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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 3 8
Rank change year-on-year -17 +5 +16
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 192 167 290
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 7.24% 20.10% 14.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.97% 24.27% 17.57%
Number of salaries quoted 147 100 220
10th Percentile £29,126 £25,000 -
25th Percentile £40,000 £25,300 £24,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £39,550 £41,774
Median % change year-on-year +28.95% -5.32% -1.71%
75th Percentile £69,390 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,250 £68,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -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 1,926 688 1,651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 72.65% 82.79% 82.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,445 439 1,292
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 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £75,750
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 11 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 11 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 -11 166 £52,500 +31.25% 75
Durham -22 16 £38,250 +12.09% 14
Cleveland +3 7 - - 1
Northumberland -3 2 - - 3
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 11 (5.73%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (3.65%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.60%) CMS
3 5 (2.60%) WordPress
4 3 (1.56%) Apache
4 3 (1.56%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.56%) Jupyter
4 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.04%) Confluence
6 1 (0.52%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.52%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.08%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.08%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.52%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.52%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 40 (20.83%) AWS
2 35 (18.23%) Azure
3 14 (7.29%) GCP
3 14 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (6.77%) Power Platform
5 12 (6.25%) Serverless
6 7 (3.65%) Amazon S3
7 4 (2.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (2.08%) Amazon ECR
7 4 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.56%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (1.56%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (1.56%) Amazon EMR
8 3 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.56%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.56%) OCI
8 3 (1.56%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.04%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.04%) GitHub
9 2 (1.04%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.73%) Broadband
2 8 (4.17%) Firewall
3 6 (3.13%) DHCP
3 6 (3.13%) DNS
3 6 (3.13%) Wireless
4 5 (2.60%) VPN
5 4 (2.08%) Network Security
5 4 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.56%) LAN
6 3 (1.56%) NGFW
6 3 (1.56%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.56%) VXLAN
6 3 (1.56%) WAN
6 3 (1.56%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.52%) DSLAM
7 1 (0.52%) Intranet
7 1 (0.52%) SAN
7 1 (0.52%) VLAN
7 1 (0.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.77%) Power BI
2 12 (6.25%) SQL Server
3 11 (5.73%) MySQL
4 8 (4.17%) Tableau
5 7 (3.65%) Big Data
5 7 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (3.65%) NoSQL
6 6 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (2.60%) DynamoDB
7 5 (2.60%) Metadata
7 5 (2.60%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (1.56%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (1.04%) Redis
9 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.52%) Db2
10 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.52%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (3.65%) Git
1 7 (3.65%) GitLab
2 4 (2.08%) JIRA
3 2 (1.04%) LabVIEW
3 2 (1.04%) MLflow
3 2 (1.04%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.52%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.52%) TestComplete
4 1 (0.52%) Zephyr
General
1 72 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 43 (22.40%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (17.71%) Public Sector
4 30 (15.63%) Finance
5 16 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (7.81%) Banking
7 13 (6.77%) Legal
8 12 (6.25%) Law
8 12 (6.25%) Marketing
9 11 (5.73%) Games
10 9 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (3.13%) Electronics
12 4 (2.08%) Financial Institution
12 4 (2.08%) Tech for Good
13 3 (1.56%) Retail
14 2 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (1.04%) Wearables
15 1 (0.52%) Billing
15 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (15.10%) Developer
2 20 (10.42%) Data Engineer
3 19 (9.90%) Senior
4 18 (9.38%) IT Support
5 16 (8.33%) Analyst
6 15 (7.81%) Lead
7 13 (6.77%) Software Developer
