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 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 8 8
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 45 12 29
As % of all permanent jobs in Bath 19.74% 11.88% 10.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 27.11% 12.63% 12.95%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 17
10th Percentile £28,415 £37,000 £25,300
25th Percentile £31,000 £42,375 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £62,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +38.89% -18.18%
75th Percentile £56,250 £85,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £59,500 - £54,750
Somerset median annual salary £32,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -27.78% - -18.18%

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 166 95 224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bath 72.81% 94.06% 84.53%
Number of salaries quoted 73 58 192
10th Percentile £31,050 £31,750 £25,550
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £89,000 £81,250 £64,875
Somerset median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +22.22% -10.00%

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 26 February 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 36 (80.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 38 (84.44%) Azure
1 38 (84.44%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.44%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (80.00%) DHCP
1 36 (80.00%) DNS
2 1 (2.22%) LAN
2 1 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (80.00%) Amazon RDS
General
1 38 (84.44%) Social Skills
2 37 (82.22%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.89%) Finance
4 1 (2.22%) Back Office
4 1 (2.22%) Banking
4 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (80.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (4.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 2 (4.44%) IT Technician
3 1 (2.22%) Analyst
3 1 (2.22%) Audio Visual Technician
3 1 (2.22%) Coordinator
3 1 (2.22%) Developer
3 1 (2.22%) IT Analyst
3 1 (2.22%) IT Support
3 1 (2.22%) IT Support Technician
3 1 (2.22%) ITSM Analyst
3 1 (2.22%) PMO Officer
3 1 (2.22%) Power Platform Developer
3 1 (2.22%) Service Analyst
3 1 (2.22%) Service Desk Technician
3 1 (2.22%) Service Management Analyst
3 1 (2.22%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 36 (80.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 37 (82.22%) Windows
2 36 (80.00%) Linux
2 36 (80.00%) Windows Server
2 36 (80.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (2.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (88.89%) Customer Service
2 36 (80.00%) Customer Experience
2 36 (80.00%) Email Filtering
2 36 (80.00%) Kalman Filter
2 36 (80.00%) Migration
2 36 (80.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 36 (80.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 36 (80.00%) Web Filtering
3 3 (6.67%) ITIL
4 2 (4.44%) DevOps
4 2 (4.44%) Project Delivery
4 2 (4.44%) Service Delivery
4 2 (4.44%) User Experience
5 1 (2.22%) Attestation
5 1 (2.22%) Business Case
5 1 (2.22%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (2.22%) Due Diligence
5 1 (2.22%) Fintech
5 1 (2.22%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (2.22%) Service Catalogue
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 36 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 36 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.67%) Degree
3 2 (4.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.22%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (80.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 36 (80.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.22%) PMO
System Software
1 37 (82.22%) Active Directory
2 36 (80.00%) Hyper-V
2 36 (80.00%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 38 (84.44%) Veeam
2 37 (82.22%) Microsoft
3 36 (80.00%) Brocade
3 36 (80.00%) Nimble Storage
3 36 (80.00%) SolarWinds
3 36 (80.00%) Splunk
3 36 (80.00%) Tanium
3 36 (80.00%) VMware
4 2 (4.44%) arcserve
4 2 (4.44%) Cisco
5 1 (2.22%) Freshdesk
5 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow