Problem Management Contracts in Chester

Problem Management
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chester requiring Problem Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem Management 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 10 - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 10 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 14.71% - 8.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.93% - 9.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile - - £270
25th Percentile - - £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £325
75th Percentile - - £363
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £325 £488 £325
% change year-on-year -33.33% +50.00% -19.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67 38 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 98.53% 70.37% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 18 43
10th Percentile £325 £266 £288
25th Percentile £405 £445 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £638 £400
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +59.38% -7.51%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £525
90th Percentile £738 - £680
Cheshire median daily rate £455 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -9.05% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 11
10th Percentile £19.00 - £23.15
25th Percentile £26.49 £41.25 £29.58
Median hourly rate £50.00 £42.50 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +39.16% +77.48%
75th Percentile £86.00 £47.50 £35.00
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.20 £26.66 £30.54
% change year-on-year +32.03% -12.70% +29.96%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Job postings citing Problem Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Job vacancy trend for Problem Management in Chester

Problem Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem Management in Chester.

Daily rate trend for Problem Management in Chester

Problem Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem Management in Chester.

Hourly rate trend for Problem Management in Chester

Problem Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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 5 (50.00%) Mattermost
1 5 (50.00%) Skype for Business
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) LAN
1 5 (50.00%) Skype
1 5 (50.00%) Softphone
1 5 (50.00%) Unified Communications
1 5 (50.00%) WAN
1 5 (50.00%) WebEx
1 5 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
1 5 (50.00%) Wireless
1 5 (50.00%) WLAN
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Messaging Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Messaging Support
1 5 (50.00%) Messaging Support Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Operations Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Operations Support Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Messaging Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Messaging Support Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Operational Support Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Operations Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Operations Support Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (50.00%) CMDB
2 5 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) ITIL
2 5 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 5 (50.00%) B2B
2 5 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) CCNA
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
1 5 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 5 (50.00%) Splunk