Problem-Solving Jobs in the North of England

Problem Solving
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 15 10
Rank change year-on-year +8 -5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 2,503 2,172 2,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 13.63% 13.14% 14.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.67% 13.59% 15.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,812 981 1,294
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,150 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,250 £32,500 £33,840
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,041
Median % change year-on-year - -0.09% +0.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £61,316
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,011 15,986 17,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.77% 96.74% 94.09%
Number of salaries quoted 11,439 7,811 10,646
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,600 £81,250 £80,000
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the North of England

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North of England.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the North of England

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North of England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the North of England

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the North of England region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
North West +10 1,305 £45,000 -5.26% 617
Yorkshire +4 910 £42,560 -1.02% 379
North East +18 287 £41,500 -2.35% 151
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 98 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 83 (3.32%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.52%) Apache
4 32 (1.28%) CMS
5 24 (0.96%) IIS
6 20 (0.80%) WordPress
7 15 (0.60%) Confluence
7 15 (0.60%) Umbraco
8 11 (0.44%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.28%) OpenEdge
10 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.16%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 4 (0.16%) Moodle
10 4 (0.16%) SAS
10 4 (0.16%) Skype for Business
11 3 (0.12%) nginx
12 2 (0.080%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.080%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.080%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 222 (8.87%) Microsoft Office
2 118 (4.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 61 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.80%) Sketch
5 10 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.40%) Photoshop
5 10 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
8 5 (0.20%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.16%) InDesign
9 4 (0.16%) Solid Edge
9 4 (0.16%) Trello
10 3 (0.12%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.080%) SPSS
11 2 (0.080%) Stata
12 1 (0.040%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.040%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.040%) InVision
Business Applications
1 31 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (1.20%) Shopify
3 27 (1.08%) Magento
4 13 (0.52%) Infor SunSystems
4 13 (0.52%) iTrent
5 11 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
6 10 (0.40%) SAP Business One
7 9 (0.36%) SAP CX
8 6 (0.24%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.20%) NetSuite
9 5 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
9 5 (0.20%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.20%) Sage 50
9 5 (0.20%) Sage CRM
9 5 (0.20%) Sage X3
10 4 (0.16%) SAP APO
10 4 (0.16%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.16%) SAP PP
10 4 (0.16%) SAP SD
10 4 (0.16%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 452 (18.06%) Azure
2 284 (11.35%) Microsoft 365
3 283 (11.31%) AWS
4 145 (5.79%) Power Platform
5 144 (5.75%) GCP
6 78 (3.12%) SaaS
7 59 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
8 57 (2.28%) Entra ID
9 45 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
9 45 (1.80%) Serverless
10 43 (1.72%) Amazon S3
10 43 (1.72%) GitHub
11 41 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
12 34 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
13 30 (1.20%) PowerApps
14 26 (1.04%) Power Automate
15 25 (1.00%) Google Workspace
16 23 (0.92%) Amazon Kinesis
16 23 (0.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 22 (0.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 149 (5.95%) Firewall
