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

6 months to
23 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 422 436 704
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 6.53% 17.45% 13.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.89% 18.88% 16.88%
Number of salaries quoted 323 291 430
10th Percentile £26,800 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,750
North West median annual salary £45,000 £45,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year -1.10% -2.15% -2.11%

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 4,749 2,309 4,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.50% 92.40% 82.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3,757 1,330 2,948
10th Percentile £33,500 £29,750 £30,350
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.60%
75th Percentile £78,957 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,808 £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 23 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 23 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 +3 26 £50,000 - 13
Ashton-under-Lyne +6 13 £51,000 - 3
Salford -12 7 £48,350 +38.14% 2
Stockport +1 6 £40,000 +23.08% 7
Oldham +9 5 £67,500 +19.46% 3
Sale +8 4 £16,600 -
Rochdale +2 4 £45,000 - 2
Altrincham -10 4 £33,114 -49.06% 7
Wigan -1 2 £43,010 - 5
Bury +3 1 £40,000 - 3
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 (7.35%) SharePoint
2 26 (6.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.61%) IIS
4 5 (1.18%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.95%) Confluence
5 4 (0.95%) Moodle
5 4 (0.95%) Totara
6 2 (0.47%) Apache
6 2 (0.47%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.47%) nginx
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 20 (4.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.47%) Windchill
5 1 (0.24%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.24%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 16 (3.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.08%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.95%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.71%) Shopify
5 2 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.47%) Magento
5 2 (0.47%) 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 95 (22.51%) Azure
2 70 (16.59%) Microsoft 365
3 68 (16.11%) AWS
4 36 (8.53%) Power Platform
5 21 (4.98%) GCP
6 18 (4.27%) Microsoft Copilot
6 18 (4.27%) Power Automate
6 18 (4.27%) PowerApps
7 14 (3.32%) Entra ID
7 14 (3.32%) SaaS
8 13 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (3.08%) GitHub
9 11 (2.61%) Serverless
10 10 (2.37%) Microsoft Purview
10 10 (2.37%) 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
11 7 (1.66%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 30 (7.11%) Firewall
2 28 (6.64%) DNS
3 24 (5.69%) DHCP
4 21 (4.98%) TCP/IP
5 20 (4.74%) VLAN
6 14 (3.32%) VPN
7 13 (3.08%) VoIP
7 13 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (2.84%) Structured Cabling
9 10 (2.37%) Network Security
10 9 (2.13%) Broadband
11 6 (1.42%) SAN
11 6 (1.42%) WAN
12 5 (1.18%) LAN
12 5 (1.18%) Wireless
13 4 (0.95%) BGP
13 4 (0.95%) OSPF
14 3 (0.71%) SD-WAN
14 3 (0.71%) SNMP
15 2 (0.47%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.11%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.32%) Power BI
3 12 (2.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.37%) NoSQL
5 10 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.66%) Big Data
7 6 (1.42%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.42%) MySQL
8 5 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.95%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.47%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.47%) MS Access
11 2 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 2 (0.47%) Redis
11 2 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (5.45%) Git
2 11 (2.61%) JIRA
3 9 (2.13%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.42%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.95%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.95%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.95%) GitLab
5 4 (0.95%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.24%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.24%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.24%) gulp
7 1 (0.24%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.24%) webpack
General
1 166 (39.34%) Social Skills
2 106 (25.12%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (16.11%) Finance
4 34 (8.06%) Law
5 30 (7.11%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (6.87%) Manufacturing
7 18 (4.27%) Legal
8 16 (3.79%) Public Sector
8 16 (3.79%) Retail
9 15 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (3.55%) Marketing
10 11 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.13%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.66%) Games
13 6 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.18%) Advertising
14 5 (1.18%) Military
14 5 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.95%) Banking
15 4 (0.95%) Billing
Job Titles
1 71 (16.82%) Senior
2 56 (13.27%) Developer
3 50 (11.85%) Analyst
4 30 (7.11%) Software Engineer
5 25 (5.92%) IT Support
6 24 (5.69%) Senior Developer
7 20 (4.74%) Lead
8 19 (4.50%) Support Technician
9 18 (4.27%) Consultant
10 17 (4.03%) Administrator
10 17 (4.03%) Senior Analyst
10 17 (4.03%) Support Engineer
11 13 (3.08%) Data Engineer
11 13 (3.08%) IT Manager
11 13 (3.08%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 13 (3.08%) Planning Manager
12 12 (2.84%) IT Support Technician
12 12 (2.84%) IT Technician
13 11 (2.61%) Architect
13 11 (2.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (7.82%) HTML
2 29 (6.87%) React
3 25 (5.92%) .NET
4 20 (4.74%) CSS
5 16 (3.79%) AngularJS
5 16 (3.79%) Vue
6 13 (3.08%) Spring
7 11 (2.61%) Middleware
7 11 (2.61%) Next.js
7 11 (2.61%) Spring Boot
7 11 (2.61%) Web Services
8 10 (2.37%) Node.js
8 10 (2.37%) React Native
8 10 (2.37%) REST
9 9 (2.13%) RESTful
10 8 (1.90%) Ruby on Rails
11 7 (1.66%) Kafka
11 7 (1.66%) Microsoft Graph
12 6 (1.42%) HTML5 Canvas
12 6 (1.42%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.82%) Cloud Native
2 32 (7.58%) Driving Licence
2 32 (7.58%) Onboarding
3 21 (4.98%) Product Ownership
3 21 (4.98%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (3.55%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (3.55%) Mobile App
5 13 (3.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 11 (2.61%) CCTV
7 10 (2.37%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.90%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.90%) Security Posture
8 8 (1.90%) Social Media
9 5 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.18%) IoT
10 4 (0.95%) AI Agents
10 4 (0.95%) Clustering
10 4 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.95%) Learning Management System
10 4 (0.95%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 70 (16.59%) Windows
2 33 (7.82%) Windows Server
3 28 (6.64%) Windows 10
4 15 (3.55%) Linux
5 5 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.95%) Android
6 4 (0.95%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.95%) Unix
7 3 (0.71%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.47%) Solaris
9 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (26.30%) Continuous Improvement
2 74 (17.54%) Agile
3 70 (16.59%) CI/CD
4 69 (16.35%) Customer Service
5 68 (16.11%) Mentoring
6 64 (15.17%) Decision-Making
7 59 (13.98%) AI
8 53 (12.56%) Stakeholder Management
9 52 (12.32%) DevOps
10 51 (12.09%) Software Engineering
11 45 (10.66%) Roadmaps
12 43 (10.19%) Analytics
13 36 (8.53%) Business Continuity
13 36 (8.53%) Test Automation
14 34 (8.06%) ERP
15 33 (7.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 31 (7.35%) CRM
17 30 (7.11%) Cybersecurity
18 28 (6.64%) Disaster Recovery
19 27 (6.40%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 84 (19.91%) SQL
2 79 (18.72%) Python
3 43 (10.19%) JavaScript
4 33 (7.82%) C#
5 27 (6.40%) Java
6 23 (5.45%) PowerShell
7 16 (3.79%) TypeScript
8 15 (3.55%) Bash
9 12 (2.84%) PHP
10 8 (1.90%) Ruby
10 8 (1.90%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.42%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.18%) 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 (0.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 54 (12.80%) Degree
2 37 (8.77%) Security Cleared
3 20 (4.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (4.03%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.55%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.37%) DBS Check
7 9 (2.13%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.90%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.90%) HNC
9 7 (1.66%) MCSA
10 6 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.18%) CCNA
11 5 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.95%) ACCA
12 4 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.95%) MBA
12 4 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.71%) CCA
13 3 (0.71%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.40%) Data Quality
2 19 (4.50%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.08%) QA
4 10 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.13%) SLA
6 8 (1.90%) NIST
7 7 (1.66%) GDPR
8 4 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.24%) IFRS
9 1 (0.24%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 47 (11.14%) Active Directory
2 32 (7.58%) Docker
3 28 (6.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.84%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.47%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 29 (6.87%) Kubernetes
2 17 (4.03%) Terraform
3 14 (3.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (2.61%) Grafana
5 10 (2.37%) FortiGate
5 10 (2.37%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.90%) Ansible
7 4 (0.95%) Argo
7 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.71%) SCCM
9 2 (0.47%) Nagios
9 2 (0.47%) Podman
9 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.24%) Autotask
10 1 (0.24%) Istio
10 1 (0.24%) linkerd
10 1 (0.24%) Nessus
10 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.24%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 128 (30.33%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.58%) VMware
3 17 (4.03%) SAP
4 9 (2.13%) HubSpot
4 9 (2.13%) SonicWALL
4 9 (2.13%) Sophos
5 8 (1.90%) Oracle
5 8 (1.90%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.90%) Tanium
6 7 (1.66%) Adobe
7 6 (1.42%) iManage
7 6 (1.42%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.18%) Databricks
8 5 (1.18%) Meraki
9 4 (0.95%) Apple
9 4 (0.95%) Cisco
9 4 (0.95%) Facebook
9 4 (0.95%) Sage
10 3 (0.71%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.71%) Veeam