Problem-Solving Jobs in Scotland

Problem Solving
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 17 6
Rank change year-on-year -5 -11 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 897 589 1,077
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 13.03% 13.67% 17.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.51% 14.45% 18.80%
Number of salaries quoted 394 270 446
10th Percentile £25,818 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,500 £37,923 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,272 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.46% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £62,306 £72,500 £69,688
90th Percentile £72,500 £79,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £48,900 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.09% - +8.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,184 4,076 5,728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.82% 94.61% 91.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,548 2,038 2,896
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,313 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,000
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 Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Scotland

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Scotland

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Scotland over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Scotland

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 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
Glasgow -16 526 £42,500 -15.00% 83
Edinburgh +2 182 £60,000 +9.09% 58
Aberdeen +14 41 £40,500 -31.06% 22
Fife +9 26 £50,000 +26.58% 8
Lanarkshire +2 19 £45,000 -7.69% 40
North Lanarkshire - 16 £13,000 - 5
Renfrewshire +2 13 £52,500 - 1
Stirling +3 12 £32,150 -1.08% 6
Dundee -2 11 £45,000 +13.22% 8
West Lothian +5 10 £26,250 -35.19% 7
Aberdeenshire +1 6 £37,500 +56.25% 4
South Lanarkshire +6 4 £72,500 +81.25% 4
Banffshire - 4 £22,000 -
West Dunbartonshire +1 3 £27,500 - 1
Falkirk 0 3 £50,000 - 5
Argyll and Bute - 3 - -
East Ayrshire - 3 £29,500 - 1
Clackmannanshire - 2 £51,500 - 2
Perth and Kinross -2 1 - - 2
Inverclyde -3 1 £50,000 - 2
Highlands - 1 - - 6
South Ayrshire - 1 - - 2
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £23,000 - 2
Problem-Solving
UK

