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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 8 6
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 391 128 208
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 10.94% 13.03% 15.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.34% 15.82% 19.10%
Number of salaries quoted 275 99 102
10th Percentile £28,939 £24,900 -
25th Percentile £37,000 £25,087 £24,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £33,500 £32,250
Median % change year-on-year +49.25% +3.88% -19.88%
75th Percentile £65,000 £47,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £87,000 £65,000 £85,375
England median annual salary £46,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.22% -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 2,549 809 1,089
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 71.30% 82.38% 80.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,889 494 556
10th Percentile £32,700 £25,087 £25,004
25th Percentile £41,250 £28,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £45,750
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -7.10% -8.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £75,000 £79,800
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 10 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 10 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 0 292 £50,500 +50.75% 186
Durham +22 84 £35,750 +16.26% 37
Northumberland +2 11 £55,000 +114.14% 13
Cleveland -2 4 £50,000 +99.33% 2
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 16 (4.09%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (3.32%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.79%) Apache
3 7 (1.79%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.79%) Jupyter
4 6 (1.53%) Confluence
5 5 (1.28%) CMS
5 5 (1.28%) WordPress
6 3 (0.77%) nginx
7 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.26%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 25 (6.39%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.56%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.02%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.51%) CATIA
5 2 (0.51%) Siemens NX
5 2 (0.51%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.26%) Civil 3D
6 1 (0.26%) Fusion 360
6 1 (0.26%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.26%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (1.02%) Sage 50
2 3 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.77%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.51%) iTrent
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.26%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.26%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.26%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.26%) Maximo
4 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 73 (18.67%) AWS
2 59 (15.09%) Azure
3 31 (7.93%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (6.91%) GCP
4 27 (6.91%) Power Platform
5 26 (6.65%) Amazon S3
6 21 (5.37%) Serverless
7 19 (4.86%) Amazon ECS
8 16 (4.09%) Amazon EC2
9 15 (3.84%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (3.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 12 (3.07%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (2.05%) Amazon ECR
12 8 (2.05%) Amazon EKS
12 8 (2.05%) AWS KMS
12 8 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (2.05%) GitHub
13 7 (1.79%) Entra ID
13 7 (1.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (1.53%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.58%) Wi-Fi
1 14 (3.58%) Wireless
2 12 (3.07%) LAN
2 12 (3.07%) WAN
3 11 (2.81%) VPN
4 8 (2.05%) Broadband
4 8 (2.05%) DHCP
4 8 (2.05%) DNS
5 6 (1.53%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.02%) Firewall
6 4 (1.02%) Network Security
7 3 (0.77%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (0.77%) WLAN
8 2 (0.51%) SAN
8 2 (0.51%) VLAN
9 1 (0.26%) 5G
9 1 (0.26%) Internet
9 1 (0.26%) Intranet
9 1 (0.26%) NAS
9 1 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.63%) Power BI
2 16 (4.09%) MySQL
2 16 (4.09%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.81%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (2.30%) Data Lake
4 9 (2.30%) MongoDB
5 8 (2.05%) Big Data
5 8 (2.05%) Tableau
6 7 (1.79%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.53%) DynamoDB
7 6 (1.53%) Metadata
7 6 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.02%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.77%) Redis
10 2 (0.51%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.51%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.26%) Db2
Development Applications
1 26 (6.65%) GitLab
2 14 (3.58%) Git
3 9 (2.30%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.05%) JIRA
5 4 (1.02%) Cucumber
5 4 (1.02%) Gatling
6 3 (0.77%) Appcelerator Titanium
6 3 (0.77%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.51%) Balsamiq
7 2 (0.51%) MLflow
7 2 (0.51%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.26%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 166 (42.46%) Social Skills
2 96 (24.55%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (17.39%) Public Sector
4 55 (14.07%) Manufacturing
5 52 (13.30%) Finance
6 38 (9.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (6.91%) Law
8 21 (5.37%) Organisational Skills
9 19 (4.86%) Electronics
10 18 (4.60%) Legal
11 15 (3.84%) Banking
12 11 (2.81%) Retail
13 9 (2.30%) Financial Institution
13 9 (2.30%) Games
14 8 (2.05%) Automotive
15 7 (1.79%) Marketing
16 6 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (1.28%) General Ledger
17 5 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
18 4 (1.02%) Billing
Job Titles
1 50 (12.79%) Developer
2 39 (9.97%) Analyst
3 32 (8.18%) IT Support
4 29 (7.42%) Senior
5 28 (7.16%) Lead
6 24 (6.14%) Data Engineer
7 23 (5.88%) IT Technician
7 23 (5.88%) Software Developer
8 21 (5.37%) IT Support Technician
8 21 (5.37%) Support Technician
9 20 (5.12%) Consultant
10 16 (4.09%) Business Analyst
11 15 (3.84%) Engineering Manager
12 13 (3.32%) Customer Service Advisor
12 13 (3.32%) DevOps Engineer
13 12 (3.07%) Architect
13 12 (3.07%) Software Engineer
14 11 (2.81%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
14 11 (2.81%) 3rd Line Support
14 11 (2.81%) 3rd Line Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (9.21%) Terraform
2 20 (5.12%) Node.js
3 16 (4.09%) .NET
3 16 (4.09%) CSS
3 16 (4.09%) HTML
4 11 (2.81%) LangChain
4 11 (2.81%) Web Services
5 10 (2.56%) React
6 9 (2.30%) Kafka
6 9 (2.30%) LlamaIndex
7 5 (1.28%) .NET Framework
7 5 (1.28%) AWS CDK
7 5 (1.28%) PySpark
8 4 (1.02%) Gherkin
8 4 (1.02%) REST
8 4 (1.02%) Spring
8 4 (1.02%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.02%) XML
9 3 (0.77%) SignalR
9 3 (0.77%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.00%) Onboarding
2 24 (6.14%) Cloud Native
3 19 (4.86%) Robotics
4 13 (3.32%) Driving Licence
5 10 (2.56%) Replication
6 9 (2.30%) Distributed Computing
7 8 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.05%) FMCG
7 8 (2.05%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.79%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (1.79%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.53%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.53%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.53%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.02%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.91%) Windows
2 12 (3.07%) Linux
3 5 (1.28%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.77%) Android
4 3 (0.77%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.77%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.51%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (0.51%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.26%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (33.76%) Continuous Improvement
2 102 (26.09%) Agile
3 67 (17.14%) CI/CD
4 59 (15.09%) DevOps
5 46 (11.76%) Customer Service
5 46 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
6 42 (10.74%) AI
7 40 (10.23%) Test Automation
7 40 (10.23%) Validation
8 39 (9.97%) Mentoring
9 38 (9.72%) Decision-Making
10 36 (9.21%) Analytics
11 34 (8.70%) Coaching
12 31 (7.93%) Containerisation
13 30 (7.67%) Software Engineering
13 30 (7.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 29 (7.42%) Stakeholder Management
15 27 (6.91%) Project Delivery
15 27 (6.91%) SFIA
16 26 (6.65%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 70 (17.90%) Python
2 56 (14.32%) SQL
3 22 (5.63%) JavaScript
4 19 (4.86%) TypeScript
5 18 (4.60%) C#
6 17 (4.35%) Bash
7 16 (4.09%) Java
8 11 (2.81%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.53%) C++
10 4 (1.02%) PHP
10 4 (1.02%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.77%) C
11 3 (0.77%) Go
12 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.26%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.26%) Perl
13 1 (0.26%) RPG
13 1 (0.26%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 61 (15.60%) Degree
2 48 (12.28%) Security Cleared
3 47 (12.02%) SC Cleared
4 21 (5.37%) HNC
5 20 (5.12%) HND
6 19 (4.86%) Chartered Engineer
7 16 (4.09%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (3.32%) AWS Certification
9 11 (2.81%) Azure Certification
10 10 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.79%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.53%) NVQ Level 3
12 6 (1.53%) PMP
13 4 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (1.02%) ISEB
13 4 (1.02%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.77%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.77%) IIBA
15 2 (0.51%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (9.72%) QA
2 26 (6.65%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.30%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.30%) GDPR
3 9 (2.30%) NCSC
4 4 (1.02%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.02%) SLA
5 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.77%) WCAG
6 2 (0.51%) NIST
6 2 (0.51%) PMO
7 1 (0.26%) COSHH
7 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.26%) GMP
7 1 (0.26%) HAZOP
7 1 (0.26%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.26%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 36 (9.21%) Active Directory
2 26 (6.65%) Docker
3 13 (3.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.02%) Firmware
5 2 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.51%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (2.56%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.53%) Ansible
3 4 (1.02%) Grafana
3 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.77%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.77%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.77%) Puppet
5 2 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.26%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.26%) Kibana
Vendors
1 84 (21.48%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.63%) Databricks
3 15 (3.84%) VMware
4 8 (2.05%) BT
5 7 (1.79%) Oracle
5 7 (1.79%) Sage
5 7 (1.79%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.53%) Google
6 6 (1.53%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.53%) Siemens
7 4 (1.02%) SAP
7 4 (1.02%) Xero
8 3 (0.77%) Aderant
8 3 (0.77%) Allen-Bradley
8 3 (0.77%) ANSYS
8 3 (0.77%) Foundry
8 3 (0.77%) Infor
9 2 (0.51%) Aruba
9 2 (0.51%) EMC
9 2 (0.51%) MuleSoft