Problem-Solving Jobs in Merseyside

Problem Solving
North West > Merseyside

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 25 7
Rank change year-on-year +14 -18 +13
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 151 110 169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 11.64% 10.10% 14.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.44% 10.93% 15.60%
Number of salaries quoted 86 50 88
10th Percentile £26,250 £22,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,987 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,375 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +7.10% +1.25%
75th Percentile £49,250 £56,375 £54,119
90th Percentile £51,500 £65,030 £67,500
North West median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% +2.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,046 1,006 1,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 80.65% 92.38% 92.88%
Number of salaries quoted 719 435 682
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,100 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,041
Median % change year-on-year - -0.09% +5.98%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £62,827
90th Percentile £75,154 £71,250 £75,000
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 Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Merseyside

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Merseyside

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Merseyside over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Merseyside

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 26 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
Liverpool +10 139 £40,000 -9.60% 52
St Helens - 4 - - 3
Birkenhead -2 3 - - 3
Problem-Solving
North West

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 5 (3.31%) Apache
1 5 (3.31%) Confluence
2 4 (2.65%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.99%) CMS
3 3 (1.99%) IIS
3 3 (1.99%) Umbraco
4 2 (1.32%) JBoss
4 2 (1.32%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.66%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.65%) Sketch
3 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.99%) SAP IBP
2 2 (1.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 21 (13.91%) Azure
2 12 (7.95%) AWS
3 10 (6.62%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (6.62%) Power Platform
3 10 (6.62%) SaaS
4 6 (3.97%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (3.31%) Amazon S3
5 5 (3.31%) Serverless
5 5 (3.31%) Snowflake
6 4 (2.65%) Figma
6 4 (2.65%) Heroku
6 4 (2.65%) Miro
7 3 (1.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.99%) GCP
7 3 (1.99%) Matillion
8 1 (0.66%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.66%) GitHub
8 1 (0.66%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.66%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.30%) Firewall
1 8 (5.30%) IPsec
1 8 (5.30%) VPN
2 5 (3.31%) Internet
2 5 (3.31%) SNMP
3 3 (1.99%) BGP
3 3 (1.99%) DHCP
3 3 (1.99%) DNS
3 3 (1.99%) HSRP
3 3 (1.99%) Intranet
3 3 (1.99%) LAN
3 3 (1.99%) MPLS
3 3 (1.99%) OSPF
3 3 (1.99%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.99%) VLAN
3 3 (1.99%) VRRP
3 3 (1.99%) WAN
4 2 (1.32%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.28%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.62%) Power BI
3 8 (5.30%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (3.31%) MongoDB
4 5 (3.31%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.65%) MySQL
5 4 (2.65%) Oracle Database
5 4 (2.65%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.99%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.99%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.99%) Looker
6 3 (1.99%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.99%) Star Schema
7 2 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.66%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.66%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.66%) MS Access
8 1 (0.66%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (7.28%) Git
2 9 (5.96%) JIRA
3 3 (1.99%) GitLab
3 3 (1.99%) JDeveloper
4 2 (1.32%) IntelliJ
4 2 (1.32%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.66%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.66%) JUnit
General
1 72 (47.68%) Social Skills
2 40 (26.49%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (22.52%) Finance
4 16 (10.60%) Legal
5 14 (9.27%) Law
5 14 (9.27%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (4.64%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.97%) Marketing
7 6 (3.97%) Retail
8 4 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.99%) French Language
9 3 (1.99%) Italian Language
9 3 (1.99%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.99%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.66%) Banking
10 1 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.66%) Electronics
10 1 (0.66%) Police
10 1 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (17.22%) Analyst
2 20 (13.25%) Developer
3 16 (10.60%) Senior
4 11 (7.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (6.62%) Project Manager
6 9 (5.96%) Architect
7 8 (5.30%) Presales Solution Architect
7 8 (5.30%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.64%) Consultant
8 7 (4.64%) IT Manager
8 7 (4.64%) Security Manager
8 7 (4.64%) Systems Manager
9 6 (3.97%) Applications Support
9 6 (3.97%) Data Engineer
9 6 (3.97%) Software Engineer
10 5 (3.31%) Business Analyst
10 5 (3.31%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 5 (3.31%) Lead
10 5 (3.31%) NetApp Consultant
10 5 (3.31%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.93%) HTML
2 13 (8.61%) CSS
3 11 (7.28%) Node.js
4 10 (6.62%) AngularJS
5 8 (5.30%) .NET
5 8 (5.30%) React
6 6 (3.97%) RESTful
6 6 (3.97%) SOAP
6 6 (3.97%) Spring
6 6 (3.97%) Vue
7 5 (3.31%) Express.js
7 5 (3.31%) HTML5
7 5 (3.31%) jQuery
7 5 (3.31%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (3.31%) YAML
8 4 (2.65%) .NET Framework
8 4 (2.65%) REST
9 3 (1.99%) GraphQL
9 3 (1.99%) JSON
9 3 (1.99%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.62%) Algorithms
1 10 (6.62%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (5.96%) Data Centre
3 7 (4.64%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (4.64%) Cyberattack
3 7 (4.64%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.64%) Security Posture
4 4 (2.65%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.99%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.99%) NHS
6 2 (1.32%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.32%) e-Health
6 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.32%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.66%) CCTV
7 1 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.66%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (0.66%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 17 (11.26%) Windows
2 6 (3.97%) Linux
2 6 (3.97%) Mac OS
3 5 (3.31%) Data ONTAP
4 2 (1.32%) Android
4 2 (1.32%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.66%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.66%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.66%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (21.85%) Agile
2 30 (19.87%) Actionable Insight
3 26 (17.22%) Project Management
3 26 (17.22%) Roadmaps
4 22 (14.57%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (13.25%) Analytics
5 20 (13.25%) Coaching
6 16 (10.60%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (10.60%) Decision-Making
7 15 (9.93%) DevOps
7 15 (9.93%) IT Strategy
8 14 (9.27%) ITIL
9 13 (8.61%) Business Analysis
9 13 (8.61%) Business Intelligence
9 13 (8.61%) Information Security
9 13 (8.61%) SDLC
9 13 (8.61%) Web Development
10 12 (7.95%) Customer Service
11 11 (7.28%) Clean Code
11 11 (7.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 31 (20.53%) SQL
2 16 (10.60%) Python
3 15 (9.93%) JavaScript
4 12 (7.95%) C#
5 11 (7.28%) Java
6 5 (3.31%) T-SQL
7 4 (2.65%) PHP
7 4 (2.65%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.65%) Ruby
8 3 (1.99%) Bash
8 3 (1.99%) Go
8 3 (1.99%) Perl
8 3 (1.99%) R
9 2 (1.32%) C
9 2 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.66%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.66%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 25 (16.56%) Security Cleared
2 22 (14.57%) SC Cleared
3 21 (13.91%) Degree
4 3 (1.99%) CCNA
4 3 (1.99%) CCNP
4 3 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.99%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.66%) HNC
6 1 (0.66%) HND
6 1 (0.66%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (14.57%) QA
2 8 (5.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (5.30%) PMO
3 7 (4.64%) Accessibility
3 7 (4.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 7 (4.64%) NIST
3 7 (4.64%) SLA
3 7 (4.64%) WCAG
4 6 (3.97%) GDPR
5 3 (1.99%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.32%) HL7
System Software
1 12 (7.95%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.97%) Docker
4 1 (0.66%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (4.64%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.31%) Ansible
2 5 (3.31%) Prometheus
2 5 (3.31%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.66%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (15.89%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.62%) VMware
3 9 (5.96%) Oracle
3 9 (5.96%) SAP
4 7 (4.64%) Google
5 5 (3.31%) NetApp
5 5 (3.31%) Palo Alto
5 5 (3.31%) Red Hat
5 5 (3.31%) SolidFire
6 4 (2.65%) Ahrefs
6 4 (2.65%) Screaming Frog
7 3 (1.99%) Cisco
7 3 (1.99%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.99%) HP
7 3 (1.99%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.32%) iManage
8 2 (1.32%) Progress
9 1 (0.66%) DocuSign
9 1 (0.66%) IBM
9 1 (0.66%) Veeam