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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 20 10
Rank change year-on-year +6 -10 0
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 81 106 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 14.67% 11.58% 12.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.76% 14.72% 13.44%
Number of salaries quoted 50 42 25
10th Percentile £26,663 £28,500 £29,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £43,750 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.57% -11.62% +10.00%
75th Percentile £42,688 £62,875 £58,750
90th Percentile £49,275 £71,250 £65,000
East Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -11.11% -

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 456 720 320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 82.61% 78.69% 90.91%
Number of salaries quoted 180 337 207
10th Percentile £28,500 £24,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,985 £75,000 £86,750
East Midlands median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.89% -14.29% +5.00%

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

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -2 37 £35,000 -22.22% 46
Daventry +14 3 £47,500 -29.63% 5
Corby +2 3 - - 2
Wellingborough - 3 £43,000 - 4
Towcester -1 1 - - 1
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 17 (20.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.94%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.47%) Confluence
4 1 (1.23%) CMS
4 1 (1.23%) Headless CMS
4 1 (1.23%) Strapi
Applications
1 10 (12.35%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.47%) CATIA
2 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (18.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (6.17%) SAP EWM
2 5 (6.17%) SAP WM
3 2 (2.47%) Shopify
4 1 (1.23%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 31 (38.27%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (33.33%) Azure
3 19 (23.46%) Entra ID
4 6 (7.41%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (4.94%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.70%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.47%) AWS
7 2 (2.47%) GitHub
7 2 (2.47%) Google Ads
7 2 (2.47%) Google Analytics
7 2 (2.47%) Google Tag Manager
8 1 (1.23%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.23%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.23%) Contentful
8 1 (1.23%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (19.75%) VPN
2 11 (13.58%) TCP/IP
3 8 (9.88%) DHCP
3 8 (9.88%) DNS
4 3 (3.70%) Firewall
5 2 (2.47%) VLAN
6 1 (1.23%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (1.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.70%) MySQL
1 3 (3.70%) Power BI
1 3 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.47%) MariaDB
3 1 (1.23%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 12 (14.81%) Cucumber
2 11 (13.58%) Robot Framework
3 5 (6.17%) JIRA
4 2 (2.47%) Git
4 2 (2.47%) GitLab
5 1 (1.23%) Bitbucket Server
5 1 (1.23%) JUnit
5 1 (1.23%) Mockito
5 1 (1.23%) REST Assured
5 1 (1.23%) Selenium
General
1 66 (81.48%) Social Skills
2 15 (18.52%) Telecoms
3 12 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (14.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (8.64%) Electronics
5 6 (7.41%) Automotive
6 5 (6.17%) Retail
7 3 (3.70%) Finance
8 2 (2.47%) Marketing
8 2 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.23%) Banking
9 1 (1.23%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 24 (29.63%) Analyst
1 24 (29.63%) Support Analyst
2 21 (25.93%) Support Engineer
3 17 (20.99%) Technical Support
4 11 (13.58%) Test Automation Engineer
4 11 (13.58%) Test Engineer
5 9 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
5 9 (11.11%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 9 (11.11%) 1st Line Technical Support
5 9 (11.11%) IT Support
5 9 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
5 9 (11.11%) Technical Support Analyst
6 8 (9.88%) Technical Engineer
6 8 (9.88%) Technical Support Engineer
7 7 (8.64%) Senior
8 6 (7.41%) Infrastructure Support
9 5 (6.17%) Applications Engineer
9 5 (6.17%) IT Analyst
9 5 (6.17%) IT Engineer
9 5 (6.17%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (11.11%) EDI
2 7 (8.64%) CSS
3 6 (7.41%) Middleware
4 5 (6.17%) HTML
5 3 (3.70%) .NET
5 3 (3.70%) ASP.NET
5 3 (3.70%) REST
6 2 (2.47%) .NET Core
6 2 (2.47%) AngularJS
6 2 (2.47%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (2.47%) CSS3
6 2 (2.47%) HTML5
6 2 (2.47%) Node.js
6 2 (2.47%) React
7 1 (1.23%) GraphQL
7 1 (1.23%) Jest
7 1 (1.23%) Next.js
7 1 (1.23%) Redux
7 1 (1.23%) Spring Boot
7 1 (1.23%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.05%) Onboarding
2 11 (13.58%) Linux Command Line
3 7 (8.64%) Driving Licence
4 4 (4.94%) FMCG
5 3 (3.70%) SCADA
6 1 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (37.04%) Windows
2 13 (16.05%) Linux
3 12 (14.81%) Windows Server
4 6 (7.41%) Mac OS
5 5 (6.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (24.69%) Customer Service
2 18 (22.22%) CRM
3 14 (17.28%) System Testing
4 13 (16.05%) DevOps
5 12 (14.81%) Test Automation
5 12 (14.81%) Test Management
6 11 (13.58%) Agile
6 11 (13.58%) Coaching
6 11 (13.58%) Mentoring
7 10 (12.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (12.35%) Incident Management
7 10 (12.35%) Logistics
8 9 (11.11%) Computer Science
8 9 (11.11%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 7 (8.64%) ERP
9 7 (8.64%) Process Improvement
10 6 (7.41%) ITIL
10 6 (7.41%) Project Management
10 6 (7.41%) Scrum
10 6 (7.41%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.75%) JavaScript
2 15 (18.52%) Python
3 11 (13.58%) Bash
3 11 (13.58%) PowerShell
4 7 (8.64%) SQL
5 4 (4.94%) Java
6 3 (3.70%) C#
6 3 (3.70%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.47%) C
7 2 (2.47%) Perl
8 1 (1.23%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 21 (25.93%) Degree
2 5 (6.17%) MCP
2 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (4.94%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.47%) HND
4 2 (2.47%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.58%) QA
2 5 (6.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (6.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.23%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 20 (24.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.47%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.47%) vSphere
3 1 (1.23%) Docker
3 1 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.23%) CA Service Virtualization
2 1 (1.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 40 (49.38%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.11%) HubSpot
2 9 (11.11%) Salesforce
2 9 (11.11%) Zoho
3 8 (9.88%) SAP
4 5 (6.17%) JDA
5 4 (4.94%) QAD
6 3 (3.70%) Oracle
7 2 (2.47%) Allen-Bradley
7 2 (2.47%) Cisco
7 2 (2.47%) Google
7 2 (2.47%) Siemens
7 2 (2.47%) SonicWALL
7 2 (2.47%) Toshiba
8 1 (1.23%) Apple
8 1 (1.23%) VMware