Problem-Solving Jobs in Cheshire

Problem Solving
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 14 10
Rank change year-on-year +10 -4 -5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 257 113 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 16.79% 12.16% 13.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.13% 12.84% 14.73%
Number of salaries quoted 181 54 68
10th Percentile £26,250 £22,000 £27,300
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,000 £44,250
Median % change year-on-year +18.06% -18.64% -1.67%
75th Percentile £56,250 £54,688 £52,477
90th Percentile £85,000 £61,375 £73,525
North West median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,744
% change year-on-year -5.26% +3.84% +1.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,216 880 957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 79.43% 94.73% 91.58%
Number of salaries quoted 919 458 512
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,420 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,375 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% +3.95% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £74,826 £89,125 £72,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Cheshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Cheshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cheshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Cheshire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Warrington +14 89 £42,500 +23.19% 39
Chester +3 42 £37,500 +50.00% 30
Knutsford +7 27 £55,000 -40.54% 4
Crewe +11 22 £23,795 -17.95% 6
Winsford - 8 £65,000 - 3
Northwich - 6 £37,500 - 3
Macclesfield - 5 £31,000 - 13
Middlewich - 5 - - 1
Runcorn +6 4 £41,750 +9.87% 4
Congleton - 4 £27,500 -
Widnes - 3 £35,000 - 3
Wilmslow - 1 £82,500 - 7
Problem-Solving
North West

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 12 (4.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.28%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.56%) IIS
4 2 (0.78%) CMS
4 2 (0.78%) SAS
4 2 (0.78%) WordPress
5 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
Applications
1 28 (10.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (5.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.56%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.17%) Trello
6 2 (0.78%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.78%) InDesign
6 2 (0.78%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.78%) SPSS
6 2 (0.78%) Stata
7 1 (0.39%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 9 (3.50%) SAP CX
1 9 (3.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.72%) SAP Business One
3 6 (2.33%) NetSuite
4 4 (1.56%) SAP APO
4 4 (1.56%) SAP MM
4 4 (1.56%) SAP PP
4 4 (1.56%) SAP SD
4 4 (1.56%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.39%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.39%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 56 (21.79%) Azure
2 32 (12.45%) AWS
3 23 (8.95%) SaaS
4 19 (7.39%) GCP
5 17 (6.61%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (3.11%) NuGet
8 6 (2.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 6 (2.33%) Matillion
8 6 (2.33%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.33%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.95%) GitHub
10 4 (1.56%) IaaS
10 4 (1.56%) npm
10 4 (1.56%) PaaS
11 3 (1.17%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.78%) Entra ID
13 1 (0.39%) Google Analytics
13 1 (0.39%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.39%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.78%) Firewall
2 16 (6.23%) LAN
3 12 (4.67%) WAN
4 11 (4.28%) TCP/IP
5 9 (3.50%) DHCP
5 9 (3.50%) DNS
6 7 (2.72%) BGP
6 7 (2.72%) OSPF
7 6 (2.33%) VPN
8 5 (1.95%) Network Security
8 5 (1.95%) SAN
8 5 (1.95%) WLAN
9 4 (1.56%) DMVPN
9 4 (1.56%) EIGRP
9 4 (1.56%) IPsec
9 4 (1.56%) NAS
9 4 (1.56%) SSL
9 4 (1.56%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (1.56%) Unified Communications
9 4 (1.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.89%) SQL Server
2 17 (6.61%) MySQL
3 7 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.33%) BigQuery
4 6 (2.33%) Data Lake
4 6 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.33%) Looker
4 6 (2.33%) Power BI
4 6 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (2.33%) Star Schema
5 5 (1.95%) MS Access
6 4 (1.56%) PowerPivot
6 4 (1.56%) QlikView
7 2 (0.78%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.78%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.39%) ArangoDB
8 1 (0.39%) GIS
Development Applications
1 28 (10.89%) Git
2 18 (7.00%) TeamCity
3 12 (4.67%) JIRA
4 7 (2.72%) GitLab
5 5 (1.95%) InstallShield
5 5 (1.95%) JetBrains Rider
6 4 (1.56%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.17%) MSBuild
7 3 (1.17%) Subversion
7 3 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (1.17%) Visual Studio Team System
8 2 (0.78%) JMeter
8 2 (0.78%) Selenium
8 2 (0.78%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.78%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.78%) WiX
9 1 (0.39%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.39%) JUnit
9 1 (0.39%) Mockito
General
1 162 (63.04%) Social Skills
2 80 (31.13%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (9.34%) Finance
4 16 (6.23%) Organisational Skills
4 16 (6.23%) Presentation Skills
5 14 (5.45%) Marketing
6 13 (5.06%) Retail
7 10 (3.89%) Legal
8 8 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.11%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.72%) Health Technology
