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 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 3 8
Rank change year-on-year -14 +5 +12
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 205 157 245
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 7.53% 18.09% 14.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.33% 21.81% 17.81%
Number of salaries quoted 157 102 184
10th Percentile £29,250 £24,550 £24,638
25th Percentile £40,000 £25,300 £24,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.00% -6.25% -1.23%
75th Percentile £69,390 £58,438 £54,063
90th Percentile £92,500 £68,375 £74,475
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 1,984 720 1,376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 72.83% 82.95% 80.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,491 466 1,046
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 £47,074
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -4.41% -5.85%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £62,200
90th Percentile £90,000 £79,125 £74,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 26 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 26 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 -13 174 £52,500 +31.25% 87
Durham -8 22 £36,750 +19.51% 15
Cleveland +3 6 - - 1
Northumberland -3 2 - - 6
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 43 (20.98%) AWS
2 36 (17.56%) Azure
3 16 (7.80%) GCP
3 16 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (7.32%) Power Platform
4 15 (7.32%) Serverless
5 10 (4.88%) Amazon S3
6 7 (3.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 7 (3.41%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (2.93%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (2.93%) Amazon ECS
8 5 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (2.44%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.95%) Amazon ECR
9 4 (1.95%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.46%) Amazon EMR
10 3 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.46%) GitHub
10 3 (1.46%) Vertex AI
11 2 (0.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.37%) 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 14 (6.83%) Power BI
1 14 (6.83%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.85%) MySQL
3 8 (3.90%) Tableau
4 7 (3.41%) Big Data
4 7 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (3.41%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (2.44%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.44%) Metadata
6 5 (2.44%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.46%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (1.46%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.98%) Redis
8 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.49%) Db2
9 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.49%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (3.90%) Git
2 7 (3.41%) GitLab
3 6 (2.93%) JIRA
4 2 (0.98%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.98%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.98%) MLflow
4 2 (0.98%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.49%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.49%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.49%) TestComplete
5 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.49%) Zephyr
General
1 78 (38.05%) Social Skills
2 46 (22.44%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (17.07%) Finance
4 33 (16.10%) Public Sector
5 19 (9.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (7.80%) Banking
7 14 (6.83%) Law
8 12 (5.85%) Legal
9 11 (5.37%) Games
9 11 (5.37%) Marketing
10 10 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.93%) Electronics
12 4 (1.95%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.95%) Tech for Good
13 3 (1.46%) Retail
14 2 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.98%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.98%) Wearables
15 1 (0.49%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 30 (14.63%) Developer
2 23 (11.22%) Analyst
3 22 (10.73%) Data Engineer
4 21 (10.24%) Senior
5 19 (9.27%) IT Support
6 17 (8.29%) Lead
7 14 (6.83%) Software Developer
8 13 (6.34%) Business Analyst
9 12 (5.85%) Architect
10 11 (5.37%) Customer Service Advisor
10 11 (5.37%) IT Technician
11 10 (4.88%) IT Support Technician
11 10 (4.88%) Software Engineer
11 10 (4.88%) Support Technician
12 9 (4.39%) Lead Data Engineer
12 9 (4.39%) Python Data Engineer
12 9 (4.39%) Python Engineer
13 8 (3.90%) Digital Transformation
14 6 (2.93%) Consultant
14 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%) 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%) AWS CDK
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 13 (6.34%) 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%) Replication
5 6 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.44%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.44%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.44%) Hedge funds
6 5 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.95%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.95%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.95%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (1.95%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.95%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.95%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.46%) PMI
8 3 (1.46%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.80%) Windows
2 10 (4.88%) 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 51 (24.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 29 (14.15%) CI/CD
3 29 (14.15%) Customer Service
4 27 (13.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 26 (12.68%) AI
5 26 (12.68%) Analytics
5 26 (12.68%) Validation
6 23 (11.22%) Coaching
6 23 (11.22%) DevOps
7 22 (10.73%) Mentoring
8 20 (9.76%) Software Engineering
9 19 (9.27%) Data Modelling
9 19 (9.27%) Decision-Making
10 16 (7.80%) Business Intelligence
10 16 (7.80%) Computer Science
11 15 (7.32%) Data Pipeline
11 15 (7.32%) Infrastructure as Code
11 15 (7.32%) SDLC
11 15 (7.32%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 44 (21.46%) Python
1 44 (21.46%) SQL
2 15 (7.32%) C#
2 15 (7.32%) TypeScript
3 11 (5.37%) JavaScript
4 9 (4.39%) Java
5 7 (3.41%) Shell Script
6 6 (2.93%) Bash
7 5 (2.44%) C++
8 4 (1.95%) PHP
9 3 (1.46%) Go
10 2 (0.98%) C
10 2 (0.98%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.98%) VB
11 1 (0.49%) RPG
11 1 (0.49%) RPG IV
11 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (13.66%) Degree
2 22 (10.73%) SC Cleared
2 22 (10.73%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.41%) PMI Certification
4 6 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.93%) PMP
5 5 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (2.44%) HNC
6 4 (1.95%) ISEB
6 4 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (1.46%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.46%) CCSP
7 3 (1.46%) CISM
7 3 (1.46%) CISSP
8 2 (0.98%) APMP
8 2 (0.98%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.98%) CCNP
8 2 (0.98%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.27%) Data Quality
2 16 (7.80%) QA
3 10 (4.88%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.95%) GDPR
4 4 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.46%) NIST
5 3 (1.46%) WCAG
6 2 (0.98%) PMO
7 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.49%) NCSC
7 1 (0.49%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (8.78%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.88%) 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 13 (6.34%) 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 18 (8.78%) Databricks
3 11 (5.37%) BT
4 10 (4.88%) VMware
5 5 (2.44%) Oracle
6 4 (1.95%) Apple
6 4 (1.95%) Sage
6 4 (1.95%) Xero
7 3 (1.46%) ANSYS
7 3 (1.46%) Foundry
7 3 (1.46%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.46%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.98%) Aruba
8 2 (0.98%) Cisco
8 2 (0.98%) IBM
8 2 (0.98%) Infor
8 2 (0.98%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.98%) Samsung
9 1 (0.49%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.49%) Freshdesk