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 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 8 18 9
Rank change year-on-year +10 -9 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,400 801 1,553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.12% 10.84% 16.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.25% 11.36% 16.90%
Number of salaries quoted 896 447 640
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,300 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,000 £45,744
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +4.93% +1.65%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £78,875
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +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 8,616 7,048 9,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 80.75% 95.36% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6,399 3,818 5,301
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,947
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 £81,500 £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 1 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 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
Manchester +11 760 £48,734 -2.53% 280
Cheshire +9 262 £42,500 +13.33% 115
Lancashire +3 180 £38,500 -14.44% 64
Merseyside +9 146 £40,000 -5.88% 66
Cumbria +15 44 £26,000 -59.06% 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 28 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 28 (2.00%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.64%) CMS
3 19 (1.36%) Apache
4 14 (1.00%) IIS
4 14 (1.00%) WordPress
5 11 (0.79%) ArcGIS
6 9 (0.64%) Umbraco
7 7 (0.50%) Confluence
7 7 (0.50%) OpenEdge
8 4 (0.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 4 (0.29%) SAS
8 4 (0.29%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.21%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.21%) Moodle
10 2 (0.14%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.14%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.071%) Jetty
11 1 (0.071%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 100 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 85 (6.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 58 (4.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.00%) Sketch
5 9 (0.64%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.29%) Trello
8 3 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.14%) InDesign
9 2 (0.14%) SPSS
9 2 (0.14%) Stata
10 1 (0.071%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.071%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.071%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.071%) InVision
10 1 (0.071%) Marvel
10 1 (0.071%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.071%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 20 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.21%) Magento
3 15 (1.07%) Shopify
4 13 (0.93%) Infor SunSystems
4 13 (0.93%) iTrent
5 9 (0.64%) SAP CX
5 9 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
6 7 (0.50%) SAP Business One
7 6 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
8 5 (0.36%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.29%) SAP APO
9 4 (0.29%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.29%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.29%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.29%) SAP WM
10 3 (0.21%) SAP IBP
10 3 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
11 1 (0.071%) Dynamics GP
11 1 (0.071%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 216 (15.43%) Azure
2 116 (8.29%) AWS
3 80 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
4 72 (5.14%) Power Platform
5 61 (4.36%) GCP
6 52 (3.71%) SaaS
7 31 (2.21%) Amazon S3
8 30 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (1.57%) GitHub
11 19 (1.36%) Snowflake
12 17 (1.21%) Entra ID
13 15 (1.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 15 (1.07%) Matillion
14 14 (1.00%) Figma
14 14 (1.00%) Serverless
15 13 (0.93%) Amazon EC2
15 13 (0.93%) Amazon Kinesis
15 13 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
15 13 (0.93%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 79 (5.64%) Firewall
2 40 (2.86%) LAN
3 31 (2.21%) TCP/IP
4 30 (2.14%) DNS
5 27 (1.93%) Network Security
5 27 (1.93%) Wireless
6 26 (1.86%) VPN
7 24 (1.71%) VoIP
7 24 (1.71%) WAN
8 23 (1.64%) PPP
9 22 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
10 21 (1.50%) DHCP
11 19 (1.36%) Internet
12 17 (1.21%) IPsec
13 11 (0.79%) SAN
14 10 (0.71%) BGP
14 10 (0.71%) OSPF
14 10 (0.71%) SNMP
15 9 (0.64%) VLAN
16 8 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (7.21%) SQL Server
2 61 (4.36%) MySQL
3 57 (4.07%) Data Warehouse
4 54 (3.86%) Power BI
5 39 (2.79%) BigQuery
6 38 (2.71%) Looker
7 35 (2.50%) Relational Database
8 29 (2.07%) Tableau
9 25 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
10 21 (1.50%) MongoDB
11 19 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
12 18 (1.29%) MS Access
12 18 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 18 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 17 (1.21%) Data Lake
14 16 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
15 15 (1.07%) RDBMS
15 15 (1.07%) Star Schema
16 13 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
16 13 (0.93%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 89 (6.36%) Git
2 42 (3.00%) JIRA
3 19 (1.36%) TeamCity
4 17 (1.21%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.07%) GitLab
5 15 (1.07%) Postman
6 13 (0.93%) Visual Studio
7 7 (0.50%) Subversion
8 6 (0.43%) Dreamweaver
8 6 (0.43%) Eclipse
8 6 (0.43%) PHPUnit
9 5 (0.36%) InstallShield
9 5 (0.36%) JetBrains Rider
9 5 (0.36%) Selenium
10 4 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (0.21%) MSBuild
11 3 (0.21%) SpecFlow
11 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio Team System
11 3 (0.21%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.21%) webpack
General
1 686 (49.00%) Social Skills
2 416 (29.71%) Analytical Skills
3 229 (16.36%) Finance
4 143 (10.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 102 (7.29%) Retail
6 89 (6.36%) Marketing
7 79 (5.64%) Organisational Skills
8 77 (5.50%) Legal
9 56 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
10 55 (3.93%) Public Sector
11 48 (3.43%) Law
12 35 (2.50%) Manufacturing
13 27 (1.93%) Telecoms
14 20 (1.43%) Billing
15 19 (1.36%) Banking
16 14 (1.00%) Automotive
16 14 (1.00%) Health Technology
16 14 (1.00%) Local Government
17 12 (0.86%) Games
18 8 (0.57%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 200 (14.29%) Developer
2 180 (12.86%) Analyst
3 167 (11.93%) Senior
4 102 (7.29%) Software Engineer
5 98 (7.00%) Lead
6 89 (6.36%) Architect
7 60 (4.29%) Data Engineer
8 59 (4.21%) IT Support
9 54 (3.86%) IT Engineer
10 46 (3.29%) Consultant
10 46 (3.29%) Project Manager
11 45 (3.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 41 (2.93%) Business Analyst
13 39 (2.79%) Programmer
14 37 (2.64%) Administrator
15 34 (2.43%) Platform Engineer
15 34 (2.43%) Senior Developer
16 32 (2.29%) Lead Software Engineer
16 32 (2.29%) Software Architect
16 32 (2.29%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (8.71%) .NET
2 118 (8.43%) HTML
3 107 (7.64%) CSS
4 46 (3.29%) React
5 40 (2.86%) AngularJS
6 34 (2.43%) Vue
7 31 (2.21%) .NET Framework
8 29 (2.07%) HTML5
9 27 (1.93%) Node.js
10 25 (1.79%) .NET Core
11 24 (1.71%) ASP.NET
11 24 (1.71%) JSON
12 23 (1.64%) RabbitMQ
12 23 (1.64%) RESTful
13 21 (1.50%) REST
14 19 (1.36%) Web Services
15 18 (1.29%) Spring
16 16 (1.14%) Laravel
17 15 (1.07%) jQuery
17 15 (1.07%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 103 (7.36%) Self-Motivation
2 102 (7.29%) Cyberattack
3 67 (4.79%) Management Information System
4 37 (2.64%) Driving Licence
5 35 (2.50%) Product Ownership
6 25 (1.79%) Data Structures
6 25 (1.79%) Mobile App
7 23 (1.64%) Algorithms
7 23 (1.64%) Data Centre
8 22 (1.57%) NHS
9 21 (1.50%) EPoS
9 21 (1.50%) Security Posture
10 20 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
11 16 (1.14%) Cloud Native
12 14 (1.00%) Housing Association
12 14 (1.00%) Renewable Energy
13 13 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
14 11 (0.79%) IoT
15 10 (0.71%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 178 (12.71%) Windows
2 79 (5.64%) Linux
3 42 (3.00%) Windows Server
4 35 (2.50%) Android
5 32 (2.29%) Apple iOS
6 22 (1.57%) Windows Vista
7 20 (1.43%) Windows 10
8 10 (0.71%) Data ONTAP
8 10 (0.71%) Ubuntu
9 9 (0.64%) VMS
