Problem-Solving Jobs with Work from Home Options

Problem Solving
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 14 16
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 +10
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 4,767 5,208 9,733
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.10% 12.90% 13.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.46% 13.43% 14.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,229 3,036 4,768
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,390 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,720 £44,446 £40,399
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £96,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £49,107 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.72% - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,832 38,771 69,295
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.18% 96.05% 97.04%
Number of salaries quoted 23,318 26,920 41,664
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Problem-Solving
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Problem-Solving trend for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving.

Problem-Solving salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Problem-Solving salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 134 (2.81%) SharePoint
2 108 (2.27%) Apache
3 94 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 58 (1.22%) WordPress
5 48 (1.01%) CMS
6 45 (0.94%) IIS
7 42 (0.88%) Apache Spark
7 42 (0.88%) Confluence
8 26 (0.55%) nginx
9 24 (0.50%) OpenStack
10 21 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
11 20 (0.42%) OpenEdge
12 18 (0.38%) SAS
13 10 (0.21%) Umbraco
14 8 (0.17%) ArcGIS
15 7 (0.15%) WebLogic
16 5 (0.10%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
16 5 (0.10%) Luigi
17 4 (0.084%) Drupal
17 4 (0.084%) Tomcat
Applications
1 286 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 267 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
3 107 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (0.55%) Simulink
5 24 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 23 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
7 21 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 14 (0.29%) Sketch
9 13 (0.27%) Adobe XD
10 12 (0.25%) Photoshop
11 10 (0.21%) Chatbot
11 10 (0.21%) Trello
12 9 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
12 9 (0.19%) MS Visio
13 8 (0.17%) InDesign
14 6 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
14 6 (0.13%) AutoCAD
14 6 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
14 6 (0.13%) UserZoom
15 5 (0.10%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 63 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (0.65%) Shopify
3 22 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
5 11 (0.23%) iTrent
5 11 (0.23%) SAP CX
6 10 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
6 10 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.17%) Misys Midas
7 8 (0.17%) Siebel CRM
8 7 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
8 7 (0.15%) Fidessa
8 7 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
8 7 (0.15%) SAP Business One
9 6 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
9 6 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 6 (0.13%) Sage 200
9 6 (0.13%) Sage CRM
9 6 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.10%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 943 (19.78%) Azure
2 814 (17.08%) AWS
3 339 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
4 333 (6.99%) Power Platform
5 266 (5.58%) SaaS
6 203 (4.26%) Serverless
7 187 (3.92%) GCP
8 134 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
9 130 (2.73%) Amazon S3
9 130 (2.73%) Entra ID
10 124 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
11 121 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
12 89 (1.87%) GitHub
12 89 (1.87%) PowerApps
13 87 (1.83%) Snowflake
14 84 (1.76%) Power Automate
15 69 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
16 52 (1.09%) IaaS
17 45 (0.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 45 (0.94%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 289 (6.06%) Firewall
2 144 (3.02%) DNS
3 110 (2.31%) Internet
4 104 (2.18%) VPN
5 100 (2.10%) TCP/IP
6 80 (1.68%) DHCP
7 76 (1.59%) WAN
8 66 (1.38%) SNMP
9 65 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
10 59 (1.24%) LAN
11 57 (1.20%) IPsec
