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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 20 19
Rank change year-on-year +12 -1 -5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 87 57 100
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 8.99% 10.22% 10.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.06% 12.05% 13.12%
Number of salaries quoted 57 33 50
10th Percentile £24,668 £28,500 £24,750
25th Percentile £26,437 £32,500 £28,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.33% -11.76% -14.14%
75th Percentile £57,500 £43,750 £60,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £54,750 £71,250
East Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £35,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.63% -11.25% -9.67%

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 666 473 762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 68.80% 84.77% 79.46%
Number of salaries quoted 430 194 420
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,900 £24,249
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £31,031
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,842 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.87% +22.10% -27.27%
75th Percentile £59,531 £63,500 £56,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £74,250 £71,250
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 July 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 July 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 0 58 £42,500 +16.44% 17
Towcester +8 5 £75,000 - 4
Corby - 5 £52,500 - 1
Kettering - 5 £25,114 - 4
Wellingborough - 4 - - 3
Daventry -17 3 £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 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.15%) CMS
2 1 (1.15%) Confluence
2 1 (1.15%) Drupal
Applications
1 10 (11.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.15%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.15%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.15%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 22 (25.29%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (12.64%) AWS
3 9 (10.34%) Azure
3 9 (10.34%) Entra ID
4 6 (6.90%) Serverless
5 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Copilot
5 5 (5.75%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.45%) Amazon S3
6 3 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (3.45%) GCP
6 3 (3.45%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.15%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.05%) Wireless
2 4 (4.60%) Firewall
2 4 (4.60%) LoRaWAN
2 4 (4.60%) MQTT
2 4 (4.60%) VPN
3 3 (3.45%) Network Security
4 2 (2.30%) LAN
5 1 (1.15%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.15%) DHCP
5 1 (1.15%) DNS
5 1 (1.15%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.15%) VLAN
5 1 (1.15%) WAN
5 1 (1.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.05%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.60%) MySQL
2 4 (4.60%) Neo4j
2 4 (4.60%) Power BI
3 3 (3.45%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (3.45%) Power Query
3 3 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (5.75%) JIRA
2 1 (1.15%) Bitbucket
General
1 36 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 17 (19.54%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (17.24%) Finance
4 13 (14.94%) Manufacturing
5 12 (13.79%) Law
6 8 (9.20%) Legal
7 6 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (5.75%) Advertising
9 4 (4.60%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (3.45%) Aviation
10 3 (3.45%) Legal Technology
10 3 (3.45%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.15%) Automotive
11 1 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (16.09%) Support Technician
2 13 (14.94%) IT Technician
3 12 (13.79%) Analyst
3 12 (13.79%) IT Support
4 10 (11.49%) Support Engineer
5 9 (10.34%) IT Support Technician
6 8 (9.20%) Lead
7 7 (8.05%) Developer
7 7 (8.05%) IT Assistant
8 6 (6.90%) Business Analyst
9 5 (5.75%) Senior
10 4 (4.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (4.60%) IT Engineer
10 4 (4.60%) Subject Matter Expert
10 4 (4.60%) Technical Engineer
10 4 (4.60%) Technical Support
10 4 (4.60%) Technical Support Engineer
11 3 (3.45%) Audio Visual Technician
11 3 (3.45%) Graduate Support Engineer
11 3 (3.45%) Trainee Operator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.90%) Node.js
2 3 (3.45%) CSS
2 3 (3.45%) HTML
2 3 (3.45%) JDBC
2 3 (3.45%) OAuth
2 3 (3.45%) React
2 3 (3.45%) REST
2 3 (3.45%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (3.45%) SAPUI5
2 3 (3.45%) SOAP
3 1 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 21 (24.14%) Driving Licence
2 5 (5.75%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 5 (5.75%) Mobile Computing
2 5 (5.75%) Replication
3 4 (4.60%) IoT
4 3 (3.45%) Credit Risk
4 3 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (3.45%) Fibre Optics
4 3 (3.45%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.30%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.30%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.15%) FMCG
6 1 (1.15%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Licensing
6 1 (1.15%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.15%) Pricing Data
6 1 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (19.54%) Windows
2 13 (14.94%) Linux
3 7 (8.05%) Ubuntu
4 5 (5.75%) OpenVMS
4 5 (5.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (3.45%) CentOS
5 3 (3.45%) Mac OS
5 3 (3.45%) SUSE
5 3 (3.45%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.15%) Android
6 1 (1.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (32.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 13 (14.94%) Project Delivery
3 11 (12.64%) Computer Science
3 11 (12.64%) Mentoring
3 11 (12.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (11.49%) Decision-Making
4 10 (11.49%) Service Delivery
5 9 (10.34%) Agile
6 8 (9.20%) AI
6 8 (9.20%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (9.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 8 (9.20%) Project Management
6 8 (9.20%) Workflow
7 7 (8.05%) Customer Service
7 7 (8.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (6.90%) Analytics
8 6 (6.90%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 6 (6.90%) High Availability
8 6 (6.90%) ITIL
8 6 (6.90%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.34%) SQL
2 7 (8.05%) Python
3 3 (3.45%) ABAP
3 3 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (3.45%) Java
3 3 (3.45%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.45%) T-SQL
4 2 (2.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (17.24%) Degree
2 3 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.15%) CCNA
4 1 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.90%) QA
2 5 (5.75%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.15%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 5 (5.75%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.60%) vSphere
3 1 (1.15%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.60%) Galera Cluster
1 4 (4.60%) vCenter Server
2 3 (3.45%) BMC PATROL
2 3 (3.45%) Control-M
2 3 (3.45%) WhatsUp Gold
3 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.15%) Ansible
4 1 (1.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (34.48%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.20%) Red Hat
3 5 (5.75%) Aderant
3 5 (5.75%) Intapp
4 4 (4.60%) VMware
5 3 (3.45%) BMC
5 3 (3.45%) iManage
5 3 (3.45%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.45%) SAP
5 3 (3.45%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.30%) Cisco
6 2 (2.30%) Oracle
7 1 (1.15%) Aruba
7 1 (1.15%) ServiceNow