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 3 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 256 251
Rank change year-on-year -65 -5 +1
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 244 244 360
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 0.94% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 1.05% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 135 206
10th Percentile £213 £248 £270
25th Percentile £325 £412 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £473 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% +5.00% -5.26%
75th Percentile £570 £585 £572
90th Percentile £628 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £463 £472 £450
% change year-on-year -2.01% +4.89% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 9 60
10th Percentile £15.50 £35.25 £13.29
25th Percentile £16.38 £55.87 -
Median hourly rate £20.79 £56.75 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year -63.36% +300.74% -27.38%
75th Percentile £24.83 £68.75 £25.00
90th Percentile £26.25 £70.00 £29.45
UK median hourly rate £20.79 £56.75 £14.16
% change year-on-year -63.36% +300.74% -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 28,984 23,348 33,451
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.65% 89.57% 87.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,549 14,241 22,377
10th Percentile £306 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £640 £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 1,798 747 1,965
10th Percentile £15.06 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £16.74
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -1.41% +1.43%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £61.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +8.53%

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 3 February 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 3 February 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 3 February 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 76 £475 -5.00% 17
North of England -59 51 £449 -0.33% 16
South East -8 42 £350 -18.98% 20
Midlands -31 40 £356 +65.70% 25
South West -12 33 £575 +4.55% 12
West Midlands -20 31 £325 +51.16% 20
North West -40 30 £325 -31.22% 7
Yorkshire -39 21 £500 +11.11% 9
East Midlands - 9 £413 - 5
East of England -38 4 £275 -39.99% 5
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 34 (13.93%) SharePoint
2 19 (7.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (6.15%) Confluence
3 15 (6.15%) Skype for Business
4 7 (2.87%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (2.87%) Mattermost
5 6 (2.46%) Apache
5 6 (2.46%) SAS
6 3 (1.23%) IIS
6 3 (1.23%) iPlanet
6 3 (1.23%) JBoss
6 3 (1.23%) WebSphere
6 3 (1.23%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.82%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.82%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.41%) CICS
8 1 (0.41%) CMS
8 1 (0.41%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 31 (12.70%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (3.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (8.20%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.23%) assyst
3 2 (0.82%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.41%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.41%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 55 (22.54%) Azure
2 53 (21.72%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (11.48%) OneDrive
4 27 (11.07%) Entra ID
5 20 (8.20%) AWS
6 14 (5.74%) SaaS
7 12 (4.92%) GCP
7 12 (4.92%) Microsoft Copilot
8 10 (4.10%) Datadog
8 10 (4.10%) PaaS
8 10 (4.10%) Power Platform
9 9 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (3.28%) GitHub
11 5 (2.05%) Azure Functions
11 5 (2.05%) OCI
11 5 (2.05%) Serverless
12 4 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.23%) IaaS
13 3 (1.23%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 22 (9.02%) DNS
2 18 (7.38%) Skype
3 14 (5.74%) TCP/IP
4 13 (5.33%) VPN
5 12 (4.92%) Firewall
6 9 (3.69%) DHCP
7 8 (3.28%) Unified Communications
8 7 (2.87%) Network Security
9 5 (2.05%) Broadband
9 5 (2.05%) Internet
9 5 (2.05%) NetScaler
9 5 (2.05%) WAN
9 5 (2.05%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.64%) LAN
11 3 (1.23%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (1.23%) Kerberos
11 3 (1.23%) SAN
11 3 (1.23%) SSH
11 3 (1.23%) VoIP
11 3 (1.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (3.69%) Metadata
2 9 (3.69%) Metadata Repository
3 8 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.46%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.64%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.23%) Power BI
7 2 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (0.82%) Oracle ODI
7 2 (0.82%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 2 (0.82%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.41%) GIS
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle Discoverer
8 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 24 (9.84%) JIRA
2 12 (4.92%) Git
3 8 (3.28%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.05%) GitLab
5 3 (1.23%) Bitbucket Server
5 3 (1.23%) CA Release Automation
5 3 (1.23%) CircleCI
5 3 (1.23%) Liquibase
5 3 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.82%) JUnit
6 2 (0.82%) Mockito
7 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
General
1 97 (39.75%) Social Skills
2 71 (29.10%) Finance
3 44 (18.03%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (10.25%) Public Sector
5 23 (9.43%) Banking
6 13 (5.33%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (5.33%) Manufacturing
7 11 (4.51%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.69%) Law
9 8 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.05%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.05%) Legal
10 5 (2.05%) Marketing
11 4 (1.64%) Electronics
11 4 (1.64%) Military
11 4 (1.64%) Retail
12 3 (1.23%) Local Government