11 57 (1.20%) Wireless
12 56 (1.17%) Network Security
13 48 (1.01%) SAN
14 35 (0.73%) SD-WAN
14 35 (0.73%) VLAN
15 33 (0.69%) NAS
16 28 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
17 25 (0.52%) VoIP
18 22 (0.46%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 417 (8.75%) SQL Server
2 263 (5.52%) Power BI
3 243 (5.10%) Tableau
4 214 (4.49%) Relational Database
5 199 (4.17%) MySQL
6 164 (3.44%) Elasticsearch
7 152 (3.19%) MongoDB
8 113 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
9 92 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
10 76 (1.59%) Redis
11 75 (1.57%) RDBMS
12 68 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 65 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 63 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
14 63 (1.32%) Big Data
15 59 (1.24%) Oracle Database
16 52 (1.09%) DynamoDB
17 51 (1.07%) Data Lake
18 38 (0.80%) Hadoop
19 36 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 464 (9.73%) Git
2 199 (4.17%) JIRA
3 110 (2.31%) Jenkins
4 97 (2.03%) GitLab
5 45 (0.94%) Visual Studio
6 36 (0.76%) JDeveloper
7 33 (0.69%) Selenium
8 32 (0.67%) TeamCity
9 31 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
10 28 (0.59%) Maven
11 22 (0.46%) JUnit
12 19 (0.40%) JMeter
12 19 (0.40%) LabVIEW
13 18 (0.38%) Cucumber
13 18 (0.38%) Eclipse
14 16 (0.34%) SpecFlow
15 14 (0.29%) Cypress.io
15 14 (0.29%) Postman
15 14 (0.29%) webpack
16 12 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 2,559 (53.68%) Social Skills
2 1,450 (30.42%) Analytical Skills
3 1,004 (21.06%) Finance
4 482 (10.11%) Retail
5 326 (6.84%) Marketing
6 302 (6.34%) Presentation Skills
7 291 (6.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 283 (5.94%) Legal
9 198 (4.15%) Public Sector
10 193 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
11 141 (2.96%) Law
12 126 (2.64%) Manufacturing
13 94 (1.97%) Banking
14 87 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
15 74 (1.55%) Electronics
15 74 (1.55%) Telecoms
16 73 (1.53%) Games
17 63 (1.32%) Automotive
18 47 (0.99%) Advertising
18 47 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 899 (18.86%) Developer
2 828 (17.37%) Senior
3 742 (15.57%) Analyst
4 414 (8.68%) Lead
5 361 (7.57%) Software Engineer
6 252 (5.29%) Architect
7 244 (5.12%) Consultant
8 237 (4.97%) Senior Developer
9 191 (4.01%) Data Analyst
10 184 (3.86%) Software Developer
11 156 (3.27%) Project Manager
12 155 (3.25%) Solutions Architect
13 150 (3.15%) Senior Analyst
14 145 (3.04%) Business Analyst
15 142 (2.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 132 (2.77%) Support Engineer
17 126 (2.64%) .NET Developer
18 110 (2.31%) IT Support
19 109 (2.29%) Senior Data Analyst
20 104 (2.18%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 468 (9.82%) .NET
2 320 (6.71%) HTML
3 317 (6.65%) React
4 295 (6.19%) CSS
5 256 (5.37%) Node.js
6 205 (4.30%) AngularJS
7 196 (4.11%) RESTful
8 130 (2.73%) Vue
9 129 (2.71%) .NET Core
10 123 (2.58%) .NET Framework
11 119 (2.50%) ASP.NET
12 104 (2.18%) Web Services
13 102 (2.14%) GraphQL
14 93 (1.95%) REST
15 83 (1.74%) Django
16 82 (1.72%) Spring
17 76 (1.59%) Kafka
18 75 (1.57%) YAML
19 69 (1.45%) RabbitMQ
20 65 (1.36%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 301 (6.31%) Self-Motivation
2 207 (4.34%) Management Information System
3 168 (3.52%) Product Ownership
4 159 (3.34%) Client/Server
5 156 (3.27%) Data Structures
6 151 (3.17%) Algorithms
7 147 (3.08%) Data Centre
8 108 (2.27%) Onboarding
9 75 (1.57%) Cloud Native
10 70 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
11 69 (1.45%) Mobile App
12 60 (1.26%) Driving Licence
13 58 (1.22%) IoT
14 52 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
15 46 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
16 42 (0.88%) Life Science
17 41 (0.86%) Virtual Team
18 38 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
19 37 (0.78%) PropTech
20 34 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 511 (10.72%) Windows
2 361 (7.57%) Linux
3 195 (4.09%) Windows Server
4 114 (2.39%) Apple iOS
5 106 (2.22%) Android
6 74 (1.55%) Windows 10
7 54 (1.13%) Data ONTAP
8 42 (0.88%) Unix
9 38 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
10 28 (0.59%) AIX
11 21 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
12 19 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
12 19 (0.40%) Windows 8
13 18 (0.38%) Mac OS
14 15 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
