Problem-Solving Jobs in the South West

Problem Solving
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 15 17
Rank change year-on-year +7 +2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,368 856 1,154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.30% 12.74% 13.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.41% 13.48% 14.59%
Number of salaries quoted 827 433 585
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,550 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,723 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £73,205
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +7.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,858 6,351 7,910
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 82.12% 94.55% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 5,659 3,483 5,020
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,738
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,700 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the South West

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the South West

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the South West over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the South West

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the South West region over the 6 months to 24 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
Bristol +7 418 £50,000 -13.04% 166
Dorset +14 260 £47,500 -9.52% 43
Gloucestershire +8 249 £46,750 -15.00% 71
Wiltshire +5 160 £43,500 -13.00% 68
Devon +8 134 £37,500 +0.22% 64
Somerset +15 98 £45,000 +2.86% 109
Cornwall -3 35 £32,500 -27.78% 19
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 28 (2.05%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.61%) Apache
2 22 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.88%) CMS
3 12 (0.88%) Confluence
4 10 (0.73%) WordPress
5 8 (0.58%) Umbraco
6 7 (0.51%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.51%) SAS
7 6 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.37%) Luigi
8 5 (0.37%) NServiceBus
9 4 (0.29%) IIS
9 4 (0.29%) Site Server
10 3 (0.22%) Oracle Application Server
10 3 (0.22%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.15%) nginx
12 1 (0.073%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.073%) JOnAS
12 1 (0.073%) Moodle
Applications
1 95 (6.94%) Microsoft Office
2 85 (6.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 74 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.66%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.58%) GNU Octave
6 6 (0.44%) Oracle Smart View
6 6 (0.44%) SOLIDWORKS
6 6 (0.44%) Trello
7 5 (0.37%) OrCAD
8 4 (0.29%) Sketch
9 3 (0.22%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.073%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.073%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 6 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.44%) HFM
1 6 (0.44%) Hyperion Planning
2 3 (0.22%) Shopify
3 2 (0.15%) Magento
4 1 (0.073%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.073%) iTrent
4 1 (0.073%) Maximo
4 1 (0.073%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.073%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.073%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 222 (16.23%) Azure
2 147 (10.75%) AWS
3 99 (7.24%) GCP
4 81 (5.92%) Azure DevOps
5 71 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
6 66 (4.82%) Power Platform
7 36 (2.63%) SaaS
8 22 (1.61%) GitHub
9 19 (1.39%) Entra ID
10 15 (1.10%) Power Automate
11 12 (0.88%) Serverless
12 11 (0.80%) Snowflake
13 10 (0.73%) Amazon S3
13 10 (0.73%) OneDrive
14 9 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
14 9 (0.66%) npm
15 7 (0.51%) Figma
15 7 (0.51%) OCI
16 6 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
16 6 (0.44%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 52 (3.80%) WAN
2 49 (3.58%) Firewall
3 37 (2.70%) 5G
3 37 (2.70%) SD-WAN
4 27 (1.97%) Network Security
4 27 (1.97%) TCP/IP
5 25 (1.83%) DNS
5 25 (1.83%) Internet
6 21 (1.54%) VPN
7 19 (1.39%) LAN
8 18 (1.32%) Wireless
9 16 (1.17%) Remote Desktop
10 15 (1.10%) DHCP
11 11 (0.80%) Ethernet
11 11 (0.80%) HTTP
11 11 (0.80%) RS-232
12 9 (0.66%) SMTP
12 9 (0.66%) VLAN
12 9 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (0.58%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (4.97%) SQL Server
2 66 (4.82%) BigQuery
3 65 (4.75%) Looker
4 55 (4.02%) Power BI
5 50 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
6 36 (2.63%) Tableau
7 32 (2.34%) Relational Database
8 29 (2.12%) MySQL
9 28 (2.05%) MongoDB
10 20 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
11 18 (1.32%) Big Data
12 15 (1.10%) NoSQL
12 15 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 10 (0.73%) BusinessObjects
14 9 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (0.66%) Redis
14 9 (0.66%) Star Schema
15 8 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 7 (0.51%) Qlik Sense
16 7 (0.51%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 89 (6.51%) Git
2 50 (3.65%) JIRA
3 24 (1.75%) LabVIEW
4 21 (1.54%) Visual Studio
5 16 (1.17%) Jenkins
6 15 (1.10%) Rational Rhapsody
7 13 (0.95%) Cucumber
7 13 (0.95%) Rational DOORS
7 13 (0.95%) Selenium
8 11 (0.80%) Storybook
9 8 (0.58%) Eclipse
9 8 (0.58%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.51%) webpack
11 6 (0.44%) IDA Disassembler
12 5 (0.37%) IntelliJ
12 5 (0.37%) NetBeans
12 5 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.29%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.29%) JMeter
13 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 643 (47.00%) Social Skills
2 460 (33.63%) Analytical Skills
3 297 (21.71%) Finance
4 171 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 158 (11.55%) Law
6 144 (10.53%) Banking
7 117 (8.55%) Investment Banking
8 105 (7.68%) Retail
9 89 (6.51%) Presentation Skills
10 73 (5.34%) Organisational Skills
11 65 (4.75%) Marketing
12 59 (4.31%) Electronics
13 54 (3.95%) Legal
14 46 (3.36%) Manufacturing
14 46 (3.36%) Telecoms
15 40 (2.92%) Billing
16 34 (2.49%) Aerospace
17 31 (2.27%) Public Sector
18 27 (1.97%) Front Office
19 26 (1.90%) Military
Job Titles
1 231 (16.89%) Developer
2 214 (15.64%) Senior
3 168 (12.28%) Analyst
4 95 (6.94%) Software Engineer
5 74 (5.41%) Software Developer
6 70 (5.12%) Senior Developer
7 68 (4.97%) Lead
8 60 (4.39%) Architect
9 56 (4.09%) IT Support
10 54 (3.95%) Project Manager
10 54 (3.95%) Support Engineer
11 49 (3.58%) Data Manager
12 45 (3.29%) IT Technician
13 42 (3.07%) Consultant
13 42 (3.07%) Systems Engineer
14 40 (2.92%) Engineering Manager
14 40 (2.92%) Technical Support
15 34 (2.49%) .NET Developer
15 34 (2.49%) Senior Manager
16 33 (2.41%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (8.04%) .NET
2 93 (6.80%) HTML
3 89 (6.51%) React
4 85 (6.21%) CSS
5 69 (5.04%) AngularJS
6 44 (3.22%) Vue
7 42 (3.07%) Node.js
8 37 (2.70%) .NET Framework
9 27 (1.97%) .NET Core
9 27 (1.97%) ASP.NET
10 24 (1.75%) RESTful
11 21 (1.54%) Entity Framework
12 17 (1.24%) Laravel
12 17 (1.24%) Spring
13 16 (1.17%) LESS
13 16 (1.17%) SOAP
14 15 (1.10%) XML
15 14 (1.02%) jQuery
15 14 (1.02%) WPF
16 13 (0.95%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 153 (11.18%) Self-Motivation
2 69 (5.04%) Product Ownership
3 54 (3.95%) Management Information System
4 46 (3.36%) Driving Licence
5 44 (3.22%) Onboarding
6 32 (2.34%) Algorithms
7 29 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
8 25 (1.83%) FPGA
8 25 (1.83%) GNSS
9 24 (1.75%) Mobile App
10 23 (1.68%) Robotics
11 22 (1.61%) Derivative
12 20 (1.46%) Credit Risk
13 18 (1.32%) Data Centre
14 17 (1.24%) VHDL
14 17 (1.24%) Virtual Team
15 15 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
15 15 (1.10%) Replication
16 11 (0.80%) Analogue Electronics
16 11 (0.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 209 (15.28%) Windows
2 128 (9.36%) Linux
3 43 (3.14%) Windows 10
4 39 (2.85%) Apple iOS
5 37 (2.70%) Windows Server
6 30 (2.19%) Unix
7 18 (1.32%) Android
8 14 (1.02%) Ubuntu
9 12 (0.88%) Mac OS
10 11 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 9 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
12 8 (0.58%) Debian
13 7 (0.51%) AIX
13 7 (0.51%) CentOS
14 6 (0.44%) Kali Linux
15 5 (0.37%) Mac OS X
15 5 (0.37%) VMS
16 4 (0.29%) Data ONTAP
16 4 (0.29%) Windows 7
