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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +7 -2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 10,951 8,083 10,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.31% 13.70% 14.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.32% 14.33% 15.21%
Number of salaries quoted 6,886 3,680 5,151
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,875 £34,711
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £46,223
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +8.17% +2.72%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £60,563
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £49,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +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 59,784 56,422 67,505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.60% 95.60% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 41,279 29,104 41,046
10th Percentile £27,250 £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% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 17 May 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 17 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
South East +5 2,906 £45,000 -14.29% 1,155
North of England +9 2,456 £45,000 - 1,103
Midlands +5 1,810 £42,000 -11.58% 860
South West +7 1,363 £47,500 -5.00% 523
North West +13 1,292 £45,000 -5.26% 591
West Midlands +3 1,149 £42,500 -15.00% 531
East of England +6 1,024 £42,500 -11.46% 545
Scotland -9 927 £45,000 -10.89% 264
Yorkshire +4 908 £43,000 -1.88% 390
East Midlands +7 638 £37,500 -16.67% 330
Wales +4 314 £42,000 +8.40% 131
North East +15 255 £45,000 +5.88% 137
Northern Ireland +18 139 £47,500 -11.63% 49
Isle of Man +1 19 £41,000 +36.67% 4
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
1 374 (3.42%) SharePoint
2 339 (3.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 189 (1.73%) Apache
4 181 (1.65%) Apache Spark
5 112 (1.02%) CMS
6 105 (0.96%) WordPress
7 103 (0.94%) IIS
8 88 (0.80%) Confluence
9 36 (0.33%) WebLogic
10 29 (0.26%) OpenStack
10 29 (0.26%) Umbraco
11 25 (0.23%) nginx
12 20 (0.18%) SAS
13 18 (0.16%) FileNet
14 17 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
14 17 (0.16%) OpenEdge
15 12 (0.11%) ArcGIS
16 11 (0.10%) Jupyter
17 10 (0.091%) Drupal
17 10 (0.091%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 1,024 (9.35%) Microsoft Office
2 704 (6.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 268 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 68 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
5 59 (0.54%) Sketch
6 57 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
7 52 (0.47%) MS Visio
8 45 (0.41%) AutoCAD
9 42 (0.38%) Simulink
10 23 (0.21%) Trello
11 22 (0.20%) Adobe XD
12 21 (0.19%) Photoshop
13 19 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
14 18 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
15 15 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
16 14 (0.13%) InDesign
17 12 (0.11%) Chatbot
18 10 (0.091%) Revit
19 8 (0.073%) GNU Octave
19 8 (0.073%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 113 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 50 (0.46%) Shopify
3 41 (0.37%) Siebel CRM
4 40 (0.37%) NetSuite
5 39 (0.36%) Magento
6 27 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
7 19 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
8 18 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
9 17 (0.16%) iTrent
9 17 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
10 15 (0.14%) SAP ERP
11 13 (0.12%) Infor SunSystems
12 11 (0.10%) Endur
12 11 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
12 11 (0.10%) SAP Business One
12 11 (0.10%) Unit4 Business World
13 10 (0.091%) Misys Midas
14 9 (0.082%) SAP CX
14 9 (0.082%) SAP MM
15 7 (0.064%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1,805 (16.48%) Azure
2 1,280 (11.69%) AWS
3 1,130 (10.32%) Microsoft 365
4 545 (4.98%) GCP
5 503 (4.59%) Power Platform
6 351 (3.21%) SaaS
7 266 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
8 212 (1.94%) Entra ID
9 199 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
10 177 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
11 175 (1.60%) Amazon S3
12 161 (1.47%) Serverless
13 145 (1.32%) GitHub
14 113 (1.03%) Power Automate
15 97 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
16 90 (0.82%) PowerApps
17 75 (0.68%) Figma
18 69 (0.63%) Miro
18 69 (0.63%) OneDrive
19 65 (0.59%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 646 (5.90%) Firewall
2 328 (3.00%) DNS
3 311 (2.84%) WAN
4 256 (2.34%) DHCP
5 252 (2.30%) LAN
6 234 (2.14%) TCP/IP
7 224 (2.05%) VPN
8 210 (1.92%) Wireless
9 184 (1.68%) Network Security
10 156 (1.42%) Internet
11 137 (1.25%) VoIP
12 130 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
13 120 (1.10%) SAN
14 102 (0.93%) VLAN
15 76 (0.69%) 5G
16 64 (0.58%) SD-WAN
17 60 (0.55%) IPsec
18 58 (0.53%) Ethernet
19 56 (0.51%) Broadband
20 55 (0.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 658 (6.01%) SQL Server
2 428 (3.91%) Power BI
3 343 (3.13%) Looker
4 339 (3.10%) BigQuery
5 337 (3.08%) MySQL
6 326 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
7 256 (2.34%) NoSQL
8 233 (2.13%) Relational Database
9 193 (1.76%) Big Data
10 185 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
11 167 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
12 159 (1.45%) MongoDB
13 152 (1.39%) Tableau
14 93 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
15 90 (0.82%) Redis
16 88 (0.80%) Hadoop
17 83 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 80 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 76 (0.69%) Data Lake
20 73 (0.67%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 556 (5.08%) Git
2 373 (3.41%) JIRA
3 232 (2.12%) Jenkins
4 106 (0.97%) GitLab
5 89 (0.81%) Visual Studio
6 58 (0.53%) LabVIEW
7 54 (0.49%) Selenium
8 52 (0.47%) TeamCity
9 49 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
10 44 (0.40%) Maven
11 39 (0.36%) JUnit
12 38 (0.35%) Cucumber
13 35 (0.32%) Postman
14 32 (0.29%) Subversion
15 30 (0.27%) JDeveloper
16 29 (0.26%) JMeter
17 25 (0.23%) Cypress.io
18 24 (0.22%) Ant
18 24 (0.22%) IntelliJ
19 23 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 5,461 (49.87%) Social Skills
2 3,405 (31.09%) Analytical Skills
3 2,039 (18.62%) Finance
4 1,186 (10.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 806 (7.36%) Law
6 800 (7.31%) Retail
7 695 (6.35%) Marketing
8 680 (6.21%) Organisational Skills
9 567 (5.18%) Manufacturing
10 452 (4.13%) Legal
11 448 (4.09%) Presentation Skills
12 394 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
13 351 (3.21%) Public Sector
14 291 (2.66%) Banking
15 256 (2.34%) Telecoms
16 224 (2.05%) Electronics
17 192 (1.75%) Aerospace
18 165 (1.51%) Investment Banking
19 156 (1.42%) Automotive
20 152 (1.39%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1,579 (14.42%) Analyst
2 1,423 (12.99%) Senior
3 1,376 (12.57%) Developer
4 854 (7.80%) Software Engineer
5 825 (7.53%) Lead
6 551 (5.03%) IT Support
7 524 (4.78%) Architect
8 428 (3.91%) Support Engineer
9 414 (3.78%) Consultant
10 366 (3.34%) Project Manager
11 362 (3.31%) IT Engineer
12 336 (3.07%) Business Analyst
13 315 (2.88%) Senior Developer
14 310 (2.83%) Data Engineer
15 293 (2.68%) Senior Software Engineer
16 274 (2.50%) IT Technician
17 272 (2.48%) Software Developer
18 258 (2.36%) Graduate
18 258 (2.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 258 (2.36%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 712 (6.50%) .NET
2 619 (5.65%) HTML
3 542 (4.95%) CSS
4 484 (4.42%) React
5 344 (3.14%) AngularJS
6 281 (2.57%) Node.js
7 226 (2.06%) Spring
8 206 (1.88%) REST
9 191 (1.74%) Vue
10 190 (1.74%) RESTful
11 186 (1.70%) .NET Framework
12 173 (1.58%) ASP.NET
13 172 (1.57%) .NET Core
14 146 (1.33%) Web Services
15 139 (1.27%) JSON
16 131 (1.20%) HTML5
17 130 (1.19%) jQuery
18 126 (1.15%) XML
19 112 (1.02%) Laravel
19 112 (1.02%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1,038 (9.48%) Self-Motivation
2 569 (5.20%) Management Information System
3 403 (3.68%) Algorithms
4 378 (3.45%) Driving Licence
5 339 (3.10%) Product Ownership
6 245 (2.24%) Onboarding
7 228 (2.08%) Data Centre
8 172 (1.57%) Cloud Native
9 161 (1.47%) Data Structures
10 160 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 146 (1.33%) Mobile App
12 141 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
13 135 (1.23%) IoT
14 110 (1.00%) FMCG
15 107 (0.98%) NHS
16 102 (0.93%) Public Cloud
17 100 (0.91%) Client/Server
18 88 (0.80%) Clustering
19 82 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
20 75 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1,699 (15.51%) Windows
2 753 (6.88%) Linux
3 561 (5.12%) Windows Server
4 396 (3.62%) Windows 10
5 186 (1.70%) Apple iOS
6 166 (1.52%) Android
7 133 (1.21%) Unix
8 112 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
9 111 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
10 107 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
11 102 (0.93%) Mac OS
11 102 (0.93%) Windows 7
12 50 (0.46%) Data ONTAP
13 38 (0.35%) Ubuntu
14 34 (0.31%) VMS
15 33 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
16 31 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 29 (0.26%) Windows 8
18 28 (0.26%) CentOS
19 27 (0.25%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,199 (20.08%) Agile
2 1,525 (13.93%) Customer Service
3 1,345 (12.28%) Project Management
4 1,336 (12.20%) Mentoring
5 1,311 (11.97%) Software Engineering
6 1,280 (11.69%) Computer Science
7 1,228 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 1,184 (10.81%) Decision-Making
9 1,086 (9.92%) DevOps
10 900 (8.22%) Coaching
11 877 (8.01%) ITIL
12 808 (7.38%) Cybersecurity
13 722 (6.59%) Mathematics
14 721 (6.58%) Analytics
15 680 (6.21%) Collaborative Working
16 676 (6.17%) SDLC
17 671 (6.13%) CI/CD
18 639 (5.84%) Change Management
19 619 (5.65%) Actionable Insight
20 599 (5.47%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1,662 (15.18%) SQL
2 1,122 (10.25%) Python
3 924 (8.44%) JavaScript
4 900 (8.22%) Java
5 879 (8.03%) C#
6 373 (3.41%) C++
7 363 (3.31%) C
8 331 (3.02%) PowerShell
9 291 (2.66%) PHP
10 284 (2.59%) TypeScript
11 226 (2.06%) Bash
12 153 (1.40%) Scala
13 117 (1.07%) T-SQL
14 94 (0.86%) MATLAB
15 87 (0.79%) Perl
16 81 (0.74%) Go
17 71 (0.65%) Ruby
18 69 (0.63%) VB
19 67 (0.61%) R
20 63 (0.58%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2,954 (26.97%) Degree
2 1,038 (9.48%) Security Cleared
3 659 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
4 655 (5.98%) SC Cleared
5 315 (2.88%) Master's Degree
6 312 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 261 (2.38%) DBS Check
8 171 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
9 161 (1.47%) DV Cleared
10 119 (1.09%) CCNA
11 118 (1.08%) HNC
12 113 (1.03%) A+ Certification
13 102 (0.93%) CISSP
13 102 (0.93%) PhD
14 101 (0.92%) PMI Certification
15 100 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
16 95 (0.87%) HND
17 94 (0.86%) Azure Certification
18 81 (0.74%) MCSE
19 78 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 604 (5.52%) QA
2 479 (4.37%) GDPR
3 400 (3.65%) SLA
4 361 (3.30%) Data Quality
5 170 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 137 (1.25%) Accessibility
7 133 (1.21%) PMO
8 123 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
9 89 (0.81%) ISO 9001
10 66 (0.60%) NIST
11 51 (0.47%) WCAG
12 42 (0.38%) IFRS
12 42 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 34 (0.31%) GAAP
14 27 (0.25%) NCSC
15 23 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
15 23 (0.21%) PCI DSS
15 23 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 22 (0.20%) ISO 13485
17 21 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 917 (8.37%) Active Directory
2 399 (3.64%) Docker
3 398 (3.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 289 (2.64%) Hyper-V
5 128 (1.17%) Firmware
6 79 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
7 66 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
8 38 (0.35%) vSphere
9 34 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 34 (0.31%) VMware NSX
10 26 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
11 24 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
12 20 (0.18%) KVM
13 13 (0.12%) Terminal Services
14 12 (0.11%) XenApp
15 11 (0.10%) NFS
16 8 (0.073%) XenDesktop
17 6 (0.055%) Oracle RAC
17 6 (0.055%) pfSense
18 5 (0.046%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 388 (3.54%) Kubernetes
2 221 (2.02%) Terraform
3 191 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 176 (1.61%) Ansible
5 164 (1.50%) SCCM
6 67 (0.61%) Prometheus
6 67 (0.61%) vCenter Server
7 56 (0.51%) Puppet
8 44 (0.40%) SCOM
9 36 (0.33%) WSUS
10 30 (0.27%) Grafana
11 29 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
12 27 (0.25%) EnCase
13 26 (0.24%) OpenSSO
14 25 (0.23%) FortiGate
15 24 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
16 23 (0.21%) Progress Chef
17 22 (0.20%) ZABBIX
18 20 (0.18%) Microsoft Clustering
19 17 (0.16%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2,646 (24.16%) Microsoft
2 615 (5.62%) Google
3 555 (5.07%) VMware
4 385 (3.52%) Oracle
5 292 (2.67%) SAP
6 269 (2.46%) Cisco
7 176 (1.61%) Salesforce
8 120 (1.10%) Veeam
9 110 (1.00%) Databricks
10 109 (1.00%) ServiceNow
11 104 (0.95%) Apple
12 100 (0.91%) IBM
13 96 (0.88%) Citrix
14 94 (0.86%) Dell
15 92 (0.84%) HP
16 90 (0.82%) Adobe
16 90 (0.82%) Palo Alto
17 77 (0.70%) Meraki
18 75 (0.68%) Red Hat
19 72 (0.66%) Sophos