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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 15 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 +10
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 4,779 5,179 9,582
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.11% 12.82% 13.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.47% 13.34% 14.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3,238 3,041 4,728
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,720 £44,538 £40,399
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £96,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £49,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +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 30,883 38,813 68,245
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.21% 96.05% 97.04%
Number of salaries quoted 23,380 26,991 41,246
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 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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 18 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
1 135 (2.82%) SharePoint
2 106 (2.22%) Apache
3 94 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 58 (1.21%) WordPress
5 48 (1.00%) CMS
6 46 (0.96%) IIS
7 44 (0.92%) Apache Spark
8 41 (0.86%) Confluence
9 26 (0.54%) nginx
10 24 (0.50%) OpenStack
11 20 (0.42%) OpenEdge
12 19 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
13 17 (0.36%) SAS
14 10 (0.21%) Umbraco
15 8 (0.17%) ArcGIS
16 7 (0.15%) WebLogic
17 5 (0.10%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
17 5 (0.10%) Tomcat
18 4 (0.084%) Adobe Experience Manager
18 4 (0.084%) Drupal
Applications
1 298 (6.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 279 (5.84%) Microsoft Office
3 117 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (0.54%) Simulink
5 24 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 22 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 21 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 14 (0.29%) Sketch
9 13 (0.27%) Adobe XD
10 12 (0.25%) Photoshop
11 10 (0.21%) Chatbot
11 10 (0.21%) Trello
12 9 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
13 8 (0.17%) InDesign
13 8 (0.17%) MS Visio
14 6 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
14 6 (0.13%) AutoCAD
14 6 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
14 6 (0.13%) UserZoom
15 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%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 946 (19.79%) Azure
2 812 (16.99%) AWS
3 343 (7.18%) Microsoft 365
4 336 (7.03%) Power Platform
5 271 (5.67%) SaaS
6 205 (4.29%) Serverless
7 188 (3.93%) GCP
8 134 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
9 132 (2.76%) Entra ID
10 131 (2.74%) Amazon S3
11 126 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
12 123 (2.57%) AWS Lambda
13 90 (1.88%) GitHub
14 89 (1.86%) PowerApps
15 85 (1.78%) Snowflake
16 84 (1.76%) Power Automate
17 69 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
18 51 (1.07%) IaaS
19 45 (0.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
20 44 (0.92%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 291 (6.09%) Firewall
2 145 (3.03%) DNS
3 111 (2.32%) Internet
4 105 (2.20%) VPN
5 101 (2.11%) TCP/IP
6 82 (1.72%) DHCP
7 76 (1.59%) WAN
8 66 (1.38%) SNMP
9 65 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
10 60 (1.26%) LAN
11 57 (1.19%) IPsec
11 57 (1.19%) Wireless
12 56 (1.17%) Network Security
13 49 (1.03%) SAN
14 36 (0.75%) SD-WAN
15 35 (0.73%) VLAN
16 34 (0.71%) NAS
17 28 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
18 26 (0.54%) VoIP
19 22 (0.46%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 419 (8.77%) SQL Server
2 266 (5.57%) Power BI
3 238 (4.98%) Tableau
4 213 (4.46%) Relational Database
5 201 (4.21%) MySQL
6 163 (3.41%) Elasticsearch
7 152 (3.18%) MongoDB
8 111 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
9 92 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
10 76 (1.59%) RDBMS
11 75 (1.57%) Redis
12 69 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 65 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 64 (1.34%) Big Data
15 63 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
16 59 (1.23%) Oracle Database
17 53 (1.11%) DynamoDB
18 52 (1.09%) Data Lake
19 40 (0.84%) Hadoop
20 36 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 463 (9.69%) Git
2 199 (4.16%) JIRA
3 110 (2.30%) Jenkins
4 98 (2.05%) GitLab
5 45 (0.94%) Visual Studio
6 36 (0.75%) JDeveloper
7 33 (0.69%) Selenium
8 32 (0.67%) TeamCity
9 31 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
10 29 (0.61%) Maven
11 22 (0.46%) JUnit
12 19 (0.40%) JMeter
12 19 (0.40%) LabVIEW
13 18 (0.38%) Cucumber
13 18 (0.38%) Eclipse
14 16 (0.33%) SpecFlow
15 14 (0.29%) Cypress.io
15 14 (0.29%) Postman
15 14 (0.29%) webpack
16 13 (0.27%) Bitbucket
General
1 2,564 (53.65%) Social Skills
2 1,445 (30.24%) Analytical Skills
3 1,008 (21.09%) Finance
4 478 (10.00%) Retail
5 326 (6.82%) Marketing
6 296 (6.19%) Presentation Skills
7 294 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 282 (5.90%) Legal
9 198 (4.14%) Public Sector
10 193 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
11 143 (2.99%) Law
12 127 (2.66%) Manufacturing
13 97 (2.03%) Banking
14 88 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
15 75 (1.57%) Electronics
15 75 (1.57%) Telecoms
16 73 (1.53%) Games
17 62 (1.30%) Automotive
18 47 (0.98%) Advertising
18 47 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 901 (18.85%) Developer
2 821 (17.18%) Senior
3 737 (15.42%) Analyst
4 414 (8.66%) Lead
5 362 (7.57%) Software Engineer
6 253 (5.29%) Architect
7 242 (5.06%) Consultant
8 237 (4.96%) Senior Developer
9 185 (3.87%) Data Analyst
10 184 (3.85%) Software Developer
11 158 (3.31%) Project Manager
12 156 (3.26%) Solutions Architect
13 146 (3.06%) Business Analyst
14 145 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
15 141 (2.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 131 (2.74%) Support Engineer
17 126 (2.64%) .NET Developer
18 109 (2.28%) IT Support
19 104 (2.18%) Senior Data Analyst
20 103 (2.16%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 469 (9.81%) .NET
2 322 (6.74%) React
3 318 (6.65%) HTML
4 295 (6.17%) CSS
5 255 (5.34%) Node.js
6 207 (4.33%) AngularJS
7 195 (4.08%) RESTful
8 131 (2.74%) Vue
9 129 (2.70%) .NET Core
10 123 (2.57%) .NET Framework
11 118 (2.47%) ASP.NET
12 104 (2.18%) GraphQL
13 101 (2.11%) Web Services
14 94 (1.97%) REST
15 83 (1.74%) Django
15 83 (1.74%) Spring
16 77 (1.61%) Kafka
17 75 (1.57%) YAML
18 69 (1.44%) RabbitMQ
19 67 (1.40%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 314 (6.57%) Self-Motivation
2 218 (4.56%) Management Information System
3 168 (3.52%) Product Ownership
4 159 (3.33%) Client/Server
5 158 (3.31%) Data Structures
6 152 (3.18%) Algorithms
7 147 (3.08%) Data Centre
8 108 (2.26%) Onboarding
9 76 (1.59%) Cloud Native
10 71 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
11 70 (1.46%) Mobile App
12 61 (1.28%) Driving Licence
13 58 (1.21%) IoT
14 53 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
15 47 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
16 43 (0.90%) Life Science
17 40 (0.84%) Virtual Team
18 38 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
19 37 (0.77%) PropTech
20 33 (0.69%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 514 (10.76%) Windows
2 364 (7.62%) Linux
3 196 (4.10%) Windows Server
4 115 (2.41%) Apple iOS
5 107 (2.24%) Android
6 74 (1.55%) Windows 10
7 54 (1.13%) Data ONTAP
8 43 (0.90%) Unix
9 38 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
10 28 (0.59%) AIX
11 22 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
12 20 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
13 19 (0.40%) Windows 8
14 18 (0.38%) Mac OS
15 15 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
16 13 (0.27%) Windows 7
17 12 (0.25%) CentOS
18 11 (0.23%) VMS
19 8 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 8 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,203 (25.17%) Agile
2 711 (14.88%) Software Engineering
3 596 (12.47%) DevOps
4 584 (12.22%) Analytics
5 541 (11.32%) Project Management
6 521 (10.90%) Actionable Insight
7 511 (10.69%) Computer Science
8 489 (10.23%) Continuous Improvement
9 487 (10.19%) Mentoring
10 425 (8.89%) Decision-Making
11 419 (8.77%) Customer Service
12 353 (7.39%) User Experience
13 350 (7.32%) Data Analysis
14 348 (7.28%) Stakeholder Management
15 347 (7.26%) Business Intelligence
15 347 (7.26%) CI/CD
16 334 (6.99%) Full Stack Development
17 316 (6.61%) Roadmaps
18 312 (6.53%) Visualisation
19 300 (6.28%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 934 (19.54%) SQL
2 928 (19.42%) Python
3 576 (12.05%) JavaScript
4 550 (11.51%) C#
5 446 (9.33%) Java
6 226 (4.73%) TypeScript
7 163 (3.41%) C
8 148 (3.10%) Bash
9 143 (2.99%) PHP
10 137 (2.87%) C++
11 121 (2.53%) PowerShell
12 119 (2.49%) Go
13 107 (2.24%) T-SQL
14 70 (1.46%) Ruby
15 67 (1.40%) Perl
16 55 (1.15%) Scala
17 50 (1.05%) R
18 38 (0.80%) VB
19 32 (0.67%) Groovy
20 29 (0.61%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1,203 (25.17%) Degree
2 563 (11.78%) Security Cleared
3 363 (7.60%) SC Cleared
4 321 (6.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 283 (5.92%) DBS Check
6 127 (2.66%) Master's Degree
7 99 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 80 (1.67%) DV Cleared
9 75 (1.57%) CISSP
10 69 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
11 67 (1.40%) AWS Certification
11 67 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
12 63 (1.32%) PMI Certification
13 54 (1.13%) Azure Certification
14 51 (1.07%) CCNA
15 38 (0.80%) MCSE
16 36 (0.75%) CEH
16 36 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
17 34 (0.71%) PMP
18 32 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 353 (7.39%) QA
2 116 (2.43%) Data Quality
3 112 (2.34%) SLA
4 94 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 74 (1.55%) GDPR
6 65 (1.36%) Accessibility
7 45 (0.94%) NIST
8 44 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
9 32 (0.67%) PCI DSS
10 28 (0.59%) ISO 9001
11 27 (0.56%) NCSC
12 24 (0.50%) IFRS
13 22 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
14 21 (0.44%) PMO
15 20 (0.42%) SOC 2
16 17 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
17 15 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 12 (0.25%) WCAG
19 11 (0.23%) GRC
19 11 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 327 (6.84%) Docker
2 273 (5.71%) Active Directory
3 168 (3.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 73 (1.53%) Hyper-V
5 42 (0.88%) Firmware
6 35 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
7 30 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
8 20 (0.42%) 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%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.063%) DFS Replication
16 2 (0.042%) Apache Flume
16 2 (0.042%) Kamailio
16 2 (0.042%) Varnish
16 2 (0.042%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 290 (6.07%) Kubernetes
2 184 (3.85%) Terraform
3 132 (2.76%) Ansible
4 79 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 78 (1.63%) Prometheus
6 75 (1.57%) vCenter Server
7 37 (0.77%) Puppet
8 35 (0.73%) Grafana
9 32 (0.67%) SCCM
10 18 (0.38%) SCOM
11 16 (0.33%) Progress Chef
12 12 (0.25%) Consul
13 11 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
14 10 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 10 (0.21%) Nagios
14 10 (0.21%) ZABBIX
15 9 (0.19%) Data Guard
15 9 (0.19%) Graphite
15 9 (0.19%) HAProxy
15 9 (0.19%) Packer
Vendors
1 1,062 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 215 (4.50%) VMware
3 190 (3.98%) Google
4 176 (3.68%) Oracle
5 159 (3.33%) Databricks
6 142 (2.97%) SAP
7 90 (1.88%) Cisco
8 76 (1.59%) Palo Alto
9 75 (1.57%) ServiceNow
10 64 (1.34%) Red Hat
10 64 (1.34%) Salesforce
11 56 (1.17%) NetApp
12 54 (1.13%) SolidFire
13 51 (1.07%) Adobe
14 47 (0.98%) Dell
15 43 (0.90%) IBM
16 39 (0.82%) Meraki
17 33 (0.69%) Splunk
18 27 (0.56%) Facebook
19 26 (0.54%) Xilinx