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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 17 6
Rank change year-on-year -7 -11 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 928 612 948
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 13.84% 13.32% 15.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.01% 14.12% 17.46%
Number of salaries quoted 386 284 421
10th Percentile £25,818 £31,288 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,125 £39,809 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% -3.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £65,313
90th Percentile £72,466 £79,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £49,274 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.41% - +10.00%

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 6,183 4,333 5,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.19% 94.34% 91.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,393 2,156 2,833
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,369 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,606
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +15.61%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,275
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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 20 May 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 20 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
Glasgow -13 562 £42,500 -15.00% 92
Edinburgh +4 186 £60,000 +0.80% 68
Aberdeen +11 40 £45,000 -30.77% 34
Fife +13 26 £50,000 +29.87% 12
North Lanarkshire - 16 £13,000 - 2
Lanarkshire +4 15 £42,500 -12.82% 41
Renfrewshire +2 13 £52,500 - 4
Dundee -1 12 £45,000 +13.22% 14
Stirling +2 10 £29,393 -9.56% 9
West Lothian -5 8 £26,250 -50.00% 4
South Lanarkshire +6 5 £105,000 +162.50% 2
Aberdeenshire +1 5 £45,000 +87.50% 10
Banffshire - 4 £22,000 -
West Dunbartonshire +2 3 £27,500 - 2
Falkirk +1 3 £50,000 - 6
Argyll and Bute - 3 - -
East Ayrshire - 3 £29,500 - 1
Clackmannanshire - 2 £51,500 - 1
Highlands - 2 - - 2
Inverclyde -3 1 £50,000 - 2
South Ayrshire - 1 - - 6
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
1 167 (18.00%) Apache Spark
2 74 (7.97%) Apache
3 20 (2.16%) Confluence
4 18 (1.94%) FileNet
5 17 (1.83%) Cloud Foundry
5 17 (1.83%) IIS
6 13 (1.40%) SharePoint
7 8 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.43%) OpenEdge
9 2 (0.22%) JBoss
9 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Fuse
9 2 (0.22%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.22%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.19%) Sketch
5 3 (0.32%) InVision
5 3 (0.32%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.11%) EViews
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.11%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
1 11 (1.19%) Endur
2 4 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.11%) Maximo
4 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.11%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 274 (29.53%) AWS
2 149 (16.06%) Azure
3 77 (8.30%) GCP
4 64 (6.90%) Cloud Computing
5 60 (6.47%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (5.50%) Amazon S3
7 43 (4.63%) Power Platform
8 40 (4.31%) SaaS
9 34 (3.66%) Miro
10 31 (3.34%) Dynamics 365
11 26 (2.80%) Google Docs
12 22 (2.37%) Amazon SQS
12 22 (2.37%) Lucidchart
12 22 (2.37%) Slack
13 16 (1.72%) Figma
14 15 (1.62%) BlazeMeter
15 11 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
16 10 (1.08%) Entra ID
17 9 (0.97%) Serverless
18 8 (0.86%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.69%) Network Security
2 20 (2.16%) Firewall
2 20 (2.16%) WAN
3 17 (1.83%) Kerberos
4 16 (1.72%) VPN
5 14 (1.51%) Internet
6 10 (1.08%) IPsec
6 10 (1.08%) SNMP
7 9 (0.97%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.86%) SAN
8 8 (0.86%) VoIP
9 7 (0.75%) HTTP
9 7 (0.75%) MQTT
9 7 (0.75%) NAS
10 6 (0.65%) LAN
10 6 (0.65%) Wireless
11 5 (0.54%) DHCP
11 5 (0.54%) DNS
12 4 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.43%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (18.43%) NoSQL
2 144 (15.52%) Big Data
3 72 (7.76%) Hadoop
4 52 (5.60%) Elasticsearch
5 38 (4.09%) SQL Server
6 36 (3.88%) Power BI
7 29 (3.13%) Relational Database
8 22 (2.37%) Redis
8 22 (2.37%) Scylla
9 19 (2.05%) MySQL
10 18 (1.94%) Apache Cassandra
10 18 (1.94%) BigQuery
11 17 (1.83%) Amazon Aurora
11 17 (1.83%) CockroachDB
11 17 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
11 17 (1.83%) Looker
12 14 (1.51%) MongoDB
13 13 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
14 11 (1.19%) Oracle Database
15 10 (1.08%) Flink
Development Applications
1 50 (5.39%) JIRA
2 30 (3.23%) Maven
3 28 (3.02%) Jenkins
4 27 (2.91%) JUnit
5 23 (2.48%) Git
6 15 (1.62%) GitLab
6 15 (1.62%) LabVIEW
7 11 (1.19%) CircleCI
8 10 (1.08%) Cucumber
8 10 (1.08%) Cypress.io
8 10 (1.08%) JMeter
9 9 (0.97%) Gradle
10 6 (0.65%) JDeveloper
11 3 (0.32%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.22%) IntelliJ
12 2 (0.22%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
13 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
13 1 (0.11%) Mockito
13 1 (0.11%) Postman
General
1 452 (48.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 437 (47.09%) Finance
3 373 (40.19%) Law
4 282 (30.39%) Social Skills
5 225 (24.25%) Marketing
6 170 (18.32%) Analytical Skills
7 109 (11.75%) Legal
8 65 (7.00%) Banking
9 55 (5.93%) Influencing Skills
10 45 (4.85%) Investment Banking
11 29 (3.13%) Manufacturing
12 24 (2.59%) Public Sector
13 23 (2.48%) Electronics
14 22 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (2.05%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.94%) Retail
17 17 (1.83%) Financial Institution
18 16 (1.72%) Publishing
19 14 (1.51%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 366 (39.44%) Software Engineer
2 218 (23.49%) Senior
3 200 (21.55%) Lead
4 164 (17.67%) Senior Software Engineer
5 155 (16.70%) Lead Software Engineer
6 113 (12.18%) Java Engineer
6 113 (12.18%) Java Software Engineer
7 110 (11.85%) Big Data Engineer
7 110 (11.85%) Big Data Software Engineer
8 101 (10.88%) Scala Engineer
8 101 (10.88%) Scala Software Engineer
9 91 (9.81%) Developer
10 90 (9.70%) AWS Engineer
11 89 (9.59%) AWS Software Engineer
12 82 (8.84%) Senior Java Engineer
12 82 (8.84%) Senior Java Software Engineer
13 78 (8.41%) Lead Java Engineer
14 75 (8.08%) Analyst
15 57 (6.14%) Java Scala Software Engineer
16 51 (5.50%) Senior Big Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (11.96%) React
2 99 (10.67%) Spring
3 67 (7.22%) GraphQL
4 66 (7.11%) AngularJS
5 62 (6.68%) Kafka
6 49 (5.28%) Spring Boot
7 47 (5.06%) Node.js
8 45 (4.85%) CSS
9 43 (4.63%) HTML
10 38 (4.09%) .NET
10 38 (4.09%) REST
11 34 (3.66%) PySpark
12 26 (2.80%) JSON
13 24 (2.59%) OAuth
14 22 (2.37%) Hibernate
15 21 (2.26%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 20 (2.16%) J2EE
17 18 (1.94%) JMS
17 18 (1.94%) jQuery
17 18 (1.94%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 88 (9.48%) Cloud Native
2 71 (7.65%) Algorithms
3 54 (5.82%) Onboarding
4 49 (5.28%) Product Ownership
5 48 (5.17%) Public Cloud
6 28 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (2.48%) Data Structures
7 23 (2.48%) Management Information System
8 20 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (1.94%) Driving Licence
10 15 (1.62%) Distributed Applications
11 14 (1.51%) Clustering
12 13 (1.40%) Data Centre
13 11 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
14 10 (1.08%) Virtual Team
