Problem-Solving Jobs in the Thames Valley

Problem Solving
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 4 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 10 8
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,286 746 1,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 17.97% 13.19% 15.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.57% 13.93% 16.19%
Number of salaries quoted 717 374 566
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,425 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.07% -7.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,250 £93,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,961 5,356 6,912
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 83.31% 94.71% 93.34%
Number of salaries quoted 3,961 3,000 3,928
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,265 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 June 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
Buckinghamshire +6 533 £45,000 +11.39% 96
Berkshire +3 438 £42,500 -22.73% 140
Oxfordshire +13 315 £42,500 -15.00% 100
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 26 (2.02%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.71%) WebLogic
3 21 (1.63%) CMS
4 18 (1.40%) Apache
4 18 (1.40%) WordPress
5 17 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (1.01%) Confluence
7 12 (0.93%) nginx
8 11 (0.86%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.47%) Drupal
9 6 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.39%) Joomla!
11 4 (0.31%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.078%) SAS
12 1 (0.078%) Tomcat
Applications
1 122 (9.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 87 (6.77%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (0.70%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.62%) Sketch
6 7 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.39%) Adobe XD
9 4 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.31%) InDesign
9 4 (0.31%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.23%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.078%) Revit
11 1 (0.078%) Solid Edge
11 1 (0.078%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 20 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.78%) Oracle Applications
3 8 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.23%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.23%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.078%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.078%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.078%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 181 (14.07%) Azure
2 111 (8.63%) AWS
3 93 (7.23%) Microsoft 365
4 59 (4.59%) GCP
5 40 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
6 39 (3.03%) SaaS
7 36 (2.80%) Power Platform
8 31 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
9 24 (1.87%) Power Automate
10 16 (1.24%) OCI
11 14 (1.09%) GitHub
12 13 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
13 12 (0.93%) Amazon S3
14 11 (0.86%) IaaS
14 11 (0.86%) PowerApps
15 9 (0.70%) Entra ID
15 9 (0.70%) WhatsApp
16 8 (0.62%) AWS Lambda
16 8 (0.62%) Google Workspace
16 8 (0.62%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 75 (5.83%) Firewall
2 42 (3.27%) DNS
3 29 (2.26%) DHCP
4 21 (1.63%) SAN
5 20 (1.56%) Wireless
6 17 (1.32%) Intrusion Detection
7 16 (1.24%) LAN
8 14 (1.09%) Internet
8 14 (1.09%) VoIP
9 13 (1.01%) SSL
10 11 (0.86%) VLAN
10 11 (0.86%) VPN
11 10 (0.78%) TCP/IP
11 10 (0.78%) WAN
12 8 (0.62%) Broadband
13 7 (0.54%) NAS
13 7 (0.54%) Network Security
13 7 (0.54%) SNMP
14 6 (0.47%) 5G
14 6 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (4.04%) BigQuery
1 52 (4.04%) Looker
2 51 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (2.72%) Elasticsearch
3 35 (2.72%) MySQL
4 31 (2.41%) SQL Server
5 24 (1.87%) Power BI
6 13 (1.01%) OLTP
6 13 (1.01%) Relational Database
7 10 (0.78%) MongoDB
8 8 (0.62%) CouchDB
8 8 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.54%) Data Mining
9 7 (0.54%) MariaDB
9 7 (0.54%) MS Access
9 7 (0.54%) NoSQL
9 7 (0.54%) Tableau
10 6 (0.47%) Data Lake
10 6 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
11 5 (0.39%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 36 (2.80%) JIRA
2 23 (1.79%) Git
3 19 (1.48%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.70%) Gradle
4 9 (0.70%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.54%) GitLab
6 6 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (0.47%) Selenium
7 5 (0.39%) Eclipse
7 5 (0.39%) PowerBuilder
8 4 (0.31%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.31%) Postman
8 4 (0.31%) Subversion
9 3 (0.23%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.23%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.23%) JMeter
9 3 (0.23%) JUnit
10 2 (0.16%) ERwin
10 2 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.16%) Serenity BDD
General
1 682 (53.03%) Social Skills
2 392 (30.48%) Analytical Skills
3 223 (17.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 129 (10.03%) Finance
5 67 (5.21%) Marketing
6 60 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
7 57 (4.43%) Retail
8 51 (3.97%) Legal
9 46 (3.58%) Public Sector
10 44 (3.42%) Manufacturing
11 37 (2.88%) Pharmaceutical
12 36 (2.80%) Billing
13 35 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
14 27 (2.10%) Telecoms
15 24 (1.87%) Police
16 21 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
17 20 (1.56%) Law
18 16 (1.24%) Electronics
19 15 (1.17%) Back Office
20 14 (1.09%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 179 (13.92%) Senior
2 175 (13.61%) Analyst
3 105 (8.16%) Data Scientist
4 96 (7.47%) Architect
5 93 (7.23%) Developer
6 70 (5.44%) Lead
7 65 (5.05%) IT Support
8 64 (4.98%) Support Analyst
9 56 (4.35%) Consultant
10 53 (4.12%) Data Engineer
10 53 (4.12%) Project Manager
10 53 (4.12%) Software Engineer
10 53 (4.12%) Solutions Architect
11 40 (3.11%) Applications Support
12 38 (2.95%) Applications Support Analyst
12 38 (2.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 37 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
14 36 (2.80%) Senior Developer
15 33 (2.57%) Data Manager
16 32 (2.49%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (4.04%) .NET
2 51 (3.97%) HTML
3 33 (2.57%) CSS
4 32 (2.49%) Spring
5 27 (2.10%) XML
6 22 (1.71%) J2EE
6 22 (1.71%) Java EE
7 17 (1.32%) ASP.NET
8 14 (1.09%) JSON
8 14 (1.09%) SOAP
9 12 (0.93%) AngularJS
9 12 (0.93%) Kafka
9 12 (0.93%) React
10 11 (0.86%) Web Services
11 10 (0.78%) .NET Core
12 9 (0.70%) Hibernate
12 9 (0.70%) Spring Boot
13 7 (0.54%) Node.js
14 6 (0.47%) .NET Framework
14 6 (0.47%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 155 (12.05%) Algorithms
2 134 (10.42%) Self-Motivation
3 110 (8.55%) Management Information System
4 42 (3.27%) Product Ownership
5 38 (2.95%) Data Centre
6 35 (2.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 32 (2.49%) Driving Licence
8 31 (2.41%) Life Science
9 24 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
10 21 (1.63%) Client/Server
11 19 (1.48%) Data Structures
11 19 (1.48%) Onboarding
12 17 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
13 16 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (1.17%) Biopharmaceutical
15 13 (1.01%) Virtual Team
16 11 (0.86%) IoT
16 11 (0.86%) Mobile App
17 10 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
18 9 (0.70%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 170 (13.22%) Windows
2 85 (6.61%) Linux
3 60 (4.67%) Windows 10
4 39 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
5 38 (2.95%) Windows Server 2016
5 38 (2.95%) Windows Server 2019
6 37 (2.88%) Windows Server
7 35 (2.72%) Unix
8 34 (2.64%) Windows 7
9 21 (1.63%) Mac OS
10 13 (1.01%) Apple iOS
11 12 (0.93%) Windows XP
12 6 (0.47%) Android
12 6 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 5 (0.39%) CentOS
13 5 (0.39%) Data ONTAP
14 4 (0.31%) VMS