15 13 (0.27%) Windows 7
16 12 (0.25%) CentOS
17 11 (0.23%) VMS
18 8 (0.17%) Windows Vista
18 8 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,206 (25.30%) Agile
2 709 (14.87%) Software Engineering
3 593 (12.44%) DevOps
4 589 (12.36%) Analytics
5 541 (11.35%) Project Management
6 526 (11.03%) Actionable Insight
7 514 (10.78%) Computer Science
8 492 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 490 (10.28%) Mentoring
10 417 (8.75%) Customer Service
10 417 (8.75%) Decision-Making
11 352 (7.38%) Data Analysis
12 349 (7.32%) CI/CD
12 349 (7.32%) User Experience
13 347 (7.28%) Stakeholder Management
14 343 (7.20%) Business Intelligence
15 333 (6.99%) Full Stack Development
16 316 (6.63%) Visualisation
17 315 (6.61%) Roadmaps
18 300 (6.29%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 941 (19.74%) SQL
2 934 (19.59%) Python
3 577 (12.10%) JavaScript
4 551 (11.56%) C#
5 443 (9.29%) Java
6 226 (4.74%) TypeScript
7 161 (3.38%) C
8 147 (3.08%) Bash
9 142 (2.98%) PHP
10 135 (2.83%) C++
11 120 (2.52%) Go
12 118 (2.48%) PowerShell
13 107 (2.24%) T-SQL
14 69 (1.45%) Ruby
15 68 (1.43%) Perl
16 52 (1.09%) Scala
17 50 (1.05%) R
18 37 (0.78%) VB
19 32 (0.67%) Groovy
20 31 (0.65%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1,212 (25.42%) Degree
2 568 (11.92%) Security Cleared
3 368 (7.72%) SC Cleared
4 324 (6.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 288 (6.04%) DBS Check
6 127 (2.66%) Master's Degree
7 99 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 80 (1.68%) DV Cleared
9 76 (1.59%) CISSP
10 71 (1.49%) AWS Certification
11 69 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
12 66 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
13 64 (1.34%) PMI Certification
14 54 (1.13%) Azure Certification
15 50 (1.05%) CCNA
16 38 (0.80%) MCSE
17 36 (0.76%) CEH
17 36 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
18 34 (0.71%) PMP
19 33 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 360 (7.55%) QA
2 121 (2.54%) Data Quality
3 110 (2.31%) SLA
4 95 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 75 (1.57%) GDPR
6 66 (1.38%) Accessibility
7 45 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
7 45 (0.94%) NIST
8 32 (0.67%) PCI DSS
9 28 (0.59%) ISO 9001
10 27 (0.57%) NCSC
11 24 (0.50%) IFRS
12 22 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
13 21 (0.44%) PMO
14 20 (0.42%) SOC 2
15 17 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
16 15 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 12 (0.25%) GRC
18 11 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 11 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 326 (6.84%) Docker
2 271 (5.68%) Active Directory
3 168 (3.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 72 (1.51%) Hyper-V
5 41 (0.86%) Firmware
6 36 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
7 30 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
8 20 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 12 (0.25%) vSphere
10 11 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
11 10 (0.21%) Terminal Services
12 9 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
13 7 (0.15%) NFS
14 6 (0.13%) KVM
15 3 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
16 2 (0.042%) DFS Replication
16 2 (0.042%) Kamailio
16 2 (0.042%) Varnish
16 2 (0.042%) VMware Workstation
17 1 (0.021%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 289 (6.06%) Kubernetes
2 184 (3.86%) Terraform
3 133 (2.79%) Ansible
4 79 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 78 (1.64%) Prometheus
6 75 (1.57%) vCenter Server
7 37 (0.78%) Puppet
8 35 (0.73%) Grafana
9 32 (0.67%) SCCM
10 18 (0.38%) SCOM
11 16 (0.34%) Progress Chef
12 12 (0.25%) Consul
13 11 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
14 10 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 10 (0.21%) Nagios
14 10 (0.21%) ZABBIX
15 9 (0.19%) Data Guard
15 9 (0.19%) Graphite
15 9 (0.19%) HAProxy
15 9 (0.19%) Packer
Vendors
1 1,048 (21.98%) Microsoft
2 215 (4.51%) VMware
3 187 (3.92%) Google
4 178 (3.73%) Oracle
5 166 (3.48%) Databricks
6 142 (2.98%) SAP
7 89 (1.87%) Cisco
8 76 (1.59%) Palo Alto
9 75 (1.57%) ServiceNow
10 64 (1.34%) Red Hat
10 64 (1.34%) Salesforce
11 55 (1.15%) NetApp
12 54 (1.13%) SolidFire
13 52 (1.09%) Adobe
14 44 (0.92%) Dell
15 42 (0.88%) IBM
16 38 (0.80%) Meraki
17 33 (0.69%) Splunk
18 27 (0.57%) Facebook
19 26 (0.55%) Sage