Creative Problem-Solving Jobs in the North of England

Creative Problem-Solving
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Creative Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Creative Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 268 309 422
Rank change year-on-year +41 +113 -3
Permanent jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 53 85 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.48% 0.49% 0.086%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.59% 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 34 33 15
10th Percentile £26,250 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £37,574 £52,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £60,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.17% +36.36% -9.97%
75th Percentile £62,342 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £71,875 - £70,750
England median annual salary £40,101 £53,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year -25.39% -28.33% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Creative 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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,453 14,483 16,946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.69% 83.70% 96.88%
Number of salaries quoted 5,801 11,118 8,093
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Creative Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the North of England

Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in the North of England.

Salary trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the North of England

Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in the North of England over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Creative Problem-Solving in the North of England

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving within the North of England region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Yorkshire +82 33 £40,101 -25.08% 6
North West -12 20 £40,101 -33.17% 17
Creative Problem-Solving
England

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (7.55%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 21 (39.62%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 21 (39.62%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.75%) Azure
2 10 (18.87%) AWS
3 6 (11.32%) Entra ID
3 6 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (7.55%) Figma
4 4 (7.55%) Kibo
5 1 (1.89%) dbt
5 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.89%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.89%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.89%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.55%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.21%) MySQL
1 7 (13.21%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (5.66%) Data Hub
3 1 (1.89%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (39.62%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (5.66%) Git
2 3 (5.66%) GitLab
3 1 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 25 (47.17%) Social Skills
2 21 (39.62%) Aerospace
2 21 (39.62%) Electronics
3 7 (13.21%) Finance
4 6 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.66%) Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (39.62%) Junior
1 21 (39.62%) Junior Systems Engineer
1 21 (39.62%) Systems Engineer
2 12 (22.64%) Developer
3 7 (13.21%) Full-Stack Developer
3 7 (13.21%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
3 7 (13.21%) JavaScript Developer
4 6 (11.32%) IT Engineer
4 6 (11.32%) Senior
5 5 (9.43%) Lead
6 4 (7.55%) .NET Developer
6 4 (7.55%) AWS Developer
6 4 (7.55%) Designer
6 4 (7.55%) Node.js Developer
6 4 (7.55%) Product Designer
6 4 (7.55%) Senior .NET Developer
6 4 (7.55%) Senior Developer
7 2 (3.77%) ERP Project Manager
7 2 (3.77%) IT Manager
7 2 (3.77%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.21%) Middleware
1 7 (13.21%) Node.js
1 7 (13.21%) Svelte
2 4 (7.55%) .NET
2 4 (7.55%) .NET Framework
2 4 (7.55%) ASP.NET
2 4 (7.55%) Flutter
2 4 (7.55%) jQuery
2 4 (7.55%) React
2 4 (7.55%) Vue
3 3 (5.66%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.09%) Virtual Team
2 6 (11.32%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (7.55%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.77%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.89%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.32%) Windows
2 4 (7.55%) Android
2 4 (7.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (62.26%) Continuous Improvement
3 23 (43.40%) Project Management
4 22 (41.51%) Computer Science
5 21 (39.62%) Mathematics
5 21 (39.62%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 21 (39.62%) Physics
5 21 (39.62%) PLM
5 21 (39.62%) SysML
5 21 (39.62%) Systems Engineering
5 21 (39.62%) UML
6 12 (22.64%) Agile
7 11 (20.75%) User Experience
8 7 (13.21%) CI/CD
8 7 (13.21%) Customer Service
8 7 (13.21%) Full-Stack Development
8 7 (13.21%) Secure Coding
9 6 (11.32%) ITIL
9 6 (11.32%) Ticket Management
10 5 (9.43%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 21 (39.62%) MATLAB
2 14 (26.42%) JavaScript
3 10 (18.87%) TypeScript
4 4 (7.55%) C#
5 3 (5.66%) Java
6 2 (3.77%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 23 (43.40%) Degree
2 21 (39.62%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (13.21%) SC Cleared
3 7 (13.21%) Security Cleared
4 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.77%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.66%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (3.77%) QA
System Software
1 6 (11.32%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.66%) Docker
Vendors
1 21 (39.62%) IBM
2 7 (13.21%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.77%) SAP
4 1 (1.89%) Bloomberg