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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
1 136 (15.16%) Apache Spark
2 64 (7.13%) Apache
3 18 (2.01%) Confluence
3 18 (2.01%) FileNet
4 17 (1.90%) Cloud Foundry
5 15 (1.67%) IIS
6 13 (1.45%) SharePoint
7 8 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.45%) OpenEdge
9 2 (0.22%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.22%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.22%) WildFly
Applications
1 17 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.23%) Sketch
5 3 (0.33%) InVision
5 3 (0.33%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.23%) Endur
3 4 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.11%) Maximo
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.11%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 240 (26.76%) AWS
2 147 (16.39%) Azure
3 66 (7.36%) GCP
4 60 (6.69%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (6.35%) Cloud Computing
6 49 (5.46%) Power Platform
7 43 (4.79%) Amazon S3
8 35 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
9 30 (3.34%) SaaS
10 25 (2.79%) Miro
11 17 (1.90%) Google Docs
12 16 (1.78%) Figma
13 13 (1.45%) Amazon SQS
13 13 (1.45%) Lucidchart
13 13 (1.45%) Slack
14 11 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (1.23%) Entra ID
15 9 (1.00%) BlazeMeter
16 8 (0.89%) Heroku
17 6 (0.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.01%) Network Security
2 22 (2.45%) Firewall
2 22 (2.45%) WAN
3 20 (2.23%) VPN
4 17 (1.90%) Kerberos
5 14 (1.56%) Internet
6 12 (1.34%) IPsec
7 10 (1.11%) LAN
7 10 (1.11%) SAN
7 10 (1.11%) SNMP
7 10 (1.11%) TCP/IP
7 10 (1.11%) VoIP
7 10 (1.11%) Wireless
8 7 (0.78%) DNS
8 7 (0.78%) NAS
9 6 (0.67%) HTTP
9 6 (0.67%) MQTT
10 5 (0.56%) DHCP
11 4 (0.45%) IMAP
11 4 (0.45%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (17.06%) NoSQL
2 112 (12.49%) Big Data
3 57 (6.35%) Hadoop
4 43 (4.79%) Elasticsearch
5 40 (4.46%) Power BI
6 34 (3.79%) SQL Server
7 19 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (2.12%) MySQL
8 18 (2.01%) Apache Cassandra
8 18 (2.01%) BigQuery
9 17 (1.90%) Amazon Aurora
9 17 (1.90%) CockroachDB
9 17 (1.90%) Looker
9 17 (1.90%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.56%) MongoDB
11 13 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (1.45%) Redis
11 13 (1.45%) Scylla
12 9 (1.00%) MS Access
13 7 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 47 (5.24%) JIRA
2 29 (3.23%) Maven
3 25 (2.79%) Jenkins
4 21 (2.34%) JUnit
5 15 (1.67%) GitLab
5 15 (1.67%) LabVIEW
6 13 (1.45%) Git
7 11 (1.23%) CircleCI
8 10 (1.11%) Cucumber
8 10 (1.11%) Cypress.io
8 10 (1.11%) JMeter
9 9 (1.00%) Gradle
10 3 (0.33%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.11%) Mockito
11 1 (0.11%) Postman
11 1 (0.11%) Selenium
11 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 408 (45.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 399 (44.48%) Finance
3 337 (37.57%) Law
4 284 (31.66%) Social Skills
5 200 (22.30%) Marketing
6 176 (19.62%) Analytical Skills
7 98 (10.93%) Legal
8 58 (6.47%) Banking
9 50 (5.57%) Influencing Skills
10 46 (5.13%) Investment Banking
11 30 (3.34%) Manufacturing
12 25 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (2.45%) Electronics
15 21 (2.34%) Public Sector
16 20 (2.23%) Telecoms
17 17 (1.90%) Retail
18 16 (1.78%) Publishing
19 14 (1.56%) Aviation
20 11 (1.23%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 324 (36.12%) Software Engineer
2 196 (21.85%) Senior
3 184 (20.51%) Lead
4 144 (16.05%) Senior Software Engineer
5 137 (15.27%) Lead Software Engineer
6 103 (11.48%) Java Engineer
6 103 (11.48%) Java Software Engineer
7 96 (10.70%) Developer
8 93 (10.37%) Big Data Engineer
8 93 (10.37%) Big Data Software Engineer
9 89 (9.92%) Scala Engineer
9 89 (9.92%) Scala Software Engineer
10 78 (8.70%) AWS Engineer
11 77 (8.58%) AWS Software Engineer
12 75 (8.36%) Senior Java Engineer
12 75 (8.36%) Senior Java Software Engineer
13 74 (8.25%) Analyst
14 73 (8.14%) Lead Java Engineer
15 53 (5.91%) Java Scala Software Engineer
16 45 (5.02%) Senior Big Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (11.26%) React
2 86 (9.59%) Spring
3 62 (6.91%) AngularJS
4 58 (6.47%) GraphQL
5 52 (5.80%) Kafka
6 44 (4.91%) CSS
7 42 (4.68%) .NET
7 42 (4.68%) HTML
7 42 (4.68%) Node.js
8 40 (4.46%) Spring Boot
9 31 (3.46%) REST
10 28 (3.12%) PySpark
11 24 (2.68%) OAuth
12 23 (2.56%) JSON
