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 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -12 +3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 456 419 616
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 6.71% 16.73% 13.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.02% 18.34% 16.88%
Number of salaries quoted 350 281 322
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,125 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +0.52%
75th Percentile £65,938 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,375
North West median annual salary £45,125 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +0.28% - -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 5,053 2,285 3,650
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 74.41% 91.25% 82.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3,970 1,329 2,402
10th Percentile £33,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £69,950
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 +5 26 £50,000 - 11
Ashton-under-Lyne +6 15 £51,000 - 1
Salford -10 13 £47,000 +34.29% 6
Oldham +9 8 £67,500 +19.46% 4
Stockport +3 8 £40,000 +23.08% 12
Altrincham -9 6 £40,000 -38.46% 5
Sale +7 4 £16,600 -
Rochdale +3 4 £45,000 - 2
Wigan +1 4 £31,020 - 3
Bury +3 1 £40,000 - 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 33 (7.24%) SharePoint
2 29 (6.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.41%) IIS
4 5 (1.10%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.88%) Confluence
6 2 (0.44%) Apache
6 2 (0.44%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.44%) Moodle
6 2 (0.44%) nginx
6 2 (0.44%) Totara
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.44%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.44%) Windchill
5 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.22%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 15 (3.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (2.85%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.88%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.88%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.66%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.44%) Magento
5 2 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.44%) Shopify
6 1 (0.22%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.22%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 105 (23.03%) Azure
2 75 (16.45%) AWS
3 73 (16.01%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (8.11%) Power Platform
5 27 (5.92%) GCP
6 21 (4.61%) Microsoft Copilot
7 20 (4.39%) Power Automate
7 20 (4.39%) PowerApps
8 17 (3.73%) Entra ID
9 16 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (3.29%) GitHub
11 14 (3.07%) SaaS
12 13 (2.85%) OneDrive
13 11 (2.41%) Microsoft Purview
13 11 (2.41%) Serverless
14 8 (1.75%) Snowflake
15 7 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (1.54%) Copilot Studio
15 7 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
15 7 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.02%) Firewall
2 30 (6.58%) DNS
3 26 (5.70%) DHCP
4 25 (5.48%) TCP/IP
5 20 (4.39%) VLAN
6 16 (3.51%) VPN
7 15 (3.29%) VoIP
8 10 (2.19%) Network Security
8 10 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (1.97%) Structured Cabling
9 9 (1.97%) Wireless
10 8 (1.75%) Broadband
10 8 (1.75%) WAN
11 7 (1.54%) LAN
12 6 (1.32%) BGP
12 6 (1.32%) OSPF
12 6 (1.32%) SAN
13 4 (0.88%) Internet
14 3 (0.66%) FTP
14 3 (0.66%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (7.02%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.85%) Power BI
3 12 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (2.41%) NoSQL
5 10 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.54%) Big Data
6 7 (1.54%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (1.32%) MySQL
8 5 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.88%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.66%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.44%) MS Access
11 2 (0.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 2 (0.44%) Redis
11 2 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (6.36%) Git
2 12 (2.63%) JIRA
3 10 (2.19%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.54%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.88%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.88%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.88%) GitLab
5 4 (0.88%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.22%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.22%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.22%) gulp
7 1 (0.22%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.22%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 178 (39.04%) Social Skills
2 121 (26.54%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (16.01%) Finance
4 35 (7.68%) Law
5 31 (6.80%) Manufacturing
5 31 (6.80%) Organisational Skills
6 24 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (4.61%) Legal
8 17 (3.73%) Retail
9 16 (3.51%) Marketing
10 14 (3.07%) Telecoms
11 13 (2.85%) Public Sector
12 11 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.75%) Games
14 7 (1.54%) Military
15 5 (1.10%) Advertising
15 5 (1.10%) Billing
15 5 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.10%) Social Housing
16 4 (0.88%) German Language
Job Titles
