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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 13 10
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 +6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 2,753 2,147 2,754
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 14.24% 13.49% 14.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.61% 13.94% 15.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,814 990 1,337
10th Percentile £24,972 £24,000 £27,045
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,041
Median % change year-on-year - -0.09% +0.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £73,850
England median annual salary £49,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +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 15,629 15,405 17,574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.87% 96.77% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 11,634 7,773 10,742
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,099 £40,000 £38,434
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 £79,600 £81,250 £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 6 June 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 6 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
North West +11 1,513 £45,000 -8.50% 561
Yorkshire +3 934 £42,500 -3.02% 374
North East +17 305 £41,500 -2.35% 159
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 96 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 84 (3.05%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.38%) Apache
4 32 (1.16%) CMS
5 24 (0.87%) IIS
6 20 (0.73%) WordPress
7 15 (0.54%) Confluence
7 15 (0.54%) Umbraco
8 11 (0.40%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.25%) OpenEdge
10 4 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.15%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.15%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 4 (0.15%) Moodle
10 4 (0.15%) SAS
10 4 (0.15%) Skype for Business
11 3 (0.11%) nginx
12 2 (0.073%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.073%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.073%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 221 (8.03%) Microsoft Office
2 124 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 63 (2.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.73%) Sketch
5 11 (0.40%) Photoshop
6 10 (0.36%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
9 5 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.18%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.15%) InDesign
10 4 (0.15%) Solid Edge
10 4 (0.15%) Trello
11 3 (0.11%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.073%) SPSS
12 2 (0.073%) Stata
13 1 (0.036%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 1 (0.036%) InVision
13 1 (0.036%) Marvel
Business Applications
1 31 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (1.09%) Shopify
3 28 (1.02%) Magento
4 13 (0.47%) Infor SunSystems
4 13 (0.47%) iTrent
5 11 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
6 10 (0.36%) SAP Business One
7 9 (0.33%) SAP CX
8 6 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
8 6 (0.22%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.18%) NetSuite
9 5 (0.18%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.18%) Sage 50
9 5 (0.18%) Sage CRM
9 5 (0.18%) Sage X3
10 4 (0.15%) SAP APO
10 4 (0.15%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.15%) SAP PP
10 4 (0.15%) SAP SD
10 4 (0.15%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 462 (16.78%) Azure
2 288 (10.46%) Microsoft 365
3 282 (10.24%) AWS
4 147 (5.34%) GCP
5 144 (5.23%) Power Platform
6 79 (2.87%) SaaS
7 62 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
8 59 (2.14%) Entra ID
9 46 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
10 44 (1.60%) GitHub
10 44 (1.60%) Serverless
11 43 (1.56%) Amazon S3
12 42 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
13 34 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
14 29 (1.05%) PowerApps
15 26 (0.94%) Google Workspace
15 26 (0.94%) Power Automate
16 23 (0.84%) Amazon Kinesis
16 23 (0.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 22 (0.80%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 152 (5.52%) Firewall
2 92 (3.34%) LAN
3 70 (2.54%) WAN
4 63 (2.29%) Network Security
5 62 (2.25%) DNS
6 58 (2.11%) Wireless
7 57 (2.07%) VPN
8 51 (1.85%) TCP/IP
9 49 (1.78%) Wi-Fi
10 48 (1.74%) DHCP
11 38 (1.38%) VoIP
12 37 (1.34%) Internet
13 33 (1.20%) VLAN
14 31 (1.13%) SAN
15 25 (0.91%) PPP
16 22 (0.80%) IPsec
17 15 (0.54%) SNMP
18 13 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
19 11 (0.40%) Ethernet
19 11 (0.40%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (7.23%) SQL Server
2 125 (4.54%) Power BI
3 123 (4.47%) MySQL
4 107 (3.89%) Data Warehouse
5 99 (3.60%) BigQuery
6 96 (3.49%) Looker
7 53 (1.93%) Tableau
8 48 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
9 47 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
9 47 (1.71%) Relational Database
10 42 (1.53%) MongoDB
11 33 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
12 31 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 30 (1.09%) Redis
14 28 (1.02%) Data Lake
15 27 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 24 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
17 20 (0.73%) MS Access
18 19 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
18 19 (0.69%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 157 (5.70%) Git
2 83 (3.01%) JIRA
3 31 (1.13%) TeamCity
4 27 (0.98%) Jenkins
5 22 (0.80%) GitLab
6 20 (0.73%) Postman
7 15 (0.54%) Visual Studio
8 11 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (0.36%) Selenium
10 7 (0.25%) LabVIEW
10 7 (0.25%) Subversion
11 6 (0.22%) Dreamweaver
11 6 (0.22%) Eclipse
11 6 (0.22%) JMeter
11 6 (0.22%) PHPUnit
12 5 (0.18%) InstallShield
12 5 (0.18%) JetBrains Rider
12 5 (0.18%) Sourcetree
12 5 (0.18%) Xcode
13 4 (0.15%) WebDriver
General
1 1,326 (48.17%) Social Skills
2 780 (28.33%) Analytical Skills
3 449 (16.31%) Finance
4 314 (11.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 210 (7.63%) Retail
6 133 (4.83%) Marketing
7 129 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
8 128 (4.65%) Public Sector
9 103 (3.74%) Legal
10 101 (3.67%) Law
11 94 (3.41%) Manufacturing
12 88 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
13 49 (1.78%) Games
14 43 (1.56%) Banking
15 36 (1.31%) Billing
16 32 (1.16%) Local Government
17 29 (1.05%) Telecoms
18 23 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
19 19 (0.69%) Tech for Good
20 18 (0.65%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 366 (13.29%) Developer
2 333 (12.10%) Analyst
3 308 (11.19%) Senior
4 267 (9.70%) Lead
5 225 (8.17%) Architect
6 193 (7.01%) Software Engineer
7 116 (4.21%) IT Support
8 104 (3.78%) Data Engineer
9 97 (3.52%) Support Engineer
10 91 (3.31%) IT Engineer
10 91 (3.31%) Project Manager
11 86 (3.12%) Administrator
12 83 (3.01%) Consultant
13 79 (2.87%) Programmer
14 78 (2.83%) Platform Engineer
15 72 (2.62%) Software Architect
16 70 (2.54%) Lead Software Engineer
16 70 (2.54%) Software Programmer
17 69 (2.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 68 (2.47%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 245 (8.90%) .NET
2 188 (6.83%) HTML
3 177 (6.43%) CSS
4 91 (3.31%) React
5 85 (3.09%) AngularJS
6 81 (2.94%) Vue
7 80 (2.91%) Node.js
8 70 (2.54%) ASP.NET
9 69 (2.51%) .NET Core
9 69 (2.51%) .NET Framework
10 66 (2.40%) RESTful
11 46 (1.67%) JSON
12 45 (1.63%) ASP.NET Web API
13 44 (1.60%) Web Services
14 43 (1.56%) HTML5
15 39 (1.42%) REST
16 37 (1.34%) jQuery
17 30 (1.09%) Entity Framework
18 28 (1.02%) RabbitMQ
18 28 (1.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 230 (8.35%) Cyberattack
2 192 (6.97%) Self-Motivation
3 107 (3.89%) Management Information System
4 84 (3.05%) Driving Licence
5 71 (2.58%) Product Ownership
6 44 (1.60%) Data Structures
7 41 (1.49%) NHS
8 40 (1.45%) Onboarding
9 39 (1.42%) Mobile App
10 35 (1.27%) Data Centre
11 31 (1.13%) Client/Server
12 30 (1.09%) Housing Association
13 28 (1.02%) IoT
14 27 (0.98%) Cloud Native
14 27 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
15 26 (0.94%) Algorithms
15 26 (0.94%) Security Posture
16 25 (0.91%) EPoS
17 23 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
18 22 (0.80%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 419 (15.22%) Windows
2 145 (5.27%) Linux
3 130 (4.72%) Windows Server
4 99 (3.60%) Windows 10
5 49 (1.78%) Android
6 47 (1.71%) Apple iOS
7 33 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 32 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
9 31 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 24 (0.87%) Mac OS
11 22 (0.80%) Windows Vista
12 20 (0.73%) Windows 7
13 16 (0.58%) Unix
14 15 (0.54%) Data ONTAP
14 15 (0.54%) Windows Server 2008
15 12 (0.44%) Windows 8
16 10 (0.36%) Ubuntu
16 10 (0.36%) VMS
17 6 (0.22%) AIX
18 4 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 679 (24.66%) Agile
2 539 (19.58%) Mentoring
3 417 (15.15%) Software Engineering
4 378 (13.73%) User Experience
5 355 (12.90%) Customer Service
6 348 (12.64%) Data Engineering
7 315 (11.44%) Project Management
8 301 (10.93%) Computer Science
9 286 (10.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 254 (9.23%) DevOps
11 244 (8.86%) Machine Learning
12 232 (8.43%) ITIL
13 229 (8.32%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 225 (8.17%) Creative Thinking
15 212 (7.70%) Analytics
16 205 (7.45%) Decision-Making
17 194 (7.05%) Collaborative Working
18 178 (6.47%) Business Intelligence
18 178 (6.47%) Coaching
19 166 (6.03%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 419 (15.22%) SQL
2 285 (10.35%) C#
3 272 (9.88%) JavaScript
4 178 (6.47%) Python
5 99 (3.60%) Java
6 93 (3.38%) PHP
7 87 (3.16%) PowerShell
8 60 (2.18%) TypeScript
9 39 (1.42%) T-SQL
10 32 (1.16%) Bash
11 31 (1.13%) C++
12 27 (0.98%) VB
13 26 (0.94%) Swift
14 25 (0.91%) C
15 21 (0.76%) VB.NET
16 14 (0.51%) Ruby
16 14 (0.51%) VBScript
17 13 (0.47%) PL/SQL
18 12 (0.44%) Embedded C
19 11 (0.40%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 620 (22.52%) Degree
2 195 (7.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 94 (3.41%) Security Cleared
4 84 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 70 (2.54%) SC Cleared
6 58 (2.11%) DBS Check
7 53 (1.93%) Master's Degree
8 45 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
9 42 (1.53%) ACCA
10 36 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
11 35 (1.27%) HNC
11 35 (1.27%) HND
12 34 (1.24%) PMI Certification
13 33 (1.20%) Azure Certification
13 33 (1.20%) CCNA
14 30 (1.09%) PMP
15 24 (0.87%) CISSP
16 21 (0.76%) CCNP
17 19 (0.69%) CISA
18 18 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (5.38%) SLA
2 138 (5.01%) GDPR
3 97 (3.52%) Data Quality
4 78 (2.83%) QA
5 55 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 35 (1.27%) Accessibility
7 29 (1.05%) NIST
8 28 (1.02%) GAAP
9 27 (0.98%) IFRS
10 19 (0.69%) PMO
11 16 (0.58%) WCAG
12 14 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (0.51%) ISO 9001
13 11 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 9 (0.33%) NCSC
15 8 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 8 (0.29%) PCI DSS
15 8 (0.29%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.15%) COBIT
16 4 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 218 (7.92%) Active Directory
2 106 (3.85%) Docker
3 76 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 65 (2.36%) Hyper-V
5 22 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.36%) Firmware
7 9 (0.33%) Terminal Services
8 6 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.22%) vSphere
8 6 (0.22%) XenApp
8 6 (0.22%) XenDesktop
9 3 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.036%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.036%) Lustre
10 1 (0.036%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.036%) Shibboleth
10 1 (0.036%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.036%) Snort
10 1 (0.036%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 84 (3.05%) Terraform
2 82 (2.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 75 (2.72%) Kubernetes
4 34 (1.24%) SCCM
5 31 (1.13%) Ansible
6 29 (1.05%) Prometheus
7 16 (0.58%) Grafana
8 15 (0.54%) vCenter Server
9 11 (0.40%) Progress Chef
10 10 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
10 10 (0.36%) Puppet
11 9 (0.33%) Nessus
12 7 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
13 6 (0.22%) Autotask
13 6 (0.22%) Microsoft Clustering
14 5 (0.18%) SCOM
15 4 (0.15%) Cacti
15 4 (0.15%) WSUS
16 3 (0.11%) FortiGate
16 3 (0.11%) SELinux
Vendors
1 658 (23.90%) Microsoft
2 170 (6.18%) Google
3 121 (4.40%) VMware
4 98 (3.56%) SAP
5 76 (2.76%) Oracle
6 71 (2.58%) Cisco
7 46 (1.67%) Apple
8 44 (1.60%) Citrix
9 41 (1.49%) ServiceNow
10 36 (1.31%) CA
11 27 (0.98%) F5
12 26 (0.94%) Adobe
13 23 (0.84%) NetApp
13 23 (0.84%) Veeam
14 19 (0.69%) Epicor
14 19 (0.69%) HP
14 19 (0.69%) IBM
14 19 (0.69%) Palo Alto
14 19 (0.69%) Red Hat
14 19 (0.69%) Salesforce