Problem-Solving Jobs in Merseyside

Problem Solving
North West > Merseyside

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 20 12
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 +10
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 146 108 161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 10.43% 10.76% 14.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.24% 11.49% 15.17%
Number of salaries quoted 83 44 89
10th Percentile £26,350 £22,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £49,250 £54,500 £53,500
90th Percentile £52,100 £60,000 £60,250
North West median annual salary £45,000 £48,000 £45,744
% change year-on-year -6.25% +4.93% +1.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,103 940 1,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 78.79% 93.63% 92.74%
Number of salaries quoted 765 384 681
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,075 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £75,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Merseyside

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Merseyside

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Merseyside over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Merseyside

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 1 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
Liverpool +7 130 £40,000 -6.16% 49
St Helens - 8 - - 1
Birkenhead -1 3 - - 3
Problem-Solving
North West

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 5 (3.42%) Apache
2 4 (2.74%) Confluence
2 4 (2.74%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.05%) CMS
3 3 (2.05%) IIS
3 3 (2.05%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.68%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (6.16%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.74%) Sketch
3 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.05%) SAP IBP
2 2 (1.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 21 (14.38%) Azure
2 13 (8.90%) AWS
3 12 (8.22%) Power Platform
4 10 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (6.85%) SaaS
5 8 (5.48%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (3.42%) Amazon S3
6 5 (3.42%) Snowflake
7 4 (2.74%) Figma
7 4 (2.74%) Heroku
7 4 (2.74%) Miro
8 3 (2.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.05%) GCP
8 3 (2.05%) Matillion
9 1 (0.68%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.68%) npm
9 1 (0.68%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.68%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.68%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.85%) Firewall
2 8 (5.48%) IPsec
2 8 (5.48%) VPN
3 5 (3.42%) Internet
3 5 (3.42%) SNMP
4 3 (2.05%) BGP
4 3 (2.05%) DHCP
4 3 (2.05%) DNS
4 3 (2.05%) HSRP
4 3 (2.05%) Intranet
4 3 (2.05%) LAN
4 3 (2.05%) MPLS
4 3 (2.05%) OSPF
4 3 (2.05%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.05%) VLAN
4 3 (2.05%) VRRP
4 3 (2.05%) WAN
5 2 (1.37%) Network Security
6 1 (0.68%) NGFW
6 1 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.22%) Power BI
2 9 (6.16%) SQL Server
3 8 (5.48%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (4.11%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (3.42%) MongoDB
6 3 (2.05%) BigQuery
6 3 (2.05%) Data Lake
6 3 (2.05%) Data Vault
6 3 (2.05%) Looker
6 3 (2.05%) MySQL
6 3 (2.05%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (2.05%) Star Schema
6 3 (2.05%) Tableau
7 2 (1.37%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.68%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 8 (5.48%) JIRA
2 6 (4.11%) Git
3 3 (2.05%) GitLab
4 2 (1.37%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.68%) JUnit
General
1 68 (46.58%) Social Skills
2 40 (27.40%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (24.66%) Finance
4 17 (11.64%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (10.27%) Law
5 15 (10.27%) Legal
6 10 (6.85%) Marketing
7 7 (4.79%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.74%) Retail
9 3 (2.05%) French Language
9 3 (2.05%) Italian Language
9 3 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.05%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.37%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.37%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.68%) Banking
11 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.68%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 24 (16.44%) Analyst
2 19 (13.01%) Developer
3 13 (8.90%) Senior
4 12 (8.22%) Architect
5 10 (6.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (6.16%) Project Manager
6 9 (6.16%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (4.79%) Consultant
7 7 (4.79%) IT Manager
7 7 (4.79%) Security Manager
7 7 (4.79%) Systems Manager
8 6 (4.11%) Data Engineer
8 6 (4.11%) Presales Solution Architect
9 5 (3.42%) Applications Support
9 5 (3.42%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.42%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 5 (3.42%) Lead
9 5 (3.42%) NetApp Consultant
10 4 (2.74%) Administrator
10 4 (2.74%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.27%) HTML
2 13 (8.90%) CSS
3 8 (5.48%) .NET
3 8 (5.48%) AngularJS
3 8 (5.48%) Node.js
4 6 (4.11%) Vue
5 5 (3.42%) Express.js
5 5 (3.42%) HTML5
5 5 (3.42%) jQuery
5 5 (3.42%) RabbitMQ
5 5 (3.42%) YAML
6 4 (2.74%) .NET Framework
6 4 (2.74%) React
6 4 (2.74%) SOAP
7 3 (2.05%) GraphQL
7 3 (2.05%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (2.05%) RESTful
8 2 (1.37%) EJB
8 2 (1.37%) JavaBeans
8 2 (1.37%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.59%) Algorithms
2 10 (6.85%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.85%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (4.79%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (4.79%) Cyberattack
3 7 (4.79%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.79%) Security Posture
4 4 (2.74%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.05%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.05%) NHS
6 2 (1.37%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.37%) e-Health
6 2 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.37%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.68%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (0.68%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.68%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 17 (11.64%) Windows
2 6 (4.11%) Linux
2 6 (4.11%) Mac OS
3 5 (3.42%) Data ONTAP
4 2 (1.37%) Android
5 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.68%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (19.18%) Agile
2 25 (17.12%) Project Management
2 25 (17.12%) Roadmaps
3 24 (16.44%) Analytics
4 21 (14.38%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (13.70%) Actionable Insight
6 18 (12.33%) Coaching
7 17 (11.64%) Web Development
8 16 (10.96%) Decision-Making
9 15 (10.27%) Business Intelligence
9 15 (10.27%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (8.90%) Business Analysis
10 13 (8.90%) DevOps
10 13 (8.90%) Information Security
10 13 (8.90%) SDLC
11 12 (8.22%) Data Analysis
11 12 (8.22%) IT Strategy
12 11 (7.53%) E-Commerce
12 11 (7.53%) ITIL
12 11 (7.53%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 28 (19.18%) SQL
2 12 (8.22%) JavaScript
2 12 (8.22%) Python
3 11 (7.53%) C#
4 4 (2.74%) Java
4 4 (2.74%) PHP
5 3 (2.05%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.05%) R
5 3 (2.05%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.37%) C
6 2 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.68%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.68%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 20 (13.70%) Security Cleared
2 18 (12.33%) Degree
3 17 (11.64%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.74%) CCNA
4 4 (2.74%) CCNP
4 4 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.05%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.37%) SnowPro
7 1 (0.68%) HNC
7 1 (0.68%) HND
7 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.33%) QA
2 8 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (5.48%) PMO
3 7 (4.79%) Accessibility
3 7 (4.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 7 (4.79%) NIST
3 7 (4.79%) WCAG
4 6 (4.11%) GDPR
5 5 (3.42%) SLA
6 3 (2.05%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.37%) HL7
System Software
1 11 (7.53%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.11%) Docker
4 1 (0.68%) Firmware
4 1 (0.68%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (4.79%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.42%) Ansible
2 5 (3.42%) Prometheus
2 5 (3.42%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (16.44%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.53%) Google
3 10 (6.85%) VMware
4 9 (6.16%) SAP
5 8 (5.48%) Ahrefs
5 8 (5.48%) Screaming Frog
6 6 (4.11%) Palo Alto
7 5 (3.42%) NetApp
7 5 (3.42%) Oracle
7 5 (3.42%) Red Hat
7 5 (3.42%) SolidFire
8 3 (2.05%) Cisco
8 3 (2.05%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.05%) HP
9 2 (1.37%) iManage
9 2 (1.37%) Progress
9 2 (1.37%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.68%) Aruba
10 1 (0.68%) DocuSign
10 1 (0.68%) Ruckus Wireless