Problem-Solving Job Trends in Sale

Problem Solving
Manchester > Sale

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sale requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - 1
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 3 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Sale 13.04% - 50.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.29% - 57.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £23,800
25th Percentile £16,100 - £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £16,600 - £29,000
75th Percentile £17,100 - £46,750
90th Percentile - - £56,200
Manchester median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sale

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 Sale.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21 5 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sale 91.30% 83.33% 87.50%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 6
10th Percentile £16,100 £30,850 £22,250
25th Percentile £45,275 £32,125 £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £34,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +73.91% +25.45% -10.39%
75th Percentile £65,000 £37,125 £30,250
90th Percentile - £38,550 £46,750
Manchester median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £54,700
% change year-on-year +4.35% +5.12% -4.87%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Sale

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Sale.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Sale

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Sale

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sale citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sale citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sale 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Desktop Support
1 2 (66.67%) Desktop Support Technician
1 2 (66.67%) Desktop Technician
1 2 (66.67%) Support Technician
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Service Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft