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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 13 9
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 2,448 1,629 2,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.02% 12.55% 15.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.94% 13.02% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,369 1,045 1,436
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,060 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,200 £33,777
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,519 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £74,629
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%

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 12,923 12,508 18,404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 79.28% 96.36% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 8,866 7,319 11,204
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,238 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +4.35%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +6 1,269 £47,500 - 357
Yorkshire +9 935 £45,000 +5.88% 247
North East +14 243 £40,000 -1.68% 118
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 81 (3.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 70 (2.86%) SharePoint
3 34 (1.39%) Apache
4 29 (1.18%) CMS
5 19 (0.78%) IIS
6 16 (0.65%) Umbraco
7 14 (0.57%) WordPress
8 13 (0.53%) Confluence
9 7 (0.29%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.16%) SAS
11 3 (0.12%) OpenEdge
12 2 (0.082%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.082%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.082%) Moodle
12 2 (0.082%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.041%) Drupal
13 1 (0.041%) Joomla!
13 1 (0.041%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.041%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 281 (11.48%) Microsoft Office
2 97 (3.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 58 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.57%) Sketch
5 9 (0.37%) Photoshop
6 8 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.20%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.12%) Trello
9 2 (0.082%) InDesign
9 2 (0.082%) Simulink
9 2 (0.082%) SPSS
9 2 (0.082%) Stata
10 1 (0.041%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.041%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.041%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.041%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.041%) Marvel
Business Applications
1 24 (0.98%) Magento
2 20 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.53%) Infor SunSystems
3 13 (0.53%) iTrent
4 12 (0.49%) Shopify
5 7 (0.29%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
6 6 (0.25%) SAP Business One
6 6 (0.25%) SAP MM
6 6 (0.25%) SAP PP
6 6 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (0.25%) SAP SD
7 5 (0.20%) Sage 200
7 5 (0.20%) Sage 50
7 5 (0.20%) Sage CRM
8 4 (0.16%) SAP APO
8 4 (0.16%) SAP CX
8 4 (0.16%) SAP WM
9 3 (0.12%) SAP IBP
9 3 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 372 (15.20%) Azure
2 245 (10.01%) Microsoft 365
3 202 (8.25%) AWS
4 134 (5.47%) Power Platform
5 128 (5.23%) GCP
6 64 (2.61%) SaaS
7 50 (2.04%) Entra ID
8 48 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
9 38 (1.55%) Amazon S3
10 37 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
11 32 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
12 30 (1.23%) Serverless
13 29 (1.18%) Google Workspace
14 25 (1.02%) PowerApps
15 21 (0.86%) GitHub
15 21 (0.86%) Power Automate
16 20 (0.82%) Amazon EC2
17 18 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
18 17 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
18 17 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 123 (5.02%) Firewall
2 92 (3.76%) LAN
3 62 (2.53%) DNS
4 60 (2.45%) WAN
5 56 (2.29%) Network Security
5 56 (2.29%) Wireless
6 53 (2.17%) VPN
7 52 (2.12%) TCP/IP
8 41 (1.67%) DHCP
9 39 (1.59%) Internet
10 28 (1.14%) VLAN
11 25 (1.02%) PPP
12 24 (0.98%) SAN
13 22 (0.90%) IPsec
14 21 (0.86%) VoIP
15 19 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
16 15 (0.61%) SNMP
17 12 (0.49%) Ethernet
18 10 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
