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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -22 +1 +15
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 318 410 673
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.92% 18.89% 13.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.13% 19.80% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 226 314 507
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,300
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,750 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,938 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,625 £84,625 £78,500
North West median annual salary £44,447 £47,842 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.10% +6.31% -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 3,913 2,071 4,268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.83% 95.44% 86.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,702 1,291 3,409
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,840 £69,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,250 £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 7 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 7 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 18 £50,000 -16.67% 18
Stockport +1 6 £40,000 +39.13% 9
Bury - 5 £37,500 - 5
Sale - 4 £16,600 - 1
Salford -17 3 £55,000 +57.14% 11
Wigan -5 1 £55,000 +74.60% 2
Altrincham -10 1 £47,500 -26.92% 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 30 (9.43%) SharePoint
2 19 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.57%) Confluence
4 4 (1.26%) Moodle
4 4 (1.26%) Totara
5 3 (0.94%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.63%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.31%) Apache
7 1 (0.31%) IIS
7 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (5.97%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.31%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 18 (5.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (4.09%) SAP ERP
3 4 (1.26%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.94%) Shopify
5 2 (0.63%) Magento
6 1 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.31%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 82 (25.79%) Azure
2 57 (17.92%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (11.64%) AWS
4 30 (9.43%) Power Platform
5 26 (8.18%) Entra ID
6 23 (7.23%) SaaS
7 18 (5.66%) GCP
7 18 (5.66%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (3.46%) GitHub
9 9 (2.83%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (2.83%) OneDrive
10 8 (2.52%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (1.89%) IaaS
11 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (1.89%) PaaS
11 6 (1.89%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.86%) Firewall
2 21 (6.60%) VLAN
3 20 (6.29%) DNS
4 19 (5.97%) DHCP
5 15 (4.72%) VoIP
6 13 (4.09%) VPN
7 11 (3.46%) Structured Cabling
7 11 (3.46%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (2.20%) Telepresence
8 7 (2.20%) Unified Communications
8 7 (2.20%) WAN
8 7 (2.20%) WebEx
9 6 (1.89%) LAN
9 6 (1.89%) TCP/IP
10 5 (1.57%) Broadband
10 5 (1.57%) Network Security
11 3 (0.94%) Wireless
12 2 (0.63%) NAS
12 2 (0.63%) SAN
12 2 (0.63%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.09%) Power BI
2 12 (3.77%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 10 (3.14%) NoSQL
4 8 (2.52%) MongoDB
4 8 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.89%) MySQL
6 5 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.94%) Big Data
7 3 (0.94%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.63%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.63%) Power Query
9 1 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.31%) DB2
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (7.23%) Git
2 9 (2.83%) JIRA
3 7 (2.20%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.26%) GitLab
5 3 (0.94%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.31%) gulp
6 1 (0.31%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.31%) webpack
General
1 146 (45.91%) Social Skills
2 84 (26.42%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (22.33%) Finance
4 29 (9.12%) Organisational Skills
5 23 (7.23%) Law
6 22 (6.92%) Manufacturing
7 21 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (5.66%) Public Sector
9 16 (5.03%) Retail
10 15 (4.72%) Marketing
11 12 (3.77%) Legal
11 12 (3.77%) Telecoms
12 10 (3.14%) Advertising
13 6 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.57%) Fire and Rescue
14 5 (1.57%) Military
15 4 (1.26%) Banking
15 4 (1.26%) Games
16 3 (0.94%) Electronics
16 3 (0.94%) French Language
Job Titles
1 45 (14.15%) Senior
2 43 (13.52%) Analyst
3 31 (9.75%) Developer
4 23 (7.23%) IT Support
5 21 (6.60%) Support Engineer
6 20 (6.29%) Consultant
7 15 (4.72%) Software Engineer
8 14 (4.40%) Senior Developer
9 13 (4.09%) Planning Manager
9 13 (4.09%) SAP Manager
10 12 (3.77%) Technology Consultant
11 11 (3.46%) Administrator
11 11 (3.46%) Architect
11 11 (3.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (3.46%) IT Engineer
11 11 (3.46%) IT Support Engineer
11 11 (3.46%) Support Specialist
11 11 (3.46%) Support Technician
12 10 (3.14%) Lead
12 10 (3.14%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.97%) React
2 15 (4.72%) HTML
2 15 (4.72%) Spring
2 15 (4.72%) Spring Boot
3 13 (4.09%) CSS
4 11 (3.46%) .NET
5 10 (3.14%) EDI
6 9 (2.83%) RESTful
7 8 (2.52%) Vue
7 8 (2.52%) Web Services
8 7 (2.20%) AngularJS
8 7 (2.20%) Node.js
8 7 (2.20%) OAuth
8 7 (2.20%) OAuth2
9 6 (1.89%) REST
10 4 (1.26%) ARM Templates
10 4 (1.26%) Hibernate
10 4 (1.26%) SAP Fiori
11 3 (0.94%) FastAPI
11 3 (0.94%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 34 (10.69%) Driving Licence
2 22 (6.92%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.09%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (3.46%) CCTV
5 11 (3.46%) Product Ownership
6 10 (3.14%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (3.14%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.14%) Social Media
7 9 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.52%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.20%) EPoS
10 5 (1.57%) FMCG
10 5 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.57%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.26%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.26%) e-Learning
11 4 (1.26%) Learning Management System
11 4 (1.26%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.94%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 58 (18.24%) Windows
2 27 (8.49%) Windows Server
3 24 (7.55%) Windows 10
4 10 (3.14%) Linux
5 8 (2.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.89%) Android
6 6 (1.89%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.94%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.94%) Unix
9 2 (0.63%) Solaris
10 1 (0.31%) CentOS
10 1 (0.31%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (21.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 62 (19.50%) Customer Service
3 54 (16.98%) Decision-Making
4 51 (16.04%) AI
5 49 (15.41%) Mentoring
6 46 (14.47%) Stakeholder Management
7 44 (13.84%) Agile
8 41 (12.89%) CI/CD
9 33 (10.38%) DevOps
10 32 (10.06%) Roadmaps
11 28 (8.81%) Software Engineering
12 27 (8.49%) Cybersecurity
12 27 (8.49%) User Experience
13 26 (8.18%) Analytics
13 26 (8.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 25 (7.86%) ERP
14 25 (7.86%) Process Improvement
14 25 (7.86%) Service Delivery
15 24 (7.55%) Business Continuity
16 23 (7.23%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 47 (14.78%) SQL
2 38 (11.95%) Python
3 22 (6.92%) JavaScript
4 21 (6.60%) Java
5 16 (5.03%) C#
6 10 (3.14%) PowerShell
7 8 (2.52%) Kotlin
7 8 (2.52%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.20%) Bash
9 6 (1.89%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.57%) PHP
11 4 (1.26%) Bicep
12 3 (0.94%) Go
12 3 (0.94%) Scala
12 3 (0.94%) Swift
13 2 (0.63%) C
13 2 (0.63%) VBA
14 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.31%) SOQL
14 1 (0.31%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 38 (11.95%) Degree
2 14 (4.40%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.46%) DBS Check
4 10 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.52%) HNC
5 8 (2.52%) Network+ Certification
6 7 (2.20%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.89%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.26%) CCNA
9 4 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.26%) MCSA
10 3 (0.94%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.31%) CISA
11 1 (0.31%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.31%) NVQ Level 4
11 1 (0.31%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.31%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.03%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.20%) GDPR
4 6 (1.89%) SLA
5 5 (1.57%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.57%) QA
6 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 44 (13.84%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.66%) Docker
3 8 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.57%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.31%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 28 (8.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (5.97%) Terraform
3 18 (5.66%) Kubernetes
4 10 (3.14%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.20%) Cisco CUCM
6 5 (1.57%) Ansible
6 5 (1.57%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.26%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.26%) SCCM
8 3 (0.94%) Grafana
8 3 (0.94%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.94%) Rancher
9 2 (0.63%) cPanel
9 2 (0.63%) Plesk
9 2 (0.63%) Podman
10 1 (0.31%) Autotask
10 1 (0.31%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.31%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 99 (31.13%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.97%) SAP
3 13 (4.09%) Oracle
4 12 (3.77%) Cisco
5 10 (3.14%) VMware
6 8 (2.52%) New Relic
6 8 (2.52%) Splunk
7 7 (2.20%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.89%) Meraki
9 5 (1.57%) Apple
9 5 (1.57%) BiZZdesign
9 5 (1.57%) iManage
10 4 (1.26%) HubSpot
10 4 (1.26%) SonicWALL
10 4 (1.26%) Sophos
10 4 (1.26%) Ubiquiti
11 3 (0.94%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.63%) Adobe
12 2 (0.63%) Google
12 2 (0.63%) Salesforce