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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 10 5
Rank change year-on-year +6 -5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 365 124 221
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 10.44% 12.84% 15.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.62% 15.64% 20.04%
Number of salaries quoted 257 94 115
10th Percentile £28,913 £24,650 -
25th Percentile £36,250 £25,087 £24,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £33,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +49.25% +3.08% -22.03%
75th Percentile £65,000 £47,500 £52,875
90th Percentile £87,000 £65,000 £84,964
England median annual salary £46,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -14.29% -4.55%

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 2,497 793 1,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 71.44% 82.09% 79.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,841 479 602
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,086 £25,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £28,188 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £43,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.44% -5.43% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £93,634 £73,852 £79,103
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -2 277 £50,500 +44.29% 189
Durham +25 75 £31,000 +10.71% 40
Northumberland +1 9 £55,000 +114.14% 14
Cleveland 0 4 £50,000 +99.33% 4
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 15 (4.11%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (3.56%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.64%) Apache
3 6 (1.64%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.64%) Confluence
3 6 (1.64%) Jupyter
4 5 (1.37%) CMS
4 5 (1.37%) WordPress
5 2 (0.55%) nginx
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.27%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.27%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.27%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (5.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.47%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.10%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.55%) CATIA
6 2 (0.55%) Siemens NX
6 2 (0.55%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.27%) Civil 3D
7 1 (0.27%) Fusion 360
7 1 (0.27%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (1.10%) Sage 50
2 3 (0.82%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.55%) iTrent
3 2 (0.55%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.55%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.27%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.27%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.27%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.27%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 70 (19.18%) AWS
2 55 (15.07%) Azure
3 29 (7.95%) GCP
4 28 (7.67%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (6.85%) Power Platform
6 24 (6.58%) Amazon S3
7 22 (6.03%) Serverless
8 16 (4.38%) Amazon ECS
9 15 (4.11%) Amazon EC2
9 15 (4.11%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (3.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 13 (3.56%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (2.47%) Amazon EKS
13 7 (1.92%) Amazon ECR
13 7 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (1.64%) Entra ID
14 6 (1.64%) GitHub
14 6 (1.64%) Power Automate
15 5 (1.37%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.84%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (3.56%) Wireless
3 11 (3.01%) LAN
3 11 (3.01%) WAN
4 10 (2.74%) VPN
5 8 (2.19%) Broadband
6 7 (1.92%) DHCP
6 7 (1.92%) DNS
7 6 (1.64%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.37%) Network Security
9 3 (0.82%) Firewall
10 2 (0.55%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.55%) VLAN
10 2 (0.55%) WLAN
11 1 (0.27%) 5G
11 1 (0.27%) Internet
11 1 (0.27%) Intranet
11 1 (0.27%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.75%) Power BI
2 16 (4.38%) MySQL
2 16 (4.38%) SQL Server
3 11 (3.01%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (2.19%) Big Data
4 8 (2.19%) Data Lake
4 8 (2.19%) Tableau
5 7 (1.92%) MongoDB
5 7 (1.92%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.64%) DynamoDB
6 6 (1.64%) Metadata
6 6 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.10%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (0.82%) Redis
9 2 (0.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.55%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.27%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 22 (6.03%) GitLab
2 13 (3.56%) Git
3 8 (2.19%) JIRA
4 7 (1.92%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.82%) Appcelerator Titanium
5 3 (0.82%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.55%) Balsamiq
6 2 (0.55%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.55%) Gatling
6 2 (0.55%) MLflow
6 2 (0.55%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.27%) TestComplete
7 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.27%) Zephyr
General
1 157 (43.01%) Social Skills
2 84 (23.01%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (17.26%) Public Sector
4 51 (13.97%) Finance
5 45 (12.33%) Manufacturing
6 35 (9.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (7.12%) Law
8 18 (4.93%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (4.66%) Legal
10 16 (4.38%) Banking
10 16 (4.38%) Electronics
11 11 (3.01%) Retail
12 9 (2.47%) Games
13 8 (2.19%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.92%) Marketing
15 5 (1.37%) Automotive
15 5 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (1.10%) Tech for Good
16 4 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (11.78%) Developer
2 37 (10.14%) Analyst
3 32 (8.77%) IT Support
4 28 (7.67%) Lead
5 26 (7.12%) Senior
6 24 (6.58%) Data Engineer
7 23 (6.30%) IT Technician
8 21 (5.75%) IT Support Technician
8 21 (5.75%) Support Technician
9 20 (5.48%) Software Developer
10 15 (4.11%) Engineering Manager
11 14 (3.84%) Business Analyst
11 14 (3.84%) Consultant
12 13 (3.56%) Architect
12 13 (3.56%) Customer Service Advisor
13 12 (3.29%) Software Engineer
14 11 (3.01%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
14 11 (3.01%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Technician
14 11 (3.01%) 3rd Line Support
14 11 (3.01%) 3rd Line Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (9.04%) Terraform
2 18 (4.93%) Node.js
3 16 (4.38%) .NET
4 14 (3.84%) CSS
4 14 (3.84%) HTML
5 11 (3.01%) LangChain
5 11 (3.01%) Web Services
6 10 (2.74%) React
7 9 (2.47%) LlamaIndex
8 6 (1.64%) Kafka
9 5 (1.37%) AWS CDK
9 5 (1.37%) PySpark
10 4 (1.10%) .NET Framework
10 4 (1.10%) REST
10 4 (1.10%) XML
11 3 (0.82%) Bootstrap
11 3 (0.82%) SignalR
11 3 (0.82%) WebSockets
12 2 (0.55%) React Native
12 2 (0.55%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.78%) Onboarding
2 25 (6.85%) Cloud Native
3 18 (4.93%) Robotics
4 10 (2.74%) Driving Licence
5 9 (2.47%) Distributed Computing
5 9 (2.47%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (2.47%) Replication
6 8 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.19%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.92%) Algorithms
7 7 (1.92%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.92%) FMCG
7 7 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (1.92%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.37%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
9 5 (1.37%) Hedge funds
10 4 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.10%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.12%) Windows
2 12 (3.29%) Linux
3 4 (1.10%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.82%) Android
4 3 (0.82%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.82%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.55%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (33.15%) Continuous Improvement
2 95 (26.03%) Agile
3 62 (16.99%) CI/CD
4 55 (15.07%) DevOps
5 44 (12.05%) Customer Service
6 43 (11.78%) Infrastructure as Code
7 41 (11.23%) AI
8 40 (10.96%) Mentoring
9 38 (10.41%) Decision-Making
10 36 (9.86%) Coaching
10 36 (9.86%) Validation
11 35 (9.59%) Analytics
12 33 (9.04%) Test Automation
13 29 (7.95%) Software Engineering
14 28 (7.67%) Containerisation
14 28 (7.67%) Stakeholder Management
15 27 (7.40%) Project Delivery
16 25 (6.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 25 (6.85%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 24 (6.58%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 67 (18.36%) Python
2 55 (15.07%) SQL
3 19 (5.21%) JavaScript
3 19 (5.21%) TypeScript
4 18 (4.93%) C#
5 16 (4.38%) Bash
6 15 (4.11%) Java
7 11 (3.01%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.37%) C++
9 4 (1.10%) PHP
9 4 (1.10%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.82%) Go
11 2 (0.55%) C
11 2 (0.55%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.27%) Perl
12 1 (0.27%) RPG
12 1 (0.27%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 55 (15.07%) Degree
2 41 (11.23%) Security Cleared
3 40 (10.96%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.48%) HNC
4 20 (5.48%) HND
5 18 (4.93%) Chartered Engineer
6 16 (4.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (3.29%) AWS Certification
8 11 (3.01%) Azure Certification
9 9 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.92%) PMI Certification
11 6 (1.64%) PMP
12 5 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (1.10%) ISEB
13 4 (1.10%) NVQ Level 3
14 3 (0.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (0.82%) CCSP
14 3 (0.82%) CISM
14 3 (0.82%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.77%) QA
2 24 (6.58%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.47%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.47%) NCSC
4 8 (2.19%) GDPR
5 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.82%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.82%) NIST
6 3 (0.82%) SLA
6 3 (0.82%) WCAG
7 2 (0.55%) PMO
8 1 (0.27%) COSHH
8 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.27%) GMP
8 1 (0.27%) HAZOP
8 1 (0.27%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.27%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 34 (9.32%) Active Directory
2 23 (6.30%) Docker
3 12 (3.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.10%) Firmware
5 2 (0.55%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (2.47%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.64%) Ansible
3 3 (0.82%) Grafana
3 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.82%) Progress Chef
3 3 (0.82%) Puppet
4 2 (0.55%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.27%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.27%) Kibana
Vendors
1 78 (21.37%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.75%) Databricks
3 14 (3.84%) VMware
4 8 (2.19%) BT
5 7 (1.92%) Oracle
5 7 (1.92%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.64%) Sage
7 5 (1.37%) Google
7 5 (1.37%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.10%) SAP
8 4 (1.10%) Siemens
8 4 (1.10%) Xero
9 3 (0.82%) ANSYS
9 3 (0.82%) Foundry
9 3 (0.82%) Infor
10 2 (0.55%) Aderant
10 2 (0.55%) Aruba
10 2 (0.55%) Cisco
10 2 (0.55%) IBM
10 2 (0.55%) MuleSoft