Problem-Solving Jobs in the Midlands

Problem Solving
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 9 9
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,814 1,421 1,512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 15.26% 15.37% 13.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.62% 15.92% 14.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,220 589 868
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +6.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,744 8,924 10,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.98% 96.52% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 7,160 4,510 6,907
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,834 £38,362 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,270 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
West Midlands +6 1,159 £42,500 -15.00% 498
East Midlands +5 633 £37,500 -16.67% 312
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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
1 100 (5.51%) SharePoint
2 70 (3.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 50 (2.76%) IIS
4 30 (1.65%) WordPress
5 11 (0.61%) Confluence
6 9 (0.50%) Apache
7 8 (0.44%) CMS
8 5 (0.28%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.28%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.17%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.17%) IBM Notes
10 2 (0.11%) Alfresco
10 2 (0.11%) Captiva
10 2 (0.11%) Documentum
10 2 (0.11%) MTS
10 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.055%) Drupal
11 1 (0.055%) Kentico
11 1 (0.055%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.055%) TYPO3
Applications
1 300 (16.54%) Microsoft Office
2 173 (9.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 73 (4.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
5 10 (0.55%) AutoCAD
5 10 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.33%) CANalyzer
7 5 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.28%) Sketch
8 4 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.22%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.22%) EPLAN
8 4 (0.22%) InDesign
8 4 (0.22%) Trello
9 3 (0.17%) 3ds Max
9 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.17%) Revit
9 3 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
10 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.88%) NetSuite
3 14 (0.77%) Shopify
4 10 (0.55%) Misys Midas
5 9 (0.50%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
8 5 (0.28%) Magento
8 5 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.22%) Unit4 Business World
10 3 (0.17%) iTrent
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
12 1 (0.055%) CA PPM
12 1 (0.055%) MIS ActiveH
12 1 (0.055%) NEC Housing
12 1 (0.055%) Payment Gateway
12 1 (0.055%) Primavera
12 1 (0.055%) Sage 300 ERP
12 1 (0.055%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 310 (17.09%) Azure
2 231 (12.73%) Microsoft 365
3 155 (8.54%) AWS
4 122 (6.73%) Power Platform
5 71 (3.91%) Entra ID
6 61 (3.36%) GCP
7 60 (3.31%) SaaS
8 35 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
10 29 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
11 26 (1.43%) PowerApps
12 23 (1.27%) GitHub
13 21 (1.16%) Power Automate
13 21 (1.16%) WhatsApp
14 17 (0.94%) OneDrive
15 15 (0.83%) Amazon S3
15 15 (0.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 14 (0.77%) Matillion
16 14 (0.77%) Snowflake
17 13 (0.72%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 123 (6.78%) Firewall
2 106 (5.84%) WAN
3 65 (3.58%) LAN
4 64 (3.53%) DNS
5 53 (2.92%) DHCP
6 51 (2.81%) TCP/IP
7 41 (2.26%) VPN
8 34 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
9 33 (1.82%) Wireless
10 25 (1.38%) Network Security
11 23 (1.27%) SAN
12 20 (1.10%) Broadband
13 17 (0.94%) Internet
13 17 (0.94%) Intranet
14 14 (0.77%) VLAN
14 14 (0.77%) VoIP
15 13 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
15 13 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
15 13 (0.72%) SD-WAN
16 12 (0.66%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (9.10%) SQL Server
