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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 9 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,799 1,327 1,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.37% 14.79% 14.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.83% 15.31% 15.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,208 574 882
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £33,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,425
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +7.84%

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 10,088 8,665 10,469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.57% 96.55% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 7,332 4,445 6,914
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,302 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £62,213 £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 26 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 26 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 +3 1,154 £42,500 -15.00% 515
East Midlands +7 622 £37,500 -16.67% 334
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 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 70 (3.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 48 (2.67%) IIS
4 30 (1.67%) WordPress
5 9 (0.50%) Apache
5 9 (0.50%) Confluence
6 7 (0.39%) CMS
7 5 (0.28%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.28%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.17%) IBM Notes
9 2 (0.11%) MTS
9 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.056%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.056%) Drupal
10 1 (0.056%) JBoss
10 1 (0.056%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.056%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.056%) PrestaShop
10 1 (0.056%) TYPO3
Applications
1 274 (15.23%) Microsoft Office
2 143 (7.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.50%) Spreadsheet
5 11 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.56%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.33%) CANalyzer
8 5 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.28%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.28%) Sketch
9 4 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.22%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.22%) InDesign
9 4 (0.22%) Trello
10 3 (0.17%) 3ds Max
10 3 (0.17%) MS Visio
10 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.17%) Revit
10 3 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
11 2 (0.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.83%) NetSuite
3 14 (0.78%) Shopify
4 10 (0.56%) 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
10 3 (0.17%) NEC Housing
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
11 2 (0.11%) SAP WM
12 1 (0.056%) CA PPM
12 1 (0.056%) MIS ActiveH
12 1 (0.056%) Payment Gateway
12 1 (0.056%) Primavera
12 1 (0.056%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 315 (17.51%) Azure
2 234 (13.01%) Microsoft 365
3 158 (8.78%) AWS
4 126 (7.00%) Power Platform
5 72 (4.00%) Entra ID
6 60 (3.34%) GCP
7 59 (3.28%) SaaS
8 36 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
10 26 (1.45%) PowerApps
11 25 (1.39%) GitHub
12 21 (1.17%) Power Automate
12 21 (1.17%) WhatsApp
13 18 (1.00%) OneDrive
14 15 (0.83%) Amazon S3
14 15 (0.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 14 (0.78%) Figma
15 14 (0.78%) Matillion
15 14 (0.78%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 120 (6.67%) Firewall
2 98 (5.45%) WAN
3 62 (3.45%) DNS
3 62 (3.45%) LAN
4 52 (2.89%) DHCP
5 51 (2.83%) TCP/IP
6 43 (2.39%) VPN
7 34 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
8 32 (1.78%) Wireless
9 26 (1.45%) Network Security
10 25 (1.39%) SAN
11 18 (1.00%) Broadband
12 17 (0.94%) Internet
12 17 (0.94%) Intranet
13 15 (0.83%) VoIP
14 13 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
14 13 (0.72%) VLAN
15 12 (0.67%) PBX
15 12 (0.67%) SD-WAN
16 11 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (9.12%) SQL Server
2 116 (6.45%) Power BI
3 64 (3.56%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (2.83%) Looker
5 46 (2.56%) BigQuery
6 45 (2.50%) Tableau
7 43 (2.39%) MySQL
8 30 (1.67%) Relational Database
9 29 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
10 21 (1.17%) Data Lake
11 19 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 17 (0.94%) NoSQL
12 17 (0.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 15 (0.83%) MongoDB
13 15 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
14 14 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 13 (0.72%) Oracle Database
15 13 (0.72%) Star Schema
16 10 (0.56%) Crystal Reports
16 10 (0.56%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 68 (3.78%) Git
2 50 (2.78%) JIRA
3 15 (0.83%) GitLab
4 13 (0.72%) Visual Studio
5 10 (0.56%) 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%) JUnit
10 3 (0.17%) Appium
10 3 (0.17%) JBehave
10 3 (0.17%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.17%) Toad
General
1 963 (53.53%) Social Skills
2 672 (37.35%) Analytical Skills
3 262 (14.56%) Finance
4 189 (10.51%) Organisational Skills
5 184 (10.23%) Retail
6 141 (7.84%) Influencing Skills
7 127 (7.06%) Manufacturing
8 100 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 84 (4.67%) Marketing
10 73 (4.06%) Presentation Skills
11 54 (3.00%) Automotive
12 51 (2.83%) Public Sector
13 50 (2.78%) Law
14 34 (1.89%) Legal
15 32 (1.78%) Telecoms
16 30 (1.67%) Local Government
17 27 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
18 20 (1.11%) Electronics
19 15 (0.83%) Billing
19 15 (0.83%) French Language
Job Titles
1 365 (20.29%) Analyst
2 172 (9.56%) Developer
3 162 (9.01%) Senior
4 125 (6.95%) Product Analyst
5 121 (6.73%) Lead
6 116 (6.45%) Sales Analyst
7 111 (6.17%) Support Engineer
8 99 (5.50%) IT Support
9 82 (4.56%) Consultant
10 75 (4.17%) IT Manager
11 69 (3.84%) IT Engineer
12 62 (3.45%) Architect
13 61 (3.39%) Project Manager
14 50 (2.78%) IT Technician
15 49 (2.72%) Software Engineer
16 48 (2.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 47 (2.61%) Applications Support
17 47 (2.61%) Data Analyst
18 45 (2.50%) Systems Engineer
19 44 (2.45%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (5.50%) .NET
2 87 (4.84%) HTML
3 66 (3.67%) CSS
4 41 (2.28%) React
4 41 (2.28%) REST
5 37 (2.06%) AngularJS
6 26 (1.45%) ASP.NET
6 26 (1.45%) Node.js
7 24 (1.33%) Laravel
8 22 (1.22%) .NET Core
9 21 (1.17%) HTML5
10 19 (1.06%) jQuery
10 19 (1.06%) Vue
11 17 (0.94%) XML
12 16 (0.89%) WebRTC
13 14 (0.78%) Web Services
14 13 (0.72%) Yocto
15 11 (0.61%) Express.js
15 11 (0.61%) JSON
15 11 (0.61%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 156 (8.67%) Self-Motivation
2 99 (5.50%) Driving Licence
3 61 (3.39%) Management Information System
4 49 (2.72%) Onboarding
5 44 (2.45%) Product Ownership
6 40 (2.22%) Clustering
7 38 (2.11%) Mobile App
8 35 (1.95%) Algorithms
9 25 (1.39%) Data Centre
10 24 (1.33%) Replication
11 22 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
12 20 (1.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 18 (1.00%) Data Structures
14 17 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
15 16 (0.89%) IoT
15 16 (0.89%) NHS
15 16 (0.89%) Public Cloud
16 15 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
17 14 (0.78%) CCTV
18 12 (0.67%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 280 (15.56%) Windows
2 133 (7.39%) Windows Server
3 93 (5.17%) Linux
4 73 (4.06%) Windows 10
5 29 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
6 25 (1.39%) Windows 7
7 17 (0.94%) Android
8 16 (0.89%) Mac OS
9 13 (0.72%) Unix
10 12 (0.67%) Embedded Linux
10 12 (0.67%) VMS
10 12 (0.67%) Windows 8
11 9 (0.50%) CentOS
11 9 (0.50%) Ubuntu
12 8 (0.44%) Apple iOS
13 7 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
14 5 (0.28%) Data ONTAP
14 5 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
15 4 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.22%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (17.90%) Customer Service
2 299 (16.62%) Continuous Improvement
3 275 (15.29%) Agile
4 234 (13.01%) Mathematics
5 226 (12.56%) Project Management
6 184 (10.23%) Computer Science
6 184 (10.23%) Mentoring
7 155 (8.62%) Customer Requirements
8 142 (7.89%) Analytics
8 142 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
9 140 (7.78%) ITIL
10 139 (7.73%) Business Intelligence
10 139 (7.73%) Data Analysis
11 126 (7.00%) User Experience
12 124 (6.89%) Decision-Making
12 124 (6.89%) DevOps
13 107 (5.95%) ERP
14 104 (5.78%) Software Engineering
15 98 (5.45%) CRM
16 87 (4.84%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 334 (18.57%) SQL
2 126 (7.00%) Python
3 114 (6.34%) JavaScript
4 109 (6.06%) C#
5 62 (3.45%) Java
6 50 (2.78%) PHP
7 42 (2.33%) PowerShell
8 41 (2.28%) TypeScript
9 33 (1.83%) C
10 30 (1.67%) C++
11 14 (0.78%) Bash
12 13 (0.72%) Perl
13 12 (0.67%) T-SQL
14 11 (0.61%) RPG
14 11 (0.61%) RPG IV
14 11 (0.61%) RPG/400
15 10 (0.56%) MATLAB
16 9 (0.50%) VB
17 8 (0.44%) Ruby
17 8 (0.44%) Rust
Qualifications
1 539 (29.96%) Degree
2 101 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 92 (5.11%) Security Cleared
4 55 (3.06%) DBS Check
5 50 (2.78%) SC Cleared
6 45 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 32 (1.78%) Master's Degree
8 22 (1.22%) HNC
9 21 (1.17%) Azure Certification
10 20 (1.11%) A+ Certification
11 17 (0.94%) CISSP
12 16 (0.89%) CISM
13 15 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (0.67%) CCNA
14 12 (0.67%) ISEB
14 12 (0.67%) ISTQB
14 12 (0.67%) MCSE
14 12 (0.67%) PhD
15 11 (0.61%) HND
15 11 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (5.06%) QA
2 89 (4.95%) GDPR
3 64 (3.56%) SLA
4 55 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 52 (2.89%) Data Quality
6 36 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 34 (1.89%) Accessibility
8 27 (1.50%) ISO 9001
9 24 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 17 (0.94%) PMO
11 8 (0.44%) 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%) GRC
14 4 (0.22%) IFRS
14 4 (0.22%) WCAG
15 3 (0.17%) MISRA
16 2 (0.11%) MISRA C
System Software
1 178 (9.89%) Active Directory
2 84 (4.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (3.56%) Hyper-V
4 21 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (1.11%) Docker
5 20 (1.11%) VMware NSX
6 12 (0.67%) Firmware
7 11 (0.61%) vSphere
8 7 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.33%) NFS
9 6 (0.33%) pfSense
10 5 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
10 5 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.22%) VMware Server
12 3 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 48 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (1.39%) SCCM
3 23 (1.28%) EnCase
4 21 (1.17%) Kubernetes
5 14 (0.78%) Terraform
6 11 (0.61%) Microsoft Clustering
7 9 (0.50%) vCenter Server
8 7 (0.39%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.33%) Ansible
9 6 (0.33%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.33%) WSUS
10 5 (0.28%) Data Guard
10 5 (0.28%) Functional Safety
10 5 (0.28%) HP ALM
10 5 (0.28%) Oracle RMAN
10 5 (0.28%) SCOM
11 4 (0.22%) AirWatch
11 4 (0.22%) Autotask
11 4 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
11 4 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 461 (25.63%) Microsoft
2 117 (6.50%) VMware
3 85 (4.72%) Google
4 47 (2.61%) SAP
5 45 (2.50%) Cisco
5 45 (2.50%) Veeam
6 29 (1.61%) Salesforce
7 27 (1.50%) Oracle
8 26 (1.45%) Databricks
9 22 (1.22%) HP
10 21 (1.17%) IBM
11 20 (1.11%) Meraki
12 19 (1.06%) Sophos
13 18 (1.00%) Sage
14 17 (0.94%) Dell
15 16 (0.89%) Palo Alto
16 15 (0.83%) CheckPoint
17 13 (0.72%) Adobe
18 12 (0.67%) ServiceNow
19 11 (0.61%) SYSPRO