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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 7 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 216 37 88
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 15.73% 12.21% 15.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.15% 13.86% 19.95%
Number of salaries quoted 62 16 63
10th Percentile £24,300 £48,125 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,250 £50,000 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +38.82% -15.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile - £68,750 £60,000
UK median annual salary £47,166 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.81% -10.00% -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 975 267 441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 71.01% 88.12% 78.47%
Number of salaries quoted 263 116 269
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,875 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £79,375 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £85,500
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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -2 134 £56,250 -4.66% 295
County Down -6 53 £27,581 - 11
County Armagh - 16 - - 6
County Londonderry +5 10 £70,000 +122.22% 14
Newry - 10 £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 (12.04%) CMS
1 26 (12.04%) SharePoint
1 26 (12.04%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 27 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.93%) EPLAN
2 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (12.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (5.09%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.93%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 32 (14.81%) Power Platform
2 26 (12.04%) PowerApps
3 18 (8.33%) Azure
4 13 (6.02%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (4.63%) AWS
6 5 (2.31%) SaaS
7 4 (1.85%) PaaS
8 3 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.93%) GCP
10 1 (0.46%) Anthropic Claude
10 1 (0.46%) Azure AI
10 1 (0.46%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (0.46%) Google Gemini
10 1 (0.46%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.46%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.85%) Firewall
2 2 (0.93%) J1939
3 1 (0.46%) DNS
3 1 (0.46%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (12.96%) Power BI
2 2 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.46%) Big Data
3 1 (0.46%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.46%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 83 (38.43%) Social Skills
2 59 (27.31%) Legal
3 50 (23.15%) Finance
4 38 (17.59%) Marketing
5 36 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (15.74%) Law
7 30 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
8 27 (12.50%) Legal Technology
9 26 (12.04%) Publishing
10 8 (3.70%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.85%) Banking
12 2 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.93%) Local Government
12 2 (0.93%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.93%) Retail
13 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 98 (45.37%) Senior
2 59 (27.31%) Developer
3 58 (26.85%) Senior Developer
4 46 (21.30%) Consultant
5 26 (12.04%) Marketing Assistant
6 18 (8.33%) Analyst
7 16 (7.41%) Architect
8 14 (6.48%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 13 (6.02%) Deployment Engineer
9 13 (6.02%) Lead
9 13 (6.02%) Mobile Engineer
9 13 (6.02%) Radio Engineer
9 13 (6.02%) Support Engineer
10 12 (5.56%) Support Consultant
11 11 (5.09%) ITSM Analyst
11 11 (5.09%) Process Analyst
11 11 (5.09%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (5.09%) Support Analyst
12 9 (4.17%) Lead Consultant
12 9 (4.17%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (27.31%) .NET
2 3 (1.39%) Web Services
3 2 (0.93%) Jakarta EE
3 2 (0.93%) Middleware
3 2 (0.93%) XML
3 2 (0.93%) XSLT
4 1 (0.46%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.46%) Dropwizard
4 1 (0.46%) Hibernate
4 1 (0.46%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.46%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.46%) Spring
4 1 (0.46%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.46%) Vue
4 1 (0.46%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.04%) Blog
1 26 (12.04%) Management Information System
1 26 (12.04%) Marketing Technology
1 26 (12.04%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (1.85%) Low-Code
2 4 (1.85%) Public Cloud
2 4 (1.85%) Virtual Team
3 3 (1.39%) Onboarding
3 3 (1.39%) Product Ownership
4 2 (0.93%) Driving Licence
4 2 (0.93%) EPoS
4 2 (0.93%) NHS
4 2 (0.93%) SystemC
5 1 (0.46%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.46%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.46%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.46%) Derivative
5 1 (0.46%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.46%) Podcast
5 1 (0.46%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.31%) Windows
2 4 (1.85%) Linux
3 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (39.81%) Workflow
2 83 (38.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 80 (37.04%) Agile
4 72 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
5 63 (29.17%) CI/CD
6 60 (27.78%) Strategic Planning
7 59 (27.31%) Data Governance
7 59 (27.31%) Microservices
7 59 (27.31%) Software Testing
7 59 (27.31%) Sprint Planning
8 58 (26.85%) API Development
8 58 (26.85%) Architectural Patterns
8 58 (26.85%) Enterprise Architecture
8 58 (26.85%) Information Security
8 58 (26.85%) Software Architecture
8 58 (26.85%) Sprint Retrospective
9 33 (15.28%) Analytics
9 33 (15.28%) Project Management
10 30 (13.89%) Business Development
10 30 (13.89%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 60 (27.78%) C#
2 4 (1.85%) Python
2 4 (1.85%) SQL
3 2 (0.93%) Java
3 2 (0.93%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.93%) XPath
4 1 (0.46%) Bash
4 1 (0.46%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.46%) PHP
4 1 (0.46%) Scala
4 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (9.26%) Degree
2 5 (2.31%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.39%) AWS Certification
3 3 (1.39%) Azure Certification
3 3 (1.39%) CompTIA CySA+
3 3 (1.39%) GCFA
3 3 (1.39%) GCIA
3 3 (1.39%) GCIH
4 2 (0.93%) HND
5 1 (0.46%) CEH
5 1 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.46%) ECIH
5 1 (0.46%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (26.85%) QA
2 5 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 3 (1.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.39%) QRadar
2 1 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.46%) SCCM
Vendors
1 69 (31.94%) Workday
2 26 (12.04%) Sitecore
3 11 (5.09%) Microsoft
4 3 (1.39%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (1.39%) Splunk
5 2 (0.93%) SAP
5 2 (0.93%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.93%) VMware
6 1 (0.46%) Databricks
6 1 (0.46%) Foundry
6 1 (0.46%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle