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 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 10 12 17
Rank change year-on-year +2 +5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 4,851 4,973 10,396
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.75% 13.18% 13.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.33% 13.72% 14.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3,277 2,960 4,857
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £44,000 £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 £71,250 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £96,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £48,900 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.09% - +8.91%

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 31,654 36,235 73,335
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.73% 96.01% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 23,643 25,788 42,106
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
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 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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 9 June 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
1 140 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 108 (2.23%) Apache
3 101 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 58 (1.20%) WordPress
5 49 (1.01%) CMS
6 47 (0.97%) IIS
7 34 (0.70%) Confluence
8 32 (0.66%) Apache Spark
9 27 (0.56%) nginx
10 25 (0.52%) OpenStack
11 21 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
12 20 (0.41%) OpenEdge
13 18 (0.37%) SAS
14 10 (0.21%) Umbraco
15 8 (0.16%) ArcGIS
16 5 (0.10%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
16 5 (0.10%) Luigi
16 5 (0.10%) WebLogic
17 4 (0.082%) Drupal
17 4 (0.082%) Tomcat
Applications
1 291 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 263 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
3 112 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.60%) Simulink
5 25 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
6 24 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
7 21 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 14 (0.29%) Sketch
9 13 (0.27%) Adobe XD
10 12 (0.25%) MS Visio
10 12 (0.25%) Photoshop
11 10 (0.21%) Chatbot
11 10 (0.21%) Trello
12 9 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
13 8 (0.16%) InDesign
14 7 (0.14%) AutoCAD
15 6 (0.12%) Adobe After Effects
15 6 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
15 6 (0.12%) UserZoom
16 5 (0.10%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 69 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (0.64%) Shopify
3 24 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
5 11 (0.23%) iTrent
5 11 (0.23%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
6 10 (0.21%) SAP CX
7 8 (0.16%) Misys Midas
7 8 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
8 7 (0.14%) Fidessa
8 7 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
8 7 (0.14%) SAP Business One
9 6 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
9 6 (0.12%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 6 (0.12%) Sage 200
9 6 (0.12%) Sage CRM
9 6 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.10%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 1,003 (20.68%) Azure
2 822 (16.94%) AWS
3 348 (7.17%) Microsoft 365
4 337 (6.95%) Power Platform
5 255 (5.26%) SaaS
6 177 (3.65%) GCP
7 173 (3.57%) Serverless
8 141 (2.91%) Dynamics 365
9 132 (2.72%) Entra ID
10 124 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
11 122 (2.51%) AWS Lambda
12 121 (2.49%) Amazon S3
13 93 (1.92%) PowerApps
14 88 (1.81%) Power Automate
15 86 (1.77%) Snowflake
16 85 (1.75%) GitHub
17 68 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
18 56 (1.15%) IaaS
19 48 (0.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
20 46 (0.95%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 306 (6.31%) Firewall
2 152 (3.13%) DNS
3 113 (2.33%) Internet
3 113 (2.33%) TCP/IP
4 110 (2.27%) VPN
5 80 (1.65%) DHCP
6 76 (1.57%) WAN
7 70 (1.44%) Network Security
8 67 (1.38%) SNMP
9 65 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
10 64 (1.32%) Wireless
11 59 (1.22%) IPsec
11 59 (1.22%) LAN
12 51 (1.05%) SAN
13 44 (0.91%) VLAN
14 33 (0.68%) NAS
14 33 (0.68%) SD-WAN
15 32 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
16 29 (0.60%) VoIP
17 20 (0.41%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 434 (8.95%) SQL Server
2 263 (5.42%) Power BI
3 245 (5.05%) Tableau
4 202 (4.16%) MySQL
5 181 (3.73%) Relational Database
6 159 (3.28%) MongoDB
7 155 (3.20%) Elasticsearch
8 121 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
9 87 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
10 75 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 72 (1.48%) Redis
12 67 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 66 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
14 56 (1.15%) Big Data
15 52 (1.07%) Data Lake
15 52 (1.07%) DynamoDB
16 43 (0.89%) NoSQL
17 39 (0.80%) RDBMS
18 36 (0.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
19 35 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 417 (8.60%) Git
2 184 (3.79%) JIRA
3 102 (2.10%) Jenkins
4 94 (1.94%) GitLab
5 46 (0.95%) Visual Studio
6 37 (0.76%) Selenium
7 33 (0.68%) TeamCity
8 31 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
9 25 (0.52%) Maven
10 23 (0.47%) JUnit
11 19 (0.39%) Eclipse
11 19 (0.39%) JMeter
11 19 (0.39%) LabVIEW
12 18 (0.37%) Cucumber
13 17 (0.35%) SpecFlow
14 16 (0.33%) webpack
15 15 (0.31%) Postman
16 14 (0.29%) Cypress.io
17 12 (0.25%) Bitbucket
17 12 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 2,654 (54.71%) Social Skills
2 1,500 (30.92%) Analytical Skills
3 1,009 (20.80%) Finance
4 479 (9.87%) Retail
5 333 (6.86%) Marketing
6 317 (6.53%) Presentation Skills
7 302 (6.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 287 (5.92%) Legal
9 209 (4.31%) Public Sector
10 199 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
11 146 (3.01%) Law
12 127 (2.62%) Manufacturing
13 89 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
14 83 (1.71%) Banking
15 77 (1.59%) Games
16 74 (1.53%) Telecoms
17 72 (1.48%) Electronics
18 62 (1.28%) Automotive
19 52 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
20 48 (0.99%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 952 (19.62%) Developer
2 841 (17.34%) Senior
3 749 (15.44%) Analyst
4 411 (8.47%) Lead
5 311 (6.41%) Software Engineer
6 273 (5.63%) Consultant
7 250 (5.15%) Architect
8 238 (4.91%) Senior Developer
9 193 (3.98%) Data Analyst
10 189 (3.90%) Software Developer
11 162 (3.34%) Project Manager
12 155 (3.20%) .NET Developer
13 152 (3.13%) Senior Analyst
13 152 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
14 143 (2.95%) Business Analyst
14 143 (2.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 137 (2.82%) Support Engineer
16 114 (2.35%) Full Stack Developer
17 113 (2.33%) IT Support
18 109 (2.25%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 507 (10.45%) .NET
2 342 (7.05%) HTML
3 310 (6.39%) CSS
4 290 (5.98%) React
5 225 (4.64%) Node.js
6 216 (4.45%) AngularJS
7 192 (3.96%) RESTful
8 139 (2.87%) Vue
9 136 (2.80%) .NET Core
10 130 (2.68%) .NET Framework
11 122 (2.51%) ASP.NET
12 118 (2.43%) Web Services
13 96 (1.98%) REST
14 90 (1.86%) GraphQL
15 81 (1.67%) Django
16 74 (1.53%) Spring
17 73 (1.50%) RabbitMQ
18 72 (1.48%) YAML
19 70 (1.44%) Kafka
20 64 (1.32%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 297 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
2 204 (4.21%) Management Information System
3 166 (3.42%) Product Ownership
4 160 (3.30%) Client/Server
5 148 (3.05%) Data Centre
6 146 (3.01%) Data Structures
7 144 (2.97%) Algorithms
8 119 (2.45%) Onboarding
9 74 (1.53%) Cloud Native
10 72 (1.48%) Mobile App
11 70 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
12 64 (1.32%) IoT
13 63 (1.30%) Driving Licence
14 55 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
15 48 (0.99%) Virtual Team
16 44 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
17 43 (0.89%) Life Science
18 40 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
19 37 (0.76%) PropTech
20 34 (0.70%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 533 (10.99%) Windows
2 371 (7.65%) Linux
3 200 (4.12%) Windows Server
4 117 (2.41%) Apple iOS
5 109 (2.25%) Android
6 74 (1.53%) Windows 10
7 54 (1.11%) Data ONTAP
8 40 (0.82%) Unix
9 39 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
10 29 (0.60%) AIX
11 23 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
12 22 (0.45%) Mac OS
12 22 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
13 18 (0.37%) Windows 8
14 16 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
15 14 (0.29%) CentOS
