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

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 19 9
Rank change year-on-year +11 -10 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,302 838 1,475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.20% 10.70% 15.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.95% 11.19% 16.55%
Number of salaries quoted 890 455 623
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,961 £37,474
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% +2.22%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,625 £61,338
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +6.80%

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 8,165 7,487 8,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 82.81% 95.62% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 6,197 3,913 5,267
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,831 £30,000
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% +10.53%
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 11 May 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 11 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
Manchester +15 709 £50,000 - 297
Cheshire +11 252 £42,500 +13.33% 139
Merseyside +14 149 £40,000 -8.57% 78
Lancashire +1 134 £38,500 -14.44% 70
Cumbria +20 49 £36,000 -16.28% 30
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 29 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (1.77%) CMS
4 19 (1.46%) Apache
5 14 (1.08%) IIS
5 14 (1.08%) WordPress
6 11 (0.84%) ArcGIS
7 9 (0.69%) Confluence
7 9 (0.69%) Umbraco
8 7 (0.54%) OpenEdge
9 4 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.31%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 4 (0.31%) SAS
9 4 (0.31%) Skype for Business
10 3 (0.23%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.23%) Moodle
11 2 (0.15%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.15%) JBoss
11 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 97 (7.45%) Microsoft Office
2 77 (5.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 50 (3.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.08%) Sketch
5 8 (0.61%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.31%) Trello
8 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.15%) InDesign
9 2 (0.15%) SPSS
9 2 (0.15%) Stata
10 1 (0.077%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.077%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.077%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.077%) InVision
10 1 (0.077%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.077%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 19 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.15%) Magento
2 15 (1.15%) Shopify
3 13 (1.00%) Infor SunSystems
3 13 (1.00%) iTrent
4 9 (0.69%) SAP CX
4 9 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.54%) SAP Business One
6 6 (0.46%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.31%) SAP APO
7 4 (0.31%) SAP MM
7 4 (0.31%) SAP PP
7 4 (0.31%) SAP SD
7 4 (0.31%) SAP WM
8 3 (0.23%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.077%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.077%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.077%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 216 (16.59%) Azure
2 120 (9.22%) AWS
3 78 (5.99%) Microsoft 365
4 67 (5.15%) Power Platform
5 62 (4.76%) GCP
6 53 (4.07%) SaaS
7 31 (2.38%) Amazon S3
7 31 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
9 24 (1.84%) GitHub
10 21 (1.61%) Snowflake
11 20 (1.54%) Serverless
12 15 (1.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 15 (1.15%) Entra ID
12 15 (1.15%) Matillion
13 14 (1.08%) Amazon EC2
13 14 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
13 14 (1.08%) Figma
14 13 (1.00%) Amazon Kinesis
14 13 (1.00%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 74 (5.68%) Firewall
2 41 (3.15%) LAN
3 33 (2.53%) DNS
4 32 (2.46%) TCP/IP
5 29 (2.23%) VPN
6 28 (2.15%) WAN
7 27 (2.07%) Wireless
8 26 (2.00%) Network Security
9 25 (1.92%) VoIP
10 23 (1.77%) DHCP
10 23 (1.77%) PPP
11 22 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
12 20 (1.54%) Internet
13 17 (1.31%) IPsec
14 11 (0.84%) BGP
14 11 (0.84%) OSPF
14 11 (0.84%) SAN
15 10 (0.77%) SNMP
15 10 (0.77%) VLAN
16 8 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (7.91%) SQL Server
2 61 (4.69%) MySQL
3 54 (4.15%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (3.69%) Power BI
5 40 (3.07%) Relational Database
6 39 (3.00%) BigQuery
6 39 (3.00%) Looker
7 25 (1.92%) Elasticsearch
7 25 (1.92%) Tableau
8 21 (1.61%) RDBMS
9 20 (1.54%) MongoDB
10 19 (1.46%) MS Access
10 19 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
11 18 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 17 (1.31%) Data Lake
12 17 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 16 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
14 15 (1.15%) Star Schema
15 14 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
16 13 (1.00%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 97 (7.45%) Git
2 44 (3.38%) JIRA
3 19 (1.46%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.38%) TeamCity
5 17 (1.31%) GitLab
6 15 (1.15%) Postman
7 13 (1.00%) Visual Studio
8 7 (0.54%) Subversion
9 6 (0.46%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.46%) Dreamweaver
9 6 (0.46%) Eclipse
9 6 (0.46%) JDeveloper
9 6 (0.46%) PHPUnit
10 5 (0.38%) InstallShield
10 5 (0.38%) Jasmine
10 5 (0.38%) JetBrains Rider
11 4 (0.31%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.31%) Selenium
11 4 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 681 (52.30%) Social Skills
2 408 (31.34%) Analytical Skills
3 234 (17.97%) Finance
4 98 (7.53%) Retail
5 85 (6.53%) Marketing
6 76 (5.84%) Organisational Skills
7 75 (5.76%) Legal
8 60 (4.61%) Public Sector
9 59 (4.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 50 (3.84%) Presentation Skills
11 49 (3.76%) Law
12 35 (2.69%) Manufacturing
13 25 (1.92%) Telecoms
14 20 (1.54%) Banking
14 20 (1.54%) Billing
15 14 (1.08%) Health Technology
15 14 (1.08%) Local Government
16 13 (1.00%) Automotive
17 12 (0.92%) Games
18 8 (0.61%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 191 (14.67%) Developer
2 173 (13.29%) Analyst
3 170 (13.06%) Senior
4 81 (6.22%) Software Engineer
5 70 (5.38%) Lead
6 60 (4.61%) Data Engineer
7 59 (4.53%) IT Support
8 53 (4.07%) IT Engineer
9 52 (3.99%) Architect
10 48 (3.69%) Project Manager
11 47 (3.61%) Consultant
12 43 (3.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 41 (3.15%) Business Analyst
14 36 (2.76%) Graduate
15 35 (2.69%) Administrator
16 33 (2.53%) IT Manager
16 33 (2.53%) Junior
16 33 (2.53%) Platform Engineer
16 33 (2.53%) Senior Developer
17 32 (2.46%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (8.99%) HTML
2 115 (8.83%) .NET
3 107 (8.22%) CSS
4 51 (3.92%) React
5 45 (3.46%) AngularJS
6 33 (2.53%) Node.js
6 33 (2.53%) Vue
7 31 (2.38%) HTML5
8 29 (2.23%) RESTful
9 27 (2.07%) .NET Framework
10 26 (2.00%) JSON
11 24 (1.84%) .NET Core
12 23 (1.77%) RabbitMQ
13 22 (1.69%) REST
14 21 (1.61%) Spring
15 20 (1.54%) ASP.NET
16 18 (1.38%) Sass
16 18 (1.38%) Web Services
17 17 (1.31%) Laravel
18 16 (1.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 102 (7.83%) Self-Motivation
2 69 (5.30%) Management Information System
3 44 (3.38%) Driving Licence
4 35 (2.69%) Product Ownership
5 25 (1.92%) Data Structures
6 22 (1.69%) Data Centre
6 22 (1.69%) Mobile App
6 22 (1.69%) NHS
7 20 (1.54%) Algorithms
7 20 (1.54%) Security Posture
8 19 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
9 18 (1.38%) Cyberattack
10 17 (1.31%) EPoS
11 16 (1.23%) Cloud Native
11 16 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
12 14 (1.08%) Housing Association
12 14 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
13 12 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (0.84%) CCTV
14 11 (0.84%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 172 (13.21%) Windows
2 76 (5.84%) Linux
3 43 (3.30%) Windows Server
4 30 (2.30%) Android
5 28 (2.15%) Apple iOS
6 19 (1.46%) Windows 10
7 18 (1.38%) Windows Vista
8 10 (0.77%) Data ONTAP
8 10 (0.77%) Ubuntu
9 9 (0.69%) Mac OS
9 9 (0.69%) VMS
9 9 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (0.54%) Windows 8
12 6 (0.46%) Unix
12 6 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.23%) Kali Linux
14 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.077%) CentOS
15 1 (0.077%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (20.66%) Agile
2 201 (15.44%) Project Management
3 160 (12.29%) Customer Service
4 143 (10.98%) DevOps
5 141 (10.83%) Computer Science
5 141 (10.83%) Decision-Making
6 137 (10.52%) Analytics
6 137 (10.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 137 (10.52%) Mentoring
7 121 (9.29%) Software Engineering
8 105 (8.06%) User Experience
9 101 (7.76%) Collaborative Working
9 101 (7.76%) ITIL
10 98 (7.53%) Cybersecurity
11 96 (7.37%) Coaching
12 92 (7.07%) Business Intelligence
13 90 (6.91%) Stakeholder Management
14 86 (6.61%) Roadmaps
15 79 (6.07%) Actionable Insight
16 74 (5.68%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 214 (16.44%) SQL
2 139 (10.68%) JavaScript
3 123 (9.45%) C#
4 114 (8.76%) Python
5 71 (5.45%) Java
6 47 (3.61%) PHP
7 30 (2.30%) PowerShell
8 20 (1.54%) T-SQL
9 17 (1.31%) VB
10 16 (1.23%) Bash
10 16 (1.23%) Swift
10 16 (1.23%) TypeScript
11 14 (1.08%) C++
12 12 (0.92%) C
13 11 (0.84%) VBScript
14 10 (0.77%) VB.NET
15 9 (0.69%) R
16 8 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 8 (0.61%) Embedded C
16 8 (0.61%) Rust
Qualifications
1 337 (25.88%) Degree
2 92 (7.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 65 (4.99%) Security Cleared
4 50 (3.84%) SC Cleared
5 47 (3.61%) Master's Degree
6 32 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (1.84%) ACCA
7 24 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (1.69%) DBS Check
9 20 (1.54%) CCNA
10 19 (1.46%) PMI Certification
11 18 (1.38%) HND
12 15 (1.15%) PMP
13 13 (1.00%) HNC
14 12 (0.92%) CCNP
15 11 (0.84%) CISA
16 9 (0.69%) DV Cleared
16 9 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
17 8 (0.61%) CISSP
17 8 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (4.92%) GDPR
2 57 (4.38%) QA
3 45 (3.46%) SLA
4 40 (3.07%) Data Quality
5 38 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 28 (2.15%) Accessibility
7 22 (1.69%) NIST
8 19 (1.46%) PMO
9 14 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (1.08%) GAAP
9 14 (1.08%) IFRS
10 12 (0.92%) WCAG
11 8 (0.61%) SOC 2
12 7 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 6 (0.46%) NCSC
14 4 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.31%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.23%) ISO 9000
16 2 (0.15%) HL7
17 1 (0.077%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 89 (6.84%) Active Directory
2 56 (4.30%) Docker
3 39 (3.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.77%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.69%) Terminal Services
6 6 (0.46%) Firmware
7 4 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.15%) vSphere
9 1 (0.077%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.077%) Lustre
9 1 (0.077%) Postfix
9 1 (0.077%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.077%) Snort
9 1 (0.077%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 32 (2.46%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.15%) Terraform
3 20 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (1.31%) Ansible
5 11 (0.84%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.77%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.31%) Nessus
7 4 (0.31%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.23%) Puppet
8 3 (0.23%) SELinux
9 2 (0.15%) Icinga
9 2 (0.15%) SCCM
9 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.077%) Grafana
10 1 (0.077%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.077%) Nagios
10 1 (0.077%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.077%) WMI
Vendors
1 286 (21.97%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.07%) Google
3 62 (4.76%) SAP
4 50 (3.84%) VMware
5 38 (2.92%) Oracle
6 34 (2.61%) Cisco
7 23 (1.77%) Adobe
8 22 (1.69%) CA
9 19 (1.46%) ServiceNow
10 16 (1.23%) F5
10 16 (1.23%) NetApp
11 15 (1.15%) IBM
12 14 (1.08%) Facebook
12 14 (1.08%) HP
13 13 (1.00%) Infor
13 13 (1.00%) Salesforce
14 11 (0.84%) Palo Alto
15 10 (0.77%) Juniper
15 10 (0.77%) Sophos
15 10 (0.77%) Splunk