Problem-Solving Jobs in North Wales

Problem Solving
Wales > North Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in North Wales 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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 2 22
Rank change year-on-year -8 +20 -14
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 23 90 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in North Wales 13.86% 33.21% 14.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.84% 43.90% 15.00%
Number of salaries quoted 11 25 12
10th Percentile £25,438 - -
25th Percentile £25,969 £26,250 £22,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £34,000 £23,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.94% +44.68% -41.25%
75th Percentile £42,627 £43,750 £33,875
90th Percentile - £50,000 £38,300
Wales median annual salary £25,087 £41,600 £38,744
% change year-on-year -39.69% +7.37% -3.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North Wales

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 North Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 155 205 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in North Wales 93.37% 75.65% 97.83%
Number of salaries quoted 46 107 32
10th Percentile £28,215 £25,650 £22,000
25th Percentile £37,574 £26,250 £25,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £40,000 £32,250
Median % change year-on-year +19.21% +24.03% -24.12%
75th Percentile - £50,000 £45,000
90th Percentile - £51,523 £60,900
Wales median annual salary £48,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.78% - -5.26%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in North Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in North Wales

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in North Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in North Wales.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in North Wales

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in North Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in North Wales over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in North Wales

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in North Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 17 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
Anglesey - 14 £40,101 -
Flintshire 0 8 £25,875 -42.50% 6
Gwynedd +4 1 - - 3
Problem-Solving
Wales

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in North Wales 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:

Applications
1 7 (30.43%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (30.43%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Broadband
1 4 (17.39%) VoIP
2 3 (13.04%) DNS
2 3 (13.04%) Firewall
2 3 (13.04%) IP Telephony
2 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
2 3 (13.04%) VPN
Development Applications
1 7 (30.43%) Rational DOORS
General
1 14 (60.87%) Electronics
2 13 (56.52%) Social Skills
3 7 (30.43%) Aerospace
3 7 (30.43%) Telecoms
4 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (13.04%) Games
5 3 (13.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Junior
1 7 (30.43%) Junior Systems Engineer
1 7 (30.43%) Senior
1 7 (30.43%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Senior Electrical Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Technical Support
3 3 (13.04%) Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Software Assurance Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Support Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Technical Support Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Graduate
4 1 (4.35%) IT Graduate
4 1 (4.35%) Lead
4 1 (4.35%) Support Team Leader
4 1 (4.35%) Team Leader
4 1 (4.35%) Technical Leader
4 1 (4.35%) Technical Support Team Leader
4 1 (4.35%) Technical Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
1 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Systems Engineering
2 8 (34.78%) Computer Science
2 8 (34.78%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (34.78%) Decision-Making
2 8 (34.78%) Mathematics
2 8 (34.78%) Physics
2 8 (34.78%) Project Management
3 7 (30.43%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 7 (30.43%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 7 (30.43%) PLM
3 7 (30.43%) SysML
3 7 (30.43%) UML
4 5 (21.74%) Customer Service
5 4 (17.39%) Time Management
6 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
6 3 (13.04%) Software Assurance
6 3 (13.04%) Software Engineering
7 2 (8.70%) Service Delivery
8 1 (4.35%) CRM
8 1 (4.35%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 14 (60.87%) BPSS Clearance
2 12 (52.17%) Degree
3 4 (17.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.35%) GDPR
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) IBM
2 3 (13.04%) BT