15 2 (0.16%) SUSE
15 2 (0.16%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.078%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (27.45%) Mentoring
2 272 (21.15%) Coaching
3 255 (19.83%) Decision-Making
4 206 (16.02%) Computer Science
5 202 (15.71%) Project Management
6 198 (15.40%) Cybersecurity
7 176 (13.69%) Data Science
8 169 (13.14%) Customer Service
9 164 (12.75%) Mathematics
10 150 (11.66%) Agile
11 149 (11.59%) Data Analysis
12 134 (10.42%) Red Team
13 130 (10.11%) Collaborative Working
14 128 (9.95%) ITIL
15 112 (8.71%) Data Modelling
16 109 (8.48%) Actionable Insight
17 108 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
18 103 (8.01%) Statistical Modelling
19 102 (7.93%) Digital Forensics
20 94 (7.31%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 109 (8.48%) SQL
2 105 (8.16%) Python
3 64 (4.98%) Java
4 58 (4.51%) C#
4 58 (4.51%) JavaScript
5 53 (4.12%) PowerShell
6 46 (3.58%) C++
7 42 (3.27%) Fortran
8 41 (3.19%) C
9 25 (1.94%) PL/SQL
10 24 (1.87%) Bash
10 24 (1.87%) PHP
11 23 (1.79%) Shell Script
12 14 (1.09%) VB.NET
13 11 (0.86%) Perl
14 9 (0.70%) Ruby
14 9 (0.70%) T-SQL
14 9 (0.70%) TypeScript
15 8 (0.62%) Scala
16 7 (0.54%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 473 (36.78%) Degree
2 188 (14.62%) Security Cleared
3 105 (8.16%) SC Cleared
4 73 (5.68%) DV Cleared
5 50 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 46 (3.58%) Master's Degree
7 45 (3.50%) PhD
8 34 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (1.94%) NVQ Level 3
10 23 (1.79%) HNC
11 20 (1.56%) CCNA
11 20 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.48%) MCP
13 17 (1.32%) CISSP
13 17 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
13 17 (1.32%) DBS Check
14 16 (1.24%) A+ Certification
15 14 (1.09%) ACCA
16 13 (1.01%) CCNP
17 10 (0.78%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (6.22%) SLA
2 76 (5.91%) QA
3 64 (4.98%) Data Quality
4 55 (4.28%) GDPR
5 53 (4.12%) PMO
6 22 (1.71%) Good Clinical Practice
7 13 (1.01%) IFRS
8 12 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 9 (0.70%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.62%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.54%) GxP
11 7 (0.54%) ISO 14001
11 7 (0.54%) ISO 22301
11 7 (0.54%) NEBOSH
11 7 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.31%) WCAG
13 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.23%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 100 (7.78%) Active Directory
2 66 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (2.64%) Hyper-V
4 32 (2.49%) Docker
5 15 (1.17%) Firmware
6 12 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.86%) KVM
8 7 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.47%) vSphere
10 5 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 5 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.31%) HDFS
12 1 (0.078%) NFS
Systems Management
1 58 (4.51%) SCCM
2 29 (2.26%) Kubernetes
3 28 (2.18%) SCOM
4 22 (1.71%) OpenSSO
4 22 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
5 19 (1.48%) Ansible
6 17 (1.32%) vCenter Server
7 14 (1.09%) NetBackup
8 12 (0.93%) EMC NetWorker
8 12 (0.93%) WSUS
9 10 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.62%) Terraform
11 5 (0.39%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.39%) Puppet
11 5 (0.39%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 4 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.31%) PaperCut
13 2 (0.16%) Nagios
13 2 (0.16%) Netcool
13 2 (0.16%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 314 (24.42%) Microsoft
2 77 (5.99%) Oracle
3 68 (5.29%) Google
4 67 (5.21%) VMware
5 39 (3.03%) Salesforce
6 24 (1.87%) Cisco
7 23 (1.79%) Juniper
8 22 (1.71%) Remedy
9 20 (1.56%) HP
10 19 (1.48%) SAP
11 18 (1.40%) Palo Alto
12 17 (1.32%) MuleSoft
13 16 (1.24%) Extreme Networks
13 16 (1.24%) Veeam
14 13 (1.01%) 3PAR
14 13 (1.01%) CA
14 13 (1.01%) Dell
15 12 (0.93%) Adobe
15 12 (0.93%) EMC
15 12 (0.93%) Symantec