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 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 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,269 777 1,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.70% 12.01% 15.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.32% 12.54% 16.35%
Number of salaries quoted 667 468 707
10th Percentile £26,400 £23,350 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,488
Median % change year-on-year - +4.42% -4.24%
75th Percentile £61,875 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £74,250 £75,000 £76,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%

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 7,325 6,198 9,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 79.10% 95.78% 96.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4,981 3,646 5,792
10th Percentile £29,500 £31,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,500 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,364 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,603 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £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 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 26 July 2024.

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 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
Manchester +10 692 £50,690 +1.38% 189
Cheshire +3 218 £40,000 +5.26% 55
Lancashire +7 195 £41,500 +3.75% 48
Merseyside 0 112 £40,000 -3.61% 39
Cumbria +18 44 £27,500 -16.06% 15
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 27 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.58%) CMS
4 18 (1.42%) Apache
5 14 (1.10%) IIS
6 11 (0.87%) Umbraco
6 11 (0.87%) WordPress
7 7 (0.55%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.47%) Confluence
9 4 (0.32%) SAS
10 3 (0.24%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.16%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.16%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.079%) Drupal
12 1 (0.079%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.079%) Moodle
12 1 (0.079%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.079%) Totara
Applications
1 72 (5.67%) Microsoft Office
2 60 (4.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 56 (4.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.71%) Photoshop
4 9 (0.71%) Sketch
5 5 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.24%) Trello
8 2 (0.16%) InDesign
8 2 (0.16%) Simulink
8 2 (0.16%) SPSS
8 2 (0.16%) Stata
9 1 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.079%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.079%) Marvel
9 1 (0.079%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
1 14 (1.10%) Magento
2 13 (1.02%) Infor SunSystems
2 13 (1.02%) iTrent
3 9 (0.71%) Shopify
4 6 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (0.39%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.32%) SAP APO
6 4 (0.32%) SAP CX
6 4 (0.32%) SAP MM
6 4 (0.32%) SAP PP
6 4 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.32%) SAP SD
6 4 (0.32%) SAP WM
7 3 (0.24%) CA PPM
7 3 (0.24%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
8 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.079%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.079%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 169 (13.32%) Azure
2 99 (7.80%) AWS
3 64 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (4.81%) Power Platform
5 53 (4.18%) GCP
6 37 (2.92%) SaaS
7 29 (2.29%) Amazon S3
8 26 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (1.26%) Amazon EC2
11 14 (1.10%) Entra ID
12 13 (1.02%) Amazon Kinesis
12 13 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
12 13 (1.02%) Serverless
13 11 (0.87%) GitHub
13 11 (0.87%) OCI
14 9 (0.71%) Figma
14 9 (0.71%) Heroku
15 8 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
15 8 (0.63%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 71 (5.59%) Firewall
2 53 (4.18%) LAN
3 30 (2.36%) TCP/IP
4 27 (2.13%) VPN
5 26 (2.05%) DNS
6 25 (1.97%) Network Security
6 25 (1.97%) PPP
6 25 (1.97%) Wireless
7 21 (1.65%) WAN
8 20 (1.58%) Internet
9 18 (1.42%) DHCP
10 17 (1.34%) IPsec
11 13 (1.02%) VoIP
12 10 (0.79%) SNMP
13 9 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (0.63%) BGP
14 8 (0.63%) OSPF
15 7 (0.55%) Intranet
15 7 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
16 6 (0.47%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (5.59%) SQL Server
2 48 (3.78%) Power BI
3 46 (3.62%) MySQL
4 40 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (2.68%) BigQuery
5 34 (2.68%) Looker
6 31 (2.44%) Relational Database
7 29 (2.29%) Tableau
8 26 (2.05%) QlikView
9 20 (1.58%) MongoDB
10 18 (1.42%) RDBMS
10 18 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 17 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
12 16 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
13 14 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
14 13 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
15 12 (0.95%) Big Data
15 12 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 10 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
17 8 (0.63%) GIS
Development Applications
1 69 (5.44%) Git
2 29 (2.29%) JIRA
3 15 (1.18%) Postman
4 13 (1.02%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.02%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.87%) TeamCity
6 7 (0.55%) Selenium
7 6 (0.47%) Dreamweaver
7 6 (0.47%) JMeter
8 5 (0.39%) SpecFlow
8 5 (0.39%) WebDriver
9 4 (0.32%) Subversion
10 3 (0.24%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.24%) webpack
11 2 (0.16%) JetBrains Rider
11 2 (0.16%) Maven
11 2 (0.16%) PHPUnit
11 2 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
12 1 (0.079%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.079%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 550 (43.34%) Social Skills
2 351 (27.66%) Analytical Skills
3 229 (18.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 174 (13.71%) Finance
5 85 (6.70%) Retail
6 75 (5.91%) Marketing
7 69 (5.44%) Legal
8 63 (4.96%) Law
9 53 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
10 52 (4.10%) Presentation Skills
11 41 (3.23%) Public Sector
12 27 (2.13%) Manufacturing
13 20 (1.58%) Billing
13 20 (1.58%) Telecoms
14 14 (1.10%) Automotive
14 14 (1.10%) Local Government
15 11 (0.87%) Banking
15 11 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (0.71%) Electronics
17 7 (0.55%) Games
Job Titles
1 171 (13.48%) Developer
2 154 (12.14%) Analyst
3 143 (11.27%) Senior
4 124 (9.77%) Lead
5 104 (8.20%) Architect
6 95 (7.49%) Software Engineer
7 72 (5.67%) Programmer
8 64 (5.04%) Software Architect
9 63 (4.96%) Software Programmer
10 61 (4.81%) Lead Software Engineer
11 42 (3.31%) Consultant
12 41 (3.23%) Data Engineer
13 40 (3.15%) IT Support
14 38 (2.99%) IT Engineer
15 35 (2.76%) Project Manager
16 34 (2.68%) Technical Support
17 33 (2.60%) .NET Developer
17 33 (2.60%) Platform Engineer
17 33 (2.60%) Technical Specialist
18 32 (2.52%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (7.72%) .NET
2 93 (7.33%) HTML
3 78 (6.15%) CSS
4 45 (3.55%) React
5 31 (2.44%) AngularJS
6 26 (2.05%) HTML5
7 25 (1.97%) ASP.NET
8 24 (1.89%) .NET Framework
8 24 (1.89%) Vue
9 23 (1.81%) JSON
10 22 (1.73%) RESTful
11 21 (1.65%) .NET Core
12 20 (1.58%) Web Services
13 17 (1.34%) RabbitMQ
14 16 (1.26%) Spring
15 15 (1.18%) Node.js
16 14 (1.10%) REST
16 14 (1.10%) WinForms
17 13 (1.02%) Spring Boot
18 12 (0.95%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 207 (16.31%) Cyberattack
2 85 (6.70%) Management Information System
3 80 (6.30%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (2.68%) Product Ownership
5 27 (2.13%) Mobile App
6 24 (1.89%) Driving Licence
6 24 (1.89%) NHS
7 23 (1.81%) Data Centre
8 22 (1.73%) Cyber Threat
8 22 (1.73%) Security Posture
9 18 (1.42%) Algorithms
10 15 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
10 15 (1.18%) Cloud Native
11 14 (1.10%) Housing Association
12 13 (1.02%) Onboarding
13 11 (0.87%) EPoS
14 10 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
15 8 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
16 6 (0.47%) CCTV
16 6 (0.47%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 167 (13.16%) Windows
2 55 (4.33%) Linux
3 39 (3.07%) Android
3 39 (3.07%) Apple iOS
4 38 (2.99%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.65%) Windows Vista
6 16 (1.26%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.79%) Data ONTAP
8 9 (0.71%) VMS
9 8 (0.63%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.47%) Unix
