Problem-Solving Job Trends in Manchester

Problem Solving
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -24 +3 +15
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 309 419 668
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.84% 19.89% 13.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.03% 20.87% 15.71%
Number of salaries quoted 221 321 507
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,300
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,750 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £76,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £78,500
North West median annual salary £42,500 £48,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.46% +6.67% -5.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,846 2,008 4,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.69% 95.30% 86.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,640 1,299 3,401
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +5.50% -5.22%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,840 £69,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Manchester

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Manchester over the 6 months to 3 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Manchester

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 3 May 2026. 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
Bolton 0 18 £50,000 -16.67% 16
Stockport -2 6 £40,000 +39.13% 8
Bury - 5 £37,500 - 3
Salford -18 3 £55,000 +57.14% 12
Sale - 3 £16,600 - 1
Wigan -4 1 £55,000 +74.60% 1
Altrincham -12 1 £47,500 -26.92% 5
Problem-Solving
North West

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 30 (9.71%) SharePoint
2 18 (5.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.62%) Confluence
4 4 (1.29%) Moodle
4 4 (1.29%) Totara
5 2 (0.65%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.65%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (6.47%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (4.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 18 (5.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (4.21%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.97%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.97%) Shopify
4 2 (0.65%) Magento
5 1 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.32%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 80 (25.89%) Azure
2 55 (17.80%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (11.65%) AWS
4 27 (8.74%) Entra ID
4 27 (8.74%) Power Platform
5 23 (7.44%) SaaS
6 17 (5.50%) GCP
6 17 (5.50%) Microsoft Purview
7 12 (3.88%) GitHub
8 10 (3.24%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (2.91%) OneDrive
10 8 (2.59%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.94%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (1.94%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (1.94%) Serverless
12 5 (1.62%) Azure AKS
12 5 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.62%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.77%) Firewall
2 20 (6.47%) VLAN
3 19 (6.15%) DHCP
3 19 (6.15%) DNS
4 16 (5.18%) VoIP
5 12 (3.88%) Structured Cabling
5 12 (3.88%) VPN
5 12 (3.88%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (2.59%) Telepresence
6 8 (2.59%) Unified Communications
6 8 (2.59%) WebEx
7 7 (2.27%) WAN
8 6 (1.94%) LAN
8 6 (1.94%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.62%) Broadband
9 5 (1.62%) Network Security
10 2 (0.65%) Modbus
10 2 (0.65%) NAS
10 2 (0.65%) OpenVPN
10 2 (0.65%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.56%) NoSQL
1 11 (3.56%) Power BI
2 10 (3.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (2.91%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.59%) MongoDB
4 8 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.94%) MySQL
6 4 (1.29%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.65%) Big Data
8 2 (0.65%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.65%) Power Query
9 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.32%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.32%) DB2
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (7.44%) Git
2 9 (2.91%) JIRA
3 7 (2.27%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.62%) GitLab
5 3 (0.97%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.32%) gulp
6 1 (0.32%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.32%) webpack
General
1 144 (46.60%) Social Skills
2 80 (25.89%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (22.01%) Finance
4 30 (9.71%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (6.80%) Law
5 21 (6.80%) Manufacturing
6 19 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (5.50%) Public Sector
8 16 (5.18%) Retail
9 14 (4.53%) Marketing
10 13 (4.21%) Telecoms
11 11 (3.56%) Legal
12 10 (3.24%) Advertising
13 6 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.62%) Fire and Rescue
14 5 (1.62%) Military
15 4 (1.29%) Banking
15 4 (1.29%) Games
16 3 (0.97%) Electronics
16 3 (0.97%) French Language
Job Titles
1 42 (13.59%) Senior
2 40 (12.94%) Analyst
3 29 (9.39%) Developer
4 23 (7.44%) IT Support
5 22 (7.12%) Support Engineer
6 20 (6.47%) Consultant
7 15 (4.85%) Software Engineer
8 13 (4.21%) Planning Manager
8 13 (4.21%) SAP Manager
8 13 (4.21%) Senior Developer
9 12 (3.88%) Support Specialist
9 12 (3.88%) Technology Consultant
10 11 (3.56%) Administrator
10 11 (3.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (3.56%) IT Engineer
10 11 (3.56%) IT Support Engineer
11 10 (3.24%) Architect
11 10 (3.24%) Business Analyst
11 10 (3.24%) Support Technician
12 9 (2.91%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.47%) React
2 15 (4.85%) HTML
3 14 (4.53%) Spring
3 14 (4.53%) Spring Boot
4 13 (4.21%) CSS
5 11 (3.56%) .NET
6 10 (3.24%) RESTful
7 9 (2.91%) EDI
7 9 (2.91%) Vue
8 8 (2.59%) AngularJS
9 7 (2.27%) Node.js
9 7 (2.27%) OAuth
9 7 (2.27%) OAuth2
9 7 (2.27%) Web Services
10 5 (1.62%) ARM Templates
10 5 (1.62%) REST
11 4 (1.29%) SAP Fiori
12 3 (0.97%) FastAPI
12 3 (0.97%) Laravel
12 3 (0.97%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.65%) Driving Licence
2 22 (7.12%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.21%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.56%) CCTV
4 11 (3.56%) Cloud Native
5 10 (3.24%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (3.24%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.24%) Social Media
6 8 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.59%) EPoS
6 8 (2.59%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.62%) FMCG
7 5 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.62%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.29%) e-Learning
8 4 (1.29%) Learning Management System
9 3 (0.97%) Algorithms
9 3 (0.97%) IoT
9 3 (0.97%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 55 (17.80%) Windows
2 27 (8.74%) Windows Server
3 22 (7.12%) Windows 10
4 10 (3.24%) Linux
5 8 (2.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.94%) Android
6 6 (1.94%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.62%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.97%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.97%) Unix
9 2 (0.65%) Solaris
10 1 (0.32%) CentOS
10 1 (0.32%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (21.04%) Continuous Improvement
2 61 (19.74%) Customer Service
3 54 (17.48%) Decision-Making
4 49 (15.86%) AI
5 48 (15.53%) Mentoring
6 46 (14.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 41 (13.27%) Agile
8 40 (12.94%) CI/CD
9 31 (10.03%) DevOps
10 29 (9.39%) Roadmaps
11 28 (9.06%) Software Engineering
12 27 (8.74%) Cybersecurity
13 26 (8.41%) User Experience
14 25 (8.09%) Business Continuity
14 25 (8.09%) Process Improvement
14 25 (8.09%) Service Delivery
15 24 (7.77%) ERP
15 24 (7.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 23 (7.44%) Analytics
16 23 (7.44%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 45 (14.56%) SQL
2 37 (11.97%) Python
3 22 (7.12%) JavaScript
4 21 (6.80%) Java
5 15 (4.85%) C#
6 10 (3.24%) PowerShell
7 8 (2.59%) Kotlin
7 8 (2.59%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.27%) Bash
9 5 (1.62%) PHP
10 4 (1.29%) Bicep
10 4 (1.29%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.97%) Go
11 3 (0.97%) Swift
12 2 (0.65%) C
12 2 (0.65%) Scala
12 2 (0.65%) VBA
13 1 (0.32%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 37 (11.97%) Degree
2 14 (4.53%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.56%) DBS Check
4 10 (3.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.59%) HNC
5 8 (2.59%) Network+ Certification
6 6 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.94%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.62%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.29%) CCNA
8 4 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.29%) MCSA
9 3 (0.97%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.32%) CISA
10 1 (0.32%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.32%) PMP
10 1 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.21%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.27%) GDPR
4 5 (1.62%) SLA
5 4 (1.29%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.29%) QA
6 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.65%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 44 (14.24%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.83%) Docker
3 8 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.62%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.32%) Firmware
7 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (8.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (6.15%) Terraform
3 18 (5.83%) Kubernetes
4 10 (3.24%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (2.59%) Cisco CUCM
6 5 (1.62%) Ansible
6 5 (1.62%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.29%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.29%) SCCM
8 3 (0.97%) Grafana
8 3 (0.97%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.97%) Rancher
9 2 (0.65%) cPanel
9 2 (0.65%) Plesk
9 2 (0.65%) Podman
10 1 (0.32%) Autotask
10 1 (0.32%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.32%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 97 (31.39%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.15%) SAP
3 14 (4.53%) Oracle
4 12 (3.88%) Cisco
5 9 (2.91%) VMware
6 8 (2.59%) New Relic
6 8 (2.59%) Splunk
7 6 (1.94%) Meraki
7 6 (1.94%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.62%) Apple
8 5 (1.62%) BiZZdesign
9 4 (1.29%) iManage
9 4 (1.29%) SonicWALL
9 4 (1.29%) Sophos
9 4 (1.29%) Ubiquiti
10 3 (0.97%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.97%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.65%) Google
11 2 (0.65%) IFS
11 2 (0.65%) OpenAI