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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 268 303
Rank change year-on-year -61 +35 -38
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 315 268 245
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 0.97% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 1.07% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 153 161
10th Percentile £250 £308 £331
25th Percentile £365 £371 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -7.69% -2.50%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £538
90th Percentile £671 £650 £608
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £486
% change year-on-year +5.56% -7.45% -2.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 10 6
10th Percentile £16.23 £20.53 £25.88
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.50 £26.44
Median hourly rate £25.47 £33.58 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.17% +1.76% +141.58%
75th Percentile £36.57 £47.12 £53.93
90th Percentile £67.84 £48.98 £79.25
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £23.88 £33.00
% change year-on-year +6.66% -27.65% +141.58%

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 38,772 25,064 28,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.81% 90.82% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,937 15,945 18,292
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,483 1,510
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.87 £18.13
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £69.65 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -37.90% -4.71%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -41 132 £463 -5.13% 23
Midlands -23 61 £463 +3.93% 13
North of England -93 61 £475 +22.42% 14
West Midlands -19 53 £463 +14.91% 8
South East -37 37 £538 +7.50% 15
Yorkshire -44 36 £500 +28.87% 4
North West -75 24 £401 +14.57% 10
South West -45 12 £350 -33.33% 11
East of England -23 9 £400 -20.00% 8
East Midlands -15 8 - - 5
North East -41 1 £400 -38.46%
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 19 (6.03%) Confluence
2 14 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.81%) SharePoint
4 9 (2.86%) SAS
5 4 (1.27%) IIS
5 4 (1.27%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.63%) Apache
7 2 (0.63%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.63%) Smallworld
8 1 (0.32%) CMS
8 1 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.32%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.32%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.32%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 26 (8.25%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.32%) Maple
Business Applications
1 14 (4.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.32%) iTrent
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle BRM
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.32%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.32%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.32%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.32%) SAP FI-CA
3 1 (0.32%) SAP FS
3 1 (0.32%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.32%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 71 (22.54%) Azure
2 48 (15.24%) AWS
3 46 (14.60%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (12.38%) Entra ID
5 24 (7.62%) GitHub
6 18 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (5.71%) GitHub Actions
7 16 (5.08%) OneDrive
8 14 (4.44%) Power Platform
9 13 (4.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 13 (4.13%) Amazon ECS
9 13 (4.13%) Amazon EKS
9 13 (4.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 12 (3.81%) Amazon EC2
10 12 (3.81%) Amazon S3
10 12 (3.81%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (3.81%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (3.81%) Serverless
11 11 (3.49%) AWS CodePipeline
11 11 (3.49%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 44 (13.97%) DNS
2 32 (10.16%) Firewall
3 27 (8.57%) DHCP
4 19 (6.03%) VPN
5 15 (4.76%) Network Security
6 13 (4.13%) TCP/IP
6 13 (4.13%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (3.17%) SAN
8 9 (2.86%) LAN
9 8 (2.54%) Kerberos
9 8 (2.54%) Wireless
10 7 (2.22%) NAS
10 7 (2.22%) WAN
11 6 (1.90%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (1.27%) HTTP
13 3 (0.95%) VLAN
13 3 (0.95%) VoIP
14 2 (0.63%) Fibre Channel
14 2 (0.63%) FTP
14 2 (0.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.44%) Power BI
2 13 (4.13%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.54%) Metadata
3 8 (2.54%) MySQL
4 7 (2.22%) Data Lake
4 7 (2.22%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.22%) Pentaho
5 5 (1.59%) Db2
6 4 (1.27%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.95%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.63%) KDB
8 2 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.63%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 48 (15.24%) JIRA
2 17 (5.40%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.44%) GitLab
4 13 (4.13%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.59%) Git
6 3 (0.95%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.63%) Jaeger
7 2 (0.63%) Maven
8 1 (0.32%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.32%) Introscope
8 1 (0.32%) MSI
General
1 141 (44.76%) Social Skills
2 72 (22.86%) Finance
3 49 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 24 (7.62%) Banking
6 14 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.49%) Telecoms
9 10 (3.17%) Legal
10 8 (2.54%) Front Office
11 7 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.22%) Law
12 5 (1.59%) Corporate Banking
12 5 (1.59%) Military
12 5 (1.59%) Retail
13 4 (1.27%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.27%) Local Government
13 4 (1.27%) Police
14 3 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 41 (13.02%) Support Engineer
2 36 (11.43%) Analyst
3 23 (7.30%) Architect
3 23 (7.30%) Senior
4 21 (6.67%) Lead
5 20 (6.35%) Incident Manager
6 17 (5.40%) IT Support
7 16 (5.08%) Cloud Engineer
7 16 (5.08%) Consultant
7 16 (5.08%) Service Manager
8 15 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (4.44%) Major Incident Manager
10 13 (4.13%) IT Engineer
10 13 (4.13%) IT Support Engineer
11 12 (3.81%) Scrum Master
12 11 (3.49%) Applications Support