13 21 (2.34%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 20 (2.23%) Hibernate
14 20 (2.23%) J2EE
15 18 (2.01%) JMS
15 18 (2.01%) jQuery
15 18 (2.01%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 77 (8.58%) Cloud Native
2 58 (6.47%) Algorithms
3 49 (5.46%) Onboarding
4 46 (5.13%) Product Ownership
5 41 (4.57%) Public Cloud
6 30 (3.34%) Self-Motivation
7 24 (2.68%) Management Information System
8 18 (2.01%) Driving Licence
9 16 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (1.67%) Distributed Applications
11 14 (1.56%) Data Structures
12 13 (1.45%) Data Centre
13 12 (1.34%) Clustering
14 9 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
14 9 (1.00%) Market Risk
14 9 (1.00%) Virtual Team
15 7 (0.78%) Credit Derivative
15 7 (0.78%) IoT
15 7 (0.78%) Mobile App
15 7 (0.78%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 61 (6.80%) Windows
2 52 (5.80%) Linux
3 26 (2.90%) Unix
4 19 (2.12%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.11%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.11%) Data ONTAP
6 8 (0.89%) Android
7 5 (0.56%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.45%) AIX
9 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 420 (46.82%) Agile
2 369 (41.14%) Software Engineering
3 285 (31.77%) SDLC
4 234 (26.09%) Operational Stability
5 195 (21.74%) Decision-Making
6 181 (20.18%) Artificial Intelligence
7 178 (19.84%) Machine Learning
8 164 (18.28%) CI/CD
9 141 (15.72%) Continuous Improvement
10 137 (15.27%) Tech Ops
11 124 (13.82%) Computer Science
12 115 (12.82%) Risk Management
13 79 (8.81%) ETL
14 70 (7.80%) Scrum
15 69 (7.69%) DevOps
16 67 (7.47%) Mentoring
17 65 (7.25%) Microservices
18 64 (7.13%) IT Strategy
19 62 (6.91%) Analytics
20 61 (6.80%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 295 (32.89%) SQL
2 289 (32.22%) Java
3 200 (22.30%) Python
4 103 (11.48%) Scala
5 83 (9.25%) C#
6 73 (8.14%) JavaScript
7 64 (7.13%) TypeScript
8 38 (4.24%) C
9 36 (4.01%) C++
10 21 (2.34%) Bash
11 20 (2.23%) T-SQL
12 15 (1.67%) GLSL
12 15 (1.67%) Groovy
13 13 (1.45%) Go
13 13 (1.45%) PowerShell
14 12 (1.34%) Shell Script
15 11 (1.23%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.78%) PL/SQL
17 6 (0.67%) PHP
18 5 (0.56%) Swift
Qualifications
1 164 (18.28%) Degree
2 62 (6.91%) Security Cleared
3 49 (5.46%) SC Cleared
4 36 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.23%) Master's Degree
6 13 (1.45%) DBS Check
6 13 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (0.78%) CISM
7 7 (0.78%) CISSP
7 7 (0.78%) PhD
7 7 (0.78%) PMI Certification
8 6 (0.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 6 (0.67%) HND
9 5 (0.56%) PMP
10 3 (0.33%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.22%) ACCA
11 2 (0.22%) CCIE
11 2 (0.22%) OCP
11 2 (0.22%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (7.13%) QA
2 37 (4.12%) Data Quality
3 16 (1.78%) GDPR
4 14 (1.56%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.23%) WCAG
6 9 (1.00%) NIST
7 6 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.56%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.45%) DICOM
9 4 (0.45%) HL7
9 4 (0.45%) ISO 13485
10 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.22%) ITGC
11 2 (0.22%) NCSC
11 2 (0.22%) SLA
12 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.11%) PMO
System Software
1 32 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (2.90%) Active Directory
3 21 (2.34%) Docker
4 13 (1.45%) Firmware
5 12 (1.34%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
7 5 (0.56%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.45%) vSphere
9 2 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 84 (9.36%) Kubernetes
2 46 (5.13%) Terraform
3 17 (1.90%) Ansible
4 10 (1.11%) Prometheus
4 10 (1.11%) vCenter Server
5 7 (0.78%) ZABBIX
6 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.33%) Oracle RMAN
7 3 (0.33%) SCCM
8 1 (0.11%) Nessus
8 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.11%) Rancher
Vendors
1 102 (11.37%) Microsoft
2 55 (6.13%) Google
3 47 (5.24%) Databricks
4 42 (4.68%) VMware
5 40 (4.46%) Oracle
6 14 (1.56%) Dell
7 13 (1.45%) Cisco
8 11 (1.23%) NetApp
8 11 (1.23%) OpenLink
9 10 (1.11%) Palo Alto
9 10 (1.11%) Red Hat
9 10 (1.11%) SolidFire
10 9 (1.00%) SAP
10 9 (1.00%) TOWER Software
10 9 (1.00%) Twitter
11 7 (0.78%) Mitel
12 6 (0.67%) NVIDIA
13 5 (0.56%) Sophos
14 4 (0.45%) BeyondTrust
14 4 (0.45%) Citrix