Problem-Solving Jobs in Cheshire

Problem Solving
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 13 12
Rank change year-on-year +9 -1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 258 116 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 15.95% 12.98% 13.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.59% 13.84% 14.18%
Number of salaries quoted 182 62 65
10th Percentile £26,250 £22,000 £26,850
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £55,938 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £62,250 £81,750
North West median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% +2.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,253 838 1,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 77.44% 93.74% 92.73%
Number of salaries quoted 938 461 556
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,420 £26,350
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £74,782 £88,750 £71,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Cheshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cheshire.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Cheshire

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cheshire over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Cheshire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Warrington +16 88 £42,500 +23.19% 46
Chester +4 42 £38,567 +54.27% 30
Knutsford +13 26 £55,000 -40.54% 6
Crewe +6 21 £23,795 -17.95% 6
Winsford - 8 £65,000 - 1
Northwich - 6 £37,500 - 5
Middlewich -3 5 - - 5
Macclesfield - 5 £31,000 - 4
Congleton - 4 £27,500 -
Runcorn +2 3 £42,500 - 2
Widnes - 3 £35,000 - 3
Nantwich - 2 - - 1
Ellesmere Port +6 1 £23,000 -60.00% 2
Wilmslow - 1 £82,500 - 2
Problem-Solving
North West

