Problem-Solving Jobs in the North West

Problem Solving
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 7 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 +8 -6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,262 1,495 806
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 16.20% 13.36% 11.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.46% 16.75% 12.03%
Number of salaries quoted 637 880 480
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £46,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -1.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £47,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.00% -9.09% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 7,229 8,927 6,700
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 92.82% 79.80% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 3,679 6,432 3,838
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,000 £30,925
25th Percentile £38,750 £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 £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,250 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% -12.00% +4.17%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the North West

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the North West

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North West over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the North West

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 Problem-Solving within the North West region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
Manchester +1 446 £50,000 - 633
Lancashire -26 374 £47,683 +19.21% 359
Cheshire -1 251 £35,000 -17.65% 162
Merseyside +7 125 £40,000 - 77
Cumbria -46 63 £32,000 +18.52% 28
Problem-Solving
England

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 41 (3.25%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.98%) IBM Domino
3 17 (1.35%) CMS
3 17 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (1.19%) Apache
5 13 (1.03%) Umbraco
6 8 (0.63%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.63%) Confluence
7 5 (0.40%) SAS
8 4 (0.32%) IIS
9 3 (0.24%) GemFire
10 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.079%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.079%) nginx
11 1 (0.079%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.079%) WordPress
Applications
1 72 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
3 22 (1.74%) Trello
4 8 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.55%) Simulink
6 5 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.079%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.079%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 20 (1.58%) NetSuite
2 17 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (1.11%) Unit4 Business World
4 8 (0.63%) Primavera
5 7 (0.55%) Teamcenter
6 5 (0.40%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.40%) Sage CRM
6 5 (0.40%) SAP WM
7 3 (0.24%) Maximo
7 3 (0.24%) Sage 50
8 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (0.079%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.079%) Magento
9 1 (0.079%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.079%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.079%) SAP CO
9 1 (0.079%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.079%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.079%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.079%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 128 (10.14%) Azure
2 107 (8.48%) AWS
3 76 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (3.80%) GCP
5 29 (2.30%) Power Platform
6 22 (1.74%) Serverless
7 21 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
7 21 (1.66%) SaaS
8 16 (1.27%) Entra ID
9 15 (1.19%) OneDrive
10 13 (1.03%) Azure Machine Learning
11 10 (0.79%) Power Automate
12 8 (0.63%) Cloud Composer
13 7 (0.55%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (0.55%) GitHub
13 7 (0.55%) Google Analytics
14 6 (0.48%) AWS CloudFormation
14 6 (0.48%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
15 5 (0.40%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 282 (22.35%) VPN
2 254 (20.13%) Cisco IOS
3 177 (14.03%) Broadband
4 54 (4.28%) Firewall
5 30 (2.38%) DNS
6 21 (1.66%) WAN
7 18 (1.43%) DHCP
8 14 (1.11%) LAN
9 13 (1.03%) Intranet
10 11 (0.87%) Wireless
11 10 (0.79%) SAN
11 10 (0.79%) TCP/IP
11 10 (0.79%) VoIP
12 9 (0.71%) NAS
12 9 (0.71%) SSH
13 7 (0.55%) MPLS
13 7 (0.55%) Network Security
14 6 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
15 5 (0.40%) VSAN
15 5 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (4.20%) SQL Server
2 27 (2.14%) Power BI
3 26 (2.06%) MySQL
4 23 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.19%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.11%) MongoDB
6 14 (1.11%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.95%) Big Data
8 12 (0.95%) DynamoDB
9 10 (0.79%) Cloud Spanner
9 10 (0.79%) Tableau
10 8 (0.63%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.48%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.40%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.40%) Redis
13 4 (0.32%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.32%) TimescaleDB
14 3 (0.24%) Apache Ignite
Development Applications
1 43 (3.41%) JIRA
2 40 (3.17%) Git
3 14 (1.11%) Rational DOORS
4 9 (0.71%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.63%) GitLab
6 7 (0.55%) ClearCase
7 5 (0.40%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.32%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.32%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.24%) NUnit
10 2 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.16%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.16%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.16%) JMeter
10 2 (0.16%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.16%) NeoLoad
10 2 (0.16%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.16%) Selenium
10 2 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 496 (39.30%) Analytical Skills
2 459 (36.37%) Social Skills
3 276 (21.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 214 (16.96%) Finance
5 204 (16.16%) Banking
6 187 (14.82%) Games
7 133 (10.54%) Manufacturing
8 85 (6.74%) Retail
9 70 (5.55%) Organisational Skills
10 40 (3.17%) Electronics
11 22 (1.74%) Aviation
11 22 (1.74%) Legal
11 22 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
12 20 (1.58%) Marketing
12 20 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (1.35%) Law
14 16 (1.27%) Dutch Language
14 16 (1.27%) Finnish Language
14 16 (1.27%) Norwegian Language
15 13 (1.03%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 267 (21.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 169 (13.39%) Customer Service Advisor
3 127 (10.06%) Analyst
4 104 (8.24%) Senior
5 86 (6.81%) Developer
6 66 (5.23%) IT Support
7 60 (4.75%) Trainer
8 57 (4.52%) Systems Engineer
9 44 (3.49%) Support Analyst
10 39 (3.09%) Lead
11 35 (2.77%) Support Engineer
12 33 (2.61%) Support Specialist
13 29 (2.30%) Consultant
14 27 (2.14%) Applications Support
15 26 (2.06%) IT Analyst
16 25 (1.98%) Junior
17 24 (1.90%) IT Support Analyst
17 24 (1.90%) Software Engineer
17 24 (1.90%) Technical Support
18 23 (1.82%) Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (19.89%) Elastic Stack
2 38 (3.01%) React
3 31 (2.46%) .NET
4 30 (2.38%) CSS
4 30 (2.38%) RESTful
5 29 (2.30%) HTML
5 29 (2.30%) Node.js
6 17 (1.35%) Middleware
7 16 (1.27%) HTML5
8 15 (1.19%) jQuery
8 15 (1.19%) Spring Boot
9 13 (1.03%) Vue
10 11 (0.87%) AngularJS
10 11 (0.87%) XML
11 10 (0.79%) Kafka
12 9 (0.71%) .NET Framework
12 9 (0.71%) Amazon Corretto
13 8 (0.63%) Spring
13 8 (0.63%) Svelte
14 7 (0.55%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 250 (19.81%) Cyberattack
2 65 (5.15%) Robotics
3 52 (4.12%) Social Media
4 43 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
5 42 (3.33%) Management Information System
6 26 (2.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 19 (1.51%) EPoS
8 18 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (1.35%) Algorithms
10 16 (1.27%) Driving Licence
10 16 (1.27%) NHS
10 16 (1.27%) Product Ownership
11 14 (1.11%) Onboarding
12 11 (0.87%) Private Cloud
12 11 (0.87%) Public Cloud
13 9 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (0.71%) e-Learning
13 9 (0.71%) IoT
14 8 (0.63%) Cloud Native
15 7 (0.55%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 380 (30.11%) Windows
2 314 (24.88%) Linux
3 262 (20.76%) Android
4 35 (2.77%) Windows Server
5 31 (2.46%) Windows Vista
6 19 (1.51%) Windows 10
7 13 (1.03%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.55%) Unix
9 6 (0.48%) CentOS
10 4 (0.32%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.24%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.16%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.079%) Debian
13 1 (0.079%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (24.56%) DevOps
2 271 (21.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 271 (21.47%) Risk Management
3 268 (21.24%) Mathematics
4 266 (21.08%) Customer Service
5 263 (20.84%) Line Management
6 258 (20.44%) Task Automation
7 253 (20.05%) Platform Engineering
7 253 (20.05%) Storage Management
8 147 (11.65%) Agile
9 123 (9.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 100 (7.92%) Artificial Intelligence
11 99 (7.84%) Decision-Making
12 90 (7.13%) Computer Science
12 90 (7.13%) Machine Learning
13 89 (7.05%) ERP
14 88 (6.97%) Systems Engineering
15 87 (6.89%) Mentoring
16 79 (6.26%) Process Improvement
17 76 (6.02%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 305 (24.17%) Python
2 285 (22.58%) PowerShell
3 262 (20.76%) Bash
4 123 (9.75%) SQL
5 65 (5.15%) JavaScript
6 49 (3.88%) TypeScript
7 47 (3.72%) C#
8 42 (3.33%) Java
9 23 (1.82%) PHP
10 11 (0.87%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.55%) C-shell
11 7 (0.55%) Korn
11 7 (0.55%) MATLAB
11 7 (0.55%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.48%) C++
13 4 (0.32%) Scala
13 4 (0.32%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.24%) C
14 3 (0.24%) HLSL
14 3 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 344 (27.26%) Degree
2 111 (8.80%) BPSS Clearance
3 71 (5.63%) DBS Check
4 53 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (3.49%) Master's Degree
6 32 (2.54%) HNC
7 28 (2.22%) CEH
7 28 (2.22%) PMI Certification
8 27 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 27 (2.14%) PMP
9 25 (1.98%) HND
10 20 (1.58%) ACCA
10 20 (1.58%) CIMA
11 18 (1.43%) Azure Certification
12 17 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (1.11%) Security Cleared
14 12 (0.95%) CISSP
14 12 (0.95%) Network+ Certification
15 10 (0.79%) CISA
15 10 (0.79%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (4.36%) QA
2 39 (3.09%) Data Quality
3 37 (2.93%) GDPR
4 23 (1.82%) Accessibility
5 22 (1.74%) DO-254
6 15 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (1.11%) SLA
8 13 (1.03%) WCAG
9 10 (0.79%) NIST
10 8 (0.63%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.48%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.32%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.16%) GRC
14 2 (0.16%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.079%) AUTOSAR
15 1 (0.079%) IFRS
15 1 (0.079%) ISO 20022
15 1 (0.079%) PMO
System Software
1 310 (24.56%) Docker
2 282 (22.35%) Hyper-V
3 255 (20.21%) VMware NSX
4 253 (20.05%) vSphere
5 59 (4.68%) Active Directory
6 24 (1.90%) Firmware
6 24 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
7 12 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.32%) Dovecot
9 4 (0.32%) Postfix
10 3 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.079%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.079%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.079%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.079%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 283 (22.42%) Terraform
2 255 (20.21%) Ansible
3 53 (4.20%) Kubernetes
4 28 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.63%) SCCM
6 6 (0.48%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.48%) Proxmox
7 5 (0.40%) Grafana
8 4 (0.32%) Puppet
8 4 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.24%) Autotask
9 3 (0.24%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.24%) Kibana
10 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.079%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.079%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.079%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.079%) Rancher
Vendors
1 288 (22.82%) Cisco
2 254 (20.13%) Juniper
3 251 (19.89%) Splunk
4 250 (19.81%) 3PAR
5 186 (14.74%) Microsoft
6 168 (13.31%) BT
7 106 (8.40%) Google
8 62 (4.91%) Databricks
9 61 (4.83%) Adobe
10 49 (3.88%) SAP
11 34 (2.69%) VMware
12 31 (2.46%) Oracle
13 15 (1.19%) HP
14 12 (0.95%) Fortinet
15 11 (0.87%) Facebook
15 11 (0.87%) Meraki
15 11 (0.87%) ServiceNow
16 9 (0.71%) SonicWALL
16 9 (0.71%) WatchGuard
17 8 (0.63%) IBM