Problem-Solving Jobs in the North of England

Problem Solving
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 16 10
Rank change year-on-year +9 -6 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 2,457 2,199 2,611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 13.89% 13.05% 14.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.73% 13.48% 15.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,777 986 1,265
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,150 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,278 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £73,675
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,688 16,312 17,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 83.05% 96.83% 94.01%
Number of salaries quoted 11,269 7,885 10,594
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the North of England

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North of England.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the North of England

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the North of England

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
North West +14 1,292 £45,000 -5.26% 586
Yorkshire +4 909 £43,000 -1.88% 384
North East +13 255 £45,000 +5.88% 136
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 99 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 87 (3.54%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.55%) Apache
4 32 (1.30%) CMS
5 24 (0.98%) IIS
6 20 (0.81%) WordPress
7 18 (0.73%) Confluence
8 15 (0.61%) Umbraco
9 11 (0.45%) ArcGIS
10 7 (0.28%) OpenEdge
11 5 (0.20%) SAS
12 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
12 4 (0.16%) Apache Spark
12 4 (0.16%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 4 (0.16%) Moodle
12 4 (0.16%) Skype for Business
13 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.12%) JBoss
13 3 (0.12%) nginx
13 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 226 (9.20%) Microsoft Office
2 117 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 59 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.81%) Sketch
5 12 (0.49%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.41%) Photoshop
6 10 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
9 5 (0.20%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
10 4 (0.16%) InDesign
10 4 (0.16%) Solid Edge
10 4 (0.16%) Trello
11 3 (0.12%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.12%) SPSS
12 2 (0.081%) Stata
13 1 (0.041%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 1 (0.041%) Chatbot
13 1 (0.041%) InVision
Business Applications
1 30 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
1 30 (1.22%) Shopify
2 26 (1.06%) Magento
3 13 (0.53%) Infor SunSystems
3 13 (0.53%) iTrent
4 10 (0.41%) SAP Business One
4 10 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
5 9 (0.37%) SAP CX
6 6 (0.24%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.20%) Sage 200
7 5 (0.20%) Sage 50
7 5 (0.20%) Sage CRM
7 5 (0.20%) Sage X3
7 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.16%) SAP APO
8 4 (0.16%) SAP MM
8 4 (0.16%) SAP PP
8 4 (0.16%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 454 (18.48%) Azure
2 286 (11.64%) AWS
3 285 (11.60%) Microsoft 365
4 142 (5.78%) GCP
5 139 (5.66%) Power Platform
6 80 (3.26%) SaaS
7 57 (2.32%) Dynamics 365
7 57 (2.32%) Entra ID
8 51 (2.08%) Serverless
9 46 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
10 43 (1.75%) Amazon S3
10 43 (1.75%) GitHub
11 42 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
12 34 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
13 28 (1.14%) PowerApps
14 26 (1.06%) Power Automate
15 24 (0.98%) Google Workspace
15 24 (0.98%) Snowflake
16 23 (0.94%) Amazon Kinesis
16 23 (0.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 150 (6.11%) Firewall
2 84 (3.42%) LAN
3 69 (2.81%) WAN
4 63 (2.56%) Network Security
5 60 (2.44%) DNS
5 60 (2.44%) VPN
6 56 (2.28%) Wireless
7 51 (2.08%) TCP/IP
8 49 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
9 48 (1.95%) DHCP
10 39 (1.59%) Internet
10 39 (1.59%) VoIP
11 33 (1.34%) SAN
12 31 (1.26%) VLAN
13 23 (0.94%) PPP
14 22 (0.90%) IPsec
15 15 (0.61%) SNMP
16 13 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
