Problem Analyst Jobs

Problem Analyst
UK

The median Problem Analyst salary in the UK is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 865 983 1181
Rank change year-on-year +118 +198 -295
Permanent jobs requiring a Problem Analyst 26 20 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.019% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.020% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 7 20 12
10th Percentile £27,300 £31,800 -
25th Percentile £28,500 £39,938 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £45,000 £35,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +26.76% +10.94%
75th Percentile £33,750 £47,500 £38,750
90th Percentile £43,900 £49,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £37,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -18.92% -1.33% +17.19%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 91,973 98,868 146,086
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 91.69% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 66,504 61,753 85,740
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,308 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.15% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Problem Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Problem Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Problem Analyst in the UK

Problem Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Problem Analyst in the UK

Problem Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem Analyst over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem Analyst in the UK

Problem Analyst
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 16 April 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
England +128 22 £30,000 -33.33%
UK excluding London +37 19 £30,000 -18.92%
South East +40 12 £30,000 -30.64%
London +133 7 £55,000 +22.22%
Wales - 4 - -
Work from Home +87 3 £29,000 -35.56%
Yorkshire +87 1 £29,000 -21.62%
North of England +51 1 £29,000 -21.62%
Midlands - 1 £27,500 -
South West - 1 £36,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £27,500 -

Problem Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, Problem Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Problem Analyst in the job title.

1 26 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 25 (96.15%) Problem Management
3 21 (80.77%) ITIL
4 19 (73.08%) Service Management
4 19 (73.08%) ITSM
5 13 (50.00%) Customer Service
5 13 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (46.15%) Product Ownership
7 11 (42.31%) Proactive Monitoring
8 8 (30.77%) Proactive Management
9 7 (26.92%) Hedge funds
9 7 (26.92%) Change Control
9 7 (26.92%) Banking
9 7 (26.92%) Investment Banking
9 7 (26.92%) Incident Management
9 7 (26.92%) Service Delivery
9 7 (26.92%) Change Management
9 7 (26.92%) Financial Institution
9 7 (26.92%) Workflow
9 7 (26.92%) Finance
9 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (26.92%) Workload Management
9 7 (26.92%) Change Advisory Board
10 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
11 4 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
11 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
12 2 (7.69%) SLA
13 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
13 1 (3.85%) SSH
13 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 20000

Problem Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) DHCP
1 1 (3.85%) DNS
1 1 (3.85%) SSH
1 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
General
1 26 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (26.92%) Banking
3 7 (26.92%) Finance
3 7 (26.92%) Financial Institution
3 7 (26.92%) Investment Banking
4 1 (3.85%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 12 (46.15%) Product Ownership
2 7 (26.92%) Hedge funds
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (96.15%) Problem Management
2 21 (80.77%) ITIL
3 19 (73.08%) ITSM
3 19 (73.08%) Service Management
4 13 (50.00%) Customer Service
5 11 (42.31%) Proactive Monitoring
6 8 (30.77%) Proactive Management
7 7 (26.92%) Change Advisory Board
7 7 (26.92%) Change Control
7 7 (26.92%) Change Management
7 7 (26.92%) Incident Management
7 7 (26.92%) Service Delivery
7 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (26.92%) Workflow
7 7 (26.92%) Workload Management
8 4 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
9 1 (3.85%) Coaching
9 1 (3.85%) Mentoring
9 1 (3.85%) Product Management
9 1 (3.85%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) C
1 1 (3.85%) C++
1 1 (3.85%) Java
1 1 (3.85%) Perl
1 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) SLA
2 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 20000