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 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 246 234
Rank change year-on-year -82 -12 +27
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 270 258 380
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 1.04% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.14% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 145 217
10th Percentile £275 £250 £300
25th Percentile £393 £405 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £465
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -0.53% -7.01%
75th Percentile £587 £583 £538
90th Percentile £654 £650 £600
UK median daily rate £475 £453 £475
% change year-on-year +4.86% -4.63% +0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 12 57
10th Percentile £15.50 £24.28 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.75 £35.00 -
Median hourly rate £20.00 £50.87 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year -60.69% +259.27% -27.38%
75th Percentile £21.00 £67.81 £25.00
90th Percentile £26.11 £69.88 £38.02
UK median hourly rate £20.00 £50.87 £14.16
% change year-on-year -60.69% +259.27% -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 31,916 22,554 32,925
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.61% 86.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,413 14,598 21,798
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £639 £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 1,990 810 2,146
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.22 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.50 £34.06 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.44% +4.78% -12.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

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 15 March 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 15 March 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 15 March 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 -45 106 £488 -2.50% 19
Midlands -28 45 £425 -18.89% 17
North of England -74 45 £475 +12.83% 12
West Midlands -40 40 £463 -11.74% 13
South East -40 36 £350 -22.22% 28
South West -23 34 £575 +6.98% 3
Yorkshire -39 29 £500 +28.87% 5
North West -54 16 £404 -12.41% 7
East of England -45 6 £275 -38.89% 6
East Midlands - 5 £413 - 4
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 20 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 18 (6.67%) Confluence
3 12 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (3.33%) SAS
5 5 (1.85%) Apache
6 4 (1.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (1.48%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 3 (1.11%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.74%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.74%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.37%) CICS
9 1 (0.37%) CMS
9 1 (0.37%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.37%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.37%) IIS
9 1 (0.37%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.37%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 8 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (3.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.48%) Oracle Cash Management
2 4 (1.48%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (1.48%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.11%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (1.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.74%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.37%) assyst
5 1 (0.37%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.37%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.37%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 57 (21.11%) Azure
2 43 (15.93%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (13.33%) Entra ID
4 26 (9.63%) AWS
5 19 (7.04%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (5.56%) GCP
6 15 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
7 13 (4.81%) OneDrive
8 12 (4.44%) GitHub
9 10 (3.70%) Datadog
10 9 (3.33%) Power Platform
11 8 (2.96%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (2.96%) SaaS
12 7 (2.59%) PaaS
13 6 (2.22%) IaaS
14 5 (1.85%) Snowflake
15 4 (1.48%) AWS CloudFormation
15 4 (1.48%) Azure Functions
15 4 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
15 4 (1.48%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.52%) Firewall
2 18 (6.67%) DNS
3 13 (4.81%) TCP/IP
3 13 (4.81%) VPN
4 12 (4.44%) Network Security
5 7 (2.59%) DHCP
5 7 (2.59%) LAN
5 7 (2.59%) WAN
6 6 (2.22%) Broadband
6 6 (2.22%) NetScaler
7 5 (1.85%) MPLS
7 5 (1.85%) Unified Communications
7 5 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.48%) Internet
8 4 (1.48%) SAN
8 4 (1.48%) SD-WAN
9 3 (1.11%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (1.11%) Skype
9 3 (1.11%) SSH
9 3 (1.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.81%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (3.70%) Metadata
2 10 (3.70%) Metadata Repository
3 8 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (2.59%) Oracle Database
5 6 (2.22%) MySQL
6 5 (1.85%) Power BI
6 5 (1.85%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.48%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 4 (1.48%) SAP HANA
7 4 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.11%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.74%) Oracle ODI
9 2 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.74%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 2 (0.74%) Tableau
10 1 (0.37%) GIS
10 1 (0.37%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 45 (16.67%) JIRA
2 13 (4.81%) Git
3 7 (2.59%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.85%) GitLab
5 4 (1.48%) Maven
6 3 (1.11%) CircleCI
6 3 (1.11%) Jaeger
6 3 (1.11%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.74%) JUnit
7 2 (0.74%) Mockito
8 1 (0.37%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.37%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.37%) Introscope
General
1 82 (30.37%) Social Skills
2 70 (25.93%) Finance
3 34 (12.59%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (11.11%) Banking
5 24 (8.89%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.81%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.70%) Law
8 9 (3.33%) Retail
9 7 (2.59%) Legal