1 76 (16.67%) Senior
2 63 (13.82%) Developer
3 52 (11.40%) Analyst
4 33 (7.24%) Software Engineer
5 28 (6.14%) Senior Developer
6 23 (5.04%) IT Support
6 23 (5.04%) Lead
7 21 (4.61%) Support Engineer
8 20 (4.39%) Support Technician
9 19 (4.17%) Administrator
10 17 (3.73%) Consultant
11 16 (3.51%) IT Manager
12 15 (3.29%) IT Support Technician
12 15 (3.29%) IT Technician
12 15 (3.29%) Microsoft 365 Developer
13 14 (3.07%) Data Engineer
13 14 (3.07%) Senior Analyst
14 13 (2.85%) Planning Manager
15 11 (2.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (2.41%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (7.89%) HTML
2 31 (6.80%) React
3 27 (5.92%) .NET
4 21 (4.61%) CSS
5 16 (3.51%) AngularJS
5 16 (3.51%) Vue
6 12 (2.63%) Middleware
6 12 (2.63%) REST
6 12 (2.63%) Spring
7 11 (2.41%) Next.js
7 11 (2.41%) Web Services
8 10 (2.19%) Node.js
8 10 (2.19%) React Native
8 10 (2.19%) Spring Boot
9 9 (1.97%) Microsoft Graph
9 9 (1.97%) RESTful
10 8 (1.75%) HTML5 Canvas
10 8 (1.75%) Kafka
10 8 (1.75%) Ruby on Rails
10 8 (1.75%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.24%) Driving Licence
2 32 (7.02%) Cloud Native
2 32 (7.02%) Onboarding
3 28 (6.14%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (4.82%) Product Ownership
5 15 (3.29%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (3.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 14 (3.07%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.41%) CCTV
8 9 (1.97%) Data Centre
8 9 (1.97%) IoT
8 9 (1.97%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.97%) Security Posture
9 8 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.32%) Clustering
10 6 (1.32%) Social Media
11 4 (0.88%) Cyberattack
11 4 (0.88%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (0.88%) FMCG
11 4 (0.88%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 73 (16.01%) Windows
2 33 (7.24%) Windows Server
3 24 (5.26%) Windows 10
4 19 (4.17%) Linux
5 7 (1.54%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.88%) Unix
6 4 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.66%) Android
7 3 (0.66%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.44%) Solaris
8 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (24.78%) Continuous Improvement
2 86 (18.86%) Agile
3 74 (16.23%) CI/CD
4 70 (15.35%) Customer Service
5 68 (14.91%) Mentoring
6 63 (13.82%) AI
7 61 (13.38%) DevOps
8 60 (13.16%) Decision-Making
9 56 (12.28%) Software Engineering
10 54 (11.84%) Stakeholder Management
11 47 (10.31%) Roadmaps
12 43 (9.43%) Analytics
13 38 (8.33%) CRM
13 38 (8.33%) ERP
14 37 (8.11%) Business Continuity
15 34 (7.46%) Test Automation
16 33 (7.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 32 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
18 30 (6.58%) Technical Leadership
19 29 (6.36%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 90 (19.74%) SQL
2 87 (19.08%) Python
3 47 (10.31%) JavaScript
4 36 (7.89%) C#
5 29 (6.36%) Java
6 25 (5.48%) PowerShell
7 18 (3.95%) TypeScript
8 15 (3.29%) Bash
9 14 (3.07%) PHP
10 8 (1.75%) Ruby
10 8 (1.75%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.32%) Go
12 5 (1.10%) Apex Code
12 5 (1.10%) Bicep
12 5 (1.10%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.66%) R
13 3 (0.66%) SOQL
13 3 (0.66%) SOSL
13 3 (0.66%) Swift
14 2 (0.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 64 (14.04%) Degree
2 40 (8.77%) Security Cleared
3 24 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (3.95%) SC Cleared
5 17 (3.73%) DV Cleared
6 14 (3.07%) HNC
7 12 (2.63%) DBS Check
8 10 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.97%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.75%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.54%) MCSA
12 5 (1.10%) ACCA
12 5 (1.10%) CCNA
12 5 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.88%) CIMA
13 4 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (0.88%) MBA
13 4 (0.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.36%) Data Quality
2 19 (4.17%) Accessibility
3 16 (3.51%) QA
4 10 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.97%) SLA
6 8 (1.75%) NIST
7 6 (1.32%) GDPR
8 3 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.22%) IFRS
9 1 (0.22%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 47 (10.31%) Active Directory
2 34 (7.46%) Docker
3 28 (6.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.63%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 30 (6.58%) Kubernetes
2 17 (3.73%) Terraform
3 12 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (2.41%) Grafana
5 10 (2.19%) FortiGate
5 10 (2.19%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.75%) Ansible
7 4 (0.88%) Argo
7 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.44%) Nagios
9 2 (0.44%) Nessus
9 2 (0.44%) Podman
10 1 (0.22%) Autotask
10 1 (0.22%) Istio
10 1 (0.22%) linkerd
10 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 135 (29.61%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.46%) VMware
3 19 (4.17%) SAP
4 10 (2.19%) Oracle
4 10 (2.19%) Salesforce
4 10 (2.19%) ServiceNow
5 9 (1.97%) SonicWALL
5 9 (1.97%) Sophos
6 8 (1.75%) HubSpot
6 8 (1.75%) Tanium
7 6 (1.32%) Adobe
7 6 (1.32%) Cisco
7 6 (1.32%) iManage
8 5 (1.10%) Databricks
8 5 (1.10%) Google
8 5 (1.10%) Meraki
9 4 (0.88%) Apple
9 4 (0.88%) Facebook
9 4 (0.88%) NEC
9 4 (0.88%) Splunk