Problem-Solving Jobs in Wales

Problem Solving
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 7 12 15
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 315 227 259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 15.20% 13.57% 13.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.49% 14.09% 13.93%
Number of salaries quoted 167 105 137
10th Percentile £26,250 £22,600 £31,475
25th Percentile £32,000 £29,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £38,744 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% -3.14% -2.44%
75th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £75,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £49,274 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.41% - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,616 1,611 1,859
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 77.95% 96.29% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,063 802 1,140
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £31,475
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +10.64%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
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 Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Wales over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Wales 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
South Wales +2 178 £43,500 +8.75% 88
North Wales +20 90 £34,000 +44.68% 15
West Wales +7 28 £35,250 +0.71% 18
Mid Wales +4 15 £43,750 -2.78% 4
Dyfed -1 1 £38,000 -49.33% 1
Problem-Solving
UK

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 12 (3.81%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.49%) WordPress
3 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.22%) OpenStack
4 6 (1.90%) Confluence
5 5 (1.59%) Apache
6 4 (1.27%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.95%) CMS
7 3 (0.95%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.95%) nginx
8 2 (0.63%) SAS
9 1 (0.32%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.32%) Drupal
9 1 (0.32%) IIS
9 1 (0.32%) JBoss
9 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 17 (5.40%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.27%) Sketch
4 2 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.32%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Primavera
2 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 56 (17.78%) Azure
2 36 (11.43%) AWS
3 24 (7.62%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (5.71%) GCP
5 10 (3.17%) Power Platform
6 9 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.54%) WhatsApp
8 7 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (2.22%) Nutanix
8 7 (2.22%) SaaS
8 7 (2.22%) Slack
9 6 (1.90%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.59%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.59%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.59%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.27%) Figma
11 4 (1.27%) iPaaS
11 4 (1.27%) PaaS
11 4 (1.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.98%) Firewall
2 15 (4.76%) DNS
3 14 (4.44%) DHCP
4 11 (3.49%) VPN
5 8 (2.54%) Ethernet
5 8 (2.54%) Internet
5 8 (2.54%) Network Security
5 8 (2.54%) Profibus
6 7 (2.22%) SAN
6 7 (2.22%) Wireless
7 6 (1.90%) LAN
7 6 (1.90%) WAN
8 5 (1.59%) IPsec
8 5 (1.59%) MPLS
8 5 (1.59%) SNMP
8 5 (1.59%) VLAN
8 5 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.59%) WLAN
9 4 (1.27%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.27%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (3.17%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (3.17%) MySQL
2 10 (3.17%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.54%) Looker
4 7 (2.22%) RDBMS
4 7 (2.22%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.90%) BigQuery
5 6 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.90%) Power BI
6 5 (1.59%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.95%) MariaDB
7 3 (0.95%) Metabase
7 3 (0.95%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.95%) Tableau
8 2 (0.63%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.32%) Metadata
9 1 (0.32%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 39 (12.38%) Git
2 15 (4.76%) JIRA
3 13 (4.13%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.13%) Selenium
4 6 (1.90%) Postman
5 4 (1.27%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.27%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.95%) JDeveloper
6 3 (0.95%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.63%) DBeaver
7 2 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.32%) IntelliJ
General
1 198 (62.86%) Social Skills
2 84 (26.67%) Manufacturing
3 76 (24.13%) Influencing Skills
4 72 (22.86%) Presentation Skills
5 70 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
6 68 (21.59%) Law
7 52 (16.51%) Finance
8 16 (5.08%) Games
8 16 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (4.44%) Electronics
10 12 (3.81%) Public Sector
10 12 (3.81%) Retail
10 12 (3.81%) Welsh Language
11 9 (2.86%) Local Government
11 9 (2.86%) Police
12 8 (2.54%) Legal
12 8 (2.54%) Marketing
12 8 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.27%) Advertising
14 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 82 (26.03%) IT Engineer
2 78 (24.76%) Senior
3 70 (22.22%) Automation Engineer
3 70 (22.22%) Graduate
4 68 (21.59%) Graduate IT Engineer
4 68 (21.59%) IT Graduate
5 53 (16.83%) Developer
6 33 (10.48%) Analyst
7 22 (6.98%) IT Support
8 20 (6.35%) Senior Developer
9 16 (5.08%) Project Manager
10 14 (4.44%) IT Support Engineer
10 14 (4.44%) Support Engineer
11 12 (3.81%) Business Analyst
11 12 (3.81%) Java Developer
11 12 (3.81%) Software Engineer
12 10 (3.17%) Architect
12 10 (3.17%) Senior Analyst
12 10 (3.17%) Support Analyst
13 9 (2.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (8.57%) React
2 19 (6.03%) CSS
2 19 (6.03%) HTML
3 17 (5.40%) Spring
4 15 (4.76%) AngularJS
4 15 (4.76%) RESTful
5 14 (4.44%) REST
6 13 (4.13%) .NET
7 12 (3.81%) Node.js
8 11 (3.49%) Spring Boot
9 10 (3.17%) Web Services
10 8 (2.54%) Laravel
10 8 (2.54%) RabbitMQ
11 7 (2.22%) jQuery
12 6 (1.90%) .NET Framework
13 5 (1.59%) Java EE
13 5 (1.59%) YAML
14 4 (1.27%) HTML5 Canvas
14 4 (1.27%) J2EE
14 4 (1.27%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 73 (23.17%) FMCG
2 23 (7.30%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (5.71%) Data Centre
4 9 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (2.86%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.54%) Housing Association
5 8 (2.54%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.22%) CMDB
6 7 (2.22%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.90%) NHS
7 6 (1.90%) Social Media
8 5 (1.59%) CCTV
8 5 (1.59%) Tandem
9 4 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.27%) ARM Cortex
9 4 (1.27%) Blog
9 4 (1.27%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.27%) Replication
10 3 (0.95%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 28 (8.89%) Linux
1 28 (8.89%) Windows
2 17 (5.40%) Windows Server
3 16 (5.08%) Android
4 15 (4.76%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.59%) Data ONTAP
5 5 (1.59%) Unix
5 5 (1.59%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.27%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (1.27%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.27%) VxWorks
7 3 (0.95%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (27.62%) Continuous Improvement
2 69 (21.90%) Lean Six Sigma
2 69 (21.90%) Six Sigma
3 68 (21.59%) Benchmarking
3 68 (21.59%) Lean Manufacturing
3 68 (21.59%) Order Management
4 67 (21.27%) Agile
5 38 (12.06%) DevOps
6 34 (10.79%) Project Management
7 31 (9.84%) Actionable Insight
8 30 (9.52%) Customer Service
9 25 (7.94%) SDLC
10 23 (7.30%) Software Engineering
10 23 (7.30%) Test Automation
11 22 (6.98%) Roadmaps
12 21 (6.67%) ITIL
13 20 (6.35%) Decision-Making
14 19 (6.03%) Containerisation
14 19 (6.03%) Line Management
15 18 (5.71%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (11.43%) SQL
2 26 (8.25%) C#
3 22 (6.98%) Java
4 19 (6.03%) PHP
5 16 (5.08%) C
6 15 (4.76%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.81%) JavaScript
8 11 (3.49%) Python
9 5 (1.59%) C++
10 4 (1.27%) Bash
10 4 (1.27%) Embedded C++
10 4 (1.27%) Go
10 4 (1.27%) Ruby
10 4 (1.27%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.95%) Perl
12 2 (0.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 106 (33.65%) Degree
2 68 (21.59%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 33 (10.48%) SC Cleared
3 33 (10.48%) Security Cleared
4 9 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.27%) A+ Certification
6 4 (1.27%) HND
7 3 (0.95%) APMP
8 2 (0.63%) CCNA
8 2 (0.63%) CCNP
8 2 (0.63%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.63%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.32%) CISSP
9 1 (0.32%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.32%) PMP
9 1 (0.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.76%) GDPR
2 9 (2.86%) SLA
3 8 (2.54%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 8 (2.54%) ISO 13485
3 8 (2.54%) QA
4 7 (2.22%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.27%) MISRA
5 4 (1.27%) WCAG
6 2 (0.63%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.63%) PMO
7 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (10.48%) Active Directory
2 27 (8.57%) Docker
3 8 (2.54%) Firmware
3 8 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.32%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 20 (6.35%) Ansible
2 13 (4.13%) Kubernetes
3 10 (3.17%) Terraform
4 8 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.54%) SCCM
5 6 (1.90%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.59%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.27%) OpenSSO
7 4 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.95%) Galera Cluster
8 3 (0.95%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.32%) Grafana
10 1 (0.32%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 56 (17.78%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.71%) Oracle
3 12 (3.81%) Google
4 9 (2.86%) WooCommerce
5 8 (2.54%) Cisco
5 8 (2.54%) Veeam
5 8 (2.54%) VMware
6 6 (1.90%) Facebook
6 6 (1.90%) Xamarin
7 5 (1.59%) NetApp
7 5 (1.59%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.59%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.59%) SolidFire
8 4 (1.27%) Meraki
8 4 (1.27%) QNX
8 4 (1.27%) Remedy
8 4 (1.27%) Renesas
8 4 (1.27%) Sage
8 4 (1.27%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.27%) Sophos