16 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (22.00%) Agile
2 197 (14.40%) Project Management
3 181 (13.23%) DevOps
3 181 (13.23%) Software Engineering
4 175 (12.79%) Customer Service
5 168 (12.28%) Mentoring
6 159 (11.62%) Computer Science
7 122 (8.92%) Analytics
8 119 (8.70%) Test Automation
9 109 (7.97%) CI/CD
10 97 (7.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 94 (6.87%) ITIL
12 89 (6.51%) Decision-Making
13 87 (6.36%) SDLC
14 86 (6.29%) Collaborative Working
14 86 (6.29%) Full Stack Development
15 85 (6.21%) Project Delivery
15 85 (6.21%) User Experience
16 81 (5.92%) Scrum
17 79 (5.77%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 196 (14.33%) Python
2 173 (12.65%) JavaScript
3 144 (10.53%) C#
4 143 (10.45%) SQL
5 119 (8.70%) Java
6 73 (5.34%) C++
7 63 (4.61%) C
8 60 (4.39%) TypeScript
9 44 (3.22%) PHP
10 37 (2.70%) MATLAB
11 33 (2.41%) PowerShell
12 23 (1.68%) R
13 20 (1.46%) Bash
14 19 (1.39%) VB
15 17 (1.24%) T-SQL
16 11 (0.80%) Perl
16 11 (0.80%) Scala
17 10 (0.73%) Swift
18 9 (0.66%) Ada
18 9 (0.66%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 400 (29.24%) Degree
2 196 (14.33%) Security Cleared
3 94 (6.87%) SC Cleared
4 62 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (3.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 36 (2.63%) A+ Certification
7 35 (2.56%) Master's Degree
8 33 (2.41%) DV Cleared
9 32 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 29 (2.12%) DBS Check
11 22 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
12 21 (1.54%) HND
13 18 (1.32%) CISSP
14 17 (1.24%) HNC
15 14 (1.02%) MCP
16 12 (0.88%) AWS Certification
16 12 (0.88%) CCNA
16 12 (0.88%) ISTQB
16 12 (0.88%) OSCP
17 11 (0.80%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (8.33%) QA
2 47 (3.44%) Data Quality
3 46 (3.36%) GDPR
4 26 (1.90%) SLA
5 23 (1.68%) PMO
6 16 (1.17%) NIST
7 13 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 10 (0.73%) ISO 9001
10 9 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (0.66%) IEC 61508
11 8 (0.58%) Accessibility
12 7 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 12207
13 6 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 6 (0.44%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.44%) SEPA
14 5 (0.37%) TARGET2
14 5 (0.37%) TickIT
14 5 (0.37%) WCAG
15 4 (0.29%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 91 (6.65%) Active Directory
2 57 (4.17%) Docker
3 43 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (1.97%) Firmware
5 21 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (1.24%) Embedded Firmware
7 12 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (0.73%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.37%) vSphere
10 4 (0.29%) NFS
10 4 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 3 (0.22%) KVM
12 2 (0.15%) Kamailio
13 1 (0.073%) Apache Flume
13 1 (0.073%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.073%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 50 (3.65%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.97%) Ansible
3 21 (1.54%) Terraform
4 13 (0.95%) SCCM
5 7 (0.51%) WSUS
6 6 (0.44%) Puppet
7 5 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
7 5 (0.37%) Graphite
7 5 (0.37%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.37%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.29%) Grafana
8 4 (0.29%) Nagios
9 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.15%) CASB
10 2 (0.15%) SCOM
11 1 (0.073%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.073%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (0.073%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.073%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 303 (22.15%) Microsoft
2 91 (6.65%) Google
3 53 (3.87%) VMware
4 37 (2.70%) Oracle
5 24 (1.75%) Cisco
6 19 (1.39%) IBM
7 17 (1.24%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.17%) Apple
8 16 (1.17%) Xamarin
9 15 (1.10%) Databricks
10 11 (0.80%) Alteryx
10 11 (0.80%) Atlassian
10 11 (0.80%) Red Hat
10 11 (0.80%) Sophos
11 10 (0.73%) Palo Alto
11 10 (0.73%) Veeam
12 9 (0.66%) Adobe
12 9 (0.66%) UiPath
13 8 (0.58%) Green Hills
13 8 (0.58%) Motorola