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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 5 15
Rank change year-on-year -3 +10 +5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 127 207 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 13.67% 14.72% 10.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.19% 18.65% 10.72%
Number of salaries quoted 93 125 66
10th Percentile £24,600 £24,684 £25,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £24,960 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £34,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -15.00% -12.30%
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £84,964 £59,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% -

All Process and 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 739 1,110 653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 79.55% 78.95% 96.88%
Number of salaries quoted 465 675 483
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £30,373
25th Percentile £28,188 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,250 £45,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,870 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,703 £77,500 £77,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,004
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.26% +3.34%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving 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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 2025. 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 +3 117 £39,250 +30.83% 87
Durham -23 7 £30,750 -31.67% 18
Northumberland -3 2 £25,684 +4.83% 8
Cleveland -3 1 £25,084 - 2
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 2 (1.57%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.79%) Apache
2 1 (0.79%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.57%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.57%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.79%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.79%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 29 (22.83%) Azure
2 12 (9.45%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (7.87%) Power Platform
4 5 (3.94%) AWS
5 2 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.57%) GCP
6 1 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.79%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.79%) GitHub
6 1 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.79%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.79%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.02%) Broadband
2 3 (2.36%) Asterisk PBX
2 3 (2.36%) Firewall
2 3 (2.36%) PSTN
2 3 (2.36%) VoIP
3 2 (1.57%) SAN
4 1 (0.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (13.39%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.09%) Power BI
3 4 (3.15%) MySQL
4 2 (1.57%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Artifactory
1 3 (2.36%) SonarQube
2 2 (1.57%) Bitbucket
2 2 (1.57%) Git
2 2 (1.57%) JIRA
2 2 (1.57%) Octopus Deploy
2 2 (1.57%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.79%) GitLab
3 1 (0.79%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.79%) Maven
3 1 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 58 (45.67%) Social Skills
2 32 (25.20%) Finance
3 29 (22.83%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (16.54%) Retail
5 16 (12.60%) Manufacturing
6 15 (11.81%) Games
7 12 (9.45%) Banking
8 11 (8.66%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (3.94%) Advertising
10 5 (3.94%) Billing
10 5 (3.94%) Telecoms
11 4 (3.15%) Dutch Language
11 4 (3.15%) Finnish Language
11 4 (3.15%) Norwegian Language
11 4 (3.15%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.57%) Law
12 2 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.79%) Electronics
13 1 (0.79%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 21 (16.54%) Developer
2 15 (11.81%) Trainer
3 13 (10.24%) Analyst
3 13 (10.24%) Customer Service Advisor
4 11 (8.66%) Lead
4 11 (8.66%) Software Support Engineer
4 11 (8.66%) Support Engineer
5 7 (5.51%) Design Engineer
6 6 (4.72%) C# Developer
6 6 (4.72%) IT Analyst
6 6 (4.72%) IT Support
6 6 (4.72%) IT Support Analyst
6 6 (4.72%) Senior
6 6 (4.72%) Support Analyst
7 5 (3.94%) Help Desk Technician
7 5 (3.94%) IT Technician
7 5 (3.94%) Principal Engineer
7 5 (3.94%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 5 (3.94%) SQL Developer
7 5 (3.94%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.60%) .NET
2 8 (6.30%) ASP.NET
3 5 (3.94%) .NET Core
3 5 (3.94%) CSS
3 5 (3.94%) Flash
4 4 (3.15%) Jest
4 4 (3.15%) jQuery
4 4 (3.15%) React
4 4 (3.15%) React Native
5 3 (2.36%) .NET Framework
5 3 (2.36%) Entity Framework
5 3 (2.36%) FreeSWITCH
5 3 (2.36%) Node.js
6 2 (1.57%) Blazor
6 2 (1.57%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (1.57%) HTML
6 2 (1.57%) WebAssembly
7 1 (0.79%) Mongoose
7 1 (0.79%) Nunjucks
7 1 (0.79%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.60%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (11.81%) Robotics
3 6 (4.72%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.94%) SCADA
5 4 (3.15%) CMDB
5 4 (3.15%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.15%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.36%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.36%) Client/Server
6 3 (2.36%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.36%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.57%) ASTM
7 2 (1.57%) NHS
7 2 (1.57%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.79%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.79%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.81%) Windows
2 7 (5.51%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.15%) Android
3 4 (3.15%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (26.77%) Agile
2 25 (19.69%) Customer Service
3 24 (18.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (14.17%) Artificial Intelligence
4 18 (14.17%) Collaborative Culture
5 16 (12.60%) Machine Learning
6 15 (11.81%) Computer Science
6 15 (11.81%) Generative AI
6 15 (11.81%) LLM
6 15 (11.81%) Red Team
7 13 (10.24%) ITIL
7 13 (10.24%) Process Improvement
8 12 (9.45%) Mentoring
9 11 (8.66%) Change Management
9 11 (8.66%) Data Privacy
9 11 (8.66%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (7.87%) OOP
10 10 (7.87%) Service Management
11 9 (7.09%) ITSM
12 8 (6.30%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 19 (14.96%) C#
2 14 (11.02%) SQL
3 11 (8.66%) Python
4 9 (7.09%) Java
4 9 (7.09%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.94%) C++
5 5 (3.94%) TypeScript
6 4 (3.15%) PHP
6 4 (3.15%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.36%) Bash
7 3 (2.36%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.79%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.79%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 50 (39.37%) Degree
2 6 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (4.72%) Master's Degree
3 5 (3.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (2.36%) CCNP
4 3 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.36%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (2.36%) DBS Check
4 3 (2.36%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (2.36%) PMI Certification
4 3 (2.36%) PMP
5 2 (1.57%) CISSP
5 2 (1.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (1.57%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.79%) CRISC
6 1 (0.79%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.79%) HNC
6 1 (0.79%) HND
6 1 (0.79%) PhD
6 1 (0.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.94%) Accessibility
1 5 (3.94%) QA
2 3 (2.36%) PMO
3 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.79%) PMBOK
3 1 (0.79%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (9.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.36%) vSphere
3 2 (1.57%) Docker
4 1 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (2.36%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.36%) Terraform
2 2 (1.57%) Ansible
2 2 (1.57%) Control-M
2 2 (1.57%) Docker Swarm
2 2 (1.57%) Grafana
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (22.05%) Microsoft
2 18 (14.17%) Google
3 17 (13.39%) Adobe
4 16 (12.60%) Databricks
5 13 (10.24%) BT
6 9 (7.09%) Oracle
7 8 (6.30%) Concur
7 8 (6.30%) JD Edwards
7 8 (6.30%) SAP
8 5 (3.94%) Atlassian
8 5 (3.94%) DIgSILENT
9 4 (3.15%) ServiceNow
10 3 (2.36%) Cisco
10 3 (2.36%) VMware
11 1 (0.79%) Capita
11 1 (0.79%) Telerik
11 1 (0.79%) UiPath