Creative Problem-Solving Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Creative Problem-Solving
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Creative Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 - 59
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Permanent jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 4 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.42% - 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% - 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile £75,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +21.74% +9.52% -30.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Creative 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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 676 221 515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 70.93% 94.04% 83.33%
Number of salaries quoted 275 63 329
10th Percentile - £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £33,926 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Creative Problem-Solving relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Creative Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Creative Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Creative Problem-Solving

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
County Antrim - 2 £70,000 - 1
Newry - 2 £70,000 -
County Down - 2 £70,000 -
Creative Problem-Solving
UK

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) B2B
1 4 (100.00%) Business Development
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Insight
1 4 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 4 (100.00%) Financial Modelling
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Architecture