Problem-Solving Jobs in Northern Ireland

Problem Solving
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 5 11 46
Rank change year-on-year +6 +35 -24
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 126 219 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 23.42% 21.16% 8.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 24.37% 21.47% 8.16%
Number of salaries quoted 23 34 48
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,563 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% -4.21% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £53,125
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,000 £61,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year - +3.77% +0.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 517 1,020 784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 96.10% 98.55% 98.62%
Number of salaries quoted 205 450 451
10th Percentile £29,993 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £64,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,250 £75,125 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +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 1 December 2023.

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 1 December 2023. 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 0 117 £46,250 +2.78% 51
County Armagh +12 7 - -
County Londonderry - 1 - - 1
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 9 (7.14%) JBoss
1 9 (7.14%) Red Hat Fuse
2 2 (1.59%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.79%) Confluence
3 1 (0.79%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.79%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 9 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.17%) Windchill
3 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (3.97%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (18.25%) Azure
2 22 (17.46%) Serverless
3 11 (8.73%) AWS
4 8 (6.35%) Power Platform
5 6 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (3.97%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.38%) IaaS
7 3 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.38%) PaaS
7 3 (2.38%) SaaS
8 2 (1.59%) GCP
9 1 (0.79%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.79%) GitHub
9 1 (0.79%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.35%) Firewall
2 6 (4.76%) DHCP
2 6 (4.76%) DNS
2 6 (4.76%) Network Security
3 5 (3.97%) HTTP
3 5 (3.97%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.17%) Wireshark
5 2 (1.59%) Wireless
6 1 (0.79%) PBX
6 1 (0.79%) VoIP
6 1 (0.79%) VPN
6 1 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.94%) Relational Database
2 8 (6.35%) Power BI
2 8 (6.35%) SQL Server
3 7 (5.56%) Oracle Database
3 7 (5.56%) RDBMS
4 4 (3.17%) Big Data
5 3 (2.38%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (2.38%) Tableau
6 2 (1.59%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (1.59%) JasperReports
6 2 (1.59%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.59%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (1.59%) QlikView
7 1 (0.79%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.79%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 24 (19.05%) Git
2 12 (9.52%) JIRA
3 9 (7.14%) IntelliJ
4 4 (3.17%) AutoIt
4 4 (3.17%) eggPlant
4 4 (3.17%) Jenkins
4 4 (3.17%) Selenium
5 2 (1.59%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.59%) FitNesse
5 2 (1.59%) JDeveloper
5 2 (1.59%) Maven
5 2 (1.59%) NUnit
5 2 (1.59%) SpecFlow
5 2 (1.59%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.79%) Oracle APEX
General
1 59 (46.83%) Social Skills
2 23 (18.25%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (11.90%) Police
3 15 (11.90%) Public Sector
4 11 (8.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (7.94%) Finance
6 9 (7.14%) Aerospace
7 8 (6.35%) Manufacturing
8 7 (5.56%) Law
8 7 (5.56%) Legal
8 7 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (5.56%) Retail
9 6 (4.76%) Banking
10 4 (3.17%) Automotive
11 3 (2.38%) Investment Banking
11 3 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (28.57%) Software Engineer
2 30 (23.81%) Architect
3 26 (20.63%) Solutions Architect
4 25 (19.84%) Java Engineer
4 25 (19.84%) Java Software Engineer
5 21 (16.67%) Presales Solution Architect
6 19 (15.08%) Developer
7 17 (13.49%) Senior
8 14 (11.11%) Lead
9 9 (7.14%) Senior Java Engineer
9 9 (7.14%) Senior Java Software Engineer
9 9 (7.14%) Senior Software Engineer
10 8 (6.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (5.56%) QA Leader
11 7 (5.56%) Ruby Engineer
12 6 (4.76%) Analyst
13 5 (3.97%) CRM Developer
13 5 (3.97%) Dynamics CRM Developer
13 5 (3.97%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 5 (3.97%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (21.43%) Spring
2 23 (18.25%) React
3 14 (11.11%) AngularJS
4 13 (10.32%) J2EE
4 13 (10.32%) Ruby on Rails
4 13 (10.32%) XML
5 12 (9.52%) Node.js
6 11 (8.73%) JSON
6 11 (8.73%) REST
6 11 (8.73%) Web Services
7 10 (7.94%) .NET
8 9 (7.14%) Hibernate
8 9 (7.14%) JPA
8 9 (7.14%) RESTful
8 9 (7.14%) SOAP
8 9 (7.14%) XSD
9 8 (6.35%) Java EE
10 5 (3.97%) CSS
10 5 (3.97%) Express.js
10 5 (3.97%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
1 7 (5.56%) Public Cloud
2 5 (3.97%) Cyberattack
2 5 (3.97%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.97%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.17%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.17%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.38%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.38%) Low-Code
4 3 (2.38%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.59%) Blockchain
5 2 (1.59%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.79%) CCTV
6 1 (0.79%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.79%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.79%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.79%) PMI
6 1 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.79%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 13 (10.32%) Windows
2 8 (6.35%) Windows Server
3 7 (5.56%) Linux
4 3 (2.38%) Unix
5 2 (1.59%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.79%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.79%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 40 (31.75%) Agile
2 40 (31.75%) Software Engineering
3 32 (25.40%) Mentoring
4 29 (23.02%) Microservices
5 27 (21.43%) Design Patterns
6 25 (19.84%) Analytics
7 24 (19.05%) Collaborative Working
8 23 (18.25%) IT Strategy
8 23 (18.25%) Technology Strategy
9 22 (17.46%) Continuous Integration
9 22 (17.46%) DevOps
9 22 (17.46%) Unit Testing
10 21 (16.67%) Business Case
10 21 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
10 21 (16.67%) Contract Negotiation
10 21 (16.67%) Data Analytics
10 21 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 21 (16.67%) Presales
10 21 (16.67%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 41 (32.54%) Java
2 35 (27.78%) Python
3 25 (19.84%) C#
4 21 (16.67%) Ruby
5 18 (14.29%) SQL
6 15 (11.90%) JavaScript
7 11 (8.73%) Bash
8 8 (6.35%) Go
8 8 (6.35%) Perl
9 5 (3.97%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.59%) C
10 2 (1.59%) Scala
10 2 (1.59%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.59%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.79%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 68 (53.97%) SC Cleared
3 36 (28.57%) Degree
4 3 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.59%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.79%) CCNA
6 1 (0.79%) CEH
6 1 (0.79%) CISA
6 1 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.79%) CISM
6 1 (0.79%) CISSP
6 1 (0.79%) GIAC
6 1 (0.79%) GSEC
6 1 (0.79%) HND
6 1 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.79%) MCP
6 1 (0.79%) MCSA
6 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.79%) PMP
6 1 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (13.49%) QA
2 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.79%) NIST
2 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (10.32%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.97%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.79%) Docker
4 1 (0.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.59%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.79%) Ansible
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.94%) Oracle
3 9 (7.14%) SAP
4 8 (6.35%) VMware
5 7 (5.56%) Google
6 4 (3.17%) Citrix
7 3 (2.38%) Commvault
7 3 (2.38%) Veeam
8 1 (0.79%) Dell
8 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow