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

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 14 16
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 4,741 5,171 9,890
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.90% 12.98% 13.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.32% 13.51% 14.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,233 3,007 4,802
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,125 £31,273
25th Percentile £39,720 £44,409 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £72,433 £79,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £96,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.91% - +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 30,950 38,268 69,952
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.73% 96.05% 97.09%
Number of salaries quoted 23,425 26,570 41,531
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
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 25 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
1 134 (2.83%) SharePoint
2 108 (2.28%) Apache
3 94 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 58 (1.22%) WordPress
5 48 (1.01%) CMS
6 45 (0.95%) IIS
7 39 (0.82%) Apache Spark
8 31 (0.65%) Confluence
9 26 (0.55%) nginx
10 25 (0.53%) OpenStack
11 21 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
12 20 (0.42%) OpenEdge
13 16 (0.34%) SAS
14 10 (0.21%) Umbraco
15 8 (0.17%) ArcGIS
16 7 (0.15%) WebLogic
17 5 (0.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
17 5 (0.11%) Luigi
18 4 (0.084%) Drupal
18 4 (0.084%) Tomcat
Applications
1 279 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 261 (5.51%) Microsoft Office
3 101 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (0.59%) Simulink
5 24 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
6 21 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 14 (0.30%) Sketch
8 13 (0.27%) Adobe XD
9 12 (0.25%) Photoshop
10 10 (0.21%) Chatbot
10 10 (0.21%) MS Visio
10 10 (0.21%) Trello
11 9 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
12 8 (0.17%) InDesign
13 6 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
13 6 (0.13%) AutoCAD
13 6 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
13 6 (0.13%) UserZoom
14 5 (0.11%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 63 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (0.65%) Shopify
3 22 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
5 11 (0.23%) iTrent
6 10 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
6 10 (0.21%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.21%) SAP CX
7 8 (0.17%) Misys Midas
8 7 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
8 7 (0.15%) Fidessa
8 7 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
8 7 (0.15%) SAP Business One
8 7 (0.15%) Siebel CRM
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 (0.11%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 950 (20.04%) Azure
2 812 (17.13%) AWS
3 341 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
4 331 (6.98%) Power Platform
5 256 (5.40%) SaaS
6 191 (4.03%) Serverless
7 183 (3.86%) GCP
8 134 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
9 130 (2.74%) Entra ID
10 127 (2.68%) Amazon S3
11 123 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
12 121 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
13 88 (1.86%) PowerApps
14 86 (1.81%) GitHub
14 86 (1.81%) Snowflake
15 84 (1.77%) Power Automate
16 68 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
17 53 (1.12%) IaaS
18 45 (0.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 45 (0.95%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 294 (6.20%) Firewall
2 145 (3.06%) DNS
3 111 (2.34%) Internet
4 104 (2.19%) VPN
5 103 (2.17%) TCP/IP
6 81 (1.71%) DHCP
7 76 (1.60%) WAN
8 67 (1.41%) SNMP
9 65 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
10 60 (1.27%) Network Security
11 59 (1.24%) LAN
12 58 (1.22%) Wireless
13 57 (1.20%) IPsec
14 49 (1.03%) SAN
15 36 (0.76%) VLAN
16 35 (0.74%) SD-WAN
17 33 (0.70%) NAS
18 30 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
19 25 (0.53%) VoIP
20 22 (0.46%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 419 (8.84%) SQL Server
2 262 (5.53%) Power BI
3 243 (5.13%) Tableau
4 198 (4.18%) MySQL
