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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 23 8
Rank change year-on-year +19 -15 +10
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 143 112 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 20.61% 12.95% 17.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.88% 13.30% 19.51%
Number of salaries quoted 69 40 45
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,375 -
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year - +35.14% -12.94%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £73,125 £58,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +7.84%

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 625 842 610
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 90.06% 97.34% 90.91%
Number of salaries quoted 297 452 332
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £31,955
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £69,900 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +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 25 April 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 25 April 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 +16 123 £51,500 +3.00% 60
County Armagh - 10 £55,000 - 2
County Tyrone - 7 £33,500 - 1
County Londonderry +6 3 - - 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 7 (4.90%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.50%) Apache
2 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.80%) nginx
4 3 (2.10%) CMS
4 3 (2.10%) JBoss
4 3 (2.10%) Red Hat Fuse
4 3 (2.10%) WordPress
5 1 (0.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (10.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (6.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (4.90%) InfoPath
4 7 (4.90%) Sketch
5 6 (4.20%) UserZoom
6 3 (2.10%) Adobe XD
6 3 (2.10%) InVision
Business Applications
1 3 (2.10%) SAP MM
1 3 (2.10%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 23 (16.08%) Azure
2 22 (15.38%) AWS
3 10 (6.99%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (5.59%) Amazon S3
5 7 (4.90%) Figma
5 7 (4.90%) OneDrive
6 5 (3.50%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.50%) Serverless
7 4 (2.80%) Heroku
7 4 (2.80%) Miro
8 3 (2.10%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (2.10%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (2.10%) Amazon ElastiCache
8 3 (2.10%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (2.10%) Azure AKS
8 3 (2.10%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.10%) GCP
8 3 (2.10%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 3 (2.10%) Route 53
8 3 (2.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.69%) Firewall
2 8 (5.59%) Internet
3 7 (4.90%) FTP
3 7 (4.90%) HTTP
4 5 (3.50%) IPsec
4 5 (3.50%) SNMP
4 5 (3.50%) VPN
5 1 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.39%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.99%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (3.50%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (3.50%) MongoDB
3 5 (3.50%) Power BI
3 5 (3.50%) Tableau
4 4 (2.80%) RDBMS
4 4 (2.80%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (2.10%) Big Data
5 3 (2.10%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.70%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.70%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (6.29%) Jenkins
2 8 (5.59%) JIRA
3 7 (4.90%) Git
4 3 (2.10%) IntelliJ
4 3 (2.10%) JDeveloper
5 1 (0.70%) PHPUnit
General
1 76 (53.15%) Social Skills
2 38 (26.57%) Analytical Skills
2 38 (26.57%) Finance
3 25 (17.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (12.59%) Retail
5 15 (10.49%) Manufacturing
6 12 (8.39%) Law
7 11 (7.69%) Legal
7 11 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
8 10 (6.99%) Banking
8 10 (6.99%) Music Industry
9 8 (5.59%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (4.90%) Public Sector
11 4 (2.80%) Electronics
11 4 (2.80%) Investment Banking
11 4 (2.80%) Marketing
11 4 (2.80%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.70%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.70%) Police
Job Titles
1 33 (23.08%) Senior
2 22 (15.38%) Developer
3 21 (14.69%) Analyst
4 16 (11.19%) Senior Developer
5 14 (9.79%) Software Engineer
6 13 (9.09%) Consultant
6 13 (9.09%) Software Developer
7 12 (8.39%) Architect
7 12 (8.39%) Business Analyst
8 11 (7.69%) Presales Solution Architect
8 11 (7.69%) Senior Software Developer
8 11 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (5.59%) Lead
9 8 (5.59%) QA Leader
10 7 (4.90%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (4.90%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 6 (4.20%) Support Engineer
12 5 (3.50%) C# Developer
12 5 (3.50%) Java Engineer
12 5 (3.50%) Senior C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (13.29%) HTML
2 15 (10.49%) React
3 13 (9.09%) .NET
3 13 (9.09%) .NET Framework
3 13 (9.09%) Entity Framework
4 11 (7.69%) .NET Core
4 11 (7.69%) REST
4 11 (7.69%) Web Services
5 10 (6.99%) Blazor
5 10 (6.99%) SOAP
6 9 (6.29%) CSS
7 7 (4.90%) AngularJS
7 7 (4.90%) COM
7 7 (4.90%) HTML5
7 7 (4.90%) Node.js
8 6 (4.20%) jQuery
8 6 (4.20%) RabbitMQ
8 6 (4.20%) Spring
9 5 (3.50%) YAML
10 4 (2.80%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.29%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (4.20%) Cloud Native
2 6 (4.20%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (3.50%) Data Centre
3 5 (3.50%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.80%) Blog
4 4 (2.80%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.80%) EPoS
4 4 (2.80%) Social Media
5 3 (2.10%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (2.10%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.10%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.70%) CCTV
7 1 (0.70%) FMCG
7 1 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.29%) Windows
2 12 (8.39%) Linux
3 6 (4.20%) Unix
4 5 (3.50%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (2.80%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (26.57%) Actionable Insight
2 30 (20.98%) Mentoring
3 25 (17.48%) Agile
4 23 (16.08%) Project Management
5 21 (14.69%) Front End Development
6 20 (13.99%) Business Intelligence
7 16 (11.19%) Business Case
8 15 (10.49%) Collaborative Working
8 15 (10.49%) DevOps
8 15 (10.49%) Software Engineering
9 14 (9.79%) Computer Science
9 14 (9.79%) Customer Experience
9 14 (9.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (9.79%) User Experience
10 13 (9.09%) Containerisation
10 13 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 13 (9.09%) UX Design
11 12 (8.39%) Programme Management
12 11 (7.69%) Analytics
12 11 (7.69%) Lean Manufacturing
Programming Languages
1 23 (16.08%) Python
2 17 (11.89%) JavaScript
2 17 (11.89%) SQL
3 15 (10.49%) C#
3 15 (10.49%) Java
4 7 (4.90%) Perl
4 7 (4.90%) PowerShell
5 6 (4.20%) Bash
6 5 (3.50%) C
6 5 (3.50%) Ruby
7 4 (2.80%) Bicep
7 4 (2.80%) PHP
7 4 (2.80%) R
8 3 (2.10%) Go
9 1 (0.70%) ABAP
9 1 (0.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (32.87%) Degree
2 28 (19.58%) SC Cleared
2 28 (19.58%) Security Cleared
3 14 (9.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (6.29%) Master's Degree
5 7 (4.90%) AWS Certification
5 7 (4.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 5 (3.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 4 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.10%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.70%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.09%) QA
2 7 (4.90%) Accessibility
2 7 (4.90%) WCAG
3 4 (2.80%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (9.09%) Docker
2 5 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.80%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (6.99%) Terraform
2 9 (6.29%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.50%) Ansible
3 5 (3.50%) Prometheus
3 5 (3.50%) vCenter Server
4 4 (2.80%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 18 (12.59%) Google
2 16 (11.19%) Microsoft
3 15 (10.49%) SAP
4 9 (6.29%) NetApp
5 6 (4.20%) Guidewire
5 6 (4.20%) Qualtrics
6 5 (3.50%) Oracle
6 5 (3.50%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.50%) Red Hat
6 5 (3.50%) SolidFire
6 5 (3.50%) VMware
7 4 (2.80%) Dell
7 4 (2.80%) Facebook
7 4 (2.80%) HP
7 4 (2.80%) IBM
7 4 (2.80%) YouTube
8 3 (2.10%) Adobe
9 1 (0.70%) CA
9 1 (0.70%) ServiceNow