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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 5 11
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 38 28 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Bath 30.16% 12.39% 9.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 35.19% 17.28% 10.11%
Number of salaries quoted 6 17 11
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £34,688 £39,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.63% +17.39% +43.75%
75th Percentile £56,250 £85,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £64,375 - -
Somerset median annual salary £37,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% +20.51%

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 108 162 178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bath 85.71% 71.68% 92.23%
Number of salaries quoted 32 105 137
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £26,900
25th Percentile £37,688 £42,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £103,375 £85,000 £70,500
Somerset median annual salary £40,000 £52,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +10.64% -6.00%

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 15 November 2025.

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 30 (78.95%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.63%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 32 (84.21%) Azure
2 30 (78.95%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.26%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (78.95%) DHCP
1 30 (78.95%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (78.95%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Git
General
1 32 (84.21%) Analytical Skills
1 32 (84.21%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.53%) Finance
3 2 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Back Office
4 1 (2.63%) Banking
4 1 (2.63%) Law
4 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 30 (78.95%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (5.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 2 (5.26%) Analyst
2 2 (5.26%) Service Analyst
3 1 (2.63%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (2.63%) IT Analyst
3 1 (2.63%) ITSM Analyst
3 1 (2.63%) PMO Officer
3 1 (2.63%) Senior
3 1 (2.63%) Senior Automation Engineer
3 1 (2.63%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (2.63%) Service Management Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 30 (78.95%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.63%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.63%) Life Science
3 1 (2.63%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (2.63%) Omics
Operating Systems
1 30 (78.95%) Linux
1 30 (78.95%) Windows
1 30 (78.95%) Windows Server
1 30 (78.95%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (2.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (84.21%) Customer Service
2 31 (81.58%) Customer Experience
3 30 (78.95%) Email Filtering
3 30 (78.95%) Kalman Filter
3 30 (78.95%) Migration
3 30 (78.95%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 30 (78.95%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 30 (78.95%) Web Filtering
4 3 (7.89%) ITIL
5 2 (5.26%) Asset Management
5 2 (5.26%) DevOps
5 2 (5.26%) Project Delivery
5 2 (5.26%) Service Delivery
5 2 (5.26%) User Experience
6 1 (2.63%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (2.63%) Attestation
6 1 (2.63%) Business Case
6 1 (2.63%) Experimental Design
6 1 (2.63%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (2.63%) Innovative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.26%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.63%) Python
2 1 (2.63%) R
Qualifications
1 30 (78.95%) SC Cleared
1 30 (78.95%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.16%) Degree
3 2 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.63%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.63%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (78.95%) Cyber Essentials
1 30 (78.95%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.63%) PMO
System Software
1 30 (78.95%) Active Directory
1 30 (78.95%) Hyper-V
1 30 (78.95%) Terminal Server
2 1 (2.63%) Docker
Vendors
1 32 (84.21%) Veeam
2 31 (81.58%) Microsoft
3 30 (78.95%) Brocade
3 30 (78.95%) Nimble Storage
3 30 (78.95%) SolarWinds
3 30 (78.95%) Splunk
3 30 (78.95%) Tanium
3 30 (78.95%) VMware
4 2 (5.26%) arcserve
4 2 (5.26%) Cisco
5 1 (2.63%) ServiceNow