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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 3 8
Rank change year-on-year -13 +5 +12
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 232 155 217
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 8.01% 17.47% 14.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.94% 21.23% 17.83%
Number of salaries quoted 183 100 154
10th Percentile £29,250 £24,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £38,772 £25,087 £24,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -3.23% -3.13%
75th Percentile £69,390 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £92,000 £65,375 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,010 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.04% -5.98% -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 2,120 730 1,217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 73.18% 82.30% 80.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,589 474 887
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £28,188 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £61,250 £60,866
90th Percentile £91,375 £78,175 £71,991
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

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 8 August 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 8 August 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 -11 198 £50,750 +28.32% 78
Durham -6 29 £37,000 +8.42% 27
Cleveland +3 2 - - 3
Northumberland -2 2 £38,000 +41.11% 11
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 (5.60%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.59%) Confluence
4 5 (2.16%) CMS
4 5 (2.16%) WordPress
5 3 (1.29%) Apache
5 3 (1.29%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.29%) Jupyter
5 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.43%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.16%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.29%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.43%) Fusion 360
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.43%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 51 (21.98%) AWS
2 43 (18.53%) Azure
3 20 (8.62%) GCP
3 20 (8.62%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (8.19%) Power Platform
5 18 (7.76%) Serverless
6 13 (5.60%) Amazon S3
7 10 (4.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 10 (4.31%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (3.88%) Amazon EC2
8 9 (3.88%) Amazon ECS
9 8 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (2.59%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (2.59%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.72%) Amazon ECR
11 4 (1.72%) GitHub
11 4 (1.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (1.29%) Amazon EMR
12 3 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.31%) Broadband
2 9 (3.88%) LAN
2 9 (3.88%) VPN
2 9 (3.88%) WAN
3 7 (3.02%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (3.02%) Wireless
4 6 (2.59%) DHCP
4 6 (2.59%) DNS
5 5 (2.16%) Firewall
5 5 (2.16%) Network Security
6 3 (1.29%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.86%) VLAN
7 2 (0.86%) WLAN
8 1 (0.43%) DSLAM
8 1 (0.43%) Intranet
8 1 (0.43%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.33%) Power BI
2 16 (6.90%) SQL Server
3 14 (6.03%) MySQL
4 9 (3.88%) Tableau
5 8 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (3.02%) Big Data
6 7 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (3.02%) NoSQL
7 6 (2.59%) Metadata
7 6 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (2.16%) DynamoDB
8 5 (2.16%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.72%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.29%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.86%) Redis
11 2 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.43%) Db2
12 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.43%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (4.31%) Git
2 8 (3.45%) JIRA
3 7 (3.02%) GitLab
4 3 (1.29%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.86%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.86%) MLflow
5 2 (0.86%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.43%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.43%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.43%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.43%) Zephyr
General
1 91 (39.22%) Social Skills
2 54 (23.28%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (17.24%) Public Sector
4 39 (16.81%) Finance
5 23 (9.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (8.19%) Law
7 16 (6.90%) Banking
8 13 (5.60%) Legal
9 12 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (4.31%) Games
11 9 (3.88%) Manufacturing
12 7 (3.02%) Electronics
13 6 (2.59%) Marketing
14 4 (1.72%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.72%) Tech for Good
14 4 (1.72%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.29%) Retail
16 2 (0.86%) Advertising
16 2 (0.86%) Automotive
16 2 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (12.93%) Developer
2 26 (11.21%) Analyst
3 23 (9.91%) Data Engineer
4 22 (9.48%) Senior
5 21 (9.05%) IT Support
6 19 (8.19%) Lead
7 14 (6.03%) Business Analyst
7 14 (6.03%) Software Developer
8 13 (5.60%) Architect
8 13 (5.60%) IT Technician
9 11 (4.74%) IT Support Technician
9 11 (4.74%) Software Engineer
9 11 (4.74%) Support Technician
10 10 (4.31%) Customer Service Advisor
11 9 (3.88%) Lead Data Engineer
11 9 (3.88%) Python Data Engineer
11 9 (3.88%) Python Engineer
12 8 (3.45%) Digital Transformation
12 8 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 5 (2.16%) Database Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.60%) .NET
2 12 (5.17%) Node.js
3 10 (4.31%) CSS
3 10 (4.31%) HTML
3 10 (4.31%) React
4 5 (2.16%) LangChain
5 4 (1.72%) REST
6 3 (1.29%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.29%) AWS CDK
6 3 (1.29%) Bootstrap
6 3 (1.29%) LlamaIndex
6 3 (1.29%) SignalR
6 3 (1.29%) Web Services
6 3 (1.29%) WebSockets
7 2 (0.86%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.86%) CSS3
7 2 (0.86%) HTML5
7 2 (0.86%) TensorFlow
7 2 (0.86%) Vue
7 2 (0.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.33%) Onboarding
2 16 (6.90%) Cloud Native
3 9 (3.88%) Distributed Computing
4 8 (3.45%) Replication
5 7 (3.02%) Algorithms
5 7 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (3.02%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.59%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.59%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.16%) Hedge funds
7 5 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.72%) Client/Server
8 4 (1.72%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.72%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (1.72%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.72%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.72%) Robotics
8 4 (1.72%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.29%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.19%) Windows
2 13 (5.60%) Linux
3 7 (3.02%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.59%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.16%) Android
6 2 (0.86%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.86%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.86%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.86%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (28.88%) Continuous Improvement
2 66 (28.45%) Agile
3 36 (15.52%) CI/CD
4 31 (13.36%) AI
4 31 (13.36%) Customer Service
5 30 (12.93%) Coaching
5 30 (12.93%) DevOps
6 29 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 29 (12.50%) Validation
7 27 (11.64%) Analytics
8 25 (10.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 21 (9.05%) Decision-Making
9 21 (9.05%) Infrastructure as Code
9 21 (9.05%) Software Engineering
10 19 (8.19%) Business Intelligence
10 19 (8.19%) Data Modelling
11 18 (7.76%) SDLC
11 18 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
12 16 (6.90%) Computer Science
12 16 (6.90%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 50 (21.55%) Python
2 48 (20.69%) SQL
3 16 (6.90%) TypeScript
4 15 (6.47%) C#
5 13 (5.60%) JavaScript
6 10 (4.31%) Java
6 10 (4.31%) Shell Script
7 8 (3.45%) Bash
8 5 (2.16%) C++
9 4 (1.72%) PHP
10 3 (1.29%) Go
11 2 (0.86%) C
11 2 (0.86%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.43%) RPG
12 1 (0.43%) RPG IV
12 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 31 (13.36%) Degree
2 24 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 23 (9.91%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (3.45%) PMI Certification
5 7 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.02%) PMP
6 5 (2.16%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.16%) ISEB
6 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.72%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.72%) HNC
8 3 (1.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.29%) CCSP
8 3 (1.29%) CISM
8 3 (1.29%) CISSP
9 2 (0.86%) CAPM
9 2 (0.86%) CCNP
9 2 (0.86%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.62%) Data Quality
2 19 (8.19%) QA
3 10 (4.31%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.16%) GDPR
5 4 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.29%) NCSC
6 3 (1.29%) NIST
6 3 (1.29%) WCAG
7 2 (0.86%) PMO
8 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.43%) GMP
8 1 (0.43%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (9.05%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.60%) Docker
3 8 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.72%) Firmware
5 3 (1.29%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.86%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (7.33%) Terraform
2 5 (2.16%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.86%) Ansible
3 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.86%) SCCM
3 2 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.86%) WSUS
4 1 (0.43%) CloudHub
4 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.43%) Puppet
Vendors
1 49 (21.12%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.19%) Databricks
3 10 (4.31%) BT
3 10 (4.31%) VMware
4 5 (2.16%) Oracle
4 5 (2.16%) Sage
5 4 (1.72%) Apple
5 4 (1.72%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.72%) Xero
6 3 (1.29%) ANSYS
6 3 (1.29%) Foundry
6 3 (1.29%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.86%) Aruba
7 2 (0.86%) Cisco
7 2 (0.86%) IBM
7 2 (0.86%) Infor
7 2 (0.86%) MuleSoft
7 2 (0.86%) Samsung
7 2 (0.86%) Spotify
8 1 (0.43%) Confluent