Problem Management Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Problem Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Problem Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 59 74
Rank change year-on-year -8 +15 +28
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 3 9 1
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.41% 1.43% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 1.50% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile - £243 -
25th Percentile £513 £352 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £463 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% - -
75th Percentile £544 £541 -
90th Percentile £548 £570 -
Scotland median daily rate £513 £445 £483
% change year-on-year +15.17% -7.77% +7.22%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 637 601 710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 86.08% 95.55% 86.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 330 418
10th Percentile £338 £239 £219
25th Percentile £413 £405 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -2.05% -
75th Percentile £556 £538 £573
90th Percentile £650 £611 £663
Scotland median daily rate £459 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -0.81% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 20 31
10th Percentile £17.23 - £13.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £17.30 £16.13
Median hourly rate £53.75 £22.00 £19.17
Median % change year-on-year +144.32% +14.76% -10.69%
75th Percentile £75.00 £25.59 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £47.22 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £19.90 £19.50
% change year-on-year +0.50% +2.05% +21.95%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Problem Management job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Problem Management
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Problem Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) IBM Mainframe Developer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Mainframe Developer
1 1 (33.33%) z/OS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Clustering
1 2 (66.67%) Mainframe
2 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
1 2 (66.67%) Technology Roadmap
1 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Control
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Major Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) IBM