17 11 (0.45%) BGP
17 11 (0.45%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (8.22%) SQL Server
2 122 (4.97%) MySQL
3 119 (4.84%) Power BI
4 103 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
5 99 (4.03%) BigQuery
6 97 (3.95%) Looker
7 54 (2.20%) Relational Database
8 51 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
9 47 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
9 47 (1.91%) Tableau
10 41 (1.67%) MongoDB
11 33 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
12 30 (1.22%) Redis
12 30 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 29 (1.18%) Data Lake
14 28 (1.14%) RDBMS
15 27 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 24 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
17 21 (0.85%) MS Access
18 19 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 171 (6.96%) Git
2 89 (3.62%) JIRA
3 30 (1.22%) Jenkins
4 29 (1.18%) TeamCity
5 24 (0.98%) GitLab
6 20 (0.81%) Postman
7 15 (0.61%) Visual Studio
8 11 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (0.37%) JDeveloper
10 8 (0.33%) Selenium
11 7 (0.28%) LabVIEW
11 7 (0.28%) Subversion
12 6 (0.24%) Dreamweaver
12 6 (0.24%) Eclipse
12 6 (0.24%) PHPUnit
13 5 (0.20%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.20%) InstallShield
13 5 (0.20%) JetBrains Rider
13 5 (0.20%) Sourcetree
13 5 (0.20%) Xcode
General
1 1,278 (52.01%) Social Skills
2 776 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
3 449 (18.27%) Finance
4 181 (7.37%) Retail
5 135 (5.49%) Marketing
5 135 (5.49%) Public Sector
6 132 (5.37%) Organisational Skills
7 103 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 101 (4.11%) Legal
9 95 (3.87%) Law
10 90 (3.66%) Manufacturing
11 80 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
12 49 (1.99%) Banking
13 47 (1.91%) Games
14 36 (1.47%) Billing
15 32 (1.30%) Local Government
16 30 (1.22%) Telecoms
17 22 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
18 19 (0.77%) Tech for Good
19 18 (0.73%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 350 (14.25%) Developer
2 309 (12.58%) Analyst
3 307 (12.49%) Senior
4 187 (7.61%) Lead
5 139 (5.66%) Architect
6 136 (5.54%) Software Engineer
7 114 (4.64%) IT Support
8 105 (4.27%) Data Engineer
9 92 (3.74%) Support Engineer
10 91 (3.70%) Project Manager
11 86 (3.50%) IT Engineer
12 85 (3.46%) Consultant
13 77 (3.13%) Platform Engineer
14 73 (2.97%) Administrator
15 71 (2.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 62 (2.52%) Senior Developer
17 61 (2.48%) Data Architect
17 61 (2.48%) IT Technician
17 61 (2.48%) Service Analyst
18 59 (2.40%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (9.48%) .NET
2 186 (7.57%) HTML
3 176 (7.16%) CSS
4 98 (3.99%) React
5 90 (3.66%) Node.js
6 88 (3.58%) AngularJS
7 81 (3.30%) Vue
8 70 (2.85%) .NET Core
9 69 (2.81%) RESTful
10 68 (2.77%) .NET Framework
11 64 (2.60%) ASP.NET
12 50 (2.04%) JSON
13 49 (1.99%) ASP.NET Web API
14 44 (1.79%) HTML5
15 43 (1.75%) Web Services
16 40 (1.63%) REST
17 38 (1.55%) jQuery
18 33 (1.34%) Entity Framework
19 31 (1.26%) XML
20 28 (1.14%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 193 (7.86%) Self-Motivation
2 102 (4.15%) Management Information System
3 92 (3.74%) Driving Licence
4 69 (2.81%) Product Ownership
5 46 (1.87%) Data Structures
6 41 (1.67%) NHS
7 37 (1.51%) Mobile App
8 36 (1.47%) Data Centre
9 34 (1.38%) Onboarding
10 31 (1.26%) Client/Server
11 30 (1.22%) Housing Association
12 28 (1.14%) Cloud Native
12 28 (1.14%) IoT
13 27 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
14 25 (1.02%) Algorithms
15 24 (0.98%) EPoS
15 24 (0.98%) Life Science
16 23 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
17 22 (0.90%) Online Games
18 21 (0.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 411 (16.73%) Windows
2 138 (5.62%) Linux
3 133 (5.41%) Windows Server
4 100 (4.07%) Windows 10
5 45 (1.83%) Apple iOS
6 44 (1.79%) Android
7 32 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
8 31 (1.26%) Windows Server 2012
9 30 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
10 24 (0.98%) Mac OS
10 24 (0.98%) Windows 7
11 18 (0.73%) Windows Vista
12 16 (0.65%) Unix
12 16 (0.65%) Windows 8
13 15 (0.61%) Data ONTAP
