Problem-Solving Jobs in the North West

Problem Solving
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 7 18 9
Rank change year-on-year +11 -9 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,515 808 1,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.61% 11.04% 16.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.97% 11.55% 16.84%
Number of salaries quoted 894 456 646
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,250 £27,875
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,142 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,470 £45,488
Median % change year-on-year -7.16% +6.55% +1.08%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £49,919 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% - +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,925 6,996 9,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 80.17% 95.59% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,513 3,850 5,349
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the North West

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the North West

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the North West

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester +12 818 £50,000 - 293
Cheshire +8 273 £42,500 +18.06% 109
Lancashire +6 226 £40,000 -11.11% 66
Merseyside +8 145 £40,000 -5.88% 76
Cumbria +13 45 £26,000 -59.06% 26
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 30 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (1.85%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.52%) CMS
4 19 (1.25%) Apache
5 14 (0.92%) IIS
5 14 (0.92%) WordPress
6 11 (0.73%) ArcGIS
7 9 (0.59%) Umbraco
8 7 (0.46%) Confluence
8 7 (0.46%) OpenEdge
9 4 (0.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 4 (0.26%) SAS
9 4 (0.26%) Skype for Business
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.20%) Moodle
11 2 (0.13%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.066%) Jetty
12 1 (0.066%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 100 (6.60%) Microsoft Office
2 85 (5.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 58 (3.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.92%) Sketch
5 9 (0.59%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.26%) Trello
8 3 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.13%) InDesign
9 2 (0.13%) SPSS
9 2 (0.13%) Stata
10 1 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.066%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.066%) InVision
10 1 (0.066%) Marvel
10 1 (0.066%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.066%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 20 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.12%) Magento
3 15 (0.99%) Shopify
4 13 (0.86%) Infor SunSystems
4 13 (0.86%) iTrent
5 9 (0.59%) SAP CX
5 9 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
6 7 (0.46%) SAP Business One
7 6 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
8 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.26%) SAP APO
9 4 (0.26%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.26%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.26%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.26%) SAP WM
10 3 (0.20%) SAP IBP
10 3 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
11 1 (0.066%) Dynamics GP
11 1 (0.066%) Dynamics NAV
11 1 (0.066%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 218 (14.39%) Azure
2 117 (7.72%) AWS
3 80 (5.28%) Microsoft 365
4 72 (4.75%) Power Platform
5 61 (4.03%) GCP
6 51 (3.37%) SaaS
7 31 (2.05%) Amazon S3
7 31 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (1.52%) GitHub
10 19 (1.25%) Snowflake
11 18 (1.19%) Entra ID
12 15 (0.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 15 (0.99%) Matillion
12 15 (0.99%) Serverless
13 14 (0.92%) Figma
14 13 (0.86%) Amazon EC2
14 13 (0.86%) Amazon Kinesis
14 13 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
14 13 (0.86%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 79 (5.21%) Firewall
2 46 (3.04%) LAN
3 31 (2.05%) TCP/IP
4 30 (1.98%) DNS
5 28 (1.85%) Wireless
6 27 (1.78%) Network Security
7 26 (1.72%) VPN
8 25 (1.65%) PPP
8 25 (1.65%) WAN
9 24 (1.58%) VoIP
