Problem-Solving Jobs in Bedfordshire

Problem Solving
East of England > Bedfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire 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 2 41 6
Rank change year-on-year +39 -35 0
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 95 40 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 20.13% 6.76% 18.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 27.07% 6.85% 19.57%
Number of salaries quoted 55 17 49
10th Percentile £28,700 £36,500 £21,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £48,750 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +33.33% +25.00%
75th Percentile £63,125 £75,000 -
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £60,250
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 351 584 603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 74.36% 98.65% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 244 277 285
10th Percentile £26,075 £36,250 £25,971
25th Percentile £33,601 £46,180 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £93,375 £81,200 £71,250
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Bedfordshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Bedfordshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

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

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Bedfordshire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Bedfordshire 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
Luton +16 37 £60,000 -14.29% 15
Bedford +26 36 £35,000 -12.50% 9
Leighton Buzzard +2 4 £32,500 -40.91% 1
Henlow - 1 - - 1
Problem-Solving
East of England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 5 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (5.26%) WordPress
2 4 (4.21%) Apache
3 3 (3.16%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.11%) Skype for Business
5 1 (1.05%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (9.47%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.16%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (3.16%) Adobe XD
4 2 (2.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.05%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (7.37%) AWS
2 7 (7.37%) Azure
3 5 (5.26%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.21%) Amazon S3
4 4 (4.21%) Snowflake
5 3 (3.16%) Serverless
6 2 (2.11%) Mimecast
6 2 (2.11%) PowerApps
6 2 (2.11%) WhatsApp
7 1 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.05%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.58%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.11%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.11%) Skype
2 2 (2.11%) WebEx
3 1 (1.05%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.26%) Power BI
2 4 (4.21%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (4.21%) GIS
2 4 (4.21%) Spatial Data
2 4 (4.21%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.21%) Triplestore
3 2 (2.11%) MySQL
4 1 (1.05%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.05%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.05%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (1.05%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (10.53%) LabVIEW
2 2 (2.11%) Git
3 1 (1.05%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.05%) JIRA
General
1 52 (54.74%) Social Skills
2 33 (34.74%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (26.32%) Finance
4 13 (13.68%) Telecoms
5 9 (9.47%) Aerospace
6 8 (8.42%) Electronics
7 7 (7.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (7.37%) Law
8 6 (6.32%) Local Government
9 4 (4.21%) Manufacturing
9 4 (4.21%) Retail
10 3 (3.16%) Legal
11 2 (2.11%) Aviation
11 2 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (2.11%) Public Sector
12 1 (1.05%) Advertising
12 1 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (15.79%) Developer
2 13 (13.68%) IT Support
3 11 (11.58%) Consultant
3 11 (11.58%) Managing Consultant
3 11 (11.58%) Security Consultant
4 10 (10.53%) Architect
4 10 (10.53%) Project Manager
5 9 (9.47%) Analyst
5 9 (9.47%) Data Engineer
6 5 (5.26%) IT Analyst
6 5 (5.26%) Support Analyst
7 4 (4.21%) Data Science Engineer
7 4 (4.21%) Infrastructure Manager
7 4 (4.21%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 4 (4.21%) IT Support Analyst
7 4 (4.21%) Security Architect
7 4 (4.21%) Support Engineer
8 3 (3.16%) IT Manager
8 3 (3.16%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (3.16%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.32%) JSON
2 5 (5.26%) CSS
2 5 (5.26%) HTML
3 4 (4.21%) RESTful
3 4 (4.21%) XML
4 2 (2.11%) Ajax
4 2 (2.11%) jQuery
4 2 (2.11%) MACH
4 2 (2.11%) Web Services
5 1 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.89%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (15.79%) Management Information System
3 11 (11.58%) Operational Technology
4 6 (6.32%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (5.26%) Mobile App
5 5 (5.26%) Smartphone
6 4 (4.21%) Clustering
6 4 (4.21%) Data Structures
6 4 (4.21%) Linked Data
6 4 (4.21%) PMI
6 4 (4.21%) Reference Data
7 3 (3.16%) Driving Licence
8 2 (2.11%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.11%) Life Science
9 1 (1.05%) Blockchain
9 1 (1.05%) BYOD
9 1 (1.05%) Social Network
9 1 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (14.74%) Windows
2 5 (5.26%) Linux
2 5 (5.26%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.11%) Mac OS X
4 1 (1.05%) Android
4 1 (1.05%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (22.11%) Risk Management
2 19 (20.00%) Change Management
3 17 (17.89%) Agile
3 17 (17.89%) Line Management
4 16 (16.84%) Computer Science
4 16 (16.84%) Software Engineering
5 15 (15.79%) Project Management
5 15 (15.79%) Security Architecture
6 14 (14.74%) Mentoring
7 13 (13.68%) Data Analysis
7 13 (13.68%) Project Delivery
8 12 (12.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (11.58%) Architectural Patterns
9 11 (11.58%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (9.47%) Systems Engineering
11 8 (8.42%) Coaching
11 8 (8.42%) Data Modelling
11 8 (8.42%) ITSM
11 8 (8.42%) Refactoring
11 8 (8.42%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.58%) SQL
2 5 (5.26%) JavaScript
2 5 (5.26%) PHP
3 4 (4.21%) SPARQL
4 2 (2.11%) MATLAB
4 2 (2.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 38 (40.00%) Degree
2 26 (27.37%) Security Cleared
3 15 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (11.58%) CASP
4 11 (11.58%) CEH
4 11 (11.58%) CISM
4 11 (11.58%) CISSP
4 11 (11.58%) CRISC
4 11 (11.58%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.21%) PMI Certification
6 3 (3.16%) A+ Certification
6 3 (3.16%) Master's Degree
6 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.05%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.05%) HND
7 1 (1.05%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.58%) NCSC
2 6 (6.32%) SLA
3 2 (2.11%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.11%) GDPR
4 1 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.05%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.05%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (8.42%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.32%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.16%) SCCM
3 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (18.95%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.32%) Adobe
3 5 (5.26%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.21%) Apple
4 4 (4.21%) HubSpot
5 3 (3.16%) Google
5 3 (3.16%) WooCommerce
6 2 (2.11%) Cisco
6 2 (2.11%) Oracle
6 2 (2.11%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.11%) SAP
7 1 (1.05%) Bloomberg
7 1 (1.05%) Citrix
7 1 (1.05%) Freshdesk
7 1 (1.05%) Informatica