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 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 +1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 47 18 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Bath 24.74% 15.38% 11.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 33.33% 16.36% 13.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 17
10th Percentile £28,415 £67,500 £25,800
25th Percentile £31,000 £75,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £80,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -56.25% +77.78% -
75th Percentile £56,250 £85,000 £51,250
90th Percentile £59,500 - £59,250
Somerset median annual salary £35,000 £80,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -56.25% +77.78% -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 141 110 205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bath 74.21% 94.02% 86.50%
Number of salaries quoted 55 61 173
10th Percentile £30,400 £32,500 £25,600
25th Percentile £35,875 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £64,750
Somerset median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +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 27 January 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 (76.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.13%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 38 (80.85%) Azure
1 38 (80.85%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.26%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (76.60%) DHCP
1 36 (76.60%) DNS
2 1 (2.13%) LAN
2 1 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (76.60%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Git
General
1 38 (80.85%) Analytical Skills
1 38 (80.85%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.51%) Finance
3 2 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.13%) Back Office
4 1 (2.13%) Banking
4 1 (2.13%) Law
4 1 (2.13%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 36 (76.60%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (4.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 2 (4.26%) IT Technician
3 1 (2.13%) Analyst
3 1 (2.13%) Audio Visual Technician
3 1 (2.13%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (2.13%) Coordinator
3 1 (2.13%) Developer
3 1 (2.13%) IT Analyst
3 1 (2.13%) IT Support
3 1 (2.13%) IT Support Technician
3 1 (2.13%) ITSM Analyst
3 1 (2.13%) PMO Officer
3 1 (2.13%) Power Platform Developer
3 1 (2.13%) Senior
3 1 (2.13%) Senior Automation Engineer
3 1 (2.13%) Service Analyst
3 1 (2.13%) Service Desk Technician
3 1 (2.13%) Service Management Analyst
3 1 (2.13%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 36 (76.60%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.13%) Life Science
2 1 (2.13%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (2.13%) Omics
2 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 37 (78.72%) Windows
2 36 (76.60%) Linux
2 36 (76.60%) Windows Server
2 36 (76.60%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (2.13%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (85.11%) Customer Service
2 36 (76.60%) Customer Experience
2 36 (76.60%) Email Filtering
2 36 (76.60%) Kalman Filter
2 36 (76.60%) Migration
2 36 (76.60%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 36 (76.60%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 36 (76.60%) Web Filtering
3 3 (6.38%) ITIL
4 2 (4.26%) DevOps
4 2 (4.26%) Project Delivery
4 2 (4.26%) Service Delivery
4 2 (4.26%) User Experience
5 1 (2.13%) Attestation
5 1 (2.13%) Business Case
5 1 (2.13%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (2.13%) Digital Innovation
5 1 (2.13%) Fintech
5 1 (2.13%) Service Catalogue
5 1 (2.13%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.26%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.13%) Python
2 1 (2.13%) R
Qualifications
1 36 (76.60%) SC Cleared
1 36 (76.60%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.64%) Degree
3 2 (4.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.13%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.13%) PhD
4 1 (2.13%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (76.60%) Cyber Essentials
1 36 (76.60%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.13%) PMO
System Software
1 37 (78.72%) Active Directory
2 36 (76.60%) Hyper-V
2 36 (76.60%) Terminal Server
3 1 (2.13%) Docker
Vendors
1 38 (80.85%) Microsoft
1 38 (80.85%) Veeam
2 36 (76.60%) Brocade
2 36 (76.60%) Nimble Storage
2 36 (76.60%) SolarWinds
2 36 (76.60%) Splunk
2 36 (76.60%) Tanium
2 36 (76.60%) VMware
3 2 (4.26%) arcserve
3 2 (4.26%) Cisco
4 1 (2.13%) Freshdesk
4 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow