Creative Problem-Solving Jobs in the North West

Creative Problem-Solving
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 260 230 300
Rank change year-on-year -30 +70 +22
Permanent jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 20 55 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.26% 0.56% 0.038%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.68% 0.040%
Number of salaries quoted 7 25 3
10th Percentile - £45,750 £47,150
25th Percentile £37,574 £55,000 £53,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.17% -11.11% +63.64%
75th Percentile £42,627 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £55,076 - -
England median annual salary £40,101 £52,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -23.62% -30.00% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,441 8,118 7,590
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.72% 82.90% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 4,069 6,161 3,951
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the North West

Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the North West

Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in the North West over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Creative Problem-Solving in the North West

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 8 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
Cheshire +22 7 - - 8
Lancashire - 7 £40,101 - 8
Manchester +16 5 - - 11
Creative Problem-Solving
England

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (20.00%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 7 (35.00%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (35.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 7 (35.00%) AWS
2 4 (20.00%) Figma
2 4 (20.00%) Kibo
3 1 (5.00%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (35.00%) MySQL
1 7 (35.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (35.00%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (15.00%) Git
2 3 (15.00%) GitLab
3 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (35.00%) Aerospace
1 7 (35.00%) Electronics
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Developer
1 7 (35.00%) Full-Stack Developer
1 7 (35.00%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
1 7 (35.00%) JavaScript Developer
1 7 (35.00%) Junior
1 7 (35.00%) Junior Systems Engineer
1 7 (35.00%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) AWS Developer
2 4 (20.00%) Designer
2 4 (20.00%) Node.js Developer
2 4 (20.00%) Product Designer
3 2 (10.00%) Lead
4 1 (5.00%) Data Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Lead Data Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (35.00%) Middleware
1 7 (35.00%) Node.js
1 7 (35.00%) Svelte
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Android
1 4 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (55.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (55.00%) User Experience
3 8 (40.00%) Agile
4 7 (35.00%) Computer Science
4 7 (35.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 7 (35.00%) Mathematics
4 7 (35.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 7 (35.00%) Physics
4 7 (35.00%) PLM
4 7 (35.00%) Project Management
4 7 (35.00%) Secure Coding
4 7 (35.00%) SysML
4 7 (35.00%) Systems Engineering
4 7 (35.00%) UML
5 5 (25.00%) E-Commerce
6 4 (20.00%) Telematics
6 4 (20.00%) Web Design
7 3 (15.00%) Critical Thinking
7 3 (15.00%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) JavaScript
1 7 (35.00%) MATLAB
1 7 (35.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 7 (35.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) IBM
2 1 (5.00%) Bloomberg