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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -6 +2 +14
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 251 136 206
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 8.22% 14.81% 13.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.34% 18.23% 17.01%
Number of salaries quoted 197 96 143
10th Percentile £29,000 £24,500 -
25th Percentile £37,000 £25,087 £24,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £67,500 £53,750 £55,125
90th Percentile £91,000 £65,000 £83,471
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 2,214 746 1,211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 72.47% 81.26% 80.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,650 470 843
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £28,188 £35,046
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £74,985 £61,250 £62,200
90th Percentile £93,634 £75,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.90% -11.20%

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 22 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 22 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 -10 210 £50,000 +22.97% 83
Durham +9 38 £37,000 +20.33% 32
Cleveland +2 1 - - 4
Northumberland -3 1 £38,000 +17.96% 11
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 (5.58%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (2.79%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.39%) Confluence
4 5 (1.99%) CMS
4 5 (1.99%) WordPress
5 4 (1.59%) Apache
5 4 (1.59%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.59%) Jupyter
6 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.40%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.40%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (3.98%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.99%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.20%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.40%) Fusion 360
Business Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.40%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.40%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 56 (22.31%) AWS
2 44 (17.53%) Azure
3 25 (9.96%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (9.56%) GCP
5 21 (8.37%) Serverless
6 18 (7.17%) Power Platform
7 16 (6.37%) Amazon S3
8 13 (5.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 12 (4.78%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (4.78%) AWS CloudFormation
9 12 (4.78%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (4.38%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (3.19%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (2.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 5 (1.99%) Amazon ECR
14 4 (1.59%) Amazon EMR
14 4 (1.59%) GitHub
15 3 (1.20%) OpenShift
15 3 (1.20%) SaaS
15 3 (1.20%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.78%) VPN
2 11 (4.38%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (3.98%) LAN
3 10 (3.98%) WAN
4 9 (3.59%) Broadband
5 7 (2.79%) Wireless
6 6 (2.39%) DHCP
6 6 (2.39%) DNS
7 5 (1.99%) Firewall
7 5 (1.99%) Network Security
8 3 (1.20%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.80%) VLAN
9 2 (0.80%) WLAN
10 1 (0.40%) Intranet
10 1 (0.40%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.77%) SQL Server
2 16 (6.37%) Power BI
3 15 (5.98%) MySQL
4 10 (3.98%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (3.59%) Tableau
6 8 (3.19%) Big Data
7 7 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.79%) NoSQL
8 6 (2.39%) DynamoDB
8 6 (2.39%) Metadata
8 6 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.99%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.99%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.59%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.80%) Redis
11 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.40%) Data Vault
12 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.40%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 11 (4.38%) Git
2 10 (3.98%) GitLab
3 8 (3.19%) JIRA
4 5 (1.99%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.20%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.80%) Balsamiq
6 2 (0.80%) MLflow
6 2 (0.80%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.40%) TestComplete
7 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.40%) Zephyr
General
1 100 (39.84%) Social Skills
2 58 (23.11%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (16.33%) Finance
3 41 (16.33%) Public Sector
4 23 (9.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (8.37%) Law
6 17 (6.77%) Banking
7 13 (5.18%) Legal
7 13 (5.18%) Manufacturing
8 12 (4.78%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (3.98%) Games
10 7 (2.79%) Electronics
11 5 (1.99%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.99%) Marketing
11 5 (1.99%) Retail
12 4 (1.59%) Tech for Good
12 4 (1.59%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.20%) Automotive
14 2 (0.80%) Advertising
14 2 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (11.95%) Developer
2 27 (10.76%) Analyst
3 25 (9.96%) IT Support
4 23 (9.16%) Lead
5 22 (8.76%) Data Engineer
6 19 (7.57%) Senior
7 16 (6.37%) IT Technician
8 14 (5.58%) IT Support Technician
8 14 (5.58%) Software Developer
8 14 (5.58%) Support Technician
9 13 (5.18%) Architect
9 13 (5.18%) Business Analyst
9 13 (5.18%) Software Engineer
10 10 (3.98%) Customer Service Advisor
11 9 (3.59%) Lead Data Engineer
11 9 (3.59%) Python Data Engineer
11 9 (3.59%) Python Engineer
12 8 (3.19%) Digital Transformation
13 7 (2.79%) Cloud Engineer
13 7 (2.79%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.76%) Terraform
2 15 (5.98%) .NET
2 15 (5.98%) Node.js
3 11 (4.38%) CSS
3 11 (4.38%) HTML
4 10 (3.98%) React
5 6 (2.39%) LangChain
6 5 (1.99%) AWS CDK
7 4 (1.59%) LlamaIndex
7 4 (1.59%) REST
7 4 (1.59%) Web Services
8 3 (1.20%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.20%) Bootstrap
8 3 (1.20%) PySpark
8 3 (1.20%) SignalR
8 3 (1.20%) WebSockets
9 2 (0.80%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.80%) HTML5
9 2 (0.80%) React Native
9 2 (0.80%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.56%) Onboarding
2 18 (7.17%) Cloud Native
3 9 (3.59%) Distributed Computing
3 9 (3.59%) Replication
4 8 (3.19%) Algorithms
4 8 (3.19%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (2.79%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.79%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (2.79%) Robotics
6 6 (2.39%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.39%) Hedge funds
6 6 (2.39%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (2.39%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.59%) Client/Server
8 4 (1.59%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.59%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (1.59%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.59%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.20%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.16%) Windows
2 14 (5.58%) Linux
3 6 (2.39%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.99%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.20%) Android
6 2 (0.80%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.80%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.80%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.80%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (31.87%) Continuous Improvement
2 71 (28.29%) Agile
3 42 (16.73%) CI/CD
4 35 (13.94%) DevOps
5 33 (13.15%) Customer Service
6 32 (12.75%) AI
7 31 (12.35%) Validation
8 30 (11.95%) Coaching
9 29 (11.55%) Mentoring
10 28 (11.16%) Analytics
11 27 (10.76%) Infrastructure as Code
12 25 (9.96%) Decision-Making
13 22 (8.76%) Software Engineering
13 22 (8.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 21 (8.37%) Stakeholder Management
15 20 (7.97%) Data Modelling
15 20 (7.97%) SDLC
16 19 (7.57%) Test Automation
17 18 (7.17%) Business Intelligence
17 18 (7.17%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 57 (22.71%) Python
2 50 (19.92%) SQL
3 19 (7.57%) TypeScript
4 17 (6.77%) C#
5 15 (5.98%) JavaScript
6 13 (5.18%) Bash
6 13 (5.18%) Java
7 11 (4.38%) Shell Script
8 6 (2.39%) C++
9 4 (1.59%) PHP
9 4 (1.59%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.20%) Go
11 2 (0.80%) C
12 1 (0.40%) RPG
12 1 (0.40%) RPG IV
12 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (12.75%) Degree
2 25 (9.96%) Security Cleared
3 24 (9.56%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (2.79%) PMI Certification
6 6 (2.39%) PMP
7 5 (1.99%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.99%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.99%) HND
8 4 (1.59%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (1.59%) HNC
8 4 (1.59%) ISEB
9 3 (1.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.20%) CCSP
9 3 (1.20%) CISM
9 3 (1.20%) CISSP
10 2 (0.80%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.76%) QA
2 20 (7.97%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.98%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.59%) GDPR
4 4 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.59%) NCSC
5 3 (1.20%) NIST
5 3 (1.20%) WCAG
6 2 (0.80%) PMO
7 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.40%) GMP
7 1 (0.40%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (9.96%) Active Directory
2 18 (7.17%) Docker
3 8 (3.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.59%) Firmware
5 3 (1.20%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.80%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (2.79%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.59%) Ansible
3 3 (1.20%) Progress Chef
3 3 (1.20%) Puppet
4 2 (0.80%) SCCM
4 2 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.80%) WSUS
5 1 (0.40%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 55 (21.91%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.57%) Databricks
3 10 (3.98%) VMware
4 9 (3.59%) BT
5 5 (1.99%) Oracle
5 5 (1.99%) Sage
6 4 (1.59%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.59%) Xero
7 3 (1.20%) ANSYS
7 3 (1.20%) Foundry
7 3 (1.20%) Google
7 3 (1.20%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.80%) Apple
8 2 (0.80%) Aruba
8 2 (0.80%) Cisco
8 2 (0.80%) IBM
8 2 (0.80%) Infor
8 2 (0.80%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.80%) Spotify
9 1 (0.40%) Adobe