP
5 5 (1.58%) Unix
5 5 (1.58%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.27%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (1.27%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.27%) VxWorks
7 3 (0.95%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (28.16%) Continuous Improvement
2 69 (21.84%) Lean Six Sigma
2 69 (21.84%) Six Sigma
3 68 (21.52%) Benchmarking
3 68 (21.52%) Lean Manufacturing
3 68 (21.52%) Order Management
4 66 (20.89%) Agile
5 35 (11.08%) DevOps
5 35 (11.08%) Project Management
6 30 (9.49%) Customer Service
7 26 (8.23%) SDLC
8 25 (7.91%) Actionable Insight
9 24 (7.59%) Roadmaps
10 22 (6.96%) Decision-Making
11 21 (6.65%) Test Automation
12 20 (6.33%) ITIL
13 19 (6.01%) Line Management
13 19 (6.01%) Software Engineering
14 18 (5.70%) Change Management
15 16 (5.06%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 37 (11.71%) SQL
2 25 (7.91%) C#
3 19 (6.01%) PHP
4 17 (5.38%) TypeScript
5 16 (5.06%) C
6 15 (4.75%) Java
7 12 (3.80%) JavaScript
8 8 (2.53%) Python
9 5 (1.58%) C++
10 4 (1.27%) Embedded C++
10 4 (1.27%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.32%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.32%) Bash
11 1 (0.32%) Go
11 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.32%) Ruby
11 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (33.86%) Degree
2 68 (21.52%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 31 (9.81%) SC Cleared
3 31 (9.81%) Security Cleared
4 9 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.27%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.27%) HND
7 4 (1.27%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.95%) APMP
8 3 (0.95%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.63%) CCNA
9 2 (0.63%) CCNP
9 2 (0.63%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.32%) CISMP
10 1 (0.32%) CISSP
10 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.75%) GDPR
2 9 (2.85%) SLA
3 8 (2.53%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 8 (2.53%) ISO 13485
4 7 (2.22%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.27%) MISRA
5 4 (1.27%) WCAG
6 3 (0.95%) QA
7 2 (0.63%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.63%) PMO
8 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (10.44%) Active Directory
2 27 (8.54%) Docker
3 9 (2.85%) Firmware
4 8 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.32%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 20 (6.33%) Ansible
2 13 (4.11%) Kubernetes
3 10 (3.16%) Terraform
4 8 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.53%) SCCM
5 6 (1.90%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.58%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.27%) OpenSSO
7 4 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.95%) Galera Cluster
8 3 (0.95%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.32%) Grafana
10 1 (0.32%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 56 (17.72%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.06%) Oracle
3 12 (3.80%) Google
4 9 (2.85%) WooCommerce
5 8 (2.53%) Cisco
5 8 (2.53%) Veeam
5 8 (2.53%) VMware
6 6 (1.90%) Facebook
6 6 (1.90%) Xamarin
7 5 (1.58%) NetApp
7 5 (1.58%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.58%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.58%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.58%) SolidFire
8 4 (1.27%) Asigra
8 4 (1.27%) Datto
8 4 (1.27%) Remedy
8 4 (1.27%) Sage
8 4 (1.27%) Sophos
8 4 (1.27%) YouTube