Problem-Solving Jobs in the Midlands

Problem Solving
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 8 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 2,020 1,224 1,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.62% 14.41% 14.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.38% 14.94% 15.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,195 558 914
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,175 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,875 £32,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,108 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% +4.68% +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £69,000 £70,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £49,838 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.39% - +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,990 8,193 10,879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 79.56% 96.43% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 7,582 4,353 7,005
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,800 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,357 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £78,002
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
West Midlands +4 1,305 £42,500 -11.55% 462
East Midlands +10 692 £37,500 -15.32% 337
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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
1 103 (5.10%) SharePoint
2 75 (3.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 47 (2.33%) IIS
4 31 (1.53%) WordPress
5 10 (0.50%) Confluence
6 9 (0.45%) Apache
7 7 (0.35%) CMS
8 6 (0.30%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.15%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.15%) IBM Notes
10 2 (0.099%) MTS
10 2 (0.099%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.099%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.050%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.050%) Drupal
11 1 (0.050%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.050%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.050%) PrestaShop
11 1 (0.050%) TYPO3
Applications
1 275 (13.61%) Microsoft Office
2 143 (7.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
5 11 (0.54%) AutoCAD
5 11 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.30%) Adobe XD
7 5 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.25%) Sketch
8 4 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.20%) CANalyzer
8 4 (0.20%) EPLAN
8 4 (0.20%) InDesign
8 4 (0.20%) Revit
8 4 (0.20%) Trello
9 3 (0.15%) 3ds Max
9 3 (0.15%) Autodesk Inventor
9 3 (0.15%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.15%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 26 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.69%) Shopify
3 13 (0.64%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.50%) Misys Midas
5 8 (0.40%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
8 5 (0.25%) Magento
8 5 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
10 3 (0.15%) iTrent
10 3 (0.15%) NEC Housing
11 2 (0.099%) Oracle EBS
11 2 (0.099%) Oracle Payables
11 2 (0.099%) SAP WM
12 1 (0.050%) CA PPM
12 1 (0.050%) MIS ActiveH
12 1 (0.050%) Payment Gateway
12 1 (0.050%) Primavera
12 1 (0.050%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 327 (16.19%) Azure
2 243 (12.03%) Microsoft 365
3 164 (8.12%) AWS
4 127 (6.29%) Power Platform
5 71 (3.51%) Entra ID
6 64 (3.17%) SaaS
7 60 (2.97%) GCP
8 40 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
9 33 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
10 27 (1.34%) PowerApps
11 24 (1.19%) GitHub
12 23 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
13 22 (1.09%) Power Automate
14 20 (0.99%) WhatsApp
15 18 (0.89%) OneDrive
16 15 (0.74%) Amazon S3
16 15 (0.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 15 (0.74%) Figma
17 14 (0.69%) Matillion
17 14 (0.69%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 115 (5.69%) Firewall
2 93 (4.60%) Network Security
3 89 (4.41%) WAN
4 85 (4.21%) Internet
5 70 (3.47%) WLAN
6 61 (3.02%) DNS
7 57 (2.82%) LAN
8 54 (2.67%) TCP/IP
9 51 (2.52%) DHCP
10 44 (2.18%) VPN
11 36 (1.78%) Wi-Fi
12 31 (1.53%) Wireless
13 25 (1.24%) SAN
14 19 (0.94%) Broadband
15 17 (0.84%) Intranet
16 16 (0.79%) VoIP
17 14 (0.69%) VLAN
18 13 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
19 11 (0.54%) SD-WAN
20 10 (0.50%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (8.12%) SQL Server
2 116 (5.74%) Power BI
3 64 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (2.52%) Looker
5 47 (2.33%) MySQL
6 46 (2.28%) BigQuery
7 45 (2.23%) Tableau
8 32 (1.58%) Relational Database
9 29 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
10 24 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 20 (0.99%) Data Lake
12 18 (0.89%) NoSQL
12 18 (0.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 17 (0.84%) MongoDB
13 17 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 16 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
15 13 (0.64%) Star Schema
16 10 (0.50%) Metadata
17 9 (0.45%) Crystal Reports
18 8 (0.40%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 73 (3.61%) Git
2 49 (2.43%) JIRA
3 14 (0.69%) GitLab
4 12 (0.59%) Visual Studio
5 10 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (0.30%) gulp
7 6 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 6 (0.30%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.25%) ESLint
8 5 (0.25%) Postman
9 4 (0.20%) Android Studio
9 4 (0.20%) CANoe
9 4 (0.20%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.20%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.20%) JUnit
10 3 (0.15%) Balsamiq
10 3 (0.15%) JMeter
10 3 (0.15%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.15%) Toad
General
1 1,106 (54.75%) Social Skills
2 681 (33.71%) Analytical Skills
3 300 (14.85%) Retail
4 261 (12.92%) Finance
5 195 (9.65%) Organisational Skills
6 188 (9.31%) Presentation Skills
7 142 (7.03%) Influencing Skills
8 131 (6.49%) Manufacturing
9 100 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 87 (4.31%) Marketing
11 50 (2.48%) Automotive
12 49 (2.43%) Law
13 48 (2.38%) Public Sector
14 38 (1.88%) Legal
15 30 (1.49%) Telecoms
16 28 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
17 26 (1.29%) Local Government
18 23 (1.14%) Electronics
19 17 (0.84%) Games
20 15 (0.74%) Billing
Job Titles
1 371 (18.37%) Analyst
2 196 (9.70%) Developer
3 180 (8.91%) Support Engineer
4 174 (8.61%) IT Support
5 163 (8.07%) Senior
6 136 (6.73%) IT Engineer
7 125 (6.19%) Product Analyst
8 123 (6.09%) Lead
9 116 (5.74%) Sales Analyst
10 101 (5.00%) IT Support Engineer
11 83 (4.11%) Consultant
12 76 (3.76%) IT Manager
13 63 (3.12%) Project Manager
14 60 (2.97%) Architect
15 53 (2.62%) IT Technician
16 52 (2.57%) Applications Support
17 50 (2.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 50 (2.48%) Software Engineer
18 47 (2.33%) Data Analyst
19 44 (2.18%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (5.50%) .NET
2 99 (4.90%) HTML
3 77 (3.81%) CSS
4 45 (2.23%) React
5 41 (2.03%) AngularJS
6 39 (1.93%) REST
7 30 (1.49%) ASP.NET
8 27 (1.34%) HTML5
8 27 (1.34%) Laravel
9 26 (1.29%) .NET Core
10 24 (1.19%) Node.js
11 23 (1.14%) jQuery
11 23 (1.14%) Vue
12 16 (0.79%) XML
13 15 (0.74%) .NET Framework
14 14 (0.69%) RESTful
14 14 (0.69%) Web Services
14 14 (0.69%) WebRTC
15 13 (0.64%) JSON
16 12 (0.59%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 227 (11.24%) Onboarding
2 160 (7.92%) Driving Licence
3 159 (7.87%) Self-Motivation
4 60 (2.97%) Management Information System
5 43 (2.13%) Product Ownership
6 37 (1.83%) Mobile App
7 36 (1.78%) Clustering
8 35 (1.73%) Algorithms
9 25 (1.24%) Data Centre
10 24 (1.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 22 (1.09%) Replication
12 20 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
13 18 (0.89%) Data Structures
14 17 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
14 17 (0.84%) IoT
15 16 (0.79%) CCTV
15 16 (0.79%) NHS
16 14 (0.69%) Public Cloud
17 13 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
18 12 (0.59%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 360 (17.82%) Windows
2 159 (7.87%) Linux
3 138 (6.83%) Windows Server
4 73 (3.61%) Windows 10
5 29 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
6 26 (1.29%) Windows 7
7 18 (0.89%) Android
7 18 (0.89%) Mac OS