2 112 (6.17%) Power BI
3 62 (3.42%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (2.81%) Looker
5 46 (2.54%) BigQuery
6 41 (2.26%) Tableau
7 40 (2.21%) MySQL
8 30 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
8 30 (1.65%) Relational Database
9 21 (1.16%) Data Lake
9 21 (1.16%) NoSQL
10 19 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 17 (0.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 15 (0.83%) MongoDB
13 14 (0.77%) Oracle Database
13 14 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
13 14 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 13 (0.72%) Star Schema
15 11 (0.61%) RDBMS
16 10 (0.55%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 68 (3.75%) Git
2 52 (2.87%) JIRA
3 15 (0.83%) GitLab
4 13 (0.72%) Visual Studio
5 10 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.39%) CANoe
6 7 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
6 7 (0.39%) TeamCity
7 6 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.28%) ESLint
8 5 (0.28%) gulp
8 5 (0.28%) IntelliJ
8 5 (0.28%) Postman
9 4 (0.22%) Android Studio
9 4 (0.22%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.22%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.22%) JUnit
10 3 (0.17%) JBehave
10 3 (0.17%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.17%) Toad
General
1 986 (54.36%) Social Skills
2 664 (36.60%) Analytical Skills
3 263 (14.50%) Finance
4 185 (10.20%) Organisational Skills
5 181 (9.98%) Retail
6 140 (7.72%) Influencing Skills
7 129 (7.11%) Manufacturing
8 103 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 83 (4.58%) Marketing
10 65 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
11 64 (3.53%) Public Sector
12 53 (2.92%) Automotive
13 48 (2.65%) Law
14 34 (1.87%) Telecoms
15 33 (1.82%) Legal
16 30 (1.65%) Local Government
17 27 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
18 21 (1.16%) Electronics
19 15 (0.83%) Billing
19 15 (0.83%) French Language
Job Titles
1 359 (19.79%) Analyst
2 164 (9.04%) Developer
3 163 (8.99%) Senior
4 125 (6.89%) Product Analyst
5 122 (6.73%) Lead
6 116 (6.39%) Sales Analyst
7 107 (5.90%) Support Engineer
8 98 (5.40%) IT Support
9 82 (4.52%) Consultant
10 75 (4.13%) IT Manager
11 66 (3.64%) IT Engineer
11 66 (3.64%) Project Manager
12 60 (3.31%) Architect
13 52 (2.87%) IT Technician
14 51 (2.81%) Software Engineer
15 49 (2.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 45 (2.48%) Systems Engineer
17 44 (2.43%) Administrator
17 44 (2.43%) Applications Support
18 43 (2.37%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (5.46%) .NET
2 82 (4.52%) HTML
3 61 (3.36%) CSS
4 42 (2.32%) REST
5 41 (2.26%) React
6 35 (1.93%) AngularJS
7 27 (1.49%) ASP.NET
7 27 (1.49%) Node.js
8 22 (1.21%) Laravel
9 21 (1.16%) .NET Core
10 18 (0.99%) HTML5
10 18 (0.99%) WebRTC
11 17 (0.94%) jQuery
12 16 (0.88%) Vue
12 16 (0.88%) XML
13 15 (0.83%) Yocto
14 14 (0.77%) Web Services
15 12 (0.66%) RESTful
16 11 (0.61%) .NET Framework
16 11 (0.61%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 170 (9.37%) Self-Motivation
2 109 (6.01%) Driving Licence
3 80 (4.41%) Management Information System
4 48 (2.65%) Onboarding
4 48 (2.65%) Product Ownership
5 43 (2.37%) Clustering
6 37 (2.04%) Mobile App
7 35 (1.93%) Algorithms
8 26 (1.43%) Data Centre
9 24 (1.32%) Replication
10 23 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
11 19 (1.05%) Public Cloud
12 18 (0.99%) Data Structures
12 18 (0.99%) IoT
12 18 (0.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 17 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
13 17 (0.94%) NHS
14 16 (0.88%) Taxonomies
15 14 (0.77%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 272 (14.99%) Windows
2 132 (7.28%) Windows Server
3 92 (5.07%) Linux
4 74 (4.08%) Windows 10
5 29 (1.60%) Windows Server 2012
6 26 (1.43%) Windows 7
7 16 (0.88%) Android
8 14 (0.77%) Embedded Linux
8 14 (0.77%) Mac OS
9 13 (0.72%) Unix
9 13 (0.72%) Windows 8
10 10 (0.55%) VMS
11 9 (0.50%) CentOS
11 9 (0.50%) Ubuntu
12 7 (0.39%) Apple iOS
12 7 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
