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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 269 254
Rank change year-on-year -49 -15 +7
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 319 246 332
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.71% 0.91% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 1.00% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 144 200
10th Percentile £264 £308 £332
25th Percentile £402 £375 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.33% -5.26% -6.86%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £532
90th Percentile £672 £646 £608
UK median daily rate £489 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +8.61% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 10 26
10th Percentile £18.72 £20.53 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.50 £15.94
Median hourly rate £25.47 £30.75 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.19% +23.00% +83.02%
75th Percentile £49.55 £46.19 -
90th Percentile £67.84 £47.16 £34.50
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £24.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +6.10% -4.00% +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 38,219 24,611 31,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.42% 90.71% 85.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,063 15,813 20,400
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £734 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,375 1,290 2,230
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.39 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.10 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% -6.09%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.56 £62.50
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.60 £72.58
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -4.70%

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 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 15 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 15 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 -36 122 £515 +8.42% 41
North of England -80 64 £488 +30.00% 36
Midlands -23 62 £475 -2.46% 21
West Midlands -33 58 £475 +5.79% 14
Yorkshire -43 38 £500 +31.58% 9
South East -48 33 £500 - 33
South West -17 28 £400 -17.95% 18
North West -63 25 £408 +25.54% 21
East of England -29 6 £400 -12.71% 13
East Midlands -11 4 £163 -75.00% 7
North East -39 1 £400 -4.99% 6
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 (6.27%) Confluence
2 11 (3.45%) SAS
3 7 (2.19%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (1.25%) IIS
4 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.94%) NetWeaver
5 3 (0.94%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 2 (0.63%) Apache
6 2 (0.63%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle Spatial
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.31%) CMS
7 1 (0.31%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.31%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.31%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.31%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 18 (5.64%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.31%) Maple
Business Applications
1 17 (5.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.63%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.31%) iTrent
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 58 (18.18%) Azure
2 43 (13.48%) Entra ID
3 37 (11.60%) AWS
4 33 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (6.58%) GitHub
6 19 (5.96%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (5.02%) GitHub Actions
8 15 (4.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 13 (4.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 12 (3.76%) Amazon EC2
10 12 (3.76%) Amazon ECS
10 12 (3.76%) Amazon S3
10 12 (3.76%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (3.76%) Serverless
11 11 (3.45%) Amazon EKS
11 11 (3.45%) AWS CodePipeline
11 11 (3.45%) IaaS
11 11 (3.45%) SaaS
12 10 (3.13%) OneDrive
12 10 (3.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 28 (8.78%) DNS
2 24 (7.52%) Firewall
3 17 (5.33%) DHCP
4 13 (4.08%) VPN
5 9 (2.82%) Network Security
5 9 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (2.51%) SAN
7 7 (2.19%) Kerberos
8 6 (1.88%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (1.88%) LAN
8 6 (1.88%) NAS
9 5 (1.57%) Wireless
10 4 (1.25%) WAN
11 3 (0.94%) Internet
11 3 (0.94%) MPLS
11 3 (0.94%) NGFW
11 3 (0.94%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.94%) VLAN
12 2 (0.63%) Fibre Channel
12 2 (0.63%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
1 10 (3.13%) Power BI
2 9 (2.82%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.51%) Metadata
3 8 (2.51%) Oracle Database
4 6 (1.88%) MySQL
5 5 (1.57%) Metadata Repository
5 5 (1.57%) SAP HANA
6 4 (1.25%) Db2
7 3 (0.94%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.94%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.94%) Pentaho
7 3 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.63%) MaxDB
8 2 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.63%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.63%) Sybase ASE
8 2 (0.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 60 (18.81%) JIRA
2 16 (5.02%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.08%) Bitbucket
4 12 (3.76%) GitLab
5 9 (2.82%) Git
6 4 (1.25%) Jaeger
6 4 (1.25%) Maven
7 1 (0.31%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.31%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.31%) Introscope
7 1 (0.31%) MSI
General
1 129 (40.44%) Social Skills
2 73 (22.88%) Finance
3 42 (13.17%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 24 (7.52%) Banking
6 13 (4.08%) Legal
7 10 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.51%) Retail
10 7 (2.19%) Law
11 6 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.88%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.57%) Front Office
12 5 (1.57%) Military
13 4 (1.25%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.25%) Police
14 3 (0.94%) Local Government
15 2 (0.63%) Corporate Banking
15 2 (0.63%) Marketing
15 2 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (11.29%) Service Manager
