Problem-Solving Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Problem Solving
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 28 14
Rank change year-on-year +20 -14 +13
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 77 40 122
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 8.95% 7.38% 11.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.01% 8.25% 14.37%
Number of salaries quoted 53 23 68
10th Percentile £27,800 £32,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £29,120 £35,750 £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £40,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% +1.25% +10.34%
75th Percentile £62,000 £56,875 £60,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,500 £68,750
East Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £36,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -4.11% -2.67% -13.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 592 485 849
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 68.84% 89.48% 79.12%
Number of salaries quoted 369 182 511
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,763 £24,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +34.38% -27.27%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,625 £53,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -14.29%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Northamptonshire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 27 June 2026. 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
Northampton +4 55 £50,250 +35.81% 16
Towcester +8 5 £75,000 - 3
Corby - 5 £52,500 - 1
Daventry - 3 £37,500 - 1
Kettering - 1 £45,675 - 3
Wellingborough - 1 - - 6
Problem-Solving
East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.30%) CMS
2 1 (1.30%) Drupal
Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.30%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.30%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.30%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 18 (23.38%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (20.78%) AWS
3 13 (16.88%) Serverless
4 11 (14.29%) Entra ID
5 10 (12.99%) Amazon S3
5 10 (12.99%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (11.69%) Azure
7 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (5.19%) Power Platform
9 3 (3.90%) GCP
9 3 (3.90%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.30%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.19%) Firewall
1 4 (5.19%) LoRaWAN
1 4 (5.19%) MQTT
1 4 (5.19%) VPN
1 4 (5.19%) Wireless
2 2 (2.60%) Network Security
3 1 (1.30%) LAN
3 1 (1.30%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.99%) Amazon Redshift
2 7 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 4 (5.19%) MySQL
3 4 (5.19%) Neo4j
3 4 (5.19%) Power BI
4 3 (3.90%) Power Query
4 3 (3.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 22 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 14 (18.18%) Finance
4 13 (16.88%) Manufacturing
5 12 (15.58%) Law
6 8 (10.39%) Legal
7 6 (7.79%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (6.49%) Advertising
9 3 (3.90%) Legal Technology
10 2 (2.60%) Aviation
11 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (18.18%) Developer
2 13 (16.88%) Analyst
3 10 (12.99%) Full-Stack Developer
3 10 (12.99%) Support Engineer
4 9 (11.69%) Lead
4 9 (11.69%) Senior
5 8 (10.39%) Support Technician
6 7 (9.09%) IT Assistant
6 7 (9.09%) Senior Developer
6 7 (9.09%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (7.79%) Business Analyst
7 6 (7.79%) IT Support
7 6 (7.79%) Technical Support
8 4 (5.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) IT Technician
8 4 (5.19%) Subject Matter Expert
8 4 (5.19%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Technical Support Engineer
9 3 (3.90%) AWS Solution Architect
9 3 (3.90%) Graduate Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.88%) Node.js
2 10 (12.99%) CSS
2 10 (12.99%) HTML
2 10 (12.99%) React
3 3 (3.90%) JDBC
3 3 (3.90%) OAuth
3 3 (3.90%) REST
3 3 (3.90%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (3.90%) SAPUI5
3 3 (3.90%) SOAP
4 1 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.99%) Driving Licence
2 5 (6.49%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 5 (6.49%) Mobile Computing
3 4 (5.19%) IoT
3 4 (5.19%) Replication
4 3 (3.90%) Credit Risk
4 3 (3.90%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (3.90%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.60%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.60%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.30%) FMCG
6 1 (1.30%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Licensing
6 1 (1.30%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.30%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.30%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (15.58%) Linux
2 9 (11.69%) Windows
3 7 (9.09%) Ubuntu
4 5 (6.49%) OpenVMS
4 5 (6.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (3.90%) CentOS
5 3 (3.90%) SUSE
6 2 (2.60%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (29.87%) Continuous Improvement
2 18 (23.38%) Computer Science
3 11 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 10 (12.99%) API Development
4 10 (12.99%) Full-Stack Development
4 10 (12.99%) Service Delivery
4 10 (12.99%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (11.69%) Project Delivery
6 8 (10.39%) Agile
6 8 (10.39%) AI
6 8 (10.39%) Decision-Making
6 8 (10.39%) Project Management
6 8 (10.39%) Workflow
7 6 (7.79%) Business Analysis
7 6 (7.79%) Data Collection
7 6 (7.79%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 6 (7.79%) ERP
7 6 (7.79%) Translating Business Requirements
8 5 (6.49%) Line Management
8 5 (6.49%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (19.48%) SQL
2 13 (16.88%) Python
3 10 (12.99%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.90%) ABAP
4 3 (3.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (3.90%) Java
4 3 (3.90%) T-SQL
5 2 (2.60%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (25.97%) Degree
2 10 (12.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.19%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.90%) QA
3 1 (1.30%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (5.19%) Active Directory
1 4 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (5.19%) vSphere
2 1 (1.30%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.19%) Galera Cluster
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (5.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 25 (32.47%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.39%) Red Hat
3 5 (6.49%) Aderant
3 5 (6.49%) Intapp
4 4 (5.19%) VMware
5 3 (3.90%) iManage
5 3 (3.90%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.90%) SAP
6 1 (1.30%) Aruba
6 1 (1.30%) Cisco
6 1 (1.30%) Oracle
6 1 (1.30%) ServiceNow