Problem Management Contract Job Trends in Cumbria
Problem Management
North West > Cumbria
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria citing Problem Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 39 | - | 19 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Problem Management | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria | 1.24% | - | 6.12% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.81% | - | 7.64% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £481 |
| 25th Percentile | £388 | - | £507 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | - | £553 |
| 75th Percentile | £463 | - | £585 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £586 |
| North West median daily rate | £497 | £342 | £523 |
| % change year-on-year | +45.46% | -34.64% | +4.50% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Cumbria
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 citing process or methodology skills in Cumbria.
| 6 months to 2 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 221 | 100 | 157 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria | 68.42% | 76.92% | 80.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 134 | 56 | 59 |
| 10th Percentile | £326 | £401 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £449 | £434 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £492 | £501 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.69% | +0.12% | -8.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £539 | £544 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £623 | £622 | £673 |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £450 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -5.26% | -5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 24 | 16 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.95 | £25.15 | £18.13 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.50 | £26.70 | £46.93 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.85 | £41.68 | £62.32 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -57.19% | -33.11% | +33.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £73.25 | £53.94 | £70.90 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.40 | £63.40 | £71.17 |
| North West median hourly rate | £43.96 | £29.27 | £40.33 |
| % change year-on-year | +50.19% | -27.41% | +13.59% |
Problem Management Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.
Problem Management Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Problem Management.
Problem Management Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Problem Management.
Problem Management Contract Job Locations in Cumbria
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 Cumbria region over the 6 months to 2 November 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow-in-Furness | - | 4 | £425 | - | 2 |
| Problem Management North West |
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Problem Management Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Application Security | 75.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Business Intelligence | 75.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Cybersecurity | 75.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Incident Management | 75.0% | 3 |
| 1 | IT Governance | 75.0% | 3 |
| 1 | IT Strategy | 75.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Operational Resilience | 75.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Problem-Solving | 75.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Project Delivery | 75.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Release Management | 75.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Risk Management | 75.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Service Catalogue | 75.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Service Delivery | 75.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Service Management | 75.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Software Licensing | 75.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Stakeholder Management | 75.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Technology Strategy | 75.0% | 3 |
| 1 | User Acceptance Testing | 75.0% | 3 |
| 19 | ITIL | 25.0% | 1 |
| 19 | Patch Management | 25.0% | 1 |