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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 17 19
Rank change year-on-year +11 +2 -5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 99 72 111
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 8.73% 12.90% 11.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.84% 15.55% 15.12%
Number of salaries quoted 69 44 47
10th Percentile £25,114 £28,500 £24,750
25th Percentile £28,000 £30,563 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £36,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.33% -14.12% -17.07%
75th Percentile £53,750 £43,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,500 £55,575 £71,250
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% -13.51%

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 771 463 734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 67.99% 82.97% 77.92%
Number of salaries quoted 513 186 380
10th Percentile £28,050 £28,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £44,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +6.15% -18.64%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,500 £56,563
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
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 24 August 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 24 August 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 58 £41,250 +17.86% 21
Kettering - 9 £35,395 - 9
Towcester +8 5 £75,000 - 2
Corby -6 5 £52,500 - 5
Wellingborough -5 4 - - 5
Daventry -15 4 £37,500 -21.05% 1
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 6 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.03%) IIS
2 3 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.01%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (13.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.02%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (2.02%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (2.02%) Shopify
3 1 (1.01%) Dynamics SL
3 1 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.01%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.01%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (28.28%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (15.15%) Azure
3 12 (12.12%) Entra ID
4 7 (7.07%) AWS
4 7 (7.07%) Power Platform
5 5 (5.05%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (4.04%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.02%) GCP
7 2 (2.02%) Google Ads
7 2 (2.02%) Google Analytics
7 2 (2.02%) Google Tag Manager
7 2 (2.02%) Serverless
8 1 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.01%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.10%) Firewall
1 10 (10.10%) VPN
1 10 (10.10%) Wireless
2 7 (7.07%) DHCP
2 7 (7.07%) DNS
3 6 (6.06%) Network Security
4 5 (5.05%) LAN
5 4 (4.04%) LoRaWAN
5 4 (4.04%) MQTT
5 4 (4.04%) TCP/IP
5 4 (4.04%) VLAN
6 3 (3.03%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (1.01%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (1.01%) WAN
7 1 (1.01%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.07%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.05%) Power BI
3 4 (4.04%) MySQL
3 4 (4.04%) Neo4j
4 3 (3.03%) Power Query
4 3 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (2.02%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.01%) GIS
6 1 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (5.05%) JIRA
2 1 (1.01%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.01%) Git
2 1 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 39 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 24 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (16.16%) Finance
4 15 (15.15%) Manufacturing
5 12 (12.12%) Law
6 8 (8.08%) Legal
7 6 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.03%) Aviation
8 3 (3.03%) Legal Technology
8 3 (3.03%) Marketing
8 3 (3.03%) Retail
8 3 (3.03%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.01%) Advertising
10 1 (1.01%) Automotive
10 1 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (16.16%) IT Support
2 13 (13.13%) Analyst
2 13 (13.13%) IT Technician
3 11 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 10 (10.10%) Support Technician
5 9 (9.09%) IT Support Technician
6 8 (8.08%) Senior
7 7 (7.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (7.07%) IT Assistant
7 7 (7.07%) IT Engineer
8 6 (6.06%) Business Analyst
8 6 (6.06%) IT Support Engineer
9 5 (5.05%) Developer
10 4 (4.04%) Lead
10 4 (4.04%) Subject Matter Expert
10 4 (4.04%) Technical Engineer
10 4 (4.04%) Technical Support
10 4 (4.04%) Technical Support Engineer
11 3 (3.03%) Audio Visual Technician
11 3 (3.03%) Head of AI
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.03%) JDBC
1 3 (3.03%) Node.js
1 3 (3.03%) OAuth
1 3 (3.03%) REST
1 3 (3.03%) SAP Fiori
1 3 (3.03%) SAPUI5
1 3 (3.03%) SOAP
2 1 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.01%) Terraform
2 1 (1.01%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (27.27%) Driving Licence
2 6 (6.06%) Onboarding
2 6 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (5.05%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 5 (5.05%) Replication
4 4 (4.04%) IoT
5 3 (3.03%) Credit Risk
5 3 (3.03%) Fibre Optics
5 3 (3.03%) Private Cloud
5 3 (3.03%) Robotics
6 2 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.02%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.02%) FMCG
6 2 (2.02%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.02%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (1.01%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.01%) Pricing Data
7 1 (1.01%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 23 (23.23%) Windows
2 15 (15.15%) Linux
3 9 (9.09%) Windows Server
4 5 (5.05%) OpenVMS
4 5 (5.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (5.05%) Ubuntu
5 4 (4.04%) Android
6 3 (3.03%) Apple iOS
6 3 (3.03%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.01%) CentOS
7 1 (1.01%) SUSE
7 1 (1.01%) Unix
7 1 (1.01%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (28.28%) Continuous Improvement
2 17 (17.17%) Customer Service
3 13 (13.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (12.12%) Project Management
5 11 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 10 (10.10%) Mentoring
6 10 (10.10%) Project Delivery
7 9 (9.09%) Analytics
7 9 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (9.09%) Decision-Making
8 8 (8.08%) AI
8 8 (8.08%) Computer Science
8 8 (8.08%) Workflow
9 7 (7.07%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (7.07%) Data Analysis
9 7 (7.07%) ERP
9 7 (7.07%) Service Delivery
9 7 (7.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (6.06%) High Availability
10 6 (6.06%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.07%) SQL
2 4 (4.04%) Python
3 3 (3.03%) ABAP
3 3 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (3.03%) Java
3 3 (3.03%) T-SQL
4 2 (2.02%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.01%) C
Qualifications
1 25 (25.25%) Degree
2 4 (4.04%) CCNA
2 4 (4.04%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.03%) Azure Certification
3 3 (3.03%) Chartered Engineer
3 3 (3.03%) HNC
3 3 (3.03%) HND
4 2 (2.02%) City & Guilds
4 2 (2.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.01%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.07%) QA
2 6 (6.06%) Data Quality
3 4 (4.04%) GDPR
4 1 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.01%) COSHH
4 1 (1.01%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 11 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (6.06%) Hyper-V
4 4 (4.04%) vSphere
5 3 (3.03%) Firmware
5 3 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.01%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 5 (5.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.04%) Galera Cluster
2 4 (4.04%) vCenter Server
3 3 (3.03%) BMC PATROL
3 3 (3.03%) Control-M
3 3 (3.03%) WhatsUp Gold
4 1 (1.01%) Ansible
Vendors
1 43 (43.43%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.07%) VMware
3 6 (6.06%) Red Hat
4 5 (5.05%) Aderant
4 5 (5.05%) Cisco
4 5 (5.05%) Intapp
5 4 (4.04%) Oracle
5 4 (4.04%) Salesforce
5 4 (4.04%) SAP
6 3 (3.03%) BMC
6 3 (3.03%) Fortinet
6 3 (3.03%) iManage
6 3 (3.03%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.03%) SolarWinds
6 3 (3.03%) SonicWALL
6 3 (3.03%) Sophos
6 3 (3.03%) WatchGuard
7 2 (2.02%) Google
7 2 (2.02%) YouTube
8 1 (1.01%) Aruba