4 198 (4.18%) Relational Database
5 161 (3.40%) Elasticsearch
6 153 (3.23%) MongoDB
7 114 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
8 90 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
9 75 (1.58%) Redis
10 67 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 65 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 63 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
12 63 (1.33%) RDBMS
13 58 (1.22%) Big Data
14 53 (1.12%) DynamoDB
15 51 (1.08%) Data Lake
16 46 (0.97%) Oracle Database
17 36 (0.76%) NoSQL
17 36 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 439 (9.26%) Git
2 187 (3.94%) JIRA
3 100 (2.11%) Jenkins
4 97 (2.05%) GitLab
5 45 (0.95%) Visual Studio
6 32 (0.67%) Selenium
6 32 (0.67%) TeamCity
7 31 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
8 27 (0.57%) Maven
9 24 (0.51%) JDeveloper
10 22 (0.46%) JUnit
11 19 (0.40%) LabVIEW
12 18 (0.38%) Cucumber
12 18 (0.38%) Eclipse
12 18 (0.38%) JMeter
13 16 (0.34%) SpecFlow
14 14 (0.30%) Postman
14 14 (0.30%) webpack
15 13 (0.27%) Cypress.io
16 12 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 2,553 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 1,446 (30.50%) Analytical Skills
3 992 (20.92%) Finance
4 477 (10.06%) Retail
5 325 (6.86%) Marketing
6 304 (6.41%) Presentation Skills
7 290 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 282 (5.95%) Legal
9 195 (4.11%) Public Sector
10 193 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
11 140 (2.95%) Law
12 126 (2.66%) Manufacturing
13 89 (1.88%) Banking
14 87 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
15 74 (1.56%) Telecoms
16 73 (1.54%) Electronics
16 73 (1.54%) Games
17 63 (1.33%) Automotive
18 47 (0.99%) Advertising
18 47 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 896 (18.90%) Developer
2 819 (17.27%) Senior
3 741 (15.63%) Analyst
4 408 (8.61%) Lead
5 346 (7.30%) Software Engineer
6 251 (5.29%) Architect
7 248 (5.23%) Consultant
8 225 (4.75%) Senior Developer
9 192 (4.05%) Data Analyst
10 186 (3.92%) Software Developer
11 155 (3.27%) Project Manager
12 152 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
13 150 (3.16%) Senior Analyst
14 144 (3.04%) Business Analyst
15 143 (3.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 134 (2.83%) Support Engineer
17 129 (2.72%) .NET Developer
18 112 (2.36%) IT Support
19 109 (2.30%) Senior Data Analyst
20 105 (2.21%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 471 (9.93%) .NET
2 322 (6.79%) HTML
3 307 (6.48%) React
4 296 (6.24%) CSS
5 241 (5.08%) Node.js
6 206 (4.35%) AngularJS
7 183 (3.86%) RESTful
8 133 (2.81%) Vue
9 128 (2.70%) .NET Core
10 124 (2.62%) .NET Framework
11 119 (2.51%) ASP.NET
12 102 (2.15%) Web Services
13 99 (2.09%) GraphQL
14 95 (2.00%) REST
15 83 (1.75%) Django
16 73 (1.54%) Kafka
16 73 (1.54%) YAML
17 71 (1.50%) Spring
18 70 (1.48%) RabbitMQ
19 63 (1.33%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 299 (6.31%) Self-Motivation
2 202 (4.26%) Management Information System
3 167 (3.52%) Product Ownership
4 160 (3.37%) Client/Server
5 152 (3.21%) Data Structures
6 148 (3.12%) Algorithms
7 147 (3.10%) Data Centre
8 106 (2.24%) Onboarding
9 75 (1.58%) Cloud Native
10 70 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
11 69 (1.46%) Mobile App
12 60 (1.27%) Driving Licence
13 58 (1.22%) IoT
14 53 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
15 47 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
16 42 (0.89%) Life Science
17 41 (0.86%) Virtual Team
18 37 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
18 37 (0.78%) PropTech
19 34 (0.72%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 516 (10.88%) Windows
2 366 (7.72%) Linux
3 197 (4.16%) Windows Server
4 113 (2.38%) Apple iOS
5 105 (2.21%) Android
6 73 (1.54%) Windows 10
7 54 (1.14%) Data ONTAP
8 42 (0.89%) Unix
9 38 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
10 28 (0.59%) AIX
11 21 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
11 21 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
12 18 (0.38%) Mac OS
12 18 (0.38%) Windows 8
13 15 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
14 12 (0.25%) CentOS
14 12 (0.25%) Windows 7
15 11 (0.23%) VMS
16 9 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 8 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,205 (25.42%) Agile
2 697 (14.70%) Software Engineering
3 587 (12.38%) Analytics
4 583 (12.30%) DevOps
5 540 (11.39%) Project Management
6 532 (11.22%) Computer Science
7 494 (10.42%) Actionable Insight
8 492 (10.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 485 (10.23%) Mentoring
10 415 (8.75%) Customer Service
11 414 (8.73%) Decision-Making
12 354 (7.47%) Data Analysis
13 350 (7.38%) CI/CD
14 346 (7.30%) User Experience
15 344 (7.26%) Stakeholder Management
16 342 (7.21%) Business Intelligence
17 334 (7.04%) Full Stack Development
18 317 (6.69%) Roadmaps
19 316 (6.67%) Visualisation
20 300 (6.33%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 944 (19.91%) SQL
2 923 (19.47%) Python
3 566 (11.94%) JavaScript
4 556 (11.73%) C#
5 417 (8.80%) Java
6 229 (4.83%) TypeScript
7 162 (3.42%) C
8 142 (3.00%) PHP
9 135 (2.85%) C++
10 130 (2.74%) Bash
11 121 (2.55%) PowerShell
12 105 (2.21%) Go
12 105 (2.21%) T-SQL
13 57 (1.20%) Ruby
14 56 (1.18%) Perl
15 49 (1.03%) Scala
16 48 (1.01%) R
17 37 (0.78%) VB
18 32 (0.67%) Groovy
18 32 (0.67%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1,225 (25.84%) Degree
2 553 (11.66%) Security Cleared
3 350 (7.38%) SC Cleared
4 337 (7.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 290 (6.12%) DBS Check
6 127 (2.68%) Master's Degree
7 100 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 82 (1.73%) DV Cleared
9 78 (1.65%) CISSP
10 71 (1.50%) AWS Certification
11 69 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
12 67 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
13 64 (1.35%) PMI Certification
14 58 (1.22%) Azure Certification
15 51 (1.08%) CCNA
16 37 (0.78%) CEH
16 37 (0.78%) MCSE
17 36 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
18 34 (0.72%) PMP
19 33 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 347 (7.32%) QA
2 123 (2.59%) Data Quality
3 111 (2.34%) SLA
4 95 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 75 (1.58%) GDPR
6 66 (1.39%) Accessibility
7 45 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
7 45 (0.95%) NIST
8 32 (0.67%) PCI DSS
9 28 (0.59%) ISO 9001
10 27 (0.57%) NCSC
11 25 (0.53%) IFRS
12 21 (0.44%) SOC 2
12 21 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
13 20 (0.42%) PMO
14 15 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 13 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
16 12 (0.25%) GRC
17 11 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 11 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 329 (6.94%) Docker
2 276 (5.82%) Active Directory
3 166 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 74 (1.56%) Hyper-V
5 41 (0.86%) Firmware
6 38 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
7 31 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
8 21 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
9 12 (0.25%) vSphere
10 11 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
10 11 (0.23%) Terminal Services
11 9 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
12 7 (0.15%) KVM
12 7 (0.15%) NFS
13 3 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.042%) DFS Replication
14 2 (0.042%) Kamailio
14 2 (0.042%) Varnish
14 2 (0.042%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.021%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 287 (6.05%) Kubernetes
2 186 (3.92%) Terraform
3 133 (2.81%) Ansible
4 78 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 78 (1.65%) Prometheus
5 75 (1.58%) vCenter Server
6 37 (0.78%) Puppet
7 35 (0.74%) Grafana
8 34 (0.72%) SCCM
9 19 (0.40%) SCOM
10 16 (0.34%) Progress Chef
11 12 (0.25%) Consul
12 11 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 11 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
13 10 (0.21%) Nagios
13 10 (0.21%) ZABBIX
14 9 (0.19%) Data Guard
14 9 (0.19%) Graphite
14 9 (0.19%) HAProxy
14 9 (0.19%) Packer
Vendors
1 1,047 (22.08%) Microsoft
2 216 (4.56%) VMware
3 186 (3.92%) Google
4 165 (3.48%) Databricks
4 165 (3.48%) Oracle
5 141 (2.97%) SAP
6 89 (1.88%) Cisco
7 76 (1.60%) Palo Alto
8 75 (1.58%) ServiceNow
9 66 (1.39%) Salesforce
10 64 (1.35%) Red Hat
11 55 (1.16%) NetApp
12 54 (1.14%) SolidFire
13 51 (1.08%) Adobe
14 42 (0.89%) IBM
15 39 (0.82%) Dell
16 38 (0.80%) Meraki
17 34 (0.72%) Splunk
18 28 (0.59%) Xilinx
19 27 (0.57%) Facebook