Problem-Solving Jobs in Cumbria

Problem Solving
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cumbria 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 6 26
Rank change year-on-year -46 +20 -7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 113 49 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 4.74% 10.84% 6.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.89% 15.08% 6.67%
Number of salaries quoted 75 8 5
10th Percentile £23,504 - -
25th Percentile - £25,000 £22,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £36,000 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% -43.31% +82.85%
75th Percentile £61,000 £52,188 £66,250
90th Percentile - £63,250 -
North West median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +0.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,313 325 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 97.02% 71.90% 98.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,119 212 93
10th Percentile £7,000 £26,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £35,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,628 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -5.56% +28.57%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £70,788 £67,500
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 Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Cumbria

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Cumbria

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Cumbria

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Cumbria

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cumbria over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Cumbria

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 2 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
Barrow-in-Furness - 14 £42,000 - 7
Kirkby-in-Furness - 12 £55,000 -
Grange-over-Sands - 11 £55,000 -
Millom - 10 £55,000 - 1
Ulverston - 10 £55,000 - 2
Broughton-in-Furness - 10 £55,000 -
Dalton-in-Furness - 10 £55,000 -
Carlisle +11 2 £30,000 +20.00% 10
Alston - 2 £25,087 -
Wigton - 1 £45,000 -
Workington - 1 £35,698 -
Problem-Solving
North West

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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 17 (15.04%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (14.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (7.08%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (1.77%) Azure
3 1 (0.88%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 20 (17.70%) Broadband
2 1 (0.88%) DHCP
2 1 (0.88%) DNS
2 1 (0.88%) Firewall
2 1 (0.88%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (24.78%) SQL Server
General
1 32 (28.32%) Social Skills
2 20 (17.70%) Banking
2 20 (17.70%) Games
3 17 (15.04%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (15.04%) Finance
4 1 (0.88%) Aerospace
4 1 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 28 (24.78%) Developer
1 28 (24.78%) Software Developer
2 26 (23.01%) Project Manager
3 20 (17.70%) Customer Service Advisor
4 18 (15.93%) Analyst
4 18 (15.93%) Systems Analyst
5 16 (14.16%) Finance Systems Analyst
5 16 (14.16%) Financial Analyst
6 9 (7.96%) Senior
7 8 (7.08%) Engineering Manager
7 8 (7.08%) Senior Manager
8 4 (3.54%) Support Engineer
9 2 (1.77%) IT Engineer
9 2 (1.77%) IT Support
9 2 (1.77%) IT Support Engineer
9 2 (1.77%) Support Analyst
9 2 (1.77%) Systems Support
9 2 (1.77%) Systems Support Analyst
10 1 (0.88%) Applications Engineer
10 1 (0.88%) Development Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 42 (37.17%) Management Information System
2 2 (1.77%) Driving Licence
3 1 (0.88%) Housing Association
3 1 (0.88%) Replication
3 1 (0.88%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.54%) Windows
2 3 (2.65%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.77%) Linux
3 2 (1.77%) Windows 7
3 2 (1.77%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (26.55%) ITIL
2 28 (24.78%) Agile
2 28 (24.78%) Architectural Design
2 28 (24.78%) Business Analysis
2 28 (24.78%) OO
2 28 (24.78%) OOP
2 28 (24.78%) Service Delivery
2 28 (24.78%) Software Engineering
3 27 (23.89%) Project Management
4 25 (22.12%) Information Management
5 20 (17.70%) Customer Service
6 17 (15.04%) ERP
7 16 (14.16%) Budgeting
7 16 (14.16%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 16 (14.16%) Decision-Making
7 16 (14.16%) Financial Analysis
7 16 (14.16%) Process Improvement
8 8 (7.08%) Chemistry
8 8 (7.08%) Physics
9 2 (1.77%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 26 (23.01%) C#
1 26 (23.01%) Java
2 1 (0.88%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 51 (45.13%) BPSS Clearance
1 51 (45.13%) Degree
2 16 (14.16%) ACCA
2 16 (14.16%) CIMA
3 2 (1.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (1.77%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.88%) HND
4 1 (0.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (22.12%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.77%) SLA
3 1 (0.88%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (4.42%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.77%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.88%) Firmware
3 1 (0.88%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.88%) vSphere
Vendors
1 30 (26.55%) Oracle
2 24 (21.24%) SAP
3 20 (17.70%) BT
4 4 (3.54%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.54%) VMware
5 2 (1.77%) Cisco
5 2 (1.77%) Meraki
6 1 (0.88%) Capita
6 1 (0.88%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.88%) Progress