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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 3 8
Rank change year-on-year -15 +5 +15
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 195 156 266
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 7.24% 18.55% 14.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.97% 22.41% 17.39%
Number of salaries quoted 149 101 200
10th Percentile £29,250 £25,000 -
25th Percentile £40,000 £25,300 £24,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,130 £39,100 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.32% -2.25% -0.62%
75th Percentile £69,390 £60,000 £59,060
90th Percentile £92,500 £68,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -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 1,955 696 1,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 72.54% 82.76% 81.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,474 450 1,182
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 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £62,871
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 20 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 20 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 -13 166 £53,750 +34.38% 63
Durham -14 19 £36,750 +7.69% 13
Cleveland +3 7 - - 1
Northumberland -2 2 - - 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 13 (6.67%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (3.59%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.56%) CMS
3 5 (2.56%) WordPress
4 3 (1.54%) Apache
4 3 (1.54%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.54%) Jupyter
4 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.03%) Confluence
6 1 (0.51%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.51%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.05%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.05%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.51%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.51%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 41 (21.03%) AWS
2 35 (17.95%) Azure
3 16 (8.21%) GCP
4 14 (7.18%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (7.18%) Power Platform
5 13 (6.67%) Serverless
6 8 (4.10%) Amazon S3
7 5 (2.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 5 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (2.05%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (2.05%) Amazon ECR
8 4 (2.05%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (2.05%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.54%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (1.54%) Amazon EMR
9 3 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.54%) Vertex AI
10 2 (1.03%) GitHub
10 2 (1.03%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.64%) Broadband
2 7 (3.59%) Wireless
3 6 (3.08%) DHCP
3 6 (3.08%) DNS
4 5 (2.56%) Firewall
4 5 (2.56%) LAN
4 5 (2.56%) Network Security
4 5 (2.56%) VPN
4 5 (2.56%) WAN
5 4 (2.05%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.54%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.03%) VLAN
7 2 (1.03%) WLAN
8 1 (0.51%) DSLAM
8 1 (0.51%) Intranet
8 1 (0.51%) NGFW
8 1 (0.51%) SAN
8 1 (0.51%) VXLAN
8 1 (0.51%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.67%) Power BI
1 13 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.64%) MySQL
3 8 (4.10%) Tableau
4 7 (3.59%) Big Data
4 7 (3.59%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (3.59%) NoSQL
5 6 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.56%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.56%) Metadata
6 5 (2.56%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.54%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.54%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.03%) Redis
8 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.51%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.51%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 7 (3.59%) Git
1 7 (3.59%) GitLab
2 4 (2.05%) JIRA
3 2 (1.03%) LabVIEW
3 2 (1.03%) MLflow
3 2 (1.03%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.51%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.51%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.51%) TestComplete
4 1 (0.51%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.51%) Zephyr
General
1 72 (36.92%) Social Skills
2 42 (21.54%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (16.92%) Finance
4 30 (15.38%) Public Sector
5 16 (8.21%) Banking
5 16 (8.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (6.15%) Law
6 12 (6.15%) Legal
6 12 (6.15%) Marketing
7 11 (5.64%) Games
8 10 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (3.08%) Electronics
10 4 (2.05%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.05%) Tech for Good
11 3 (1.54%) Retail
12 2 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.03%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.03%) Wearables
13 1 (0.51%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 30 (15.38%) Developer
2 22 (11.28%) Data Engineer
3 19 (9.74%) Senior
4 18 (9.23%) IT Support
5 17 (8.72%) Analyst
5 17 (8.72%) Lead
6 14 (7.18%) Software Developer
7 12 (6.15%) Architect
8 11 (5.64%) Customer Service Advisor
9 10 (5.13%) Business Analyst
9 10 (5.13%) Software Engineer
10 9 (4.62%) IT Support Technician
10 9 (4.62%) IT Technician
10 9 (4.62%) Lead Data Engineer
10 9 (4.62%) Python Data Engineer
10 9 (4.62%) Python Engineer
10 9 (4.62%) Support Technician
11 8 (4.10%) Digital Transformation
12 7 (3.59%) Applications Support
13 6 (3.08%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.15%) .NET
2 10 (5.13%) Node.js
2 10 (5.13%) React
3 8 (4.10%) CSS
3 8 (4.10%) HTML
4 4 (2.05%) REST
5 3 (1.54%) Bootstrap
5 3 (1.54%) SignalR
5 3 (1.54%) WebSockets
6 2 (1.03%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.03%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.03%) CSS3
6 2 (1.03%) HTML5
6 2 (1.03%) LangChain
6 2 (1.03%) PySpark
6 2 (1.03%) React Native
6 2 (1.03%) TensorFlow
6 2 (1.03%) Vue
6 2 (1.03%) XML
7 1 (0.51%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.64%) Cloud Native
2 9 (4.62%) Distributed Computing
3 7 (3.59%) Algorithms
3 7 (3.59%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.08%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.56%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.56%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.56%) Hedge funds
5 5 (2.56%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.56%) Replication
6 4 (2.05%) Client/Server
6 4 (2.05%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.05%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (2.05%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.05%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.54%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.54%) Robotics
8 2 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.67%) Windows
2 8 (4.10%) Linux
3 5 (2.56%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.05%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.54%) Android
6 2 (1.03%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (1.03%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.03%) Mac OS X
6 2 (1.03%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (26.67%) Agile
2 44 (22.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 26 (13.33%) Customer Service
3 26 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 25 (12.82%) CI/CD
5 24 (12.31%) AI
5 24 (12.31%) Analytics
6 22 (11.28%) Mentoring
6 22 (11.28%) Validation
7 21 (10.77%) Coaching
8 20 (10.26%) Software Engineering
9 19 (9.74%) Data Modelling
9 19 (9.74%) DevOps
10 17 (8.72%) Decision-Making
11 16 (8.21%) Computer Science
12 15 (7.69%) Data Pipeline
13 14 (7.18%) Business Intelligence
13 14 (7.18%) Test Automation
14 13 (6.67%) Project Management
14 13 (6.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 42 (21.54%) Python
1 42 (21.54%) SQL
2 15 (7.69%) C#
2 15 (7.69%) TypeScript
3 10 (5.13%) JavaScript
4 9 (4.62%) Java
5 5 (2.56%) Bash
5 5 (2.56%) C++
5 5 (2.56%) Shell Script
6 4 (2.05%) PHP
7 3 (1.54%) Go
8 2 (1.03%) C
8 2 (1.03%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.03%) VB
9 1 (0.51%) RPG
9 1 (0.51%) RPG IV
9 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (13.33%) Degree
2 20 (10.26%) SC Cleared
2 20 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (3.08%) HNC
4 5 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (2.56%) PMI Certification
4 5 (2.56%) PMP
5 3 (1.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (1.54%) CCSP
5 3 (1.54%) CISM
5 3 (1.54%) CISSP
5 3 (1.54%) ISEB
5 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.03%) APMP
6 2 (1.03%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.03%) CAPM
6 2 (1.03%) CCNP
6 2 (1.03%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.72%) Data Quality
2 13 (6.67%) QA
3 10 (5.13%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.54%) GDPR
5 3 (1.54%) NIST
5 3 (1.54%) WCAG
6 2 (1.03%) PMO
7 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.51%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (8.21%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.10%) Docker
2 8 (4.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.05%) Firmware
4 3 (1.54%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.03%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (6.15%) Terraform
2 5 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.54%) Ansible
4 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.03%) SCCM
4 2 (1.03%) WSUS
5 1 (0.51%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.51%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.51%) Puppet
Vendors
1 38 (19.49%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.23%) Databricks
3 11 (5.64%) BT
4 10 (5.13%) VMware
5 5 (2.56%) Oracle
6 4 (2.05%) Apple
6 4 (2.05%) Sage
6 4 (2.05%) Xero
7 3 (1.54%) Aruba
7 3 (1.54%) Foundry
7 3 (1.54%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.03%) ANSYS
8 2 (1.03%) Cisco
8 2 (1.03%) IBM
8 2 (1.03%) Infor
8 2 (1.03%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.03%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.03%) Samsung
9 1 (0.51%) Adobe
9 1 (0.51%) Citrix