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 22 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -14 +1 +12
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 396 431 801
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 6.41% 18.88% 13.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.88% 19.88% 16.31%
Number of salaries quoted 309 287 514
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,800 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
North West median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -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 4,459 2,168 4,912
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.14% 94.96% 82.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3,530 1,238 3,671
10th Percentile £32,775 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -7.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,258 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,475 £80,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% -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 22 June 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 22 June 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 21 £50,000 - 10
Ashton-under-Lyne +6 8 £47,500 - 5
Salford -14 7 £48,350 +38.14% 14
Stockport +4 6 £40,000 +28.00% 11
Sale +8 4 £16,600 -
Rochdale -1 3 £45,000 - 3
Altrincham -9 3 £26,228 -59.65% 3
Oldham +7 1 £69,973 +23.84% 6
Wigan -1 1 £55,000 - 2
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 (7.58%) SharePoint
2 26 (6.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.77%) IIS
4 5 (1.26%) Confluence
5 4 (1.01%) Moodle
5 4 (1.01%) Totara
6 3 (0.76%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.51%) Apache
7 2 (0.51%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.51%) nginx
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 20 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.26%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.51%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.51%) Windchill
5 1 (0.25%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.25%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 17 (4.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.28%) SAP ERP
3 4 (1.01%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.76%) Shopify
5 2 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.51%) Magento
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.25%) SAP ECC
6 1 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 91 (22.98%) Azure
2 64 (16.16%) Microsoft 365
3 63 (15.91%) AWS
4 31 (7.83%) Power Platform
5 19 (4.80%) GCP
6 15 (3.79%) Entra ID
7 14 (3.54%) Microsoft Copilot
7 14 (3.54%) SaaS
8 13 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (3.28%) GitHub
8 13 (3.28%) Power Automate
8 13 (3.28%) PowerApps
9 10 (2.53%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (2.53%) Serverless
10 7 (1.77%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (1.77%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (1.77%) OneDrive
11 5 (1.26%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.26%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 31 (7.83%) Firewall
2 29 (7.32%) DNS
3 25 (6.31%) DHCP
3 25 (6.31%) VLAN
4 17 (4.29%) TCP/IP
5 15 (3.79%) VPN
5 15 (3.79%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (3.54%) Structured Cabling
6 14 (3.54%) VoIP
7 10 (2.53%) Network Security
8 6 (1.52%) LAN
8 6 (1.52%) SAN
8 6 (1.52%) WAN
9 5 (1.26%) Broadband
9 5 (1.26%) Wireless
10 4 (1.01%) BGP
10 4 (1.01%) OSPF
11 2 (0.51%) MPLS
11 2 (0.51%) VRRP
11 2 (0.51%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.30%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.54%) Power BI
3 12 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (2.53%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.77%) Big Data
6 7 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.52%) MySQL
8 5 (1.26%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.76%) Neo4j
11 2 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.51%) KNIME
11 2 (0.51%) MS Access
11 2 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.51%) Power Query
11 2 (0.51%) Redis
11 2 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (6.82%) Git
2 12 (3.03%) JIRA
3 7 (1.77%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.26%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.26%) GitLab
5 3 (0.76%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.76%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.76%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.25%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.25%) Gemini Tracker
6 1 (0.25%) gulp
6 1 (0.25%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.25%) webpack
General
1 158 (39.90%) Social Skills
2 101 (25.51%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (17.17%) Finance
4 33 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
5 32 (8.08%) Law
6 28 (7.07%) Manufacturing
7 16 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (4.04%) Legal
7 16 (4.04%) Public Sector
7 16 (4.04%) Retail
8 15 (3.79%) Marketing
9 8 (2.02%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.26%) Advertising
12 5 (1.26%) Banking
12 5 (1.26%) Military
13 4 (1.01%) Billing
13 4 (1.01%) Games
Job Titles
1 58 (14.65%) Senior
2 50 (12.63%) Developer
3 45 (11.36%) Analyst
4 29 (7.32%) IT Support
5 28 (7.07%) Software Engineer
6 21 (5.30%) Consultant
7 20 (5.05%) Senior Developer
8 19 (4.80%) Lead
9 18 (4.55%) Support Engineer
10 17 (4.29%) Support Technician
11 15 (3.79%) Administrator
12 13 (3.28%) Planning Manager
12 13 (3.28%) Senior Analyst
13 12 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (3.03%) SAP Manager
14 11 (2.78%) IT Manager
15 10 (2.53%) IT Support Engineer
15 10 (2.53%) IT Support Technician
15 10 (2.53%) IT Technician
15 10 (2.53%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.07%) HTML
2 27 (6.82%) React
3 23 (5.81%) .NET
4 20 (5.05%) CSS
5 16 (4.04%) Vue
6 14 (3.54%) AngularJS
6 14 (3.54%) Spring
6 14 (3.54%) Spring Boot
7 11 (2.78%) Next.js
7 11 (2.78%) REST
8 10 (2.53%) EDI
8 10 (2.53%) Node.js
8 10 (2.53%) React Native
8 10 (2.53%) RESTful
8 10 (2.53%) Web Services
9 8 (2.02%) Ruby on Rails
10 7 (1.77%) Middleware
10 7 (1.77%) OAuth
10 7 (1.77%) OAuth2
11 5 (1.26%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 37 (9.34%) Driving Licence
2 32 (8.08%) Cloud Native
3 31 (7.83%) Onboarding
4 26 (6.57%) Product Ownership
5 18 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (4.29%) Mobile App
7 15 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (3.03%) Data Centre
9 10 (2.53%) CCTV
10 9 (2.27%) Social Media
11 8 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 7 (1.77%) Management Information System
13 6 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
14 5 (1.26%) EPoS
14 5 (1.26%) IoT
15 4 (1.01%) AI Agents
15 4 (1.01%) Clustering
15 4 (1.01%) e-Learning
15 4 (1.01%) Enterprise Storage
15 4 (1.01%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 69 (17.42%) Windows
2 34 (8.59%) Windows Server
3 31 (7.83%) Windows 10
4 12 (3.03%) Linux
5 7 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.52%) Android
6 6 (1.52%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.76%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.76%) Unix
9 2 (0.51%) Solaris
10 1 (0.25%) CentOS
10 1 (0.25%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (25.51%) Continuous Improvement
2 69 (17.42%) Customer Service
2 69 (17.42%) Mentoring
3 65 (16.41%) Agile
4 63 (15.91%) CI/CD
5 61 (15.40%) Decision-Making
6 58 (14.65%) AI
7 50 (12.63%) Stakeholder Management
8 47 (11.87%) Software Engineering
9 46 (11.62%) Roadmaps
10 45 (11.36%) DevOps
11 40 (10.10%) Analytics
12 36 (9.09%) Test Automation
13 33 (8.33%) ERP
14 31 (7.83%) Business Continuity
15 30 (7.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 29 (7.32%) CRM
17 27 (6.82%) Process Improvement
18 26 (6.57%) Cybersecurity
18 26 (6.57%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 76 (19.19%) SQL
2 75 (18.94%) Python
3 38 (9.60%) JavaScript
4 28 (7.07%) C#
5 27 (6.82%) Java
6 19 (4.80%) PowerShell
7 14 (3.54%) Bash
7 14 (3.54%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.53%) PHP
9 8 (2.02%) Kotlin
9 8 (2.02%) Ruby
9 8 (2.02%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.26%) Bicep
11 4 (1.01%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.76%) R
12 3 (0.76%) Scala
12 3 (0.76%) SOQL
12 3 (0.76%) SOSL
12 3 (0.76%) Swift
13 2 (0.51%) Go
Qualifications
1 49 (12.37%) Degree
2 31 (7.83%) Security Cleared
3 20 (5.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (4.29%) SC Cleared
5 10 (2.53%) DBS Check
5 10 (2.53%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.02%) HNC
8 7 (1.77%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.77%) MCSA
9 6 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.26%) CCNA
10 5 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.26%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.26%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (1.01%) ACCA
11 4 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.76%) CCA
12 3 (0.76%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.57%) Data Quality
2 11 (2.78%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.53%) QA
4 9 (2.27%) SLA
5 7 (1.77%) GDPR
6 6 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.76%) NIST
9 1 (0.25%) IFRS
9 1 (0.25%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 49 (12.37%) Active Directory
2 28 (7.07%) Docker
3 23 (5.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.02%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.51%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 29 (7.32%) Kubernetes
2 17 (4.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (4.04%) Terraform
4 9 (2.27%) FortiGate
4 9 (2.27%) Grafana
4 9 (2.27%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.52%) Ansible
6 4 (1.01%) Argo
6 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Clustering
6 4 (1.01%) SCCM
7 3 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.51%) Nagios
8 2 (0.51%) Podman
8 2 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.25%) Autotask
9 1 (0.25%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.25%) Istio
9 1 (0.25%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.25%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 119 (30.05%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.82%) VMware
3 18 (4.55%) SAP
4 10 (2.53%) HubSpot
4 10 (2.53%) Oracle
5 9 (2.27%) SonicWALL
5 9 (2.27%) Sophos
6 7 (1.77%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.52%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.26%) Adobe
8 5 (1.26%) Cisco
8 5 (1.26%) iManage
8 5 (1.26%) Meraki
9 4 (1.01%) Apple
10 3 (0.76%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.76%) Facebook
10 3 (0.76%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.76%) Sage
10 3 (0.76%) Ubiquiti
10 3 (0.76%) Veeam