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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 10 3
Rank change year-on-year -7 -7 +26
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 68 30 109
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 7.33% 12.10% 20.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.59% 13.22% 23.70%
Number of salaries quoted 24 11 74
10th Percentile - - £27,500
25th Percentile £24,000 £50,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.55% +15.79% -11.63%
75th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £59,375
90th Percentile £61,250 £68,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,967 £49,244
% change year-on-year -6.80% +3.50% -10.47%

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 709 227 460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 76.40% 91.53% 85.66%
Number of salaries quoted 290 54 297
10th Percentile - £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £34,112 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,813 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,648 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.59% +8.45% -9.84%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 -14 37 £38,500 -30.00% 89
County Down -2 19 £63,750 - 4
County Armagh - 10 - - 2
Newry - 8 £63,750 -
County Londonderry - 1 - -
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 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.94%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.47%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.47%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.47%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 8 (11.76%) Azure
2 7 (10.29%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (4.41%) AWS
3 3 (4.41%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.47%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.88%) Network Security
2 1 (1.47%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (1.47%) Firewall
2 1 (1.47%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.41%) Power BI
2 1 (1.47%) Big Data
2 1 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.47%) Relational Database
General
1 43 (63.24%) Social Skills
2 18 (26.47%) Finance
3 14 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.35%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.88%) Law
5 4 (5.88%) Legal
6 2 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (44.12%) Deployment Engineer
1 30 (44.12%) Mobile Engineer
1 30 (44.12%) Radio Engineer
1 30 (44.12%) Support Engineer
2 14 (20.59%) Consultant
3 9 (13.24%) Associate Consultant
3 9 (13.24%) Associate Technology Consultant
3 9 (13.24%) Technology Consultant
4 7 (10.29%) Analyst
5 5 (7.35%) Architect
6 4 (5.88%) Applications Consultant
6 4 (5.88%) Applications Support
6 4 (5.88%) Applications Support Consultant
6 4 (5.88%) Commercial Manager
6 4 (5.88%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 4 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (5.88%) Support Consultant
7 3 (4.41%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
7 3 (4.41%) Financial Analyst
8 2 (2.94%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.47%) Vue
1 1 (1.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.35%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.88%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.47%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.47%) Derivative
3 1 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.47%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.47%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.41%) Windows
2 2 (2.94%) Linux
3 1 (1.47%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.47%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.47%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (51.47%) Logistics
2 31 (45.59%) Project Delivery
3 30 (44.12%) Critical Thinking
3 30 (44.12%) Spectrum Management
4 9 (13.24%) AI
5 8 (11.76%) Analytics
5 8 (11.76%) Financial Modelling
6 7 (10.29%) Computer Science
6 7 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (10.29%) Decision-Making
6 7 (10.29%) ERP
7 6 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (7.35%) Project Management
9 4 (5.88%) Agile
9 4 (5.88%) B2B
9 4 (5.88%) Business Development
9 4 (5.88%) Customer Insight
9 4 (5.88%) Customer-Centricity
9 4 (5.88%) Due Diligence
9 4 (5.88%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.41%) SQL
2 2 (2.94%) C#
2 2 (2.94%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.47%) PHP
3 1 (1.47%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.47%) Python
3 1 (1.47%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (14.71%) Degree
2 2 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (2.94%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.47%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.47%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.47%) CEH
3 1 (1.47%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (1.47%) ECIH
3 1 (1.47%) GCFA
3 1 (1.47%) GCIA
3 1 (1.47%) GCIH
3 1 (1.47%) GIAC
3 1 (1.47%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.47%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.47%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.47%) Ansible
1 1 (1.47%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (1.47%) Grafana
1 1 (1.47%) Graylog
1 1 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.47%) Nagios
1 1 (1.47%) QRadar
1 1 (1.47%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (7.35%) Microsoft
1 5 (7.35%) SAP
2 2 (2.94%) VMware
3 1 (1.47%) Commvault
3 1 (1.47%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (1.47%) Google
3 1 (1.47%) Oracle
3 1 (1.47%) Splunk
3 1 (1.47%) Zerto