Problem-Solving Jobs in Dorset

Problem Solving
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 14 41
Rank change year-on-year +5 +27 -20
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 88 49 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 12.09% 14.00% 7.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.84% 14.76% 7.51%
Number of salaries quoted 26 45 29
10th Percentile £29,875 £25,000 £27,380
25th Percentile £39,813 £37,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £61,875 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £64,375 £77,500 £68,750
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 636 332 786
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 87.36% 94.86% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 303 285 521
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £84,000 £75,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +2.04%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Dorset

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Dorset.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Dorset

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Dorset over the 6 months to 14 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Dorset

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 14 November 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bournemouth -13 22 £55,000 - 7
Poole +6 9 £31,375 -45.43% 2
Dorchester -5 6 £45,000 -
Ferndown - 2 - -
Blandford Forum - 1 - -
Problem-Solving
South West

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 6 (6.82%) WinCC
2 3 (3.41%) Confluence
3 2 (2.27%) Apache Solr
3 2 (2.27%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.14%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 16 (18.18%) Azure
2 7 (7.95%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (5.68%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (4.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (3.41%) IaaS
6 2 (2.27%) Azure Machine Learning
6 2 (2.27%) GCP
6 2 (2.27%) GitHub
6 2 (2.27%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.14%) Azure Pipelines
7 1 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.68%) DNS
1 5 (5.68%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.41%) DHCP
2 3 (3.41%) Fibre Channel
2 3 (3.41%) Firewall
2 3 (3.41%) SAN
2 3 (3.41%) Wireless
3 2 (2.27%) 4G
3 2 (2.27%) Broadband
3 2 (2.27%) HTTPS
3 2 (2.27%) Internet
3 2 (2.27%) IPsec
3 2 (2.27%) VoIP
4 1 (1.14%) LAN
4 1 (1.14%) VLAN
4 1 (1.14%) VPN
4 1 (1.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.82%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.55%) NoSQL
3 3 (3.41%) MySQL
4 2 (2.27%) Couchbase
4 2 (2.27%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.14%) Power BI
5 1 (1.14%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (14.77%) LabVIEW
1 13 (14.77%) NetBeans
1 13 (14.77%) Visual Studio
2 6 (6.82%) JUnit
3 5 (5.68%) CppUnit
3 5 (5.68%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (4.55%) JIRA
5 3 (3.41%) GitLab
6 2 (2.27%) Git
7 1 (1.14%) Selenium
7 1 (1.14%) TestRail
7 1 (1.14%) webpack
General
1 39 (44.32%) Social Skills
2 20 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (11.36%) Military
5 5 (5.68%) Finance
5 5 (5.68%) Telecoms
6 4 (4.55%) Aerospace
6 4 (4.55%) Electronics
7 3 (3.41%) Aviation
7 3 (3.41%) Banking
8 2 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (38.64%) Software Engineer
2 26 (29.55%) Senior
3 11 (12.50%) Engineering Manager
3 11 (12.50%) Senior Manager
4 8 (9.09%) Java Engineer
4 8 (9.09%) Java Software Engineer
5 7 (7.95%) Developer
6 6 (6.82%) Analyst
6 6 (6.82%) C# Software Engineer
6 6 (6.82%) Senior Software Engineer
7 5 (5.68%) .NET Developer
7 5 (5.68%) C++ Software Engineer
7 5 (5.68%) Principal Engineer
7 5 (5.68%) Principal Software Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) .NET Software Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) C Software Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Embedded C Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Embedded C Software Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (14.77%) HTML
1 13 (14.77%) JavaFX
2 12 (13.64%) .NET
3 8 (9.09%) CSS
4 6 (6.82%) .NET Framework
4 6 (6.82%) ASP.NET
4 6 (6.82%) Blazor
4 6 (6.82%) WPF
5 5 (5.68%) AngularJS
6 4 (4.55%) React
7 2 (2.27%) .NET Core
7 2 (2.27%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (2.27%) Svelte
7 2 (2.27%) Vue
8 1 (1.14%) jQuery
8 1 (1.14%) Node.js
8 1 (1.14%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.36%) Acoustics
2 8 (9.09%) PMI
3 6 (6.82%) Arduino
3 6 (6.82%) ARM Cortex
3 6 (6.82%) Robotics
4 5 (5.68%) Algorithms
5 3 (3.41%) Clustering
5 3 (3.41%) Replication
6 1 (1.14%) PCIe
6 1 (1.14%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.14%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.95%) Windows
2 6 (6.82%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (43.18%) Software Engineering
2 24 (27.27%) SDLC
3 23 (26.14%) UML
4 22 (25.00%) Agile
4 22 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 18 (20.45%) Unit Testing
6 13 (14.77%) Machine Learning
6 13 (14.77%) Network Design
6 13 (14.77%) Requirements Management
6 13 (14.77%) Usability Testing
7 12 (13.64%) Business Strategy
8 11 (12.50%) Chemistry
8 11 (12.50%) Physics
9 10 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (11.36%) Full-Stack Development
10 9 (10.23%) DevOps
10 9 (10.23%) Web Development
11 8 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (9.09%) Decision-Making
12 6 (6.82%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 30 (34.09%) C++
2 23 (26.14%) Java
2 23 (26.14%) SQL
3 19 (21.59%) Python
4 18 (20.45%) JavaScript
5 15 (17.05%) C
6 13 (14.77%) Fortran
6 13 (14.77%) MATLAB
7 12 (13.64%) C#
8 4 (4.55%) Embedded C
8 4 (4.55%) Embedded C++
9 3 (3.41%) PowerShell
10 2 (2.27%) PHP
10 2 (2.27%) TypeScript
11 1 (1.14%) Bash
11 1 (1.14%) Perl
Qualifications
1 42 (47.73%) Degree
2 26 (29.55%) Security Cleared
3 22 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 8 (9.09%) PMI Certification
5 5 (5.68%) DBS Check
6 4 (4.55%) DV Cleared
6 4 (4.55%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.14%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.77%) ISO 9001
2 10 (11.36%) Def Stans
2 10 (11.36%) IEC 61508
3 8 (9.09%) TickIT
4 6 (6.82%) QA
5 2 (2.27%) IEC 61131
6 1 (1.14%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (5.68%) Docker
2 4 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.41%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Clustering
2 3 (3.41%) SCCM
2 3 (3.41%) SCOM
3 2 (2.27%) Ansible
3 2 (2.27%) Terraform
4 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 13 (14.77%) Atlassian
3 6 (6.82%) Siemens
4 4 (4.55%) Databricks
5 1 (1.14%) Cisco
5 1 (1.14%) Civica
5 1 (1.14%) Sage
5 1 (1.14%) VMware