Problem-Solving Jobs in Birmingham

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 12 21
Rank change year-on-year +3 +9 -4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 343 236 309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 11.23% 13.14% 9.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.23% 13.59% 10.09%
Number of salaries quoted 278 193 229
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £29,256
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% +5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,200 £58,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £73,500
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £48,312 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.03% +7.36% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,410 1,736 3,062
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 78.89% 96.66% 97.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,925 1,307 2,254
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,426 £34,954
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,251 £83,750
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 Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

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

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 44 (12.83%) SharePoint
2 21 (6.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.50%) WordPress
4 7 (2.04%) IIS
5 3 (0.87%) IBM Notes
6 2 (0.58%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.58%) Confluence
7 1 (0.29%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 37 (10.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.33%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.17%) CANalyzer
4 4 (1.17%) Trello
5 3 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.58%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.29%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.29%) Autodesk Inventor
7 1 (0.29%) Fusion 360
7 1 (0.29%) InVision
7 1 (0.29%) Maya
7 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.29%) Revit
7 1 (0.29%) Sketch
7 1 (0.29%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 8 (2.33%) NetSuite
2 7 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.75%) Shopify
4 4 (1.17%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.58%) Misys Midas
5 2 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.29%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 80 (23.32%) Azure
2 68 (19.83%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (18.08%) Power Platform
4 39 (11.37%) AWS
5 26 (7.58%) Entra ID
6 22 (6.41%) GCP
7 18 (5.25%) SaaS
8 9 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (2.62%) Google Drive
9 8 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (2.33%) OneDrive
10 6 (1.75%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.75%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.46%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (1.46%) Matillion
11 5 (1.46%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.17%) Amazon Kinesis
12 4 (1.17%) Google Docs
12 4 (1.17%) Google Sheets
12 4 (1.17%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 36 (10.50%) Firewall
2 29 (8.45%) WAN
3 19 (5.54%) LAN
4 16 (4.66%) Intranet
5 13 (3.79%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.92%) iSCSI
7 9 (2.62%) Intrusion Detection
7 9 (2.62%) PBX
8 8 (2.33%) DHCP
8 8 (2.33%) DNS
9 6 (1.75%) Fibre Channel
9 6 (1.75%) SD-WAN
10 5 (1.46%) VoIP
11 4 (1.17%) Ethernet
11 4 (1.17%) SAN
11 4 (1.17%) SNMP
11 4 (1.17%) VLAN
11 4 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (0.87%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.58%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (18.08%) Power BI
2 22 (6.41%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (6.12%) SQL Server
4 19 (5.54%) Looker
5 17 (4.96%) Tableau
6 14 (4.08%) BigQuery
7 9 (2.62%) MySQL
8 8 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.17%) InterSystems Cache
11 4 (1.17%) Metadata
11 4 (1.17%) RDBMS
11 4 (1.17%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.87%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (0.87%) Star Schema
13 2 (0.58%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 13 (3.79%) Git
2 6 (1.75%) Octopus Deploy
2 6 (1.75%) TeamCity
3 5 (1.46%) JIRA
4 4 (1.17%) CANoe
4 4 (1.17%) GitLab
4 4 (1.17%) Postman
5 2 (0.58%) gulp
6 1 (0.29%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.29%) Selenium
6 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 199 (58.02%) Social Skills
2 118 (34.40%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (20.70%) Finance
4 29 (8.45%) Retail
5 28 (8.16%) Marketing
6 18 (5.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (4.96%) Manufacturing
8 13 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (3.79%) Telecoms
9 11 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (3.21%) Public Sector
10 8 (2.33%) Automotive
11 6 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.46%) Billing
12 5 (1.46%) Law
12 5 (1.46%) Local Government
13 4 (1.17%) French Language
13 4 (1.17%) Legal
13 4 (1.17%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 48 (13.99%) Senior
2 42 (12.24%) Developer
3 38 (11.08%) IT Manager
4 34 (9.91%) Lead
5 33 (9.62%) Analyst
