Problem-Solving Jobs in the North East

Problem Solving
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 8 22
Rank change year-on-year +4 +14 +3
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 425 313 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 30.84% 14.90% 9.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 43.10% 18.11% 9.87%
Number of salaries quoted 218 240 71
10th Percentile £24,500 £24,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £25,084 £24,960 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £41,774 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.95% -1.71% -
75th Percentile £37,875 £62,813 £49,067
90th Percentile £61,250 £75,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £47,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.00% -9.09% -

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 986 1,728 1,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 71.55% 82.29% 96.93%
Number of salaries quoted 570 1,360 562
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £30,508
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.84% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £53,750 £63,183 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% -12.00% +4.17%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North East.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the North East

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North East over the 6 months to 3 July 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 3 July 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 +9 250 £25,087 -40.62% 125
Durham -2 156 £25,084 -44.26% 28
Northumberland +1 11 £26,929 +9.91% 9
Cleveland -4 8 £25,084 - 9
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 (0.47%) Apache
1 2 (0.47%) Apache Spark
1 2 (0.47%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 6 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.47%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.24%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 37 (8.71%) Azure
2 14 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (1.65%) AWS
3 7 (1.65%) Power Platform
4 5 (1.18%) GitHub
5 4 (0.94%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (0.71%) GCP
7 2 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.47%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.24%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.24%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.24%) Bitrise
8 1 (0.24%) Firebase
8 1 (0.24%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 260 (61.18%) Broadband
2 3 (0.71%) SAN
3 2 (0.47%) Firewall
3 2 (0.47%) VLAN
4 1 (0.24%) LAN
4 1 (0.24%) NAS
4 1 (0.24%) VoIP
4 1 (0.24%) VPN
4 1 (0.24%) WAN
4 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.47%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.65%) MySQL
2 7 (1.65%) Power BI
3 4 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (0.94%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Artifactory
1 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
1 2 (0.47%) JIRA
1 2 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
1 2 (0.47%) SonarQube
1 2 (0.47%) TeamCity
2 1 (0.24%) Git
General
1 259 (60.94%) Games
2 253 (59.53%) Banking
3 111 (26.12%) Social Skills
4 79 (18.59%) Finance
5 63 (14.82%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (8.47%) Marketing
7 27 (6.35%) Retail
8 21 (4.94%) Manufacturing
9 16 (3.76%) Billing
10 10 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.88%) Advertising
12 6 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.94%) Dutch Language
13 4 (0.94%) Finnish Language
13 4 (0.94%) Norwegian Language
14 3 (0.71%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.47%) Front Office
15 2 (0.47%) Law
16 1 (0.24%) Legal
Job Titles
1 255 (60.00%) Customer Service Advisor
2 36 (8.47%) Development Manager
2 36 (8.47%) Product Development Manager
2 36 (8.47%) Product Manager
3 22 (5.18%) Developer
4 18 (4.24%) Analyst
5 15 (3.53%) Lead
5 15 (3.53%) Trainer
6 13 (3.06%) Senior
7 11 (2.59%) Support Analyst
8 10 (2.35%) IT Analyst
8 10 (2.35%) IT Support
9 9 (2.12%) IT Support Analyst
10 8 (1.88%) Graduate
10 8 (1.88%) Technical Support
11 7 (1.65%) Software Engineer
12 6 (1.41%) C# Developer
12 6 (1.41%) Graduate Developer
12 6 (1.41%) IT Manager
12 6 (1.41%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.71%) .NET
2 8 (1.88%) ASP.NET
3 7 (1.65%) CSS
4 6 (1.41%) .NET Core
4 6 (1.41%) jQuery
5 5 (1.18%) React
6 4 (0.94%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.94%) Flash
6 4 (0.94%) Node.js
7 3 (0.71%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.71%) Jest
7 3 (0.71%) React Native
7 3 (0.71%) WebSockets
8 2 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.47%) Entity Framework
8 2 (0.47%) HTML
8 2 (0.47%) SignalR
9 1 (0.24%) Kendo UI
9 1 (0.24%) Laravel
9 1 (0.24%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.47%) FMCG
2 19 (4.47%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (3.53%) Robotics
4 5 (1.18%) Data Centre
5 4 (0.94%) CMDB
5 4 (0.94%) Mobile App
5 4 (0.94%) SCADA
6 3 (0.71%) Algorithms
6 3 (0.71%) Client/Server
6 3 (0.71%) Data Structures
6 3 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (0.71%) Hedge funds
7 2 (0.47%) ASTM
7 2 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.47%) NHS
7 2 (0.47%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.24%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.24%) Animation
8 1 (0.24%) Derivative
8 1 (0.24%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.24%) Windows
2 9 (2.12%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.94%) Android
3 4 (0.94%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.94%) Linux
4 2 (0.47%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (63.76%) Customer Service
2 45 (10.59%) Project Management
3 36 (8.47%) Commercialisation
3 36 (8.47%) Competitor Analysis
3 36 (8.47%) Product Strategy
4 30 (7.06%) Agile
5 27 (6.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 22 (5.18%) Computer Science
6 22 (5.18%) Mentoring
7 20 (4.71%) Artificial Intelligence
8 17 (4.00%) Machine Learning
9 16 (3.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (3.53%) Collaborative Culture
10 15 (3.53%) Generative AI
10 15 (3.53%) LLM
10 15 (3.53%) Red Team
11 13 (3.06%) Software Engineering
12 12 (2.82%) Process Improvement
13 11 (2.59%) ERP
13 11 (2.59%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 26 (6.12%) C#
2 17 (4.00%) SQL
3 13 (3.06%) Java
3 13 (3.06%) Python
4 12 (2.82%) TypeScript
5 7 (1.65%) C++
5 7 (1.65%) PHP
6 6 (1.41%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.18%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.71%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.24%) Bash
9 1 (0.24%) Bicep
9 1 (0.24%) HLSL
9 1 (0.24%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.24%) Swift
9 1 (0.24%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 93 (21.88%) Degree
2 14 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (1.65%) Master's Degree
4 3 (0.71%) DBS Check
4 3 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (0.47%) CISM
5 2 (0.47%) CISSP
5 2 (0.47%) PhD
6 1 (0.24%) CCNA
6 1 (0.24%) CEH
6 1 (0.24%) CISA
6 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.24%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.24%) MCSA
6 1 (0.24%) MCSE
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.24%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.24%) PMP
6 1 (0.24%) SSCP
6 1 (0.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (9.18%) QA
2 5 (1.18%) Accessibility
2 5 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.94%) PCI DSS
3 4 (0.94%) SOC 2
4 2 (0.47%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.47%) GDPR
5 1 (0.24%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.24%) NIST
5 1 (0.24%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (3.29%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.71%) vSphere
4 2 (0.47%) Docker
5 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (1.65%) Kubernetes
1 7 (1.65%) Terraform
2 2 (0.47%) Ansible
2 2 (0.47%) Control-M
2 2 (0.47%) Docker Swarm
2 2 (0.47%) Grafana
2 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 256 (60.24%) BT
2 35 (8.24%) Microsoft
3 17 (4.00%) Adobe
3 17 (4.00%) Databricks
3 17 (4.00%) Google
4 8 (1.88%) Concur
4 8 (1.88%) JD Edwards
4 8 (1.88%) Oracle
4 8 (1.88%) SAP
5 5 (1.18%) VMware
6 4 (0.94%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.47%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.24%) Capita
8 1 (0.24%) Cisco
8 1 (0.24%) Telerik
8 1 (0.24%) Veeam