Problem-Solving Jobs in Worcestershire

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire 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 4 10 7
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 85 22 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 16.87% 12.94% 16.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.08% 13.33% 17.65%
Number of salaries quoted 63 16 24
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,875 £24,525
25th Percentile £25,750 £36,250 £30,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £43,750 £35,484
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% +23.30% +1.38%
75th Percentile £47,500 £49,525 £42,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £52,600
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
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 385 165 272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 76.39% 97.06% 91.89%
Number of salaries quoted 314 134 185
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £27,550
25th Percentile £28,813 £37,500 £35,484
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,625 £56,250
90th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £58,779
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 Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Worcestershire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Worcestershire

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Worcestershire

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Worcestershire

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

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Worcestershire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 29 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
Redditch +4 20 £25,000 -33.33% 6
Malvern - 19 £55,000 - 2
Worcester -3 15 £37,500 -26.83% 17
Bromsgrove +1 11 £30,000 -4.76% 4
Stourport-on-Severn - 9 £27,500 - 2
Kidderminster +1 5 £50,000 -25.93% 9
Droitwich - 4 £29,000 - 1
Problem-Solving
West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 3 (3.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (12.94%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (10.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.18%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.18%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (1.18%) Fusion 360
4 1 (1.18%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (3.53%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.12%) SaaS
2 8 (9.41%) Azure
2 8 (9.41%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.53%) AWS
4 3 (3.53%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (3.53%) Google Workspace
4 3 (3.53%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.18%) GCP
5 1 (1.18%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.06%) Firewall
2 5 (5.88%) VLAN
2 5 (5.88%) VPN
2 5 (5.88%) WAN
3 4 (4.71%) DHCP
3 4 (4.71%) DNS
3 4 (4.71%) LAN
3 4 (4.71%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (3.53%) Ethernet
4 3 (3.53%) SMTP
4 3 (3.53%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.35%) PBX
6 1 (1.18%) NetScaler
6 1 (1.18%) Network Security
6 1 (1.18%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.18%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.71%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.35%) MySQL
2 2 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.35%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (15.29%) JIRA
2 1 (1.18%) CMake
2 1 (1.18%) Git
General
1 44 (51.76%) Social Skills
2 40 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (22.35%) Manufacturing
4 12 (14.12%) Finance
4 12 (14.12%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (4.71%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.71%) Electronics
6 3 (3.53%) Local Government
6 3 (3.53%) Police
6 3 (3.53%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.53%) Retail
7 1 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (29.41%) Analyst
2 20 (23.53%) Developer
3 13 (15.29%) Software Developer
4 12 (14.12%) Service Analyst
4 12 (14.12%) Service Desk Analyst
5 9 (10.59%) Data Analyst
5 9 (10.59%) Project Manager
6 7 (8.24%) Support Engineer
7 6 (7.06%) Senior
8 5 (5.88%) Full Stack Developer
8 5 (5.88%) IT Support
8 5 (5.88%) Senior Developer
8 5 (5.88%) Senior Software Developer
9 4 (4.71%) IT Engineer
10 3 (3.53%) .NET Developer
10 3 (3.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 3 (3.53%) 2nd Line Support
10 3 (3.53%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 3 (3.53%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 3 (3.53%) Full Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.06%) .NET
1 6 (7.06%) AngularJS
1 6 (7.06%) PyTorch
1 6 (7.06%) TensorFlow
2 4 (4.71%) CSS
2 4 (4.71%) HTML
3 3 (3.53%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.18%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 9 (10.59%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (8.24%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (7.06%) Algorithms
5 5 (5.88%) CUDA
5 5 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (4.71%) Clustering
6 4 (4.71%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.18%) IoT
8 1 (1.18%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (15.29%) Windows
2 10 (11.76%) Linux
3 5 (5.88%) Windows 10
3 5 (5.88%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.71%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (4.71%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (3.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.35%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (21.18%) Computer Science
2 15 (17.65%) Customer Service
3 12 (14.12%) CRM
4 11 (12.94%) ERP
4 11 (12.94%) Full Stack Development
4 11 (12.94%) User Experience
5 9 (10.59%) Data Collection
5 9 (10.59%) Statistics
6 8 (9.41%) Decision-Making
7 7 (8.24%) Budget Management
7 7 (8.24%) Business Strategy
7 7 (8.24%) Data Entry
7 7 (8.24%) Programme Management
7 7 (8.24%) Strategic Thinking
8 6 (7.06%) Agile
8 6 (7.06%) Front End Development
8 6 (7.06%) Software Engineering
9 5 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
9 5 (5.88%) Edge Computing
9 5 (5.88%) Neural Network
Programming Languages
1 12 (14.12%) C#
2 10 (11.76%) JavaScript
3 6 (7.06%) Python
3 6 (7.06%) SQL
3 6 (7.06%) TypeScript
4 5 (5.88%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.35%) PHP
6 1 (1.18%) C++
Qualifications
1 34 (40.00%) Degree
2 12 (14.12%) Computer Science Degree
2 12 (14.12%) Master's Degree
3 8 (9.41%) HNC
4 5 (5.88%) PhD
5 4 (4.71%) DBS Check
5 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (3.53%) A+ Certification
6 3 (3.53%) MCP
6 3 (3.53%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (2.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (2.35%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.18%) MCSE
8 1 (1.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.12%) SLA
2 3 (3.53%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.53%) QA
3 1 (1.18%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (10.59%) Active Directory
2 8 (9.41%) Hyper-V
2 8 (9.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.71%) Autotask
1 4 (4.71%) Failover Clustering
1 4 (4.71%) Jamf Pro
1 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (4.71%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.41%) VMware
3 5 (5.88%) NVIDIA
4 4 (4.71%) Apple
4 4 (4.71%) Datto
5 3 (3.53%) Draytek
5 3 (3.53%) NEC
5 3 (3.53%) Sage
5 3 (3.53%) Sophos
5 3 (3.53%) UiPath
5 3 (3.53%) Veeam
5 3 (3.53%) Webroot
6 2 (2.35%) EMC
7 1 (1.18%) Autodesk
7 1 (1.18%) Citrix
7 1 (1.18%) Google
7 1 (1.18%) HP
7 1 (1.18%) Zscaler