6 24 (7.00%) Consultant
7 18 (5.25%) IT Support
8 17 (4.96%) Administrator
9 16 (4.66%) Applications Support
9 16 (4.66%) Architect
9 16 (4.66%) Support Engineer
10 15 (4.37%) Project Manager
11 14 (4.08%) Functional Consultant
12 13 (3.79%) IT Engineer
13 11 (3.21%) RPG Developer
13 11 (3.21%) Senior Consultant
13 11 (3.21%) Systems Administrator
14 10 (2.92%) Senior Manager
14 10 (2.92%) Senior Project Manager
14 10 (2.92%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.96%) HTML
2 15 (4.37%) .NET
3 13 (3.79%) CSS
4 11 (3.21%) AngularJS
5 10 (2.92%) .NET Core
6 9 (2.62%) jQuery
7 6 (1.75%) ASP.NET
8 5 (1.46%) JSON
8 5 (1.46%) React
8 5 (1.46%) Vue
9 4 (1.17%) Spring
9 4 (1.17%) Spring Boot
9 4 (1.17%) Web Services
10 3 (0.87%) ASP.NET Web API
10 3 (0.87%) RESTful
11 2 (0.58%) ASP.NET Core
11 2 (0.58%) Express.js
11 2 (0.58%) HTML5
11 2 (0.58%) Twig
11 2 (0.58%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.79%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (5.54%) Management Information System
3 17 (4.96%) Product Ownership
4 16 (4.66%) Replication
5 13 (3.79%) Mobile App
6 11 (3.21%) AS400
6 11 (3.21%) iSeries
6 11 (3.21%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.21%) Wiki
7 10 (2.92%) Cloud Native
8 9 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.75%) NHS
10 5 (1.46%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.46%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.17%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.17%) Housing Association
11 4 (1.17%) Infotainment
11 4 (1.17%) Photography
11 4 (1.17%) Smartphone
11 4 (1.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 57 (16.62%) Windows
2 27 (7.87%) Windows 10
3 19 (5.54%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.08%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (2.33%) VMS
6 7 (2.04%) Linux
7 5 (1.46%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.58%) Android
8 2 (0.58%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.29%) Unix
9 1 (0.29%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (21.57%) Agile
2 60 (17.49%) Business Intelligence
3 54 (15.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 54 (15.74%) Project Management
4 49 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 42 (12.24%) Data Governance
6 39 (11.37%) ITIL
7 38 (11.08%) Analytics
8 36 (10.50%) Computer Science
9 35 (10.20%) SDLC
10 33 (9.62%) Customer Service
11 32 (9.33%) User Experience
12 31 (9.04%) Decision-Making
13 28 (8.16%) Service Delivery
14 27 (7.87%) Data Analysis
15 26 (7.58%) DevOps
16 25 (7.29%) CRM
17 24 (7.00%) Collaborative Culture
17 24 (7.00%) Line Management
18 23 (6.71%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 77 (22.45%) SQL
2 26 (7.58%) Python
3 22 (6.41%) JavaScript
4 15 (4.37%) C#
4 15 (4.37%) PowerShell
5 13 (3.79%) Java
6 11 (3.21%) RPG
6 11 (3.21%) RPG IV
6 11 (3.21%) RPG/400
7 9 (2.62%) Perl
7 9 (2.62%) PHP
7 9 (2.62%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.17%) C
8 4 (1.17%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.58%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.58%) R
9 2 (0.58%) Swift
10 1 (0.29%) ABAP
10 1 (0.29%) Bicep
10 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 62 (18.08%) Degree
2 25 (7.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (3.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (2.92%) Azure Certification
4 10 (2.92%) DBS Check
5 7 (2.04%) Master's Degree
5 7 (2.04%) Security Cleared
6 6 (1.75%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.17%) ACCA
7 4 (1.17%) MBA
7 4 (1.17%) MCSE
8 3 (0.87%) APMP
8 3 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.58%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.58%) PMP
9 2 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.29%) CCIE
10 1 (0.29%) CCNP
10 1 (0.29%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.87%) GDPR
2 22 (6.41%) QA
3 21 (6.12%) Data Quality
4 16 (4.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (3.21%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (1.75%) SLA
7 4 (1.17%) GAAP
7 4 (1.17%) IFRS
7 4 (1.17%) ISO 26262
8 2 (0.58%) PMO
9 1 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 40 (11.66%) Active Directory
2 26 (7.58%) Hyper-V
3 24 (7.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (3.79%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.75%) NFS
6 4 (1.17%) pfSense
7 3 (0.87%) vSphere
8 2 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (4.96%) SCCM
2 15 (4.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.75%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.46%) Terraform
5 2 (0.58%) SCOM
6 1 (0.29%) Grafana
6 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 81 (23.62%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.62%) VMware
3 29 (8.45%) Google
4 18 (5.25%) Veeam
5 17 (4.96%) Cisco
6 16 (4.66%) Sophos
7 13 (3.79%) IBM
8 9 (2.62%) Xero
9 7 (2.04%) Meraki
9 7 (2.04%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.75%) Brocade
11 5 (1.46%) Adobe
11 5 (1.46%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.46%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.46%) SAP
12 4 (1.17%) BroadSoft
12 4 (1.17%) Dell Compellent
12 4 (1.17%) InterSystems
12 4 (1.17%) QNAP
12 4 (1.17%) Zerto