13 2 (0.82%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.82%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.82%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 65 (26.64%) Analyst
2 41 (16.80%) Support Analyst
3 28 (11.48%) Service Manager
4 26 (10.66%) IT Support
5 17 (6.97%) Architect
5 17 (6.97%) Operations Analyst
6 16 (6.56%) Operational Support Analyst
6 16 (6.56%) Operations Support Analyst
7 15 (6.15%) IT Analyst
8 14 (5.74%) IT Support Analyst
9 13 (5.33%) Lead
9 13 (5.33%) Service Analyst
10 12 (4.92%) Consultant
10 12 (4.92%) Senior
11 11 (4.51%) Incident Manager
12 10 (4.10%) Service Desk Analyst
13 9 (3.69%) Data Architect
14 8 (3.28%) SharePoint Analyst
14 8 (3.28%) SharePoint Support
15 7 (2.87%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.10%) Microsoft Graph
1 10 (4.10%) REST
2 9 (3.69%) Oracle Fusion
3 8 (3.28%) Middleware
4 6 (2.46%) Kafka
5 4 (1.64%) LDAP
5 4 (1.64%) SAML
6 3 (1.23%) .NET
6 3 (1.23%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.23%) OAuth
6 3 (1.23%) OpenID
7 2 (0.82%) ActiveMQ
7 2 (0.82%) ADO
7 2 (0.82%) RESTful
7 2 (0.82%) WireMock
7 2 (0.82%) XMPP
8 1 (0.41%) ISPF
8 1 (0.41%) SOAP
8 1 (0.41%) Web Services
8 1 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.38%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (6.15%) Management Information System
3 13 (5.33%) CMDB
4 10 (4.10%) Cloud Native
5 9 (3.69%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (2.87%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.46%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.05%) Driving Licence
8 5 (2.05%) Low-Code
8 5 (2.05%) PKI
8 5 (2.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.64%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.23%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.23%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.23%) Tandem
11 2 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.82%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.82%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 55 (22.54%) Windows
2 28 (11.48%) Linux
3 15 (6.15%) Windows 10
4 14 (5.74%) Unix
5 13 (5.33%) Windows Server
6 5 (2.05%) Android
7 4 (1.64%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.23%) CentOS
8 3 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.82%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.82%) Debian
9 2 (0.82%) VMS
9 2 (0.82%) zOS
10 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (62.70%) ITIL
2 75 (30.74%) Service Management
3 72 (29.51%) Change Management
3 72 (29.51%) ITSM
4 68 (27.87%) Root Cause Analysis
5 64 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (21.31%) Incident Management
7 44 (18.03%) Service Delivery
8 42 (17.21%) DevOps
9 39 (15.98%) Stakeholder Management
10 34 (13.93%) Agile
11 33 (13.52%) Continuous Improvement
12 31 (12.70%) Observability
13 30 (12.30%) Information Security
14 25 (10.25%) Customer Service
15 24 (9.84%) CI/CD
15 24 (9.84%) Cybersecurity
16 23 (9.43%) Project Management
17 21 (8.61%) Business Intelligence
18 20 (8.20%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 57 (23.36%) PowerShell
2 36 (14.75%) SQL
3 25 (10.25%) Python
4 12 (4.92%) Shell Script
5 10 (4.10%) Bash
5 10 (4.10%) Java
6 3 (1.23%) Go
6 3 (1.23%) Groovy
6 3 (1.23%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.41%) C#
7 1 (0.41%) CLIST
7 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.41%) JCL
7 1 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.41%) REXX
7 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 86 (35.25%) Security Cleared
2 64 (26.23%) SC Cleared
3 38 (15.57%) Degree
4 19 (7.79%) ITIL Certification
5 13 (5.33%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (3.69%) A+ Certification
8 7 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (2.05%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.05%) MCDST
9 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (1.64%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.64%) MCSE
10 4 (1.64%) PMP
11 2 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.82%) CCNP
11 2 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.82%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.41%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.84%) SLA
2 5 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.64%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.23%) GDPR
4 3 (1.23%) GRC
4 3 (1.23%) QA
5 2 (0.82%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.82%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.41%) NIST
System Software
1 66 (27.05%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.97%) Docker
3 5 (2.05%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.23%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 2 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.41%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.41%) XenApp
6 1 (0.41%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 23 (9.43%) SCCM
2 22 (9.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (6.56%) Kubernetes
4 15 (6.15%) HP SiteScope
4 15 (6.15%) SCOM
5 12 (4.92%) Grafana
6 8 (3.28%) Ansible
6 8 (3.28%) Terraform
7 7 (2.87%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (1.64%) CA Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.23%) CA Wily
9 3 (1.23%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.23%) Tivoli
9 3 (1.23%) WSUS
10 2 (0.82%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.41%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.41%) OMEGAMON
11 1 (0.41%) Puppet
Vendors
1 94 (38.52%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.70%) Splunk
3 30 (12.30%) Remedy
4 29 (11.89%) ServiceNow
5 24 (9.84%) Oracle
6 17 (6.97%) Cisco
7 13 (5.33%) AppDynamics
8 11 (4.51%) Dynatrace
9 8 (3.28%) Atlassian
9 8 (3.28%) Red Hat
10 7 (2.87%) BMC
10 7 (2.87%) IBM
10 7 (2.87%) SAP
11 5 (2.05%) Citrix
11 5 (2.05%) iManage
11 5 (2.05%) Mitel
11 5 (2.05%) VMware
12 3 (1.23%) Broadcom
12 3 (1.23%) Datto
12 3 (1.23%) IFS