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 12 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.26%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.55%) IIS
4 2 (0.78%) CMS
4 2 (0.78%) SAS
4 2 (0.78%) WordPress
5 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
Applications
1 27 (10.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (5.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (5.04%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.55%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.16%) Trello
6 2 (0.78%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.78%) InDesign
6 2 (0.78%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.78%) SPSS
6 2 (0.78%) Stata
7 1 (0.39%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 9 (3.49%) SAP CX
1 9 (3.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.71%) SAP Business One
3 5 (1.94%) NetSuite
4 4 (1.55%) SAP APO
4 4 (1.55%) SAP MM
4 4 (1.55%) SAP PP
4 4 (1.55%) SAP SD
4 4 (1.55%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.39%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.39%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 51 (19.77%) Azure
2 28 (10.85%) AWS
3 21 (8.14%) SaaS
4 19 (7.36%) GCP
5 17 (6.59%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (3.10%) NuGet
8 6 (2.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 6 (2.33%) Matillion
8 6 (2.33%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.94%) GitHub
9 5 (1.94%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.55%) IaaS
10 4 (1.55%) npm
10 4 (1.55%) PaaS
11 3 (1.16%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.78%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.78%) Wix.com
13 1 (0.39%) Google Analytics
13 1 (0.39%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.59%) Firewall
2 16 (6.20%) LAN
3 12 (4.65%) WAN
4 11 (4.26%) TCP/IP
5 9 (3.49%) DHCP
5 9 (3.49%) DNS
6 7 (2.71%) BGP
6 7 (2.71%) OSPF
7 6 (2.33%) Network Security
7 6 (2.33%) VPN
8 5 (1.94%) WLAN
9 4 (1.55%) DMVPN
9 4 (1.55%) EIGRP
9 4 (1.55%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (1.55%) IPsec
9 4 (1.55%) SSL
9 4 (1.55%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (1.55%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.78%) SAN
10 2 (0.78%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.91%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.88%) MySQL
3 7 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.33%) BigQuery
4 6 (2.33%) Data Lake
4 6 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.33%) Looker
4 6 (2.33%) Star Schema
5 5 (1.94%) MS Access
5 5 (1.94%) Power BI
5 5 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.55%) PowerPivot
6 4 (1.55%) QlikView
7 2 (0.78%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.39%) GIS
Development Applications
1 28 (10.85%) Git
2 19 (7.36%) TeamCity
3 12 (4.65%) JIRA
4 6 (2.33%) GitLab
5 5 (1.94%) InstallShield
5 5 (1.94%) JetBrains Rider
6 4 (1.55%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.16%) JMeter
7 3 (1.16%) MSBuild
7 3 (1.16%) Selenium
7 3 (1.16%) SpecFlow
7 3 (1.16%) Subversion
7 3 (1.16%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (1.16%) Visual Studio Team System
7 3 (1.16%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.39%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.39%) JUnit
8 1 (0.39%) Mockito
General
1 165 (63.95%) Social Skills
2 82 (31.78%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (8.14%) Finance
4 16 (6.20%) Organisational Skills
4 16 (6.20%) Presentation Skills
5 13 (5.04%) Marketing
6 12 (4.65%) Retail
7 11 (4.26%) Legal
8 7 (2.71%) Health Technology
8 7 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.33%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.33%) Publishing
10 5 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.94%) Law
10 5 (1.94%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.16%) Automotive
12 3 (1.16%) Banking
13 2 (0.78%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 39 (15.12%) Developer
2 31 (12.02%) Senior
3 30 (11.63%) Analyst
4 21 (8.14%) IT Engineer
5 17 (6.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (6.20%) Data Engineer
7 14 (5.43%) .NET Developer
7 14 (5.43%) Consultant
7 14 (5.43%) Software Engineer
8 12 (4.65%) Project Manager
8 12 (4.65%) Technical Analyst
9 11 (4.26%) Administrator
9 11 (4.26%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
10 10 (3.88%) Programme Manager
10 10 (3.88%) Software Developer
11 9 (3.49%) Business Analyst
11 9 (3.49%) Graduate
11 9 (3.49%) SAP Programme Manager
11 9 (3.49%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (13.57%) .NET
2 12 (4.65%) CSS
3 9 (3.49%) REST
4 8 (3.10%) HTML
4 8 (3.10%) React
4 8 (3.10%) WinForms
5 7 (2.71%) .NET Framework
6 5 (1.94%) Web Services
7 4 (1.55%) React Native
7 4 (1.55%) Sass
7 4 (1.55%) Vue
8 3 (1.16%) ASP.NET
8 3 (1.16%) Gherkin
9 1 (0.39%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.39%) Ionic Framework
9 1 (0.39%) JSON
9 1 (0.39%) Spring
9 1 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (13.95%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (6.20%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.26%) Data Structures
4 8 (3.10%) Mobile App
4 8 (3.10%) SCADA
5 7 (2.71%) Client/Server
6 6 (2.33%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.94%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.94%) Driving Licence
7 5 (1.94%) Life Science
7 5 (1.94%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.55%) Cyberattack
8 4 (1.55%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (1.16%) FMCG
9 3 (1.16%) PMI
10 2 (0.78%) Graphic Design
10 2 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.75%) Windows
2 15 (5.81%) Android
3 14 (5.43%) Apple iOS
4 9 (3.49%) Linux
5 5 (1.94%) VMS
6 4 (1.55%) Unix
7 3 (1.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (21.32%) Agile
2 37 (14.34%) Decision-Making
2 37 (14.34%) ITIL
3 34 (13.18%) Computer Science
4 33 (12.79%) Cybersecurity
5 32 (12.40%) Project Management
6 27 (10.47%) Software Engineering
7 26 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (9.30%) Customer Service
9 23 (8.91%) DevOps
9 23 (8.91%) ERP
10 22 (8.53%) Analytics
10 22 (8.53%) Change Management
10 22 (8.53%) Stakeholder Management
11 20 (7.75%) Collaborative Working
11 20 (7.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 18 (6.98%) Data Science
12 18 (6.98%) Migration
12 18 (6.98%) OOP
13 17 (6.59%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 64 (24.81%) SQL
2 38 (14.73%) C#
3 27 (10.47%) JavaScript
4 15 (5.81%) PowerShell
4 15 (5.81%) Python
5 9 (3.49%) Swift
6 8 (3.10%) Bash
6 8 (3.10%) Java
7 5 (1.94%) T-SQL
7 5 (1.94%) VB
8 4 (1.55%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.39%) C++
Qualifications
1 88 (34.11%) Degree
2 14 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (4.65%) PMI Certification
3 12 (4.65%) PMP
4 7 (2.71%) Master's Degree
4 7 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.94%) CISA
6 4 (1.55%) CCNA
6 4 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.55%) CISSP
6 4 (1.55%) HNC
6 4 (1.55%) HND
6 4 (1.55%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (1.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (1.55%) SAP Certification
6 4 (1.55%) Security Cleared
7 3 (1.16%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.16%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.16%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.78%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (4.26%) GDPR
3 8 (3.10%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.10%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.33%) QA
5 5 (1.94%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.78%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.78%) SLA
7 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.39%) GRC
7 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 26 (10.08%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.59%) Docker
3 9 (3.49%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.39%) Lustre
5 1 (0.39%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (3.10%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.55%) Nessus
4 3 (1.16%) Ansible
4 3 (1.16%) Progress Chef
4 3 (1.16%) Puppet
4 3 (1.16%) Terraform
5 1 (0.39%) Icinga
5 1 (0.39%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 80 (31.01%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.02%) SAP
3 22 (8.53%) Google
4 10 (3.88%) VMware
5 7 (2.71%) F5
6 5 (1.94%) Cisco
7 4 (1.55%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.55%) Apple
7 4 (1.55%) Facebook
7 4 (1.55%) IBM
7 4 (1.55%) Juniper
7 4 (1.55%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.55%) Sophos
7 4 (1.55%) Veeam
8 3 (1.16%) Oracle
8 3 (1.16%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.78%) Adobe
9 2 (0.78%) Citrix
9 2 (0.78%) HP
9 2 (0.78%) Teradata