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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -17 +1 +16
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 363 429 683
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 6.08% 19.48% 12.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.42% 20.35% 15.37%
Number of salaries quoted 276 282 508
10th Percentile £28,125 £31,999 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,625 £38,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,507 £50,000 £48,367
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +3.38% -3.27%
75th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
North West median annual salary £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.26% +4.44% -8.05%

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 4,311 2,108 4,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.15% 95.73% 84.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,188 1,191 3,492
10th Percentile £32,845 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £81,250
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 31 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 31 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 £52,375 +4.75% 7
Salford -14 7 £48,350 +38.14% 8
Stockport -3 6 £40,000 +39.13% 10
Sale +5 4 £16,600 - 2
Bury +4 3 £37,500 - 3
Oldham +2 1 £69,973 +23.84% 2
Ashton-under-Lyne +2 1 £51,000 - 4
Wigan -2 1 £55,000 - 2
Altrincham -11 1 £50,000 -23.08% 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 28 (7.71%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.38%) Confluence
4 4 (1.10%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.10%) Moodle
4 4 (1.10%) Totara
5 2 (0.55%) Apache
5 2 (0.55%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.55%) IIS
6 1 (0.28%) nginx
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 20 (5.51%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.28%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) Simulink
5 1 (0.28%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 18 (4.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.58%) SAP ERP
3 4 (1.10%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.83%) Shopify
5 2 (0.55%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.55%) Magento
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 87 (23.97%) Azure
2 59 (16.25%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (13.50%) AWS
4 29 (7.99%) Power Platform
5 23 (6.34%) Entra ID
6 18 (4.96%) SaaS
7 17 (4.68%) GCP
8 14 (3.86%) Microsoft Purview
9 12 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (3.03%) GitHub
11 9 (2.48%) Serverless
12 8 (2.20%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (2.20%) OneDrive
13 7 (1.93%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Copilot
13 7 (1.93%) Power Automate
14 6 (1.65%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (1.65%) PowerApps
15 5 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.16%) Firewall
2 24 (6.61%) VLAN
3 23 (6.34%) DNS
4 21 (5.79%) DHCP
5 15 (4.13%) VoIP
6 13 (3.58%) VPN
7 12 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (3.03%) Structured Cabling
9 10 (2.75%) TCP/IP
10 7 (1.93%) Network Security
11 6 (1.65%) SAN
11 6 (1.65%) Telepresence
11 6 (1.65%) Unified Communications
11 6 (1.65%) WAN
11 6 (1.65%) WebEx
12 5 (1.38%) Broadband
12 5 (1.38%) LAN
13 3 (0.83%) Wireless
14 2 (0.55%) OSPF
14 2 (0.55%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.41%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.13%) Power BI
3 12 (3.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (2.75%) NoSQL
5 8 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.65%) Big Data
6 6 (1.65%) MySQL
7 5 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.38%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.55%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.55%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.55%) Power Query
9 2 (0.55%) Tableau
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 25 (6.89%) Git
2 13 (3.58%) JIRA
3 6 (1.65%) Bitbucket
3 6 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.38%) GitLab
5 1 (0.28%) Gemini Tracker
5 1 (0.28%) gulp
5 1 (0.28%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.28%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.28%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.28%) webpack
General
1 151 (41.60%) Social Skills
2 100 (27.55%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (21.21%) Finance
4 28 (7.71%) Law
4 28 (7.71%) Organisational Skills
5 23 (6.34%) Manufacturing
6 20 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (4.96%) Public Sector
7 18 (4.96%) Retail
8 14 (3.86%) Marketing
9 13 (3.58%) Telecoms
10 12 (3.31%) Legal
11 8 (2.20%) Advertising
12 5 (1.38%) Banking
12 5 (1.38%) Military
12 5 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.10%) Games
13 4 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.83%) French Language
14 3 (0.83%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 54 (14.88%) Senior
2 43 (11.85%) Analyst
3 41 (11.29%) Developer
4 28 (7.71%) IT Support
5 26 (7.16%) Software Engineer
6 23 (6.34%) Consultant
7 20 (5.51%) Support Engineer
8 17 (4.68%) Senior Developer
9 16 (4.41%) Lead
10 13 (3.58%) Administrator
10 13 (3.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (3.58%) IT Engineer
10 13 (3.58%) IT Support Engineer
10 13 (3.58%) Planning Manager
10 13 (3.58%) SAP Manager
11 12 (3.31%) Support Technician
11 12 (3.31%) Technology Consultant
12 11 (3.03%) IT Manager
13 10 (2.75%) Senior Analyst
13 10 (2.75%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.23%) HTML
1 19 (5.23%) React
2 17 (4.68%) .NET
2 17 (4.68%) CSS
3 14 (3.86%) Spring
3 14 (3.86%) Spring Boot
4 11 (3.03%) RESTful
4 11 (3.03%) Vue
5 10 (2.75%) EDI
5 10 (2.75%) REST
6 9 (2.48%) AngularJS
7 8 (2.20%) Next.js
7 8 (2.20%) Node.js
7 8 (2.20%) React Native
7 8 (2.20%) Ruby on Rails
7 8 (2.20%) Web Services
8 7 (1.93%) OAuth
8 7 (1.93%) OAuth2
9 4 (1.10%) ARM Templates
9 4 (1.10%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.47%) Driving Licence
2 28 (7.71%) Onboarding
3 23 (6.34%) Cloud Native
3 23 (6.34%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.86%) Mobile App
4 14 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.48%) CCTV
7 9 (2.48%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.48%) Social Media
8 8 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.93%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.65%) EPoS
11 5 (1.38%) FMCG
12 4 (1.10%) Clustering
12 4 (1.10%) e-Learning
12 4 (1.10%) Enterprise Storage
12 4 (1.10%) IoT
12 4 (1.10%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 62 (17.08%) Windows
2 30 (8.26%) Windows Server
3 27 (7.44%) Windows 10
4 9 (2.48%) Linux
5 7 (1.93%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.65%) Android
6 6 (1.65%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.38%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.83%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.83%) Unix
9 2 (0.55%) Solaris
10 1 (0.28%) CentOS
10 1 (0.28%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (21.76%) Continuous Improvement
2 65 (17.91%) Mentoring
3 64 (17.63%) Customer Service
4 61 (16.80%) Decision-Making
5 55 (15.15%) AI
6 54 (14.88%) Agile
7 53 (14.60%) CI/CD
8 52 (14.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 42 (11.57%) Software Engineering
10 40 (11.02%) DevOps
11 39 (10.74%) Roadmaps
12 34 (9.37%) Analytics
13 32 (8.82%) Test Automation
14 29 (7.99%) ERP
14 29 (7.99%) Process Improvement
14 29 (7.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 28 (7.71%) Business Continuity
16 26 (7.16%) Business Intelligence
16 26 (7.16%) User Experience
17 25 (6.89%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 64 (17.63%) SQL
2 61 (16.80%) Python
3 26 (7.16%) JavaScript
4 23 (6.34%) Java
5 22 (6.06%) C#
6 13 (3.58%) PowerShell
7 10 (2.75%) Bash
8 8 (2.20%) Kotlin
8 8 (2.20%) Ruby
9 7 (1.93%) PHP
9 7 (1.93%) T-SQL
9 7 (1.93%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.10%) Apex Code
10 4 (1.10%) Bicep
10 4 (1.10%) Scala
11 3 (0.83%) SOQL
11 3 (0.83%) SOSL
11 3 (0.83%) Swift
12 2 (0.55%) Go
12 2 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 41 (11.29%) Degree
2 24 (6.61%) Security Cleared
3 16 (4.41%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (2.75%) DBS Check
6 9 (2.48%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.20%) HNC
7 8 (2.20%) Network+ Certification
8 7 (1.93%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.93%) MCSA
9 6 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.83%) ACCA
11 3 (0.83%) CCNA
11 3 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.55%) CIMA
13 1 (0.28%) CCA
13 1 (0.28%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.06%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (2.48%) QA
3 8 (2.20%) SLA
4 7 (1.93%) GDPR
5 5 (1.38%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.28%) IFRS
7 1 (0.28%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 49 (13.50%) Active Directory
2 21 (5.79%) Docker
3 15 (4.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.10%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.83%) Firmware
5 3 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (6.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (6.06%) Kubernetes
3 18 (4.96%) Terraform
4 7 (1.93%) Grafana
4 7 (1.93%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.65%) Cisco CUCM
5 6 (1.65%) FortiGate
5 6 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.10%) Ansible
6 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Clustering
6 4 (1.10%) SCCM
7 3 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.55%) Argo
8 2 (0.55%) Nagios
8 2 (0.55%) Podman
8 2 (0.55%) Rancher
9 1 (0.28%) Autotask
9 1 (0.28%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.28%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 103 (28.37%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.23%) SAP
3 18 (4.96%) VMware
4 14 (3.86%) Oracle
5 10 (2.75%) Cisco
6 8 (2.20%) HubSpot
6 8 (2.20%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.65%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.38%) iManage
8 5 (1.38%) Meraki
8 5 (1.38%) New Relic
8 5 (1.38%) SonicWALL
8 5 (1.38%) Sophos
8 5 (1.38%) Splunk
9 4 (1.10%) Apple
10 3 (0.83%) Adobe
10 3 (0.83%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.83%) Ubiquiti
11 2 (0.55%) Databricks
11 2 (0.55%) IFS