2 31 (9.72%) Support Engineer
3 29 (9.09%) Analyst
4 23 (7.21%) Architect
5 22 (6.90%) Lead
6 21 (6.58%) Incident Manager
6 21 (6.58%) Senior
7 19 (5.96%) IT Support
8 16 (5.02%) Consultant
9 14 (4.39%) Major Incident Manager
10 13 (4.08%) Developer
11 12 (3.76%) IT Engineer
11 12 (3.76%) IT Support Engineer
11 12 (3.76%) Scrum Master
12 11 (3.45%) Administrator
12 11 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
12 11 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (2.82%) Help Desk Support
13 9 (2.82%) IT Manager
13 9 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.13%) Microsoft Graph
2 9 (2.82%) .NET
2 9 (2.82%) AWS CDK
2 9 (2.82%) Middleware
3 8 (2.51%) REST
4 7 (2.19%) LDAP
5 6 (1.88%) SAP Basis
5 6 (1.88%) Web Services
6 5 (1.57%) CSS
6 5 (1.57%) Spring
7 4 (1.25%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.25%) Bootstrap
7 4 (1.25%) FIDO
7 4 (1.25%) J2EE
7 4 (1.25%) jQuery
7 4 (1.25%) Loki
7 4 (1.25%) OpenTelemetry
7 4 (1.25%) Sass
7 4 (1.25%) Spring MVC
8 3 (0.94%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.58%) Product Ownership
2 19 (5.96%) CMDB
3 18 (5.64%) Data Centre
4 17 (5.33%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.76%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (3.13%) PKI
8 9 (2.82%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.19%) Mainframe
9 7 (2.19%) Private Cloud
9 7 (2.19%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.88%) Replication
10 6 (1.88%) Smartphone
11 5 (1.57%) Clustering
12 4 (1.25%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.25%) Distributed Computing
12 4 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 77 (24.14%) Windows
2 45 (14.11%) Linux
3 21 (6.58%) Windows Server
4 19 (5.96%) Unix
5 7 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.19%) zOS
6 6 (1.88%) Android
6 6 (1.88%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.57%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.31%) AIX
10 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (49.84%) ITIL
2 103 (32.29%) ITSM
3 92 (28.84%) Service Management
4 82 (25.71%) Change Management
5 78 (24.45%) Incident Management
6 77 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 70 (21.94%) Stakeholder Management
8 67 (21.00%) Agile
9 59 (18.50%) Root Cause Analysis
10 57 (17.87%) Problem-Solving
11 52 (16.30%) DevOps
11 52 (16.30%) Service Delivery
12 39 (12.23%) CI/CD
13 37 (11.60%) Decision-Making
14 30 (9.40%) Incident Response
15 28 (8.78%) Customer Service
15 28 (8.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 27 (8.46%) Scrum
17 24 (7.52%) Infrastructure as Code
18 23 (7.21%) Major Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (10.97%) SQL
2 30 (9.40%) PowerShell
3 24 (7.52%) Python
4 15 (4.70%) Java
5 14 (4.39%) Bash
6 13 (4.08%) C#
7 7 (2.19%) PL/SQL
8 6 (1.88%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.57%) JCL
10 4 (1.25%) Go
10 4 (1.25%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.94%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.63%) Perl
12 2 (0.63%) PHP
12 2 (0.63%) REXX
12 2 (0.63%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.31%) Jython
13 1 (0.31%) Korn
13 1 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.31%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 111 (34.80%) Security Cleared
2 92 (28.84%) SC Cleared
3 34 (10.66%) DV Cleared
4 26 (8.15%) Degree
5 15 (4.70%) ITIL Certification
6 11 (3.45%) SAFe Agilist
7 9 (2.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 9 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.88%) CCNA
8 6 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (1.88%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.57%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.25%) MCSE
10 4 (1.25%) PMP
10 4 (1.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.94%) CCNP
11 3 (0.94%) CISSP
11 3 (0.94%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (13.17%) SLA
2 11 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.51%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.19%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.19%) GDPR
5 6 (1.88%) NIST
6 4 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.25%) GRC
7 3 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.63%) QA
9 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.31%) COBIT
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.31%) NCSC
9 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 55 (17.24%) Active Directory
2 21 (6.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (5.02%) Docker
4 12 (3.76%) NFS
5 9 (2.82%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (2.51%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.57%) Time Sharing Option
7 5 (1.57%) vSphere
8 4 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.94%) Firmware
9 3 (0.94%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.63%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.63%) UAG
10 2 (0.63%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.63%) XenApp
10 2 (0.63%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 20 (6.27%) Terraform
2 19 (5.96%) SCCM
3 13 (4.08%) Ansible
4 11 (3.45%) Kubernetes
5 10 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (2.82%) vCenter Server
7 8 (2.51%) Grafana
8 6 (1.88%) Prometheus
9 5 (1.57%) SCOM
9 5 (1.57%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 4 (1.25%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.25%) Cisco Prime
10 4 (1.25%) Istio
10 4 (1.25%) Podman
11 3 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.94%) Rancher
11 3 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.63%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.63%) CASB
12 2 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 82 (25.71%) ServiceNow
2 54 (16.93%) Microsoft
3 26 (8.15%) VMware
4 24 (7.52%) Remedy
5 22 (6.90%) Oracle
6 18 (5.64%) Cisco
7 12 (3.76%) Broadcom
7 12 (3.76%) SAP
8 10 (3.13%) Splunk
9 9 (2.82%) Citrix
10 7 (2.19%) Brocade
10 7 (2.19%) Dell
10 7 (2.19%) Denodo
10 7 (2.19%) IBM
11 6 (1.88%) Canon
11 6 (1.88%) Dynatrace
11 6 (1.88%) SolarWinds
11 6 (1.88%) Sybase
12 5 (1.57%) HP
12 5 (1.57%) Salesforce