10 6 (2.33%) Publishing
11 5 (1.95%) Banking
11 5 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.95%) Law
12 4 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.56%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.78%) Advertising
14 2 (0.78%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 36 (14.01%) Developer
2 31 (12.06%) Analyst
2 31 (12.06%) Senior
3 21 (8.17%) IT Engineer
4 16 (6.23%) Data Engineer
4 16 (6.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 16 (6.23%) Software Engineer
5 14 (5.45%) Consultant
6 12 (4.67%) Technical Analyst
7 11 (4.28%) Project Manager
8 10 (3.89%) .NET Developer
8 10 (3.89%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (3.89%) Programme Manager
8 10 (3.89%) Senior Analyst
8 10 (3.89%) Software Developer
9 9 (3.50%) Administrator
9 9 (3.50%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
9 9 (3.50%) SAP Manager
9 9 (3.50%) SAP Programme Manager
9 9 (3.50%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (11.67%) .NET
2 15 (5.84%) CSS
3 11 (4.28%) HTML
4 10 (3.89%) React
5 9 (3.50%) REST
6 6 (2.33%) .NET Framework
6 6 (2.33%) WinForms
7 5 (1.95%) Web Services
8 4 (1.56%) React Native
8 4 (1.56%) Sass
8 4 (1.56%) Vue
9 2 (0.78%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.78%) Express.js
9 2 (0.78%) Gherkin
9 2 (0.78%) MEAN Stack
9 2 (0.78%) MERN Stack
9 2 (0.78%) Node.js
9 2 (0.78%) RESTful
10 1 (0.39%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.39%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 36 (14.01%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (7.78%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.28%) Data Structures
4 8 (3.11%) Mobile App
4 8 (3.11%) SCADA
5 7 (2.72%) Client/Server
5 7 (2.72%) Life Science
6 6 (2.33%) Driving Licence
7 5 (1.95%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.95%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.95%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.95%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.56%) Cyberattack
8 4 (1.56%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (1.17%) FMCG
9 3 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.78%) Graphic Design
10 2 (0.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.12%) Windows
2 14 (5.45%) Android
2 14 (5.45%) Apple iOS
3 10 (3.89%) Linux
4 8 (3.11%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.95%) VMS
6 4 (1.56%) Unix
6 4 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (23.35%) Agile
2 38 (14.79%) Decision-Making
3 36 (14.01%) Computer Science
3 36 (14.01%) ITIL
4 34 (13.23%) Project Management
5 32 (12.45%) Cybersecurity
6 30 (11.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (10.12%) Software Engineering
8 25 (9.73%) ERP
9 24 (9.34%) Customer Service
10 22 (8.56%) Analytics
10 22 (8.56%) Data Science
10 22 (8.56%) DevOps
10 22 (8.56%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (8.17%) Change Management
12 20 (7.78%) Collaborative Working
13 18 (7.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 18 (7.00%) Migration
14 17 (6.61%) Data Engineering
14 17 (6.61%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 66 (25.68%) SQL
2 32 (12.45%) C#
3 24 (9.34%) JavaScript
4 18 (7.00%) Python
5 16 (6.23%) PowerShell
6 9 (3.50%) Swift
7 8 (3.11%) Bash
7 8 (3.11%) Java
8 6 (2.33%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.95%) VB
10 4 (1.56%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.39%) C++
11 1 (0.39%) PHP
Qualifications
1 86 (33.46%) Degree
2 16 (6.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (4.28%) PMI Certification
3 11 (4.28%) PMP
4 7 (2.72%) Master's Degree
4 7 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.95%) CISA
6 4 (1.56%) CCNA
6 4 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.56%) CISSP
6 4 (1.56%) HNC
6 4 (1.56%) HND
6 4 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (1.56%) SAP Certification
7 3 (1.17%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (1.17%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.17%) Security Cleared
8 2 (0.78%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.78%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (4.28%) GDPR
3 8 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.11%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.33%) SLA
5 5 (1.95%) SOC 2
6 4 (1.56%) QA
7 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.39%) GRC
7 1 (0.39%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 30 (11.67%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.61%) Docker
3 9 (3.50%) Hyper-V
3 9 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.39%) Lustre
4 1 (0.39%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 8 (3.11%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.56%) Nessus
4 3 (1.17%) Ansible
4 3 (1.17%) Progress Chef
4 3 (1.17%) Puppet
4 3 (1.17%) Terraform
5 1 (0.39%) Icinga
5 1 (0.39%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.39%) SCCM
5 1 (0.39%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 79 (30.74%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.06%) SAP
3 22 (8.56%) Google
4 14 (5.45%) VMware
5 7 (2.72%) F5
6 5 (1.95%) Alteryx
6 5 (1.95%) Cisco
7 4 (1.56%) Apple
7 4 (1.56%) Facebook
7 4 (1.56%) IBM
7 4 (1.56%) Juniper
7 4 (1.56%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.56%) Sophos
7 4 (1.56%) Veeam
8 3 (1.17%) Oracle
8 3 (1.17%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.78%) Adobe
9 2 (0.78%) Citrix
9 2 (0.78%) Teradata
9 2 (0.78%) Twitter