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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -5 +1 +16
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 257 135 206
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 8.11% 14.48% 14.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.28% 17.88% 17.61%
Number of salaries quoted 199 95 135
10th Percentile £29,000 £24,500 £24,684
25th Percentile £37,000 £25,087 £24,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £38,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.97% +10.00% -12.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £53,125 £56,375
90th Percentile £90,500 £65,000 £84,964
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -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 2,279 755 1,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 71.92% 81.01% 79.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,700 479 782
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £28,188 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £47,058
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -4.37% -5.89%
75th Percentile £75,000 £61,250 £62,200
90th Percentile £95,000 £75,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -3.51% -8.80%

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 29 August 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 29 August 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 -10 215 £50,000 +25.00% 135
Durham +8 40 £36,750 +19.51% 38
Northumberland -3 2 £46,500 +44.34% 18
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 14 (5.45%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (3.11%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.33%) Confluence
4 5 (1.95%) CMS
4 5 (1.95%) WordPress
5 4 (1.56%) Apache
5 4 (1.56%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.56%) Jupyter
6 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.39%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.39%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (3.89%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.95%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.17%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.39%) CATIA
5 1 (0.39%) Fusion 360
5 1 (0.39%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.39%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (1.56%) Sage 50
2 2 (0.78%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.39%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (0.39%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 58 (22.57%) AWS
2 46 (17.90%) Azure
3 28 (10.89%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (9.73%) GCP
5 22 (8.56%) Serverless
6 19 (7.39%) Power Platform
7 17 (6.61%) Amazon S3
8 14 (5.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 13 (5.06%) Amazon EC2
9 13 (5.06%) AWS CloudFormation
9 13 (5.06%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (4.67%) Amazon ECS
11 9 (3.50%) Amazon EKS
12 7 (2.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 5 (1.95%) Amazon ECR
14 4 (1.56%) Amazon EMR
14 4 (1.56%) Entra ID
14 4 (1.56%) GitHub
15 3 (1.17%) OpenShift
15 3 (1.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.67%) VPN
1 12 (4.67%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (4.28%) LAN
2 11 (4.28%) WAN
3 8 (3.11%) Broadband
3 8 (3.11%) Wireless
4 7 (2.72%) DHCP
4 7 (2.72%) DNS
5 5 (1.95%) Firewall
5 5 (1.95%) Network Security
6 4 (1.56%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.78%) VLAN
7 2 (0.78%) WLAN
8 1 (0.39%) Intranet
8 1 (0.39%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.61%) Power BI
2 16 (6.23%) SQL Server
3 15 (5.84%) MySQL
4 11 (4.28%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (3.11%) Big Data
5 8 (3.11%) Tableau
6 7 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (2.72%) NoSQL
7 6 (2.33%) DynamoDB
7 6 (2.33%) Metadata
7 6 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.95%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.95%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.78%) Redis
10 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.39%) Db2
11 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.39%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (4.28%) Git
2 10 (3.89%) GitLab
3 8 (3.11%) JIRA
4 5 (1.95%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.17%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.78%) Balsamiq
6 2 (0.78%) MLflow
6 2 (0.78%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.39%) TestComplete
7 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.39%) Zephyr
General
1 103 (40.08%) Social Skills
2 59 (22.96%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (15.95%) Finance
3 41 (15.95%) Public Sector
4 24 (9.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (8.95%) Law
6 16 (6.23%) Banking
6 16 (6.23%) Manufacturing
7 13 (5.06%) Legal
7 13 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.50%) Games
9 7 (2.72%) Electronics
10 5 (1.95%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.95%) Retail
11 4 (1.56%) Marketing
11 4 (1.56%) Tech for Good
11 4 (1.56%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.17%) Automotive
13 2 (0.78%) Advertising
13 2 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (12.06%) Developer
2 27 (10.51%) IT Support