9 9 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.57%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.43%) Unix
11 6 (0.43%) Windows 8
11 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.21%) Kali Linux
13 2 (0.14%) CentOS
13 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.071%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (24.86%) Agile
2 236 (16.86%) Mentoring
3 205 (14.64%) Software Engineering
4 196 (14.00%) Project Management
5 194 (13.86%) User Experience
6 162 (11.57%) Data Engineering
7 161 (11.50%) Customer Service
8 144 (10.29%) Analytics
8 144 (10.29%) Computer Science
9 140 (10.00%) Decision-Making
10 138 (9.86%) DevOps
11 137 (9.79%) Continuous Improvement
12 119 (8.50%) Machine Learning
13 103 (7.36%) Collaborative Working
14 100 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
15 97 (6.93%) Creative Thinking
15 97 (6.93%) ITIL
16 94 (6.71%) Coaching
16 94 (6.71%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 91 (6.50%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 213 (15.21%) SQL
2 137 (9.79%) JavaScript
3 131 (9.36%) C#
4 107 (7.64%) Python
5 63 (4.50%) Java
6 49 (3.50%) PHP
7 29 (2.07%) PowerShell
8 18 (1.29%) Swift
8 18 (1.29%) T-SQL
9 16 (1.14%) C++
9 16 (1.14%) VB
10 13 (0.93%) TypeScript
11 12 (0.86%) C
12 11 (0.79%) VBScript
13 10 (0.71%) Bash
13 10 (0.71%) VB.NET
14 9 (0.64%) R
15 8 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (0.57%) Embedded C
15 8 (0.57%) Rust
Qualifications
1 345 (24.64%) Degree
2 96 (6.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 52 (3.71%) Security Cleared
4 42 (3.00%) SC Cleared
5 37 (2.64%) Master's Degree
6 33 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 28 (2.00%) ACCA
8 26 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (1.57%) CCNA
9 22 (1.57%) DBS Check
10 20 (1.43%) PMI Certification
11 19 (1.36%) HND
12 16 (1.14%) PMP
13 14 (1.00%) CCNP
13 14 (1.00%) HNC
14 11 (0.79%) CISA
15 10 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
16 9 (0.64%) CISSP
17 8 (0.57%) CIMA
17 8 (0.57%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (4.71%) GDPR
2 52 (3.71%) QA
3 45 (3.21%) SLA
4 39 (2.79%) Data Quality
4 39 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.57%) NIST
6 21 (1.50%) Accessibility
7 18 (1.29%) PMO
8 14 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (1.00%) GAAP
8 14 (1.00%) IFRS
9 12 (0.86%) WCAG
10 8 (0.57%) SOC 2
11 7 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 6 (0.43%) NCSC
13 5 (0.36%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.21%) ISO 9000
16 2 (0.14%) HL7
17 1 (0.071%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 87 (6.21%) Active Directory
2 57 (4.07%) Docker
3 37 (2.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.64%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.64%) Firmware
5 9 (0.64%) Terminal Services
6 4 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.14%) vSphere
8 1 (0.071%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.071%) Lustre
8 1 (0.071%) Postfix
8 1 (0.071%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.071%) Snort
8 1 (0.071%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.071%) XenApp
8 1 (0.071%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (2.43%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.07%) Terraform
3 21 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (1.29%) Ansible
5 11 (0.79%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.71%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.29%) Nessus
7 4 (0.29%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.21%) Puppet
8 3 (0.21%) SELinux
9 1 (0.071%) Grafana
9 1 (0.071%) Icinga
9 1 (0.071%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.071%) Nagios
9 1 (0.071%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.071%) SCCM
9 1 (0.071%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 293 (20.93%) Microsoft
2 68 (4.86%) Google
3 61 (4.36%) SAP
4 48 (3.43%) VMware
5 34 (2.43%) Cisco
6 33 (2.36%) Oracle
7 22 (1.57%) CA
8 19 (1.36%) Adobe
9 18 (1.29%) NetApp
9 18 (1.29%) ServiceNow
10 17 (1.21%) HP
10 17 (1.21%) IBM
11 16 (1.14%) F5
12 13 (0.93%) Facebook
12 13 (0.93%) Infor
13 12 (0.86%) Salesforce
14 11 (0.79%) Palo Alto
14 11 (0.79%) Red Hat
14 11 (0.79%) Sophos
15 10 (0.71%) SolidFire