Problem-Solving Jobs in Manchester

Problem Solving
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 9 23 11
Rank change year-on-year +14 -12 +6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 703 462 867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 13.00% 9.88% 15.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.29% 10.26% 15.75%
Number of salaries quoted 511 257 394
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,650 £30,060
25th Percentile £33,750 £39,769 £38,009
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,625 £65,540
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,000 £85,000
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
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,598 4,502 5,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 85.02% 96.30% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3,481 2,467 3,569
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £85,000
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 Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Manchester

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Manchester

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Manchester

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Manchester 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
Bolton +24 32 £57,500 +25.68% 22
Stockport +27 22 £50,000 +42.86% 17
Oldham +33 19 £27,500 -45.00% 3
Rochdale +16 7 £45,000 +18.42% 4
Sale +3 5 £29,000 - 3
Bury - 5 £50,000 - 7
Cheadle -7 3 £35,000 +59.09%
Stalybridge - 3 £47,500 -
Altrincham -13 2 £48,750 +54.76% 4
Salford -2 1 £45,000 -10.00% 13
Wigan -3 1 - - 9
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 £22,000 -
Problem-Solving
North West

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 18 (2.56%) CMS
2 14 (1.99%) Apache
3 12 (1.71%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.56%) ArcGIS
5 9 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (1.00%) IIS
6 7 (1.00%) OpenEdge
7 6 (0.85%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.71%) WordPress
9 4 (0.57%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 4 (0.57%) Skype for Business
10 3 (0.43%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.43%) Confluence
10 3 (0.43%) Moodle
11 2 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.28%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.28%) SAS
12 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 65 (9.25%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (6.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (5.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.42%) Sketch
5 6 (0.85%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.14%) InVision
6 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.14%) Trello
6 1 (0.14%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 16 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 16 (2.28%) Magento
2 13 (1.85%) Infor SunSystems
2 13 (1.85%) iTrent
2 13 (1.85%) Shopify
3 5 (0.71%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 131 (18.63%) Azure
2 63 (8.96%) AWS
3 49 (6.97%) Microsoft 365
4 43 (6.12%) Power Platform
5 26 (3.70%) GCP
6 19 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
6 19 (2.70%) SaaS
7 17 (2.42%) Amazon S3
8 15 (2.13%) Serverless
9 11 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (1.56%) Entra ID
10 10 (1.42%) Figma
11 9 (1.28%) GitHub
11 9 (1.28%) Heroku
12 8 (1.14%) Snowflake
13 7 (1.00%) AWS Lambda
13 7 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (0.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 6 (0.85%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 45 (6.40%) Firewall
2 21 (2.99%) Wireless
3 20 (2.84%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (2.28%) LAN
4 16 (2.28%) Network Security
4 16 (2.28%) VoIP
5 14 (1.99%) DNS
6 12 (1.71%) Internet
6 12 (1.71%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.71%) VPN
7 8 (1.14%) DHCP
7 8 (1.14%) PBX
7 8 (1.14%) SAN
8 6 (0.85%) NAS
8 6 (0.85%) WAN
9 5 (0.71%) IPsec
9 5 (0.71%) SNMP
9 5 (0.71%) VLAN
10 4 (0.57%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (8.53%) SQL Server
2 32 (4.55%) MySQL
3 31 (4.41%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (4.27%) Power BI
5 23 (3.27%) Relational Database
6 19 (2.70%) Tableau
7 18 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (2.42%) BigQuery
8 17 (2.42%) Looker
9 15 (2.13%) MongoDB
10 13 (1.85%) BusinessObjects
11 11 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (1.56%) GIS
11 11 (1.56%) Redis
12 9 (1.28%) Geospatial Data
13 8 (1.14%) Data Lake
13 8 (1.14%) RDBMS
14 7 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (1.00%) NoSQL
15 6 (0.85%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 46 (6.54%) Git
2 18 (2.56%) JIRA
3 17 (2.42%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.00%) GitLab
5 6 (0.85%) Eclipse
5 6 (0.85%) Postman
6 4 (0.57%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.57%) Subversion
7 3 (0.43%) Jasmine
7 3 (0.43%) webpack
8 2 (0.28%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.28%) JDeveloper
8 2 (0.28%) Selenium
9 1 (0.14%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.14%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 370 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 225 (32.01%) Analytical Skills
3 135 (19.20%) Finance
4 73 (10.38%) Retail
5 45 (6.40%) Marketing
6 44 (6.26%) Legal
7 40 (5.69%) Organisational Skills
7 40 (5.69%) Public Sector
8 32 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 22 (3.13%) Law
11 20 (2.84%) Billing
12 19 (2.70%) Telecoms
13 16 (2.28%) Banking
14 14 (1.99%) Local Government
15 11 (1.56%) Automotive
15 11 (1.56%) Manufacturing
16 10 (1.42%) Games
17 8 (1.14%) Back Office
18 7 (1.00%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 109 (15.50%) Analyst
