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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 2 19
Rank change year-on-year -6 +17 +6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 25 46 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bath 20.33% 16.97% 6.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.32% 23.96% 6.93%
Number of salaries quoted 5 32 12
10th Percentile £34,200 £36,375 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,063 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +25.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £74,688 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,500 £85,000 -
Somerset median annual salary £41,355 £47,500 £44,445
% change year-on-year -12.94% +6.87% +11.11%

All Process and 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 112 192 202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bath 91.06% 70.85% 93.52%
Number of salaries quoted 36 139 147
10th Percentile £35,625 £35,000 £30,524
25th Percentile £42,188 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £74,063 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,875 £85,000 £72,500
Somerset median annual salary £45,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.46% +4.00% +5.26%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Bath

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving 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 16 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Bath

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bath 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 18 (72.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.00%) AutoCAD
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 19 (76.00%) Azure
2 18 (72.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (72.00%) DHCP
1 18 (72.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (72.00%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Git
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 22 (88.00%) Social Skills
2 19 (76.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Back Office
4 1 (4.00%) Banking
4 1 (4.00%) Finance
4 1 (4.00%) Law
4 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (72.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (8.00%) Senior
3 1 (4.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (4.00%) Analyst
3 1 (4.00%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (4.00%) Data Centre Technician
3 1 (4.00%) Data Technician
3 1 (4.00%) Developer
3 1 (4.00%) Scrum Master
3 1 (4.00%) Senior .NET Developer
3 1 (4.00%) Senior Automation Engineer
3 1 (4.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (4.00%) Service Analyst
3 1 (4.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) .NET
1 1 (4.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (4.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (4.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (4.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (4.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 1 (4.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 18 (72.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.00%) Life Science
3 1 (4.00%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (4.00%) Omics
3 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (72.00%) Linux
1 18 (72.00%) Windows
1 18 (72.00%) Windows Server
1 18 (72.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (4.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (76.00%) Customer Experience
2 18 (72.00%) Customer Service
2 18 (72.00%) Email Filtering
2 18 (72.00%) Kalman Filter
2 18 (72.00%) Migration
2 18 (72.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 18 (72.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 18 (72.00%) Web Filtering
3 1 (4.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (4.00%) Attestation
3 1 (4.00%) Computational Biology
3 1 (4.00%) Data Science
3 1 (4.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (4.00%) Due Diligence
3 1 (4.00%) Experimental Design
3 1 (4.00%) Fintech
3 1 (4.00%) Innovative Thinking
3 1 (4.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 1 (4.00%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (4.00%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Python
1 1 (4.00%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (72.00%) SC Cleared
1 18 (72.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.00%) Degree
3 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (72.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 18 (72.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (72.00%) Active Directory
1 18 (72.00%) Hyper-V
1 18 (72.00%) Terminal Server
2 1 (4.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 20 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 18 (72.00%) Brocade
2 18 (72.00%) Nimble Storage
2 18 (72.00%) SolarWinds
2 18 (72.00%) Splunk
2 18 (72.00%) Tanium
2 18 (72.00%) Veeam
2 18 (72.00%) VMware