Problem-Solving Jobs in Northampton

Problem Solving
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northampton 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 7 26
Rank change year-on-year -21 +19 -16
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 31 59 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 6.16% 14.57% 5.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.53% 18.67% 5.99%
Number of salaries quoted 22 38 10
10th Percentile £25,800 £24,925 £26,200
25th Percentile £27,313 £26,250 £28,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,800 £42,500 £48,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.71% -11.92% +13.53%
75th Percentile £42,627 £51,563 £67,500
90th Percentile £56,075 £63,750 £70,125
Northamptonshire median annual salary £40,101 £40,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year +0.25% -25.58% +37.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northampton

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 Northampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 475 316 284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 94.43% 78.02% 91.91%
Number of salaries quoted 160 262 166
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £63,500 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £69,000 £63,750 £78,500
Northamptonshire median annual salary £47,683 £41,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.21% -20.48% +5.00%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Northampton

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Northampton

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Northampton

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Northampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Northampton over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Northampton

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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 2 (6.45%) CMS
1 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.23%) Headless CMS
2 1 (3.23%) Strapi
2 1 (3.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (22.58%) Simulink
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (3.23%) Acrobat
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (22.58%) Teamcenter
2 1 (3.23%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 6 (19.35%) Azure
2 5 (16.13%) AWS
3 3 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (3.23%) Contentful
4 1 (3.23%) GCP
4 1 (3.23%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) TCP/IP
2 2 (6.45%) DHCP
2 2 (6.45%) DNS
3 1 (3.23%) Firewall
3 1 (3.23%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (3.23%) VPN
3 1 (3.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (22.58%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (6.45%) JIRA
3 1 (3.23%) Cucumber
3 1 (3.23%) Postman
3 1 (3.23%) Robot Framework
General
1 18 (58.06%) Social Skills
2 14 (45.16%) Electronics
3 7 (22.58%) Aerospace
3 7 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Finance
5 2 (6.45%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.23%) Automotive
6 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.23%) Law
6 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (32.26%) Junior
2 7 (22.58%) Junior Systems Engineer
2 7 (22.58%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) Senior
4 4 (12.90%) Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Senior Electrical Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Support Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) IT Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) IT Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) IT Support
5 3 (9.68%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Software Assurance Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Junior Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Products Support Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Service Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.45%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Technical Product Support
6 2 (6.45%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) React
2 1 (3.23%) .NET
2 1 (3.23%) .NET Core
2 1 (3.23%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.23%) AngularJS
2 1 (3.23%) Bootstrap
2 1 (3.23%) CSS
2 1 (3.23%) GraphQL
2 1 (3.23%) HTML
2 1 (3.23%) Next.js
2 1 (3.23%) Node.js
2 1 (3.23%) Tailwind CSS
2 1 (3.23%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (3.23%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Windows
2 2 (6.45%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.23%) Linux
3 1 (3.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Systems Engineering
2 8 (25.81%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (25.81%) Decision-Making
2 8 (25.81%) Project Management
3 7 (22.58%) Computer Science
3 7 (22.58%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 7 (22.58%) Mathematics
3 7 (22.58%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 7 (22.58%) Physics
3 7 (22.58%) PLM
3 7 (22.58%) SysML
3 7 (22.58%) UML
4 5 (16.13%) Agile
5 4 (12.90%) Customer Service
5 4 (12.90%) DevOps
6 3 (9.68%) ITSM
6 3 (9.68%) Mentoring
6 3 (9.68%) Service Management
6 3 (9.68%) Software Assurance
6 3 (9.68%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (22.58%) MATLAB
2 4 (12.90%) JavaScript
3 2 (6.45%) C#
3 2 (6.45%) TypeScript
4 1 (3.23%) Bash
4 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.23%) Python
4 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (48.39%) Degree
2 14 (45.16%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (12.90%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.23%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.45%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) IBM
2 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.45%) VMware
4 1 (3.23%) Adobe