Problem-Solving Jobs in the Thames Valley

Problem Solving
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 4 10 8
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,306 741 1,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 17.80% 13.23% 15.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.45% 13.97% 16.36%
Number of salaries quoted 724 370 560
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,150 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,425 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.07% -7.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,088 5,305 7,003
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 82.98% 94.75% 93.34%
Number of salaries quoted 3,994 2,985 3,920
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Thames Valley 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
Buckinghamshire +6 539 £45,000 +12.50% 104
Berkshire +3 442 £42,250 -23.18% 138
Oxfordshire +13 325 £42,500 -15.00% 105
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 26 (1.99%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.61%) CMS
2 21 (1.61%) WebLogic
3 18 (1.38%) Apache
3 18 (1.38%) WordPress
4 16 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (1.07%) Confluence
6 12 (0.92%) nginx
7 11 (0.84%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.46%) Drupal
8 6 (0.46%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.38%) Joomla!
10 4 (0.31%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.077%) SAS
11 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
Applications
1 123 (9.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 87 (6.66%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (0.69%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.61%) Sketch
6 7 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.38%) Adobe XD
9 4 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.31%) InDesign
9 4 (0.31%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.23%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.077%) Revit
11 1 (0.077%) Solid Edge
11 1 (0.077%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 20 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.77%) Oracle Applications
3 8 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.23%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.23%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.077%) Primavera
7 1 (0.077%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.077%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.077%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 184 (14.09%) Azure
2 113 (8.65%) AWS
3 92 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (4.59%) GCP
5 41 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (3.14%) SaaS
6 36 (2.76%) Power Platform
7 31 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
8 24 (1.84%) Power Automate
9 16 (1.23%) OCI
10 14 (1.07%) GitHub
11 13 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
12 12 (0.92%) Amazon S3
13 11 (0.84%) IaaS
13 11 (0.84%) PowerApps
14 9 (0.69%) WhatsApp
15 8 (0.61%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (0.61%) Entra ID
15 8 (0.61%) Figma
15 8 (0.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 79 (6.05%) Firewall
2 43 (3.29%) DNS
3 29 (2.22%) DHCP
4 21 (1.61%) SAN
5 20 (1.53%) Wireless
6 17 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
6 17 (1.30%) LAN
7 15 (1.15%) Internet
8 14 (1.07%) VoIP
9 13 (1.00%) SSL
9 13 (1.00%) VPN
10 12 (0.92%) VLAN
10 12 (0.92%) WAN
11 10 (0.77%) TCP/IP
12 9 (0.69%) Network Security
13 8 (0.61%) Broadband
14 7 (0.54%) NAS
14 7 (0.54%) SNMP
15 6 (0.46%) 5G
15 6 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.98%) BigQuery
1 52 (3.98%) Looker
2 51 (3.91%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (2.68%) MySQL
4 34 (2.60%) Elasticsearch
5 31 (2.37%) SQL Server
6 24 (1.84%) Power BI
7 14 (1.07%) OLTP
8 13 (1.00%) Relational Database
9 10 (0.77%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.61%) CouchDB
10 8 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (0.54%) Data Mining
11 7 (0.54%) MariaDB
11 7 (0.54%) MS Access
11 7 (0.54%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.54%) Tableau
12 6 (0.46%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
13 5 (0.38%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 40 (3.06%) JIRA
2 23 (1.76%) Git
3 19 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.69%) Gradle
4 9 (0.69%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.54%) GitLab
6 6 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (0.46%) Selenium
7 5 (0.38%) Eclipse
7 5 (0.38%) PowerBuilder
8 4 (0.31%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.31%) Postman
9 3 (0.23%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.23%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.23%) JMeter
9 3 (0.23%) JUnit
9 3 (0.23%) Subversion
9 3 (0.23%) TestRail
10 2 (0.15%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.15%) ERwin
General
1 692 (52.99%) Social Skills
2 399 (30.55%) Analytical Skills
3 225 (17.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 132 (10.11%) Finance
5 68 (5.21%) Marketing
6 63 (4.82%) Retail
7 61 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
8 51 (3.91%) Legal
9 47 (3.60%) Public Sector
10 46 (3.52%) Manufacturing
11 40 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
12 39 (2.99%) Pharmaceutical
13 36 (2.76%) Billing
14 26 (1.99%) Telecoms
15 23 (1.76%) Police
16 21 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
17 20 (1.53%) Law
18 16 (1.23%) Automotive
18 16 (1.23%) Electronics
19 15 (1.15%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 183 (14.01%) Senior
2 174 (13.32%) Analyst
3 105 (8.04%) Data Scientist
4 97 (7.43%) Architect
5 92 (7.04%) Developer
6 70 (5.36%) Lead
7 65 (4.98%) IT Support
8 62 (4.75%) Support Analyst
9 59 (4.52%) Consultant
10 55 (4.21%) Software Engineer
11 53 (4.06%) Data Engineer
11 53 (4.06%) Project Manager
11 53 (4.06%) Solutions Architect
12 39 (2.99%) Applications Support
13 38 (2.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 37 (2.83%) Applications Support Analyst
14 37 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
14 37 (2.83%) Senior Developer
15 34 (2.60%) Support Engineer
16 33 (2.53%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.98%) .NET
1 52 (3.98%) HTML
2 33 (2.53%) CSS
3 31 (2.37%) Spring
4 28 (2.14%) XML
5 21 (1.61%) J2EE
5 21 (1.61%) Java EE
6 18 (1.38%) ASP.NET
7 15 (1.15%) SOAP
8 14 (1.07%) JSON
9 12 (0.92%) AngularJS
9 12 (0.92%) Kafka
9 12 (0.92%) React
10 11 (0.84%) Web Services
11 10 (0.77%) .NET Core
12 9 (0.69%) Hibernate
12 9 (0.69%) Spring Boot
13 7 (0.54%) Node.js
14 6 (0.46%) .NET Framework
14 6 (0.46%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 153 (11.72%) Algorithms
2 136 (10.41%) Self-Motivation
3 112 (8.58%) Management Information System
4 44 (3.37%) Product Ownership
5 39 (2.99%) Data Centre
6 35 (2.68%) Driving Licence
7 33 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 31 (2.37%) Life Science
9 24 (1.84%) Cyber Threat
9 24 (1.84%) Onboarding
10 21 (1.61%) Client/Server
11 17 (1.30%) Biopharmaceutical
11 17 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
12 16 (1.23%) Data Structures
12 16 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.07%) Virtual Team
14 11 (0.84%) IoT
14 11 (0.84%) Mobile App
15 10 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
16 9 (0.69%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 173 (13.25%) Windows
2 86 (6.58%) Linux
3 61 (4.67%) Windows 10
4 39 (2.99%) Windows Server 2012
5 38 (2.91%) Windows Server
5 38 (2.91%) Windows Server 2016
5 38 (2.91%) Windows Server 2019
6 34 (2.60%) Unix
6 34 (2.60%) Windows 7
7 22 (1.68%) Mac OS
8 14 (1.07%) Apple iOS
9 12 (0.92%) Windows XP
10 7 (0.54%) Android
11 6 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (0.38%) CentOS
12 5 (0.38%) Data ONTAP
13 4 (0.31%) VMS
14 2 (0.15%) SUSE
14 2 (0.15%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.077%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (27.64%) Mentoring
2 272 (20.83%) Coaching
3 258 (19.75%) Decision-Making
4 205 (15.70%) Computer Science
4 205 (15.70%) Project Management
5 199 (15.24%) Cybersecurity
6 176 (13.48%) Data Science
7 174 (13.32%) Customer Service
8 166 (12.71%) Mathematics
9 156 (11.94%) Data Analysis
10 154 (11.79%) Agile
11 134 (10.26%) Red Team
12 130 (9.95%) Collaborative Working
13 127 (9.72%) ITIL
14 114 (8.73%) Continuous Improvement
15 112 (8.58%) Data Modelling
16 107 (8.19%) Actionable Insight
17 103 (7.89%) Statistical Modelling
18 102 (7.81%) Digital Forensics
19 94 (7.20%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 112 (8.58%) SQL
2 106 (8.12%) Python
3 65 (4.98%) Java
4 60 (4.59%) JavaScript
5 59 (4.52%) C#
6 55 (4.21%) PowerShell
7 44 (3.37%) C++
8 39 (2.99%) Fortran
9 38 (2.91%) C
10 28 (2.14%) PL/SQL
11 25 (1.91%) Bash
11 25 (1.91%) PHP
12 22 (1.68%) Shell Script
13 14 (1.07%) VB.NET
14 11 (0.84%) Perl
15 10 (0.77%) TypeScript
16 9 (0.69%) Ruby
17 8 (0.61%) Scala
17 8 (0.61%) T-SQL
18 7 (0.54%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 485 (37.14%) Degree
2 185 (14.17%) Security Cleared
3 104 (7.96%) SC Cleared
4 69 (5.28%) DV Cleared
5 51 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 45 (3.45%) Master's Degree
7 42 (3.22%) PhD
8 36 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (2.14%) HNC
10 22 (1.68%) CCNA
10 22 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
11 21 (1.61%) NVQ Level 3
12 20 (1.53%) MCP
13 17 (1.30%) CISSP
13 17 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
13 17 (1.30%) DBS Check
14 16 (1.23%) A+ Certification
15 15 (1.15%) ACCA
16 14 (1.07%) CCNP
17 11 (0.84%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (6.13%) SLA
2 79 (6.05%) QA
3 64 (4.90%) Data Quality
4 55 (4.21%) GDPR
5 54 (4.13%) PMO
6 22 (1.68%) Good Clinical Practice
7 14 (1.07%) IFRS
8 12 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 10 (0.77%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.61%) GxP
10 8 (0.61%) ISO 9001
10 8 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.54%) ISO 14001
11 7 (0.54%) ISO 22301
11 7 (0.54%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.31%) WCAG
13 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.23%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 101 (7.73%) Active Directory
2 66 (5.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (2.60%) Hyper-V
4 32 (2.45%) Docker
5 18 (1.38%) Firmware
6 12 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.84%) KVM
8 8 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.46%) vSphere
10 5 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 5 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.31%) HDFS
12 1 (0.077%) NFS
Systems Management
1 58 (4.44%) SCCM
2 29 (2.22%) Kubernetes
3 28 (2.14%) SCOM
4 21 (1.61%) OpenSSO
4 21 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
5 20 (1.53%) Ansible
6 17 (1.30%) vCenter Server
7 14 (1.07%) NetBackup
8 12 (0.92%) EMC NetWorker
8 12 (0.92%) WSUS
9 10 (0.77%) Terraform
10 9 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (0.38%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.38%) Puppet
11 5 (0.38%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 4 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.31%) PaperCut
13 2 (0.15%) Nagios
13 2 (0.15%) Netcool
13 2 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 314 (24.04%) Microsoft
2 79 (6.05%) Oracle
3 68 (5.21%) Google
4 67 (5.13%) VMware
5 39 (2.99%) Salesforce
6 25 (1.91%) Cisco
7 24 (1.84%) Juniper
8 21 (1.61%) HP
8 21 (1.61%) Remedy
9 19 (1.45%) SAP
10 18 (1.38%) Palo Alto
11 17 (1.30%) Extreme Networks
11 17 (1.30%) MuleSoft
12 16 (1.23%) Veeam
13 14 (1.07%) CA
13 14 (1.07%) Dell
14 13 (1.00%) 3PAR
15 12 (0.92%) Adobe
15 12 (0.92%) EMC
15 12 (0.92%) Symantec