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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 +15
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 232 148 212
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 7.87% 16.34% 14.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.82% 19.79% 17.38%
Number of salaries quoted 182 101 150
10th Percentile £29,025 £24,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £25,300 £24,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £38,500 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year +25.97% -0.65% -3.13%
75th Percentile £69,230 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £92,250 £65,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.15% -7.00% -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 2,144 748 1,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 72.75% 82.56% 81.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,602 477 880
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £28,188 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £47,074
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -4.41% -5.85%
75th Percentile £71,250 £61,250 £61,810
90th Percentile £92,388 £78,950 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 13 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 13 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 -11 195 £50,000 +25.00% 129
Durham 0 33 £37,000 +8.42% 28
Cleveland +3 2 - - 3
Northumberland -4 1 £38,000 +41.11% 12
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 (5.60%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (3.02%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.59%) Confluence
4 5 (2.16%) CMS
4 5 (2.16%) WordPress
5 3 (1.29%) Apache
5 3 (1.29%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.29%) Jupyter
5 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.43%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.16%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.29%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.43%) Fusion 360
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.43%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 50 (21.55%) AWS
2 41 (17.67%) Azure
3 22 (9.48%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (8.62%) GCP
5 18 (7.76%) Power Platform
6 17 (7.33%) Serverless
7 13 (5.60%) Amazon S3
8 10 (4.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 10 (4.31%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (3.88%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (3.88%) Amazon ECS
10 8 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (2.59%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (1.72%) Amazon ECR
12 4 (1.72%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.72%) GitHub
12 4 (1.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 3 (1.29%) Amazon EMR
13 3 (1.29%) Figma
13 3 (1.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.74%) VPN
2 9 (3.88%) Broadband
2 9 (3.88%) LAN
2 9 (3.88%) WAN
2 9 (3.88%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (3.02%) Wireless
4 6 (2.59%) DHCP
4 6 (2.59%) DNS
5 5 (2.16%) Firewall
5 5 (2.16%) Network Security
6 3 (1.29%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.86%) VLAN
7 2 (0.86%) WLAN
8 1 (0.43%) Intranet
8 1 (0.43%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.90%) Power BI
1 16 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 14 (6.03%) MySQL
3 9 (3.88%) Tableau
4 8 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (3.02%) Big Data
5 7 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (3.02%) NoSQL
6 6 (2.59%) Metadata
6 6 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (2.16%) DynamoDB
7 5 (2.16%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.72%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.29%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.86%) Redis
10 2 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.43%) Db2
11 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.43%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (4.31%) Git
2 8 (3.45%) JIRA
3 7 (3.02%) GitLab
4 3 (1.29%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.86%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.86%) MLflow
5 2 (0.86%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.43%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.43%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.43%) Zephyr
General
1 92 (39.66%) Social Skills
2 53 (22.84%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (16.81%) Finance
3 39 (16.81%) Public Sector
4 22 (9.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (8.19%) Law
6 16 (6.90%) Banking
7 12 (5.17%) Legal
8 11 (4.74%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (4.31%) Games
9 10 (4.31%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.59%) Electronics
10 6 (2.59%) Marketing
11 5 (2.16%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.72%) Tech for Good
13 3 (1.29%) Retail
13 3 (1.29%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.86%) Advertising
14 2 (0.86%) Automotive
14 2 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (12.50%) Developer
2 26 (11.21%) Analyst
3 23 (9.91%) IT Support
4 22 (9.48%) Data Engineer
5 20 (8.62%) Senior
6 19 (8.19%) Lead
7 15 (6.47%) IT Technician
8 14 (6.03%) Business Analyst
8 14 (6.03%) Software Developer
9 13 (5.60%) Architect
9 13 (5.60%) IT Support Technician
9 13 (5.60%) Support Technician
10 12 (5.17%) Software Engineer
11 10 (4.31%) Customer Service Advisor
12 9 (3.88%) Lead Data Engineer
12 9 (3.88%) Python Data Engineer
12 9 (3.88%) Python Engineer
13 8 (3.45%) Digital Transformation
14 7 (3.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 5 (2.16%) Database Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.03%) .NET
2 12 (5.17%) Node.js
3 10 (4.31%) CSS
3 10 (4.31%) HTML
3 10 (4.31%) React
4 5 (2.16%) LangChain
5 4 (1.72%) REST
6 3 (1.29%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.29%) AWS CDK
6 3 (1.29%) Bootstrap
6 3 (1.29%) LlamaIndex
6 3 (1.29%) SignalR
6 3 (1.29%) Web Services
6 3 (1.29%) WebSockets
7 2 (0.86%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.86%) CSS3
7 2 (0.86%) HTML5
7 2 (0.86%) React Native
7 2 (0.86%) TensorFlow
7 2 (0.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.62%) Onboarding
2 16 (6.90%) Cloud Native
3 9 (3.88%) Distributed Computing
4 8 (3.45%) Algorithms
4 8 (3.45%) Replication
5 7 (3.02%) Data Structures
5 7 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.59%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.59%) Hedge funds
6 6 (2.59%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.16%) Robotics
8 4 (1.72%) Client/Server
8 4 (1.72%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.72%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (1.72%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.72%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.72%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.29%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.05%) Windows
2 13 (5.60%) Linux
3 6 (2.59%) Apple iOS
3 6 (2.59%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.72%) Android
5 2 (0.86%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (0.86%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.86%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.86%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (29.74%) Continuous Improvement
2 66 (28.45%) Agile
3 35 (15.09%) CI/CD
4 31 (13.36%) AI
4 31 (13.36%) Customer Service
5 30 (12.93%) Coaching
6 29 (12.50%) DevOps
6 29 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 29 (12.50%) Validation
7 28 (12.07%) Analytics
8 24 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 22 (9.48%) Decision-Making
10 21 (9.05%) Infrastructure as Code
10 21 (9.05%) Software Engineering
11 19 (8.19%) Data Modelling
11 19 (8.19%) SDLC
12 18 (7.76%) Business Intelligence
12 18 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
13 16 (6.90%) Computer Science
13 16 (6.90%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 50 (21.55%) Python
2 48 (20.69%) SQL
3 16 (6.90%) C#
3 16 (6.90%) TypeScript
4 13 (5.60%) JavaScript
5 11 (4.74%) Java
6 10 (4.31%) Shell Script
7 8 (3.45%) Bash
8 6 (2.59%) C++
9 4 (1.72%) PHP
10 3 (1.29%) Go
11 2 (0.86%) C
11 2 (0.86%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.43%) RPG
12 1 (0.43%) RPG IV
12 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (13.36%) Degree
2 23 (9.91%) Security Cleared
3 22 (9.48%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.45%) PMI Certification
5 7 (3.02%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.02%) PMP
6 6 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.16%) ISEB
8 4 (1.72%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.72%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.72%) HNC
9 3 (1.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.29%) CCSP
9 3 (1.29%) CISM
9 3 (1.29%) CISSP
9 3 (1.29%) HND
10 2 (0.86%) CCNP
10 2 (0.86%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.62%) Data Quality
2 19 (8.19%) QA
3 10 (4.31%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.16%) GDPR
5 4 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.29%) NCSC
6 3 (1.29%) NIST
6 3 (1.29%) WCAG
7 2 (0.86%) PMO
8 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.43%) GMP
8 1 (0.43%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (9.91%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.60%) Docker
3 8 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.72%) Firmware
5 3 (1.29%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.86%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (7.33%) Terraform
2 5 (2.16%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.86%) Ansible
3 2 (0.86%) SCCM
3 2 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.86%) WSUS
4 1 (0.43%) CloudHub
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.43%) Puppet
Vendors
1 50 (21.55%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.19%) Databricks
3 10 (4.31%) VMware
4 9 (3.88%) BT
5 5 (2.16%) Oracle
5 5 (2.16%) Sage
6 4 (1.72%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.72%) Xero
7 3 (1.29%) ANSYS
7 3 (1.29%) Apple
7 3 (1.29%) Foundry
7 3 (1.29%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.86%) Aruba
8 2 (0.86%) Cisco
8 2 (0.86%) IBM
8 2 (0.86%) Infor
8 2 (0.86%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.86%) Spotify
9 1 (0.43%) Adobe
9 1 (0.43%) Confluent