10 22 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
11 21 (1.39%) DHCP
12 19 (1.25%) Internet
13 17 (1.12%) IPsec
14 11 (0.73%) SAN
15 10 (0.66%) BGP
15 10 (0.66%) OSPF
15 10 (0.66%) SNMP
16 9 (0.59%) VLAN
17 8 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (6.73%) SQL Server
2 61 (4.03%) MySQL
3 57 (3.76%) Data Warehouse
4 55 (3.63%) Power BI
5 39 (2.57%) BigQuery
6 38 (2.51%) Looker
7 36 (2.38%) Relational Database
8 29 (1.91%) Tableau
9 25 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
10 21 (1.39%) MongoDB
11 19 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
12 18 (1.19%) MS Access
12 18 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 18 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 17 (1.12%) Data Lake
14 16 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
15 15 (0.99%) RDBMS
15 15 (0.99%) Star Schema
16 14 (0.92%) QlikView
17 13 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 89 (5.87%) Git
2 41 (2.71%) JIRA
3 20 (1.32%) TeamCity
4 17 (1.12%) Jenkins
5 15 (0.99%) GitLab
5 15 (0.99%) Postman
6 13 (0.86%) Visual Studio
7 7 (0.46%) Subversion
8 6 (0.40%) Dreamweaver
8 6 (0.40%) Eclipse
8 6 (0.40%) PHPUnit
8 6 (0.40%) Selenium
9 5 (0.33%) InstallShield
9 5 (0.33%) JetBrains Rider
10 4 (0.26%) JMeter
10 4 (0.26%) SpecFlow
10 4 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.26%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.20%) MSBuild
11 3 (0.20%) webpack
General
1 698 (46.07%) Social Skills
2 419 (27.66%) Analytical Skills
3 239 (15.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 231 (15.25%) Finance
5 102 (6.73%) Retail
6 89 (5.87%) Marketing
7 80 (5.28%) Organisational Skills
8 76 (5.02%) Legal
9 56 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
10 54 (3.56%) Public Sector
11 53 (3.50%) Law
12 36 (2.38%) Manufacturing
13 28 (1.85%) Telecoms
14 20 (1.32%) Billing
15 18 (1.19%) Banking
16 14 (0.92%) Automotive
16 14 (0.92%) Health Technology
16 14 (0.92%) Local Government
17 11 (0.73%) Games
18 8 (0.53%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 208 (13.73%) Developer
2 182 (12.01%) Analyst
3 172 (11.35%) Senior
4 132 (8.71%) Software Engineer
5 129 (8.51%) Lead
6 123 (8.12%) Architect
7 71 (4.69%) Programmer
8 63 (4.16%) Software Architect
9 62 (4.09%) Lead Software Engineer
9 62 (4.09%) Software Programmer
10 60 (3.96%) Data Engineer
11 59 (3.89%) IT Support
12 54 (3.56%) IT Engineer
13 46 (3.04%) Consultant
13 46 (3.04%) Project Manager
14 45 (2.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 40 (2.64%) Administrator
15 40 (2.64%) Business Analyst
16 37 (2.44%) Senior Developer
17 34 (2.24%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (8.25%) .NET
2 120 (7.92%) HTML
3 108 (7.13%) CSS
4 47 (3.10%) React
5 41 (2.71%) AngularJS
6 34 (2.24%) Vue
7 31 (2.05%) .NET Framework
8 29 (1.91%) HTML5
9 27 (1.78%) Node.js
10 26 (1.72%) .NET Core
10 26 (1.72%) ASP.NET
11 25 (1.65%) RESTful
12 24 (1.58%) JSON
13 23 (1.52%) RabbitMQ
14 21 (1.39%) REST
15 20 (1.32%) Web Services
16 19 (1.25%) Spring
17 16 (1.06%) Laravel
18 15 (0.99%) jQuery
18 15 (0.99%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 197 (13.00%) Cyberattack
2 103 (6.80%) Self-Motivation
3 73 (4.82%) Management Information System
4 37 (2.44%) Product Ownership
5 36 (2.38%) Driving Licence
6 26 (1.72%) Mobile App
7 25 (1.65%) Data Structures
8 23 (1.52%) Algorithms
8 23 (1.52%) Data Centre
9 22 (1.45%) NHS
10 21 (1.39%) EPoS
10 21 (1.39%) Security Posture
11 20 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
12 16 (1.06%) Cloud Native
13 14 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
13 14 (0.92%) Housing Association
13 14 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
14 12 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
15 11 (0.73%) IoT
16 10 (0.66%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 184 (12.15%) Windows
2 81 (5.35%) Linux
3 42 (2.77%) Windows Server
4 36 (2.38%) Android
5 33 (2.18%) Apple iOS
6 22 (1.45%) Windows Vista
7 20 (1.32%) Windows 10
8 10 (0.66%) Data ONTAP
8 10 (0.66%) Ubuntu
9 9 (0.59%) VMS
9 9 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.53%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.40%) Unix
