Problem-Solving Job Trends in the North East

Problem Solving
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 3 7
Rank change year-on-year -15 +4 +15
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 205 154 239
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 7.49% 17.78% 14.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.27% 21.51% 18.04%
Number of salaries quoted 159 99 177
10th Percentile £29,250 £24,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £25,194 £24,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -6.25% -0.62%
75th Percentile £69,390 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £65,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,997 716 1,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 72.94% 82.68% 80.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,500 461 993
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £28,188 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £71,106 £62,500 £62,200
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,250 £74,550
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,185 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.79% +2.16% -11.29%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in the North East

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North East over the 6 months to 29 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the North East

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the North East region over the 6 months to 29 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
Tyne and Wear -13 175 £52,500 +34.27% 87
Durham -10 23 £37,000 +8.42% 20
Cleveland +3 4 - - 3
Northumberland -3 2 - - 12
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 13 (6.34%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (3.41%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.44%) CMS
3 5 (2.44%) WordPress
4 4 (1.95%) Confluence
5 3 (1.46%) Apache
5 3 (1.46%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.46%) Jupyter
5 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.49%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.49%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (4.39%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.44%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.98%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 4 (1.95%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.49%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.49%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 44 (21.46%) AWS
2 37 (18.05%) Azure
3 17 (8.29%) Power Platform
4 16 (7.80%) GCP
4 16 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (7.80%) Serverless
5 11 (5.37%) Amazon S3
6 8 (3.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 8 (3.90%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (3.41%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (3.41%) Amazon ECS
8 6 (2.93%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (2.44%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.95%) Amazon ECR
10 4 (1.95%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.95%) GitHub
11 3 (1.46%) Amazon EMR
11 3 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.46%) Vertex AI
12 2 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.88%) Broadband
2 7 (3.41%) LAN
2 7 (3.41%) VPN
2 7 (3.41%) WAN
2 7 (3.41%) Wireless
3 6 (2.93%) DHCP
3 6 (2.93%) DNS
4 5 (2.44%) Network Security
4 5 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.95%) Firewall
6 3 (1.46%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.98%) VLAN
7 2 (0.98%) WLAN
8 1 (0.49%) DSLAM
8 1 (0.49%) Intranet
8 1 (0.49%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.80%) Power BI
2 14 (6.83%) SQL Server
3 12 (5.85%) MySQL
4 8 (3.90%) Tableau
5 7 (3.41%) Big Data
5 7 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (3.41%) NoSQL
6 6 (2.93%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (2.44%) DynamoDB
7 5 (2.44%) Metadata
7 5 (2.44%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.95%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.46%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.98%) Redis
10 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.49%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.49%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.49%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 9 (4.39%) Git
2 7 (3.41%) GitLab
3 6 (2.93%) JIRA
4 3 (1.46%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.98%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.98%) MLflow
5 2 (0.98%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.49%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.49%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.49%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.49%) Zephyr
General
1 82 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 46 (22.44%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (17.56%) Finance
4 33 (16.10%) Public Sector
5 19 (9.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (7.32%) Banking
6 15 (7.32%) Law
7 13 (6.34%) Legal
8 10 (4.88%) Games
8 10 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (4.39%) Marketing
10 6 (2.93%) Electronics
11 4 (1.95%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.95%) Tech for Good
12 3 (1.46%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.46%) Retail
13 2 (0.98%) Advertising
