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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 7 4
Rank change year-on-year -11 -3 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 131 37 94
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 10.51% 12.33% 16.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.65% 13.65% 21.32%
Number of salaries quoted 34 17 72
10th Percentile - £48,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £24,000 £50,000 £30,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +29.41% -26.09%
75th Percentile £47,250 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £68,750 £61,980
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -9.09%

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 894 271 441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 71.69% 90.33% 79.46%
Number of salaries quoted 252 107 284
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,125
25th Percentile £28,875 £33,926 £37,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 31 July 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 31 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
County Antrim -13 74 £38,500 -30.00% 44
County Down -8 41 £42,500 - 3
County Armagh - 13 - -
Newry - 10 £42,500 - 1
County Tyrone - 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 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.53%) EPLAN
1 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.53%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.98%) Azure
2 12 (9.16%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (6.11%) AWS
4 5 (3.82%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.29%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.53%) PaaS
6 2 (1.53%) SaaS
7 1 (0.76%) Azure AI
7 1 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.76%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (0.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.29%) Firewall
2 2 (1.53%) J1939
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.29%) Power BI
2 1 (0.76%) Big Data
2 1 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.76%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 52 (39.69%) Legal
2 50 (38.17%) Social Skills
3 34 (25.95%) Law
4 27 (20.61%) Legal Technology
5 21 (16.03%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (12.98%) Finance
7 13 (9.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (4.58%) Marketing
8 6 (4.58%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.53%) Banking
9 2 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.53%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.53%) Retail
10 1 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (41.22%) Developer
1 54 (41.22%) Senior
2 52 (39.69%) Senior Developer
3 24 (18.32%) Consultant
4 23 (17.56%) Deployment Engineer
4 23 (17.56%) Mobile Engineer
4 23 (17.56%) Radio Engineer
4 23 (17.56%) Support Engineer
5 10 (7.63%) Associate Consultant
5 10 (7.63%) Associate Technology Consultant
5 10 (7.63%) Technology Consultant
6 8 (6.11%) Analyst
6 8 (6.11%) Support Consultant
7 7 (5.34%) Applications Consultant
7 7 (5.34%) Applications Support
7 7 (5.34%) Applications Support Consultant
7 7 (5.34%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 6 (4.58%) Architect
9 5 (3.82%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (2.29%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (40.46%) .NET
2 2 (1.53%) Web Services
3 1 (0.76%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.76%) Dropwizard
3 1 (0.76%) Hibernate
3 1 (0.76%) Jakarta EE
3 1 (0.76%) Middleware
3 1 (0.76%) Spring
3 1 (0.76%) Vue
3 1 (0.76%) XML
3 1 (0.76%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.05%) Virtual Team
2 2 (1.53%) Driving Licence
2 2 (1.53%) EPoS
2 2 (1.53%) Low-Code
2 2 (1.53%) Onboarding
2 2 (1.53%) Product Ownership
2 2 (1.53%) Public Cloud
3 1 (0.76%) Data Structures
3 1 (0.76%) Derivative
3 1 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.82%) Windows
2 3 (2.29%) Linux
3 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (48.09%) Agile
1 63 (48.09%) Continuous Improvement
2 56 (42.75%) Acceptance Criteria
2 56 (42.75%) CI/CD
3 54 (41.22%) Strategic Planning
4 53 (40.46%) Microservices
4 53 (40.46%) Sprint Planning
4 53 (40.46%) Workflow
5 52 (39.69%) API Development
5 52 (39.69%) Architectural Patterns
5 52 (39.69%) Data Governance
5 52 (39.69%) Enterprise Architecture
5 52 (39.69%) Information Security
5 52 (39.69%) Software Architecture
5 52 (39.69%) Software Testing
5 52 (39.69%) Sprint Retrospective
6 29 (22.14%) Software Engineering
7 28 (21.37%) Project Delivery
8 27 (20.61%) Business Strategy
8 27 (20.61%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 55 (41.98%) C#
2 4 (3.05%) SQL
3 2 (1.53%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.53%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.76%) Java
4 1 (0.76%) PHP
4 1 (0.76%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.76%) Python
4 1 (0.76%) XPath
Qualifications
1 10 (7.63%) Degree
2 4 (3.05%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.29%) AWS Certification
3 3 (2.29%) Azure Certification
3 3 (2.29%) CompTIA CySA+
3 3 (2.29%) GCFA
3 3 (2.29%) GCIA
3 3 (2.29%) GCIH
4 2 (1.53%) HND
5 1 (0.76%) CEH
5 1 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.76%) ECIH
5 1 (0.76%) GIAC
5 1 (0.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (39.69%) QA
2 1 (0.76%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (0.76%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.05%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (2.29%) QRadar
2 1 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (10.69%) Workday
2 8 (6.11%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.29%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (2.29%) SAP
3 3 (2.29%) Splunk
4 1 (0.76%) Foundry
4 1 (0.76%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.76%) VMware