Problem-Solving Jobs in Birmingham

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Birmingham

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 11 21
Rank change year-on-year +2 +10 -5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 340 237 309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 11.31% 13.11% 9.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.24% 13.57% 10.13%
Number of salaries quoted 278 194 229
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £29,256
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,875 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,200 £58,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £77,500
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £48,787 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.89% +8.42% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,388 1,746 3,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 79.44% 96.57% 97.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,920 1,326 2,256
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,750 £34,967
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,251 £83,750
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 Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Birmingham over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 44 (12.94%) SharePoint
2 19 (5.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.53%) WordPress
4 7 (2.06%) IIS
5 3 (0.88%) IBM Notes
6 2 (0.59%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.59%) Confluence
7 1 (0.29%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 37 (10.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.35%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.18%) CANalyzer
4 4 (1.18%) Trello
5 3 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.59%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.29%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.29%) InVision
7 1 (0.29%) Maya
7 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.29%) Sketch
7 1 (0.29%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 9 (2.65%) NetSuite
2 7 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.76%) Shopify
4 4 (1.18%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.59%) Misys Midas
5 2 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.29%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 77 (22.65%) Azure
2 68 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (18.24%) Power Platform
4 37 (10.88%) AWS
5 27 (7.94%) Entra ID
6 22 (6.47%) GCP
7 18 (5.29%) SaaS
8 9 (2.65%) Google Drive
9 8 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (2.35%) OneDrive
10 6 (1.76%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.76%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.47%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (1.47%) Matillion
11 5 (1.47%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.18%) Amazon Kinesis
12 4 (1.18%) Google Docs
12 4 (1.18%) Snowflake
12 4 (1.18%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 39 (11.47%) Firewall
2 31 (9.12%) WAN
3 21 (6.18%) LAN
4 16 (4.71%) Intranet
5 13 (3.82%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.94%) Intrusion Detection
6 10 (2.94%) iSCSI
6 10 (2.94%) PBX
7 8 (2.35%) DHCP
7 8 (2.35%) DNS
8 6 (1.76%) Fibre Channel
8 6 (1.76%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.47%) VoIP
10 4 (1.18%) Ethernet
10 4 (1.18%) SAN
10 4 (1.18%) SNMP
10 4 (1.18%) VLAN
10 4 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (18.24%) Power BI
2 22 (6.47%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (6.18%) SQL Server
4 19 (5.59%) Looker
5 17 (5.00%) Tableau
6 14 (4.12%) BigQuery
7 9 (2.65%) MySQL
8 8 (2.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.47%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.18%) InterSystems Cache
11 4 (1.18%) Metadata
11 4 (1.18%) RDBMS
11 4 (1.18%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.88%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (0.88%) Star Schema
13 2 (0.59%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 13 (3.82%) Git
2 6 (1.76%) Octopus Deploy
2 6 (1.76%) TeamCity
3 5 (1.47%) JIRA
4 4 (1.18%) CANoe
4 4 (1.18%) GitLab
4 4 (1.18%) Postman
5 2 (0.59%) gulp
6 1 (0.29%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.29%) Selenium
6 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 199 (58.53%) Social Skills
2 117 (34.41%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (21.18%) Finance
4 29 (8.53%) Retail
5 27 (7.94%) Marketing
6 18 (5.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (4.41%) Manufacturing
8 14 (4.12%) Telecoms
9 13 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (3.24%) Public Sector
11 10 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.35%) Automotive
13 6 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.76%) Local Government
14 5 (1.47%) Billing
14 5 (1.47%) Law
15 4 (1.18%) French Language
15 4 (1.18%) Multimedia
16 3 (0.88%) Norwegian Language
Job Titles
1 47 (13.82%) Senior
2 41 (12.06%) Developer
3 38 (11.18%) IT Manager
4 34 (10.00%) Lead
5 33 (9.71%) Analyst
6 24 (7.06%) Consultant
7 18 (5.29%) Administrator
7 18 (5.29%) IT Support
8 17 (5.00%) Support Engineer
9 16 (4.71%) Architect
10 15 (4.41%) Applications Support
10 15 (4.41%) Functional Consultant
10 15 (4.41%) Project Manager
11 13 (3.82%) IT Engineer
12 12 (3.53%) Systems Administrator
13 11 (3.24%) IT Administrator
13 11 (3.24%) IT Support Engineer
13 11 (3.24%) IT Systems Administrator
13 11 (3.24%) RPG Developer
13 11 (3.24%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.00%) HTML
2 13 (3.82%) .NET
2 13 (3.82%) CSS
3 10 (2.94%) AngularJS
4 9 (2.65%) .NET Core
4 9 (2.65%) jQuery
5 6 (1.76%) ASP.NET
6 5 (1.47%) React
6 5 (1.47%) Vue
7 4 (1.18%) JSON
7 4 (1.18%) Spring
7 4 (1.18%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.18%) Web Services
8 3 (0.88%) ASP.NET Web API
8 3 (0.88%) RESTful
9 2 (0.59%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (0.59%) Express.js
9 2 (0.59%) Sass
9 2 (0.59%) Twig
9 2 (0.59%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.88%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (5.59%) Management Information System
3 17 (5.00%) Product Ownership
3 17 (5.00%) Replication
4 13 (3.82%) Mobile App
5 12 (3.53%) Wiki
6 11 (3.24%) AS400
6 11 (3.24%) iSeries
6 11 (3.24%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.94%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.76%) NHS
9 5 (1.47%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.47%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.18%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.18%) Housing Association
10 4 (1.18%) Infotainment
10 4 (1.18%) Photography
10 4 (1.18%) Smartphone
10 4 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 56 (16.47%) Windows
2 28 (8.24%) Windows 10
3 18 (5.29%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.12%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (2.35%) VMS
6 7 (2.06%) Linux
7 5 (1.47%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.59%) Android
8 2 (0.59%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.59%) Unix
9 1 (0.29%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (21.47%) Agile
2 60 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
3 54 (15.88%) Project Management
4 53 (15.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 49 (14.41%) Mentoring
6 42 (12.35%) Data Governance
7 39 (11.47%) ITIL
8 38 (11.18%) Analytics
9 34 (10.00%) Computer Science
9 34 (10.00%) SDLC
10 32 (9.41%) Customer Service
10 32 (9.41%) User Experience
11 31 (9.12%) Decision-Making
12 27 (7.94%) Data Analysis
13 26 (7.65%) Service Delivery
14 25 (7.35%) CRM
14 25 (7.35%) DevOps
15 24 (7.06%) Collaborative Culture
15 24 (7.06%) Line Management
16 23 (6.76%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 76 (22.35%) SQL
2 26 (7.65%) Python
3 22 (6.47%) JavaScript
4 14 (4.12%) C#
4 14 (4.12%) PowerShell
5 13 (3.82%) Java
6 11 (3.24%) RPG
6 11 (3.24%) RPG IV
6 11 (3.24%) RPG/400
7 10 (2.94%) Perl
8 9 (2.65%) PHP
8 9 (2.65%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.18%) C
9 4 (1.18%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.59%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.59%) R
10 2 (0.59%) Swift
11 1 (0.29%) ABAP
11 1 (0.29%) Bicep
11 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 60 (17.65%) Degree
2 23 (6.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (3.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (2.94%) DBS Check
5 9 (2.65%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.06%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.76%) Security Cleared
8 5 (1.47%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.18%) ACCA
9 4 (1.18%) MBA
9 4 (1.18%) MCSE
10 3 (0.88%) APMP
10 3 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.59%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.59%) PMP
11 2 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.29%) CCIE
12 1 (0.29%) CCNP
12 1 (0.29%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.94%) GDPR
2 22 (6.47%) QA
3 21 (6.18%) Data Quality
4 17 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (3.24%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.76%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (1.76%) SLA
7 4 (1.18%) GAAP
7 4 (1.18%) IFRS
7 4 (1.18%) ISO 26262
8 2 (0.59%) PMO
9 1 (0.29%) NCSC
9 1 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 41 (12.06%) Active Directory
2 27 (7.94%) Hyper-V
3 24 (7.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (4.12%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.76%) NFS
6 4 (1.18%) pfSense
7 3 (0.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (4.71%) Microsoft Intune
1 16 (4.71%) SCCM
2 6 (1.76%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.47%) Terraform
4 1 (0.29%) Grafana
4 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 80 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.41%) VMware
3 29 (8.53%) Google
4 19 (5.59%) Veeam
5 17 (5.00%) Cisco
6 16 (4.71%) Sophos
7 13 (3.82%) IBM
8 9 (2.65%) Xero
9 7 (2.06%) Meraki
10 6 (1.76%) Brocade
10 6 (1.76%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.47%) Adobe
11 5 (1.47%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.47%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.47%) SAP
12 4 (1.18%) BroadSoft
12 4 (1.18%) Dell Compellent
12 4 (1.18%) InterSystems
12 4 (1.18%) QNAP
12 4 (1.18%) Zerto