Problem-Solving Jobs in Cheshire

Problem Solving
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 4 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 +11 -4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 168 256 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 24.60% 16.71% 12.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 30.16% 21.04% 12.88%
Number of salaries quoted 90 181 54
10th Percentile - £26,250 £22,000
25th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +18.06% -19.55%
75th Percentile £43,438 £56,250 £54,688
90th Percentile £58,825 £85,000 £61,375
North West median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 557 1,217 877
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 81.55% 79.44% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 249 920 458
10th Percentile £20,280 £25,000 £25,420
25th Percentile £23,504 £32,500 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% -2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,100 £75,000 £89,125
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 0 42 £35,000 -17.65% 37
Northwich +6 16 £23,504 -37.32%
Crewe +1 16 £55,000 +131.14% 14
Knutsford +2 14 £23,504 -57.27% 11
Runcorn +2 13 £23,504 -43.70% 6
Widnes -3 12 £23,504 -32.85%
Lymm - 12 £23,504 -
Frodsham - 12 £23,504 -
Chester -2 6 £42,500 +13.33% 34
Wilmslow +6 3 £42,500 -48.48% 4
Macclesfield +3 2 £42,500 +37.10% 3
Ellesmere Port - 1 £45,000 - 2
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 7 (4.17%) IBM Domino
2 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.38%) SAS
2 4 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.60%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.38%) Unit4 Business World
2 3 (1.79%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (14.29%) Azure
2 14 (8.33%) AWS
3 13 (7.74%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (6.55%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.79%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.79%) GCP
7 2 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.60%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.60%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.60%) IaaS
8 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.60%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.60%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 84 (50.00%) Broadband
2 10 (5.95%) Firewall
3 4 (2.38%) DNS
3 4 (2.38%) VoIP
4 3 (1.79%) DHCP
4 3 (1.79%) Internet
5 1 (0.60%) ADSL
5 1 (0.60%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.60%) FlexRay
5 1 (0.60%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.36%) MySQL
2 7 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (4.17%) Power BI
3 4 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.38%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.38%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.60%) GIS
4 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.98%) Git
2 3 (1.79%) GitLab
3 2 (1.19%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.60%) Babel
4 1 (0.60%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.60%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.60%) JIRA
4 1 (0.60%) webpack
General
1 84 (50.00%) Banking
1 84 (50.00%) Games
2 57 (33.93%) Social Skills
3 24 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (10.71%) Manufacturing
5 8 (4.76%) Finance
5 8 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (4.17%) Automotive
7 6 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.79%) Legal
9 1 (0.60%) Advertising
9 1 (0.60%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.60%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.60%) Law
9 1 (0.60%) Marketing
9 1 (0.60%) Military
9 1 (0.60%) Publishing
9 1 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 84 (50.00%) Customer Service Advisor
2 22 (13.10%) Developer
3 14 (8.33%) Support Specialist
4 10 (5.95%) Analyst
5 9 (5.36%) .NET Developer
5 9 (5.36%) Technical Support
5 9 (5.36%) WinForms Developer
6 8 (4.76%) Full-Stack Developer
7 7 (4.17%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
7 7 (4.17%) JavaScript Developer
7 7 (4.17%) QA Manager
7 7 (4.17%) Quality Manager
8 6 (3.57%) Technical Specialist
8 6 (3.57%) Technical Support Specialist
9 5 (2.98%) IT Support
10 4 (2.38%) AWS Developer
10 4 (2.38%) Data Manager
10 4 (2.38%) Data Warehouse Manager
10 4 (2.38%) Insight Analyst
10 4 (2.38%) Node.js Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.55%) .NET
2 9 (5.36%) WinForms
3 8 (4.76%) Node.js
4 7 (4.17%) Middleware
4 7 (4.17%) Svelte
5 3 (1.79%) CSS
5 3 (1.79%) HTML
5 3 (1.79%) REST
5 3 (1.79%) SOAP
5 3 (1.79%) Web Services
6 2 (1.19%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.19%) RESTful
7 1 (0.60%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.60%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.60%) LEMP Stack
7 1 (0.60%) Next.js
7 1 (0.60%) React
7 1 (0.60%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (1.79%) Management Information System
1 3 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (1.19%) IoT
3 1 (0.60%) Cloud Native
3 1 (0.60%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (0.60%) Infotainment
3 1 (0.60%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.60%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.60%) Video\Live Streaming
3 1 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.95%) Windows
2 7 (4.17%) Linux
3 4 (2.38%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.60%) Android
4 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.60%) Unix
4 1 (0.60%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (54.17%) Customer Service
2 18 (10.71%) Computer Science
3 16 (9.52%) Agile
4 12 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (7.14%) User Experience
5 11 (6.55%) Logistics
6 10 (5.95%) Infrastructure Management
6 10 (5.95%) OO
6 10 (5.95%) OOP
6 10 (5.95%) Time Management
7 9 (5.36%) Code Quality
7 9 (5.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (5.36%) Design Patterns
7 9 (5.36%) E-Commerce
7 9 (5.36%) Project Management
8 8 (4.76%) ERP
8 8 (4.76%) Full-Stack Development
9 7 (4.17%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (4.17%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 7 (4.17%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 20 (11.90%) SQL
2 15 (8.93%) C#
3 13 (7.74%) JavaScript
4 11 (6.55%) TypeScript
5 6 (3.57%) Python
6 5 (2.98%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.79%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.19%) PHP
8 2 (1.19%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.60%) Bash
9 1 (0.60%) Bicep
9 1 (0.60%) VB
9 1 (0.60%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 26 (15.48%) Degree
2 17 (10.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.98%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (2.38%) DBS Check
4 4 (2.38%) MCSE
5 3 (1.79%) CCNA
5 3 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.19%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (1.19%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.60%) ACCA
7 1 (0.60%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.60%) CCSP
7 1 (0.60%) CIMA
7 1 (0.60%) CISSP
7 1 (0.60%) MCSA
7 1 (0.60%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.60%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.74%) QA
2 5 (2.98%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.19%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.60%) NCSC
4 1 (0.60%) NIST
4 1 (0.60%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (6.55%) Hyper-V
2 10 (5.95%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.98%) Docker
4 3 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.60%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (1.79%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.60%) SCCM
2 1 (0.60%) Terraform
Vendors
1 84 (50.00%) BT
2 15 (8.93%) Microsoft
3 10 (5.95%) Cisco
4 9 (5.36%) Fortinet
4 9 (5.36%) Meraki
4 9 (5.36%) SonicWALL
4 9 (5.36%) WatchGuard
5 5 (2.98%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.38%) Oracle
6 4 (2.38%) VMware
7 3 (1.79%) Acronis
7 3 (1.79%) Kaseya
7 3 (1.79%) Sage
8 2 (1.19%) F5
8 2 (1.19%) Google
9 1 (0.60%) Aruba
9 1 (0.60%) HP
9 1 (0.60%) McAfee
9 1 (0.60%) SAP
9 1 (0.60%) Symantec