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 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 5 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 82 73 55
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 20.00% 16.29% 13.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.55% 19.26% 15.45%
Number of salaries quoted 64 27 40
10th Percentile £26,175 £25,050 £31,875
25th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -42.22% +25.00%
75th Percentile £56,563 £51,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £58,500 £68,875
East Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £35,750 £46,000
% change year-on-year -2.10% -22.28% -12.38%

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 321 379 356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 78.29% 84.60% 87.68%
Number of salaries quoted 224 150 288
10th Percentile £27,650 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £74,125
East Midlands median annual salary £44,750 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.67% -2.00% -4.76%

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 8 January 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 8 January 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 46 £40,000 +33.33% 36
Daventry +8 3 £47,500 -
Wellingborough +1 3 £43,000 -33.85% 1
Corby -1 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 14 (17.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.88%) Confluence
3 2 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.88%) CATIA
3 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 13 (15.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.44%) Shopify
3 1 (1.22%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 39 (47.56%) Azure
2 32 (39.02%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (24.39%) Entra ID
4 17 (20.73%) AWS
5 11 (13.41%) Serverless
6 6 (7.32%) Amazon S3
6 6 (7.32%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (6.10%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (6.10%) GCP
8 4 (4.88%) Power Platform
9 2 (2.44%) GitHub
9 2 (2.44%) Google Ads
9 2 (2.44%) Google Analytics
9 2 (2.44%) Google Tag Manager
9 2 (2.44%) OneDrive
10 1 (1.22%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.22%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.32%) DHCP
1 6 (7.32%) DNS
2 5 (6.10%) VLAN
3 4 (4.88%) Firewall
3 4 (4.88%) VPN
4 3 (3.66%) WAN
5 2 (2.44%) LAN
6 1 (1.22%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.32%) Amazon Redshift
2 3 (3.66%) Power BI
3 2 (2.44%) MariaDB
3 2 (2.44%) MySQL
3 2 (2.44%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.22%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 6 (7.32%) JIRA
2 2 (2.44%) Git
2 2 (2.44%) GitLab
3 1 (1.22%) Bitbucket Server
3 1 (1.22%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.22%) JUnit
3 1 (1.22%) Mockito
3 1 (1.22%) REST Assured
3 1 (1.22%) Selenium
General
1 46 (56.10%) Social Skills
2 25 (30.49%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.54%) Finance
4 5 (6.10%) Marketing
4 5 (6.10%) Retail
5 4 (4.88%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.44%) Electronics
7 1 (1.22%) Banking
7 1 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 18 (21.95%) Analyst
1 18 (21.95%) Support Analyst
2 15 (18.29%) Developer
2 15 (18.29%) Senior
3 14 (17.07%) Support Engineer
4 12 (14.63%) Full-Stack Developer
5 11 (13.41%) IT Support
6 10 (12.20%) 1st Line Support
6 10 (12.20%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 10 (12.20%) 1st Line Technical Support
6 10 (12.20%) Technical Analyst
6 10 (12.20%) Technical Support
6 10 (12.20%) Technical Support Analyst
7 8 (9.76%) IT Engineer
8 7 (8.54%) IT Support Engineer
8 7 (8.54%) Senior Developer
9 6 (7.32%) Architect
9 6 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (7.32%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
10 5 (6.10%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (20.73%) CSS
2 15 (18.29%) HTML
3 10 (12.20%) Node.js
3 10 (12.20%) React
4 4 (4.88%) EDI
4 4 (4.88%) Middleware
5 3 (3.66%) REST
6 2 (2.44%) .NET
6 2 (2.44%) .NET Core
6 2 (2.44%) AngularJS
6 2 (2.44%) ASP.NET
6 2 (2.44%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (2.44%) CSS3
6 2 (2.44%) HTML5
7 1 (1.22%) Hibernate
7 1 (1.22%) J2EE
7 1 (1.22%) JPA
7 1 (1.22%) SOAP
7 1 (1.22%) Spring
7 1 (1.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.29%) Onboarding
2 10 (12.20%) Driving Licence
3 5 (6.10%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (4.88%) FMCG
5 3 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.66%) SCADA
6 1 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.22%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.22%) Handset
6 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (24.39%) Windows
2 12 (14.63%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.88%) Mac OS
3 4 (4.88%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (31.71%) Customer Service
2 22 (26.83%) CRM
3 15 (18.29%) Computer Science
4 13 (15.85%) Agile
4 13 (15.85%) API Development
5 12 (14.63%) Full-Stack Development
6 10 (12.20%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 8 (9.76%) ITIL
7 8 (9.76%) Project Management
8 7 (8.54%) ERP
9 6 (7.32%) Containerisation
9 6 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (7.32%) Mentoring
9 6 (7.32%) Process Improvement
9 6 (7.32%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (6.10%) Business Transformation
10 5 (6.10%) Client Onboarding
10 5 (6.10%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (6.10%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 17 (20.73%) JavaScript
1 17 (20.73%) SQL
2 10 (12.20%) Python
3 4 (4.88%) Java
4 2 (2.44%) C
4 2 (2.44%) C#
4 2 (2.44%) Perl
4 2 (2.44%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.44%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.22%) Bash
Qualifications
1 19 (23.17%) Degree
2 9 (10.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.88%) MCP
3 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.66%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.66%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.44%) CCNA
5 2 (2.44%) HND
5 2 (2.44%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.22%) CCNP
6 1 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.22%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.10%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (3.66%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.22%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.22%) GDPR
4 1 (1.22%) QA
System Software
1 20 (24.39%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.88%) Hyper-V
2 4 (4.88%) vSphere
3 2 (2.44%) Docker
4 1 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (12.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.66%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.44%) Terraform
4 1 (1.22%) Ansible
4 1 (1.22%) Autotask
4 1 (1.22%) CA Service Virtualization
Vendors
1 45 (54.88%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.41%) Zoho
3 9 (10.98%) Salesforce
4 8 (9.76%) HubSpot
5 6 (7.32%) Cisco
6 4 (4.88%) QAD
6 4 (4.88%) SonicWALL
7 3 (3.66%) SAP
8 2 (2.44%) Allen-Bradley
8 2 (2.44%) Google
8 2 (2.44%) Meraki
8 2 (2.44%) Oracle
8 2 (2.44%) Siemens
8 2 (2.44%) Toshiba
9 1 (1.22%) Apple
9 1 (1.22%) Draytek
9 1 (1.22%) VMware
9 1 (1.22%) WatchGuard
9 1 (1.22%) Yealink