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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -11 +1 +10
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 422 438 747
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 6.61% 17.60% 14.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.02% 19.00% 16.90%
Number of salaries quoted 327 293 472
10th Percentile £27,400 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £66,875 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,500 £76,000
North West median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% -

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 4,678 2,305 4,419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.31% 92.64% 82.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,709 1,329 3,191
10th Percentile £33,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.60%
75th Percentile £78,957 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £98,800 £87,550 £82,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.88% +0.11% -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 17 July 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 17 July 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 +3 25 £50,000 - 13
Ashton-under-Lyne +6 13 £51,000 - 4
Salford -12 7 £48,350 +38.14% 2
Stockport +2 6 £40,000 +23.08% 7
Sale +8 4 £16,600 - 1
Rochdale +3 4 £45,000 - 2
Altrincham -10 4 £33,114 -49.06% 4
Oldham +9 3 £67,500 +19.46% 4
Bury +3 1 £40,000 - 1
Wigan -1 1 £55,000 - 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 31 (7.35%) SharePoint
2 27 (6.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.61%) IIS
4 5 (1.18%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.18%) Confluence
5 4 (0.95%) Moodle
5 4 (0.95%) Totara
6 2 (0.47%) Apache
6 2 (0.47%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.47%) nginx
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 20 (4.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (4.27%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.47%) Windchill
5 1 (0.24%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.24%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 16 (3.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.08%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.95%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.71%) Shopify
5 2 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.47%) Magento
6 1 (0.24%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.24%) SAP ECC
6 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 98 (23.22%) Azure
2 69 (16.35%) Microsoft 365
3 68 (16.11%) AWS
4 34 (8.06%) Power Platform
5 20 (4.74%) GCP
6 19 (4.50%) Microsoft Copilot
7 18 (4.27%) Power Automate
7 18 (4.27%) PowerApps
8 14 (3.32%) Entra ID
8 14 (3.32%) SaaS
9 13 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (3.08%) GitHub
10 11 (2.61%) Serverless
11 9 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
11 9 (2.13%) OneDrive
12 7 (1.66%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (1.66%) Copilot Studio
12 7 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.18%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 33 (7.82%) Firewall
2 31 (7.35%) DNS
3 27 (6.40%) DHCP
4 22 (5.21%) TCP/IP
4 22 (5.21%) VLAN
5 16 (3.79%) VPN
6 14 (3.32%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (3.08%) Structured Cabling
7 13 (3.08%) VoIP
8 10 (2.37%) Network Security
9 7 (1.66%) WAN
10 6 (1.42%) Broadband
10 6 (1.42%) LAN
10 6 (1.42%) SAN
11 5 (1.18%) Wireless
12 4 (0.95%) BGP
12 4 (0.95%) OSPF
13 3 (0.71%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.71%) SNMP
14 2 (0.47%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.40%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.08%) Power BI
3 12 (2.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (2.13%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.66%) Big Data
8 6 (1.42%) MySQL
9 5 (1.18%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.95%) Neo4j
11 3 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.47%) KNIME
12 2 (0.47%) MS Access
12 2 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.47%) Power Query
12 2 (0.47%) Redis
12 2 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (5.69%) Git
2 12 (2.84%) JIRA
3 7 (1.66%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.95%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.95%) Cucumber
4 4 (0.95%) Cypress.io
4 4 (0.95%) GitLab
4 4 (0.95%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.24%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.24%) Gemini Tracker
5 1 (0.24%) gulp
5 1 (0.24%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.24%) webpack
General
1 166 (39.34%) Social Skills
2 102 (24.17%) Analytical Skills
3 66 (15.64%) Finance
4 34 (8.06%) Law
5 33 (7.82%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (6.87%) Manufacturing
7 18 (4.27%) Legal
7 18 (4.27%) Retail
8 16 (3.79%) Public Sector
9 15 (3.55%) Marketing
10 14 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.66%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.42%) Games
13 6 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.18%) Advertising
14 5 (1.18%) Military
14 5 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.95%) Banking
15 4 (0.95%) Billing
Job Titles
1 72 (17.06%) Senior
2 57 (13.51%) Developer
3 48 (11.37%) Analyst
4 31 (7.35%) Software Engineer
5 26 (6.16%) IT Support
6 25 (5.92%) Senior Developer
7 19 (4.50%) Lead
7 19 (4.50%) Support Engineer
8 18 (4.27%) Consultant
8 18 (4.27%) Support Technician
9 16 (3.79%) Senior Analyst
10 15 (3.55%) Administrator
11 13 (3.08%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 13 (3.08%) Planning Manager
12 12 (2.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (2.84%) IT Manager
13 11 (2.61%) IT Support Technician
13 11 (2.61%) IT Technician
13 11 (2.61%) SAP Manager
14 10 (2.37%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (8.29%) HTML
2 31 (7.35%) React
3 25 (5.92%) .NET
4 23 (5.45%) CSS
5 18 (4.27%) Vue
6 16 (3.79%) AngularJS
7 14 (3.32%) Spring
8 12 (2.84%) Spring Boot
9 11 (2.61%) Middleware
9 11 (2.61%) Next.js
9 11 (2.61%) Web Services
10 10 (2.37%) Node.js
10 10 (2.37%) React Native
10 10 (2.37%) REST
10 10 (2.37%) RESTful
11 8 (1.90%) Ruby on Rails
12 7 (1.66%) EDI
12 7 (1.66%) Microsoft Graph
13 6 (1.42%) HTML5 Canvas
13 6 (1.42%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.29%) Cloud Native
1 35 (8.29%) Driving Licence
2 34 (8.06%) Onboarding
3 23 (5.45%) Product Ownership
4 18 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (3.55%) Mobile App
7 13 (3.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 12 (2.84%) Data Centre
9 11 (2.61%) CCTV
10 9 (2.13%) Social Media
11 7 (1.66%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.66%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.18%) IoT
13 4 (0.95%) AI Agents
13 4 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.95%) Clustering
13 4 (0.95%) e-Learning
13 4 (0.95%) Enterprise Storage
13 4 (0.95%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 72 (17.06%) Windows
2 36 (8.53%) Windows Server
3 29 (6.87%) Windows 10
4 14 (3.32%) Linux
5 7 (1.66%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.42%) Android
6 6 (1.42%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.71%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.71%) Unix
9 2 (0.47%) Solaris
10 1 (0.24%) CentOS
10 1 (0.24%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (26.07%) Continuous Improvement
2 72 (17.06%) Agile
3 71 (16.82%) CI/CD
3 71 (16.82%) Mentoring
4 68 (16.11%) Customer Service
5 63 (14.93%) Decision-Making
6 61 (14.45%) AI
7 54 (12.80%) Software Engineering
8 50 (11.85%) DevOps
9 49 (11.61%) Stakeholder Management
10 47 (11.14%) Roadmaps
11 46 (10.90%) Analytics
12 36 (8.53%) Business Continuity
12 36 (8.53%) Test Automation
13 34 (8.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 33 (7.82%) ERP
15 31 (7.35%) Cybersecurity
16 30 (7.11%) CRM
17 28 (6.64%) Containerisation
17 28 (6.64%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 84 (19.91%) SQL
2 81 (19.19%) Python
3 45 (10.66%) JavaScript
4 32 (7.58%) C#
5 26 (6.16%) Java
6 24 (5.69%) PowerShell
7 16 (3.79%) Bash
7 16 (3.79%) TypeScript
8 12 (2.84%) PHP
9 8 (1.90%) Ruby
9 8 (1.90%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.42%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.18%) Bicep
12 4 (0.95%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.71%) Go
13 3 (0.71%) R
13 3 (0.71%) SOQL
13 3 (0.71%) SOSL
13 3 (0.71%) Swift
14 2 (0.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 54 (12.80%) Degree
2 37 (8.77%) Security Cleared
3 20 (4.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (4.03%) SC Cleared
5 14 (3.32%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.08%) DBS Check
7 10 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.90%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.90%) HNC
8 8 (1.90%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.66%) MCSA
10 6 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.18%) CCNA
11 5 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.95%) ACCA
12 4 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.71%) CCA
13 3 (0.71%) CIMA
13 3 (0.71%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.40%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.03%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.08%) QA
4 9 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.13%) SLA
5 8 (1.90%) GDPR
6 7 (1.66%) NIST
7 4 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.24%) IFRS
8 1 (0.24%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 48 (11.37%) Active Directory
2 32 (7.58%) Docker
3 28 (6.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (3.08%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.47%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 31 (7.35%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.79%) Terraform
3 15 (3.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (2.61%) Grafana
5 10 (2.37%) FortiGate
5 10 (2.37%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.66%) Ansible
7 4 (0.95%) Argo
7 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.71%) SCCM
9 2 (0.47%) Nagios
9 2 (0.47%) Podman
9 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.24%) Autotask
10 1 (0.24%) Istio
10 1 (0.24%) linkerd
10 1 (0.24%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.24%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 129 (30.57%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.58%) VMware
3 17 (4.03%) SAP
4 9 (2.13%) HubSpot
4 9 (2.13%) SonicWALL
4 9 (2.13%) Sophos
5 8 (1.90%) ServiceNow
6 7 (1.66%) Oracle
6 7 (1.66%) Tanium
7 6 (1.42%) Adobe
7 6 (1.42%) iManage
7 6 (1.42%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.18%) Databricks
8 5 (1.18%) Meraki
9 4 (0.95%) Apple
9 4 (0.95%) Cisco
9 4 (0.95%) Facebook
9 4 (0.95%) Sage
10 3 (0.71%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.71%) Veeam