Problem-Solving Jobs in Northamptonshire

Problem Solving
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 6 23
Rank change year-on-year -25 +17 -16
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 54 90 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 6.68% 13.01% 8.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.03% 16.67% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 29 58 18
10th Percentile £25,700 £24,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £40,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +0.25% -25.58% +37.82%
75th Percentile £56,250 £48,750 £65,313
90th Percentile £67,500 £64,875 £70,375
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% +12.50%

All Process and 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 768 540 499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 95.05% 78.03% 93.45%
Number of salaries quoted 229 409 244
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,000 £35,001
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £41,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.30% -21.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £73,750
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Northamptonshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Northamptonshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

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 3 May 2025. 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 -18 31 £38,800 -8.71% 57
Daventry -2 5 - - 3
Wellingborough +5 1 £65,000 +78.08% 3
Towcester -5 1 - - 3
Problem-Solving
East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 (3.70%) CMS
1 2 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.85%) Headless CMS
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.85%) Strapi
2 1 (1.85%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (12.96%) Simulink
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.85%) Acrobat
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (12.96%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.85%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.85%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 10 (18.52%) AWS
2 6 (11.11%) Azure
3 4 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (1.85%) Contentful
4 1 (1.85%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.85%) GCP
4 1 (1.85%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (24.07%) TCP/IP
2 11 (20.37%) VPN
3 2 (3.70%) DHCP
3 2 (3.70%) DNS
4 1 (1.85%) Firewall
4 1 (1.85%) Internet
4 1 (1.85%) Network Security
4 1 (1.85%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (1.85%) Wireless
4 1 (1.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (20.37%) Cucumber
1 11 (20.37%) Robot Framework
2 7 (12.96%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (3.70%) JIRA
4 1 (1.85%) Postman
General
1 38 (70.37%) Social Skills
2 14 (25.93%) Electronics
3 12 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 11 (20.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (14.81%) Finance
7 7 (12.96%) Aerospace
8 5 (9.26%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (3.70%) Banking
10 2 (3.70%) Investment Banking
10 2 (3.70%) Marketing
11 1 (1.85%) Automotive
11 1 (1.85%) Law
11 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (20.37%) Junior
1 11 (20.37%) Test Automation Engineer
1 11 (20.37%) Test Engineer
2 10 (18.52%) IT Support
3 8 (14.81%) Analyst
4 7 (12.96%) Junior Systems Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Systems Engineer
5 5 (9.26%) Senior
5 5 (9.26%) Support Engineer
6 4 (7.41%) IT Engineer
6 4 (7.41%) Senior Electrical Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) Business Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) IT Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) Lead
7 3 (5.56%) Principal Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) Software Assurance Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (3.70%) Technical Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) React
2 1 (1.85%) .NET
2 1 (1.85%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.85%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.85%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.85%) Bootstrap
2 1 (1.85%) CSS
2 1 (1.85%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.85%) HTML
2 1 (1.85%) Next.js
2 1 (1.85%) Node.js
2 1 (1.85%) Tailwind CSS
2 1 (1.85%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) Linux Command Line
2 5 (9.26%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (7.41%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.70%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.85%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 21 (38.89%) Windows
2 12 (22.22%) Linux
3 3 (5.56%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.93%) DevOps
1 14 (25.93%) Mentoring
2 12 (22.22%) Mathematics
2 12 (22.22%) Project Management
2 12 (22.22%) Test Automation
3 11 (20.37%) Coaching
3 11 (20.37%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (20.37%) System Testing
3 11 (20.37%) Test Management
4 10 (18.52%) Systems Engineering
5 9 (16.67%) Agile
5 9 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 8 (14.81%) Decision-Making
7 7 (12.96%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 7 (12.96%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 7 (12.96%) Physics
7 7 (12.96%) PLM
7 7 (12.96%) SysML
7 7 (12.96%) UML
8 6 (11.11%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (25.93%) JavaScript
2 11 (20.37%) Bash
2 11 (20.37%) PowerShell
2 11 (20.37%) Python
3 7 (12.96%) MATLAB
4 2 (3.70%) C#
4 2 (3.70%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (55.56%) Degree
2 14 (25.93%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (7.41%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.85%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.85%) CBAP
5 1 (1.85%) CCNA
5 1 (1.85%) CCNP
5 1 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.85%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.85%) LPIC
5 1 (1.85%) MCP
5 1 (1.85%) MCSE
5 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (1.85%) GRC
2 1 (1.85%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.70%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 7 (12.96%) IBM
1 7 (12.96%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.70%) Salesforce
2 2 (3.70%) VMware
3 1 (1.85%) Adobe
3 1 (1.85%) Cisco
3 1 (1.85%) SAP