8 12 (6.25%) Architect
9 11 (5.73%) Customer Service Advisor
10 10 (5.21%) Business Analyst
10 10 (5.21%) Software Engineer
10 10 (5.21%) Support Technician
11 9 (4.69%) IT Support Technician
11 9 (4.69%) IT Technician
12 8 (4.17%) Digital Transformation
13 7 (3.65%) Applications Support
13 7 (3.65%) Lead Data Engineer
13 7 (3.65%) Python Data Engineer
13 7 (3.65%) Python Engineer
14 6 (3.13%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.21%) .NET
1 10 (5.21%) Node.js
2 9 (4.69%) React
3 8 (4.17%) CSS
3 8 (4.17%) HTML
4 4 (2.08%) REST
5 3 (1.56%) Bootstrap
5 3 (1.56%) PySpark
5 3 (1.56%) SignalR
5 3 (1.56%) WebSockets
6 2 (1.04%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.04%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.04%) CSS3
6 2 (1.04%) HTML5
6 2 (1.04%) LangChain
6 2 (1.04%) React Native
6 2 (1.04%) TensorFlow
6 2 (1.04%) Vue
6 2 (1.04%) XML
7 1 (0.52%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.73%) Cloud Native
2 7 (3.65%) Algorithms
2 7 (3.65%) Distributed Computing
2 7 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (3.13%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.60%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.60%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.60%) Hedge funds
4 5 (2.60%) Replication
5 4 (2.08%) Client/Server
5 4 (2.08%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.08%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (2.08%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.08%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.56%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.56%) PKI
6 3 (1.56%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.56%) Robotics
7 2 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.21%) Windows
2 8 (4.17%) Linux
3 4 (2.08%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.56%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.04%) Android
5 2 (1.04%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (1.04%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.04%) Mac OS X
5 2 (1.04%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (26.56%) Agile
2 40 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 27 (14.06%) Analytics
4 26 (13.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 25 (13.02%) Customer Service
6 24 (12.50%) AI
6 24 (12.50%) Mentoring
7 23 (11.98%) CI/CD
7 23 (11.98%) Coaching
8 21 (10.94%) Validation
9 19 (9.90%) Data Modelling
9 19 (9.90%) Software Engineering
10 18 (9.38%) DevOps
11 17 (8.85%) Decision-Making
12 16 (8.33%) Data Pipeline
13 15 (7.81%) Business Intelligence
13 15 (7.81%) Computer Science
14 14 (7.29%) Test Automation
15 13 (6.77%) Project Management
15 13 (6.77%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 41 (21.35%) Python
2 40 (20.83%) SQL
3 14 (7.29%) TypeScript
4 13 (6.77%) C#
5 10 (5.21%) JavaScript
6 9 (4.69%) Java
7 5 (2.60%) C++
7 5 (2.60%) Shell Script
8 4 (2.08%) Bash
8 4 (2.08%) PHP
9 3 (1.56%) Go
10 2 (1.04%) C
10 2 (1.04%) VB
11 1 (0.52%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.52%) RPG
11 1 (0.52%) RPG IV
11 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (12.50%) Degree
2 20 (10.42%) SC Cleared
2 20 (10.42%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (3.13%) HNC
4 5 (2.60%) PMI Certification
4 5 (2.60%) PMP
5 4 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (1.56%) CCSP
6 3 (1.56%) CISM
6 3 (1.56%) CISSP
6 3 (1.56%) ISEB
6 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.04%) APMP
7 2 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.04%) CAPM
7 2 (1.04%) PgMP
8 1 (0.52%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.52%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.94%) Data Quality
2 12 (6.25%) QA
3 10 (5.21%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.56%) GDPR
5 3 (1.56%) NIST
5 3 (1.56%) WCAG
6 2 (1.04%) PMO
7 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (7.81%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.65%) Docker
4 4 (2.08%) Firmware
5 3 (1.56%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.04%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (6.77%) Terraform
2 5 (2.60%) Ansible
3 4 (2.08%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.04%) SCCM
4 2 (1.04%) WSUS
5 1 (0.52%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.52%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.52%) Puppet
Vendors
1 35 (18.23%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.33%) Databricks
3 11 (5.73%) BT
4 10 (5.21%) VMware
5 5 (2.60%) Oracle
6 4 (2.08%) Apple
6 4 (2.08%) Aruba
6 4 (2.08%) Sage
6 4 (2.08%) Xero
7 3 (1.56%) Arista
7 3 (1.56%) Intapp
7 3 (1.56%) NetScout
7 3 (1.56%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.04%) ANSYS
8 2 (1.04%) Foundry
8 2 (1.04%) IBM
8 2 (1.04%) Infor
8 2 (1.04%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.04%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.04%) Samsung