Problem-Solving Jobs in the Midlands

Problem Solving
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 9 9
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 +6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,809 1,362 1,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.98% 15.02% 14.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.39% 15.56% 14.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,211 569 878
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,875 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,838 8,754 10,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.47% 96.52% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 7,188 4,423 6,902
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +7.75%
75th Percentile £62,374 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 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
West Midlands +4 1,148 £42,500 -15.00% 521
East Midlands +9 638 £37,500 -16.67% 325
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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
1 100 (5.53%) SharePoint
2 70 (3.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 46 (2.54%) IIS
4 30 (1.66%) WordPress
5 11 (0.61%) Confluence
6 9 (0.50%) Apache
7 7 (0.39%) CMS
8 5 (0.28%) WebLogic
9 4 (0.22%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.17%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.17%) IBM Notes
11 2 (0.11%) MTS
11 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.055%) Alfresco
12 1 (0.055%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.055%) Documentum
12 1 (0.055%) JBoss
12 1 (0.055%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.055%) PrestaShop
12 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 290 (16.03%) Microsoft Office
2 164 (9.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 64 (3.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
5 10 (0.55%) AutoCAD
5 10 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.33%) CANalyzer
7 5 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.28%) Sketch
8 4 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.22%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.22%) EPLAN
8 4 (0.22%) InDesign
8 4 (0.22%) Trello
9 3 (0.17%) 3ds Max
9 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.17%) Revit
9 3 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
10 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.88%) NetSuite
3 14 (0.77%) Shopify
4 10 (0.55%) Misys Midas
5 9 (0.50%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
8 5 (0.28%) Magento
8 5 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.22%) Unit4 Business World
10 3 (0.17%) iTrent
11 2 (0.11%) NEC Housing
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
12 1 (0.055%) CA PPM
12 1 (0.055%) MIS ActiveH
12 1 (0.055%) Payment Gateway
12 1 (0.055%) Primavera
12 1 (0.055%) Sage 300 ERP
12 1 (0.055%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 309 (17.08%) Azure
2 234 (12.94%) Microsoft 365
3 153 (8.46%) AWS
4 124 (6.85%) Power Platform
5 72 (3.98%) Entra ID
6 60 (3.32%) GCP
6 60 (3.32%) SaaS
7 35 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
9 26 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
9 26 (1.44%) PowerApps
10 24 (1.33%) GitHub
11 21 (1.16%) Power Automate
11 21 (1.16%) WhatsApp
12 18 (1.00%) OneDrive
13 15 (0.83%) Amazon S3
13 15 (0.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 14 (0.77%) Matillion
14 14 (0.77%) Snowflake
15 13 (0.72%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 121 (6.69%) Firewall
2 100 (5.53%) WAN
3 65 (3.59%) DNS
4 64 (3.54%) LAN
5 54 (2.99%) DHCP
6 52 (2.87%) TCP/IP
7 42 (2.32%) VPN
8 34 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
9 33 (1.82%) Wireless
10 25 (1.38%) Network Security
11 24 (1.33%) SAN
12 19 (1.05%) Broadband
13 17 (0.94%) Internet
13 17 (0.94%) Intranet
14 14 (0.77%) VLAN
14 14 (0.77%) VoIP
15 13 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
15 13 (0.72%) SD-WAN
16 12 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
16 12 (0.66%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (8.90%) SQL Server
2 114 (6.30%) Power BI
3 62 (3.43%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (2.82%) Looker
5 46 (2.54%) BigQuery
6 43 (2.38%) Tableau
7 42 (2.32%) MySQL
8 31 (1.71%) Relational Database
9 29 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
10 21 (1.16%) Data Lake
11 19 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 18 (1.00%) NoSQL
13 17 (0.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 15 (0.83%) MongoDB
15 14 (0.77%) Oracle Database
15 14 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
15 14 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 13 (0.72%) Star Schema
17 11 (0.61%) RDBMS
18 10 (0.55%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 69 (3.81%) Git
2 52 (2.87%) JIRA
3 15 (0.83%) GitLab
4 13 (0.72%) Visual Studio
5 10 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.39%) CANoe
6 7 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
6 7 (0.39%) TeamCity
7 6 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.28%) ESLint
8 5 (0.28%) gulp
8 5 (0.28%) IntelliJ
8 5 (0.28%) Postman
9 4 (0.22%) Android Studio
9 4 (0.22%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.22%) JUnit
10 3 (0.17%) Appium
10 3 (0.17%) Gatling
10 3 (0.17%) JBehave
10 3 (0.17%) SpecFlow
General
1 982 (54.28%) Social Skills
2 670 (37.04%) Analytical Skills
3 265 (14.65%) Finance
4 187 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
5 183 (10.12%) Retail
6 140 (7.74%) Influencing Skills
7 128 (7.08%) Manufacturing
8 100 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 84 (4.64%) Marketing
10 69 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
11 54 (2.99%) Public Sector
12 53 (2.93%) Automotive
13 48 (2.65%) Law
14 35 (1.93%) Legal
15 32 (1.77%) Telecoms
16 31 (1.71%) Local Government
17 27 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
18 19 (1.05%) Electronics
19 15 (0.83%) Billing
19 15 (0.83%) French Language
Job Titles
1 363 (20.07%) Analyst
2 167 (9.23%) Developer
3 163 (9.01%) Senior
4 125 (6.91%) Product Analyst
5 123 (6.80%) Lead
6 116 (6.41%) Sales Analyst
7 110 (6.08%) Support Engineer
8 100 (5.53%) IT Support
9 82 (4.53%) Consultant
10 74 (4.09%) IT Manager
11 68 (3.76%) IT Engineer
12 63 (3.48%) Project Manager
13 59 (3.26%) Architect
14 51 (2.82%) IT Technician
15 50 (2.76%) Software Engineer
16 48 (2.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 46 (2.54%) Applications Support
18 45 (2.49%) Administrator
19 44 (2.43%) Data Analyst
20 43 (2.38%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (5.36%) .NET
2 84 (4.64%) HTML
3 63 (3.48%) CSS
4 41 (2.27%) React
5 40 (2.21%) REST
6 36 (1.99%) AngularJS
7 27 (1.49%) Node.js
8 25 (1.38%) ASP.NET
9 23 (1.27%) Laravel
10 21 (1.16%) .NET Core
11 19 (1.05%) HTML5
12 18 (1.00%) jQuery
13 16 (0.88%) Vue
13 16 (0.88%) WebRTC
13 16 (0.88%) XML
14 14 (0.77%) Web Services
14 14 (0.77%) Yocto
15 12 (0.66%) RESTful
16 11 (0.61%) .NET Framework
16 11 (0.61%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 171 (9.45%) Self-Motivation
2 101 (5.58%) Driving Licence
3 79 (4.37%) Management Information System
4 49 (2.71%) Onboarding
5 48 (2.65%) Product Ownership
6 39 (2.16%) Clustering
7 37 (2.05%) Mobile App
8 35 (1.93%) Algorithms
9 25 (1.38%) Data Centre
10 24 (1.33%) Replication
11 22 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
12 19 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 18 (1.00%) Data Structures
14 17 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
14 17 (0.94%) IoT
14 17 (0.94%) NHS
15 16 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
15 16 (0.88%) Public Cloud
15 16 (0.88%) Taxonomies
16 14 (0.77%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 277 (15.31%) Windows
2 133 (7.35%) Windows Server
3 93 (5.14%) Linux
4 74 (4.09%) Windows 10
5 29 (1.60%) Windows Server 2012
6 26 (1.44%) Windows 7
7 17 (0.94%) Android
8 15 (0.83%) Mac OS
9 13 (0.72%) Embedded Linux
9 13 (0.72%) Unix
9 13 (0.72%) Windows 8
10 10 (0.55%) VMS
11 9 (0.50%) CentOS
11 9 (0.50%) Ubuntu
12 8 (0.44%) Apple iOS
13 7 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
14 5 (0.28%) Data ONTAP
14 5 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
15 4 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.22%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (17.74%) Customer Service
2 296 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 279 (15.42%) Agile
4 234 (12.94%) Mathematics
5 230 (12.71%) Project Management
6 184 (10.17%) Mentoring
7 181 (10.01%) Computer Science
8 155 (8.57%) Customer Requirements
9 144 (7.96%) Cybersecurity
10 137 (7.57%) Analytics
10 137 (7.57%) Data Analysis
10 137 (7.57%) Decision-Making
10 137 (7.57%) ITIL
11 134 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
12 123 (6.80%) DevOps
13 120 (6.63%) User Experience
14 108 (5.97%) ERP
15 107 (5.91%) Software Engineering
16 97 (5.36%) CRM
17 88 (4.86%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 328 (18.13%) SQL
2 126 (6.97%) Python
3 113 (6.25%) JavaScript
4 106 (5.86%) C#
5 64 (3.54%) Java
6 49 (2.71%) PHP
7 43 (2.38%) PowerShell
8 39 (2.16%) TypeScript
9 34 (1.88%) C
10 31 (1.71%) C++
11 15 (0.83%) Bash
11 15 (0.83%) Perl
12 13 (0.72%) T-SQL
13 11 (0.61%) RPG
13 11 (0.61%) RPG IV
13 11 (0.61%) RPG/400
14 10 (0.55%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.50%) Ruby
15 9 (0.50%) VB
16 8 (0.44%) Rust
Qualifications
1 536 (29.63%) Degree
2 97 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 95 (5.25%) Security Cleared
4 53 (2.93%) DBS Check
5 50 (2.76%) SC Cleared
6 44 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 32 (1.77%) Master's Degree
8 22 (1.22%) HNC
9 19 (1.05%) A+ Certification
9 19 (1.05%) Azure Certification
10 16 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (0.88%) CISSP
11 15 (0.83%) CISM
12 13 (0.72%) CCNA
13 12 (0.66%) ISEB
13 12 (0.66%) ISTQB
13 12 (0.66%) MCSE
13 12 (0.66%) PhD
13 12 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 11 (0.61%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (5.03%) QA
2 88 (4.86%) GDPR
3 63 (3.48%) SLA
4 57 (3.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 53 (2.93%) Data Quality
6 38 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 32 (1.77%) Accessibility
8 30 (1.66%) ISO 9001
9 27 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 17 (0.94%) PMO
11 8 (0.44%) ISO 26262
12 7 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.39%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.28%) NIST
14 4 (0.22%) GAAP
14 4 (0.22%) IFRS
14 4 (0.22%) WCAG
15 3 (0.17%) GRC
15 3 (0.17%) MISRA
16 2 (0.11%) COSHH
System Software
1 177 (9.78%) Active Directory
2 85 (4.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (3.54%) Hyper-V
4 21 (1.16%) Docker
4 21 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (1.11%) VMware NSX
6 11 (0.61%) Firmware
6 11 (0.61%) vSphere
7 7 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (0.33%) NFS
8 6 (0.33%) pfSense
9 5 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
9 5 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.22%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 49 (2.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (1.44%) EnCase
3 24 (1.33%) SCCM
4 22 (1.22%) Kubernetes
5 13 (0.72%) Terraform
6 10 (0.55%) Microsoft Clustering
7 9 (0.50%) vCenter Server
8 7 (0.39%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.33%) Ansible
9 6 (0.33%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.33%) WSUS
10 5 (0.28%) Data Guard
10 5 (0.28%) Functional Safety
10 5 (0.28%) HP ALM
10 5 (0.28%) Oracle RMAN
10 5 (0.28%) SCOM
11 4 (0.22%) AirWatch
11 4 (0.22%) Autotask
11 4 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
11 4 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 477 (26.37%) Microsoft
2 118 (6.52%) VMware
3 84 (4.64%) Google
4 46 (2.54%) Cisco
4 46 (2.54%) SAP
5 45 (2.49%) Veeam
6 29 (1.60%) Salesforce
7 28 (1.55%) Oracle
8 26 (1.44%) Databricks
9 21 (1.16%) HP
10 20 (1.11%) IBM
10 20 (1.11%) Meraki
11 19 (1.05%) Sophos
12 18 (1.00%) Sage
13 16 (0.88%) Dell
13 16 (0.88%) Palo Alto
14 15 (0.83%) CheckPoint
15 13 (0.72%) Juniper
16 12 (0.66%) Adobe
16 12 (0.66%) ServiceNow