15 9 (0.97%) Market Risk
16 8 (0.86%) IoT
17 7 (0.75%) Mobile App
17 7 (0.75%) Raspberry Pi
17 7 (0.75%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 60 (6.47%) Windows
2 45 (4.85%) Linux
3 21 (2.26%) Unix
4 18 (1.94%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.08%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.08%) Data ONTAP
6 8 (0.86%) Android
7 5 (0.54%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.43%) AIX
9 3 (0.32%) 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
1 457 (49.25%) Agile
2 421 (45.37%) Software Engineering
3 318 (34.27%) SDLC
4 267 (28.77%) Operational Stability
5 216 (23.28%) Decision-Making
6 207 (22.31%) Artificial Intelligence
7 204 (21.98%) Machine Learning
8 184 (19.83%) CI/CD
9 155 (16.70%) Tech Ops
10 147 (15.84%) Continuous Improvement
11 126 (13.58%) Computer Science
12 124 (13.36%) Risk Management
13 90 (9.70%) ETL
14 83 (8.94%) Microservices
15 77 (8.30%) Scrum
16 74 (7.97%) DevOps
17 70 (7.54%) Analytics
18 67 (7.22%) Actionable Insight
18 67 (7.22%) Mentoring
19 66 (7.11%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 337 (36.31%) Java
2 319 (34.38%) SQL
3 230 (24.78%) Python
4 124 (13.36%) Scala
5 79 (8.51%) C#
6 78 (8.41%) JavaScript
7 65 (7.00%) TypeScript
8 38 (4.09%) C
9 36 (3.88%) Bash
10 34 (3.66%) C++
11 29 (3.13%) Go
12 22 (2.37%) T-SQL
13 15 (1.62%) GLSL
13 15 (1.62%) Groovy
14 13 (1.40%) Shell Script
15 11 (1.19%) PowerShell
16 10 (1.08%) Kotlin
17 8 (0.86%) Ruby
18 7 (0.75%) PL/SQL
19 6 (0.65%) Perl
Qualifications
1 160 (17.24%) Degree
2 67 (7.22%) Security Cleared
3 51 (5.50%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (1.94%) Master's Degree
6 13 (1.40%) DBS Check
7 9 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.75%) CISM
8 7 (0.75%) CISSP
8 7 (0.75%) PhD
8 7 (0.75%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 6 (0.65%) HND
10 5 (0.54%) PMP
11 3 (0.32%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.22%) ACCA
12 2 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.22%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.22%) MCSA
12 2 (0.22%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (7.54%) QA
2 43 (4.63%) Data Quality
3 16 (1.72%) GDPR
4 15 (1.62%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.19%) WCAG
6 9 (0.97%) NIST
7 6 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.54%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.43%) DICOM
9 4 (0.43%) HL7
9 4 (0.43%) ISO 13485
10 3 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
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 30 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (2.91%) Active Directory
3 21 (2.26%) Docker
4 14 (1.51%) Firmware
4 14 (1.51%) VMware NSX
5 7 (0.75%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.54%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.43%) vSphere
8 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 92 (9.91%) Kubernetes
2 50 (5.39%) Terraform
3 18 (1.94%) Ansible
4 11 (1.19%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.08%) vCenter Server
6 7 (0.75%) Grafana
6 7 (0.75%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.43%) SCCM
8 3 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.22%) Rancher
10 1 (0.11%) Nessus
10 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 101 (10.88%) Microsoft
2 64 (6.90%) Google
3 56 (6.03%) Databricks
4 44 (4.74%) Oracle
5 42 (4.53%) VMware
6 23 (2.48%) Dell
7 12 (1.29%) Cisco
8 11 (1.19%) NetApp
8 11 (1.19%) OpenLink
9 10 (1.08%) Palo Alto
9 10 (1.08%) Red Hat
9 10 (1.08%) SAP
9 10 (1.08%) SolidFire
10 9 (0.97%) TOWER Software
10 9 (0.97%) Twitter
11 7 (0.75%) Mitel
11 7 (0.75%) NVIDIA
11 7 (0.75%) Splunk
12 6 (0.65%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.54%) Sophos