Problem Management Contract Job Trends in England

Problem Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Problem Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 276 258
Rank change year-on-year -53 -18 -11
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 226 239 334
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.71% 0.86% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.97% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 134 204
10th Percentile £218 £247 £277
25th Percentile £325 £413 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% -4.04%
75th Percentile £560 £585 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £635
UK median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - -3.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 43
10th Percentile £15.50 £48.49 £13.31
25th Percentile £16.38 £55.87 £13.41
Median hourly rate £20.79 £60.87 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year -65.85% +329.89% -28.75%
75th Percentile £24.83 £69.06 £14.48
90th Percentile £26.25 £79.00 £55.71
UK median hourly rate £20.79 £60.87 £14.16
% change year-on-year -65.85% +329.89% -28.75%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28,067 24,730 32,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.57% 88.83% 88.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,937 15,201 21,830
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,762 813 1,440
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%
75th Percentile £57.44 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.79
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.79% +25.12%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Problem Management job vacancy trend in England

Problem Management
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Problem Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem Management in England over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Problem Management in England

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Problem Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Problem Management

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem Management in England over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem Management in England

Problem 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 Problem Management within the England region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -47 73 £475 -5.00% 29
North of England -39 51 £455 -0.27% 11
South East -5 37 £413 -6.25% 26
Midlands -19 33 £325 +51.16% 8
North West -38 32 £342 -26.95% 6
South West -8 24 £575 +4.55% 6
West Midlands -29 23 £306 +42.44% 6
Yorkshire -42 18 £465 +3.33% 4
East of England -26 10 £400 -9.09% 3
East Midlands - 10 £425 - 2
North East -7 1 £650 - 1
Problem Management
UK

