Problem-Solving Jobs in Northern Ireland

Problem Solving
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 11 5
Rank change year-on-year +5 -6 +40
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 113 156 235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 16.33% 20.26% 27.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.52% 21.22% 28.52%
Number of salaries quoted 74 43 38
10th Percentile £27,500 £36,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,250 £42,500 £30,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% +21.05% +15.15%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £61,540 £78,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%

All Process and 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 579 735 824
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 83.67% 95.45% 97.28%
Number of salaries quoted 288 342 366
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £37,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% +6.74%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £85,750 £76,250 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Northern Ireland

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Northern Ireland

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +1 95 £42,500 -29.17% 110
County Tyrone - 8 £33,500 - 5
County Londonderry +3 7 - - 1
County Armagh - 3 £50,000 - 2
Problem-Solving
UK

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 10 (8.85%) SharePoint
2 8 (7.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (4.42%) Apache
4 4 (3.54%) nginx
5 3 (2.65%) CMS
5 3 (2.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (16.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (15.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (8.85%) InfoPath
4 6 (5.31%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (3.54%) Sketch
6 1 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.65%) SAP MM
1 3 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 24 (21.24%) AWS
2 16 (14.16%) Azure
3 13 (11.50%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (8.85%) OneDrive
5 5 (4.42%) Amazon S3
6 4 (3.54%) Figma
6 4 (3.54%) Heroku
6 4 (3.54%) Miro
7 3 (2.65%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.77%) OCI
9 1 (0.88%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.85%) FTP
1 10 (8.85%) HTTP
2 8 (7.08%) Firewall
3 5 (4.42%) Internet
3 5 (4.42%) IPsec
3 5 (4.42%) SNMP
3 5 (4.42%) VPN
4 3 (2.65%) LoRaWAN
5 1 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.85%) Azure SQL Database
1 10 (8.85%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.42%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (4.42%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.65%) Data Vault
3 3 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.65%) Power BI
3 3 (2.65%) Tableau
4 2 (1.77%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 7 (6.19%) Jenkins
2 5 (4.42%) Git
3 4 (3.54%) JIRA
4 3 (2.65%) Cypress.io
4 3 (2.65%) Jasmine
General
1 50 (44.25%) Social Skills
2 35 (30.97%) Finance
3 21 (18.58%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (16.81%) Retail
5 18 (15.93%) Manufacturing
6 17 (15.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (9.73%) Public Sector
8 10 (8.85%) Music Industry
9 8 (7.08%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (6.19%) Electronics
10 7 (6.19%) Marketing
10 7 (6.19%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (6.19%) Telecoms
11 4 (3.54%) Banking
11 4 (3.54%) Wholesale Banking
12 3 (2.65%) Legal
12 3 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (2.65%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 28 (24.78%) Senior
2 21 (18.58%) Developer
3 14 (12.39%) Consultant
4 13 (11.50%) Software Developer
5 11 (9.73%) Senior Developer
5 11 (9.73%) Senior Software Developer
6 10 (8.85%) Analyst
6 10 (8.85%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 7 (6.19%) Business Analyst
7 7 (6.19%) Cloud Engineer
7 7 (6.19%) Project Engineer
8 6 (5.31%) Support Engineer
9 5 (4.42%) Architect
9 5 (4.42%) C# Developer
9 5 (4.42%) Exchange Engineer
9 5 (4.42%) Field Engineer
9 5 (4.42%) Field Service Engineer
9 5 (4.42%) ICT Manager
9 5 (4.42%) NetApp Consultant
9 5 (4.42%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (20.35%) HTML
2 13 (11.50%) HTML5
3 12 (10.62%) .NET
3 12 (10.62%) .NET Framework
3 12 (10.62%) Entity Framework
4 10 (8.85%) .NET Core
4 10 (8.85%) Blazor
4 10 (8.85%) COM
4 10 (8.85%) React
5 6 (5.31%) CSS
5 6 (5.31%) REST
6 5 (4.42%) jQuery
6 5 (4.42%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (4.42%) YAML
7 4 (3.54%) AngularJS
8 3 (2.65%) Sass
9 2 (1.77%) ASP.NET
9 2 (1.77%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (1.77%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (1.77%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.73%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (4.42%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.42%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (4.42%) Driving Licence
2 5 (4.42%) EPoS
3 4 (3.54%) Blog
3 4 (3.54%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.54%) Credit Risk
3 4 (3.54%) Social Media
4 3 (2.65%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.77%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.88%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.88%) Apple TV
6 1 (0.88%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.88%) FMCG
6 1 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 20 (17.70%) Windows
2 9 (7.96%) Linux
3 5 (4.42%) Data ONTAP
4 4 (3.54%) CentOS
5 3 (2.65%) Unix
6 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.88%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (23.01%) Project Management
2 16 (14.16%) Front End Development
3 15 (13.27%) Computer Science
4 14 (12.39%) Actionable Insight
4 14 (12.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (11.50%) Mentoring
5 13 (11.50%) Process Improvement
6 12 (10.62%) Business Intelligence
7 11 (9.73%) Agile
8 10 (8.85%) End-to-End Testing
8 10 (8.85%) Infrastructure Management
8 10 (8.85%) OO
8 10 (8.85%) OOP
9 9 (7.96%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (7.96%) Customer Service
9 9 (7.96%) User Experience
10 8 (7.08%) Analytics
10 8 (7.08%) Coaching
10 8 (7.08%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (7.08%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 19 (16.81%) JavaScript
2 17 (15.04%) Python
3 13 (11.50%) C#
4 12 (10.62%) SQL
5 10 (8.85%) PowerShell
6 5 (4.42%) C
7 4 (3.54%) Bicep
7 4 (3.54%) Perl
7 4 (3.54%) R
7 4 (3.54%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.65%) PHP
9 1 (0.88%) ABAP
9 1 (0.88%) Java
9 1 (0.88%) Objective-C
9 1 (0.88%) Swift
Qualifications
1 36 (31.86%) Degree
2 15 (13.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (8.85%) Security Cleared
4 9 (7.96%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (4.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (3.54%) AWS Certification
6 4 (3.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.77%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.42%) SLA
2 4 (3.54%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.54%) WCAG
3 2 (1.77%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.88%) IFRS
4 1 (0.88%) IFRS 9
4 1 (0.88%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 9 (7.96%) Docker
2 5 (4.42%) Firmware
2 5 (4.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (6.19%) Terraform
2 5 (4.42%) Ansible
2 5 (4.42%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.42%) Prometheus
2 5 (4.42%) vCenter Server
3 4 (3.54%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 16 (14.16%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.73%) Google
3 10 (8.85%) NetApp
3 10 (8.85%) SAP
4 5 (4.42%) Dell
4 5 (4.42%) HP
4 5 (4.42%) IBM
4 5 (4.42%) Palo Alto
4 5 (4.42%) Red Hat
4 5 (4.42%) SolidFire
4 5 (4.42%) VMware
5 4 (3.54%) Facebook
5 4 (3.54%) YouTube
6 3 (2.65%) Adobe
7 2 (1.77%) Oracle
8 1 (0.88%) Apple
8 1 (0.88%) CA
8 1 (0.88%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.88%) Minitab
8 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow