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 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 12 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 -7 +15
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 135 99 341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 10.13% 13.94% 25.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.89% 14.84% 26.41%
Number of salaries quoted 104 73 79
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,750 £29,699
25th Percentile £28,000 £37,500 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £45,000 £41,374
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% +8.77% +3.43%
75th Percentile £50,313 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £61,338
North West median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.15% +3.33%

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 1,047 667 1,291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 78.54% 93.94% 96.92%
Number of salaries quoted 876 369 365
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,250 £24,350
25th Percentile £36,000 £37,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +7.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £58,000
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 25 May 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 25 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
Preston -15 17 £33,500 -21.18% 24
Blackburn -6 14 £23,076 -53.85% 7
Chorley +14 13 £80,000 +23.08% 9
Newton-le-Willows - 12 £35,000 - 2
Burnley 0 11 £50,000 -2.91% 3
Lancaster - 11 £41,234 - 5
Blackpool -8 10 £69,966 +197.73% 3
Nelson - 5 £28,000 - 3
Fleetwood - 2 £30,000 - 1
Skelmersdale -6 1 - - 2
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 (4.44%) WordPress
2 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.96%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (9.63%) AWS
2 11 (8.15%) Power Platform
3 9 (6.67%) Amazon EC2
3 9 (6.67%) Amazon Kinesis
3 9 (6.67%) Amazon S3
3 9 (6.67%) Azure
4 7 (5.19%) GCP
5 6 (4.44%) GitHub
5 6 (4.44%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (2.96%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 3 (2.22%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.48%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.93%) VoIP
2 6 (4.44%) Wireless
3 5 (3.70%) Firewall
4 4 (2.96%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.22%) DNS
5 3 (2.22%) LAN
5 3 (2.22%) Network Security
5 3 (2.22%) WAN
6 2 (1.48%) RIP
7 1 (0.74%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.74%) DHCP
7 1 (0.74%) MQTT
7 1 (0.74%) SAN
7 1 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.74%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.11%) MySQL
2 13 (9.63%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (9.63%) MS Access
3 11 (8.15%) Relational Database
4 9 (6.67%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (6.67%) Amazon Redshift
4 9 (6.67%) RDBMS
5 8 (5.93%) SQL Server
6 7 (5.19%) BigQuery
6 7 (5.19%) Power BI
6 7 (5.19%) Tableau
7 6 (4.44%) Looker
7 6 (4.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (4.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.48%) Metadata
9 1 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.74%) Power Query
9 1 (0.74%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 10 (7.41%) Git
2 9 (6.67%) Postman
3 6 (4.44%) Dreamweaver
3 6 (4.44%) PHPUnit
3 6 (4.44%) Visual Studio
4 3 (2.22%) JIRA
General
1 50 (37.04%) Analytical Skills
2 49 (36.30%) Social Skills
3 36 (26.67%) Finance
4 22 (16.30%) Marketing
5 13 (9.63%) Public Sector
6 12 (8.89%) Manufacturing
6 12 (8.89%) Retail
7 9 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.22%) Legal
10 2 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.48%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.74%) Electronics
11 1 (0.74%) Law
Job Titles
1 30 (22.22%) Developer
2 19 (14.07%) Lead
3 17 (12.59%) IT Support
4 12 (8.89%) Administrator
4 12 (8.89%) Senior
5 11 (8.15%) Junior
5 11 (8.15%) Technical Leader
6 10 (7.41%) Analyst
6 10 (7.41%) IT Engineer
6 10 (7.41%) IT Support Engineer
6 10 (7.41%) Support Engineer
6 10 (7.41%) Systems Administrator
7 8 (5.93%) Junior Systems Administrator
8 7 (5.19%) Data Engineer
8 7 (5.19%) ERP Developer
8 7 (5.19%) Senior Manager
9 6 (4.44%) Principal Data Engineer
9 6 (4.44%) Programmer
9 6 (4.44%) Senior Developer
9 6 (4.44%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (13.33%) HTML
2 15 (11.11%) HTML5
3 14 (10.37%) CSS
4 11 (8.15%) JSON
5 9 (6.67%) Spring
5 9 (6.67%) Spring Boot
6 6 (4.44%) .NET
6 6 (4.44%) ASP.NET
6 6 (4.44%) Classic ASP
6 6 (4.44%) Doctrine
6 6 (4.44%) jQuery
6 6 (4.44%) Laravel
6 6 (4.44%) Razor View Engine
6 6 (4.44%) Symfony
6 6 (4.44%) Vue
7 3 (2.22%) CSS3
8 2 (1.48%) Node.js
8 2 (1.48%) REST
8 2 (1.48%) SOAP
8 2 (1.48%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.15%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 9 (6.67%) IoT
4 4 (2.96%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.48%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.48%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.48%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.74%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.74%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.74%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 21 (15.56%) Windows
2 10 (7.41%) Linux
3 6 (4.44%) Ubuntu
4 4 (2.96%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.74%) Unix
5 1 (0.74%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (18.52%) Agile
1 25 (18.52%) Computer Science
2 24 (17.78%) User Experience
3 23 (17.04%) Data Modelling
4 22 (16.30%) Project Management
5 19 (14.07%) Mentoring
6 17 (12.59%) Customer Service
6 17 (12.59%) Front End Development
7 16 (11.85%) DevOps
8 15 (11.11%) Design Patterns
9 14 (10.37%) Coaching
10 13 (9.63%) Data Management
10 13 (9.63%) ERP
10 13 (9.63%) SDLC
11 12 (8.89%) CI/CD
11 12 (8.89%) Collaborative Working
11 12 (8.89%) Migration
12 11 (8.15%) Analytics
12 11 (8.15%) Business Intelligence
12 11 (8.15%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 38 (28.15%) SQL
2 18 (13.33%) PHP
3 14 (10.37%) JavaScript
4 12 (8.89%) Java
5 10 (7.41%) C#
6 6 (4.44%) VB
6 6 (4.44%) VBScript
7 2 (1.48%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.74%) C
8 1 (0.74%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.74%) Python
8 1 (0.74%) R
8 1 (0.74%) Rust
8 1 (0.74%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (33.33%) Degree
2 22 (16.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (5.93%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.74%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.74%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
5 1 (0.74%) CCNA
5 1 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.74%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.74%) MCSE
5 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.74%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.67%) GDPR
2 4 (2.96%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.22%) NCSC
3 3 (2.22%) NIST
4 2 (1.48%) SLA
5 1 (0.74%) Data Quality
System Software
1 12 (8.89%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.48%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.48%) vSphere
3 1 (0.74%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (6.67%) Terraform
2 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 34 (25.19%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.67%) Google
3 7 (5.19%) Adobe
4 4 (2.96%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.96%) VMware
5 3 (2.22%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.22%) Splunk
6 2 (1.48%) CA
6 2 (1.48%) F5
6 2 (1.48%) HP
6 2 (1.48%) Sage
7 1 (0.74%) Oracle
7 1 (0.74%) Peregrine
7 1 (0.74%) Workday