15 14 (0.29%) Windows Vista
16 12 (0.25%) Windows 7
17 11 (0.23%) VMS
18 10 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,219 (25.13%) Agile
2 668 (13.77%) Software Engineering
3 604 (12.45%) Analytics
4 571 (11.77%) DevOps
5 567 (11.69%) Computer Science
6 554 (11.42%) Project Management
7 506 (10.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 504 (10.39%) Mentoring
9 459 (9.46%) Actionable Insight
10 426 (8.78%) Decision-Making
11 424 (8.74%) Customer Service
12 362 (7.46%) Data Analysis
13 357 (7.36%) Stakeholder Management
14 355 (7.32%) CI/CD
15 349 (7.19%) Business Intelligence
16 346 (7.13%) Full Stack Development
17 344 (7.09%) User Experience
18 324 (6.68%) Roadmaps
19 316 (6.51%) Visualisation
20 303 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 981 (20.22%) SQL
2 918 (18.92%) Python
3 599 (12.35%) C#
4 584 (12.04%) JavaScript
5 402 (8.29%) Java
6 233 (4.80%) TypeScript
7 165 (3.40%) C
8 147 (3.03%) PHP
9 139 (2.87%) C++
10 130 (2.68%) PowerShell
11 109 (2.25%) T-SQL
12 102 (2.10%) Bash
13 81 (1.67%) Go
14 50 (1.03%) R
15 42 (0.87%) PL/SQL
16 40 (0.82%) Scala
17 37 (0.76%) VB
18 34 (0.70%) Perl
19 33 (0.68%) VB.NET
20 32 (0.66%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,276 (26.30%) Degree
2 558 (11.50%) Security Cleared
3 369 (7.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 356 (7.34%) SC Cleared
5 294 (6.06%) DBS Check
6 132 (2.72%) Master's Degree
7 114 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 83 (1.71%) CISSP
9 78 (1.61%) DV Cleared
10 75 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
11 71 (1.46%) AWS Certification
12 70 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
13 65 (1.34%) Azure Certification
13 65 (1.34%) PMI Certification
14 48 (0.99%) CCNA
15 41 (0.85%) ACCA
15 41 (0.85%) CEH
16 40 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
17 36 (0.74%) MCSE
18 35 (0.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 333 (6.86%) QA
2 131 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 115 (2.37%) SLA
4 99 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 79 (1.63%) GDPR
6 73 (1.50%) Accessibility
7 47 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
8 43 (0.89%) NIST
9 32 (0.66%) PCI DSS
10 28 (0.58%) ISO 9001
11 27 (0.56%) IFRS
11 27 (0.56%) NCSC
12 22 (0.45%) SOC 2
13 19 (0.39%) PMO
14 18 (0.37%) Software Quality Assurance
15 17 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 12 (0.25%) GRC
17 11 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 10 (0.21%) WCAG
19 8 (0.16%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 340 (7.01%) Docker
2 284 (5.85%) Active Directory
3 172 (3.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 76 (1.57%) Hyper-V
5 43 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
6 42 (0.87%) Firmware
7 31 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
8 24 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
9 12 (0.25%) Terminal Services
9 12 (0.25%) vSphere
10 11 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
11 8 (0.16%) KVM
12 7 (0.14%) NFS
13 6 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
14 4 (0.082%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.041%) DFS Replication
15 2 (0.041%) Kamailio
15 2 (0.041%) Varnish
15 2 (0.041%) VMware Workstation
16 1 (0.021%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 287 (5.92%) Kubernetes
2 195 (4.02%) Terraform
3 135 (2.78%) Ansible
4 79 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 79 (1.63%) Prometheus
5 74 (1.53%) vCenter Server
6 39 (0.80%) SCCM
7 36 (0.74%) Puppet
8 35 (0.72%) Grafana
9 24 (0.49%) SCOM
10 16 (0.33%) Progress Chef
11 12 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 12 (0.25%) Consul
12 11 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
13 10 (0.21%) Microsoft Clustering
13 10 (0.21%) Nagios
13 10 (0.21%) Nessus
13 10 (0.21%) Packer
13 10 (0.21%) ZABBIX
14 8 (0.16%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,069 (22.04%) Microsoft
2 222 (4.58%) VMware
3 181 (3.73%) Google
4 170 (3.50%) Databricks
5 156 (3.22%) Oracle
6 143 (2.95%) SAP
7 92 (1.90%) Cisco
8 80 (1.65%) ServiceNow
9 76 (1.57%) Palo Alto
10 67 (1.38%) Red Hat
11 65 (1.34%) Salesforce
12 55 (1.13%) NetApp
13 54 (1.11%) SolidFire
14 51 (1.05%) Adobe
15 42 (0.87%) IBM
16 38 (0.78%) Meraki
17 36 (0.74%) Splunk
18 30 (0.62%) Dell
18 30 (0.62%) Xilinx
19 26 (0.54%) Fortinet