2 107 (15.22%) Developer
3 90 (12.80%) Senior
4 59 (8.39%) Software Engineer
5 46 (6.54%) Lead
6 32 (4.55%) Architect
7 30 (4.27%) IT Support
8 25 (3.56%) Business Analyst
8 25 (3.56%) Consultant
8 25 (3.56%) Data Engineer
9 23 (3.27%) Financial Analyst
10 22 (3.13%) Systems Analyst
11 20 (2.84%) Project Manager
12 19 (2.70%) IT Engineer
12 19 (2.70%) Senior Software Engineer
13 17 (2.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (2.42%) Support Analyst
13 17 (2.42%) Support Engineer
14 16 (2.28%) Applications Support
14 16 (2.28%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (10.67%) HTML
2 68 (9.67%) .NET
3 67 (9.53%) CSS
4 34 (4.84%) React
5 32 (4.55%) AngularJS
6 20 (2.84%) .NET Core
6 20 (2.84%) Node.js
7 19 (2.70%) RESTful
8 18 (2.56%) RabbitMQ
8 18 (2.56%) Vue
9 17 (2.42%) .NET Framework
10 14 (1.99%) ASP.NET
11 11 (1.56%) GraphQL
11 11 (1.56%) JSON
11 11 (1.56%) Sass
11 11 (1.56%) Web Services
11 11 (1.56%) XML
12 9 (1.28%) Apache NiFi
12 9 (1.28%) HTML5
12 9 (1.28%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 39 (5.55%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (3.13%) Management Information System
3 21 (2.99%) EPoS
4 20 (2.84%) Driving Licence
4 20 (2.84%) Product Ownership
5 18 (2.56%) NHS
6 15 (2.13%) Mobile App
7 14 (1.99%) Housing Association
8 12 (1.71%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.71%) Renewable Energy
9 11 (1.56%) Data Structures
9 11 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.28%) CCTV
10 9 (1.28%) Embedded Systems
11 8 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
11 8 (1.14%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.00%) Cloud Native
12 7 (1.00%) Onboarding
13 6 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 112 (15.93%) Windows
2 51 (7.25%) Linux
3 32 (4.55%) Windows Server
4 19 (2.70%) Windows Vista
5 17 (2.42%) Windows 10
6 14 (1.99%) Apple iOS
7 13 (1.85%) Android
8 9 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.85%) Windows 8
10 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (0.71%) Data ONTAP
12 4 (0.57%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.57%) VMS
13 3 (0.43%) Kali Linux
14 2 (0.28%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.14%) CentOS
15 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (20.06%) Agile
2 113 (16.07%) Project Management
3 108 (15.36%) Customer Service
4 86 (12.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 84 (11.95%) Analytics
5 84 (11.95%) Decision-Making
6 81 (11.52%) Mentoring
7 80 (11.38%) Computer Science
7 80 (11.38%) DevOps
8 79 (11.24%) Software Engineering
9 65 (9.25%) Collaborative Working
10 63 (8.96%) Business Intelligence
11 61 (8.68%) Coaching
12 59 (8.39%) Business Development
13 58 (8.25%) User Experience
14 53 (7.54%) Collaborative Culture
14 53 (7.54%) Creative Problem-Solving
15 47 (6.69%) Time Management
16 44 (6.26%) Stakeholder Management
17 41 (5.83%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 86 (12.23%) JavaScript
2 81 (11.52%) Python
3 80 (11.38%) SQL
4 67 (9.53%) C#
5 39 (5.55%) Java
6 25 (3.56%) PHP
7 15 (2.13%) C++
8 12 (1.71%) PowerShell
8 12 (1.71%) TypeScript
9 9 (1.28%) C
10 8 (1.14%) Swift
10 8 (1.14%) T-SQL
11 7 (1.00%) Embedded C
11 7 (1.00%) Rust
12 6 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (0.85%) Objective-C
13 5 (0.71%) R
13 5 (0.71%) VB
13 5 (0.71%) VB.NET
13 5 (0.71%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 154 (21.91%) Degree
2 55 (7.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (3.56%) ACCA
4 24 (3.41%) Security Cleared
5 22 (3.13%) Master's Degree
6 21 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (2.84%) SC Cleared
8 17 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (1.85%) CCNA
9 13 (1.85%) HND
10 11 (1.56%) DBS Check
11 10 (1.42%) CCNP
12 8 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (1.14%) HNC
13 6 (0.85%) CISA
13 6 (0.85%) MCSA
14 5 (0.71%) CEH
14 5 (0.71%) CFA
14 5 (0.71%) CIMA
14 5 (0.71%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.84%) SLA
2 32 (4.55%) GDPR
3 29 (4.13%) QA
4 27 (3.84%) Data Quality
5 14 (1.99%) GAAP
5 14 (1.99%) IFRS
6 12 (1.71%) NIST
7 11 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (1.42%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.42%) PMO
9 6 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.71%) WCAG
11 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.43%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.43%) NCSC
11 3 (0.43%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.14%) GxP
12 1 (0.14%) NEBOSH
12 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 37 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.41%) Docker
3 19 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.71%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.28%) Terminal Services
6 8 (1.14%) Firmware
7 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.14%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.14%) Postfix
8 1 (0.14%) Snort
8 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (2.28%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.13%) Terraform
3 12 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.28%) Ansible
5 5 (0.71%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.71%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.43%) SELinux
7 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 148 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.70%) Cisco
3 25 (3.56%) Oracle
4 23 (3.27%) VMware
5 22 (3.13%) SAP
6 20 (2.84%) CA
6 20 (2.84%) Google
7 13 (1.85%) Infor
7 13 (1.85%) NetApp
8 12 (1.71%) IBM
8 12 (1.71%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.56%) Adobe
10 10 (1.42%) HP
11 9 (1.28%) Facebook
12 8 (1.14%) Dell
13 7 (1.00%) F5
13 7 (1.00%) Progress
13 7 (1.00%) Sophos
14 6 (0.85%) ESET
14 6 (0.85%) Verint