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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -11 +1 +10
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 421 440 763
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 6.59% 17.70% 13.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.01% 19.07% 16.75%
Number of salaries quoted 326 294 487
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,325 £26,550
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £67,188 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,250 £76,250
North West median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% -

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 4,672 2,307 4,555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.18% 92.80% 82.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3,703 1,324 3,317
10th Percentile £33,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,438 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.12%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £98,300 £88,333 £82,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.88% +0.11% -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 15 July 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 15 July 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 +2 25 £50,000 - 18
Ashton-under-Lyne +6 12 £47,500 - 4
Salford -14 7 £48,350 +38.14% 11
Stockport +1 6 £40,000 +23.08% 15
Sale +8 4 £16,600 - 1
Rochdale +2 4 £45,000 - 10
Altrincham -10 4 £33,114 -49.06% 3
Oldham +9 3 £67,500 +19.46% 11
Bury +3 1 £40,000 - 10
Wigan 0 1 £55,000 - 11
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 31 (7.36%) SharePoint
2 27 (6.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.61%) IIS
4 5 (1.19%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.19%) Confluence
5 4 (0.95%) Moodle
5 4 (0.95%) Totara
6 2 (0.48%) Apache
6 2 (0.48%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.48%) nginx
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
1 19 (4.51%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.48%) Windchill
4 1 (0.24%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 16 (3.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.09%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.95%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.71%) Shopify
5 2 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.48%) Magento
6 1 (0.24%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.24%) SAP ECC
6 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 99 (23.52%) Azure
2 69 (16.39%) AWS
2 69 (16.39%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (7.84%) Power Platform
4 20 (4.75%) GCP
5 18 (4.28%) Microsoft Copilot
6 17 (4.04%) Power Automate
6 17 (4.04%) PowerApps
7 14 (3.33%) Entra ID
7 14 (3.33%) SaaS
8 13 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (3.09%) GitHub
9 11 (2.61%) Serverless
10 9 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (2.14%) OneDrive
11 7 (1.66%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (1.66%) Copilot Studio
11 7 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.19%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.60%) Firewall
2 31 (7.36%) DNS
3 27 (6.41%) DHCP
4 22 (5.23%) VLAN
5 21 (4.99%) TCP/IP
6 16 (3.80%) VPN
7 14 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (3.09%) Structured Cabling
8 13 (3.09%) VoIP
9 10 (2.38%) Network Security
10 7 (1.66%) WAN
11 6 (1.43%) LAN
11 6 (1.43%) SAN
12 5 (1.19%) Broadband
12 5 (1.19%) Wireless
13 4 (0.95%) BGP
13 4 (0.95%) OSPF
14 3 (0.71%) SD-WAN
14 3 (0.71%) SNMP
15 2 (0.48%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.41%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.09%) Power BI
3 12 (2.85%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (2.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (2.38%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.66%) Big Data
6 7 (1.66%) MySQL
7 6 (1.43%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.95%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.48%) KNIME
11 2 (0.48%) MS Access
11 2 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.48%) Power Query
11 2 (0.48%) Redis
11 2 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (6.18%) Git
2 12 (2.85%) JIRA
3 7 (1.66%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.19%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.19%) GitLab
5 4 (0.95%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.95%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.95%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.24%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.24%) Gemini Tracker
6 1 (0.24%) gulp
6 1 (0.24%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.24%) webpack
General
1 167 (39.67%) Social Skills
2 101 (23.99%) Analytical Skills
3 65 (15.44%) Finance
4 34 (8.08%) Law
5 33 (7.84%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (6.89%) Manufacturing
7 19 (4.51%) Retail
8 18 (4.28%) Legal
9 16 (3.80%) Public Sector
10 15 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (3.56%) Marketing
11 11 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.66%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.43%) Games
13 6 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.19%) Advertising
14 5 (1.19%) Military
14 5 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.95%) Banking
15 4 (0.95%) Billing
Job Titles
1 71 (16.86%) Senior
2 55 (13.06%) Developer
3 48 (11.40%) Analyst
4 31 (7.36%) Software Engineer
5 27 (6.41%) IT Support
6 23 (5.46%) Senior Developer
7 19 (4.51%) Lead
7 19 (4.51%) Support Engineer
8 18 (4.28%) Consultant
8 18 (4.28%) Support Technician
9 17 (4.04%) Senior Analyst
10 15 (3.56%) Administrator
11 13 (3.09%) Planning Manager
12 12 (2.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (2.85%) IT Manager
12 12 (2.85%) Microsoft 365 Developer
13 11 (2.61%) IT Support Technician
13 11 (2.61%) IT Technician
13 11 (2.61%) SAP Manager
14 10 (2.38%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (8.08%) HTML
2 30 (7.13%) React
3 25 (5.94%) .NET
4 22 (5.23%) CSS
5 18 (4.28%) Vue
6 16 (3.80%) AngularJS
7 14 (3.33%) Spring
8 12 (2.85%) Spring Boot
9 11 (2.61%) Middleware
9 11 (2.61%) Next.js
9 11 (2.61%) RESTful
9 11 (2.61%) Web Services
10 10 (2.38%) Node.js
10 10 (2.38%) React Native
10 10 (2.38%) REST
11 8 (1.90%) EDI
11 8 (1.90%) Ruby on Rails
12 6 (1.43%) Kafka
12 6 (1.43%) Microsoft Graph
13 5 (1.19%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.55%) Onboarding
2 35 (8.31%) Cloud Native
2 35 (8.31%) Driving Licence
3 24 (5.70%) Product Ownership
4 18 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (3.56%) Mobile App
7 12 (2.85%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 11 (2.61%) CCTV
9 9 (2.14%) Social Media
10 7 (1.66%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.66%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.19%) IoT
12 4 (0.95%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.95%) Clustering
12 4 (0.95%) e-Learning
12 4 (0.95%) Enterprise Storage
12 4 (0.95%) EPoS
12 4 (0.95%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 73 (17.34%) Windows
2 36 (8.55%) Windows Server
3 30 (7.13%) Windows 10
4 14 (3.33%) Linux
5 7 (1.66%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.43%) Android
6 6 (1.43%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.71%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.71%) Unix
9 2 (0.48%) Solaris
10 1 (0.24%) CentOS
10 1 (0.24%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (26.13%) Continuous Improvement
2 72 (17.10%) Agile
3 71 (16.86%) CI/CD
3 71 (16.86%) Mentoring
4 68 (16.15%) Customer Service
5 63 (14.96%) Decision-Making
6 61 (14.49%) AI
7 54 (12.83%) Software Engineering
8 50 (11.88%) DevOps
9 49 (11.64%) Stakeholder Management
10 47 (11.16%) Roadmaps
11 46 (10.93%) Analytics
12 37 (8.79%) Test Automation
13 36 (8.55%) Business Continuity
14 34 (8.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 33 (7.84%) ERP
16 31 (7.36%) CRM
16 31 (7.36%) Cybersecurity
17 29 (6.89%) Containerisation
18 28 (6.65%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 85 (20.19%) SQL
2 82 (19.48%) Python
3 44 (10.45%) JavaScript
4 31 (7.36%) C#
5 27 (6.41%) Java
6 24 (5.70%) PowerShell
7 16 (3.80%) Bash
8 15 (3.56%) TypeScript
9 12 (2.85%) PHP
10 8 (1.90%) Ruby
10 8 (1.90%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.43%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.19%) Bicep
13 4 (0.95%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.71%) Go
14 3 (0.71%) R
14 3 (0.71%) SOQL
14 3 (0.71%) SOSL
14 3 (0.71%) Swift
15 2 (0.48%) VBA
Qualifications
1 53 (12.59%) Degree
2 37 (8.79%) Security Cleared
3 20 (4.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (4.04%) SC Cleared
5 14 (3.33%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.09%) DBS Check
7 10 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.90%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.90%) HNC
8 8 (1.90%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.66%) MCSA
10 6 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.19%) CCNA
11 5 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.95%) ACCA
12 4 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.71%) CIMA
13 3 (0.71%) MBA
13 3 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.18%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.04%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.09%) QA
4 9 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.14%) SLA
5 8 (1.90%) GDPR
6 7 (1.66%) NIST
7 4 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.24%) IFRS
8 1 (0.24%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 49 (11.64%) Active Directory
2 32 (7.60%) Docker
3 28 (6.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (3.09%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.48%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 32 (7.60%) Kubernetes
2 17 (4.04%) Terraform
3 16 (3.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (2.61%) Grafana
5 10 (2.38%) FortiGate
5 10 (2.38%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.90%) Ansible
7 4 (0.95%) Argo
7 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Clustering
7 4 (0.95%) SCCM
8 3 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.48%) Nagios
9 2 (0.48%) Podman
9 2 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.24%) Autotask
10 1 (0.24%) Istio
10 1 (0.24%) linkerd
10 1 (0.24%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.24%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.24%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 129 (30.64%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.60%) VMware
3 17 (4.04%) SAP
4 10 (2.38%) HubSpot
5 9 (2.14%) SonicWALL
5 9 (2.14%) Sophos
6 8 (1.90%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.66%) Oracle
7 7 (1.66%) Tanium
8 6 (1.43%) Adobe
8 6 (1.43%) iManage
8 6 (1.43%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.19%) Databricks
9 5 (1.19%) Meraki
10 4 (0.95%) Apple
10 4 (0.95%) Cisco
10 4 (0.95%) Facebook
10 4 (0.95%) Sage
11 3 (0.71%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.71%) Red Hat