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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 14 20
Rank change year-on-year +8 +6 -11
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 117 82 109
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 8.97% 15.10% 11.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.27% 18.22% 14.53%
Number of salaries quoted 82 51 42
10th Percentile £25,126 £25,875 £28,500
25th Percentile £28,063 £28,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £36,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.07% -16.57% -12.06%
75th Percentile £55,000 £42,500 £62,875
90th Percentile £74,000 £48,750 £71,250
East Midlands median annual salary £42,000 £33,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% -17.50% -15.79%

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 882 450 750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 67.64% 82.87% 80.39%
Number of salaries quoted 590 175 321
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,450 £24,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.18%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,750 £75,540 £75,000
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £40,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +23.46% -10.00% -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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -2 57 £41,250 +17.86% 36
Kettering - 13 £35,395 - 5
Towcester +7 9 £62,500 - 5
Corby -8 5 £55,000 - 7
Wellingborough -8 4 - - 6
Daventry -17 2 £37,250 -21.58% 2
Brackley - 2 - - 3
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 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.56%) IIS
3 1 (0.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.71%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.85%) Autodesk Inventor
3 1 (0.85%) Fusion 360
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.85%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (2.56%) Shopify
2 2 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.71%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (1.71%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.85%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.85%) Dynamics SL
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (27.35%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (10.26%) Azure
2 12 (10.26%) Entra ID
3 7 (5.98%) Power Platform
4 5 (4.27%) AWS
4 5 (4.27%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Copilot
4 5 (4.27%) NetDocuments
5 4 (3.42%) OneDrive
5 4 (3.42%) Power Automate
6 3 (2.56%) Google Ads
6 3 (2.56%) Google Analytics
6 3 (2.56%) Google Tag Manager
7 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.55%) Wireless
2 8 (6.84%) DHCP
2 8 (6.84%) DNS
2 8 (6.84%) Firewall
2 8 (6.84%) VPN
3 6 (5.13%) Network Security
4 4 (3.42%) LAN
4 4 (3.42%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.42%) VLAN
5 3 (2.56%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.71%) LoRaWAN
6 2 (1.71%) MQTT
7 1 (0.85%) 5G
7 1 (0.85%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.85%) WAN
7 1 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.27%) Power BI
1 5 (4.27%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.56%) Power Query
2 3 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (1.71%) MySQL
3 2 (1.71%) Neo4j
3 2 (1.71%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.85%) GIS
4 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (4.27%) JIRA
2 1 (0.85%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.85%) Git
2 1 (0.85%) Ranorex
2 1 (0.85%) Robot Framework
2 1 (0.85%) Selenium
2 1 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 51 (43.59%) Social Skills
2 32 (27.35%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (17.95%) Manufacturing
4 12 (10.26%) Finance
4 12 (10.26%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (8.55%) Law
6 9 (7.69%) Legal
7 7 (5.98%) Retail
8 6 (5.13%) Automotive
9 5 (4.27%) Marketing
10 3 (2.56%) Aviation
10 3 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.56%) Legal Technology
10 3 (2.56%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.71%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (16.24%) Analyst
2 17 (14.53%) IT Support
3 13 (11.11%) IT Technician
4 10 (8.55%) Support Technician
5 9 (7.69%) IT Support Technician
5 9 (7.69%) Senior
5 9 (7.69%) Support Engineer
6 7 (5.98%) 1st Line Support
6 7 (5.98%) IT Assistant
7 6 (5.13%) Business Analyst
7 6 (5.13%) IT Analyst
7 6 (5.13%) Support Analyst
8 5 (4.27%) Developer
8 5 (4.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (3.42%) 1st Line Support Analyst
9 4 (3.42%) IT Support Analyst
9 4 (3.42%) Subject Matter Expert
9 4 (3.42%) Technical Engineer
9 4 (3.42%) Technical Support
9 4 (3.42%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.56%) JDBC
1 3 (2.56%) Node.js
1 3 (2.56%) OAuth
1 3 (2.56%) REST
1 3 (2.56%) SAP Fiori
1 3 (2.56%) SAPUI5
1 3 (2.56%) SOAP
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.85%) Terraform
2 1 (0.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (23.93%) Driving Licence
2 11 (9.40%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.98%) Robotics
4 6 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (4.27%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 4 (3.42%) FMCG
7 3 (2.56%) Credit Risk
7 3 (2.56%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (2.56%) Private Cloud
7 3 (2.56%) Replication
8 2 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.71%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.71%) IoT
8 2 (1.71%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.85%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.85%) Life Science
9 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.85%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 25 (21.37%) Windows
2 12 (10.26%) Linux
3 10 (8.55%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.27%) OpenVMS
4 5 (4.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (4.27%) Windows 10
5 4 (3.42%) Android
5 4 (3.42%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.56%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.71%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (29.91%) Continuous Improvement
2 24 (20.51%) Customer Service
3 16 (13.68%) Project Management
4 13 (11.11%) Preventative Maintenance
5 11 (9.40%) Data Analysis
6 10 (8.55%) Analytics
6 10 (8.55%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (7.69%) Patch Management
7 9 (7.69%) Project Delivery
7 9 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
8 8 (6.84%) AI
8 8 (6.84%) Decision-Making
8 8 (6.84%) Workflow
9 7 (5.98%) Computer Science
9 7 (5.98%) ERP
9 7 (5.98%) Mentoring
9 7 (5.98%) Six Sigma
9 7 (5.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.98%) SQL
2 4 (3.42%) Python
3 3 (2.56%) ABAP
3 3 (2.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (2.56%) Java
3 3 (2.56%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.85%) C
4 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (28.21%) Degree
2 11 (9.40%) HNC
2 11 (9.40%) HND
3 7 (5.98%) Chartered Engineer
4 5 (4.27%) City & Guilds
5 4 (3.42%) A+ Certification
5 4 (3.42%) CCNA
5 4 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.56%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.56%) NVQ Level 3
7 2 (1.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.85%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.85%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.84%) QA
2 6 (5.13%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.42%) GDPR
4 2 (1.71%) COSHH
4 2 (1.71%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 1 (0.85%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.85%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 14 (11.97%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.13%) Hyper-V
3 5 (4.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.56%) Firmware
4 3 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.56%) BMC PATROL
2 3 (2.56%) Control-M
2 3 (2.56%) WhatsUp Gold
3 2 (1.71%) Galera Cluster
3 2 (1.71%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.85%) Ansible
Vendors
1 47 (40.17%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.27%) Aderant
2 5 (4.27%) Intapp
2 5 (4.27%) Red Hat
2 5 (4.27%) SAP
2 5 (4.27%) VMware
3 4 (3.42%) Cisco
3 4 (3.42%) Oracle
4 3 (2.56%) BMC
4 3 (2.56%) Fortinet
4 3 (2.56%) Google
4 3 (2.56%) iManage
4 3 (2.56%) Palo Alto
4 3 (2.56%) SolarWinds
4 3 (2.56%) SonicWALL
4 3 (2.56%) Sophos
4 3 (2.56%) WatchGuard
4 3 (2.56%) YouTube
5 1 (0.85%) Salesforce