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 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 4 10 8
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 86 21 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 16.63% 12.73% 15.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.72% 13.13% 17.34%
Number of salaries quoted 63 17 23
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,900 £24,350
25th Percentile £25,750 £36,250 £29,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £42,500 £35,484
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +19.77% -0.74%
75th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £42,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,000 £53,400
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £48,575 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.51% +7.94% -

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 396 160 271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 76.60% 96.97% 91.86%
Number of salaries quoted 322 134 184
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £27,538
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £35,484
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £56,313
90th Percentile £62,374 £67,500 £58,826
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 1 June 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 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
Redditch +3 20 £25,000 -33.33% 6
Malvern - 19 £55,000 - 3
Worcester -3 16 £37,500 -26.83% 13
Bromsgrove +1 11 £30,000 -4.76% 6
Stourport-on-Severn - 9 £27,500 - 2
Kidderminster +2 5 £50,000 -25.93% 11
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 (3.49%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (12.79%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (10.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.16%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.16%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (1.16%) Fusion 360
4 1 (1.16%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (3.49%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.95%) SaaS
2 8 (9.30%) Azure
2 8 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (5.81%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.49%) AWS
4 3 (3.49%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (3.49%) Google Workspace
4 3 (3.49%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.16%) GCP
5 1 (1.16%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.98%) Firewall
2 5 (5.81%) VLAN
2 5 (5.81%) VPN
2 5 (5.81%) WAN
3 4 (4.65%) DHCP
3 4 (4.65%) DNS
3 4 (4.65%) LAN
3 4 (4.65%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (3.49%) Ethernet
4 3 (3.49%) SMTP
4 3 (3.49%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.33%) PBX
6 1 (1.16%) NetScaler
6 1 (1.16%) Network Security
6 1 (1.16%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.16%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.65%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.33%) MySQL
2 2 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.33%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.16%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (15.12%) JIRA
2 1 (1.16%) CMake
2 1 (1.16%) Git
General
1 45 (52.33%) Social Skills
2 40 (46.51%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (22.09%) Manufacturing
4 12 (13.95%) Finance
4 12 (13.95%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.65%) Electronics
6 3 (3.49%) Local Government
6 3 (3.49%) Police
6 3 (3.49%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.49%) Retail
7 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (29.07%) Analyst
2 21 (24.42%) Developer
3 13 (15.12%) Software Developer
4 12 (13.95%) Service Analyst
4 12 (13.95%) Service Desk Analyst
5 9 (10.47%) Data Analyst
5 9 (10.47%) Project Manager
6 7 (8.14%) Senior
6 7 (8.14%) Support Engineer
7 6 (6.98%) Senior Developer
8 5 (5.81%) Full Stack Developer
8 5 (5.81%) IT Support
8 5 (5.81%) Senior Software Developer
9 4 (4.65%) .NET Developer
9 4 (4.65%) IT Engineer
10 3 (3.49%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 3 (3.49%) 2nd Line Support
10 3 (3.49%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 3 (3.49%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 3 (3.49%) Full Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.14%) .NET
2 6 (6.98%) AngularJS
2 6 (6.98%) PyTorch
2 6 (6.98%) TensorFlow
3 4 (4.65%) CSS
3 4 (4.65%) HTML
4 3 (3.49%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.16%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.16%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.95%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 9 (10.47%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (8.14%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (6.98%) Algorithms
5 5 (5.81%) CUDA
5 5 (5.81%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (4.65%) Clustering
6 4 (4.65%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.16%) IoT
8 1 (1.16%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (15.12%) Windows
2 10 (11.63%) Linux
3 5 (5.81%) Windows 10
3 5 (5.81%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.65%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (4.65%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (3.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.33%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (20.93%) Computer Science
2 15 (17.44%) Customer Service
3 12 (13.95%) CRM
4 11 (12.79%) ERP
4 11 (12.79%) Full Stack Development
4 11 (12.79%) User Experience
5 9 (10.47%) Data Collection
5 9 (10.47%) Statistics
6 8 (9.30%) Decision-Making
7 7 (8.14%) Budget Management
7 7 (8.14%) Business Strategy
7 7 (8.14%) Data Entry
7 7 (8.14%) Programme Management
7 7 (8.14%) Software Engineering
7 7 (8.14%) Strategic Thinking
8 6 (6.98%) Agile
8 6 (6.98%) Front End Development
9 5 (5.81%) Deep Learning
9 5 (5.81%) Edge Computing
9 5 (5.81%) Parallel Processing
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.12%) C#
2 10 (11.63%) JavaScript
3 6 (6.98%) Python
3 6 (6.98%) SQL
3 6 (6.98%) TypeScript
4 5 (5.81%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.33%) PHP
6 1 (1.16%) C++
Qualifications
1 34 (39.53%) Degree
2 12 (13.95%) Computer Science Degree
2 12 (13.95%) Master's Degree
3 8 (9.30%) HNC
4 5 (5.81%) PhD
5 4 (4.65%) DBS Check
5 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (3.49%) A+ Certification
6 3 (3.49%) MCP
6 3 (3.49%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (2.33%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.16%) MCSE
8 1 (1.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.95%) SLA
2 3 (3.49%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.49%) QA
3 1 (1.16%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (10.47%) Active Directory
2 8 (9.30%) Hyper-V
2 8 (9.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.65%) Autotask
1 4 (4.65%) Failover Clustering
1 4 (4.65%) Jamf Pro
1 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (4.65%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (23.26%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.30%) VMware
3 5 (5.81%) NVIDIA
4 4 (4.65%) Apple
4 4 (4.65%) Datto
5 3 (3.49%) Draytek
5 3 (3.49%) NEC
5 3 (3.49%) Sage
5 3 (3.49%) Sophos
5 3 (3.49%) UiPath
5 3 (3.49%) Veeam
5 3 (3.49%) Webroot
6 2 (2.33%) EMC
7 1 (1.16%) Autodesk
7 1 (1.16%) Citrix
7 1 (1.16%) Google
7 1 (1.16%) HP
7 1 (1.16%) Zscaler