Business Case Job Trends in Durham

Business Cases
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Durham requiring Business Case skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 37 22
Rank change year-on-year 0 -15 +10
Permanent jobs citing Business Case 1 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 0.39% 0.71% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.99% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £56,030 -
25th Percentile £72,194 £58,775 £78,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,217 £65,850 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.26% -20.18% +106.25%
75th Percentile £82,241 £72,925 £86,250
90th Percentile - £75,670 -
North East median annual salary £95,000 £40,750 £61,250
% change year-on-year +133.13% -33.47% +53.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Durham

Business Case falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Durham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 187 202 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 73.33% 71.38% 97.66%
Number of salaries quoted 93 84 99
10th Percentile £25,087 £32,136 £31,250
25th Percentile £27,875 £44,375 £38,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £58,800 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.48% +17.60% +25.45%
75th Percentile £50,000 £70,000 £60,400
90th Percentile £84,448 £80,000 £69,800
North East median annual salary £42,250 £47,324 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.72% -5.35% -

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Business Case relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Durham.

Business Case job vacancy trend in Durham

Business Case
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Business Case.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Business Case

Business Case
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Case within the Durham region over the 6 months to 18 October 2025. 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
Darlington +3 1 £77,217 +36.19% 1
Business Case
North East

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Product Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Tech Ops
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Web Operations