Problem-Solving Jobs in Lancashire

Problem Solving
North West > Lancashire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 10 5
Rank change year-on-year +6 -5 +20
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 226 98 341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 14.71% 13.86% 25.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.82% 14.78% 25.93%
Number of salaries quoted 105 74 78
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,150 £29,674
25th Percentile £28,000 £37,500 £34,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £41,374
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.77% +3.43%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £58,438
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £61,338
North West median annual salary £45,000 £48,470 £45,488
% change year-on-year -7.16% +6.55% +1.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,201 663 1,315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 78.19% 93.78% 96.98%
Number of salaries quoted 924 378 366
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,250 £24,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £37,250 £31,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,886 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.42% +9.45% +9.38%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,772 £70,600 £70,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.25%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Lancashire

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Lancashire

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Lancashire over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Lancashire

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Preston -12 20 £33,500 -23.43% 20
Chorley +15 15 £80,000 +25.49% 8
Blackburn -5 14 £23,076 -53.85% 5
Newton-le-Willows - 12 £35,000 - 2
Burnley +4 11 £50,000 -2.91% 1
Blackpool -11 11 £60,000 +155.32% 2
Lancaster - 11 £41,234 - 6
Nelson - 5 £28,000 - 3
Fleetwood - 2 £30,000 -
Skelmersdale -8 1 - -
Problem-Solving
North West

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 6 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (2.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 13 (5.75%) AWS
2 11 (4.87%) Power Platform
3 10 (4.42%) Azure
4 9 (3.98%) Amazon EC2
4 9 (3.98%) Amazon Kinesis
4 9 (3.98%) Amazon S3
5 7 (3.10%) GCP
6 6 (2.65%) GitHub
6 6 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (1.77%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 3 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.33%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.88%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.54%) VoIP
2 7 (3.10%) Wireless
3 5 (2.21%) Firewall
4 4 (1.77%) LAN
4 4 (1.77%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.77%) WAN
5 3 (1.33%) DNS
5 3 (1.33%) Network Security
6 2 (0.88%) RIP
7 1 (0.44%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.44%) DHCP
7 1 (0.44%) MQTT
7 1 (0.44%) SAN
7 1 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.44%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.64%) MySQL
2 13 (5.75%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (5.75%) MS Access
3 11 (4.87%) Relational Database
4 9 (3.98%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (3.98%) Amazon Redshift
4 9 (3.98%) RDBMS
5 8 (3.54%) Power BI
5 8 (3.54%) SQL Server
6 7 (3.10%) BigQuery
6 7 (3.10%) Tableau
7 6 (2.65%) Looker
7 6 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (2.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.88%) Metadata
9 1 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.44%) Power Query
9 1 (0.44%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 10 (4.42%) Git
2 9 (3.98%) Postman
3 6 (2.65%) Dreamweaver
3 6 (2.65%) PHPUnit
3 6 (2.65%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.33%) JIRA
General
1 93 (41.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 52 (23.01%) Analytical Skills
2 52 (23.01%) Social Skills
3 36 (15.93%) Finance
4 22 (9.73%) Marketing
5 13 (5.75%) Manufacturing
6 12 (5.31%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.31%) Retail
7 7 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.21%) Legal
9 3 (1.33%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.44%) Electronics
11 1 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.44%) Law
11 1 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 48 (21.24%) Lead
2 34 (15.04%) Architect
2 34 (15.04%) Programmer
3 32 (14.16%) Developer
4 29 (12.83%) Software Architect
4 29 (12.83%) Software Engineer
5 28 (12.39%) Lead Software Engineer
5 28 (12.39%) Software Programmer
6 17 (7.52%) IT Support
7 12 (5.31%) Administrator
7 12 (5.31%) Analyst
7 12 (5.31%) Senior
8 11 (4.87%) Junior
8 11 (4.87%) Technical Leader
9 10 (4.42%) IT Engineer
9 10 (4.42%) IT Support Engineer
9 10 (4.42%) Support Engineer
9 10 (4.42%) Systems Administrator
10 8 (3.54%) Junior Systems Administrator
11 7 (3.10%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.96%) HTML
2 15 (6.64%) HTML5
3 14 (6.19%) CSS
4 11 (4.87%) JSON
5 9 (3.98%) Spring
5 9 (3.98%) Spring Boot
6 6 (2.65%) .NET
6 6 (2.65%) ASP.NET
6 6 (2.65%) Classic ASP
6 6 (2.65%) Doctrine
6 6 (2.65%) jQuery
6 6 (2.65%) Laravel
6 6 (2.65%) Razor View Engine
6 6 (2.65%) Symfony
6 6 (2.65%) Vue
7 3 (1.33%) CSS3
8 2 (0.88%) Node.js
8 2 (0.88%) REST
8 2 (0.88%) SOAP
8 2 (0.88%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 84 (37.17%) Cyberattack
2 19 (8.41%) Management Information System
3 12 (5.31%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.98%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.98%) IoT
5 6 (2.65%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.88%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.88%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.88%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.44%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.44%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.44%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.44%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.29%) Windows
2 10 (4.42%) Linux
3 6 (2.65%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.77%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.88%) Android
5 2 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.44%) Unix
6 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (49.12%) Agile
2 110 (48.67%) User Experience
3 103 (45.58%) Mentoring
4 94 (41.59%) Software Engineering
5 92 (40.71%) Data Engineering
6 84 (37.17%) Creative Thinking
6 84 (37.17%) Machine Learning
6 84 (37.17%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 27 (11.95%) Computer Science
8 23 (10.18%) Data Modelling
9 22 (9.73%) Project Management
10 19 (8.41%) Customer Service
11 17 (7.52%) Front End Development
12 16 (7.08%) DevOps
13 15 (6.64%) Coaching
13 15 (6.64%) Design Patterns
14 14 (6.19%) Collaborative Working
14 14 (6.19%) ERP
15 13 (5.75%) Business Intelligence
15 13 (5.75%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (16.81%) SQL
2 18 (7.96%) PHP
3 14 (6.19%) JavaScript
4 12 (5.31%) Java
5 10 (4.42%) C#
6 6 (2.65%) VB
6 6 (2.65%) VBScript
7 2 (0.88%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.44%) C
8 1 (0.44%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.44%) Python
8 1 (0.44%) R
8 1 (0.44%) Rust
8 1 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (21.68%) Degree
2 24 (10.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (3.54%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
5 1 (0.44%) CCNA
5 1 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.44%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.44%) MCSE
5 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.42%) GDPR
2 4 (1.77%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.33%) NCSC
3 3 (1.33%) NIST
3 3 (1.33%) SLA
4 1 (0.44%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.44%) QA
System Software
1 13 (5.75%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.88%) vSphere
3 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (3.98%) Terraform
2 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (15.93%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.98%) Google
3 7 (3.10%) Adobe
4 4 (1.77%) Salesforce
4 4 (1.77%) VMware
5 3 (1.33%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.33%) Splunk
6 2 (0.88%) CA
6 2 (0.88%) F5
6 2 (0.88%) HP
6 2 (0.88%) Sage
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle
7 1 (0.44%) Peregrine
7 1 (0.44%) Workday