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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 263 261
Rank change year-on-year -61 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 303 242 340
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.97% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 1.06% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 146 202
10th Percentile £263 £305 £301
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.78% -5.26% -5.47%
75th Percentile £579 £536 £529
90th Percentile £671 £619 £599
UK median daily rate £488 £440 £475
% change year-on-year +10.80% -7.37% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 35
10th Percentile £18.68 £22.36 £13.64
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.50 £14.16
Median hourly rate £19.50 £40.59 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.96% +80.40% +64.71%
75th Percentile £55.13 £47.12 £25.00
90th Percentile £67.84 £52.00 £35.65
UK median hourly rate £19.50 £24.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.75% +6.67% +64.71%

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 37,051 22,887 31,886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.28% 91.38% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,430 14,787 20,644
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.09% -4.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,322 1,108 2,367
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.78
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £26.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.36% -30.26% +8.14%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +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 24 June 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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -48 114 £515 +8.42% 24
Midlands -20 61 £463 +3.93% 15
West Midlands -24 60 £463 +3.93% 7
North of England -84 60 £500 +33.33% 12
Yorkshire -41 37 £529 +40.13% 6
South East -47 30 £402 -15.37% 32
South West -18 29 £431 -1.43% 3
North West -65 22 £401 +23.38% 5
East of England -37 6 £400 -11.11% 8
North East -35 1 £400 -4.99% 1
East Midlands - 1 £163 - 8
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 17 (5.61%) Confluence
2 16 (5.28%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.63%) SAS
4 6 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (1.32%) IIS
5 4 (1.32%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.99%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.99%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.66%) Apache
7 2 (0.66%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.66%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.33%) CMS
8 1 (0.33%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.33%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.33%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.33%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 16 (5.28%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 18 (5.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.99%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.99%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (0.99%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.99%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.99%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.33%) iTrent
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.33%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 63 (20.79%) Azure
2 48 (15.84%) Entra ID
3 39 (12.87%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (11.55%) AWS
5 23 (7.59%) GitHub
6 21 (6.93%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (5.94%) OneDrive
8 16 (5.28%) GitHub Actions
9 15 (4.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 15 (4.95%) Microsoft Copilot
10 13 (4.29%) Serverless
11 12 (3.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 11 (3.63%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (3.63%) Amazon ECS
12 11 (3.63%) Amazon EKS
12 11 (3.63%) Amazon S3
12 11 (3.63%) AWS CodePipeline
12 11 (3.63%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (3.63%) Power Platform
13 9 (2.97%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.26%) Firewall
2 19 (6.27%) DNS
3 15 (4.95%) DHCP
3 15 (4.95%) VPN
4 11 (3.63%) Network Security
5 9 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (2.64%) LAN
7 7 (2.31%) WAN
8 6 (1.98%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (1.98%) SAN
9 5 (1.65%) MPLS
9 5 (1.65%) Wireless
10 4 (1.32%) NAS
10 4 (1.32%) NetScaler
10 4 (1.32%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.99%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (0.99%) Internet
11 3 (0.99%) NGFW
11 3 (0.99%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.99%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.63%) Power BI
2 10 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.64%) Metadata
3 8 (2.64%) Oracle Database
4 6 (1.98%) MySQL
5 5 (1.65%) Metadata Repository
5 5 (1.65%) SAP HANA
5 5 (1.65%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.99%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.99%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.99%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 3 (0.99%) Pentaho
6 3 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.66%) Db2
7 2 (0.66%) KDB
7 2 (0.66%) MaxDB
7 2 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.66%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.66%) Sybase ASE
7 2 (0.66%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 59 (19.47%) JIRA
2 16 (5.28%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.29%) Bitbucket
4 12 (3.96%) GitLab
5 9 (2.97%) Git
6 4 (1.32%) Jaeger
6 4 (1.32%) Maven
7 1 (0.33%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.33%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.33%) Introscope
7 1 (0.33%) MSI
General
1 119 (39.27%) Social Skills
2 79 (26.07%) Finance
3 40 (13.20%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (10.89%) Public Sector
5 23 (7.59%) Banking
6 13 (4.29%) Legal
7 11 (3.63%) Law
8 9 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.31%) Retail
10 6 (1.98%) Military
11 5 (1.65%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.32%) Police
13 3 (0.99%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.99%) Front Office
13 3 (0.99%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.66%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.66%) Games
14 2 (0.66%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 36 (11.88%) Service Manager
2 26 (8.58%) Analyst
2 26 (8.58%) Architect
3 22 (7.26%) Support Engineer
4 20 (6.60%) Lead
5 19 (6.27%) IT Support
6 18 (5.94%) Senior
7 17 (5.61%) Incident Manager
8 13 (4.29%) Consultant
9 12 (3.96%) Developer
9 12 (3.96%) IT Engineer
9 12 (3.96%) IT Support Engineer
9 12 (3.96%) Scrum Master
10 11 (3.63%) Administrator
10 11 (3.63%) Delivery Manager
10 11 (3.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (3.63%) Major Incident Manager
11 9 (2.97%) Help Desk Support
11 9 (2.97%) Network Engineer
11 9 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.62%) Microsoft Graph
2 10 (3.30%) Middleware
3 9 (2.97%) AWS CDK
4 7 (2.31%) .NET
5 6 (1.98%) REST
5 6 (1.98%) SAP Basis
6 5 (1.65%) Spring
7 4 (1.32%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.32%) Bootstrap
7 4 (1.32%) CSS
7 4 (1.32%) J2EE
7 4 (1.32%) jQuery
7 4 (1.32%) Loki
7 4 (1.32%) OpenTelemetry
7 4 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.32%) Sass
7 4 (1.32%) Spring MVC
7 4 (1.32%) Web Services
8 3 (0.99%) FIDO
8 3 (0.99%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.26%) Product Ownership
2 18 (5.94%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.95%) CMDB
3 15 (4.95%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.63%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (2.97%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (2.64%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.64%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.64%) Security Posture
7 7 (2.31%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.31%) PKI
7 7 (2.31%) Private Cloud
8 6 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.98%) Replication
8 6 (1.98%) Smartphone
9 5 (1.65%) Clustering
9 5 (1.65%) Mainframe
10 4 (1.32%) Distributed Computing
11 3 (0.99%) Autonomous Agent
Operating Systems
1 66 (21.78%) Windows
2 44 (14.52%) Linux
3 21 (6.93%) Windows Server
4 16 (5.28%) Unix
5 7 (2.31%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.31%) zOS
6 6 (1.98%) Android
6 6 (1.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.99%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.33%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (48.84%) ITIL
2 88 (29.04%) ITSM
3 82 (27.06%) Change Management
4 81 (26.73%) Service Management
5 72 (23.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 66 (21.78%) Root Cause Analysis
7 65 (21.45%) Incident Management
8 60 (19.80%) Agile
9 57 (18.81%) DevOps
10 56 (18.48%) Stakeholder Management
11 53 (17.49%) Problem-Solving
12 46 (15.18%) Service Delivery
13 42 (13.86%) CI/CD
14 34 (11.22%) Decision-Making
15 30 (9.90%) Incident Response
16 28 (9.24%) Observability
17 26 (8.58%) Customer Service
17 26 (8.58%) Infrastructure as Code
17 26 (8.58%) Scrum
18 25 (8.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 38 (12.54%) PowerShell
2 32 (10.56%) SQL
3 24 (7.92%) Python
4 16 (5.28%) Bash
5 15 (4.95%) Java
6 11 (3.63%) C#
7 8 (2.64%) PL/SQL
8 5 (1.65%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.65%) JCL
9 4 (1.32%) Go
10 3 (0.99%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.66%) Perl
11 2 (0.66%) PHP
11 2 (0.66%) REXX
11 2 (0.66%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.33%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.33%) Jython
12 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.33%) SOQL
12 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 114 (37.62%) Security Cleared
2 93 (30.69%) SC Cleared
3 31 (10.23%) DV Cleared
4 22 (7.26%) Degree
5 11 (3.63%) SAFe Agilist
6 10 (3.30%) ITIL Certification
7 9 (2.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 7 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.98%) CCNA
9 6 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (1.98%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.65%) MCSE
11 4 (1.32%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.99%) CCNP
12 3 (0.99%) CISSP
12 3 (0.99%) PMP
12 3 (0.99%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (13.86%) SLA
2 9 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.64%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.64%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.31%) GDPR
5 5 (1.65%) GRC
5 5 (1.65%) NIST
6 4 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.66%) QA
8 2 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.33%) COBIT
9 1 (0.33%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 51 (16.83%) Active Directory
2 19 (6.27%) Docker
3 16 (5.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.30%) NFS
5 8 (2.64%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.65%) Time Sharing Option
7 4 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.99%) Firmware
9 2 (0.66%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.66%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.66%) XenApp
9 2 (0.66%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.33%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.33%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (6.60%) Terraform
2 19 (6.27%) SCCM
3 14 (4.62%) Kubernetes
4 12 (3.96%) Ansible
4 12 (3.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (3.63%) Grafana
6 9 (2.97%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.98%) Cisco Prime
8 5 (1.65%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 4 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.32%) Istio
9 4 (1.32%) Podman
10 3 (0.99%) Rancher
10 3 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.66%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.66%) Avamar
11 2 (0.66%) CA Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.66%) CASB
11 2 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.66%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 66 (21.78%) ServiceNow
2 57 (18.81%) Microsoft
3 23 (7.59%) Oracle
3 23 (7.59%) Remedy
4 19 (6.27%) Cisco
4 19 (6.27%) VMware
5 12 (3.96%) SAP
6 11 (3.63%) Splunk
7 9 (2.97%) Broadcom
7 9 (2.97%) Dell
8 8 (2.64%) Citrix
8 8 (2.64%) Dynatrace
9 7 (2.31%) BMC
9 7 (2.31%) Brocade
9 7 (2.31%) Denodo
9 7 (2.31%) IBM
10 6 (1.98%) Canon
10 6 (1.98%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.65%) HP
11 5 (1.65%) Salesforce