Problem-Solving Jobs in the West Midlands

Problem Solving
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 8 10
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,172 894 1,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 14.19% 15.47% 13.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.68% 16.00% 13.62%
Number of salaries quoted 730 394 566
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £29,250 £35,000 £33,786
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £48,050 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.55% +6.78% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,200 £70,000 £71,875
England median annual salary £49,919 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% - +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,628 5,589 7,372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 80.22% 96.70% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 4,753 3,133 4,835
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,920 £40,000 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Birmingham +3 345 £45,750 -12.86% 131
Warwickshire +1 196 £43,750 -17.06% 62
Staffordshire +5 143 £35,000 -9.68% 75
Worcestershire +8 89 £30,500 -28.24% 42
Shropshire +9 60 £41,250 -10.81% 33
Coventry +21 42 £43,072 -10.36% 36
Wolverhampton +29 36 £25,500 -16.39% 19
Solihull +4 36 £50,000 +51.52% 14
Sutton Coldfield +2 15 £45,000 +66.67%
Herefordshire +5 14 £27,500 -37.50% 12
Dudley - 13 £25,000 - 4
Tipton - 11 £25,000 - 6
Wednesbury +2 8 - - 7
Walsall +3 7 £34,409 -31.18% 6
West Bromwich - 6 - -
Brierley Hill -5 4 - - 1
Halesowen -12 4 - - 2
Rowley Regis - 4 - -
Smethwick - 4 - - 3
Willenhall - 4 - -
Bilston - 4 - -
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 78 (6.66%) SharePoint
2 40 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (2.82%) IIS
4 21 (1.79%) WordPress
5 10 (0.85%) Confluence
6 5 (0.43%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.34%) CMS
8 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.26%) IBM Notes
9 2 (0.17%) MTS
10 1 (0.085%) Apache
10 1 (0.085%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.085%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.085%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 224 (19.11%) Microsoft Office
2 120 (10.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
5 10 (0.85%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.51%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.34%) CANalyzer
7 4 (0.34%) EPLAN
7 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.34%) Revit
7 4 (0.34%) Trello
8 3 (0.26%) 3ds Max
8 3 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.26%) InDesign
8 3 (0.26%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.26%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
9 2 (0.17%) Autodesk Inventor
9 2 (0.17%) Fusion 360
Business Applications
1 20 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.11%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.60%) Shopify
4 4 (0.34%) Magento
4 4 (0.34%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.26%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.17%) Misys Midas
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.17%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.085%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.085%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.085%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 186 (15.87%) Azure
2 158 (13.48%) Microsoft 365
3 104 (8.87%) Power Platform
4 75 (6.40%) AWS
5 50 (4.27%) Entra ID
6 43 (3.67%) SaaS
7 33 (2.82%) GCP
8 24 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
8 24 (2.05%) PowerApps
9 21 (1.79%) Power Automate
10 19 (1.62%) GitHub
11 14 (1.19%) OneDrive
12 12 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (0.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 11 (0.94%) Matillion
13 11 (0.94%) Snowflake
14 10 (0.85%) Amazon S3
14 10 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (0.85%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 72 (6.14%) WAN
2 68 (5.80%) Firewall
3 41 (3.50%) LAN
4 30 (2.56%) TCP/IP
5 29 (2.47%) Wi-Fi
