Problem-Solving Job Trends in Ashton-under-Lyne

Problem Solving
Manchester > Ashton-under-Lyne

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Ashton-under-Lyne requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 7 1
Rank change year-on-year +6 -6 -
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 6 2 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Ashton-under-Lyne 60.00% 18.18% 68.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 60.00% 18.18% 71.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £22,000
75th Percentile £53,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
Ashton-under-Lyne

Problem-Solving falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Ashton-under-Lyne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10 11 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Ashton-under-Lyne 100.00% 100.00% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 7
10th Percentile £26,500 - £30,550
25th Percentile £41,250 - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 - £37,500
75th Percentile £51,000 - £40,125
90th Percentile £53,000 - £44,400
Manchester median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -9.48%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Ashton-under-Lyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Ashton-under-Lyne.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Ashton-under-Lyne

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Ashton-under-Lyne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Ashton-under-Lyne citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Ashton-under-Lyne citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ashton-under-Lyne by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 6 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 6 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 6 (100.00%) PowerApps
2 4 (66.67%) Copilot Studio
2 4 (66.67%) OneDrive
3 3 (50.00%) Azure
4 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Azure Logic Apps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365 Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Senior
2 3 (50.00%) Senior Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) HTML
2 3 (50.00%) CSS
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (33.33%) HTML5 Canvas
3 2 (33.33%) SPFx
4 1 (16.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (83.33%) Data Protection
2 5 (83.33%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (50.00%) AI
3 3 (50.00%) API Integration
3 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (50.00%) Data Integration
3 3 (50.00%) DevOps
3 3 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (50.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft