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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 283 283
Rank change year-on-year -51 0 -29
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 323 248 281
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 0.90% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.99% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 146 175
10th Percentile £264 £310 £339
25th Percentile £401 £375 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.21% -5.83%
75th Percentile £576 £538 £538
90th Percentile £674 £650 £614
UK median daily rate £489 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +8.61% -7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 11
10th Percentile £18.64 £20.22 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.50 £17.71
Median hourly rate £25.47 £24.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.10% -7.69% +90.34%
75th Percentile £49.55 £47.12 £34.50
90th Percentile £67.84 £47.20 £58.49
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £22.42 £26.00
% change year-on-year +13.61% -13.79% +90.34%

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 38,369 25,044 29,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.25% 90.72% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,058 16,057 19,314
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £423 £405 £416
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 £756
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,388 1,359 1,834
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £13.69
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £17.69
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -37.63% -5.12%
75th Percentile £69.56 £51.77 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -21 130 £500 +5.26% 41
Midlands -16 67 £476 +0.21% 20
North of England -86 63 £475 +25.83% 33
West Midlands -17 62 £476 +5.08% 15
Yorkshire -36 39 £500 +30.21% 11
South East -58 32 £500 - 29
North West -71 23 £408 +25.54% 16
South West -33 20 £400 -11.11% 17
East of England -25 7 £400 -14.26% 10
East Midlands -10 5 - - 5
North East -40 1 £400 -38.46% 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 (6.19%) Confluence
2 13 (4.02%) SAS
3 10 (3.10%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (1.24%) IIS
6 3 (0.93%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.93%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.62%) Apache
7 2 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.31%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.31%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.31%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 21 (6.50%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.31%) Maple
Business Applications
1 16 (4.95%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.31%) iTrent
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle BRM
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.31%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.31%) SAP FI-CA
4 1 (0.31%) SAP FS
4 1 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 67 (20.74%) Azure
2 46 (14.24%) AWS
3 43 (13.31%) Entra ID
4 38 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (7.12%) GitHub
6 17 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
7 15 (4.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 13 (4.02%) Amazon ECS
8 13 (4.02%) OneDrive
8 13 (4.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 12 (3.72%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (3.72%) Amazon EKS
9 12 (3.72%) Amazon S3
9 12 (3.72%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (3.72%) Power Platform
9 12 (3.72%) Serverless
10 11 (3.41%) AWS CodePipeline
11 10 (3.10%) AWS CloudFormation
11 10 (3.10%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (10.22%) DNS
2 29 (8.98%) Firewall
3 20 (6.19%) DHCP
4 15 (4.64%) VPN
5 12 (3.72%) Network Security
5 12 (3.72%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (2.79%) LAN
6 9 (2.79%) SAN
7 8 (2.48%) Kerberos
8 7 (2.17%) NAS
8 7 (2.17%) TCP/IP
8 7 (2.17%) WAN
9 6 (1.86%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (1.55%) Wireless
11 3 (0.93%) HTTP
11 3 (0.93%) Internet
11 3 (0.93%) MPLS
11 3 (0.93%) NGFW
11 3 (0.93%) VLAN
12 2 (0.62%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
1 12 (3.72%) Power BI
1 12 (3.72%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.10%) Metadata
2 10 (3.10%) MySQL
3 9 (2.79%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.55%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.55%) Db2
4 5 (1.55%) Metadata Repository
4 5 (1.55%) NoSQL
4 5 (1.55%) Pentaho
4 5 (1.55%) SAP HANA
5 3 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.62%) KDB
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.62%) Sybase ASE
6 2 (0.62%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 57 (17.65%) JIRA
2 16 (4.95%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.02%) Bitbucket
4 12 (3.72%) GitLab
5 7 (2.17%) Git
6 4 (1.24%) Jaeger
6 4 (1.24%) Maven
7 1 (0.31%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.31%) Introscope
7 1 (0.31%) MSI
General
1 133 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 72 (22.29%) Finance
3 44 (13.62%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 25 (7.74%) Banking
6 12 (3.72%) Legal
7 10 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.48%) Retail
9 8 (2.48%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.17%) Law
11 6 (1.86%) Military
12 5 (1.55%) Front Office
13 4 (1.24%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.24%) Local Government
13 4 (1.24%) Police
14 2 (0.62%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.62%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 34 (10.53%) Support Engineer
2 31 (9.60%) Architect
3 29 (8.98%) Service Manager
4 27 (8.36%) Analyst
5 23 (7.12%) Incident Manager
6 22 (6.81%) Senior
7 20 (6.19%) Lead
8 19 (5.88%) IT Support
9 16 (4.95%) Major Incident Manager
10 15 (4.64%) Consultant
11 14 (4.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
12 12 (3.72%) Developer
12 12 (3.72%) IT Engineer
12 12 (3.72%) IT Support Engineer
12 12 (3.72%) Scrum Master
12 12 (3.72%) Solutions Architect
13 11 (3.41%) Administrator
14 10 (3.10%) Data Architect
15 9 (2.79%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.10%) Middleware
1 10 (3.10%) REST
2 9 (2.79%) AWS CDK
2 9 (2.79%) Microsoft Graph
3 8 (2.48%) LDAP
3 8 (2.48%) Web Services
4 7 (2.17%) .NET
4 7 (2.17%) CSS
5 6 (1.86%) SAP Basis
6 5 (1.55%) Spring
6 5 (1.55%) XML
7 4 (1.24%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.24%) Bootstrap
7 4 (1.24%) FIDO
7 4 (1.24%) Jakarta EE
7 4 (1.24%) jQuery
7 4 (1.24%) Loki
7 4 (1.24%) OpenTelemetry
7 4 (1.24%) Sass
7 4 (1.24%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.81%) Product Ownership
2 20 (6.19%) Onboarding
3 19 (5.88%) CMDB
4 18 (5.57%) Data Centre
5 13 (4.02%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (3.72%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (3.41%) PKI
8 10 (3.10%) Private Cloud
9 9 (2.79%) Management Information System
10 8 (2.48%) Mainframe
10 8 (2.48%) Security Posture
11 7 (2.17%) Cloud Native
12 6 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.86%) Replication
12 6 (1.86%) Smartphone
13 5 (1.55%) Autonomous Agent
13 5 (1.55%) Clustering
13 5 (1.55%) Public Cloud
14 4 (1.24%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 87 (26.93%) Windows
2 43 (13.31%) Linux
3 25 (7.74%) Windows Server
4 18 (5.57%) Unix
5 8 (2.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (2.17%) zOS
7 6 (1.86%) Android
7 6 (1.86%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.24%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.31%) AIX
10 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (47.68%) ITIL
2 102 (31.58%) ITSM
3 92 (28.48%) Service Management
4 85 (26.32%) Change Management
5 81 (25.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 80 (24.77%) Incident Management
7 73 (22.60%) Agile
7 73 (22.60%) Stakeholder Management
8 61 (18.89%) Root Cause Analysis
9 58 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
10 55 (17.03%) DevOps
11 50 (15.48%) Service Delivery
12 40 (12.38%) CI/CD
13 35 (10.84%) Decision-Making
14 34 (10.53%) Incident Response
15 30 (9.29%) Scrum
16 29 (8.98%) Customer Service
17 27 (8.36%) Major Incident Management
17 27 (8.36%) Migration
17 27 (8.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 34 (10.53%) SQL
2 30 (9.29%) PowerShell
3 26 (8.05%) Python
4 20 (6.19%) Java
5 16 (4.95%) Bash
6 13 (4.02%) C#
7 11 (3.41%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.86%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.55%) JCL
10 4 (1.24%) Go
10 4 (1.24%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.62%) Bicep
11 2 (0.62%) Perl
11 2 (0.62%) PHP
11 2 (0.62%) REXX
12 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.31%) Jython
12 1 (0.31%) Korn
12 1 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 109 (33.75%) Security Cleared
2 87 (26.93%) SC Cleared
3 30 (9.29%) DV Cleared
4 26 (8.05%) Degree
5 13 (4.02%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (4.02%) ITIL Certification
6 11 (3.41%) SAFe Agilist
7 9 (2.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 7 (2.17%) CCNA
8 7 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (1.86%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.55%) MCSE
10 5 (1.55%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (1.24%) CISSP
11 4 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.24%) PMP
11 4 (1.24%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (12.69%) SLA
2 12 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.79%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.48%) PCI DSS
5 7 (2.17%) GDPR
6 6 (1.86%) NIST
7 5 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.55%) GRC
8 3 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.62%) COBIT
9 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.62%) QA
10 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.31%) NCSC
10 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 58 (17.96%) Active Directory
2 23 (7.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (5.57%) Docker
4 13 (4.02%) NFS
5 10 (3.10%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (2.79%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.55%) Time Sharing Option
7 5 (1.55%) vSphere
8 4 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.93%) Firmware
9 3 (0.93%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.62%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.62%) UAG
10 2 (0.62%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.62%) XenApp
10 2 (0.62%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 21 (6.50%) Terraform
2 19 (5.88%) SCCM
3 15 (4.64%) Kubernetes
4 14 (4.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (3.72%) Ansible
6 10 (3.10%) vCenter Server
7 8 (2.48%) Grafana
8 6 (1.86%) Prometheus
8 6 (1.86%) SCOM
9 5 (1.55%) Podman
9 5 (1.55%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 4 (1.24%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.24%) Cisco Prime
10 4 (1.24%) Istio
11 3 (0.93%) Rancher
12 2 (0.62%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.62%) Avamar
12 2 (0.62%) CASB
12 2 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.62%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 83 (25.70%) ServiceNow
2 56 (17.34%) Microsoft
3 31 (9.60%) VMware
4 25 (7.74%) Oracle
5 23 (7.12%) Remedy
6 22 (6.81%) Cisco
7 13 (4.02%) Broadcom
7 13 (4.02%) SAP
8 10 (3.10%) Splunk
9 9 (2.79%) Citrix
9 9 (2.79%) Denodo
10 8 (2.48%) HP
11 7 (2.17%) Brocade
11 7 (2.17%) Dell
11 7 (2.17%) IBM
11 7 (2.17%) SolarWinds
11 7 (2.17%) Sybase
12 6 (1.86%) Canon
12 6 (1.86%) Dynatrace
12 6 (1.86%) Salesforce