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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 7 7
Rank change year-on-year -14 0 +15
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 376 430 796
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 6.24% 18.94% 13.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.75% 19.87% 16.54%
Number of salaries quoted 289 283 511
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,999 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
North West median annual salary £45,000 £46,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -6.25%

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 4,298 2,164 4,814
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 71.30% 95.33% 83.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,393 1,219 3,607
10th Percentile £33,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -9.19%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £92,500 £80,661
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 13 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 13 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 19 £50,000 - 13
Salford -10 7 £48,350 +38.14% 13
Stockport +4 6 £40,000 +33.33% 9
Ashton-under-Lyne +6 5 £51,000 - 5
Sale +8 4 £16,600 - 1
Altrincham -10 2 £38,114 -41.36% 6
Oldham +6 1 £69,973 +23.84% 3
Bury +5 1 £37,500 - 7
Wigan -1 1 £55,000 - 5
Rochdale -4 1 £45,000 - 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 29 (7.71%) SharePoint
2 21 (5.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.33%) Confluence
4 4 (1.06%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.06%) IIS
4 4 (1.06%) Moodle
4 4 (1.06%) Totara
5 2 (0.53%) Apache
5 2 (0.53%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.53%) nginx
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 19 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.27%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) Simulink
5 1 (0.27%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 16 (4.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.46%) SAP ERP
3 4 (1.06%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.80%) Shopify
5 2 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.53%) Magento
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 91 (24.20%) Azure
2 61 (16.22%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (15.43%) AWS
4 30 (7.98%) Power Platform
5 19 (5.05%) Entra ID
6 17 (4.52%) GCP
7 16 (4.26%) SaaS
8 13 (3.46%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (3.46%) GitHub
9 12 (3.19%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (2.93%) Microsoft Copilot
11 10 (2.66%) Power Automate
11 10 (2.66%) PowerApps
11 10 (2.66%) Serverless
12 7 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (1.86%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.86%) OneDrive
13 5 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 27 (7.18%) Firewall
2 25 (6.65%) DNS
3 23 (6.12%) VLAN
4 22 (5.85%) DHCP
5 14 (3.72%) VoIP
5 14 (3.72%) VPN
6 12 (3.19%) TCP/IP
6 12 (3.19%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (2.93%) Structured Cabling
8 7 (1.86%) Network Security
9 6 (1.60%) SAN
10 5 (1.33%) Broadband
10 5 (1.33%) LAN
10 5 (1.33%) WAN
11 4 (1.06%) Telepresence
11 4 (1.06%) Unified Communications
11 4 (1.06%) WebEx
11 4 (1.06%) Wireless
12 3 (0.80%) BGP
12 3 (0.80%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.52%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.72%) Power BI
3 12 (3.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (2.66%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.86%) Big Data
5 7 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.60%) MySQL
7 5 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.06%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.53%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.53%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.53%) Power Query
10 2 (0.53%) Tableau
11 1 (0.27%) Db2
11 1 (0.27%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 27 (7.18%) Git
2 12 (3.19%) JIRA
3 7 (1.86%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.33%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.33%) GitLab
5 2 (0.53%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.53%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.53%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.27%) Gemini Tracker
6 1 (0.27%) gulp
6 1 (0.27%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.27%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.27%) webpack
General
1 150 (39.89%) Social Skills
2 99 (26.33%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (18.35%) Finance
4 31 (8.24%) Law
5 28 (7.45%) Organisational Skills
6 25 (6.65%) Manufacturing
7 18 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (4.52%) Retail
9 16 (4.26%) Public Sector
10 14 (3.72%) Legal
10 14 (3.72%) Marketing
11 11 (2.93%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.60%) Advertising
13 5 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.33%) Military
14 4 (1.06%) Banking
14 4 (1.06%) Games
14 4 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.80%) Billing
Job Titles
1 56 (14.89%) Senior
2 46 (12.23%) Developer
3 44 (11.70%) Analyst
4 28 (7.45%) IT Support
5 26 (6.91%) Software Engineer
6 21 (5.59%) Consultant
7 19 (5.05%) Senior Developer
7 19 (5.05%) Support Engineer
8 17 (4.52%) Lead
9 14 (3.72%) Administrator
9 14 (3.72%) Support Technician
10 13 (3.46%) Planning Manager
11 12 (3.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (3.19%) IT Engineer
11 12 (3.19%) IT Support Engineer
11 12 (3.19%) SAP Manager
11 12 (3.19%) Senior Analyst
12 11 (2.93%) Technology Consultant
13 10 (2.66%) IT Manager
13 10 (2.66%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.38%) HTML
2 23 (6.12%) React
3 21 (5.59%) .NET
4 19 (5.05%) CSS
5 14 (3.72%) Spring
5 14 (3.72%) Spring Boot
5 14 (3.72%) Vue
6 12 (3.19%) AngularJS
7 11 (2.93%) REST
8 10 (2.66%) EDI
8 10 (2.66%) RESTful
9 9 (2.39%) Node.js
9 9 (2.39%) Web Services
10 8 (2.13%) Next.js
10 8 (2.13%) React Native
10 8 (2.13%) Ruby on Rails
11 7 (1.86%) OAuth
11 7 (1.86%) OAuth2
12 5 (1.33%) ARM Templates
12 5 (1.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.57%) Driving Licence
2 30 (7.98%) Onboarding
3 28 (7.45%) Cloud Native
4 24 (6.38%) Product Ownership
5 15 (3.99%) Mobile App
5 15 (3.99%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (2.66%) Data Centre
8 9 (2.39%) Social Media
9 8 (2.13%) CCTV
10 7 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.86%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.33%) EPoS
12 5 (1.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (1.06%) Clustering
13 4 (1.06%) e-Learning
13 4 (1.06%) Enterprise Storage
13 4 (1.06%) IoT
13 4 (1.06%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 65 (17.29%) Windows
2 31 (8.24%) Windows Server
3 28 (7.45%) Windows 10
4 11 (2.93%) Linux
5 7 (1.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.60%) Android
6 6 (1.60%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.33%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.80%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.80%) Unix
9 2 (0.53%) Solaris
10 1 (0.27%) CentOS
10 1 (0.27%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (24.47%) Continuous Improvement
2 66 (17.55%) Customer Service
3 65 (17.29%) Mentoring
4 61 (16.22%) Agile
5 60 (15.96%) CI/CD
5 60 (15.96%) Decision-Making
6 57 (15.16%) AI
7 51 (13.56%) Stakeholder Management
8 44 (11.70%) DevOps
8 44 (11.70%) Software Engineering
9 41 (10.90%) Roadmaps
10 37 (9.84%) Analytics
11 34 (9.04%) Test Automation
12 31 (8.24%) ERP
13 30 (7.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 29 (7.71%) Business Continuity
14 29 (7.71%) Process Improvement
15 27 (7.18%) CRM
16 26 (6.91%) Cybersecurity
17 25 (6.65%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 70 (18.62%) Python
2 67 (17.82%) SQL
3 33 (8.78%) JavaScript
4 26 (6.91%) C#
4 26 (6.91%) Java
5 16 (4.26%) PowerShell
6 13 (3.46%) Bash
7 9 (2.39%) PHP
7 9 (2.39%) TypeScript
8 8 (2.13%) Kotlin
8 8 (2.13%) Ruby
9 7 (1.86%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.33%) Bicep
11 4 (1.06%) Apex Code
11 4 (1.06%) Scala
12 3 (0.80%) SOQL
12 3 (0.80%) SOSL
12 3 (0.80%) Swift
13 2 (0.53%) Go
13 2 (0.53%) R
Qualifications
1 44 (11.70%) Degree
2 29 (7.71%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.52%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (2.66%) DBS Check
5 10 (2.66%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.13%) HNC
7 7 (1.86%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.86%) MCSA
7 7 (1.86%) Network+ Certification
8 6 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.06%) ACCA
9 4 (1.06%) CCNA
9 4 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (0.80%) CIMA
11 2 (0.53%) CCA
11 2 (0.53%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.38%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.39%) QA
2 9 (2.39%) SLA
3 8 (2.13%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (1.86%) GDPR
5 4 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.53%) NIST
7 1 (0.27%) IFRS
7 1 (0.27%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 48 (12.77%) Active Directory
2 26 (6.91%) Docker
3 18 (4.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.60%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.53%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 26 (6.91%) Kubernetes
2 21 (5.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (4.79%) Terraform
4 9 (2.39%) Grafana
4 9 (2.39%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.60%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.33%) Ansible
7 4 (1.06%) Argo
7 4 (1.06%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Clustering
7 4 (1.06%) SCCM
7 4 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.53%) Nagios
9 2 (0.53%) Podman
10 1 (0.27%) Autotask
10 1 (0.27%) Istio
10 1 (0.27%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.27%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.27%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 110 (29.26%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.59%) VMware
3 17 (4.52%) SAP
4 13 (3.46%) Oracle
5 9 (2.39%) HubSpot
6 8 (2.13%) Cisco
7 7 (1.86%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.60%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.60%) SonicWALL
8 6 (1.60%) Sophos
9 5 (1.33%) iManage
9 5 (1.33%) Meraki
10 4 (1.06%) Adobe
10 4 (1.06%) Apple
11 3 (0.80%) New Relic
11 3 (0.80%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.80%) Splunk
11 3 (0.80%) Ubiquiti
12 2 (0.53%) Databricks
12 2 (0.53%) IFS