Problem-Solving Jobs in Worcestershire

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire 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 3 12 8
Rank change year-on-year +9 -4 -4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 87 20 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 16.51% 12.27% 15.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.59% 12.66% 16.42%
Number of salaries quoted 64 17 22
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,900 £24,175
25th Percentile £26,000 £36,250 £28,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,250 £42,500 £35,484
Median % change year-on-year -28.82% +19.77% -0.74%
75th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £42,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,000 £54,200
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £48,575 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.51% +7.94% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 403 158 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 76.47% 96.93% 91.95%
Number of salaries quoted 326 133 187
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £27,575
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £35,484
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £56,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £59,629
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Worcestershire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Worcestershire

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Worcestershire

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Worcestershire

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

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Worcestershire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Worcestershire 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
Redditch +4 20 £25,000 -33.33% 6
Malvern - 19 £55,000 - 3
Worcester -1 17 £37,500 -26.83% 10
Bromsgrove +1 11 £30,000 -4.76% 6
Stourport-on-Severn - 9 £27,500 - 2
Kidderminster +2 5 £50,000 -25.93% 9
Droitwich - 4 £29,000 - 1
Problem-Solving
West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 3 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (12.64%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.15%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.15%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (1.15%) Fusion 360
4 1 (1.15%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (3.45%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.79%) SaaS
2 8 (9.20%) Azure
2 8 (9.20%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (5.75%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.45%) AWS
4 3 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (3.45%) Google Workspace
4 3 (3.45%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.15%) GCP
5 1 (1.15%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.90%) Firewall
2 5 (5.75%) VLAN
2 5 (5.75%) VPN
2 5 (5.75%) WAN
3 4 (4.60%) DHCP
3 4 (4.60%) DNS
3 4 (4.60%) LAN
3 4 (4.60%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (3.45%) Ethernet
4 3 (3.45%) SMTP
4 3 (3.45%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.30%) PBX
6 1 (1.15%) NetScaler
6 1 (1.15%) Network Security
6 1 (1.15%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.15%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.60%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.45%) MySQL
2 3 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.45%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.15%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (14.94%) JIRA
2 1 (1.15%) CMake
2 1 (1.15%) Git
General
1 45 (51.72%) Social Skills
2 40 (45.98%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (21.84%) Manufacturing
4 12 (13.79%) Finance
4 12 (13.79%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (4.60%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.60%) Electronics
6 3 (3.45%) Local Government
6 3 (3.45%) Police
6 3 (3.45%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.45%) Retail
7 1 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (28.74%) Analyst
2 22 (25.29%) Developer
3 13 (14.94%) Software Developer
4 12 (13.79%) Service Analyst
4 12 (13.79%) Service Desk Analyst
5 9 (10.34%) Data Analyst
5 9 (10.34%) Project Manager
6 7 (8.05%) Senior
6 7 (8.05%) Support Engineer
7 6 (6.90%) Full Stack Developer
7 6 (6.90%) Senior Developer
8 5 (5.75%) IT Support
8 5 (5.75%) Senior Software Developer
9 4 (4.60%) .NET Developer
9 4 (4.60%) IT Engineer
10 3 (3.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 3 (3.45%) 2nd Line Support
10 3 (3.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 3 (3.45%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 3 (3.45%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.05%) .NET
2 6 (6.90%) AngularJS
2 6 (6.90%) PyTorch
2 6 (6.90%) TensorFlow
3 5 (5.75%) CSS
3 5 (5.75%) HTML
4 3 (3.45%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.15%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.15%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.79%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 9 (10.34%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (8.05%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (6.90%) Algorithms
5 5 (5.75%) CUDA
5 5 (5.75%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (4.60%) Clustering
6 4 (4.60%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.15%) IoT
8 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.94%) Windows
2 10 (11.49%) Linux
3 5 (5.75%) Windows 10
3 5 (5.75%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.60%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (4.60%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.30%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (20.69%) Computer Science
2 15 (17.24%) Customer Service
3 12 (13.79%) CRM
3 12 (13.79%) Full Stack Development
4 11 (12.64%) ERP
4 11 (12.64%) User Experience
5 9 (10.34%) Data Collection
5 9 (10.34%) Statistics
6 8 (9.20%) Decision-Making
7 7 (8.05%) Budget Management
7 7 (8.05%) Business Strategy
7 7 (8.05%) Data Entry
7 7 (8.05%) Programme Management
7 7 (8.05%) Software Engineering
7 7 (8.05%) Strategic Thinking
8 6 (6.90%) Agile
8 6 (6.90%) Front End Development
9 5 (5.75%) Artificial Intelligence
9 5 (5.75%) Edge Computing
9 5 (5.75%) Neural Network
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.94%) C#
2 11 (12.64%) JavaScript
3 6 (6.90%) Python
3 6 (6.90%) SQL
3 6 (6.90%) TypeScript
4 5 (5.75%) PowerShell
5 3 (3.45%) PHP
6 1 (1.15%) C++
Qualifications
1 34 (39.08%) Degree
2 12 (13.79%) Computer Science Degree
2 12 (13.79%) Master's Degree
3 8 (9.20%) HNC
4 5 (5.75%) PhD
5 4 (4.60%) DBS Check
5 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (3.45%) A+ Certification
6 3 (3.45%) MCP
6 3 (3.45%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (2.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (2.30%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.15%) MCSE
8 1 (1.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.79%) SLA
2 3 (3.45%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.45%) QA
3 1 (1.15%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 8 (9.20%) Hyper-V
2 8 (9.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.60%) Autotask
1 4 (4.60%) Failover Clustering
1 4 (4.60%) Jamf Pro
1 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (4.60%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (22.99%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.20%) VMware
3 5 (5.75%) NVIDIA
4 4 (4.60%) Apple
4 4 (4.60%) Datto
5 3 (3.45%) Draytek
5 3 (3.45%) NEC
5 3 (3.45%) Sage
5 3 (3.45%) Sophos
5 3 (3.45%) UiPath
5 3 (3.45%) Veeam
5 3 (3.45%) Webroot
6 2 (2.30%) EMC
7 1 (1.15%) Autodesk
7 1 (1.15%) Citrix
7 1 (1.15%) Google
7 1 (1.15%) HP
7 1 (1.15%) Zscaler