Problem-Solving Jobs in Manchester

Problem Solving
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 22 12
Rank change year-on-year +14 -10 +5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 696 547 833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 13.65% 10.87% 14.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.73% 11.25% 15.31%
Number of salaries quoted 506 294 399
10th Percentile £27,250 £24,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £37,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,875 £65,720
90th Percentile £78,500 £79,625 £85,000
North West median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,744
% change year-on-year -5.26% +3.84% +1.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,424 4,862 5,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 86.76% 96.66% 96.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3,392 2,586 3,647
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,389
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Manchester

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Manchester.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Manchester

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Manchester over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +25 31 £57,500 +15.00% 9
Stockport +28 22 £50,000 +42.86% 22
Oldham +30 16 £27,500 -45.00% 7
Rochdale +16 7 £45,000 +18.42% 1
Bury +7 5 £50,000 - 2
Altrincham -3 5 £45,000 +42.86%
Sale +4 4 £29,000 - 3
Cheadle -7 3 £35,000 +59.09% 2
Stalybridge - 3 £47,500 -
Wigan -2 1 - - 4
Salford -3 1 £45,000 -10.00% 8
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 £22,000 -
Problem-Solving
North West

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (2.59%) CMS
2 14 (2.01%) Apache
3 12 (1.72%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.58%) ArcGIS
5 9 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (1.01%) IIS
6 7 (1.01%) OpenEdge
7 6 (0.86%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.72%) WordPress
9 4 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.57%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 4 (0.57%) Skype for Business
10 3 (0.43%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.43%) JBoss
10 3 (0.43%) Moodle
10 3 (0.43%) Red Hat Fuse
11 2 (0.29%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.29%) Confluence
12 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 65 (9.34%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (5.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.44%) Sketch
5 6 (0.86%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.14%) InVision
6 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.14%) Trello
6 1 (0.14%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 14 (2.01%) Dynamics CRM
1 14 (2.01%) Magento
2 13 (1.87%) Infor SunSystems
2 13 (1.87%) iTrent
2 13 (1.87%) Shopify
3 3 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.14%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 126 (18.10%) Azure
2 61 (8.76%) AWS
3 47 (6.75%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (4.89%) Power Platform
5 25 (3.59%) GCP
6 22 (3.16%) SaaS
7 20 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (2.59%) Serverless
10 17 (2.44%) Amazon S3
11 12 (1.72%) GitHub
12 11 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (1.44%) Figma
14 9 (1.29%) Entra ID
14 9 (1.29%) Heroku
15 7 (1.01%) AWS Lambda
15 7 (1.01%) Snowflake
16 6 (0.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 6 (0.86%) Azure Functions
16 6 (0.86%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 44 (6.32%) Firewall
2 21 (3.02%) Wireless
3 20 (2.87%) Wi-Fi
4 19 (2.73%) LAN
5 17 (2.44%) DNS
5 17 (2.44%) VoIP
6 15 (2.16%) Network Security
6 15 (2.16%) VPN
7 14 (2.01%) TCP/IP
8 13 (1.87%) Internet
9 9 (1.29%) DHCP
9 9 (1.29%) WAN
10 8 (1.15%) PBX
11 7 (1.01%) SAN
12 6 (0.86%) VLAN
13 5 (0.72%) IPsec
13 5 (0.72%) NAS
13 5 (0.72%) SNMP
14 4 (0.57%) Ethernet
14 4 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (8.76%) SQL Server
2 32 (4.60%) MySQL
3 28 (4.02%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (3.45%) Relational Database
5 23 (3.30%) Power BI
6 20 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (2.44%) MongoDB
8 16 (2.30%) BigQuery
8 16 (2.30%) Looker
8 16 (2.30%) Tableau
9 13 (1.87%) BusinessObjects
10 11 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (1.58%) GIS
10 11 (1.58%) Redis
11 9 (1.29%) Geospatial Data
11 9 (1.29%) RDBMS
12 7 (1.01%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.86%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.86%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 49 (7.04%) Git
2 19 (2.73%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.44%) JIRA
4 7 (1.01%) GitLab
5 6 (0.86%) Cypress.io
5 6 (0.86%) Eclipse
6 5 (0.72%) Jasmine
7 4 (0.57%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.57%) Postman
7 4 (0.57%) Subversion
8 3 (0.43%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.43%) JDeveloper
8 3 (0.43%) webpack
9 2 (0.29%) Selenium
9 2 (0.29%) Spinnaker
10 1 (0.14%) Axure RP
10 1 (0.14%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 369 (53.02%) Social Skills
2 224 (32.18%) Analytical Skills
3 146 (20.98%) Finance
4 48 (6.90%) Retail
5 43 (6.18%) Legal
5 43 (6.18%) Public Sector
6 38 (5.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 37 (5.32%) Organisational Skills
8 29 (4.17%) Law
9 28 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (3.45%) Banking
10 24 (3.45%) Marketing
11 20 (2.87%) Billing
12 19 (2.73%) Telecoms
13 14 (2.01%) Local Government
14 11 (1.58%) Automotive
15 9 (1.29%) Games
16 8 (1.15%) Back Office
16 8 (1.15%) Manufacturing
17 7 (1.01%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 104 (14.94%) Developer
2 103 (14.80%) Analyst
3 94 (13.51%) Senior
4 70 (10.06%) Software Engineer
5 47 (6.75%) Lead
6 32 (4.60%) Architect
7 29 (4.17%) Consultant
7 29 (4.17%) IT Support
8 24 (3.45%) Business Analyst
8 24 (3.45%) Senior Software Engineer
9 23 (3.30%) Data Engineer
10 22 (3.16%) Financial Analyst
10 22 (3.16%) Project Manager
10 22 (3.16%) Systems Analyst
11 19 (2.73%) IT Manager
12 18 (2.59%) Solutions Architect
12 18 (2.59%) Support Analyst
13 17 (2.44%) Applications Support
13 17 (2.44%) Designer
13 17 (2.44%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (10.78%) HTML
2 69 (9.91%) .NET
3 67 (9.63%) CSS
4 38 (5.46%) AngularJS
4 38 (5.46%) React
5 25 (3.59%) RESTful
6 22 (3.16%) Node.js
7 20 (2.87%) .NET Core
8 18 (2.59%) RabbitMQ
9 17 (2.44%) Vue
10 15 (2.16%) .NET Framework
11 14 (2.01%) ASP.NET
11 14 (2.01%) XML
12 13 (1.87%) Sass
13 12 (1.72%) JSON
13 12 (1.72%) Spring
14 11 (1.58%) GraphQL
14 11 (1.58%) HTML5
15 9 (1.29%) Apache NiFi
15 9 (1.29%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (3.74%) Management Information System
3 23 (3.30%) Driving Licence
4 18 (2.59%) NHS
4 18 (2.59%) Product Ownership
5 16 (2.30%) EPoS
6 14 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (2.01%) Housing Association
6 14 (2.01%) Mobile App
7 12 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
8 11 (1.58%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.58%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.44%) CCTV
10 9 (1.29%) Embedded Systems
11 8 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
11 8 (1.15%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.01%) Cloud Native
12 7 (1.01%) Cyberattack
13 6 (0.86%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 111 (15.95%) Windows
2 50 (7.18%) Linux
3 35 (5.03%) Windows Server
4 18 (2.59%) Windows 10
4 18 (2.59%) Windows Vista
5 13 (1.87%) Android
5 13 (1.87%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (1.01%) Windows 8
7 7 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (0.72%) Data ONTAP
10 4 (0.57%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.57%) VMS
11 3 (0.43%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.14%) CentOS
13 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (19.40%) Agile
2 116 (16.67%) Project Management
3 104 (14.94%) Customer Service
4 88 (12.64%) Software Engineering
5 86 (12.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 83 (11.93%) Decision-Making
7 81 (11.64%) Mentoring
8 80 (11.49%) DevOps
9 76 (10.92%) Computer Science
10 66 (9.48%) Analytics
11 65 (9.34%) User Experience
12 63 (9.05%) Coaching
13 59 (8.48%) Actionable Insight
14 56 (8.05%) Business Intelligence
15 47 (6.75%) Collaborative Working
16 46 (6.61%) Stakeholder Management
17 44 (6.32%) ITIL
18 42 (6.03%) Time Management
19 38 (5.46%) E-Commerce
20 37 (5.32%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 85 (12.21%) JavaScript
2 81 (11.64%) Python
3 79 (11.35%) SQL
4 70 (10.06%) C#
5 48 (6.90%) Java
6 23 (3.30%) PHP
7 14 (2.01%) TypeScript
8 12 (1.72%) C++
9 11 (1.58%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.29%) T-SQL
11 8 (1.15%) C
12 7 (1.01%) Embedded C
12 7 (1.01%) Rust
12 7 (1.01%) Swift
13 6 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.86%) Ruby
13 6 (0.86%) VB
14 5 (0.72%) Objective-C
14 5 (0.72%) VB.NET
14 5 (0.72%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 153 (21.98%) Degree
2 53 (7.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 36 (5.17%) Security Cleared
4 29 (4.17%) Master's Degree
5 26 (3.74%) SC Cleared
6 24 (3.45%) ACCA
7 21 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (1.87%) HND
10 12 (1.72%) CCNA
11 11 (1.58%) DBS Check
12 9 (1.29%) CCNP
12 9 (1.29%) DV Cleared
13 7 (1.01%) HNC
14 6 (0.86%) CISA
14 6 (0.86%) MCSA
15 5 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.72%) CEH
15 5 (0.72%) CFA
15 5 (0.72%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.74%) SLA
2 32 (4.60%) GDPR
3 28 (4.02%) QA
4 22 (3.16%) Data Quality
5 17 (2.44%) Accessibility
6 14 (2.01%) GAAP
6 14 (2.01%) IFRS
7 12 (1.72%) NIST
8 11 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 10 (1.44%) PMO
10 6 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.72%) WCAG
12 4 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.43%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.43%) NCSC
13 3 (0.43%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.14%) GxP
14 1 (0.14%) NEBOSH
14 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 39 (5.60%) Active Directory
2 35 (5.03%) Docker
3 22 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.72%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.29%) Terminal Services
6 5 (0.72%) Firmware
7 2 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.14%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.14%) Postfix
8 1 (0.14%) Snort
8 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (2.73%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.30%) Terraform
3 11 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.29%) Ansible
5 6 (0.86%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.72%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.43%) SELinux
8 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.14%) Grafana
9 1 (0.14%) Icinga
9 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.14%) Nagios
9 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.14%) SCCM
9 1 (0.14%) WMI
Vendors
1 141 (20.26%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.74%) Cisco
2 26 (3.74%) VMware
3 25 (3.59%) Oracle
4 22 (3.16%) SAP
5 20 (2.87%) CA
5 20 (2.87%) Google
6 13 (1.87%) Adobe
6 13 (1.87%) Infor
7 11 (1.58%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.44%) NetApp
9 9 (1.29%) Facebook
9 9 (1.29%) IBM
10 7 (1.01%) F5
10 7 (1.01%) HP
10 7 (1.01%) Progress
10 7 (1.01%) Splunk
11 6 (0.86%) Actuate
11 6 (0.86%) Avaya
11 6 (0.86%) Juniper