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 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 105 110
Rank change year-on-year -13 +5 +35
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 11 15 15
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.56% 0.82% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.90% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 12
10th Percentile £479 £296 £406
25th Percentile £510 £417 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £480 £538
Median % change year-on-year +19.85% -10.74% -10.42%
75th Percentile £591 £520 £646
90th Percentile £593 £588 £673
Central London median daily rate £575 £488 £550
% change year-on-year +17.95% -11.36% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.75 - -
Median hourly rate £19.50 - -
75th Percentile £20.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £22.81 - £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 1,760 1,671 2,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.07% 91.66% 89.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,211 1,031 1,502
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £433 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +0.88% -5.00%
75th Percentile £669 £686 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 10 13
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £26.25 £18.93
Median hourly rate £34.25 £35.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.52% +42.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £48.67 £47.50 £41.84
90th Percentile £59.72 £112.00 £49.55
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -20.54%

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 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (9.09%) ION MarketView
2 1 (9.09%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) PaaS
1 2 (18.18%) SaaS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) JIRA
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Financial Institution
4 1 (9.09%) International Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Military
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) IT Support
2 3 (27.27%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 3 (27.27%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (18.18%) Environment Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Incident Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Electronic Trading Support
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) BYOD
1 1 (9.09%) Fixed Income
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Unix
2 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) ITSM
1 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Change Management
2 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
2 3 (27.27%) Incident Management
2 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
3 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity
3 2 (18.18%) Change Control
3 2 (18.18%) Data Management
3 2 (18.18%) ERP
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) Performance Management
3 2 (18.18%) Proactive Management
3 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) Release Management
3 2 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) C#
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) MCSA
3 1 (9.09%) MCSE
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) ServiceNow
2 3 (27.27%) Remedy
3 2 (18.18%) Oracle
4 1 (9.09%) ION Trading
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft