Fault Management Contracts in England

Fault Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Fault Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fault Management over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 440 522 607
Rank change year-on-year +82 +85 +156
Contract jobs citing Fault Management 31 11 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.030% 0.068%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.035% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 7 17
10th Percentile £400 £462 £465
25th Percentile £413 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile - £525 £550
90th Percentile £618 - £554
UK median daily rate £450 £497 £525
% change year-on-year -9.37% -5.43% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Fault 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,169 31,438 43,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.25% 86.37% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,471 20,622 30,640
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.10% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 2,250 1,536
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.96 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £37.15
Median % change year-on-year -21.64% -1.75% +48.60%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%

Fault Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Fault Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Fault Management in England

Fault Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Fault Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Fault Management in England

Fault Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fault Management in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Fault Management in England

Fault Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Fault Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Fault Management in England

Fault Management
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fault Management within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 2025. 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East - 20 £450 - 10
South West - 6 £425 - 2
London +51 5 £608 +21.50% 5
Fault Management
UK

Fault Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (6.45%) Camunda
Communications & Networking
1 24 (77.42%) LTE
2 20 (64.52%) MPLS
3 16 (51.61%) ATM
3 16 (51.61%) Ethernet
3 16 (51.61%) Frame Relay
3 16 (51.61%) GPRS
3 16 (51.61%) GSM
3 16 (51.61%) LAN
3 16 (51.61%) SAN
3 16 (51.61%) SDH
3 16 (51.61%) UMTS
3 16 (51.61%) VPN
3 16 (51.61%) WAN
3 16 (51.61%) Wireshark
4 14 (45.16%) 5G
5 8 (25.81%) 4G
5 8 (25.81%) Radio Access Network
6 5 (16.13%) 5G NR
7 4 (12.90%) VoIP
8 3 (9.68%) DOCSIS
General
1 30 (96.77%) Telecoms
2 22 (70.97%) Social Skills
3 6 (19.35%) Billing
4 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) IP Engineer
2 14 (45.16%) Test Engineer
3 6 (19.35%) OSS Project Manager
3 6 (19.35%) Project Manager
3 6 (19.35%) Telecoms Manager
3 6 (19.35%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 5 (16.13%) IP Network Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Network Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Architect
5 3 (9.68%) OSS Architect
6 2 (6.45%) Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) IP Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) IP Network Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) Network Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) Subject Matter Expert
Miscellaneous
1 16 (51.61%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (45.16%) Cloud Native
3 5 (16.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 3 (9.68%) TM Forum
5 1 (3.23%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 16 (51.61%) Linux
1 16 (51.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (87.10%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (70.97%) Project Management
3 16 (51.61%) Regression Testing
3 16 (51.61%) Test Strategy
4 11 (35.48%) Agile
5 8 (25.81%) DevOps
6 6 (19.35%) CRM
6 6 (19.35%) Network Management
6 6 (19.35%) PRINCE2
6 6 (19.35%) Risk Management
6 6 (19.35%) Scrum
6 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (19.35%) Waterfall
7 5 (16.13%) CI/CD
7 5 (16.13%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (16.13%) High Availability
7 5 (16.13%) Performance Optimisation
8 4 (12.90%) Computer Science
8 4 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 16 (51.61%) Java
2 5 (16.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (51.61%) CCNP
1 16 (51.61%) Cisco Certification
1 16 (51.61%) ISEB
1 16 (51.61%) ISTQB
1 16 (51.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 6 (19.35%) PMI Certification
2 6 (19.35%) PMP
3 4 (12.90%) Degree
4 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
4 2 (6.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) OASIS TOSCA
Systems Management
1 8 (25.81%) Amdocs OSS
2 7 (22.58%) Ansible
3 3 (9.68%) Kubernetes
4 2 (6.45%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 17 (54.84%) Microsoft
2 16 (51.61%) Cisco
2 16 (51.61%) Juniper
3 12 (38.71%) Ericsson
4 10 (32.26%) Nokia
5 8 (25.81%) Amdocs
5 8 (25.81%) NetCracker
6 6 (19.35%) Ciena
7 2 (6.45%) Huawei
8 1 (3.23%) EMC
8 1 (3.23%) VMware