Problem-Solving Job Trends in Heywood

Problem Solving
Manchester > Heywood

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Heywood requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 - 1
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 5 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Heywood 33.33% - 100.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 33.33% - 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £42,500
75th Percentile £37,500 - £43,750
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £51,243
% change year-on-year -5.94% -1.45% +2.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Heywood

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 Heywood.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15 10 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Heywood 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £42,500
75th Percentile £37,500 - £43,750
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +9.09%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Heywood

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Heywood

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Heywood

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Heywood citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Heywood citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Heywood 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) IT Support
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Android
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Line Management
2 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (40.00%) Platform Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Storage Management
3 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Bash
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) Python
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
1 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (40.00%) VMware NSX
1 2 (40.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Ansible
1 2 (40.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) 3PAR
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Juniper
1 2 (40.00%) Splunk