Problem-Solving Jobs in Durham

Problem Solving
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Durham requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 8 23
Rank change year-on-year +7 +15 -10
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 121 64 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 52.84% 15.13% 9.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 64.71% 17.39% 9.74%
Number of salaries quoted 19 51 16
10th Percentile - £25,500 £26,000
25th Percentile - £29,125 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £23,504 £43,072 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -45.43% +11.15% +10.71%
75th Percentile £29,500 £52,068 £50,938
90th Percentile £42,602 £68,750 £56,238
North East median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.22% +5.88% +13.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Durham

Problem-Solving 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 187 368 308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 81.66% 87.00% 97.47%
Number of salaries quoted 57 258 128
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £24,750 £31,938 £33,578
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% +12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,633 £50,531
90th Percentile £74,258 £70,000 £61,004
North East median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £48,125
% change year-on-year - -1.30% +13.24%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Durham

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Durham

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

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Durham

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Durham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Durham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Durham

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Durham region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +4 21 £23,504 -49.99% 5
Newton Aycliffe - 15 £23,504 -
Billingham - 13 £27,500 - 2
Hartlepool +3 11 £40,000 +48.15% 2
Bishop Auckland - 10 - -
Ferryhill - 9 £23,504 -
Barnard Castle - 9 £23,504 -
Spennymoor - 9 £23,504 -
Stockton-on-Tees +16 7 £23,504 -54.20% 4
Problem-Solving
North East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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:

Applications
1 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.48%) AWS
2 2 (1.65%) Azure
2 2 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 54 (44.63%) Broadband
2 1 (0.83%) Firewall
2 1 (0.83%) LAN
2 1 (0.83%) VLAN
2 1 (0.83%) VoIP
2 1 (0.83%) VPN
2 1 (0.83%) WAN
2 1 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.83%) MongoDB
General
1 66 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 55 (45.45%) Games
3 54 (44.63%) Banking
4 52 (42.98%) Analytical Skills
5 51 (42.15%) Finance
5 51 (42.15%) Marketing
6 6 (4.96%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.65%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.83%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 55 (45.45%) Customer Service Advisor
2 51 (42.15%) Development Manager
2 51 (42.15%) Product Development Manager
2 51 (42.15%) Product Manager
3 6 (4.96%) Technical Product Support
3 6 (4.96%) Technical Support
4 3 (2.48%) Junior
5 2 (1.65%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (1.65%) IT Engineer
5 2 (1.65%) Junior DevOps
5 2 (1.65%) Junior DevOps Engineer
5 2 (1.65%) Technical Manager
6 1 (0.83%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (0.83%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (0.83%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (0.83%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (0.83%) IT Support
6 1 (0.83%) Junior Developer
6 1 (0.83%) Platform Engineer
6 1 (0.83%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.83%) .NET
1 1 (0.83%) .NET Core
1 1 (0.83%) .NET Framework
1 1 (0.83%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (42.15%) FMCG
2 6 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.83%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.31%) Windows
2 3 (2.48%) Linux
3 2 (1.65%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.83%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.83%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (51.24%) Customer Service
2 51 (42.15%) Commercialisation
2 51 (42.15%) Competitor Analysis
2 51 (42.15%) Product Strategy
2 51 (42.15%) Project Management
3 6 (4.96%) CRM
3 6 (4.96%) Customer Requirements
4 4 (3.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (2.48%) Agile
5 3 (2.48%) CI/CD
5 3 (2.48%) Coaching
5 3 (2.48%) DevOps
5 3 (2.48%) ERP
6 2 (1.65%) Migration
6 2 (1.65%) Process Improvement
6 2 (1.65%) Server Management
6 2 (1.65%) Service Delivery
6 2 (1.65%) Service Management
7 1 (0.83%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (0.83%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.65%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.83%) Bash
2 1 (0.83%) Bicep
2 1 (0.83%) C#
2 1 (0.83%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.83%) PHP
2 1 (0.83%) Python
2 1 (0.83%) SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (42.15%) Degree
2 2 (1.65%) NVQ Level 3
2 2 (1.65%) NVQ Level 4
3 1 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (42.15%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.83%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.83%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.83%) SCCM
1 1 (0.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 54 (44.63%) BT
2 8 (6.61%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.83%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.83%) VMware