9 7 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.59%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.22%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.85%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.48%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.48%) Local Government
12 4 (1.48%) Military
13 2 (0.74%) Publishing
14 1 (0.37%) Games
14 1 (0.37%) International Banking
14 1 (0.37%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (14.07%) Service Manager
2 34 (12.59%) Analyst
3 29 (10.74%) IT Support
4 26 (9.63%) Architect
5 17 (6.30%) Consultant
5 17 (6.30%) Senior
6 15 (5.56%) Lead
6 15 (5.56%) Support Engineer
7 14 (5.19%) Support Analyst
8 13 (4.81%) IT Engineer
9 12 (4.44%) Developer
10 11 (4.07%) IT Support Engineer
10 11 (4.07%) Service Analyst
11 10 (3.70%) Data Architect
11 10 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
12 9 (3.33%) Incident Manager
12 9 (3.33%) Service Desk Analyst
13 8 (2.96%) 1st/2nd Line Support
13 8 (2.96%) 2nd Line Support
13 8 (2.96%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.56%) REST
2 11 (4.07%) Microsoft Graph
3 10 (3.70%) Middleware
4 6 (2.22%) .NET
4 6 (2.22%) Kafka
4 6 (2.22%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (1.48%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.48%) Bootstrap
5 4 (1.48%) CSS
5 4 (1.48%) J2EE
5 4 (1.48%) jQuery
5 4 (1.48%) SAP Basis
5 4 (1.48%) Sass
5 4 (1.48%) Spring
5 4 (1.48%) Spring MVC
5 4 (1.48%) Web Services
6 3 (1.11%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.11%) Loki
6 3 (1.11%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (1.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.30%) CMDB
2 14 (5.19%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.07%) Cloud Native
4 11 (4.07%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (3.33%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.96%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.59%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.59%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.22%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.85%) PKI
9 5 (1.85%) Replication
9 5 (1.85%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.11%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.11%) Tandem
11 3 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 59 (21.85%) Windows
2 36 (13.33%) Linux
3 19 (7.04%) Unix
4 13 (4.81%) Windows 10
4 13 (4.81%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.85%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.48%) Android
6 4 (1.48%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.48%) zOS
7 3 (1.11%) CentOS
7 3 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.74%) Debian
8 2 (0.74%) VMS
9 1 (0.37%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (51.48%) ITIL
2 88 (32.59%) Change Management
3 84 (31.11%) Service Management
4 79 (29.26%) Root Cause Analysis
5 73 (27.04%) ITSM
6 66 (24.44%) Incident Management
7 50 (18.52%) DevOps
7 50 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (16.30%) Service Delivery
9 42 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
10 39 (14.44%) Agile
10 39 (14.44%) Stakeholder Management
11 37 (13.70%) Observability
12 32 (11.85%) CI/CD
13 27 (10.00%) Incident Response
14 23 (8.52%) Customer Service
14 23 (8.52%) Data Modelling
15 21 (7.78%) Cybersecurity
16 19 (7.04%) Business Intelligence
16 19 (7.04%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (17.04%) PowerShell
2 35 (12.96%) SQL
3 28 (10.37%) Python
4 15 (5.56%) Java
5 14 (5.19%) Bash
6 8 (2.96%) C#
6 8 (2.96%) Shell Script
7 6 (2.22%) Go
8 5 (1.85%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.48%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.74%) JCL
10 2 (0.74%) Perl
10 2 (0.74%) PHP
11 1 (0.37%) CLIST
11 1 (0.37%) Jython
11 1 (0.37%) Korn
11 1 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.37%) REXX
11 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 96 (35.56%) Security Cleared
2 76 (28.15%) SC Cleared
3 27 (10.00%) Degree
4 26 (9.63%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 8 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.85%) A+ Certification
8 5 (1.85%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.85%) PMP
9 4 (1.48%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.48%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.48%) MCSE
10 2 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.74%) CCNP
10 2 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.74%) MCDST
10 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.37%) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (12.59%) SLA
2 7 (2.59%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.59%) GDPR
2 7 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.22%) GRC
3 6 (2.22%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.48%) NIST
5 3 (1.11%) QA
5 3 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.74%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 42 (15.56%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.19%) Docker
3 5 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.74%) Time Sharing Option
5 2 (0.74%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.37%) NFS
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.37%) XenApp
6 1 (0.37%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 19 (7.04%) Kubernetes
2 17 (6.30%) Grafana
3 14 (5.19%) SCCM
4 12 (4.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (4.44%) Terraform
5 11 (4.07%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.96%) Ansible
7 4 (1.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.11%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (1.11%) Istio
8 3 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.11%) WSUS
9 2 (0.74%) Avamar
9 2 (0.74%) CASB
9 2 (0.74%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (0.74%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.74%) Rancher
10 1 (0.37%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.37%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.37%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 60 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 55 (20.37%) ServiceNow
3 27 (10.00%) Oracle
4 18 (6.67%) Remedy
5 14 (5.19%) Splunk
6 11 (4.07%) Cisco
7 10 (3.70%) AppDynamics
8 9 (3.33%) Atlassian
8 9 (3.33%) SAP
8 9 (3.33%) VMware
9 8 (2.96%) BMC
9 8 (2.96%) Citrix
9 8 (2.96%) Dynatrace
9 8 (2.96%) Red Hat
10 6 (2.22%) IBM
11 4 (1.48%) Fortinet
12 3 (1.11%) Aruba
12 3 (1.11%) Brocade
12 3 (1.11%) Google
12 3 (1.11%) SolarWinds