Problem-Solving Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Problem Solving
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 8 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 244 35 81
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 17.43% 11.18% 15.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.26% 12.77% 19.57%
Number of salaries quoted 96 16 46
10th Percentile £34,375 £48,125 £27,500
25th Percentile £51,688 £50,000 £27,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £59,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.64% +40.48% -26.96%
75th Percentile £90,000 £61,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £68,750 £61,250
UK median annual salary £47,000 £45,000 £51,750
% change year-on-year +4.44% -13.04% -5.91%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 966 274 414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 69.00% 87.54% 78.86%
Number of salaries quoted 293 124 228
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,625
25th Percentile £40,500 £35,938 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% +12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

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

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 11 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Northern Ireland

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 Problem-Solving within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 11 September 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 +7 159 £75,000 +27.12% 162
County Down -8 47 £27,581 - 4
County Londonderry +4 22 £70,000 +122.22% 6
County Armagh - 13 - - 1
Newry - 8 £27,581 -
County Tyrone -3 2 £45,000 -
Problem-Solving
UK

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:

Application Platforms
1 26 (10.66%) CMS
1 26 (10.66%) SharePoint
1 26 (10.66%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 27 (11.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.23%) EPLAN
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (10.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (6.15%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.82%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 32 (13.11%) Power Platform
2 26 (10.66%) PowerApps
3 18 (7.38%) Azure
4 14 (5.74%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (4.10%) AWS
6 5 (2.05%) SaaS
7 4 (1.64%) PaaS
8 3 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.82%) GCP
9 2 (0.82%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.41%) Anthropic Claude
10 1 (0.41%) Azure AI
10 1 (0.41%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (0.41%) Google Gemini
10 1 (0.41%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.64%) Firewall
2 2 (0.82%) J1939
3 1 (0.41%) 5G
3 1 (0.41%) DNS
3 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.48%) Power BI
2 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.41%) Big Data
3 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (3.28%) JIRA
General
1 74 (30.33%) Social Skills
2 59 (24.18%) Legal
3 52 (21.31%) Finance
4 38 (15.57%) Marketing
5 37 (15.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (13.93%) Law
7 32 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
8 27 (11.07%) Legal Technology
9 26 (10.66%) Publishing
10 12 (4.92%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.46%) Retail
12 4 (1.64%) Banking
12 4 (1.64%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.82%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.82%) Local Government
14 1 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 109 (44.67%) Senior
2 60 (24.59%) Consultant
3 59 (24.18%) Developer
4 58 (23.77%) Senior Developer
5 26 (10.66%) Marketing Assistant
6 24 (9.84%) Analyst
6 24 (9.84%) Lead
7 22 (9.02%) Architect
8 19 (7.79%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 17 (6.97%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (6.56%) Workday Consultant
11 15 (6.15%) Lead Consultant
12 12 (4.92%) Functional Consultant
12 12 (4.92%) Power Platform Consultant
12 12 (4.92%) Service Manager
12 12 (4.92%) Support Consultant
13 11 (4.51%) Process Analyst
13 11 (4.51%) Senior Consultant
13 11 (4.51%) Software Manager
13 11 (4.51%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (24.18%) .NET
2 3 (1.23%) Web Services
3 2 (0.82%) Jakarta EE
3 2 (0.82%) Middleware
3 2 (0.82%) XML
3 2 (0.82%) XSLT
4 1 (0.41%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.41%) Dropwizard
4 1 (0.41%) Hibernate
4 1 (0.41%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.41%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.41%) Spring
4 1 (0.41%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.41%) Vue
4 1 (0.41%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.66%) Blog
1 26 (10.66%) Management Information System
1 26 (10.66%) Marketing Technology
1 26 (10.66%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (1.64%) Low-Code
2 4 (1.64%) Public Cloud
2 4 (1.64%) Virtual Team
3 3 (1.23%) Driving Licence
3 3 (1.23%) Onboarding
3 3 (1.23%) Product Ownership
4 2 (0.82%) EPoS
4 2 (0.82%) NHS
4 2 (0.82%) SystemC
5 1 (0.41%) Acoustics
5 1 (0.41%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.41%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.41%) Derivative
5 1 (0.41%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.41%) Podcast
5 1 (0.41%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.87%) Windows
2 4 (1.64%) Linux
3 2 (0.82%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (35.25%) Continuous Improvement
1 86 (35.25%) Workflow
2 80 (32.79%) Agile
3 72 (29.51%) Acceptance Criteria
4 63 (25.82%) CI/CD
5 60 (24.59%) Strategic Planning
6 59 (24.18%) Data Governance
6 59 (24.18%) Enterprise Architecture
6 59 (24.18%) Microservices
6 59 (24.18%) Software Testing
6 59 (24.18%) Sprint Planning
7 58 (23.77%) API Development
7 58 (23.77%) Architectural Patterns
7 58 (23.77%) Information Security
7 58 (23.77%) Software Architecture
7 58 (23.77%) Sprint Retrospective
8 33 (13.52%) Analytics
8 33 (13.52%) Project Management
9 30 (12.30%) Business Development
9 30 (12.30%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 60 (24.59%) C#
2 4 (1.64%) Python
2 4 (1.64%) SQL
3 2 (0.82%) Java
3 2 (0.82%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.82%) XPath
4 1 (0.41%) Bash
4 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.41%) PHP
4 1 (0.41%) Scala
4 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (9.02%) Degree
2 9 (3.69%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.23%) AWS Certification
3 3 (1.23%) Azure Certification
3 3 (1.23%) CompTIA CySA+
3 3 (1.23%) GCFA
3 3 (1.23%) GCIA
3 3 (1.23%) GCIH
4 2 (0.82%) HND
4 2 (0.82%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.41%) CEH
5 1 (0.41%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (0.41%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.41%) ECIH
5 1 (0.41%) GIAC
5 1 (0.41%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (23.77%) QA
2 5 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (0.82%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 3 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.23%) QRadar
2 1 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 104 (42.62%) Workday
2 26 (10.66%) Sitecore
3 13 (5.33%) Microsoft
4 3 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (1.23%) SAP
4 3 (1.23%) Splunk
4 3 (1.23%) VMware
5 2 (0.82%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.82%) Thales
6 1 (0.41%) Databricks
6 1 (0.41%) Foundry
6 1 (0.41%) Google
6 1 (0.41%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle