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 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 4 8
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +18
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 329 460 674
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 6.09% 20.68% 13.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.48% 21.64% 15.69%
Number of salaries quoted 242 310 504
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £26,650
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £64,688 £75,938 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,875 £77,500
North West median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -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 3,880 2,126 4,295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 71.80% 95.59% 85.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,812 1,267 3,417
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,938 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £54,700
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +5.12% -4.87%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,840 £69,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,000 £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 13 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 13 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 17 £50,000 -9.09% 18
Stockport -1 6 £40,000 +39.13% 8
Bury +5 5 £37,500 - 3
Salford -12 5 £55,000 +57.14% 10
Sale +6 4 £16,600 - 1
Wigan -6 1 £55,000 +74.60% 4
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 28 (8.51%) SharePoint
2 19 (5.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.52%) Confluence
4 4 (1.22%) Moodle
4 4 (1.22%) Totara
5 3 (0.91%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.61%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.61%) IIS
7 1 (0.30%) Apache
7 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (6.08%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.30%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 18 (5.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.95%) SAP ERP
3 4 (1.22%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.91%) Shopify
5 2 (0.61%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.61%) Magento
6 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 84 (25.53%) Azure
2 56 (17.02%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (12.16%) AWS
4 29 (8.81%) Power Platform
5 24 (7.29%) Entra ID
6 21 (6.38%) SaaS
7 18 (5.47%) GCP
8 16 (4.86%) Microsoft Purview
9 11 (3.34%) GitHub
10 8 (2.43%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (2.43%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (2.43%) OneDrive
11 7 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (1.82%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (1.82%) Power Automate
13 5 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.52%) PowerApps
13 5 (1.52%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.60%) Firewall
2 21 (6.38%) DNS
2 21 (6.38%) VLAN
3 19 (5.78%) DHCP
4 13 (3.95%) VoIP
4 13 (3.95%) VPN
5 11 (3.34%) Structured Cabling
5 11 (3.34%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (1.82%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.82%) Telepresence
6 6 (1.82%) Unified Communications
6 6 (1.82%) WAN
6 6 (1.82%) WebEx
7 5 (1.52%) Broadband
7 5 (1.52%) LAN
7 5 (1.52%) Network Security
8 4 (1.22%) SAN
9 3 (0.91%) Wireless
10 2 (0.61%) LoRaWAN
10 2 (0.61%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.95%) Power BI
1 13 (3.95%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 10 (3.04%) NoSQL
4 8 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.13%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.82%) MySQL
7 5 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.91%) Big Data
8 3 (0.91%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.61%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.61%) Power Query
10 1 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.30%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.30%) DB2
10 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (7.29%) Git
2 9 (2.74%) JIRA
3 7 (2.13%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.22%) GitLab
5 3 (0.91%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.30%) gulp
6 1 (0.30%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.30%) webpack
General
1 144 (43.77%) Social Skills
2 89 (27.05%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (22.19%) Finance
4 28 (8.51%) Organisational Skills
5 24 (7.29%) Law
6 21 (6.38%) Manufacturing
7 20 (6.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (5.47%) Public Sector
9 16 (4.86%) Retail
10 14 (4.26%) Marketing
11 12 (3.65%) Legal
12 11 (3.34%) Telecoms
13 10 (3.04%) Advertising
14 5 (1.52%) Fire and Rescue
14 5 (1.52%) Military
14 5 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.22%) Banking
15 4 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.22%) Games
16 3 (0.91%) French Language
Job Titles
1 48 (14.59%) Senior
2 43 (13.07%) Analyst
3 34 (10.33%) Developer
4 24 (7.29%) IT Support
5 21 (6.38%) Consultant
6 20 (6.08%) Software Engineer
7 18 (5.47%) Support Engineer
8 16 (4.86%) Senior Developer
9 13 (3.95%) Lead
9 13 (3.95%) Planning Manager
9 13 (3.95%) SAP Manager
10 12 (3.65%) Administrator
10 12 (3.65%) Technology Consultant
11 11 (3.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (3.34%) IT Engineer
11 11 (3.34%) IT Support Engineer
11 11 (3.34%) Support Specialist
11 11 (3.34%) Support Technician
12 10 (3.04%) Senior Analyst
13 9 (2.74%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.78%) React
2 16 (4.86%) HTML
3 15 (4.56%) Spring
3 15 (4.56%) Spring Boot
4 14 (4.26%) CSS
5 11 (3.34%) .NET
6 10 (3.04%) EDI
6 10 (3.04%) RESTful
7 8 (2.43%) Vue
7 8 (2.43%) Web Services
8 7 (2.13%) AngularJS
8 7 (2.13%) OAuth
8 7 (2.13%) OAuth2
8 7 (2.13%) REST
9 6 (1.82%) Node.js
10 4 (1.22%) Hibernate
10 4 (1.22%) Next.js
10 4 (1.22%) React Native
10 4 (1.22%) Ruby on Rails
10 4 (1.22%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.25%) Driving Licence
2 25 (7.60%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.86%) Product Ownership
4 14 (4.26%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (3.34%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.04%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (3.04%) CCTV
8 9 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (2.74%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.74%) Social Media
9 8 (2.43%) Management Information System
10 7 (2.13%) Data Centre
10 7 (2.13%) EPoS
11 5 (1.52%) FMCG
12 4 (1.22%) e-Learning
12 4 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.22%) Learning Management System
13 3 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.91%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 58 (17.63%) Windows
2 27 (8.21%) Windows Server
3 24 (7.29%) Windows 10
4 9 (2.74%) Linux
5 7 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.82%) Android
6 6 (1.82%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.91%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.91%) Unix
9 2 (0.61%) Solaris
10 1 (0.30%) CentOS
10 1 (0.30%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (21.28%) Continuous Improvement
2 62 (18.84%) Customer Service
3 56 (17.02%) Mentoring
4 53 (16.11%) Decision-Making
5 48 (14.59%) AI
6 47 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 45 (13.68%) Agile
8 42 (12.77%) CI/CD
9 36 (10.94%) Roadmaps
10 33 (10.03%) DevOps
10 33 (10.03%) Software Engineering
11 27 (8.21%) ERP
11 27 (8.21%) Process Improvement
11 27 (8.21%) Test Automation
12 26 (7.90%) Business Continuity
12 26 (7.90%) Cybersecurity
12 26 (7.90%) User Experience
13 25 (7.60%) Analytics
13 25 (7.60%) Service Delivery
13 25 (7.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 52 (15.81%) SQL
2 43 (13.07%) Python
3 22 (6.69%) JavaScript
4 21 (6.38%) Java
5 17 (5.17%) C#
6 10 (3.04%) PowerShell
7 8 (2.43%) Kotlin
8 7 (2.13%) Bash
8 7 (2.13%) T-SQL
8 7 (2.13%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.82%) PHP
10 4 (1.22%) Bicep
10 4 (1.22%) Ruby
11 3 (0.91%) Go
11 3 (0.91%) Scala
11 3 (0.91%) Swift
12 2 (0.61%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.61%) SOQL
12 2 (0.61%) SOSL
12 2 (0.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (10.94%) Degree
2 18 (5.47%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.34%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (3.34%) SC Cleared
4 10 (3.04%) DBS Check
5 8 (2.43%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.43%) HNC
5 8 (2.43%) Network+ Certification
6 6 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.52%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.52%) MCSA
8 4 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.91%) CCNA
9 3 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.30%) ACCA
11 1 (0.30%) CIMA
11 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.17%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.13%) GDPR
4 6 (1.82%) SLA
5 5 (1.52%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.52%) QA
6 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 46 (13.98%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.47%) Docker
3 10 (3.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.22%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (8.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 18 (5.47%) Terraform
3 9 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.82%) Cisco CUCM
5 5 (1.52%) Ansible
5 5 (1.52%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.22%) SCCM
7 3 (0.91%) Grafana
7 3 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.91%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.91%) Rancher
8 2 (0.61%) cPanel
8 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.61%) Plesk
8 2 (0.61%) Podman
9 1 (0.30%) Autotask
9 1 (0.30%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.30%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.30%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 100 (30.40%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.78%) SAP
3 13 (3.95%) Oracle
3 13 (3.95%) VMware
4 10 (3.04%) Cisco
5 7 (2.13%) New Relic
5 7 (2.13%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.13%) Splunk
6 6 (1.82%) HubSpot
7 5 (1.52%) iManage
7 5 (1.52%) Meraki
8 4 (1.22%) Apple
8 4 (1.22%) BiZZdesign
8 4 (1.22%) SonicWALL
8 4 (1.22%) Sophos
9 3 (0.91%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.91%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.91%) Ubiquiti
10 2 (0.61%) Adyen
10 2 (0.61%) Mirantis