Problem-Solving Job Trends in Bath

Problem Solving
Somerset > Bath

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bath requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 9 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -7 +18
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 40 24 46
As % of all permanent jobs in Bath 11.14% 20.87% 17.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.39% 23.08% 24.08%
Number of salaries quoted 13 4 32
10th Percentile £28,150 £33,525 £36,375
25th Percentile £28,750 £43,313 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.96% +1.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £36,250 £60,313 £85,000
90th Percentile £42,650 £67,625 -
Somerset median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% -15.79% +8.23%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bath

Problem-Solving falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bath.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 244 104 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bath 67.97% 90.43% 71.00%
Number of salaries quoted 139 31 135
10th Percentile £31,875 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +23.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £88,750 £85,000
Somerset median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -18.27% +4.00%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Bath

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bath.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Bath

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Bath

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bath citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bath citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Bath

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Bath over the 6 months to 24 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Bath

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bath by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 28 (70.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.50%) AutoCAD
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.50%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 28 (70.00%) Azure
1 28 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 27 (67.50%) DHCP
1 27 (67.50%) DNS
2 4 (10.00%) Bluetooth
2 4 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (10.00%) Wireless
3 1 (2.50%) Broadband
3 1 (2.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (67.50%) Amazon RDS
General
1 35 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 33 (82.50%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.00%) Electronics
4 1 (2.50%) Law
4 1 (2.50%) Legal
4 1 (2.50%) Marketing
4 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (67.50%) Systems Engineer
2 9 (22.50%) Support Engineer
3 6 (15.00%) Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Applications Support
4 4 (10.00%) Applications Support Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Applications Support Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Support Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Technical Support
4 4 (10.00%) Technical Support Engineer
5 1 (2.50%) Consultant
5 1 (2.50%) Design Engineer
5 1 (2.50%) Insight Analyst
5 1 (2.50%) IT Engineer
5 1 (2.50%) IT Support
5 1 (2.50%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (2.50%) Service Analyst
5 1 (2.50%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 27 (67.50%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (10.00%) IoT
2 4 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (67.50%) Linux
1 27 (67.50%) Windows
1 27 (67.50%) Windows Server
1 27 (67.50%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (70.00%) Customer Experience
1 28 (70.00%) Customer Service
2 27 (67.50%) Email Filtering
2 27 (67.50%) Kalman Filter
2 27 (67.50%) Migration
2 27 (67.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 27 (67.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 27 (67.50%) Web Filtering
3 4 (10.00%) CRM
3 4 (10.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (2.50%) 3D Modelling
4 1 (2.50%) Analytics
4 1 (2.50%) Campaign Analysis
4 1 (2.50%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (2.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.50%) DevOps
4 1 (2.50%) Digital Engineering
4 1 (2.50%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (2.50%) Propensity Modelling
4 1 (2.50%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (2.50%) Python
2 1 (2.50%) R
Qualifications
1 27 (67.50%) SC Cleared
1 27 (67.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (15.00%) Degree
3 1 (2.50%) HNC
3 1 (2.50%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (67.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 27 (67.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (70.00%) Active Directory
2 27 (67.50%) Hyper-V
2 27 (67.50%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 33 (82.50%) Microsoft
2 27 (67.50%) Brocade
2 27 (67.50%) Nimble Storage
2 27 (67.50%) SolarWinds
2 27 (67.50%) Splunk
2 27 (67.50%) Tanium
2 27 (67.50%) Veeam
2 27 (67.50%) VMware
3 4 (10.00%) Adobe