Problem Analyst Contracts in England

Problem Analyst
UK > England

The median Problem Analyst daily rate in England is £340, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 481 - 635
Rank change year-on-year - - +145
Contract jobs requiring a Problem Analyst 4 0 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.016% - 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% - 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 14
10th Percentile £320 - £241
25th Percentile £328 - £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 - £400
75th Percentile £343 - -
90th Percentile £344 - £449
UK median daily rate £340 - £400

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Problem Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Problem Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Problem Analyst in England

Problem Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for Problem Analyst in England

Problem Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for Problem Analyst in England

Problem Analyst
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 Problem Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Yorkshire - 3 £340 - 1
North of England - 3 £340 - 2
Problem Analyst
UK

Problem Analyst Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Problem Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Problem Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Service Management
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
4 1 (25.00%) Major Incident Management
4 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Agile

Problem Analyst Skill Set
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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Major Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow