Problem-Solving Jobs in Durham

Problem Solving
North East > Durham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Durham 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 27 11
Rank change year-on-year +23 -16 -4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 94 19 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 18.73% 6.96% 14.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.49% 7.12% 16.29%
Number of salaries quoted 53 14 27
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,400 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,072 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.06% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £52,068 £54,688 £48,505
90th Percentile £70,750 £56,243 £76,000
North East median annual salary £41,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year -2.35% +4.94% -10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Durham

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 Durham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 418 267 264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 83.27% 97.80% 89.49%
Number of salaries quoted 272 121 167
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £22,900
25th Percentile £31,938 £35,000 £31,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,000 £39,201
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +12.24% -7.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £56,226 £45,875
90th Percentile £71,125 £66,250 £50,000
North East median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £42,750
% change year-on-year -5.00% +16.96% -5.00%

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 9 June 2024.

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 9 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
Darlington +4 20 £47,000 +34.29% 2
Hartlepool -4 10 £28,500 -36.67% 3
Stockton-on-Tees -3 8 £51,321 +20.75% 8
Consett - 3 £14,935 - 2
Spennymoor +1 1 - -
Wingate - 1 - -
Newton Aycliffe - 1 - - 2
Peterlee - 1 - - 1
Seaham - 1 - -
Shildon - 1 - -
Ferryhill - 1 - -
Billingham - 1 - - 2
Bishop Auckland - 1 - - 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.06%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (7.45%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 20 (21.28%) Azure
2 18 (19.15%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (8.51%) Entra ID
4 6 (6.38%) AWS
5 5 (5.32%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (3.19%) GCP
6 3 (3.19%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.19%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.70%) Firewall
2 10 (10.64%) LAN
2 10 (10.64%) WAN
3 6 (6.38%) VLAN
3 6 (6.38%) VoIP
3 6 (6.38%) VPN
3 6 (6.38%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (5.32%) SAN
5 1 (1.06%) DHCP
5 1 (1.06%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.32%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (4.26%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.19%) BigQuery
3 3 (3.19%) Looker
3 3 (3.19%) Power BI
4 1 (1.06%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (5.32%) Git
1 5 (5.32%) Sourcetree
2 1 (1.06%) Gradle
2 1 (1.06%) Maven
General
1 47 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 22 (23.40%) Retail
3 20 (21.28%) Presentation Skills
4 18 (19.15%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (17.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (8.51%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (6.38%) Finance
8 5 (5.32%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (4.26%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.13%) Banking
10 2 (2.13%) Marketing
11 1 (1.06%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (10.64%) Analyst
1 10 (10.64%) Developer
1 10 (10.64%) Senior
1 10 (10.64%) Support Engineer
2 7 (7.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 7 (7.45%) 2nd Line Support
2 7 (7.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 7 (7.45%) Lead
3 6 (6.38%) Architect
4 5 (5.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (5.32%) Python Developer
4 5 (5.32%) Security Analyst
4 5 (5.32%) Software Architect
5 4 (4.26%) Administrator
5 4 (4.26%) Lead Software Engineer
5 4 (4.26%) Network Engineer
5 4 (4.26%) Programmer
5 4 (4.26%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (4.26%) Software Engineer
5 4 (4.26%) Software Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.51%) CSS
1 8 (8.51%) HTML
2 5 (5.32%) Ajax
2 5 (5.32%) Flask
2 5 (5.32%) Jinja
2 5 (5.32%) jQuery
2 5 (5.32%) Node.js
2 5 (5.32%) SQLAlchemy
3 3 (3.19%) .NET
3 3 (3.19%) .NET Core
3 3 (3.19%) .NET Framework
3 3 (3.19%) Entity Framework
3 3 (3.19%) XML
4 1 (1.06%) React
4 1 (1.06%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (23.40%) Onboarding
2 18 (19.15%) STB
3 13 (13.83%) Cyberattack
4 8 (8.51%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (6.38%) Clustering
6 5 (5.32%) Driving Licence
7 4 (4.26%) IoT
8 3 (3.19%) Cloud Native
8 3 (3.19%) Mobile App
8 3 (3.19%) NHS
8 3 (3.19%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (3.19%) Security Posture
8 3 (3.19%) Virtual Team
9 2 (2.13%) Data Structures
9 2 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (1.06%) Data Centre
10 1 (1.06%) IBM Mainframe
10 1 (1.06%) Life Science
10 1 (1.06%) Mainframe
10 1 (1.06%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.70%) Windows
2 9 (9.57%) Windows 10
3 8 (8.51%) Windows Server
4 6 (6.38%) Mac OS
5 5 (5.32%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (5.32%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.06%) Linux
6 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.06%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (43.62%) Mentoring
2 21 (22.34%) Customer Service
3 19 (20.21%) Agile
3 19 (20.21%) Data Analysis
3 19 (20.21%) User Experience
4 18 (19.15%) Mathematics
4 18 (19.15%) Mechatronics
5 16 (17.02%) Data Engineering
6 13 (13.83%) Creative Thinking
6 13 (13.83%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (13.83%) Machine Learning
6 13 (13.83%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 13 (13.83%) Software Engineering
7 9 (9.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (7.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (7.45%) Data Transformation
8 7 (7.45%) Incident Response
8 7 (7.45%) Server Management
8 7 (7.45%) SIEM
8 7 (7.45%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.89%) PowerShell
2 9 (9.57%) Python
3 8 (8.51%) JavaScript
4 5 (5.32%) SQL
5 4 (4.26%) Bash
5 4 (4.26%) TypeScript
6 3 (3.19%) C#
7 1 (1.06%) Java
Qualifications
1 30 (31.91%) Degree
2 18 (19.15%) HNC
3 4 (4.26%) Azure Certification
3 4 (4.26%) CCNA
3 4 (4.26%) CISA
3 4 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (4.26%) CISMP
3 4 (4.26%) CISSP
3 4 (4.26%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (4.26%) GIAC
3 4 (4.26%) JNCIA
3 4 (4.26%) MCSE
3 4 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (4.26%) SANS
4 2 (2.13%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.26%) SLA
2 3 (3.19%) GDPR
3 1 (1.06%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.06%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (13.83%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.45%) Hyper-V
2 7 (7.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (5.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (18.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (6.38%) Failover Clustering
2 6 (6.38%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (6.38%) SCCM
3 5 (5.32%) Autotask
4 4 (4.26%) Cacti
5 1 (1.06%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 32 (34.04%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.70%) VMware
3 6 (6.38%) SAP
4 5 (5.32%) Cisco
4 5 (5.32%) Datto
5 4 (4.26%) Apple
5 4 (4.26%) Juniper
5 4 (4.26%) SolarWinds
6 3 (3.19%) Google
6 3 (3.19%) Northgate
6 3 (3.19%) Oracle
6 3 (3.19%) Sophos
6 3 (3.19%) Workday
7 1 (1.06%) Aruba
7 1 (1.06%) IBM
7 1 (1.06%) Veeam
7 1 (1.06%) WatchGuard