3 26 (10.12%) Analyst
4 24 (9.34%) Lead
5 22 (8.56%) Data Engineer
6 19 (7.39%) Senior
7 17 (6.61%) IT Technician
8 15 (5.84%) IT Support Technician
8 15 (5.84%) Support Technician
9 14 (5.45%) Software Developer
10 13 (5.06%) Architect
10 13 (5.06%) Software Engineer
11 12 (4.67%) Business Analyst
12 9 (3.50%) Customer Service Advisor
12 9 (3.50%) Lead Data Engineer
12 9 (3.50%) Python Data Engineer
12 9 (3.50%) Python Engineer
13 8 (3.11%) AWS Engineer
13 8 (3.11%) Cloud Engineer
13 8 (3.11%) Digital Transformation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (8.95%) Terraform
2 15 (5.84%) .NET
2 15 (5.84%) Node.js
3 11 (4.28%) CSS
3 11 (4.28%) HTML
4 10 (3.89%) React
5 7 (2.72%) LangChain
6 5 (1.95%) AWS CDK
6 5 (1.95%) LlamaIndex
6 5 (1.95%) Web Services
7 4 (1.56%) REST
8 3 (1.17%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.17%) Bootstrap
8 3 (1.17%) PySpark
8 3 (1.17%) SignalR
8 3 (1.17%) WebSockets
9 2 (0.78%) React Native
9 2 (0.78%) TensorFlow
9 2 (0.78%) Vue
9 2 (0.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.12%) Onboarding
2 19 (7.39%) Cloud Native
3 9 (3.50%) Distributed Computing
3 9 (3.50%) Replication
4 8 (3.11%) Algorithms
4 8 (3.11%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (3.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (3.11%) Robotics
5 7 (2.72%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.72%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (2.33%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.33%) Hedge funds
6 6 (2.33%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.56%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.56%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.56%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (1.56%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.56%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.17%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 25 (9.73%) Windows
2 14 (5.45%) Linux
3 6 (2.33%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.95%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.17%) Android
5 3 (1.17%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.78%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.78%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.78%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (32.68%) Continuous Improvement
2 72 (28.02%) Agile
3 44 (17.12%) CI/CD
4 37 (14.40%) DevOps
5 34 (13.23%) AI
5 34 (13.23%) Customer Service
6 31 (12.06%) Coaching
6 31 (12.06%) Validation
7 30 (11.67%) Mentoring
8 29 (11.28%) Analytics
8 29 (11.28%) Infrastructure as Code
9 26 (10.12%) Decision-Making
10 23 (8.95%) Software Engineering
10 23 (8.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 22 (8.56%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (7.78%) Data Modelling
12 20 (7.78%) Project Delivery
12 20 (7.78%) SDLC
13 19 (7.39%) Containerisation
13 19 (7.39%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 59 (22.96%) Python
2 49 (19.07%) SQL
3 19 (7.39%) TypeScript
4 18 (7.00%) C#
5 15 (5.84%) JavaScript
6 14 (5.45%) Bash
6 14 (5.45%) Java
7 11 (4.28%) Shell Script
8 6 (2.33%) C++
9 4 (1.56%) PHP
9 4 (1.56%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.17%) Go
11 2 (0.78%) C
12 1 (0.39%) Perl
12 1 (0.39%) RPG
12 1 (0.39%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 33 (12.84%) Degree
2 25 (9.73%) Security Cleared
3 24 (9.34%) SC Cleared
4 10 (3.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.72%) PMI Certification
7 6 (2.33%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.33%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.33%) HND
7 6 (2.33%) PMP
8 5 (1.95%) Chartered Engineer
8 5 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.95%) HNC
9 4 (1.56%) ISEB
10 3 (1.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.17%) CCSP
10 3 (1.17%) CISM
10 3 (1.17%) CISSP
11 2 (0.78%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.56%) QA
2 20 (7.78%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.89%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.95%) NCSC
5 4 (1.56%) GDPR
5 4 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.17%) NIST
6 3 (1.17%) WCAG
7 2 (0.78%) PMO
8 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.39%) GMP
8 1 (0.39%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (10.89%) Active Directory
2 19 (7.39%) Docker
3 9 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.56%) Firmware
5 3 (1.17%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (2.72%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.56%) Ansible
3 3 (1.17%) Progress Chef
3 3 (1.17%) Puppet
4 2 (0.78%) SCCM
4 2 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.78%) WSUS
5 1 (0.39%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 60 (23.35%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.39%) Databricks
3 11 (4.28%) VMware
4 8 (3.11%) BT
5 5 (1.95%) Oracle
5 5 (1.95%) Sage
6 4 (1.56%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.56%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.56%) Xero
7 3 (1.17%) ANSYS
7 3 (1.17%) Foundry
7 3 (1.17%) Google
8 2 (0.78%) Apple
8 2 (0.78%) Aruba
8 2 (0.78%) Cisco
8 2 (0.78%) IBM
8 2 (0.78%) Infor
8 2 (0.78%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.78%) Spotify
9 1 (0.39%) Confluent