Problem-Solving Jobs in the North of England

Problem Solving
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 7 16
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 -5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,854 2,470 2,342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.94% 14.30% 13.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.91% 17.06% 13.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,130 1,787 1,005
10th Percentile £24,250 £25,250 £24,150
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.17% +2.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,967 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.93% -9.09% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 10,351 14,481 16,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.57% 83.82% 96.89%
Number of salaries quoted 5,776 11,125 8,067
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% +9.62%
75th Percentile £63,750 £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%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

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

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the North of England

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the North of England

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 Problem-Solving within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 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
North West -2 977 £47,500 +5.56% 1,022
Yorkshire +2 595 £40,101 -8.00% 582
North East +7 282 £35,000 -22.22% 232
Problem-Solving
England

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 52 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (1.51%) CMS
4 24 (1.29%) Apache
4 24 (1.29%) Confluence
5 22 (1.19%) Umbraco
6 21 (1.13%) Apache Spark
7 19 (1.02%) IBM Domino
8 13 (0.70%) SAS
9 4 (0.22%) nginx
10 3 (0.16%) GemFire
10 3 (0.16%) IIS
10 3 (0.16%) SugarCRM
10 3 (0.16%) WordPress
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.11%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.054%) Mule
12 1 (0.054%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 65 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
3 22 (1.19%) Simulink
4 18 (0.97%) Trello
5 15 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (0.65%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.22%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.16%) Blender
9 3 (0.16%) Maya
10 2 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.11%) Sketch
10 2 (0.11%) ZBrush
11 1 (0.054%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.054%) Revit
11 1 (0.054%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 40 (2.16%) NetSuite
2 26 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 21 (1.13%) Teamcenter
4 8 (0.43%) Primavera
5 7 (0.38%) Shopify
6 5 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.22%) SAP SD
7 4 (0.22%) Unit4 Business World
8 3 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.16%) Maximo
8 3 (0.16%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.16%) Sage 50
9 2 (0.11%) Magento
9 2 (0.11%) Odoo
9 2 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.11%) Sage CRM
9 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 1 (0.054%) Orchard Housing
10 1 (0.054%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 272 (14.67%) AWS
2 227 (12.24%) Azure
3 144 (7.77%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (3.83%) Power Platform
5 52 (2.80%) GCP
6 48 (2.59%) SaaS
7 35 (1.89%) Entra ID
8 28 (1.51%) Serverless
9 25 (1.35%) GitHub
10 24 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (1.02%) Power Automate
12 18 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (0.76%) Azure Machine Learning
13 14 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
14 13 (0.70%) OneDrive
14 13 (0.70%) PowerApps
15 12 (0.65%) AWS CloudFormation
15 12 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
16 10 (0.54%) Figma
17 9 (0.49%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 309 (16.67%) Broadband
2 84 (4.53%) Firewall
3 47 (2.54%) DNS
3 47 (2.54%) VPN
4 31 (1.67%) LAN
4 31 (1.67%) WAN
5 26 (1.40%) DHCP
6 24 (1.29%) SAN
7 23 (1.24%) Intranet
7 23 (1.24%) Network Security
7 23 (1.24%) TCP/IP
8 18 (0.97%) Wireless
9 17 (0.92%) Intrusion Detection
10 15 (0.81%) VoIP
11 14 (0.76%) NAS
12 11 (0.59%) SSH
13 10 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
14 9 (0.49%) VLAN
15 8 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
15 8 (0.43%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (7.44%) SQL Server
2 60 (3.24%) Power BI
3 46 (2.48%) MySQL
4 30 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (1.29%) MongoDB
6 19 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (0.92%) NoSQL
7 17 (0.92%) Relational Database
8 16 (0.86%) Data Lake
9 15 (0.81%) Tableau
10 14 (0.76%) Big Data
11 11 (0.59%) BigQuery
12 10 (0.54%) Cloud Spanner
12 10 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (0.49%) Redis
14 7 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.38%) Hadoop
14 7 (0.38%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 68 (3.67%) JIRA
2 52 (2.80%) Git
3 28 (1.51%) Rational DOORS
4 12 (0.65%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.54%) GitLab
5 10 (0.54%) TeamCity
6 8 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
7 7 (0.38%) ClearCase
8 6 (0.32%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.32%) Postman
8 6 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.27%) Selenium
10 4 (0.22%) Robot Framework
11 3 (0.16%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.16%) TestRail
12 2 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.11%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.11%) Mocha
12 2 (0.11%) NeoLoad
General
1 979 (52.80%) Social Skills
2 465 (25.08%) Analytical Skills
3 395 (21.31%) Finance
4 369 (19.90%) Banking
5 325 (17.53%) Games
6 138 (7.44%) Manufacturing
7 132 (7.12%) Presentation Skills
8 111 (5.99%) Marketing
9 95 (5.12%) Organisational Skills
10 69 (3.72%) Electronics
11 58 (3.13%) Retail
12 54 (2.91%) Legal
13 35 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 34 (1.83%) Law
15 25 (1.35%) Aerospace
16 24 (1.29%) Advertising
16 24 (1.29%) Public Sector
17 23 (1.24%) Telecoms
18 22 (1.19%) Aviation
19 20 (1.08%) Billing
Job Titles
1 302 (16.29%) Customer Service Advisor
2 193 (10.41%) IT Support
3 180 (9.71%) Developer
4 177 (9.55%) Analyst
5 149 (8.04%) Senior
6 95 (5.12%) Lead
7 85 (4.58%) Development Manager
8 83 (4.48%) Product Manager
9 82 (4.42%) Product Development Manager
10 66 (3.56%) Support Engineer
10 66 (3.56%) Systems Engineer
11 59 (3.18%) Software Engineer
12 51 (2.75%) Project Manager
13 50 (2.70%) Consultant
13 50 (2.70%) IT Engineer
14 44 (2.37%) Software Developer
14 44 (2.37%) Support Analyst
15 41 (2.21%) Junior
16 38 (2.05%) Automation Engineer
17 37 (2.00%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (4.91%) .NET
2 71 (3.83%) HTML
3 65 (3.51%) CSS
4 52 (2.80%) React
5 35 (1.89%) Node.js
6 34 (1.83%) RESTful
7 33 (1.78%) jQuery
8 28 (1.51%) AngularJS
9 27 (1.46%) .NET Framework
10 26 (1.40%) ASP.NET
11 25 (1.35%) .NET Core
11 25 (1.35%) XML
12 24 (1.29%) HTML5
13 22 (1.19%) SOAP
14 19 (1.02%) REST
14 19 (1.02%) Vue
15 16 (0.86%) Middleware
16 14 (0.76%) Kafka
16 14 (0.76%) Web Services
17 13 (0.70%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 116 (6.26%) Management Information System
2 113 (6.09%) FMCG
3 105 (5.66%) Enterprise Software
4 85 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
5 50 (2.70%) Social Media
6 42 (2.27%) Product Ownership
7 31 (1.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 30 (1.62%) Mobile App
9 28 (1.51%) NHS
9 28 (1.51%) Onboarding
10 27 (1.46%) Algorithms
11 24 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
12 23 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
13 22 (1.19%) Private Cloud
14 21 (1.13%) Manufacturing Execution System
14 21 (1.13%) Security Posture
15 17 (0.92%) Public Cloud
16 15 (0.81%) IoT
16 15 (0.81%) Operational Technology
17 14 (0.76%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 325 (17.53%) Windows
2 79 (4.26%) Linux
3 72 (3.88%) Windows Server
4 53 (2.86%) Android
5 40 (2.16%) Windows 10
6 34 (1.83%) Windows Vista
7 22 (1.19%) Mac OS
8 11 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (0.49%) Mac OS X
9 9 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (0.38%) Apple iOS
10 7 (0.38%) CentOS
10 7 (0.38%) Unix
11 5 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.22%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.11%) AIX
13 2 (0.11%) Debian
13 2 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 467 (25.19%) Customer Service
2 290 (15.64%) Project Management
3 259 (13.97%) Continuous Improvement
4 240 (12.94%) Agile
5 168 (9.06%) Computer Science
6 151 (8.14%) Mathematics
7 146 (7.87%) Mentoring
8 142 (7.66%) Software Engineering
9 140 (7.55%) ITIL
10 125 (6.74%) Decision-Making
10 125 (6.74%) Service Delivery
11 118 (6.36%) DevOps
11 118 (6.36%) Line Management
12 109 (5.88%) Process Improvement
13 107 (5.77%) Collaborative Working
14 100 (5.39%) Analytics
14 100 (5.39%) Coaching
15 99 (5.34%) CI/CD
16 95 (5.12%) ERP
17 94 (5.07%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 218 (11.76%) SQL
2 152 (8.20%) C#
3 124 (6.69%) JavaScript
4 110 (5.93%) Python
5 107 (5.77%) Java
6 56 (3.02%) TypeScript
7 51 (2.75%) PowerShell
8 41 (2.21%) PHP
9 22 (1.19%) MATLAB
10 20 (1.08%) C++
11 15 (0.81%) Bash
12 12 (0.65%) Scala
12 12 (0.65%) Shell Script
12 12 (0.65%) T-SQL
13 11 (0.59%) Korn
14 10 (0.54%) R
15 9 (0.49%) C-shell
16 8 (0.43%) Go
17 7 (0.38%) C
17 7 (0.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 522 (28.16%) Degree
2 139 (7.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 94 (5.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 70 (3.78%) DBS Check
5 66 (3.56%) Master's Degree
6 45 (2.43%) HNC
7 44 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (2.10%) CEH
9 33 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (1.67%) Security Cleared
11 25 (1.35%) CISSP
11 25 (1.35%) HND
11 25 (1.35%) PMP
12 23 (1.24%) PMI Certification
13 21 (1.13%) ACCA
13 21 (1.13%) Azure Certification
13 21 (1.13%) CIMA
14 20 (1.08%) NVQ Level 3
14 20 (1.08%) NVQ Level 4
14 20 (1.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (8.41%) QA
2 56 (3.02%) GDPR
3 54 (2.91%) Data Quality
4 42 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 39 (2.10%) Accessibility
6 33 (1.78%) SLA
7 26 (1.40%) NIST
8 22 (1.19%) DO-254
9 21 (1.13%) WCAG
10 11 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (0.54%) ISO 9001
12 8 (0.43%) SOC 2
13 7 (0.38%) HIPAA
14 6 (0.32%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.27%) PMO
16 4 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 3 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
17 3 (0.16%) GRC
17 3 (0.16%) ISO 22301
18 2 (0.11%) NCSC
System Software
1 97 (5.23%) Active Directory
2 58 (3.13%) Docker
3 42 (2.27%) Hyper-V
4 37 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 27 (1.46%) Firmware
6 14 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.54%) vSphere
8 5 (0.27%) Postfix
8 5 (0.27%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.16%) Dovecot
10 3 (0.16%) KVM
10 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.11%) Sendmail
12 1 (0.054%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.054%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.054%) pfSense
12 1 (0.054%) XenApp
12 1 (0.054%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 64 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 43 (2.32%) Terraform
3 31 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (1.02%) Ansible
5 15 (0.81%) SCCM
6 10 (0.54%) Grafana
7 6 (0.32%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.27%) AirWatch
8 5 (0.27%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.22%) Kibana
9 4 (0.22%) PaperCut
9 4 (0.22%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.16%) Autotask
10 3 (0.16%) Puppet
11 2 (0.11%) Nagios
11 2 (0.11%) Nessus
12 1 (0.054%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.054%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.054%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 309 (16.67%) BT
2 304 (16.40%) Microsoft
3 76 (4.10%) Oracle
4 63 (3.40%) VMware
5 56 (3.02%) SAP
6 52 (2.80%) Cisco
7 41 (2.21%) Google
8 32 (1.73%) IBM
9 31 (1.67%) ServiceNow
10 27 (1.46%) HP
11 22 (1.19%) Apple
12 18 (0.97%) Salesforce
12 18 (0.97%) Zoho
13 15 (0.81%) Veeam
14 14 (0.76%) Meraki
15 13 (0.70%) Fortinet
15 13 (0.70%) IFS
16 12 (0.65%) Rockwell
16 12 (0.65%) Siemens
17 10 (0.54%) Adobe