11 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.32%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.24%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.16%) CentOS
14 2 (0.16%) Kali Linux
14 2 (0.16%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.079%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (32.62%) Agile
2 333 (26.24%) Mentoring
3 280 (22.06%) User Experience
4 260 (20.49%) Software Engineering
5 245 (19.31%) Data Engineering
6 214 (16.86%) Machine Learning
7 199 (15.68%) Creative Thinking
8 196 (15.45%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 188 (14.81%) Project Management
10 125 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
11 121 (9.54%) DevOps
12 117 (9.22%) Decision-Making
13 114 (8.98%) Analytics
13 114 (8.98%) Customer Service
14 111 (8.75%) Computer Science
15 98 (7.72%) Business Intelligence
16 86 (6.78%) Collaborative Working
17 79 (6.23%) Coaching
18 78 (6.15%) Stakeholder Management
19 75 (5.91%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 153 (12.06%) SQL
2 112 (8.83%) C#
3 100 (7.88%) JavaScript
4 74 (5.83%) Python
5 38 (2.99%) Java
6 37 (2.92%) PHP
7 26 (2.05%) PowerShell
8 21 (1.65%) Swift
9 15 (1.18%) T-SQL
10 14 (1.10%) C++
11 13 (1.02%) TypeScript
11 13 (1.02%) VB
11 13 (1.02%) VBScript
12 11 (0.87%) Bash
13 9 (0.71%) Objective-C
13 9 (0.71%) R
13 9 (0.71%) VB.NET
14 5 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.32%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.24%) Scala
Qualifications
1 304 (23.96%) Degree
2 76 (5.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 36 (2.84%) HND
4 35 (2.76%) Security Cleared
5 31 (2.44%) ACCA
5 31 (2.44%) HNC
6 28 (2.21%) Master's Degree
7 25 (1.97%) SC Cleared
8 21 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (1.34%) CCNA
9 17 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (1.18%) PMI Certification
11 14 (1.10%) CIMA
12 13 (1.02%) CCNP
13 11 (0.87%) PMP
14 10 (0.79%) CISSP
15 9 (0.71%) CFA
15 9 (0.71%) DBS Check
16 8 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (0.63%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (5.04%) GDPR
2 43 (3.39%) QA
3 39 (3.07%) SLA
4 38 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (1.97%) Data Quality
6 22 (1.73%) Accessibility
7 21 (1.65%) NIST
8 15 (1.18%) IFRS
9 14 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (1.10%) GAAP
9 14 (1.10%) WCAG
10 11 (0.87%) PMO
11 8 (0.63%) SOC 2
12 7 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 6 (0.47%) NCSC
14 5 (0.39%) ISO 9001
15 4 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.24%) ISO 9000
17 2 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
18 1 (0.079%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 70 (5.52%) Active Directory
2 42 (3.31%) Docker
3 30 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.81%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.71%) Firmware
5 9 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.39%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.24%) XenApp
8 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.079%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.079%) Lustre
9 1 (0.079%) Postfix
9 1 (0.079%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.079%) Snort
9 1 (0.079%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (2.13%) Kubernetes
2 25 (1.97%) Terraform
3 22 (1.73%) Ansible
4 16 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (1.26%) Prometheus
5 10 (0.79%) vCenter Server
6 6 (0.47%) Grafana
7 4 (0.32%) Nessus
8 3 (0.24%) WSUS
9 2 (0.16%) SELinux
10 1 (0.079%) Icinga
10 1 (0.079%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.079%) Nagios
10 1 (0.079%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.079%) SCCM
10 1 (0.079%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 227 (17.89%) Microsoft
2 53 (4.18%) Google
3 47 (3.70%) SAP
4 43 (3.39%) VMware
5 28 (2.21%) Cisco
6 25 (1.97%) Oracle
7 22 (1.73%) CA
8 20 (1.58%) IBM
9 18 (1.42%) HP
9 18 (1.42%) NetApp
10 16 (1.26%) Adobe
11 15 (1.18%) ServiceNow
12 13 (1.02%) Infor
13 12 (0.95%) Facebook
13 12 (0.95%) Red Hat
14 11 (0.87%) Palo Alto
15 10 (0.79%) SolidFire
16 9 (0.71%) Dell
16 9 (0.71%) Salesforce
17 8 (0.63%) Juniper