13 15 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
14 10 (0.41%) Ubuntu
14 10 (0.41%) VMS
15 6 (0.24%) AIX
16 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (19.17%) Agile
2 353 (14.37%) Customer Service
3 317 (12.90%) Project Management
4 310 (12.62%) Mentoring
5 299 (12.17%) Computer Science
6 287 (11.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 253 (10.30%) DevOps
8 245 (9.97%) ITIL
9 214 (8.71%) Software Engineering
10 207 (8.42%) Analytics
11 205 (8.34%) Decision-Making
12 199 (8.10%) Collaborative Working
13 181 (7.37%) Coaching
14 168 (6.84%) Business Intelligence
15 167 (6.80%) Stakeholder Management
16 163 (6.63%) Cybersecurity
17 158 (6.43%) User Experience
18 154 (6.27%) Time Management
19 140 (5.70%) Data Modelling
20 139 (5.66%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 414 (16.85%) SQL
2 272 (11.07%) JavaScript
3 269 (10.95%) C#
4 190 (7.73%) Python
5 111 (4.52%) Java
6 92 (3.74%) PowerShell
7 91 (3.70%) PHP
8 62 (2.52%) TypeScript
9 44 (1.79%) Bash
10 41 (1.67%) T-SQL
11 28 (1.14%) VB
12 27 (1.10%) C++
13 25 (1.02%) C
14 24 (0.98%) Swift
15 23 (0.94%) Ruby
16 21 (0.85%) VB.NET
17 15 (0.61%) Go
18 14 (0.57%) VBScript
19 12 (0.49%) Embedded C
20 11 (0.45%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 605 (24.62%) Degree
2 195 (7.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 101 (4.11%) Security Cleared
4 84 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
5 79 (3.22%) SC Cleared
6 59 (2.40%) Master's Degree
7 56 (2.28%) DBS Check
8 44 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
9 38 (1.55%) ACCA
9 38 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
10 36 (1.47%) Azure Certification
11 32 (1.30%) CCNA
11 32 (1.30%) PMI Certification
12 29 (1.18%) HNC
12 29 (1.18%) HND
13 28 (1.14%) PMP
14 22 (0.90%) CISSP
15 19 (0.77%) CCNP
15 19 (0.77%) CISA
16 18 (0.73%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (5.41%) GDPR
2 116 (4.72%) SLA
3 89 (3.62%) Data Quality
4 87 (3.54%) QA
5 54 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 35 (1.42%) Accessibility
7 29 (1.18%) GAAP
8 28 (1.14%) NIST
9 27 (1.10%) IFRS
10 19 (0.77%) PMO
11 16 (0.65%) WCAG
12 14 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (0.57%) ISO 9001
13 13 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 9 (0.37%) NCSC
15 8 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 8 (0.33%) PCI DSS
15 8 (0.33%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.16%) COBIT
16 4 (0.16%) GRC
System Software
1 223 (9.08%) Active Directory
2 101 (4.11%) Docker
3 79 (3.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 67 (2.73%) Hyper-V
5 20 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.41%) Firmware
7 9 (0.37%) Terminal Services
8 8 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.28%) XenApp
9 7 (0.28%) XenDesktop
10 6 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.24%) vSphere
11 3 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.081%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.041%) Dovecot
13 1 (0.041%) Lustre
13 1 (0.041%) Postfix
13 1 (0.041%) Shibboleth
13 1 (0.041%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.041%) Snort
Systems Management
1 76 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 75 (3.05%) Terraform
3 71 (2.89%) Kubernetes
4 38 (1.55%) SCCM
5 30 (1.22%) Ansible
6 26 (1.06%) Prometheus
7 15 (0.61%) vCenter Server
8 13 (0.53%) Grafana
9 11 (0.45%) Progress Chef
10 10 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
10 10 (0.41%) Puppet
11 9 (0.37%) Nessus
12 8 (0.33%) SCOM
13 6 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
13 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Clustering
14 5 (0.20%) Autotask
15 4 (0.16%) Cacti
15 4 (0.16%) WSUS
16 3 (0.12%) FortiGate
16 3 (0.12%) SELinux
Vendors
1 656 (26.70%) Microsoft
2 167 (6.80%) Google
3 123 (5.01%) VMware
4 97 (3.95%) SAP
5 83 (3.38%) Oracle
6 73 (2.97%) Cisco
7 44 (1.79%) Citrix
8 43 (1.75%) Apple
9 41 (1.67%) ServiceNow
10 36 (1.47%) CA
11 29 (1.18%) Adobe
12 27 (1.10%) F5
13 26 (1.06%) Veeam
14 22 (0.90%) NetApp
15 21 (0.85%) Salesforce
16 20 (0.81%) IBM
16 20 (0.81%) Splunk
17 19 (0.77%) Epicor
17 19 (0.77%) Palo Alto
18 18 (0.73%) Red Hat