6 23 (1.96%) DHCP
6 23 (1.96%) DNS
7 17 (1.45%) Intranet
8 15 (1.28%) VPN
9 13 (1.11%) VoIP
10 12 (1.02%) VLAN
10 12 (1.02%) Wireless
11 11 (0.94%) Network Security
12 10 (0.85%) Fibre Channel
12 10 (0.85%) iSCSI
12 10 (0.85%) PBX
12 10 (0.85%) SD-WAN
13 9 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
13 9 (0.77%) Remote Desktop
14 8 (0.68%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (8.28%) Power BI
2 94 (8.02%) SQL Server
3 41 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (2.56%) MySQL
5 25 (2.13%) Looker
6 20 (1.71%) BigQuery
7 17 (1.45%) NoSQL
7 17 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 17 (1.45%) Tableau
8 16 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
8 16 (1.37%) Relational Database
9 14 (1.19%) Data Lake
10 13 (1.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 11 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 10 (0.85%) Star Schema
13 7 (0.60%) Metadata
13 7 (0.60%) Redis
14 6 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.51%) DynamoDB
14 6 (0.51%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 42 (3.58%) JIRA
2 39 (3.33%) Git
3 11 (0.94%) GitLab
4 10 (0.85%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (0.51%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.43%) ESLint
7 5 (0.43%) Postman
8 4 (0.34%) CANoe
8 4 (0.34%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.26%) Balsamiq
9 3 (0.26%) gulp
9 3 (0.26%) Toad
10 2 (0.17%) Android Studio
10 2 (0.17%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.17%) Snyk
10 2 (0.17%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.085%) Grunt
11 1 (0.085%) webpack
General
1 661 (56.40%) Social Skills
2 444 (37.88%) Analytical Skills
3 182 (15.53%) Finance
4 167 (14.25%) Organisational Skills
5 132 (11.26%) Influencing Skills
6 99 (8.45%) Retail
7 84 (7.17%) Manufacturing
8 83 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 49 (4.18%) Marketing
10 39 (3.33%) Public Sector
11 34 (2.90%) Automotive
12 29 (2.47%) Legal
13 25 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
14 24 (2.05%) Local Government
14 24 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.79%) Law
16 20 (1.71%) Telecoms
17 12 (1.02%) Back Office
17 12 (1.02%) Electronics
18 10 (0.85%) French Language
Job Titles
1 284 (24.23%) Analyst
2 137 (11.69%) Developer
3 120 (10.24%) Product Analyst
4 116 (9.90%) Sales Analyst
5 109 (9.30%) Senior
6 59 (5.03%) Lead
7 58 (4.95%) IT Support
8 56 (4.78%) Consultant
9 54 (4.61%) IT Manager
10 46 (3.92%) Support Engineer
11 43 (3.67%) Project Manager
12 35 (2.99%) Systems Engineer
13 33 (2.82%) Software Engineer
14 32 (2.73%) IT Engineer
15 30 (2.56%) Data Engineer
15 30 (2.56%) IT Technician
15 30 (2.56%) Software Developer
16 29 (2.47%) Administrator
17 26 (2.22%) Full Stack Developer
18 25 (2.13%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (5.89%) .NET
2 63 (5.38%) HTML
3 56 (4.78%) CSS
4 28 (2.39%) AngularJS
5 24 (2.05%) REST
6 22 (1.88%) React
7 21 (1.79%) .NET Core
8 17 (1.45%) HTML5
9 16 (1.37%) ASP.NET
9 16 (1.37%) Vue
10 15 (1.28%) XML
11 14 (1.19%) jQuery
11 14 (1.19%) Laravel
11 14 (1.19%) RESTful
11 14 (1.19%) WebRTC
12 13 (1.11%) Node.js
13 12 (1.02%) Yocto
14 9 (0.77%) .NET Framework
14 9 (0.77%) JSON
15 8 (0.68%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 96 (8.19%) Self-Motivation
2 50 (4.27%) Driving Licence
3 36 (3.07%) Management Information System
4 35 (2.99%) Algorithms
5 29 (2.47%) Onboarding
5 29 (2.47%) Product Ownership
6 27 (2.30%) Mobile App
7 25 (2.13%) Clustering
8 18 (1.54%) Replication
8 18 (1.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 16 (1.37%) NHS
10 14 (1.19%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.19%) IoT
11 13 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.02%) Smartcard
13 11 (0.94%) AS400
13 11 (0.94%) Data Centre
13 11 (0.94%) Public Cloud
13 11 (0.94%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 168 (14.33%) Windows
2 63 (5.38%) Windows 10
3 62 (5.29%) Windows Server
4 50 (4.27%) Linux
5 28 (2.39%) Windows Server 2012
6 24 (2.05%) Windows 7
7 12 (1.02%) VMS
7 12 (1.02%) Windows 8
8 11 (0.94%) Embedded Linux
9 10 (0.85%) Android
10 8 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.60%) Mac OS
12 5 (0.43%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.34%) CentOS
13 4 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
14 3 (0.26%) Apple iOS
14 3 (0.26%) Unix
15 2 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (20.39%) Customer Service
2 236 (20.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 190 (16.21%) Agile
4 186 (15.87%) Mathematics
5 141 (12.03%) Computer Science
6 134 (11.43%) Project Management
7 133 (11.35%) Customer Requirements
8 125 (10.67%) Mentoring
9 114 (9.73%) Business Intelligence
10 101 (8.62%) ITIL
11 99 (8.45%) Decision-Making
12 96 (8.19%) Cybersecurity
13 92 (7.85%) Data Analysis
14 91 (7.76%) User Experience
15 90 (7.68%) Analytics
16 71 (6.06%) Software Engineering
17 70 (5.97%) CRM
18 61 (5.20%) Data Science
18 61 (5.20%) DevOps
19 58 (4.95%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 205 (17.49%) SQL
2 83 (7.08%) JavaScript
3 70 (5.97%) C#
4 63 (5.38%) Python
5 40 (3.41%) Java
6 29 (2.47%) PHP
6 29 (2.47%) TypeScript
7 28 (2.39%) PowerShell
8 17 (1.45%) C
9 16 (1.37%) C++
10 11 (0.94%) RPG
10 11 (0.94%) RPG IV
10 11 (0.94%) RPG/400
11 10 (0.85%) T-SQL
12 9 (0.77%) Perl
13 6 (0.51%) VB
14 5 (0.43%) MATLAB
15 4 (0.34%) Bash
16 3 (0.26%) PL/SQL
17 2 (0.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 410 (34.98%) Degree
2 75 (6.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 67 (5.72%) Security Cleared
4 34 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 33 (2.82%) SC Cleared
6 28 (2.39%) Master's Degree
7 22 (1.88%) DBS Check
8 14 (1.19%) A+ Certification
8 14 (1.19%) Azure Certification
9 13 (1.11%) HNC
10 10 (0.85%) MCSE
11 9 (0.77%) HND
11 9 (0.77%) PhD
12 8 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.68%) DV Cleared
12 8 (0.68%) PMP
13 7 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (0.60%) PMI Certification
13 7 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 6 (0.51%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (4.78%) GDPR
2 53 (4.52%) QA
3 49 (4.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 39 (3.33%) Data Quality
5 37 (3.16%) SLA
6 26 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 25 (2.13%) Accessibility
7 25 (2.13%) ISO 9001
8 21 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 6 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.43%) ISO 26262
11 4 (0.34%) GAAP
11 4 (0.34%) IFRS
11 4 (0.34%) ISO 14001
11 4 (0.34%) PMO
12 3 (0.26%) GRC
12 3 (0.26%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.17%) COSHH
14 1 (0.085%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.085%) MISRA
System Software
1 98 (8.36%) Active Directory
2 60 (5.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (3.16%) Hyper-V
4 21 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (1.54%) VMware NSX
6 9 (0.77%) vSphere
7 7 (0.60%) Docker
7 7 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (0.51%) NFS
9 5 (0.43%) Firmware
10 4 (0.34%) pfSense
10 4 (0.34%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.17%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 31 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (2.30%) SCCM
3 20 (1.71%) EnCase
4 15 (1.28%) Terraform
5 9 (0.77%) Kubernetes
6 5 (0.43%) Functional Safety
6 5 (0.43%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.34%) AirWatch
7 4 (0.34%) Autotask
7 4 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.34%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.26%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.26%) SCOM
8 3 (0.26%) WSUS
9 2 (0.17%) Grafana
9 2 (0.17%) Kibana
10 1 (0.085%) Nessus
10 1 (0.085%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.085%) VxRail
Vendors
1 327 (27.90%) Microsoft
2 85 (7.25%) VMware
3 47 (4.01%) Google
4 30 (2.56%) Cisco
5 27 (2.30%) SAP
6 23 (1.96%) Veeam
7 20 (1.71%) IBM
8 19 (1.62%) Sophos
9 17 (1.45%) HP
9 17 (1.45%) Salesforce
10 16 (1.37%) Sage
11 14 (1.19%) Oracle
12 13 (1.11%) CheckPoint
13 12 (1.02%) Adobe
13 12 (1.02%) Meraki
13 12 (1.02%) ServiceNow
14 11 (0.94%) Dell
15 9 (0.77%) Juniper
15 9 (0.77%) Palo Alto
15 9 (0.77%) Xero