Problem Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 27 (11.95%) SharePoint
2 17 (7.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (6.64%) Confluence
3 15 (6.64%) Skype for Business
4 7 (3.10%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (3.10%) Mattermost
5 6 (2.65%) Apache
6 3 (1.33%) IIS
6 3 (1.33%) iPlanet
6 3 (1.33%) JBoss
6 3 (1.33%) NetWeaver
6 3 (1.33%) WebSphere
6 3 (1.33%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.88%) SAS
8 1 (0.44%) CICS
8 1 (0.44%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.44%) Tomcat
Applications
1 30 (13.27%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (3.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (7.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.33%) assyst
2 3 (1.33%) SAP IBP
3 2 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.44%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.44%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.44%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 52 (23.01%) Azure
2 44 (19.47%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (10.62%) AWS
4 21 (9.29%) OneDrive
5 16 (7.08%) Entra ID
6 12 (5.31%) GCP
6 12 (5.31%) SaaS
7 10 (4.42%) Datadog
7 10 (4.42%) GitHub
8 9 (3.98%) Power Platform
9 8 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (3.54%) PaaS
10 6 (2.65%) Serverless
11 5 (2.21%) Azure Functions
11 5 (2.21%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.21%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (2.21%) OCI
12 4 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 22 (9.73%) DNS
2 18 (7.96%) Skype
3 14 (6.19%) TCP/IP
4 13 (5.75%) VPN
5 12 (5.31%) Firewall
6 8 (3.54%) DHCP
6 8 (3.54%) Network Security
6 8 (3.54%) Unified Communications
7 7 (3.10%) WAN
8 6 (2.65%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (2.21%) Broadband
9 5 (2.21%) Internet
9 5 (2.21%) NetScaler
10 4 (1.77%) LAN
10 4 (1.77%) SD-WAN
10 4 (1.77%) Wireless
11 3 (1.33%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (1.33%) Kerberos
11 3 (1.33%) SAN
11 3 (1.33%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.98%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.21%) Metadata
3 5 (2.21%) Metadata Repository
3 5 (2.21%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.77%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.77%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.33%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.33%) SAP BW
5 3 (1.33%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.88%) Oracle ODI
6 2 (0.88%) Power BI
6 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Discoverer
7 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.44%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 21 (9.29%) JIRA
2 10 (4.42%) Git
3 9 (3.98%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.65%) GitLab
5 3 (1.33%) Bitbucket Server
5 3 (1.33%) CA Release Automation
5 3 (1.33%) CircleCI
5 3 (1.33%) Liquibase
5 3 (1.33%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.88%) JUnit
6 2 (0.88%) Mockito
7 1 (0.44%) MSI
General
1 101 (44.69%) Social Skills
2 71 (31.42%) Finance
3 43 (19.03%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (14.16%) Banking
5 24 (10.62%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.64%) Manufacturing
7 11 (4.87%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.98%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.54%) Financial Institution
10 7 (3.10%) Law
10 7 (3.10%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.65%) Marketing
12 5 (2.21%) Electronics
13 4 (1.77%) Retail
14 3 (1.33%) Investment Banking
14 3 (1.33%) Local Government
14 3 (1.33%) Military
15 2 (0.88%) Publishing
16 1 (0.44%) Advertising
16 1 (0.44%) Legal
Job Titles
1 60 (26.55%) Analyst
2 41 (18.14%) Support Analyst
3 27 (11.95%) IT Support
4 18 (7.96%) Service Manager
5 17 (7.52%) Incident Manager
5 17 (7.52%) Operations Analyst
6 16 (7.08%) IT Analyst
6 16 (7.08%) Operational Support Analyst
6 16 (7.08%) Operations Support Analyst
7 15 (6.64%) IT Support Analyst
8 13 (5.75%) Senior
9 12 (5.31%) Lead
10 11 (4.87%) Architect
10 11 (4.87%) Consultant
11 10 (4.42%) Service Analyst
12 8 (3.54%) ITIL Manager
12 8 (3.54%) Service Desk Analyst
12 8 (3.54%) SharePoint Analyst
12 8 (3.54%) SharePoint Support
13 7 (3.10%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.42%) REST
2 9 (3.98%) Middleware
3 8 (3.54%) Oracle Fusion
4 7 (3.10%) Kafka
5 4 (1.77%) LDAP
5 4 (1.77%) Microsoft Graph
5 4 (1.77%) SAML
6 3 (1.33%) OAuth
6 3 (1.33%) OpenID
6 3 (1.33%) SAP Basis
6 3 (1.33%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.88%) .NET
7 2 (0.88%) ActiveMQ
7 2 (0.88%) ADO
7 2 (0.88%) RESTful
7 2 (0.88%) WireMock
7 2 (0.88%) XML
7 2 (0.88%) XMPP
8 1 (0.44%) SOAP
8 1 (0.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.41%) Management Information System
2 18 (7.96%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (4.42%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.42%) CMDB
4 9 (3.98%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (3.54%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.10%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.65%) Driving Licence
8 5 (2.21%) Low-Code
8 5 (2.21%) PKI
8 5 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.21%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.77%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.77%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.33%) Tandem
11 2 (0.88%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 55 (24.34%) Windows
2 28 (12.39%) Linux
3 16 (7.08%) Unix
4 14 (6.19%) Windows 10
5 13 (5.75%) Windows Server
6 6 (2.65%) Android
7 3 (1.33%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.33%) CentOS
7 3 (1.33%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.88%) Debian
8 2 (0.88%) VMS
8 2 (0.88%) zOS
9 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (61.95%) ITIL
2 70 (30.97%) Change Management
3 66 (29.20%) Service Management
4 60 (26.55%) ITSM
5 59 (26.11%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (26.11%) Root Cause Analysis
6 48 (21.24%) Incident Management
7 46 (20.35%) DevOps
8 35 (15.49%) Stakeholder Management
9 34 (15.04%) Service Delivery
10 32 (14.16%) Information Security
11 31 (13.72%) Agile
12 28 (12.39%) Project Management
13 26 (11.50%) Observability
14 25 (11.06%) Continuous Improvement
14 25 (11.06%) Cybersecurity
15 24 (10.62%) CI/CD
15 24 (10.62%) Customer Service
16 22 (9.73%) Data Protection
17 21 (9.29%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 52 (23.01%) PowerShell
2 37 (16.37%) SQL
3 28 (12.39%) Python
4 13 (5.75%) Bash
5 11 (4.87%) Shell Script
6 8 (3.54%) Java
7 5 (2.21%) Go
8 3 (1.33%) Groovy
9 2 (0.88%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.88%) PromQL
10 1 (0.44%) C#
10 1 (0.44%) CLIST
10 1 (0.44%) JCL
10 1 (0.44%) REXX
10 1 (0.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 67 (29.65%) Security Cleared
2 48 (21.24%) SC Cleared
3 41 (18.14%) Degree
4 19 (8.41%) ITIL Certification
5 12 (5.31%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (4.42%) A+ Certification
7 8 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (3.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (2.65%) MCP
10 5 (2.21%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.21%) MCDST
10 5 (2.21%) MCSE
10 5 (2.21%) PMP
11 4 (1.77%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.77%) DV Cleared
12 3 (1.33%) CCNP
12 3 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.33%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.88%) MCSA
14 1 (0.44%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.62%) SLA
2 8 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.65%) NIST
4 4 (1.77%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.77%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.33%) QA
6 2 (0.88%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.88%) GDPR
6 2 (0.88%) GRC
6 2 (0.88%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 60 (26.55%) Active Directory
2 17 (7.52%) Docker
3 5 (2.21%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.33%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 2 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.44%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.44%) XenApp
6 1 (0.44%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 23 (10.18%) SCCM
2 22 (9.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (7.08%) Kubernetes
4 15 (6.64%) Grafana
4 15 (6.64%) HP SiteScope
4 15 (6.64%) SCOM
5 9 (3.98%) Prometheus
6 8 (3.54%) Ansible
6 8 (3.54%) Terraform
7 3 (1.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.33%) CA Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.33%) CA Wily
7 3 (1.33%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.33%) Tivoli
7 3 (1.33%) WSUS
8 2 (0.88%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.44%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.44%) EMC VPLEX
9 1 (0.44%) Puppet
Vendors
1 85 (37.61%) Microsoft
2 34 (15.04%) Splunk
3 26 (11.50%) Remedy
4 21 (9.29%) Oracle
5 20 (8.85%) ServiceNow
6 19 (8.41%) Cisco
7 13 (5.75%) AppDynamics
8 12 (5.31%) Dynatrace
9 11 (4.87%) SAP
10 8 (3.54%) Atlassian
11 7 (3.10%) IBM
11 7 (3.10%) Red Hat
12 5 (2.21%) Citrix
12 5 (2.21%) iManage
12 5 (2.21%) Mitel
12 5 (2.21%) VMware
13 4 (1.77%) BMC
14 3 (1.33%) Broadcom
14 3 (1.33%) IFS
14 3 (1.33%) Zscaler