13 2 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.98%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 30 (14.63%) Developer
2 23 (11.22%) Analyst
2 23 (11.22%) Data Engineer
3 21 (10.24%) Senior
4 19 (9.27%) IT Support
5 17 (8.29%) Lead
6 14 (6.83%) Software Developer
7 13 (6.34%) Business Analyst
8 12 (5.85%) Architect
9 11 (5.37%) IT Technician
10 10 (4.88%) Customer Service Advisor
10 10 (4.88%) IT Support Technician
10 10 (4.88%) Software Engineer
10 10 (4.88%) Support Technician
11 9 (4.39%) Lead Data Engineer
11 9 (4.39%) Python Data Engineer
11 9 (4.39%) Python Engineer
12 8 (3.90%) Digital Transformation
13 6 (2.93%) Applications Support
13 6 (2.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.34%) .NET
2 11 (5.37%) Node.js
3 10 (4.88%) React
4 9 (4.39%) CSS
4 9 (4.39%) HTML
5 4 (1.95%) REST
6 3 (1.46%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.46%) AWS CDK
6 3 (1.46%) Bootstrap
6 3 (1.46%) LangChain
6 3 (1.46%) SignalR
6 3 (1.46%) WebSockets
7 2 (0.98%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.98%) CSS3
7 2 (0.98%) HTML5
7 2 (0.98%) PySpark
7 2 (0.98%) React Native
7 2 (0.98%) TensorFlow
7 2 (0.98%) Vue
7 2 (0.98%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.83%) Cloud Native
2 10 (4.88%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.39%) Distributed Computing
4 7 (3.41%) Algorithms
4 7 (3.41%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (2.93%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.93%) Replication
5 6 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.44%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.44%) Hedge funds
7 4 (1.95%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.95%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.95%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (1.95%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.95%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.95%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.95%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.46%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.80%) Windows
2 11 (5.37%) Linux
3 6 (2.93%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.44%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.95%) Android
6 2 (0.98%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.98%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.98%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.98%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (28.78%) Agile
2 53 (25.85%) Continuous Improvement
3 31 (15.12%) CI/CD
4 29 (14.15%) Customer Service
5 26 (12.68%) AI
5 26 (12.68%) Analytics
5 26 (12.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 26 (12.68%) Validation
6 25 (12.20%) DevOps
7 24 (11.71%) Coaching
8 23 (11.22%) Mentoring
9 20 (9.76%) Software Engineering
10 19 (9.27%) Data Modelling
10 19 (9.27%) Decision-Making
11 18 (8.78%) Business Intelligence
12 17 (8.29%) Infrastructure as Code
13 16 (7.80%) Computer Science
13 16 (7.80%) Data Pipeline
14 15 (7.32%) SDLC
14 15 (7.32%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 45 (21.95%) Python
2 44 (21.46%) SQL
3 15 (7.32%) C#
3 15 (7.32%) TypeScript
4 11 (5.37%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.39%) Java
6 8 (3.90%) Shell Script
7 6 (2.93%) Bash
8 5 (2.44%) C++
9 4 (1.95%) PHP
10 3 (1.46%) Go
11 2 (0.98%) C
11 2 (0.98%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.98%) VB
12 1 (0.49%) RPG
12 1 (0.49%) RPG IV
12 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (13.66%) Degree
2 21 (10.24%) SC Cleared
2 21 (10.24%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.90%) PMI Certification
4 7 (3.41%) PMP
5 6 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.44%) ISEB
7 4 (1.95%) HNC
7 4 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.46%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.46%) CCSP
8 3 (1.46%) CISM
8 3 (1.46%) CISSP
9 2 (0.98%) APMP
9 2 (0.98%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.98%) CAPM
9 2 (0.98%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.27%) Data Quality
2 16 (7.80%) QA
3 10 (4.88%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.44%) GDPR
5 4 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.46%) NIST
6 3 (1.46%) WCAG
7 2 (0.98%) PMO
8 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.49%) NCSC
8 1 (0.49%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (8.78%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.37%) Docker
3 8 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.95%) Firmware
5 3 (1.46%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.98%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (7.32%) Terraform
2 5 (2.44%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.98%) Ansible
3 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.98%) SCCM
3 2 (0.98%) WSUS
4 1 (0.49%) CloudHub
4 1 (0.49%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.49%) Puppet
4 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (20.98%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.27%) Databricks
3 10 (4.88%) BT
3 10 (4.88%) VMware
4 5 (2.44%) Oracle
5 4 (1.95%) Apple
5 4 (1.95%) Sage
5 4 (1.95%) Xero
6 3 (1.46%) ANSYS
6 3 (1.46%) Foundry
6 3 (1.46%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.46%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.98%) Aruba
7 2 (0.98%) Cisco
7 2 (0.98%) IBM
7 2 (0.98%) Infor
7 2 (0.98%) MuleSoft
7 2 (0.98%) Samsung
8 1 (0.49%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.49%) Spotify