Problem-Solving Jobs in Lancashire

Problem Solving
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 11 8
Rank change year-on-year -35 -3 -3
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 177 133 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 8.87% 10.33% 16.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.99% 13.00% 16.95%
Number of salaries quoted 143 105 76
10th Percentile £23,703 £24,700 £23,750
25th Percentile £33,250 £30,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £38,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.85% -14.44% -
75th Percentile £51,763 £53,750 £55,625
90th Percentile £53,750 £80,000 £67,500
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
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,968 1,023 649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 98.60% 79.43% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,240 864 342
10th Percentile £41,250 £28,000 £28,894
25th Percentile £47,683 £36,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% +5.26% +7.21%
75th Percentile £54,793 £62,313 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,943 £75,772 £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 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 3 May 2025.

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 3 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
Preston -10 29 £50,055 +49.42% 35
Blackburn -19 24 £50,055 +116.91% 11
Chorley +3 20 £52,500 -34.38% 8
Lancaster +15 16 £37,924 -8.03% 2
Newton-le-Willows -1 12 £23,504 -32.85% 2
Blackpool -26 12 £50,055 -28.46% 6
Lytham St Annes - 10 £48,869 -
Accrington - 7 £23,504 - 2
Burnley +2 2 £47,500 -5.00% 3
Nelson -6 1 £45,000 +60.71% 2
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 8 (4.52%) Apache
2 5 (2.82%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (10.73%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.52%) Simulink
3 5 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (3.95%) Teamcenter
2 3 (1.69%) Maximo
3 2 (1.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.56%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 17 (9.60%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (6.21%) Azure
3 5 (2.82%) OneDrive
4 4 (2.26%) AWS
5 3 (1.69%) Asana
6 2 (1.13%) GCP
6 2 (1.13%) Nutanix
6 2 (1.13%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.56%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 25 (14.12%) Broadband
2 8 (4.52%) VPN
3 6 (3.39%) DNS
3 6 (3.39%) WAN
4 5 (2.82%) LAN
4 5 (2.82%) SAN
5 4 (2.26%) DHCP
5 4 (2.26%) Firewall
5 4 (2.26%) SD-WAN
5 4 (2.26%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.69%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (1.69%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (1.13%) FTP
7 2 (1.13%) HTTP
7 2 (1.13%) HTTPS
7 2 (1.13%) NAS
7 2 (1.13%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (1.13%) SSH
7 2 (1.13%) SSL
7 2 (1.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.08%) MySQL
2 4 (2.26%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.13%) Power BI
4 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.56%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 14 (7.91%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (3.95%) ClearCase
2 7 (3.95%) Git
3 3 (1.69%) Cucumber
3 3 (1.69%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.56%) JIRA
General
1 98 (55.37%) Social Skills
2 45 (25.42%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (20.34%) Electronics
4 25 (14.12%) Banking
4 25 (14.12%) Games
5 22 (12.43%) Aviation
6 10 (5.65%) Finance
7 9 (5.08%) Aerospace
7 9 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (4.52%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (2.82%) Military
10 4 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.26%) Legal
11 3 (1.69%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.69%) Retail
11 3 (1.69%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.13%) Automotive
12 2 (1.13%) Marketing
13 1 (0.56%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 33 (18.64%) Analyst
1 33 (18.64%) Systems Engineer
2 25 (14.12%) Customer Service Advisor
3 23 (12.99%) IT Support
4 22 (12.43%) Radar Engineer
5 19 (10.73%) Security Engineer
6 13 (7.34%) IT Analyst
6 13 (7.34%) IT Support Analyst
6 13 (7.34%) Senior
6 13 (7.34%) Support Analyst
7 12 (6.78%) Developer
7 12 (6.78%) Development Analyst
7 12 (6.78%) Project Analyst
7 12 (6.78%) Software Analyst
7 12 (6.78%) Software Development Analyst
8 9 (5.08%) Business Analyst
8 9 (5.08%) Business Development Analyst
8 9 (5.08%) Software Development Business Analyst
9 8 (4.52%) 1st Line Support
9 8 (4.52%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.78%) XML
2 7 (3.95%) XSD
3 3 (1.69%) EDI
3 3 (1.69%) JSON
3 3 (1.69%) REST
3 3 (1.69%) SOAP
4 2 (1.13%) LAMP
4 2 (1.13%) Laravel
4 2 (1.13%) Loki
5 1 (0.56%) CSS
5 1 (0.56%) Flutter
5 1 (0.56%) HTML
5 1 (0.56%) jQuery
5 1 (0.56%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.08%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.52%) EPoS
3 5 (2.82%) Linux Command Line
3 5 (2.82%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.82%) Robotics
4 3 (1.69%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.13%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (1.13%) Life Science
5 2 (1.13%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.13%) Replication
5 2 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.56%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.56%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.56%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 27 (15.25%) Windows
2 7 (3.95%) Linux
3 5 (2.82%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.13%) AIX
4 2 (1.13%) CentOS
4 2 (1.13%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (1.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (28.81%) Systems Engineering
2 43 (24.29%) Customer Service
3 24 (13.56%) Project Management
4 22 (12.43%) Safety Engineering
5 18 (10.17%) Coaching
6 15 (8.47%) Computer Science
6 15 (8.47%) Time Management
7 14 (7.91%) UML
8 13 (7.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (7.34%) Service Management
9 12 (6.78%) Agile
9 12 (6.78%) ITSM
9 12 (6.78%) Service Delivery
10 10 (5.65%) DevOps
10 10 (5.65%) Translating Business Requirements
11 9 (5.08%) Business Process Analysis
11 9 (5.08%) CRM
11 9 (5.08%) Customer Requirements
11 9 (5.08%) Customer-Centricity
11 9 (5.08%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.78%) SQL
2 11 (6.21%) JavaScript
2 11 (6.21%) Python
3 10 (5.65%) PHP
4 8 (4.52%) MATLAB
5 6 (3.39%) Bash
6 5 (2.82%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.13%) AWK
7 2 (1.13%) C
7 2 (1.13%) C++
7 2 (1.13%) Korn
7 2 (1.13%) Perl
8 1 (0.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 80 (45.20%) Degree
2 60 (33.90%) BPSS Clearance
3 24 (13.56%) HNC
3 24 (13.56%) HND
4 22 (12.43%) CEH
5 8 (4.52%) DBS Check
6 7 (3.95%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.95%) Security Cleared
7 6 (3.39%) MOS
8 5 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.26%) SC Cleared
10 3 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.13%) Azure Certification
11 2 (1.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.56%) CCIE
12 1 (0.56%) CCNP
12 1 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.56%) JNCIE
12 1 (0.56%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (12.43%) DO-254
2 15 (8.47%) QA
3 3 (1.69%) PMO
4 2 (1.13%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.56%) GDPR
5 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (12.43%) Firmware
2 9 (5.08%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.69%) KVM
5 2 (1.13%) Docker
5 2 (1.13%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.13%) Postfix
5 2 (1.13%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (5.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.82%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.13%) Grafana
3 2 (1.13%) Nagios
3 2 (1.13%) Nessus
4 1 (0.56%) Ansible
4 1 (0.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (19.21%) Microsoft
2 25 (14.12%) BT
3 9 (5.08%) IBM
4 7 (3.95%) Oracle
4 7 (3.95%) VMware
5 5 (2.82%) Veeam
6 4 (2.26%) Cisco
6 4 (2.26%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.69%) Meraki
7 3 (1.69%) SAP
7 3 (1.69%) Sophos
7 3 (1.69%) Synology
8 2 (1.13%) Tenable
8 2 (1.13%) Xilinx
9 1 (0.56%) Apple
9 1 (0.56%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.56%) Juniper
9 1 (0.56%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.56%) Sparx