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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 275 275
Rank change year-on-year -51 0 -8
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 328 246 297
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 0.90% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.99% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 144 183
10th Percentile £263 £308 £337
25th Percentile £401 £375 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% -7.21% -4.91%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £538
90th Percentile £674 £650 £615
UK median daily rate £488 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 9 13
10th Percentile £18.62 £20.22 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.50 £14.17
Median hourly rate £25.47 £24.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.10% -4.00% +83.02%
75th Percentile £52.27 £47.12 £27.00
90th Percentile £67.84 £47.20 £37.95
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £22.42 £25.00
% change year-on-year +13.61% -10.34% +83.02%

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 38,365 24,818 30,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 90.70% 85.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,059 15,915 19,627
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £633 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,375 1,336 1,933
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.23 £13.60
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.98 £17.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -37.13% -8.32%
75th Percentile £69.63 £52.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.35 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -6.98%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -42 132 £500 +5.26% 42
Midlands -17 65 £476 -2.26% 21
North of England -72 65 £475 +26.67% 41
West Midlands -27 61 £476 +6.01% 15
Yorkshire -34 39 £500 +30.21% 12
South East -49 32 £500 - 37
North West -64 25 £401 +23.38% 21
South West -30 23 £400 -11.11% 15
East of England -25 7 £400 -14.26% 10
East Midlands -10 4 - - 6
North East -35 1 £400 -38.46% 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 20 (6.10%) Confluence
2 13 (3.96%) SAS
3 10 (3.05%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (1.22%) IIS
6 3 (0.91%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.91%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.61%) Apache
7 2 (0.61%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.61%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.61%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.30%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.30%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 21 (6.40%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.61%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.30%) Maple
Business Applications
1 16 (4.88%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.30%) iTrent
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle BRM
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.30%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.30%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.30%) SAP FI-CA
4 1 (0.30%) SAP FS
4 1 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 68 (20.73%) Azure
2 45 (13.72%) AWS
2 45 (13.72%) Entra ID
3 38 (11.59%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (7.01%) GitHub
5 19 (5.79%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (5.18%) GitHub Actions
7 15 (4.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 13 (3.96%) Amazon ECS
8 13 (3.96%) OneDrive
8 13 (3.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 12 (3.66%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (3.66%) Amazon EKS
9 12 (3.66%) Amazon S3
9 12 (3.66%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (3.66%) IaaS
9 12 (3.66%) Power Platform
9 12 (3.66%) SaaS
9 12 (3.66%) Serverless
10 11 (3.35%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 35 (10.67%) DNS
2 29 (8.84%) Firewall
3 22 (6.71%) DHCP
4 15 (4.57%) VPN
5 12 (3.66%) Network Security
5 12 (3.66%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (2.74%) LAN
6 9 (2.74%) SAN
7 8 (2.44%) Kerberos
8 7 (2.13%) NAS
8 7 (2.13%) TCP/IP
8 7 (2.13%) WAN
9 6 (1.83%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (1.52%) Wireless
11 3 (0.91%) HTTP
11 3 (0.91%) Internet
11 3 (0.91%) MPLS
11 3 (0.91%) NGFW
11 3 (0.91%) VLAN
12 2 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.66%) Data Warehouse
1 12 (3.66%) Power BI
1 12 (3.66%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.05%) Metadata
3 9 (2.74%) MySQL
3 9 (2.74%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.52%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.52%) Db2
4 5 (1.52%) Metadata Repository
4 5 (1.52%) NoSQL
4 5 (1.52%) Pentaho
4 5 (1.52%) SAP HANA
5 3 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.61%) KDB
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.61%) Sybase ASE
6 2 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 59 (17.99%) JIRA
2 16 (4.88%) Jenkins
3 13 (3.96%) Bitbucket
4 12 (3.66%) GitLab
5 9 (2.74%) Git
6 4 (1.22%) Jaeger
6 4 (1.22%) Maven
7 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.30%) Introscope
7 1 (0.30%) MSI
General
1 135 (41.16%) Social Skills
2 72 (21.95%) Finance
3 46 (14.02%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (10.37%) Public Sector
5 25 (7.62%) Banking
6 12 (3.66%) Legal
7 11 (3.35%) Telecoms
8 10 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.44%) Retail
11 7 (2.13%) Law
12 6 (1.83%) Military
13 5 (1.52%) Front Office
14 4 (1.22%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.22%) Local Government
14 4 (1.22%) Police
15 2 (0.61%) General Ledger
15 2 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (10.37%) Support Engineer
2 31 (9.45%) Service Manager
3 29 (8.84%) Architect
4 28 (8.54%) Analyst
5 23 (7.01%) Incident Manager
6 22 (6.71%) Lead
6 22 (6.71%) Senior
7 19 (5.79%) IT Support
8 16 (4.88%) Major Incident Manager
9 15 (4.57%) Consultant
10 14 (4.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (3.66%) Developer
11 12 (3.66%) IT Engineer
11 12 (3.66%) IT Support Engineer
11 12 (3.66%) Scrum Master
12 11 (3.35%) Administrator
12 11 (3.35%) Cloud Engineer
12 11 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (3.05%) Data Architect
14 9 (2.74%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.05%) Middleware
1 10 (3.05%) REST
2 9 (2.74%) .NET
2 9 (2.74%) AWS CDK
2 9 (2.74%) Microsoft Graph
3 8 (2.44%) LDAP
3 8 (2.44%) Web Services
4 7 (2.13%) CSS
5 6 (1.83%) SAP Basis
6 5 (1.52%) Spring
6 5 (1.52%) XML
7 4 (1.22%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.22%) Bootstrap
7 4 (1.22%) FIDO
7 4 (1.22%) Jakarta EE
7 4 (1.22%) jQuery
7 4 (1.22%) Loki
7 4 (1.22%) OpenTelemetry
7 4 (1.22%) Sass
7 4 (1.22%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.71%) Product Ownership
2 20 (6.10%) Onboarding
3 19 (5.79%) CMDB
4 18 (5.49%) Data Centre
5 13 (3.96%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (3.66%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (3.66%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (3.35%) PKI
8 9 (2.74%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.74%) Private Cloud
9 8 (2.44%) Mainframe
9 8 (2.44%) Security Posture
10 7 (2.13%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.83%) Replication
11 6 (1.83%) Smartphone
12 5 (1.52%) Autonomous Agent
12 5 (1.52%) Clustering
13 4 (1.22%) Distributed Computing
13 4 (1.22%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 87 (26.52%) Windows
2 47 (14.33%) Linux
3 25 (7.62%) Windows Server
4 20 (6.10%) Unix
5 8 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (2.13%) zOS
7 6 (1.83%) Android
7 6 (1.83%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.30%) AIX
10 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (49.09%) ITIL
2 104 (31.71%) ITSM
3 95 (28.96%) Service Management
4 88 (26.83%) Change Management
5 81 (24.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 81 (24.70%) Incident Management
6 75 (22.87%) Agile
7 73 (22.26%) Stakeholder Management
8 65 (19.82%) Root Cause Analysis
9 62 (18.90%) Problem-Solving
10 57 (17.38%) DevOps
11 50 (15.24%) Service Delivery
12 42 (12.80%) CI/CD
13 37 (11.28%) Decision-Making
14 34 (10.37%) Incident Response
15 30 (9.15%) Scrum
16 29 (8.84%) Customer Service
17 27 (8.23%) Major Incident Management
17 27 (8.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 26 (7.93%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 36 (10.98%) SQL
2 32 (9.76%) PowerShell
3 26 (7.93%) Python
4 21 (6.40%) Java
5 16 (4.88%) Bash
6 13 (3.96%) C#
7 10 (3.05%) JavaScript
8 8 (2.44%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.52%) JCL
10 4 (1.22%) Go
10 4 (1.22%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.91%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.61%) Bicep
12 2 (0.61%) Perl
12 2 (0.61%) PHP
12 2 (0.61%) REXX
13 1 (0.30%) Jython
13 1 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.30%) SOQL
13 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 111 (33.84%) Security Cleared
2 89 (27.13%) SC Cleared
3 32 (9.76%) DV Cleared
4 27 (8.23%) Degree
5 14 (4.27%) ITIL Certification
6 12 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (3.35%) SAFe Agilist
8 9 (2.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 7 (2.13%) CCNA
9 7 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (1.83%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.52%) MCSE
11 5 (1.52%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (1.22%) CISSP
12 4 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.22%) PMP
12 4 (1.22%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (13.11%) SLA
2 12 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.74%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.44%) PCI DSS
5 7 (2.13%) GDPR
6 6 (1.83%) NIST
7 5 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.52%) GRC
8 3 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.61%) COBIT
9 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.61%) QA
10 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.30%) NCSC
10 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 60 (18.29%) Active Directory
2 23 (7.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (5.49%) Docker
4 13 (3.96%) NFS
5 10 (3.05%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (2.74%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.52%) Time Sharing Option
7 5 (1.52%) vSphere
8 4 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.91%) Firmware
9 3 (0.91%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.61%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.61%) UAG
10 2 (0.61%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.61%) XenApp
10 2 (0.61%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.30%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 23 (7.01%) Terraform
2 19 (5.79%) SCCM
3 16 (4.88%) Kubernetes
4 14 (4.27%) Ansible
4 14 (4.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (3.05%) vCenter Server
6 8 (2.44%) Grafana
7 6 (1.83%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.83%) SCOM
8 5 (1.52%) CA Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.52%) Podman
8 5 (1.52%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 4 (1.22%) Cisco Prime
9 4 (1.22%) Istio
10 3 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.91%) Rancher
10 3 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.61%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.61%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 83 (25.30%) ServiceNow
2 58 (17.68%) Microsoft
3 31 (9.45%) VMware
4 26 (7.93%) Oracle
5 23 (7.01%) Remedy
6 22 (6.71%) Cisco
7 13 (3.96%) Broadcom
7 13 (3.96%) SAP
8 10 (3.05%) Splunk
9 9 (2.74%) Citrix
9 9 (2.74%) Denodo
10 8 (2.44%) HP
11 7 (2.13%) Brocade
11 7 (2.13%) Dell
11 7 (2.13%) IBM
11 7 (2.13%) SolarWinds
11 7 (2.13%) Sybase
12 6 (1.83%) Canon
12 6 (1.83%) Dynatrace
12 6 (1.83%) Salesforce