Problem-Solving Jobs with Work from Home Options

Problem Solving
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 10 15 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 4,764 5,254 9,305
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.09% 12.77% 13.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.43% 13.29% 13.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,238 3,103 4,702
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,720 £45,000 £40,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £96,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,884 39,545 66,696
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.37% 96.08% 96.99%
Number of salaries quoted 23,455 27,516 41,159
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Problem-Solving
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Problem-Solving trend for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving.

Problem-Solving salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Problem-Solving salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 137 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 106 (2.23%) Apache
3 96 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 58 (1.22%) WordPress
5 50 (1.05%) CMS
6 46 (0.97%) IIS
7 44 (0.92%) Apache Spark
8 41 (0.86%) Confluence
9 26 (0.55%) nginx
10 24 (0.50%) OpenStack
11 20 (0.42%) OpenEdge
12 18 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
13 17 (0.36%) SAS
14 11 (0.23%) Umbraco
15 8 (0.17%) ArcGIS
16 7 (0.15%) WebLogic
17 6 (0.13%) Tomcat
18 5 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
18 5 (0.10%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
19 4 (0.084%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 299 (6.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 284 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
3 113 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
5 23 (0.48%) Simulink
6 21 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 21 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
7 15 (0.31%) Sketch
8 14 (0.29%) Photoshop
9 13 (0.27%) Adobe XD
10 10 (0.21%) Chatbot
10 10 (0.21%) InDesign
10 10 (0.21%) Trello
11 9 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
12 8 (0.17%) MS Visio
13 6 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
13 6 (0.13%) AutoCAD
13 6 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
13 6 (0.13%) UserZoom
14 5 (0.10%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 63 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (0.65%) Shopify
3 21 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
5 11 (0.23%) iTrent
5 11 (0.23%) SAP CX
6 10 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
6 10 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.17%) Misys Midas
7 8 (0.17%) Siebel CRM
8 7 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
8 7 (0.15%) Fidessa
8 7 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
8 7 (0.15%) SAP Business One
9 6 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
9 6 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 6 (0.13%) Sage 200
9 6 (0.13%) Sage CRM
9 6 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.10%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 946 (19.86%) Azure
2 785 (16.48%) AWS
3 341 (7.16%) Microsoft 365
4 334 (7.01%) Power Platform
5 276 (5.79%) SaaS
6 196 (4.11%) Serverless
7 192 (4.03%) GCP
8 134 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
9 133 (2.79%) Entra ID
10 132 (2.77%) Amazon S3
11 129 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
12 115 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
13 91 (1.91%) GitHub
14 89 (1.87%) PowerApps
15 85 (1.78%) Snowflake
16 83 (1.74%) Power Automate
17 69 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
18 52 (1.09%) IaaS
19 46 (0.97%) WhatsApp
20 43 (0.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 290 (6.09%) Firewall
2 147 (3.09%) DNS
3 113 (2.37%) Internet
4 105 (2.20%) VPN
5 99 (2.08%) TCP/IP
6 84 (1.76%) DHCP
7 76 (1.60%) WAN
8 67 (1.41%) SNMP
9 65 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
10 61 (1.28%) LAN
11 58 (1.22%) Network Security
11 58 (1.22%) Wireless
12 57 (1.20%) IPsec
13 51 (1.07%) SAN
14 36 (0.76%) SD-WAN
15 35 (0.73%) NAS
15 35 (0.73%) VLAN