13 5 (0.28%) Data ONTAP
13 5 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
14 4 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 4 (0.22%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (17.64%) Customer Service
2 293 (16.15%) Continuous Improvement
3 280 (15.44%) Agile
4 232 (12.79%) Project Management
5 231 (12.73%) Mathematics
6 183 (10.09%) Mentoring
7 179 (9.87%) Computer Science
8 154 (8.49%) Customer Requirements
9 152 (8.38%) Cybersecurity
10 134 (7.39%) Decision-Making
11 133 (7.33%) Analytics
11 133 (7.33%) Business Intelligence
12 132 (7.28%) ITIL
13 131 (7.22%) Data Analysis
14 124 (6.84%) DevOps
15 117 (6.45%) User Experience
16 109 (6.01%) ERP
16 109 (6.01%) Software Engineering
17 95 (5.24%) CRM
18 88 (4.85%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 326 (17.97%) SQL
2 126 (6.95%) Python
3 111 (6.12%) JavaScript
4 109 (6.01%) C#
5 66 (3.64%) Java
6 47 (2.59%) PHP
7 42 (2.32%) PowerShell
8 39 (2.15%) TypeScript
9 37 (2.04%) C
10 31 (1.71%) C++
11 15 (0.83%) Bash
11 15 (0.83%) Perl
12 13 (0.72%) T-SQL
13 11 (0.61%) RPG
13 11 (0.61%) RPG IV
13 11 (0.61%) RPG/400
14 10 (0.55%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.50%) Ruby
15 9 (0.50%) VB
16 8 (0.44%) Rust
Qualifications
1 533 (29.38%) Degree
2 110 (6.06%) Security Cleared
3 95 (5.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 53 (2.92%) SC Cleared
5 50 (2.76%) DBS Check
6 44 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 32 (1.76%) Master's Degree
8 22 (1.21%) HNC
9 19 (1.05%) A+ Certification
10 17 (0.94%) Azure Certification
11 16 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (0.83%) CISSP
13 14 (0.77%) CISM
14 13 (0.72%) CCNA
15 12 (0.66%) ISEB
15 12 (0.66%) ISTQB
15 12 (0.66%) MCSE
15 12 (0.66%) PhD
15 12 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 11 (0.61%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (4.96%) QA
2 87 (4.80%) GDPR
3 66 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 61 (3.36%) SLA
5 52 (2.87%) Data Quality
6 47 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 39 (2.15%) ISO 9001
8 36 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 31 (1.71%) Accessibility
10 17 (0.94%) PMO
11 9 (0.50%) ISO 26262
12 7 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.39%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.28%) NIST
14 4 (0.22%) GAAP
14 4 (0.22%) IFRS
14 4 (0.22%) MISRA
14 4 (0.22%) WCAG
15 3 (0.17%) GRC
16 2 (0.11%) NCSC
System Software
1 175 (9.65%) Active Directory
2 88 (4.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (3.47%) Hyper-V
4 23 (1.27%) VMware NSX
5 22 (1.21%) Docker
6 21 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.61%) vSphere
8 10 (0.55%) Firmware
9 7 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (0.33%) NFS
10 6 (0.33%) pfSense
11 5 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
11 5 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
12 4 (0.22%) VMware Server
13 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 47 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (1.93%) EnCase
3 24 (1.32%) SCCM
4 23 (1.27%) Kubernetes
5 13 (0.72%) Terraform
6 9 (0.50%) Microsoft Clustering
6 9 (0.50%) vCenter Server
7 7 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.33%) Ansible
8 6 (0.33%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.33%) WSUS
9 5 (0.28%) Data Guard
9 5 (0.28%) Functional Safety
9 5 (0.28%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.28%) Oracle RMAN
9 5 (0.28%) SCOM
10 4 (0.22%) AirWatch
10 4 (0.22%) Autotask
10 4 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 485 (26.74%) Microsoft
2 123 (6.78%) VMware
3 85 (4.69%) Google
4 47 (2.59%) SAP
5 46 (2.54%) Cisco
6 45 (2.48%) Veeam
7 30 (1.65%) Salesforce
8 27 (1.49%) Oracle
9 23 (1.27%) Databricks
10 20 (1.10%) HP
10 20 (1.10%) Meraki
11 19 (1.05%) IBM
11 19 (1.05%) Sage
11 19 (1.05%) Sophos
12 17 (0.94%) CheckPoint
13 16 (0.88%) Palo Alto
14 15 (0.83%) Dell
15 13 (0.72%) Juniper
16 12 (0.66%) Adobe
16 12 (0.66%) ServiceNow