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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 15 2
Rank change year-on-year +5 -13 +23
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 46 9 42
As % of all permanent jobs in Bath 11.62% 8.26% 13.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.49% 9.18% 19.35%
Number of salaries quoted 10 9 28
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,400 £30,400
25th Percentile £28,750 £34,500 £39,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £43,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -24.42% -11.79% -11.36%
75th Percentile £36,250 £49,000 £55,000
90th Percentile - £51,000 £57,625
Somerset median annual salary £30,500 £41,355 £45,000
% change year-on-year -26.25% -8.10% -0.41%

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 279 98 217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bath 70.45% 89.91% 68.67%
Number of salaries quoted 137 49 186
10th Percentile £32,105 £36,000 £30,605
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £73,750 £68,750
Somerset median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -

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
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 37 (80.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 37 (80.43%) Azure
1 37 (80.43%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 36 (78.26%) DHCP
1 36 (78.26%) DNS
2 4 (8.70%) Bluetooth
2 4 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (8.70%) Wireless
3 1 (2.17%) Broadband
3 1 (2.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (78.26%) Amazon RDS
General
1 42 (91.30%) Social Skills
2 40 (86.96%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.70%) Electronics
4 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (78.26%) Systems Engineer
2 9 (19.57%) Support Engineer
3 5 (10.87%) Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Applications Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) Applications Support
4 4 (8.70%) Applications Support Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Applications Support Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) Support Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Technical Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) Technical Support
4 4 (8.70%) Technical Support Engineer
5 1 (2.17%) IT Engineer
5 1 (2.17%) IT Support
5 1 (2.17%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (2.17%) Service Analyst
5 1 (2.17%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 36 (78.26%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (8.70%) IoT
2 4 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 36 (78.26%) Linux
1 36 (78.26%) Windows
1 36 (78.26%) Windows Server
1 36 (78.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (80.43%) Customer Service
2 36 (78.26%) Customer Experience
2 36 (78.26%) Email Filtering
2 36 (78.26%) Kalman Filter
2 36 (78.26%) Migration
2 36 (78.26%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 36 (78.26%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 36 (78.26%) Web Filtering
3 4 (8.70%) CRM
3 4 (8.70%) Mathematics
4 1 (2.17%) AI
4 1 (2.17%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.17%) DevOps
4 1 (2.17%) ITIL
4 1 (2.17%) Software Licensing
4 1 (2.17%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (78.26%) SC Cleared
1 36 (78.26%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.87%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (78.26%) Cyber Essentials
1 36 (78.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 37 (80.43%) Active Directory
2 36 (78.26%) Hyper-V
2 36 (78.26%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 41 (89.13%) Microsoft
2 36 (78.26%) Brocade
2 36 (78.26%) Nimble Storage
2 36 (78.26%) SolarWinds
2 36 (78.26%) Splunk
2 36 (78.26%) Tanium
2 36 (78.26%) Veeam
2 36 (78.26%) VMware
3 4 (8.70%) Adobe