8 15 (0.74%) VMS
9 12 (0.59%) Windows 8
10 11 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
10 11 (0.54%) Ubuntu
10 11 (0.54%) Unix
11 10 (0.50%) CentOS
12 9 (0.45%) Apple iOS
12 9 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
13 8 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
14 5 (0.25%) Data ONTAP
14 5 (0.25%) SUSE
15 4 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 447 (22.13%) Customer Service
2 370 (18.32%) Mentoring
3 350 (17.33%) Mathematics
4 308 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 287 (14.21%) Agile
6 262 (12.97%) Computer Science
7 255 (12.62%) Data Analysis
8 231 (11.44%) Project Management
9 213 (10.54%) ITIL
10 155 (7.67%) Customer Requirements
11 143 (7.08%) Analytics
12 140 (6.93%) Business Intelligence
12 140 (6.93%) Cybersecurity
13 131 (6.49%) User Experience
14 130 (6.44%) Decision-Making
15 127 (6.29%) DevOps
16 126 (6.24%) Mechatronics
17 107 (5.30%) ERP
18 105 (5.20%) Software Engineering
19 100 (4.95%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 343 (16.98%) SQL
2 130 (6.44%) JavaScript
3 127 (6.29%) Python
4 124 (6.14%) C#
5 60 (2.97%) Java
6 55 (2.72%) PHP
7 44 (2.18%) TypeScript
8 43 (2.13%) PowerShell
9 30 (1.49%) C
9 30 (1.49%) C++
10 14 (0.69%) T-SQL
11 12 (0.59%) Bash
11 12 (0.59%) RPG
12 11 (0.54%) RPG IV
12 11 (0.54%) RPG/400
13 10 (0.50%) Perl
14 9 (0.45%) VB
15 8 (0.40%) MATLAB
15 8 (0.40%) Rust
16 7 (0.35%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 730 (36.14%) Degree
2 175 (8.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 137 (6.78%) HNC
4 115 (5.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 92 (4.55%) Security Cleared
6 79 (3.91%) Cisco Certification
7 77 (3.81%) MCP
7 77 (3.81%) MCSE
8 76 (3.76%) CCNA
9 69 (3.42%) CCNP
10 65 (3.22%) LPIC
11 56 (2.77%) DBS Check
12 51 (2.52%) SC Cleared
13 32 (1.58%) Master's Degree
14 24 (1.19%) A+ Certification
14 24 (1.19%) Azure Certification
15 19 (0.94%) CISSP
16 17 (0.84%) CISM
17 13 (0.64%) HND
18 12 (0.59%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (4.55%) GDPR
2 91 (4.50%) QA
3 68 (3.37%) SLA
4 53 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 52 (2.57%) Data Quality
6 35 (1.73%) Accessibility
7 34 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 25 (1.24%) ISO 9001
9 21 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 17 (0.84%) PMO
11 7 (0.35%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.25%) ISO 26262
14 4 (0.20%) GAAP
14 4 (0.20%) GRC
14 4 (0.20%) IFRS
14 4 (0.20%) ISO 14001
14 4 (0.20%) WCAG
15 3 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.15%) NIST
System Software
1 180 (8.91%) Active Directory
2 85 (4.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (3.12%) Hyper-V
4 22 (1.09%) Docker
5 21 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (0.89%) VMware NSX
7 12 (0.59%) Firmware
7 12 (0.59%) vSphere
8 9 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.30%) NFS
9 6 (0.30%) pfSense
10 5 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.20%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.099%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.099%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 47 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (1.34%) SCCM
3 23 (1.14%) Kubernetes
4 20 (0.99%) EnCase
5 16 (0.79%) Terraform
6 11 (0.54%) Microsoft Clustering
7 9 (0.45%) vCenter Server
8 8 (0.40%) WSUS
9 7 (0.35%) Prometheus
9 7 (0.35%) SCOM
10 6 (0.30%) Ansible
10 6 (0.30%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.25%) Functional Safety
11 5 (0.25%) HP ALM
12 4 (0.20%) AirWatch
12 4 (0.20%) Autotask
12 4 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.15%) Grafana
13 3 (0.15%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 547 (27.08%) Microsoft
2 117 (5.79%) VMware
3 109 (5.40%) Cisco
4 87 (4.31%) Google
5 47 (2.33%) SAP
6 44 (2.18%) Veeam
7 29 (1.44%) Salesforce
8 25 (1.24%) Databricks
8 25 (1.24%) Oracle
9 22 (1.09%) HP
9 22 (1.09%) IBM
10 20 (0.99%) Meraki
10 20 (0.99%) Sophos
11 17 (0.84%) Dell
11 17 (0.84%) Sage
12 16 (0.79%) Palo Alto
13 14 (0.69%) Adobe
14 13 (0.64%) CheckPoint
14 13 (0.64%) ServiceNow
15 12 (0.59%) Apple