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

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 15 11
Rank change year-on-year +11 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 252 111 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 16.07% 12.25% 12.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.44% 13.06% 13.92%
Number of salaries quoted 178 57 60
10th Percentile £26,025 £22,000 £27,600
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £44,750
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -16.20% -0.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £85,375 £62,500 £81,750
North West median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,488
% change year-on-year -5.26% +4.42% +1.08%

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 1,233 850 1,027
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 78.64% 93.82% 92.19%
Number of salaries quoted 929 454 530
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,420 £26,700
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £89,625 £71,375
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 19 May 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 19 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
Warrington +16 86 £42,500 +23.19% 42
Chester +3 42 £38,567 +54.27% 29
Knutsford +12 26 £55,000 -40.54% 3
Crewe +10 22 £23,795 -17.95% 7
Winsford - 8 £65,000 - 1
Northwich - 6 £37,500 - 4
Middlewich -2 5 - - 4
Macclesfield - 5 £31,000 - 3
Congleton - 4 £27,500 -
Runcorn +4 3 £42,500 +5.59% 3
Widnes - 3 £35,000 - 4
Ellesmere Port +6 1 £23,000 -60.00% 2
Wilmslow - 1 £82,500 - 3
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 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.37%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.59%) IIS
4 2 (0.79%) CMS
4 2 (0.79%) SAS
4 2 (0.79%) WordPress
5 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
Applications
1 27 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (5.16%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.19%) Trello
6 2 (0.79%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.79%) InDesign
6 2 (0.79%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.79%) SPSS
6 2 (0.79%) Stata
7 1 (0.40%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 9 (3.57%) SAP CX
1 9 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.78%) SAP Business One
3 6 (2.38%) NetSuite
4 4 (1.59%) SAP APO
4 4 (1.59%) SAP MM
4 4 (1.59%) SAP PP
4 4 (1.59%) SAP SD
4 4 (1.59%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.40%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 51 (20.24%) Azure
2 29 (11.51%) AWS
3 20 (7.94%) SaaS
4 19 (7.54%) GCP
5 17 (6.75%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (3.17%) NuGet
8 6 (2.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 6 (2.38%) Matillion
8 6 (2.38%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.98%) GitHub
9 5 (1.98%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.59%) IaaS
10 4 (1.59%) npm
10 4 (1.59%) PaaS
11 3 (1.19%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.79%) Entra ID
13 1 (0.40%) Google Analytics
13 1 (0.40%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.75%) Firewall
2 16 (6.35%) LAN
3 12 (4.76%) WAN
4 11 (4.37%) TCP/IP
5 9 (3.57%) DHCP
5 9 (3.57%) DNS
6 7 (2.78%) BGP
6 7 (2.78%) OSPF
7 6 (2.38%) Network Security
7 6 (2.38%) VPN
8 5 (1.98%) WLAN
9 4 (1.59%) DMVPN
9 4 (1.59%) EIGRP
9 4 (1.59%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (1.59%) IPsec
9 4 (1.59%) SSL
9 4 (1.59%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (1.59%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.79%) SAN
10 2 (0.79%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.13%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.97%) MySQL
3 7 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.38%) BigQuery
4 6 (2.38%) Data Lake
4 6 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.38%) Looker
4 6 (2.38%) Star Schema
5 5 (1.98%) MS Access
5 5 (1.98%) Power BI
5 5 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.59%) PowerPivot
6 4 (1.59%) QlikView
7 2 (0.79%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.40%) ArangoDB
8 1 (0.40%) GIS
Development Applications
1 26 (10.32%) Git
2 18 (7.14%) TeamCity
3 12 (4.76%) JIRA
4 7 (2.78%) GitLab
5 5 (1.98%) InstallShield
5 5 (1.98%) JetBrains Rider
6 4 (1.59%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.19%) MSBuild
7 3 (1.19%) Subversion
7 3 (1.19%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (1.19%) Visual Studio Team System
8 2 (0.79%) JMeter
8 2 (0.79%) Selenium
8 2 (0.79%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.79%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.79%) WiX
9 1 (0.40%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.40%) JUnit
9 1 (0.40%) Mockito
General
1 161 (63.89%) Social Skills
2 79 (31.35%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (8.33%) Finance
4 16 (6.35%) Organisational Skills
4 16 (6.35%) Presentation Skills
5 14 (5.56%) Marketing
6 13 (5.16%) Retail
7 11 (4.37%) Legal
8 8 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.78%) Health Technology
10 6 (2.38%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.38%) Publishing
11 5 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.98%) Law
11 5 (1.98%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.19%) Automotive
13 3 (1.19%) Banking
14 2 (0.79%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 36 (14.29%) Developer
2 30 (11.90%) Senior
3 29 (11.51%) Analyst
4 21 (8.33%) IT Engineer
5 17 (6.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (6.35%) Data Engineer
7 14 (5.56%) Consultant
7 14 (5.56%) Software Engineer
8 12 (4.76%) Technical Analyst
9 11 (4.37%) .NET Developer
9 11 (4.37%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (4.37%) Project Manager
10 10 (3.97%) Programme Manager
10 10 (3.97%) Senior Analyst
10 10 (3.97%) Software Developer
11 9 (3.57%) Administrator
11 9 (3.57%) Business Analyst
11 9 (3.57%) Graduate
11 9 (3.57%) SAP Programme Manager
11 9 (3.57%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (12.30%) .NET
2 13 (5.16%) CSS
3 9 (3.57%) HTML
3 9 (3.57%) REST
4 8 (3.17%) React
5 7 (2.78%) WinForms
6 6 (2.38%) .NET Framework
7 5 (1.98%) Web Services
8 4 (1.59%) React Native
8 4 (1.59%) Sass
8 4 (1.59%) Vue
9 2 (0.79%) Gherkin
10 1 (0.40%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.40%) JSON
10 1 (0.40%) Laravel
10 1 (0.40%) Spring
10 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (6.35%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.37%) Data Structures
4 8 (3.17%) Mobile App
4 8 (3.17%) SCADA
5 7 (2.78%) Client/Server
6 6 (2.38%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.38%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.98%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.98%) Life Science
7 5 (1.98%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.59%) Cyberattack
8 4 (1.59%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (1.19%) FMCG
10 2 (0.79%) Graphic Design
10 2 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.79%) PMI
10 2 (0.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.33%) Windows
2 14 (5.56%) Android
2 14 (5.56%) Apple iOS
3 10 (3.97%) Linux
4 5 (1.98%) VMS
5 4 (1.59%) Unix
6 3 (1.19%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (21.43%) Agile
2 37 (14.68%) Decision-Making
3 36 (14.29%) ITIL
4 33 (13.10%) Computer Science
4 33 (13.10%) Cybersecurity
5 31 (12.30%) Project Management
6 26 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (9.92%) ERP
8 24 (9.52%) Customer Service
8 24 (9.52%) Software Engineering
9 22 (8.73%) Analytics
9 22 (8.73%) DevOps
9 22 (8.73%) Stakeholder Management
10 21 (8.33%) Change Management
11 20 (7.94%) Collaborative Working
11 20 (7.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 18 (7.14%) Data Science
12 18 (7.14%) Migration
13 17 (6.75%) OOP
13 17 (6.75%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 62 (24.60%) SQL
2 33 (13.10%) C#
3 24 (9.52%) JavaScript
4 15 (5.95%) PowerShell
4 15 (5.95%) Python
5 9 (3.57%) Swift
6 8 (3.17%) Bash
6 8 (3.17%) Java
7 5 (1.98%) T-SQL
7 5 (1.98%) VB
8 4 (1.59%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.40%) C++
9 1 (0.40%) PHP
Qualifications
1 83 (32.94%) Degree
2 13 (5.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (4.37%) PMI Certification
3 11 (4.37%) PMP
4 7 (2.78%) Master's Degree
4 7 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.98%) CISA
6 4 (1.59%) CCNA
6 4 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.59%) CISSP
6 4 (1.59%) HNC
6 4 (1.59%) HND
6 4 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (1.59%) SAP Certification
7 3 (1.19%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (1.19%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.19%) Security Cleared
8 2 (0.79%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.79%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (4.37%) GDPR
3 8 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.17%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.98%) QA
4 5 (1.98%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.79%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.79%) SLA
6 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.40%) GRC
6 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 26 (10.32%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.75%) Docker
3 9 (3.57%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.40%) Lustre
5 1 (0.40%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 8 (3.17%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.59%) Nessus
4 3 (1.19%) Ansible
4 3 (1.19%) Progress Chef
4 3 (1.19%) Puppet
4 3 (1.19%) Terraform
5 1 (0.40%) Icinga
5 1 (0.40%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.40%) SCCM
Vendors
1 80 (31.75%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.30%) SAP
3 22 (8.73%) Google
4 10 (3.97%) VMware
5 7 (2.78%) F5
6 5 (1.98%) Cisco
7 4 (1.59%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.59%) Apple
7 4 (1.59%) Facebook
7 4 (1.59%) IBM
7 4 (1.59%) Juniper
7 4 (1.59%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.59%) Sophos
7 4 (1.59%) Veeam
8 3 (1.19%) Oracle
8 3 (1.19%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.79%) Adobe
9 2 (0.79%) Citrix
9 2 (0.79%) Teradata
9 2 (0.79%) Twitter