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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 270 256
Rank change year-on-year -53 -14 -7
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 222 230 325
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.71% 0.85% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 0.95% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 127 198
10th Percentile £218 £233 £279
25th Percentile £325 £414 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% -0.52%
75th Percentile £557 £585 £579
90th Percentile £650 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £461 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.89% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 44
10th Percentile £15.50 £48.49 £13.33
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% -27.38%
75th Percentile £24.83 £69.06 £16.85
90th Percentile £26.25 £79.00 £55.57
UK median hourly rate £20.79 £60.87 £14.16
% change year-on-year -65.85% +329.89% -27.38%

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 27,721 24,092 31,590
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.34% 88.95% 87.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,678 14,798 21,336
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.43% -2.16%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £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 1,740 781 1,437
10th Percentile £15.17 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% -23.60% +27.14%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +22.16%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -37 71 £475 -5.00% 19
North of England -48 51 £455 -0.27% 17
South East -2 37 £413 -5.93% 20
Midlands -22 32 £325 +51.16% 15
North West -38 31 £342 -26.95% 7
South West -10 24 £575 +4.55% 2
West Midlands -26 23 £306 +42.44% 11
Yorkshire -37 19 £465 +3.33% 8
East Midlands - 9 £419 - 4
East of England -31 8 £388 -18.42% 6
North East -11 1 £650 - 2
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 28 (12.61%) SharePoint
2 18 (8.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (6.76%) Confluence
3 15 (6.76%) Skype for Business
4 7 (3.15%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (3.15%) Mattermost
5 6 (2.70%) Apache
6 3 (1.35%) IIS
6 3 (1.35%) iPlanet
6 3 (1.35%) JBoss
6 3 (1.35%) NetWeaver
6 3 (1.35%) WebSphere
6 3 (1.35%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.90%) SAS
8 1 (0.45%) CICS
8 1 (0.45%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
Applications
1 30 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (3.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (7.66%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.35%) assyst
2 3 (1.35%) SAP IBP
3 2 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.45%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.45%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.45%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 54 (24.32%) Azure
2 46 (20.72%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (10.36%) AWS
4 22 (9.91%) OneDrive
5 17 (7.66%) Entra ID
6 12 (5.41%) GCP
6 12 (5.41%) SaaS
7 10 (4.50%) Datadog
8 9 (4.05%) GitHub
8 9 (4.05%) Power Platform
9 8 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (3.60%) PaaS
10 6 (2.70%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (2.70%) Serverless
11 5 (2.25%) Azure Functions
11 5 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.25%) OCI
12 4 (1.80%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (1.35%) OpenShift
13 3 (1.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (9.91%) DNS
2 18 (8.11%) Skype
3 14 (6.31%) TCP/IP
4 13 (5.86%) Firewall
4 13 (5.86%) VPN
5 8 (3.60%) DHCP
5 8 (3.60%) Unified Communications
6 7 (3.15%) Network Security
6 7 (3.15%) WAN
7 6 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (2.25%) Broadband
8 5 (2.25%) Internet
8 5 (2.25%) NetScaler
9 4 (1.80%) LAN
9 4 (1.80%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.80%) Wireless
10 3 (1.35%) Kerberos
10 3 (1.35%) SAN
10 3 (1.35%) SSH
10 3 (1.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.25%) Metadata
3 5 (2.25%) Metadata Repository
3 5 (2.25%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.80%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.80%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.35%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.35%) SAP BW
5 3 (1.35%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.90%) Oracle ODI
6 2 (0.90%) Power BI
6 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.45%) Looker
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle Discoverer
7 1 (0.45%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 22 (9.91%) JIRA
2 10 (4.50%) Git
3 9 (4.05%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.70%) GitLab
5 3 (1.35%) Bitbucket Server
5 3 (1.35%) CA Release Automation
5 3 (1.35%) CircleCI
5 3 (1.35%) Liquibase
5 3 (1.35%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.90%) JUnit
6 2 (0.90%) Mockito
7 1 (0.45%) MSI
General
1 100 (45.05%) Social Skills
2 70 (31.53%) Finance
3 43 (19.37%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (13.51%) Banking
5 25 (11.26%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.76%) Manufacturing
7 11 (4.95%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.60%) Financial Institution
10 7 (3.15%) Law
10 7 (3.15%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.70%) Marketing
12 5 (2.25%) Electronics
13 4 (1.80%) Retail
14 3 (1.35%) Investment Banking
14 3 (1.35%) Local Government
14 3 (1.35%) Military
15 2 (0.90%) Legal
15 2 (0.90%) Publishing
16 1 (0.45%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 60 (27.03%) Analyst
2 41 (18.47%) Support Analyst
3 27 (12.16%) IT Support
