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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 41 8
Rank change year-on-year +39 -33 -1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 92 42 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 19.96% 6.58% 18.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 26.51% 6.68% 19.26%
Number of salaries quoted 54 19 48
10th Percentile £28,650 £38,250 £21,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £50,000 £25,971
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £60,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +37.14% +9.38%
75th Percentile £60,938 £75,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £58,250
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £48,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.46% +6.67% +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 347 629 597
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 75.27% 98.59% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 243 290 284
10th Percentile £26,000 £35,764 £25,971
25th Percentile £33,152 £45,000 £35,938
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 £93,500 £83,875 £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 23 May 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 23 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
Bedford +30 36 £35,000 -12.50% 10
Luton +19 35 £60,000 -14.29% 18
Leighton Buzzard +2 4 £32,500 -40.91% 1
Henlow - 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 (5.43%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (5.43%) WordPress
2 4 (4.35%) Apache
3 2 (2.17%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.17%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (10.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (9.78%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.26%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (3.26%) Adobe XD
4 2 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.09%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (7.61%) AWS
2 7 (7.61%) Azure
3 5 (5.43%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.35%) Amazon S3
4 4 (4.35%) Snowflake
5 3 (3.26%) Serverless
6 2 (2.17%) Mimecast
6 2 (2.17%) PowerApps
6 2 (2.17%) WhatsApp
7 1 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.09%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.96%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.17%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.17%) Skype
2 2 (2.17%) WebEx
3 1 (1.09%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.43%) Power BI
2 4 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (4.35%) GIS
2 4 (4.35%) Spatial Data
2 4 (4.35%) Triplestore
3 3 (3.26%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.17%) MySQL
5 1 (1.09%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.09%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (1.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (10.87%) LabVIEW
2 2 (2.17%) Git
3 1 (1.09%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.09%) JIRA
General
1 49 (53.26%) Social Skills
2 32 (34.78%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (27.17%) Finance
4 13 (14.13%) Telecoms
5 9 (9.78%) Aerospace
6 8 (8.70%) Electronics
7 7 (7.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (6.52%) Law
8 6 (6.52%) Local Government
9 4 (4.35%) Manufacturing
9 4 (4.35%) Retail
10 2 (2.17%) Aviation
10 2 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.17%) Legal
10 2 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.17%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (16.30%) Developer
2 13 (14.13%) IT Support
3 11 (11.96%) Consultant
3 11 (11.96%) Managing Consultant
3 11 (11.96%) Security Consultant
4 10 (10.87%) Architect
4 10 (10.87%) Project Manager
5 8 (8.70%) Data Engineer
6 7 (7.61%) Analyst
7 5 (5.43%) IT Analyst
8 4 (4.35%) Data Science Engineer
8 4 (4.35%) Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (4.35%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 4 (4.35%) IT Support Analyst
8 4 (4.35%) Security Architect
8 4 (4.35%) Support Analyst
9 3 (3.26%) IT Manager
9 3 (3.26%) IT Support Engineer
9 3 (3.26%) Support Engineer
9 3 (3.26%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.52%) JSON
2 5 (5.43%) CSS
2 5 (5.43%) HTML
3 4 (4.35%) RESTful
3 4 (4.35%) XML
4 2 (2.17%) Ajax
4 2 (2.17%) jQuery
4 2 (2.17%) MACH
4 2 (2.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (18.48%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (16.30%) Management Information System
3 11 (11.96%) Operational Technology
4 6 (6.52%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (5.43%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (5.43%) Mobile App
5 5 (5.43%) Smartphone
6 4 (4.35%) Clustering
6 4 (4.35%) Data Structures
6 4 (4.35%) Linked Data
6 4 (4.35%) PMI
6 4 (4.35%) Reference Data
7 3 (3.26%) Driving Licence
8 2 (2.17%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.17%) Life Science
9 1 (1.09%) Blockchain
9 1 (1.09%) BYOD
9 1 (1.09%) Social Network
9 1 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (15.22%) Windows
2 5 (5.43%) Linux
2 5 (5.43%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.17%) Mac OS X
4 1 (1.09%) Android
4 1 (1.09%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (22.83%) Risk Management
2 19 (20.65%) Change Management
3 17 (18.48%) Agile
3 17 (18.48%) Line Management
4 16 (17.39%) Computer Science
4 16 (17.39%) Software Engineering
5 15 (16.30%) Project Management
5 15 (16.30%) Security Architecture
6 14 (15.22%) Mentoring
7 13 (14.13%) Data Analysis
7 13 (14.13%) Project Delivery
8 12 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (11.96%) Architectural Patterns
9 11 (11.96%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (9.78%) Systems Engineering
11 8 (8.70%) Coaching
11 8 (8.70%) Data Modelling
11 8 (8.70%) ITSM
11 8 (8.70%) Refactoring
11 8 (8.70%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.78%) SQL
2 5 (5.43%) JavaScript
2 5 (5.43%) PHP
3 4 (4.35%) SPARQL
4 2 (2.17%) MATLAB
4 2 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 38 (41.30%) Degree
2 26 (28.26%) Security Cleared
3 15 (16.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (11.96%) CASP
4 11 (11.96%) CEH
4 11 (11.96%) CISM
4 11 (11.96%) CISSP
4 11 (11.96%) CRISC
4 11 (11.96%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.35%) PMI Certification
6 3 (3.26%) A+ Certification
6 3 (3.26%) Master's Degree
6 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.09%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.09%) HND
7 1 (1.09%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.96%) NCSC
2 5 (5.43%) SLA
3 2 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.17%) GDPR
4 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.09%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.52%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.26%) SCCM
3 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.52%) Adobe
3 5 (5.43%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.35%) Apple
4 4 (4.35%) HubSpot
5 3 (3.26%) Google
5 3 (3.26%) WooCommerce
6 2 (2.17%) Cisco
6 2 (2.17%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.17%) SAP
7 1 (1.09%) Bloomberg
7 1 (1.09%) Citrix
7 1 (1.09%) Freshdesk
7 1 (1.09%) Informatica
7 1 (1.09%) Oracle