11 6 (0.40%) Windows 8
11 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.20%) Kali Linux
13 2 (0.13%) CentOS
13 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.066%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 444 (29.31%) Agile
2 335 (22.11%) Mentoring
3 298 (19.67%) Software Engineering
4 291 (19.21%) User Experience
5 257 (16.96%) Data Engineering
6 214 (14.13%) Machine Learning
7 196 (12.94%) Project Management
8 192 (12.67%) Creative Thinking
9 189 (12.48%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 160 (10.56%) Customer Service
11 145 (9.57%) Analytics
11 145 (9.57%) Computer Science
12 140 (9.24%) Decision-Making
13 139 (9.17%) DevOps
14 136 (8.98%) Continuous Improvement
15 104 (6.86%) Collaborative Working
16 102 (6.73%) Business Intelligence
17 97 (6.40%) ITIL
18 93 (6.14%) Coaching
19 89 (5.87%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 214 (14.13%) SQL
2 139 (9.17%) JavaScript
3 135 (8.91%) C#
4 107 (7.06%) Python
5 64 (4.22%) Java
6 50 (3.30%) PHP
7 29 (1.91%) PowerShell
8 18 (1.19%) C++
8 18 (1.19%) Swift
8 18 (1.19%) T-SQL
9 16 (1.06%) VB
10 13 (0.86%) TypeScript
11 12 (0.79%) C
12 11 (0.73%) VBScript
13 10 (0.66%) Bash
13 10 (0.66%) VB.NET
14 9 (0.59%) R
15 8 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (0.53%) Embedded C
15 8 (0.53%) Rust
Qualifications
1 351 (23.17%) Degree
2 97 (6.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 52 (3.43%) Security Cleared
4 42 (2.77%) SC Cleared
5 36 (2.38%) Master's Degree
6 33 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 28 (1.85%) ACCA
8 26 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
9 24 (1.58%) HND
10 22 (1.45%) CCNA
10 22 (1.45%) DBS Check
11 20 (1.32%) PMI Certification
12 19 (1.25%) HNC
13 16 (1.06%) PMP
14 14 (0.92%) CCNP
15 11 (0.73%) CISA
16 10 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
17 9 (0.59%) CISSP
18 8 (0.53%) CIMA
18 8 (0.53%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (4.36%) GDPR
2 52 (3.43%) QA
3 44 (2.90%) SLA
4 39 (2.57%) Data Quality
4 39 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.45%) NIST
6 21 (1.39%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.12%) PMO
8 14 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (0.92%) GAAP
8 14 (0.92%) IFRS
9 12 (0.79%) WCAG
10 8 (0.53%) SOC 2
11 7 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 6 (0.40%) NCSC
13 5 (0.33%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.20%) ISO 9000
16 2 (0.13%) HL7
17 1 (0.066%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 89 (5.87%) Active Directory
2 58 (3.83%) Docker
3 37 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.52%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.59%) Firmware
5 9 (0.59%) Terminal Services
6 4 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.13%) vSphere
8 1 (0.066%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.066%) Lustre
8 1 (0.066%) Postfix
8 1 (0.066%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.066%) Snort
8 1 (0.066%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.066%) XenApp
8 1 (0.066%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 35 (2.31%) Kubernetes
2 30 (1.98%) Terraform
3 21 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (1.19%) Ansible
5 11 (0.73%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.66%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.26%) Nessus
7 4 (0.26%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.20%) Puppet
8 3 (0.20%) SELinux
9 1 (0.066%) Grafana
9 1 (0.066%) Icinga
9 1 (0.066%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.066%) Nagios
9 1 (0.066%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.066%) SCCM
9 1 (0.066%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 297 (19.60%) Microsoft
2 68 (4.49%) Google
3 61 (4.03%) SAP
4 48 (3.17%) VMware
5 34 (2.24%) Cisco
6 33 (2.18%) Oracle
7 22 (1.45%) CA
8 19 (1.25%) Adobe
9 18 (1.19%) NetApp
10 17 (1.12%) HP
10 17 (1.12%) IBM
10 17 (1.12%) ServiceNow
11 16 (1.06%) F5
12 13 (0.86%) Facebook
12 13 (0.86%) Infor
13 12 (0.79%) Salesforce
14 11 (0.73%) Palo Alto
14 11 (0.73%) Red Hat
14 11 (0.73%) Sophos
15 10 (0.66%) Progress