Problem-Solving Jobs in Northern Ireland

Problem Solving
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 5 20 7
Rank change year-on-year +15 -13 +14
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 139 127 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 18.63% 14.53% 17.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.29% 15.12% 19.39%
Number of salaries quoted 76 39 43
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,250 -
25th Percentile £32,500 £45,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £60,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.92% +62.16% -10.30%
75th Percentile £58,125 £65,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £58,750
UK median annual salary £48,900 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.09% - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 653 840 619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 87.53% 96.11% 90.36%
Number of salaries quoted 311 436 358
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,425
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,408 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £71,625 £65,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Northern Ireland

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Northern Ireland

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Northern Ireland

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim +12 118 £50,000 -16.67% 33
County Tyrone - 8 £33,500 -
County Londonderry +5 7 - -
County Armagh - 6 £50,000 -
Problem-Solving
UK

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 7 (5.04%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.60%) Apache
2 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.88%) nginx
4 3 (2.16%) CMS
4 3 (2.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (12.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (10.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (6.47%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (5.04%) InfoPath
4 7 (5.04%) Sketch
5 6 (4.32%) UserZoom
6 3 (2.16%) Adobe XD
6 3 (2.16%) InVision
7 1 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.16%) SAP MM
1 3 (2.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 24 (17.27%) Azure
2 23 (16.55%) AWS
3 10 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (5.76%) Amazon S3
5 7 (5.04%) Figma
5 7 (5.04%) OneDrive
6 4 (2.88%) Heroku
6 4 (2.88%) Miro
6 4 (2.88%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.16%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.16%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (2.16%) Amazon ElastiCache
7 3 (2.16%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (2.16%) Azure AKS
7 3 (2.16%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.16%) GCP
7 3 (2.16%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 3 (2.16%) Route 53
7 3 (2.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.72%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.91%) Firewall
2 8 (5.76%) Internet
3 7 (5.04%) FTP
3 7 (5.04%) HTTP
4 5 (3.60%) IPsec
4 5 (3.60%) SNMP
4 5 (3.60%) VPN
5 1 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.91%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.19%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (3.60%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (3.60%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.88%) Power BI
4 4 (2.88%) Tableau
5 3 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (2.16%) Data Vault
5 3 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.44%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.44%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.72%) MySQL
7 1 (0.72%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 8 (5.76%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.88%) JIRA
3 3 (2.16%) Git
4 1 (0.72%) JDeveloper
4 1 (0.72%) PHPUnit
General
1 73 (52.52%) Social Skills
2 37 (26.62%) Finance
3 33 (23.74%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (18.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (12.95%) Manufacturing
5 18 (12.95%) Retail
6 10 (7.19%) Music Industry
6 10 (7.19%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (6.47%) Law
7 9 (6.47%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (5.04%) Banking
9 6 (4.32%) Legal
10 4 (2.88%) Electronics
10 4 (2.88%) Marketing
10 4 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.88%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.88%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.72%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.72%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 32 (23.02%) Senior
2 23 (16.55%) Developer
3 17 (12.23%) Analyst
4 15 (10.79%) Senior Developer
4 15 (10.79%) Software Developer
5 14 (10.07%) Consultant
6 13 (9.35%) Architect
7 11 (7.91%) Senior Software Developer
8 10 (7.19%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (6.47%) Business Analyst
9 9 (6.47%) Presales Solution Architect
10 7 (5.04%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (5.04%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 7 (5.04%) Project Engineer
10 7 (5.04%) Software Engineer
11 6 (4.32%) Support Engineer
12 5 (3.60%) C# Developer
12 5 (3.60%) Field Engineer
12 5 (3.60%) Field Service Engineer
12 5 (3.60%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (14.39%) HTML
2 13 (9.35%) .NET
2 13 (9.35%) .NET Framework
2 13 (9.35%) Entity Framework
3 11 (7.91%) .NET Core
3 11 (7.91%) React
4 10 (7.19%) Blazor
4 10 (7.19%) CSS
5 8 (5.76%) REST
5 8 (5.76%) Web Services
6 7 (5.04%) COM
6 7 (5.04%) HTML5
6 7 (5.04%) SOAP
7 6 (4.32%) jQuery
7 6 (4.32%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (3.60%) AngularJS
8 5 (3.60%) Node.js
8 5 (3.60%) YAML
9 4 (2.88%) Express.js
10 3 (2.16%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.63%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (5.04%) Cloud Native
3 6 (4.32%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (3.60%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.60%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (3.60%) Driving Licence
4 5 (3.60%) EPoS
5 4 (2.88%) Blog
5 4 (2.88%) Social Media
6 3 (2.16%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.72%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.72%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.72%) FMCG
8 1 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.72%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.72%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.39%) Windows
2 12 (8.63%) Linux
3 6 (4.32%) Unix
4 5 (3.60%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (2.88%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (19.42%) Actionable Insight
2 26 (18.71%) Project Management
3 23 (16.55%) Mentoring
4 21 (15.11%) Agile
5 19 (13.67%) Business Intelligence
6 18 (12.95%) Front End Development
7 16 (11.51%) Process Improvement
8 15 (10.79%) Computer Science
8 15 (10.79%) DevOps
9 14 (10.07%) Business Case
9 14 (10.07%) Customer Experience
9 14 (10.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (10.07%) User Experience
10 13 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (8.63%) Analytics
11 12 (8.63%) Data Analytics
12 11 (7.91%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 11 (7.91%) Root Cause Analysis
12 11 (7.91%) UX Design
12 11 (7.91%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 17 (12.23%) Python
2 16 (11.51%) JavaScript
3 14 (10.07%) C#
3 14 (10.07%) SQL
4 7 (5.04%) Java
4 7 (5.04%) PowerShell
5 5 (3.60%) C
5 5 (3.60%) Perl
6 4 (2.88%) Bash
6 4 (2.88%) Bicep
6 4 (2.88%) PHP
6 4 (2.88%) R
7 1 (0.72%) ABAP
7 1 (0.72%) Go
7 1 (0.72%) Ruby
7 1 (0.72%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 46 (33.09%) Degree
2 22 (15.83%) SC Cleared
2 22 (15.83%) Security Cleared
3 15 (10.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (6.47%) Master's Degree
5 7 (5.04%) AWS Certification
5 7 (5.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 5 (3.60%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (3.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.16%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.72%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.04%) Accessibility
1 7 (5.04%) QA
1 7 (5.04%) WCAG
2 5 (3.60%) SLA
3 1 (0.72%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 13 (9.35%) Docker
2 5 (3.60%) Firmware
2 5 (3.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (7.19%) Terraform
2 9 (6.47%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.60%) Ansible
3 5 (3.60%) Prometheus
3 5 (3.60%) vCenter Server
4 4 (2.88%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 17 (12.23%) Google
1 17 (12.23%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.19%) NetApp
2 10 (7.19%) SAP
3 6 (4.32%) Guidewire
3 6 (4.32%) Qualtrics
4 5 (3.60%) Dell
4 5 (3.60%) HP
4 5 (3.60%) IBM
4 5 (3.60%) Palo Alto
4 5 (3.60%) Red Hat
4 5 (3.60%) SolidFire
4 5 (3.60%) VMware
5 4 (2.88%) Facebook
5 4 (2.88%) YouTube
6 3 (2.16%) Adobe
6 3 (2.16%) Oracle
7 2 (1.44%) CA
8 1 (0.72%) Minitab
8 1 (0.72%) ServiceNow