16 28 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
17 25 (0.52%) VoIP
18 22 (0.46%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 418 (8.77%) SQL Server
2 263 (5.52%) Power BI
3 221 (4.64%) Tableau
4 211 (4.43%) Relational Database
5 200 (4.20%) MySQL
6 165 (3.46%) Elasticsearch
7 152 (3.19%) MongoDB
8 112 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
9 91 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
10 76 (1.60%) RDBMS
11 74 (1.55%) Redis
12 68 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 67 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 66 (1.39%) Big Data
15 59 (1.24%) Oracle Database
16 53 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
17 52 (1.09%) Data Lake
18 44 (0.92%) DynamoDB
19 40 (0.84%) Hadoop
20 36 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 440 (9.24%) Git
2 199 (4.18%) JIRA
3 108 (2.27%) Jenkins
4 87 (1.83%) GitLab
5 45 (0.94%) Visual Studio
6 36 (0.76%) JDeveloper
7 32 (0.67%) Selenium
7 32 (0.67%) TeamCity
8 31 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
9 30 (0.63%) Maven
10 21 (0.44%) JUnit
11 19 (0.40%) LabVIEW
12 18 (0.38%) Cucumber
12 18 (0.38%) JMeter
13 17 (0.36%) Eclipse
14 15 (0.31%) Cypress.io
14 15 (0.31%) SpecFlow
14 15 (0.31%) webpack
15 14 (0.29%) Bitbucket
16 13 (0.27%) Postman
General
1 2,535 (53.21%) Social Skills
2 1,427 (29.95%) Analytical Skills
3 1,006 (21.12%) Finance
4 459 (9.63%) Retail
5 322 (6.76%) Marketing
6 300 (6.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 283 (5.94%) Legal
8 277 (5.81%) Presentation Skills
9 200 (4.20%) Public Sector
10 194 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
11 151 (3.17%) Law
12 122 (2.56%) Manufacturing
13 97 (2.04%) Banking
14 89 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
15 75 (1.57%) Telecoms
16 74 (1.55%) Electronics
16 74 (1.55%) Games
17 62 (1.30%) Automotive
18 50 (1.05%) Advertising
19 47 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 896 (18.81%) Developer
2 810 (17.00%) Senior
3 720 (15.11%) Analyst
4 413 (8.67%) Lead
5 354 (7.43%) Software Engineer
6 268 (5.63%) Architect
7 240 (5.04%) Consultant
8 239 (5.02%) Senior Developer
9 181 (3.80%) Software Developer
10 172 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
11 168 (3.53%) Data Analyst
12 159 (3.34%) Project Manager
13 149 (3.13%) Business Analyst
14 143 (3.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 132 (2.77%) Support Engineer
16 129 (2.71%) Senior Analyst
17 125 (2.62%) .NET Developer
18 108 (2.27%) IT Support
19 104 (2.18%) Presales Solution Architect
20 101 (2.12%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 467 (9.80%) .NET
2 328 (6.88%) React
3 316 (6.63%) HTML
4 295 (6.19%) CSS
5 257 (5.39%) Node.js
6 206 (4.32%) AngularJS
7 184 (3.86%) RESTful
8 132 (2.77%) .NET Core
9 129 (2.71%) Vue
10 122 (2.56%) .NET Framework
11 118 (2.48%) ASP.NET
12 99 (2.08%) Web Services
13 97 (2.04%) GraphQL
14 94 (1.97%) REST
15 83 (1.74%) Spring
16 79 (1.66%) Kafka
17 78 (1.64%) YAML
18 75 (1.57%) Django
19 72 (1.51%) JSON
20 70 (1.47%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 315 (6.61%) Self-Motivation
2 216 (4.53%) Management Information System
3 172 (3.61%) Product Ownership
4 159 (3.34%) Client/Server
5 158 (3.32%) Data Structures
6 149 (3.13%) Algorithms
7 147 (3.09%) Data Centre
8 107 (2.25%) Onboarding
9 75 (1.57%) Cloud Native
10 72 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
11 69 (1.45%) Mobile App
12 61 (1.28%) Driving Licence
13 59 (1.24%) IoT
14 50 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
14 50 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
15 43 (0.90%) Life Science
16 40 (0.84%) Virtual Team
17 38 (0.80%) PropTech
18 34 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
19 32 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 515 (10.81%) Windows
2 361 (7.58%) Linux
3 197 (4.14%) Windows Server
4 114 (2.39%) Apple iOS
5 106 (2.23%) Android
6 75 (1.57%) Windows 10
7 54 (1.13%) Data ONTAP
8 44 (0.92%) Unix
9 38 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
10 28 (0.59%) AIX
11 22 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
12 19 (0.40%) Windows 8
13 18 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
13 18 (0.38%) Mac OS
14 15 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
15 13 (0.27%) Windows 7
16 12 (0.25%) CentOS
17 11 (0.23%) VMS
18 8 (0.17%) Windows Vista
18 8 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,208 (25.36%) Agile
2 701 (14.71%) Software Engineering
3 593 (12.45%) DevOps
4 576 (12.09%) Analytics
5 540 (11.34%) Project Management
6 523 (10.98%) Actionable Insight
7 496 (10.41%) Computer Science
8 486 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 486 (10.20%) Mentoring
9 419 (8.80%) Decision-Making
10 418 (8.77%) Customer Service
11 363 (7.62%) User Experience
12 345 (7.24%) Business Intelligence
13 342 (7.18%) Stakeholder Management
14 334 (7.01%) CI/CD
15 333 (6.99%) Data Analysis
16 321 (6.74%) Full Stack Development
17 313 (6.57%) Roadmaps
18 309 (6.49%) Cybersecurity
19 292 (6.13%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 905 (19.00%) SQL
2 902 (18.93%) Python
3 574 (12.05%) JavaScript
4 551 (11.57%) C#
5 442 (9.28%) Java
6 227 (4.76%) TypeScript
7 161 (3.38%) C
8 151 (3.17%) Bash
9 142 (2.98%) PHP
10 135 (2.83%) C++
11 124 (2.60%) PowerShell
12 118 (2.48%) Go
13 106 (2.23%) T-SQL
14 70 (1.47%) Ruby
15 68 (1.43%) Perl
16 57 (1.20%) Scala
17 50 (1.05%) R
18 38 (0.80%) VB
19 32 (0.67%) Groovy
20 29 (0.61%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1,169 (24.54%) Degree
2 576 (12.09%) Security Cleared
3 371 (7.79%) SC Cleared
4 309 (6.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 256 (5.37%) DBS Check
6 130 (2.73%) Master's Degree
7 97 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 84 (1.76%) DV Cleared
9 75 (1.57%) CISSP
10 68 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
10 68 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
11 66 (1.39%) AWS Certification
12 59 (1.24%) PMI Certification
13 52 (1.09%) Azure Certification
13 52 (1.09%) CCNA
14 38 (0.80%) MCSE
15 35 (0.73%) CEH
15 35 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
16 32 (0.67%) PhD
16 32 (0.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 353 (7.41%) QA
2 113 (2.37%) Data Quality
3 110 (2.31%) SLA
4 94 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 73 (1.53%) GDPR
6 71 (1.49%) Accessibility
7 46 (0.97%) NIST
8 45 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
9 32 (0.67%) PCI DSS
10 28 (0.59%) ISO 9001
11 27 (0.57%) NCSC
12 23 (0.48%) IFRS
13 22 (0.46%) PMO
14 21 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
15 20 (0.42%) SOC 2
16 16 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
17 15 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 13 (0.27%) WCAG
19 11 (0.23%) GRC
19 11 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 331 (6.95%) Docker
2 274 (5.75%) Active Directory
3 171 (3.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 73 (1.53%) Hyper-V
5 42 (0.88%) Firmware
6 34 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
7 31 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
8 18 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
9 12 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
9 12 (0.25%) vSphere
10 10 (0.21%) Terminal Services
11 9 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
12 7 (0.15%) NFS
13 6 (0.13%) KVM
14 4 (0.084%) DFS Replication
14 4 (0.084%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.042%) Apache Flume
15 2 (0.042%) Kamailio
15 2 (0.042%) Varnish
15 2 (0.042%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 294 (6.17%) Kubernetes
2 181 (3.80%) Terraform
3 132 (2.77%) Ansible
4 80 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 78 (1.64%) Prometheus
6 76 (1.60%) vCenter Server
7 38 (0.80%) Puppet
8 36 (0.76%) Grafana
9 33 (0.69%) SCCM
10 18 (0.38%) SCOM
11 16 (0.34%) Progress Chef
12 12 (0.25%) Consul
12 12 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
13 11 (0.23%) Nagios
14 10 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 10 (0.21%) Graphite
14 10 (0.21%) HAProxy
14 10 (0.21%) ZABBIX
15 9 (0.19%) Data Guard
15 9 (0.19%) Packer
Vendors
1 1,061 (22.27%) Microsoft
2 217 (4.55%) VMware
3 192 (4.03%) Google
4 175 (3.67%) Oracle
5 143 (3.00%) Databricks
6 141 (2.96%) SAP
7 92 (1.93%) Cisco
8 76 (1.60%) Palo Alto
9 74 (1.55%) ServiceNow
10 64 (1.34%) Red Hat
11 63 (1.32%) Salesforce
12 57 (1.20%) NetApp
13 55 (1.15%) Adobe
14 54 (1.13%) SolidFire
15 48 (1.01%) Dell
16 43 (0.90%) IBM
17 40 (0.84%) Meraki
18 34 (0.71%) Splunk
19 27 (0.57%) Facebook
19 27 (0.57%) Sage