12 11 (3.49%) Support Analyst
13 9 (2.86%) Administrator
13 9 (2.86%) IT Manager
13 9 (2.86%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (7.62%) Terraform
2 11 (3.49%) Middleware
3 10 (3.17%) REST
4 9 (2.86%) AWS CDK
5 8 (2.54%) LDAP
5 8 (2.54%) Microsoft Graph
6 7 (2.22%) Web Services
7 6 (1.90%) CSS
7 6 (1.90%) Software Packaging
8 5 (1.59%) Jakarta EE
8 5 (1.59%) SAP Basis
8 5 (1.59%) SOAP
8 5 (1.59%) XML
9 4 (1.27%) .NET
9 4 (1.27%) Ajax
9 4 (1.27%) FIDO
9 4 (1.27%) HTML
9 4 (1.27%) OpenTelemetry
10 3 (0.95%) PySpark
10 3 (0.95%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.62%) Onboarding
2 19 (6.03%) Product Ownership
3 15 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 14 (4.44%) Data Protection Act
5 13 (4.13%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (3.81%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (3.81%) Management Information System
7 11 (3.49%) CMDB
7 11 (3.49%) PKI
8 8 (2.54%) Cloud Native
9 7 (2.22%) Autonomous Agent
9 7 (2.22%) Mainframe
10 6 (1.90%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.90%) Smartphone
11 5 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.59%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.59%) Replication
11 5 (1.59%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.27%) Clustering
12 4 (1.27%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 100 (31.75%) Windows
2 46 (14.60%) Linux
3 33 (10.48%) Windows Server
4 19 (6.03%) Unix
5 16 (5.08%) Windows 10
6 10 (3.17%) Android
7 9 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (2.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (1.90%) zOS
10 4 (1.27%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.95%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.63%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.32%) AIX
13 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (47.62%) ITIL
2 101 (32.06%) ITSM
3 98 (31.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 90 (28.57%) Service Management
5 85 (26.98%) Change Management
6 82 (26.03%) Incident Management
7 80 (25.40%) Stakeholder Management
8 75 (23.81%) Agile
9 64 (20.32%) Root Cause Analysis
10 62 (19.68%) Problem-Solving
11 59 (18.73%) DevOps
12 56 (17.78%) Service Delivery
13 45 (14.29%) CI/CD
14 38 (12.06%) Runbook
15 36 (11.43%) Decision-Making
16 34 (10.79%) Customer Service
17 31 (9.84%) Migration
18 30 (9.52%) Major Incident Management
19 28 (8.89%) Data Protection
20 27 (8.57%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 43 (13.65%) Python
2 42 (13.33%) PowerShell
3 39 (12.38%) SQL
4 29 (9.21%) Java
5 21 (6.67%) Bash
6 14 (4.44%) JavaScript
7 9 (2.86%) C#
8 5 (1.59%) JCL
8 5 (1.59%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.27%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.95%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.95%) VBScript
11 2 (0.63%) Bicep
11 2 (0.63%) Go
11 2 (0.63%) Magik
11 2 (0.63%) Perl
11 2 (0.63%) PHP
11 2 (0.63%) REXX
12 1 (0.32%) SOQL
12 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 99 (31.43%) Security Cleared
2 75 (23.81%) SC Cleared
3 29 (9.21%) Degree
4 18 (5.71%) DV Cleared
5 12 (3.81%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (3.81%) ITIL Certification
6 11 (3.49%) SAFe Agilist
7 9 (2.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 9 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 8 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.22%) CCNA
9 7 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.90%) MCSE
10 6 (1.90%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.59%) CISSP
11 5 (1.59%) PMP
11 5 (1.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (1.27%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.27%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (15.56%) SLA
2 11 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (3.17%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.90%) COBIT
5 5 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.59%) NIST
6 4 (1.27%) GDPR
6 4 (1.27%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.95%) GRC
8 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.63%) QA
9 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.32%) NCSC
9 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.32%) SEPA
9 1 (0.32%) WCAG
System Software
1 67 (21.27%) Active Directory
2 27 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (7.30%) Docker
4 13 (4.13%) NFS
5 12 (3.81%) Hyper-V
5 12 (3.81%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.22%) vSphere
7 5 (1.59%) Time Sharing Option
8 4 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.95%) Firmware
9 3 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.95%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.63%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.63%) UAG
10 2 (0.63%) XenApp
10 2 (0.63%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.32%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.32%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.32%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 22 (6.98%) Kubernetes
2 17 (5.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (5.40%) SCCM
3 16 (5.08%) Ansible
4 12 (3.81%) vCenter Server
5 8 (2.54%) SCOM
6 6 (1.90%) Grafana
7 5 (1.59%) Podman
7 5 (1.59%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.59%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 4 (1.27%) CA Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.95%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (0.95%) Istio
10 2 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.63%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.63%) Avamar
10 2 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.63%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.63%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.63%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 76 (24.13%) ServiceNow
2 68 (21.59%) Microsoft
3 36 (11.43%) VMware
4 24 (7.62%) Cisco
5 23 (7.30%) Oracle
6 18 (5.71%) Remedy
7 15 (4.76%) Broadcom
7 15 (4.76%) Splunk
8 9 (2.86%) Dynatrace
8 9 (2.86%) HP
8 9 (2.86%) SAP
9 8 (2.54%) Denodo
9 8 (2.54%) SolarWinds
10 7 (2.22%) Brocade
10 7 (2.22%) Citrix
10 7 (2.22%) Dell
11 6 (1.90%) Canon
11 6 (1.90%) IBM
11 6 (1.90%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.90%) Sybase