2 80 (3.20%) LAN
3 66 (2.64%) WAN
4 64 (2.56%) Network Security
5 57 (2.28%) DNS
5 57 (2.28%) VPN
5 57 (2.28%) Wireless
6 49 (1.96%) TCP/IP
6 49 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
7 47 (1.88%) DHCP
8 37 (1.48%) Internet
8 37 (1.48%) VoIP
9 33 (1.32%) SAN
10 31 (1.24%) VLAN
11 23 (0.92%) PPP
12 22 (0.88%) IPsec
13 15 (0.60%) SNMP
14 13 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
15 11 (0.44%) Ethernet
15 11 (0.44%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (7.95%) SQL Server
2 124 (4.95%) Power BI
3 122 (4.87%) MySQL
4 107 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
5 99 (3.96%) BigQuery
6 96 (3.84%) Looker
7 53 (2.12%) Tableau
8 49 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
8 49 (1.96%) Relational Database
9 47 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
10 42 (1.68%) MongoDB
11 33 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
12 30 (1.20%) Redis
12 30 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 28 (1.12%) Data Lake
14 27 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 24 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
16 22 (0.88%) RDBMS
17 20 (0.80%) MS Access
18 18 (0.72%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 163 (6.51%) Git
2 87 (3.48%) JIRA
3 30 (1.20%) TeamCity
4 27 (1.08%) Jenkins
5 23 (0.92%) GitLab
6 20 (0.80%) Postman
7 15 (0.60%) Visual Studio
8 11 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (0.36%) Selenium
10 7 (0.28%) LabVIEW
10 7 (0.28%) Subversion
11 6 (0.24%) Dreamweaver
11 6 (0.24%) Eclipse
11 6 (0.24%) PHPUnit
12 5 (0.20%) InstallShield
12 5 (0.20%) JetBrains Rider
12 5 (0.20%) JMeter
12 5 (0.20%) Sourcetree
12 5 (0.20%) Xcode
13 4 (0.16%) Cypress.io
General
1 1,311 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 774 (30.92%) Analytical Skills
3 449 (17.94%) Finance
4 213 (8.51%) Retail
5 133 (5.31%) Marketing
5 133 (5.31%) Organisational Skills
6 130 (5.19%) Public Sector
7 103 (4.12%) Legal
8 102 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 95 (3.80%) Law
10 92 (3.68%) Manufacturing
11 87 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
12 47 (1.88%) Games
13 44 (1.76%) Banking
14 36 (1.44%) Billing
15 32 (1.28%) Local Government
16 29 (1.16%) Telecoms
17 22 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
18 19 (0.76%) Tech for Good
19 18 (0.72%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 357 (14.26%) Developer
2 325 (12.98%) Analyst
3 301 (12.03%) Senior
4 195 (7.79%) Lead
5 151 (6.03%) Architect
6 126 (5.03%) Software Engineer
7 112 (4.47%) IT Support
8 104 (4.16%) Data Engineer
9 94 (3.76%) Project Manager
9 94 (3.76%) Support Engineer
10 87 (3.48%) IT Engineer
11 85 (3.40%) Consultant
12 83 (3.32%) Administrator
13 78 (3.12%) Platform Engineer
14 70 (2.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 67 (2.68%) Data Architect
16 66 (2.64%) IT Technician
17 62 (2.48%) Service Analyst
18 61 (2.44%) Senior Developer
19 59 (2.36%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 236 (9.43%) .NET
2 188 (7.51%) HTML
3 178 (7.11%) CSS
4 92 (3.68%) React
5 84 (3.36%) AngularJS
5 84 (3.36%) Node.js
6 81 (3.24%) Vue
7 71 (2.84%) .NET Framework
8 68 (2.72%) .NET Core
8 68 (2.72%) ASP.NET
9 63 (2.52%) RESTful
10 48 (1.92%) ASP.NET Web API
11 45 (1.80%) JSON
12 44 (1.76%) HTML5
12 44 (1.76%) Web Services
13 39 (1.56%) REST
14 38 (1.52%) jQuery
15 33 (1.32%) Entity Framework
16 28 (1.12%) RabbitMQ
16 28 (1.12%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 194 (7.75%) Self-Motivation
2 100 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 89 (3.56%) Driving Licence
4 70 (2.80%) Product Ownership
5 44 (1.76%) Data Structures
6 41 (1.64%) NHS
7 39 (1.56%) Mobile App
8 36 (1.44%) Onboarding
9 35 (1.40%) Data Centre
10 31 (1.24%) Client/Server
11 30 (1.20%) Housing Association
12 28 (1.12%) IoT
13 27 (1.08%) Cloud Native
13 27 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
14 26 (1.04%) EPoS
15 25 (1.00%) Algorithms
16 24 (0.96%) Security Posture
17 23 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
18 22 (0.88%) Online Games
19 21 (0.84%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 406 (16.22%) Windows
2 139 (5.55%) Linux
3 130 (5.19%) Windows Server
4 96 (3.84%) Windows 10
5 47 (1.88%) Android
6 45 (1.80%) Apple iOS
7 33 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 32 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
9 30 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
10 23 (0.92%) Mac OS
11 21 (0.84%) Windows 7
12 20 (0.80%) Windows Vista
13 16 (0.64%) Unix
14 15 (0.60%) Data ONTAP
14 15 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
15 13 (0.52%) Windows 8
16 10 (0.40%) Ubuntu
16 10 (0.40%) VMS
17 6 (0.24%) AIX
18 4 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 469 (18.74%) Agile
2 355 (14.18%) Customer Service
3 320 (12.78%) Mentoring
4 315 (12.58%) Project Management
5 302 (12.07%) Computer Science
6 287 (11.47%) Continuous Improvement
7 256 (10.23%) DevOps
8 234 (9.35%) ITIL
9 213 (8.51%) Software Engineering
10 210 (8.39%) Analytics
11 204 (8.15%) Decision-Making
12 192 (7.67%) Collaborative Working
13 179 (7.15%) Coaching
14 174 (6.95%) Business Intelligence
15 165 (6.59%) Stakeholder Management
16 163 (6.51%) Cybersecurity
16 163 (6.51%) User Experience
17 153 (6.11%) Time Management
18 144 (5.75%) Data Modelling
19 141 (5.63%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 410 (16.38%) SQL
2 275 (10.99%) C#
3 273 (10.91%) JavaScript
4 180 (7.19%) Python
5 101 (4.04%) Java
6 91 (3.64%) PHP
7 87 (3.48%) PowerShell
8 62 (2.48%) TypeScript
9 37 (1.48%) T-SQL
10 36 (1.44%) Bash
11 29 (1.16%) C++
12 27 (1.08%) VB
13 26 (1.04%) Swift
14 25 (1.00%) C
15 21 (0.84%) VB.NET
16 17 (0.68%) Ruby
17 14 (0.56%) VBScript
18 12 (0.48%) Embedded C
18 12 (0.48%) Kotlin
18 12 (0.48%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 614 (24.53%) Degree
2 197 (7.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 97 (3.88%) Security Cleared
4 83 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 73 (2.92%) SC Cleared
6 57 (2.28%) DBS Check
7 56 (2.24%) Master's Degree
8 45 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
9 40 (1.60%) ACCA
10 36 (1.44%) ITIL Certification
11 34 (1.36%) PMI Certification
12 33 (1.32%) Azure Certification
12 33 (1.32%) CCNA
13 30 (1.20%) PMP
14 29 (1.16%) HNC
14 29 (1.16%) HND
15 22 (0.88%) CISSP
16 21 (0.84%) CCNP
17 19 (0.76%) CISA
18 17 (0.68%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (6.03%) SLA
2 134 (5.35%) GDPR
3 97 (3.88%) Data Quality
4 81 (3.24%) QA
5 54 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 35 (1.40%) Accessibility
7 28 (1.12%) GAAP
7 28 (1.12%) NIST
8 27 (1.08%) IFRS
9 19 (0.76%) PMO
10 16 (0.64%) WCAG
11 14 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.56%) ISO 9001
12 11 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 9 (0.36%) NCSC
14 8 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 8 (0.32%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.32%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.16%) COBIT
15 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 214 (8.55%) Active Directory
2 103 (4.12%) Docker
3 75 (3.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 65 (2.60%) Hyper-V
5 21 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (0.44%) Firmware
7 9 (0.36%) Terminal Services
8 7 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.24%) vSphere
9 6 (0.24%) XenApp
9 6 (0.24%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.080%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.040%) Dovecot
11 1 (0.040%) Lustre
11 1 (0.040%) Postfix
11 1 (0.040%) Shibboleth
11 1 (0.040%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.040%) Varnish
11 1 (0.040%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 80 (3.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 79 (3.16%) Terraform
3 72 (2.88%) Kubernetes
4 36 (1.44%) SCCM
5 30 (1.20%) Ansible
6 27 (1.08%) Prometheus
7 15 (0.60%) vCenter Server
8 14 (0.56%) Grafana
9 11 (0.44%) Progress Chef
10 10 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
10 10 (0.40%) Puppet
11 9 (0.36%) Nessus
12 8 (0.32%) SCOM
13 6 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
13 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Clustering
14 5 (0.20%) Autotask
15 4 (0.16%) Cacti
15 4 (0.16%) WSUS
16 3 (0.12%) FortiGate
16 3 (0.12%) SELinux
Vendors
1 649 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 168 (6.71%) Google
3 120 (4.79%) VMware
4 98 (3.92%) SAP
5 77 (3.08%) Oracle
6 72 (2.88%) Cisco
7 45 (1.80%) Apple
7 45 (1.80%) Citrix
8 42 (1.68%) ServiceNow
9 36 (1.44%) CA
10 27 (1.08%) Adobe
10 27 (1.08%) F5
11 25 (1.00%) Veeam
12 23 (0.92%) NetApp
13 20 (0.80%) HP
13 20 (0.80%) IBM
14 19 (0.76%) Epicor
14 19 (0.76%) Palo Alto
14 19 (0.76%) Salesforce
14 19 (0.76%) Splunk