4 17 (7.66%) Incident Manager
4 17 (7.66%) Operations Analyst
4 17 (7.66%) Service Manager
5 16 (7.21%) IT Analyst
5 16 (7.21%) Operational Support Analyst
5 16 (7.21%) Operations Support Analyst
6 15 (6.76%) IT Support Analyst
7 12 (5.41%) Consultant
7 12 (5.41%) Lead
7 12 (5.41%) Senior
8 11 (4.95%) Architect
9 10 (4.50%) Service Analyst
10 8 (3.60%) ITIL Manager
10 8 (3.60%) Service Desk Analyst
10 8 (3.60%) SharePoint Analyst
10 8 (3.60%) SharePoint Support
11 7 (3.15%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.50%) REST
2 9 (4.05%) Middleware
3 8 (3.60%) Oracle Fusion
4 7 (3.15%) Kafka
5 5 (2.25%) Microsoft Graph
6 4 (1.80%) LDAP
6 4 (1.80%) SAML
7 3 (1.35%) OAuth
7 3 (1.35%) OpenID
7 3 (1.35%) SAP Basis
7 3 (1.35%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.90%) .NET
8 2 (0.90%) ActiveMQ
8 2 (0.90%) ADO
8 2 (0.90%) RESTful
8 2 (0.90%) WireMock
8 2 (0.90%) XML
8 2 (0.90%) XMPP
9 1 (0.45%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.45%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.56%) Management Information System
2 18 (8.11%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (4.50%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.50%) CMDB
4 9 (4.05%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (3.60%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.70%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.25%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.25%) Low-Code
7 5 (2.25%) PKI
7 5 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.80%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.80%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.35%) Tandem
10 2 (0.90%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.90%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.45%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 56 (25.23%) Windows
2 29 (13.06%) Linux
3 16 (7.21%) Unix
4 14 (6.31%) Windows 10
4 14 (6.31%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.70%) Android
6 4 (1.80%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.35%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.35%) CentOS
7 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.90%) Debian
8 2 (0.90%) VMS
8 2 (0.90%) zOS
9 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (62.16%) ITIL
2 69 (31.08%) Change Management
3 63 (28.38%) Service Management
4 61 (27.48%) ITSM
5 59 (26.58%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (26.13%) Root Cause Analysis
7 47 (21.17%) Incident Management
8 45 (20.27%) DevOps
9 35 (15.77%) Stakeholder Management
10 33 (14.86%) Service Delivery
11 32 (14.41%) Agile
11 32 (14.41%) Information Security
12 26 (11.71%) Observability
12 26 (11.71%) Project Management
13 25 (11.26%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (11.26%) Cybersecurity
14 24 (10.81%) Customer Service
15 23 (10.36%) CI/CD
16 21 (9.46%) Migration
17 20 (9.01%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 53 (23.87%) PowerShell
2 36 (16.22%) SQL
3 27 (12.16%) Python
4 12 (5.41%) Bash
5 11 (4.95%) Shell Script
6 8 (3.60%) Java
7 4 (1.80%) Go
8 3 (1.35%) Groovy
9 2 (0.90%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.45%) C#
10 1 (0.45%) CLIST
10 1 (0.45%) JCL
10 1 (0.45%) PromQL
10 1 (0.45%) REXX
10 1 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 68 (30.63%) Security Cleared
2 48 (21.62%) SC Cleared
3 41 (18.47%) Degree
4 18 (8.11%) ITIL Certification
5 12 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (4.50%) A+ Certification
7 8 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (3.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (2.70%) MCP
10 5 (2.25%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.25%) MCDST
10 5 (2.25%) MCSE
10 5 (2.25%) PMP
11 4 (1.80%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.80%) DV Cleared
12 3 (1.35%) CCNP
12 3 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.35%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.90%) MCSA
14 1 (0.45%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (11.26%) SLA
2 7 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.80%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.80%) NIST
4 3 (1.35%) QA
5 2 (0.90%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.90%) GDPR
5 2 (0.90%) GRC
5 2 (0.90%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 62 (27.93%) Active Directory
2 17 (7.66%) Docker
3 5 (2.25%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.35%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 2 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.45%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.45%) XenApp
6 1 (0.45%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 23 (10.36%) SCCM
2 22 (9.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (6.76%) HP SiteScope
3 15 (6.76%) Kubernetes
3 15 (6.76%) SCOM
4 14 (6.31%) Grafana
5 8 (3.60%) Ansible
5 8 (3.60%) Prometheus
5 8 (3.60%) Terraform
6 3 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.35%) CA Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.35%) CA Wily
6 3 (1.35%) Progress Chef
6 3 (1.35%) Tivoli
6 3 (1.35%) WSUS
7 2 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.45%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.45%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.45%) Puppet
8 1 (0.45%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 86 (38.74%) Microsoft
2 33 (14.86%) Splunk
3 26 (11.71%) Remedy
4 21 (9.46%) Oracle
4 21 (9.46%) ServiceNow
5 19 (8.56%) Cisco
6 13 (5.86%) AppDynamics
7 12 (5.41%) Dynatrace
8 11 (4.95%) SAP
9 8 (3.60%) Atlassian
9 8 (3.60%) Red Hat
10 7 (3.15%) IBM
11 5 (2.25%) Citrix
11 5 (2.25%) iManage
11 5 (2.25%) Mitel
11 5 (2.25%) VMware
12 4 (1.80%) BMC
13 3 (1.35%) Broadcom
13 3 (1.35%) Dell
13 3 (1.35%) IFS