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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -21 +1 +16
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 322 426 678
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.97% 19.17% 13.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.26% 20.07% 15.81%
Number of salaries quoted 234 320 506
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £64,688 £75,313 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,875 £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 3,897 2,123 4,289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.27% 95.54% 85.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,758 1,298 3,417
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,813 £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 £68,857
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,150 £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 10 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 10 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 +1 17 £50,000 -16.67% 16
Stockport +1 6 £40,000 +39.13% 8
Salford -10 5 £55,000 +57.14% 9
Bury - 5 £37,500 - 2
Sale - 4 £16,600 - 1
Wigan -4 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 29 (9.01%) SharePoint
2 19 (5.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.55%) Confluence
4 4 (1.24%) Moodle
4 4 (1.24%) Totara
5 3 (0.93%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.62%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.62%) IIS
7 1 (0.31%) Apache
7 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (5.90%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (4.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.31%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 18 (5.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (4.04%) SAP ERP
3 4 (1.24%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.93%) Shopify
5 2 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.62%) Magento
6 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.31%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 82 (25.47%) Azure
2 56 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (12.11%) AWS
4 30 (9.32%) Power Platform
5 25 (7.76%) Entra ID
6 22 (6.83%) SaaS
7 18 (5.59%) GCP
8 17 (5.28%) Microsoft Purview
9 11 (3.42%) GitHub
10 9 (2.80%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (2.80%) OneDrive
11 8 (2.48%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (1.86%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.55%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (1.55%) PowerApps
14 5 (1.55%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.76%) Firewall
2 21 (6.52%) DNS
2 21 (6.52%) VLAN
3 19 (5.90%) DHCP
4 13 (4.04%) VoIP
4 13 (4.04%) VPN
5 11 (3.42%) Structured Cabling
5 11 (3.42%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (1.86%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.86%) Telepresence
6 6 (1.86%) Unified Communications
6 6 (1.86%) WAN
6 6 (1.86%) WebEx
7 5 (1.55%) Broadband
7 5 (1.55%) LAN
7 5 (1.55%) Network Security
8 3 (0.93%) SAN
8 3 (0.93%) Wireless
9 2 (0.62%) Modbus
9 2 (0.62%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.04%) Power BI
1 13 (4.04%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 10 (3.11%) NoSQL
4 8 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.17%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.86%) MySQL
7 5 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.93%) Big Data
8 3 (0.93%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.62%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.62%) Power Query
10 1 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.31%) DB2
10 1 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (7.45%) Git
2 9 (2.80%) JIRA
3 7 (2.17%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.24%) GitLab
5 3 (0.93%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.31%) gulp
6 1 (0.31%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.31%) webpack
General
1 144 (44.72%) Social Skills
2 88 (27.33%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (22.05%) Finance
4 28 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
5 23 (7.14%) Law
6 21 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (6.52%) Manufacturing
7 18 (5.59%) Public Sector
8 16 (4.97%) Retail
9 15 (4.66%) Marketing
10 12 (3.73%) Legal
11 11 (3.42%) Telecoms
12 10 (3.11%) Advertising
13 5 (1.55%) Fire and Rescue
13 5 (1.55%) Military
13 5 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.24%) Banking
14 4 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.24%) Games
15 3 (0.93%) French Language
Job Titles
1 47 (14.60%) Senior
2 42 (13.04%) Analyst
3 34 (10.56%) Developer
4 23 (7.14%) IT Support
5 21 (6.52%) Consultant
6 18 (5.59%) Software Engineer
6 18 (5.59%) Support Engineer
7 16 (4.97%) Senior Developer
8 13 (4.04%) Lead
8 13 (4.04%) Planning Manager
8 13 (4.04%) SAP Manager
9 12 (3.73%) Technology Consultant
10 11 (3.42%) Administrator
10 11 (3.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (3.42%) IT Engineer
10 11 (3.42%) IT Support Engineer
10 11 (3.42%) Support Specialist
10 11 (3.42%) Support Technician
11 10 (3.11%) Senior Analyst
12 9 (2.80%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.90%) React
2 16 (4.97%) HTML
3 15 (4.66%) Spring
3 15 (4.66%) Spring Boot
4 14 (4.35%) CSS
5 11 (3.42%) .NET
6 10 (3.11%) EDI
6 10 (3.11%) RESTful
7 8 (2.48%) Vue
7 8 (2.48%) Web Services
8 7 (2.17%) AngularJS
8 7 (2.17%) OAuth
8 7 (2.17%) OAuth2
8 7 (2.17%) REST
9 6 (1.86%) Node.js
10 4 (1.24%) ARM Templates
10 4 (1.24%) Hibernate
10 4 (1.24%) SAP Fiori
11 3 (0.93%) FastAPI
11 3 (0.93%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 34 (10.56%) Driving Licence
2 23 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.66%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.04%) Cloud Native
4 13 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (3.11%) CCTV
7 9 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (2.80%) Social Media
8 8 (2.48%) Mobile App
9 7 (2.17%) EPoS
9 7 (2.17%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.86%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.55%) FMCG
12 4 (1.24%) e-Learning
12 4 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.24%) Learning Management System
13 3 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.93%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 57 (17.70%) Windows
2 27 (8.39%) Windows Server
3 23 (7.14%) Windows 10
4 9 (2.80%) Linux
5 7 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.86%) Android
6 6 (1.86%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.93%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.93%) Unix
9 2 (0.62%) Solaris
10 1 (0.31%) CentOS
10 1 (0.31%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (20.81%) Continuous Improvement
2 61 (18.94%) Customer Service
3 54 (16.77%) Mentoring
4 53 (16.46%) Decision-Making
5 49 (15.22%) AI
6 47 (14.60%) Stakeholder Management
7 45 (13.98%) Agile
8 42 (13.04%) CI/CD
9 35 (10.87%) Roadmaps
10 34 (10.56%) DevOps
11 31 (9.63%) Software Engineering
12 27 (8.39%) User Experience
13 26 (8.07%) Cybersecurity
13 26 (8.07%) ERP
13 26 (8.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 26 (8.07%) Test Automation
14 25 (7.76%) Analytics
14 25 (7.76%) Business Continuity
14 25 (7.76%) Process Improvement
14 25 (7.76%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 50 (15.53%) SQL
2 42 (13.04%) Python
3 22 (6.83%) JavaScript
4 21 (6.52%) Java
5 16 (4.97%) C#
6 10 (3.11%) PowerShell
7 8 (2.48%) Kotlin
8 7 (2.17%) Bash
8 7 (2.17%) T-SQL
8 7 (2.17%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.86%) PHP
10 4 (1.24%) Bicep
11 3 (0.93%) Go
11 3 (0.93%) Ruby
11 3 (0.93%) Scala
11 3 (0.93%) Swift
12 2 (0.62%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.62%) SOQL
12 2 (0.62%) SOSL
12 2 (0.62%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (11.18%) Degree
2 16 (4.97%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.11%) DBS Check
3 10 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (2.80%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.48%) HNC
5 8 (2.48%) Network+ Certification
6 7 (2.17%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.24%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.24%) MCSA
10 3 (0.93%) CCNA
10 3 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.31%) CISA
11 1 (0.31%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.31%) PMP
11 1 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.28%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.17%) GDPR
4 6 (1.86%) SLA
5 5 (1.55%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.55%) QA
6 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 45 (13.98%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.59%) Docker
3 9 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.24%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.31%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (8.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (5.90%) Terraform
3 18 (5.59%) Kubernetes
4 10 (3.11%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.86%) Cisco CUCM
6 5 (1.55%) Ansible
6 5 (1.55%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.24%) SCCM
8 3 (0.93%) Grafana
8 3 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.93%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.93%) Rancher
9 2 (0.62%) cPanel
9 2 (0.62%) Plesk
9 2 (0.62%) Podman
10 1 (0.31%) Autotask
10 1 (0.31%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.31%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 98 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.90%) SAP
3 13 (4.04%) Oracle
4 12 (3.73%) VMware
5 10 (3.11%) Cisco
6 8 (2.48%) New Relic
6 8 (2.48%) Splunk
7 7 (2.17%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.55%) HubSpot
8 5 (1.55%) iManage
8 5 (1.55%) Meraki
9 4 (1.24%) Apple
9 4 (1.24%) BiZZdesign
9 4 (1.24%) SonicWALL
9 4 (1.24%) Sophos
10 3 (0.93%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.93%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.93%) Ubiquiti
11 2 (0.62%) Adyen
11 2 (0.62%) IFS