Problem-Solving Jobs in Lancashire

Problem Solving
North West > Lancashire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 8 5
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 +16
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 133 114 334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 10.31% 16.84% 25.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.96% 17.70% 26.55%
Number of salaries quoted 105 79 79
10th Percentile £24,700 £23,750 £28,800
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £39,693
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £60,250
North West median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,250
% change year-on-year -5.26% +0.53% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,026 644 1,258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 79.53% 95.13% 96.62%
Number of salaries quoted 866 333 353
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,894 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £37,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +7.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,250 £57,500 £58,000
90th Percentile £75,772 £66,000 £69,977
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 Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Lancashire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Lancashire

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Lancashire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Lancashire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Preston -18 16 £33,500 -21.18% 24
Chorley +10 14 £80,000 +23.08% 6
Blackburn -4 13 £23,076 -53.85% 9
Newton-le-Willows - 12 £35,000 -
Burnley -2 11 £50,000 -2.91% 2
Lancaster - 11 £41,234 - 2
Blackpool -10 10 £69,966 +197.73% 5
Nelson - 5 £28,000 - 1
Fleetwood - 2 £30,000 -
Problem-Solving
North West

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 6 (4.51%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (4.51%) WordPress
2 1 (0.75%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (7.52%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (3.01%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.53%) AWS
2 12 (9.02%) Power Platform
3 10 (7.52%) Azure
4 9 (6.77%) Amazon EC2
4 9 (6.77%) Amazon Kinesis
4 9 (6.77%) Amazon S3
5 7 (5.26%) GCP
6 6 (4.51%) GitHub
6 6 (4.51%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (4.51%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.26%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 3 (2.26%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.50%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.02%) VoIP
2 6 (4.51%) Wireless
3 5 (3.76%) Firewall
4 4 (3.01%) LAN
4 4 (3.01%) WAN
5 3 (2.26%) DNS
5 3 (2.26%) Network Security
5 3 (2.26%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.50%) RIP
7 1 (0.75%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.75%) DHCP
7 1 (0.75%) MQTT
7 1 (0.75%) SAN
7 1 (0.75%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.75%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.28%) MySQL
2 13 (9.77%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (9.77%) MS Access
3 11 (8.27%) Relational Database
4 9 (6.77%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (6.77%) Amazon Redshift
4 9 (6.77%) RDBMS
4 9 (6.77%) SQL Server
5 7 (5.26%) BigQuery
6 6 (4.51%) Looker
6 6 (4.51%) Power BI
6 6 (4.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (4.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (4.51%) Tableau
7 2 (1.50%) Metadata
8 1 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.75%) Power Query
8 1 (0.75%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 10 (7.52%) Git
2 9 (6.77%) Postman
3 6 (4.51%) Dreamweaver
3 6 (4.51%) PHPUnit
3 6 (4.51%) Visual Studio
4 3 (2.26%) JIRA
General
1 52 (39.10%) Analytical Skills
2 46 (34.59%) Social Skills
3 37 (27.82%) Finance
4 22 (16.54%) Marketing
5 15 (11.28%) Public Sector
6 12 (9.02%) Manufacturing
6 12 (9.02%) Retail
7 6 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.26%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.50%) Legal
9 2 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.75%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 30 (22.56%) Developer
2 18 (13.53%) IT Support
3 17 (12.78%) Lead
4 12 (9.02%) Administrator
5 11 (8.27%) Junior
5 11 (8.27%) Senior
5 11 (8.27%) Technical Leader
6 10 (7.52%) Analyst
6 10 (7.52%) IT Engineer
6 10 (7.52%) IT Support Engineer
6 10 (7.52%) Support Engineer
6 10 (7.52%) Systems Administrator
7 8 (6.02%) Junior Systems Administrator
8 7 (5.26%) Data Engineer
8 7 (5.26%) ERP Developer
8 7 (5.26%) Senior Manager
9 6 (4.51%) IT Manager
9 6 (4.51%) Principal Data Engineer
9 6 (4.51%) Programmer
9 6 (4.51%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (13.53%) HTML
2 15 (11.28%) HTML5
3 14 (10.53%) CSS
4 11 (8.27%) JSON
5 9 (6.77%) Spring
5 9 (6.77%) Spring Boot
6 6 (4.51%) .NET
6 6 (4.51%) ASP.NET
6 6 (4.51%) Classic ASP
6 6 (4.51%) Doctrine
6 6 (4.51%) jQuery
6 6 (4.51%) Laravel
6 6 (4.51%) Razor View Engine
6 6 (4.51%) Symfony
6 6 (4.51%) Vue
7 3 (2.26%) CSS3
8 2 (1.50%) Node.js
8 2 (1.50%) REST
8 2 (1.50%) SOAP
8 2 (1.50%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.53%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.27%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (6.77%) Cloud Native
3 9 (6.77%) IoT
4 4 (3.01%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.50%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.50%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.50%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.75%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.75%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.75%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 21 (15.79%) Windows
2 10 (7.52%) Linux
3 6 (4.51%) Ubuntu
4 4 (3.01%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.75%) Unix
5 1 (0.75%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (18.80%) Agile
1 25 (18.80%) Computer Science
2 24 (18.05%) User Experience
3 23 (17.29%) Data Modelling
4 22 (16.54%) Project Management
5 17 (12.78%) Front End Development
5 17 (12.78%) Mentoring
6 16 (12.03%) Customer Service
6 16 (12.03%) DevOps
7 15 (11.28%) Design Patterns
8 14 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
9 13 (9.77%) Data Management
9 13 (9.77%) ERP
9 13 (9.77%) SDLC
10 12 (9.02%) CI/CD
10 12 (9.02%) Migration
10 12 (9.02%) Project Delivery
11 11 (8.27%) Analytics
11 11 (8.27%) Coaching
11 11 (8.27%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 37 (27.82%) SQL
2 18 (13.53%) PHP
3 14 (10.53%) JavaScript
4 12 (9.02%) Java
5 10 (7.52%) C#
6 6 (4.51%) VB
6 6 (4.51%) VBScript
7 2 (1.50%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.75%) C
8 1 (0.75%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.75%) Python
8 1 (0.75%) R
8 1 (0.75%) Rust
8 1 (0.75%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (31.58%) Degree
2 22 (16.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (6.02%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.75%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.75%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
5 1 (0.75%) CCNA
5 1 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.75%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.75%) MCSE
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.75%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.77%) GDPR
2 4 (3.01%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.26%) NCSC
3 3 (2.26%) NIST
4 2 (1.50%) SLA
5 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
System Software
1 12 (9.02%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.26%) vSphere
3 2 (1.50%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (6.77%) Terraform
2 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.75%) Nessus
Vendors
1 35 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.77%) Google
3 7 (5.26%) Adobe
4 5 (3.76%) VMware
5 4 (3.01%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.26%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.26%) Splunk
7 2 (1.50%) CA
7 2 (1.50%) F5
7 2 (1.50%) HP
7 2 (1.50%) Sage
8 1 (0.75%) arcserve
8 1 (0.75%) Oracle
8 1 (0.75%) Peregrine
8 1 (0.75%) Sophos
8 1 (0.75%) Workday