Problem Management Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Problem Management
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Problem Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 49 56
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 -14
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 22 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 3.35% 0.44% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.78% 0.50% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 0
10th Percentile £277 £567 -
25th Percentile £305 £569 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £585 -
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% - -
75th Percentile £500 £606 -
90th Percentile £721 £612 -
North West median daily rate £325 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -33.67% -2.00% +19.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £16.00 - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Problem Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 582 402 365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 88.72% 89.14% 91.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 234 236
10th Percentile £268 £311 £265
25th Percentile £358 £373 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.89% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £527 £574 £550
90th Percentile £686 £639 £588
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 23 22
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.00 £16.60
25th Percentile £18.87 £19.00 £17.37
Median hourly rate £23.18 £24.18 £24.81
Median % change year-on-year -4.16% -2.52% +83.00%
75th Percentile £40.00 £33.75 £35.56
90th Percentile £70.55 £84.30 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £34.50 £32.01 £35.50
% change year-on-year +7.78% -9.83% +37.54%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Problem Management job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Problem Management
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Problem Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Problem Management

Problem Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem Management in Cheshire over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem Management in Cheshire

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Problem Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Problem Management

Problem Management
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem Management within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Knutsford -14 8 £388 -33.19%
Chester - 7 - -
Warrington - 6 £175 -
Neston - 1 - -
Problem Management
North West

Problem Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (45.45%) SharePoint
2 7 (31.82%) Exchange Server 2013
2 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (31.82%) Skype for Business
3 3 (13.64%) Apache
3 3 (13.64%) Confluence
3 3 (13.64%) IIS
3 3 (13.64%) iPlanet
3 3 (13.64%) JBoss
3 3 (13.64%) WebSphere
3 3 (13.64%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (31.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (31.82%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (59.09%) Azure
1 13 (59.09%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (31.82%) OneDrive
3 6 (27.27%) Power Platform
4 5 (22.73%) SaaS
5 3 (13.64%) AWS
5 3 (13.64%) OpenShift
6 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) Skype
2 6 (27.27%) Unified Communications
3 5 (22.73%) DNS
3 5 (22.73%) Internet
3 5 (22.73%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (13.64%) Kerberos
4 3 (13.64%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) JIRA
2 3 (13.64%) Bitbucket Server
2 3 (13.64%) CA Release Automation
2 3 (13.64%) Git
2 3 (13.64%) Jenkins
2 3 (13.64%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (77.27%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Finance
3 4 (18.18%) Banking
4 2 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Analyst
2 7 (31.82%) Operational Support Analyst
2 7 (31.82%) Operations Analyst
2 7 (31.82%) Operations Support Analyst
2 7 (31.82%) Support Analyst
3 6 (27.27%) IT Support
3 6 (27.27%) IT Support Technician
3 6 (27.27%) IT Technician
3 6 (27.27%) Service Desk Support
3 6 (27.27%) Service Desk Technician
3 6 (27.27%) Support Technician
4 3 (13.64%) Lead
5 2 (9.09%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Applications Support
6 1 (4.55%) Lead DevOps
6 1 (4.55%) Linux DevOps Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Linux Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Linux/Unix DevOps
6 1 (4.55%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) LDAP
1 3 (13.64%) OAuth
1 3 (13.64%) OpenID
1 3 (13.64%) SAML
2 2 (9.09%) XML
3 1 (4.55%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Enterprise Software
1 6 (27.27%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (22.73%) Low-Code
3 3 (13.64%) Tandem
4 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.55%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 11 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (27.27%) Unix
3 3 (13.64%) Linux
3 3 (13.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) ITIL
2 9 (40.91%) Migration
3 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (31.82%) Project Management
3 7 (31.82%) Six Sigma
3 7 (31.82%) Validation
4 6 (27.27%) Proactive Management
4 6 (27.27%) Ticket Management
5 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (22.73%) Customer Service
5 5 (22.73%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (22.73%) User Experience
6 4 (18.18%) DevOps
7 3 (13.64%) Agile
7 3 (13.64%) CI/CD
7 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
7 3 (13.64%) Cryptography
7 3 (13.64%) Identity Access Management
7 3 (13.64%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) Groovy
1 3 (13.64%) Shell Script
2 2 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (68.18%) Degree
2 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) AWS Certification
3 3 (13.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (13.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.55%) CISM
4 1 (4.55%) CISSP
4 1 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 16 (72.73%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.64%) Docker
2 3 (13.64%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 12 (54.55%) Microsoft Intune
1 12 (54.55%) SCCM
2 3 (13.64%) CA Single Sign-On
2 3 (13.64%) CA Wily
2 3 (13.64%) Progress Chef
2 3 (13.64%) Tivoli
3 1 (4.55%) Ansible
3 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (77.27%) Microsoft
2 6 (27.27%) IBM
2 6 (27.27%) ServiceNow
3 3 (13.64%) AppDynamics
3 3 (13.64%) Broadcom
3 3 (13.64%) Oracle
3 3 (13.64%) Splunk
4 2 (9.09%) Gemalto
4 2 (9.09%) Thales
5 1 (4.55%) InterSystems