18 10 (0.41%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (5.84%) SQL Server
2 113 (4.62%) Power BI
3 83 (3.39%) BigQuery
4 80 (3.27%) Looker
5 78 (3.19%) MySQL
6 75 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
7 54 (2.21%) Tableau
8 39 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
8 39 (1.59%) Relational Database
9 34 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 31 (1.27%) MongoDB
11 30 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
12 27 (1.10%) QlikView
13 24 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 22 (0.90%) RDBMS
15 20 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
16 15 (0.61%) Big Data
16 15 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
16 15 (0.61%) Data Lake
16 15 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 128 (5.23%) Git
2 65 (2.66%) JIRA
3 19 (0.78%) Postman
4 17 (0.69%) Jenkins
5 16 (0.65%) Visual Studio
6 14 (0.57%) TeamCity
7 10 (0.41%) Selenium
8 8 (0.33%) JMeter
9 7 (0.29%) LabVIEW
10 6 (0.25%) Dreamweaver
11 5 (0.20%) SpecFlow
11 5 (0.20%) WebDriver
11 5 (0.20%) Xcode
12 4 (0.16%) GitLab
12 4 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.16%) Subversion
13 3 (0.12%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
13 3 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.12%) Toad
General
1 1,223 (49.96%) Social Skills
2 622 (25.41%) Analytical Skills
3 354 (14.46%) Finance
4 292 (11.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 244 (9.97%) Retail
6 232 (9.48%) Marketing
7 157 (6.41%) Presentation Skills
8 104 (4.25%) French Language
9 97 (3.96%) Law
10 93 (3.80%) Public Sector
11 88 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
12 82 (3.35%) Legal
13 72 (2.94%) Manufacturing
14 38 (1.55%) German Language
15 35 (1.43%) Billing
16 32 (1.31%) Local Government
17 30 (1.23%) Games
18 25 (1.02%) Banking
19 22 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
20 20 (0.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 300 (12.25%) Developer
2 271 (11.07%) Analyst
3 248 (10.13%) Lead
4 234 (9.56%) Senior
5 201 (8.21%) Consultant
6 168 (6.86%) Architect
7 143 (5.84%) Software Engineer
8 135 (5.51%) Technical Consultant
9 128 (5.23%) Solutions Consultant
10 103 (4.21%) IT Support
11 84 (3.43%) IT Engineer
12 80 (3.27%) Programmer
13 77 (3.15%) Support Engineer
14 76 (3.10%) Data Engineer
15 73 (2.98%) Software Architect
16 72 (2.94%) Platform Engineer
17 71 (2.90%) Software Programmer
18 69 (2.82%) Lead Software Engineer
19 65 (2.66%) .NET Developer
20 63 (2.57%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (8.46%) .NET
2 160 (6.54%) HTML
3 136 (5.56%) CSS
4 92 (3.76%) React
5 67 (2.74%) AngularJS
6 62 (2.53%) RESTful
7 59 (2.41%) .NET Framework
8 58 (2.37%) Vue
9 52 (2.12%) .NET Core
10 51 (2.08%) ASP.NET
10 51 (2.08%) JSON
10 51 (2.08%) Node.js
11 44 (1.80%) Web Services
12 37 (1.51%) HTML5
13 36 (1.47%) ASP.NET Web API
14 31 (1.27%) REST
14 31 (1.27%) XML
15 26 (1.06%) Entity Framework
16 25 (1.02%) YAML
17 24 (0.98%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 240 (9.80%) Cyberattack
2 142 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
3 120 (4.90%) Onboarding
4 114 (4.66%) Management Information System
5 61 (2.49%) Product Ownership
6 46 (1.88%) Driving Licence
7 43 (1.76%) NHS
8 35 (1.43%) Mobile App
9 33 (1.35%) Data Centre
9 33 (1.35%) STB
10 31 (1.27%) Housing Association
11 27 (1.10%) Security Posture
12 25 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
13 23 (0.94%) Cloud Native
14 20 (0.82%) Algorithms
14 20 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
15 18 (0.74%) Data Structures
16 15 (0.61%) EPoS
16 15 (0.61%) IoT
17 13 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 362 (14.79%) Windows
2 105 (4.29%) Linux
3 98 (4.00%) Windows Server
4 86 (3.51%) Windows 10
5 54 (2.21%) Apple iOS
6 52 (2.12%) Android
7 27 (1.10%) Mac OS
7 27 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
8 24 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
9 23 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
10 21 (0.86%) Windows Vista
11 15 (0.61%) Data ONTAP
12 14 (0.57%) Windows 7
13 10 (0.41%) Unix
13 10 (0.41%) VMS
14 9 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
15 6 (0.25%) AIX
16 5 (0.20%) Windows 8
17 4 (0.16%) Ubuntu
18 2 (0.082%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 609 (24.88%) Agile
2 594 (24.26%) Mentoring
3 370 (15.11%) Software Engineering
4 346 (14.13%) Customer Service
4 346 (14.13%) User Experience
5 320 (13.07%) Data Engineering
6 279 (11.40%) Project Management
7 246 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 242 (9.89%) Machine Learning
9 241 (9.84%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 229 (9.35%) Computer Science
10 229 (9.35%) Creative Thinking
11 222 (9.07%) DevOps
12 174 (7.11%) ITIL
13 173 (7.07%) Business Intelligence
14 166 (6.78%) Decision-Making
15 162 (6.62%) Coaching
16 161 (6.58%) Data Analysis
17 157 (6.41%) Analytics
18 154 (6.29%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 308 (12.58%) SQL
2 239 (9.76%) C#
3 206 (8.42%) JavaScript
4 120 (4.90%) Python
5 66 (2.70%) PowerShell
6 65 (2.66%) PHP
7 61 (2.49%) Java
8 46 (1.88%) TypeScript
9 32 (1.31%) T-SQL
10 28 (1.14%) C++
10 28 (1.14%) Swift
11 25 (1.02%) Bash
12 22 (0.90%) VB
13 20 (0.82%) VB.NET
14 14 (0.57%) VBScript
15 13 (0.53%) PL/SQL
16 12 (0.49%) C
17 11 (0.45%) Kotlin
18 10 (0.41%) MATLAB
18 10 (0.41%) R
Qualifications
1 717 (29.29%) Degree
2 156 (6.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 121 (4.94%) HNC
4 59 (2.41%) Security Cleared
5 58 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 48 (1.96%) DBS Check
7 44 (1.80%) ACCA
8 40 (1.63%) HND
9 39 (1.59%) SC Cleared
10 38 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
11 36 (1.47%) Master's Degree
12 27 (1.10%) CCNA
13 25 (1.02%) CISSP
14 24 (0.98%) Azure Certification
15 23 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
16 22 (0.90%) PMI Certification
17 19 (0.78%) CCNP
18 18 (0.74%) PMP
19 14 (0.57%) CIMA
20 13 (0.53%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (5.56%) GDPR
2 134 (5.47%) SLA
3 71 (2.90%) QA
4 62 (2.53%) Data Quality
5 53 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 31 (1.27%) Accessibility
7 28 (1.14%) IFRS
7 28 (1.14%) NIST
8 27 (1.10%) GAAP
9 18 (0.74%) WCAG
10 14 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (0.49%) ISO 9001
11 12 (0.49%) PMO
12 9 (0.37%) NCSC
13 8 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 8 (0.33%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.25%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 3 (0.12%) GRC
System Software
1 171 (6.99%) Active Directory
2 67 (2.74%) Docker
3 57 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 53 (2.17%) Hyper-V
5 25 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.41%) Firmware
7 6 (0.25%) vSphere
8 5 (0.20%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.16%) XenApp
10 3 (0.12%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.082%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.041%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.041%) Lustre
12 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.041%) Postfix
12 1 (0.041%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.041%) Snort
12 1 (0.041%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 65 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 58 (2.37%) Terraform
3 56 (2.29%) Kubernetes
4 30 (1.23%) Prometheus
5 27 (1.10%) Ansible
6 21 (0.86%) SCCM
7 15 (0.61%) Grafana
7 15 (0.61%) vCenter Server
8 7 (0.29%) WSUS
9 6 (0.25%) Nessus
10 5 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
10 5 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.16%) Cacti
12 3 (0.12%) Autotask
12 3 (0.12%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.082%) SELinux
13 2 (0.082%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.041%) Icinga
14 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Clustering
14 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 527 (21.53%) Microsoft
2 144 (5.88%) Google
3 97 (3.96%) VMware
4 78 (3.19%) SAP
5 54 (2.21%) Cisco
6 52 (2.12%) Oracle
7 39 (1.59%) Apple
8 35 (1.43%) CA
8 35 (1.43%) Citrix
8 35 (1.43%) ServiceNow
9 24 (0.98%) Veeam
10 23 (0.94%) IBM
10 23 (0.94%) NetApp
11 20 (0.82%) HP
12 19 (0.78%) Adobe
12 19 (0.78%) Epicor
13 18 (0.74%) Red Hat
14 17 (0.69%) Palo Alto
15 15 (0.61%) SolidFire
15 15 (0.61%) Sophos