Problem Management Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Problem Management
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Problem Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 101 121
Rank change year-on-year -21 +20 +35
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 5 19 14
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.27% 0.93% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 1.01% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 11
10th Percentile - £359 £475
25th Percentile £563 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year +17.95% -11.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £635
90th Percentile - £585 £675
Central London median daily rate £575 £506 £550
% change year-on-year +13.58% -7.95% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £26.57 - -
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 - £60.00
% change year-on-year - - +207.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,663 1,873 2,199
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.33% 92.13% 89.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,167 1,140 1,573
10th Percentile £343 £363 £363
25th Percentile £423 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% - -2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £570
% change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% -0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 10
10th Percentile £20.18 £15.35 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.18 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £31.00 £40.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -23.46% +54.29% -30.46%
75th Percentile £42.47 £107.13 £44.56
90th Percentile £51.88 £129.85 £74.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -25.40% +27.27% -21.43%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Problem Management job vacancy trend in the City of London

Problem Management
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Problem Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Problem Management

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Problem Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Problem Management

Problem Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) ION MarketView
1 1 (20.00%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) PaaS
1 2 (40.00%) SaaS
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) International Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Environment Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Electronic Trading Support
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) BYOD
1 1 (20.00%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Unix
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Change Control
2 2 (40.00%) Data Management
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Management
2 2 (40.00%) Proactive Management
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Release Management
2 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) E-business
3 1 (20.00%) E-Discovery
3 1 (20.00%) Electronic Trading
3 1 (20.00%) High Availability
3 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) MCSA
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) ION Trading
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft